A KILO LIGHTER AFTER A NOTHING WEEK

I wasnt really going to count on this week, since i was sick for the first half and then a bit overindulgent at the end. no drinking verses ttom this week as well so it was going to come out fairly even i thought. Turns out i was a kilo lighter when i weighed in this morning, which gets rid of my 600g gain last week so im happy with that! 1.3 off my BLC goal set at 77 kilos, so im going to make sure thats gone by the end of the week. reminder that this week is the last week for the challenge, so make sure you get your final weigh ins to me asap so we can compile our results! everyone has done a fantastic job and i hope the challenge has helped all of you get a little closer to your goal - or very close for the likes of sherrie who is only an incling away with a weigh in to go this week! well done everyone!!

A gain in fair game!

I gained 600g this week, which while obviously im not happy to report this gain, i know why its there so it hasnt got me down or wondering why - which i think is very important.

We have some lucky weeks which im guilty of but we cant always have lucky weeks otherwise we wouldnt have been overweight in the first place!! So this week my body said, right you've had enough chances, stop being naughty, and ill penalise you with a few hundred grams. and really thats all it is. I am confident it will be gone and then some - for next weeks (final) weigh in!

Going to melbourne for a wedding on the weekend meant lots of bad foods, and too much drinking. and then as a result the hang over food was even worse! so i thought 600g was pretty good considering!! I also couldnt do as much exercise last week due to VERY sore muscles after my first pump class - im going back to torture myself tonight too!

This weekend im having a grog free week - and doing the same next week so im confident while i wont be at goal by the end of the challenge, ill be pretty god damn close!! and in the big scheme of things - THATS whats important!

Anyway I wish you all the best for your weigh ins this week, take care and keep in touch!

Cacher and Cheryl - im waiting on your last weeks results still
I havent heard from Carly bird in 5 weeks now so im thinking she's pulled the pin!

GREAT STUFF TO -
HELEN, CACHER, CHERYL, GEN, SHERRIE, ANG, CHRISSY and our little maintainer - CAZ!
THERES ONE WEEK TO GO OF OUR 12 WEEK (3 MONTHS IS HUGE) AND EVERYONE IS LIGHTER THAN WHEN WE STARTED! WELL DONE, ENJOY THE LAST WEEK AND BE SURE TO MAKE IT COUNT!!

Hallelujah!!

I am under 90kg!! I lost 2.4 kg this week, which is my best effort since I started this effort, which I am stoked about! I now weight 89.8kg !!!

Back on Track

Hello Ladies,

Well, I did better this week- I lost 1.5kg, so I managed to lose my gain from last week and some. I am so happy, as it means I am no longer classified as "overweight" for my height! I don't think I've ever been in my healthy weight range since I was 5, when I got chubby as a kid. I am starting to realise the enormity of what is happening to me- its almost like my identity has changed- "fat" has always been part of how would describe myself.

Anyway, this week I have worked on compromise. So instead of going and beating myself up about slipping up, I worked out in the gym a bit extra and cut down on food somewhere else. This week I'll try and stick to my meal plan, but at least I know after this week, that if I do slip up, working around it does work.

Hope you all have lovely weekends, and best of luck for your weigh-ins next week!

FRIDAY AGAIN!!

CHERYL AND HTD - I need your weigh ins for this week

and Carly is 4 weeks behind now.. im thinking she may have dropped out.

I hope you all have a great weekend, keep in contact, we only have 2 weigh ins to go before we crown the biggest loser! i found BL on tv really inspiring last night, there have been some great transformations!!

Best of luck :)

Surprise LOSS

Hi all, a very surprising loss this morning, after a very eventful weekend. Found and bought my wedding dress on friday which was very exciting, and guess what it was - a size 12! my size at the start off ww was 18-20 so that was amazing to have that size fitted in a wedding gown!!

I lost 800g this morning so im down to 78.7 so im 3.7 off my ww goal of 75, im also 1.7 off my BLC goal and only 1.3 kilos off being at the 30kilo mark, so im very impressed with how well i am going, dropping a point a day since hitting the 70s has made a big difference too I have found and im keen to put in another good week this week!

I ate a lot of crap on the weekend but netball played a big role with exercise and i kept active on the other days off too. I had too much burittos friday night, and the rest of the weekend consisted of a pie (nothing else elft at the canteen - but no excuse i should have made a salad roll to take!) and then some lollies before the game, too much pizza and garlic bread saturday night, my arch nemisis - platter of bickies and dips, cabana cheese etc, made an apperance saturday night for our tennis break up - me to blame - i made the darn thing, and ate most of it too i think. and i drank udls to add to the damage, only four or five though, sunday i had a big bacon and egg breaky and then had some grazing through out the day, steadyd up at night and had a ww meal for tea and walk afterwards which i guess helped but i was still very shocked this morning not to have gained, i think the hard work early - in preparation for the dress shopping helped out there... imagine what i could have lost with a good weekend!!! anyway thats life!

Pump class tonight and then netball training tomorrow night, latina pasta and sause tonight for tea, get the carbs up early for another busy week! I hope you all have some luck this week too, i realise we dont get much so ill take this one and work hard to repay the favour!!

Have a great week and if anyone hears from CARLY BIRD can you please let her know we are missing 3 weeks of weigh ins for her, everyone else is up to date - send through this weeks and ill do up a 10 week progress report at the end. keep up the great work everyone! BL is getting interesting too!!

0.5kg Gain

Hello ladies,

Hope you all had a lovely Easter! My Easter was a bit too lovely food-wise- this week I have a gain of 0.5kg. I am disappointed, but I know why I had the gain, so I guess its easier to deal with than if I was very good and had a gain. So between my Easter Sunday blowout and pre-mentrual bloat, it is an understandable gain. It does make my goal seem a bit further away, so I will be battling the "I'm over it" demons again this week coming... I am tired, so this weekend I hope to find the balance between being able to chillout a bit, and trying to keep busy so I don't think about eating food! Wish me luck...

Have a lovely weekend and good luck for your next weigh-ins :)

ANOTHER LONG WEEKEND FOR ME

hi guys, ill be away until monday! wedding dress shopping, but please send through your results or post them on here and ill get them when im back in the office monday! have a great weekend, set yourself some mini goals even if it is just for the weekend and feel all the more better for them monday morning! plan track and move! - and take care!

p.s gen i have all of your results, still waiting on cacher and carly from last week and this week and Helen - for this week only. Good luck lovely ladies!

COMBINED WE HAVE LOST OVER 36 KILOS IN 9 WEEKS

URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT

CACHER, GEN AND CARLY I NEED YOUR LAST WEEKS WEIGH INS ASAP.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK EVERYONE!

WOW!

I tried to post before, but the computer had a hissy fit.. ill try again...

How did you all go over the easter break! I fell in a big hole!! but its how you get out of those holes that makes the difference!

I lost 100g this week - which is a massive loss after the four day bender I had, with alcohol and with food! i had some good spurts but overall it was pretty bloody pathetic. huge nights thursday and sunday, huge meals saturday and monday! and not enough exercise until i pulled my finger out and ran my arse off last night! so it paid off, and the end of ttom played a part too!

The main thing is im a seventies girl for dress shopping this week! and only 4.5 from my ww goal! only 2.5 from the blc goal too! so look out over the next 3 weeks!! im down to 20 points now too so that should help! planning, tracking and moving are my three tricks of the trade!

and another positive today - tried my new work pants on that i ordered over the weekend... went to the toilets just before to test them out, i held them up and said, NO WAY! tried them on and said YEY!!! size 12s. the ones that i have on the back of my door and had on this morning were a size 16... before ww it was a size 20.. its amazing how that hits home! and makes it feel real!

salad roll for lunch today and ww meal for tea after training tonight! then into the study, assignment due this week! wish me luck!! have a great week all and for everyone who didnt send me their weigh ins last week, please do so along with thise weeks. cheers!

Early weigh-in

Hello fellow fat-blasters!

I weighed in a day early this week, as I am going away to my parents house for the long weekend, and didn't want people to think I was weirdo and take my scales! Luckily I had done enough for the week to have lost 1kg, which I am excited about for several reasons:

1. I have passed the 30kg weight-loss mark (30.5kg)
2. I only have 0.5kg to lose to be in my healthy weight-range for my height! I will be no longer "overweight"!!!
3. I only have 3.5kg to reach goal :)

When I posted my goal weight for this challenge as being my actual goal, I thought maybe I was a bit ambitious, but maybe it wasn't so ambitious after all! I'm keen to rip in and see if I can do it!

For Easter, I've made a detailed food/exercise plan like Jenn... I also have a mantra I plan to keep saying in my head: "I am in control and I will make good choices". I just made my first one by putting some little Easter eggs in my handbag that was given to me by a work colleague, so I can offer them to someone else (probably the bf:)). So hopefully I can make as many good choices as I can! I know there is a high chance I will go off the rails at some point, I just have to minimise the damage!!!

Hope you all have a lovely Easter surrounded by loved ones, and may you all have the strength you need to get through it relatively unscathed weigh-wise xx

Where are all our weighers??

How did you all go this week?

I also want to see some posts in here about how to survive the easter break!!!

A strong support base is so essential in this journey so make sure we keep it up! keep sharing some good tips and advice and your successful weigh ins so we all keep motivated!

Mine are- to PLAN, TRACK and stick to my guns!
Daily Exercise, with or with out a hangover and remember how far i've come!
27.8 kilos is one hell of a lot of chocolate!!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! xx

Still Maintaining

Hi girlies... Back to 59kg this week, which I'm happy with. The whole 58-point-something scared me and made me realise I haven't really been looking after myself properly and if it wasn't for my good friends wouldn't have been eating more than a couple of proper meals a week... So I'm back to being healthy and conscientious, and maintaining btween 59-60kg. Well done to everyone on some fantastic losses. Can't believe I've been at goal for over 6 weeks. That's over half the time it actually took me to lose the weight... Wow! Have a good week...

END OF WEEK 8

So its end of week 8, we are down to 9 contestants and one maintainer! its definitely the business end of this challenge and so many of us have achieved so much already!

Myself and Sherrie have both lost 5kilos, Angelle, Gen and Carly have lost over 4kilos! and the rest are all plodding away as well! everyones less than when they started and thats the main thing!! - Cheryl is only 600g away from her blc goal weight!! well done everyone!!

GOAL FOR THIS WEEK -

I want everyone to sit down and write up and stick to a set plan over easter. if its there and we are with it then we dont have any excuses over the extra long weekend. of course theres going to be some splurging and out of your control meals, but counterbalance that with exercise girls!!! Choose better foods when you do have to eat away from home and be more selective with your alcohol - ie instead of jim beam cans, make your own bourbon and diet coke.. or instead of udls make your own with diet softdrink and vodka! its the little things that count.

One thing I also found and it was also mentioned on 'whats good for you' last night - its not so much the alcohol you drink, its when the alcohol acts as an inhibitor/relaxant and you eat crap as a result. so think about that when you wake up feeling CRAP and reach for something greasy. a/ it wont make you feel any better, just more sluggish and b/ you will put on weight.

Have a good week everyone, i look forward to your pre easter results!!

Hi girls,
Sorry for not getting in touch for ages. Two weeks ago, I gave up smoking and I've not been very good with my food because of this. It's been really hard but it is something I really want and need to do. I just feel that I need to concentrate more on staying off the fags and although I will keep doing my exercise, I don't think I'll be much good in this challenge right now.

Everyone keep up the good work and I'll be cheering you all on with your losses.

Sorry about this, Karrie x

Another loss for me - and its TTOM

Hi all, a quiet weekend definitely pays off at my end.. I lost 1.6kilos this week! which brings me to my 5kilo total for the BLC. AAAAAAAAAAAAND it brings me back into the 70s! 79.6 as of this morning.. and ttom tomorrow!! i also snuck a few of chappys kfc chips and a killer python last night on the way home from the footy... but i obviously had done the hard yards all week and no alcohol was definitely a big factor. Im keen now to maintain or even lose a little with the end of TTOM and hard work and determination. we have a bus trip/big night this thursday night (work social club) then again sunday night (grand final drinks and bus trip for footy/netball) so monday morning will be a test, but i think i can do it and ill be focusing on that all week, im enjoying saying 70something so im keen to stick around.

How did you all go, good luck for the next weigh in. week 8 starting as of today! how they fly!!!

Woohoo - 2 weeks in a row!

Yeehaw - lost another 1.3kg this week, so down to 91.2kg. *Almost* in the 80s!!! Slightly nervous as I go back to working night shift this week - will have to take my meals. Also going down to the parents' holiday house in Vic for Easter, so I'll have to keep up with the exercise. Hope everyone else has a good weigh-in!