Fit Mumma

Weigh in Week 3 of Round 4 {2012 - 12WBT}...

Weight this morning:    68.1kgs 

Weight loss total:    2.5kg

% weight loss 3.5%

 BMI is 24.4* 

BMR is 1421

* in the upper end of a healthy range. Whoot whoo!

Happy to see the numbers going down... I am feeling good and on track. 

My nutrition is really good, exercise I am doing about 4 sessions per week, so I can do some more work there.

Love out.
Bxo 

Weigh in Week 1 of Round 4 {2012 - 12WBT}...

 

Weight this morning:    70kgs (bang on!)

Weight loss:    0.6kg

% weight loss 0.9%

 BMI is 25.1 * 

BMR is 1440

I forgot to weigh myself on Monday morning, so this is a 600grm loss in since I weighed in yesterday. Unlikely to be accurate, but I'll take it.

*My current BMI puts me in the overweight category, here is an exert from Michelle Bridges website:

You're slightly Overweight Being in the overweight category you have a higher risk of illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, sleep apnoea, osteoarthritis, gallbladder disease, and many more.

Humpf... thankfully I am on the way to getting back to my lean self.

Image from here.

Today's goal, again.... water water water!

Bek x

Weigh in Week 7 of 2012 {Week 1 of Round 1 12WBT}...

Weight this morning:    65kgs

BMI is 23.3  

BMR is 1396

That's almost one kg up since last Wednesday. TTOTM would have everything to do with that... infact I am likely 2-3kgs up with that happening.

Shrug... it is what it is and in a few weeks I'll be in the 50s again... my challenge is not getting there, but staying there.

With that in mind I am using this as my mantra this round:

I'm also not looking at this as a whole, I am simply working on each workout, each meal... day by day.

Happy Weigh in Day to you, I hope you had a successful first weigh in :)

Bxo

Weigh in Week 6 of 2012...

Sheez, I've skipped a few weeks due to being on holidays, without my scales.

So what happened during that time away on holidays... well I gained a bit more weight. I know, disappointing!

When I got home last Thursday the scales let me know I was 65.6kgs... and I'll be entirely honest here: I could have done a "one day late Wednesday weigh in post" but I so didn't want to admit to gaining more weight.

I thought letting you know I've lost some of that weight in the past {following} week would be much better. Well I feel a little better. Smidge, tiny bit better.

WEIGHT THIS MORNING:     64.1kgs

Loss from last week of:            1.5kgs, which is  a great loss...

But it does not detract from the little(? major) problem I have of getting to near goal weight (which may or may not be realistic, tho stats tell me it is... and when at 59kgs, I felt I could still lose another 2kg)...

WHY (oh why??) do I then go and put 5kgs back on? 

Am I the ONLY freak this happens to? Far out. I am not all {drama queen} shattered about it, simply because I know I am about to embark on another 12WBT round... and I can still fit (quite snuggly) into most of my clothes... but that's really not the point or issue is it?

I am determined to get to the bottom of the WHY to my little 5kg pendulum swing this year. I am committed to doing all three rounds back to back (which I've never done) and I am committed to breaking this yo-yo cycle for good. Cracking that nut which is my mind, which I feel know is holding me back.

Consistency will be my Queen for 2012.

My previous weigh ins are here.

Bx

Weigh in Week 3 of 2012...

63.7kg this morning. Tomorrow I could well be down 800grams, then back up again... that's how my body rolls. Le sigh!

And we are about to head of to South Australia for near 2 week holiday. Seems I am in maintenance mode... but I I am determined I will lose a few of those kgs before the next round of 12WBT kicks off.

Which is so soon. Yah!

So glad that many of you are doing it too.

Hugs

Bx

Weigh in Week 2 of 2012...

Whooooaaa, it's been quite a while since I last posted a "Wednesday Weigh In"... but it must be done.

Today I weighed in at 63.5kgs.

Not great.

That's 4kgs up from my best {close to ideal} weight of late last year.

It's not the end of the world either.

I know I will turn it around again - pronto.

I've done it many times... and that is the problem.

My 2012 goal is to stop the sway... to be consistent and content... not needing to "bust out" of my nutrition plan and fall back into old habits. Not resting on my laurels so to speak.

During 2012, in addition to my weekly art journal pages, I am also participating in Cathy Zielske's Move More Eat Well online class.

Here is a page I did for the class recently:

And hey, I am aware I look "fine"... and if you have a lot of weight to lose you may think "what a whinning bi-atch"... and to that, let me say this:

• It is about health and making the most of this life and our bodies.
• It is about eliminating sugar.
• It is about having a clean diet - for HEALTH reasons, not just weight (which is also a health issue).

For me, I don't want to let the kgs creep up year after year, so that in 10 years I am in the obese range. I don't want any diseases to manifest in my body that I could avoid, or elimiate with a good nutrition plan and exercise.

So yes, I can appreciate that to some of you will think I am a big-sooky-lah-lah. That's okay. When you get to those last few kgs... then come tell me how you're doing with it... because it's not easy (for me). It may well be easy for you... then I definitely want to hear from you, and you can give me some pointers.

2012 I will to get to the bottom of why it's not easy for me, and kick it to the curb for good.

The other factor to a health/fitness/nutrition/weight loss journey...  is that it is all relative... we all have issues to work on, we are all coming from different starting points, and have different goals, aspirations, different motivationing factors too. I have this blog for the support and encouragement we offer each other. The only person I am ever competing with is myself. That is hard enough, I don't need to compete with anyone else. So if you ever come here and think "oh, well.. I'm not doing that, or this, or that" and think to yourself that this blog is not for you... think again. Because it's so very true, that "we're all in this together" as Ben Lee would sing.

I turn 40 this year and I know I will be fitter, leaner and stronger than ever.

We all will be!!!

Peace.

Bxo 

Weigh in Week 1...

This is the first weigh in since the finish of 12WBT, Round 3 2011.

I lost 1.7kgs from last week. Whoot whooo!

Looks like I am shifting my goal posts again... I may try to get down to 55kg... or 57kg - that will be for next round.

My PT's are confident I'll be able to do it... I'll be very lean and muscular. This depends on whether or not I am going to aim for a marathon during 2012, or stick with half's... weight appropriate to goals is important & I haven't really made up my mind on anything...

I want to do it all :)

Right now I am happy to maintain the weight I am... or even drop a bit more over the Chrissy break. It is possible!

Keep on keeping on :)

Bx

Weigh in Week 12...

This morning, some of the FIT gals, who also did the 12WBT:

It's been a wonderful journey with these ladies... great support and encouragement.

WOWsers, still, I can't believe we are here already, at the end of  another 12WBT... Round 3 for 2011.

How did I go?

Well, my stats are not as good as they were at week 9, or week 10 for that matter.

They are what they are... I am up from my last weigh in... about 2.5 kgs up from my best during this round. 

I will continue to put these weekly posts up, which will keep me honest & focused. 

So how am I feeling about these stats?

Disappointed? A little, yes. 

However - I have to consider if my goal weight is really a weight that is good for me.

The weight I am today... I am a size 8-10, more 8 than 10... and I have a great deal of muscle, my scales say some crazy fat %... but an actal fat test at my gym says I am much leaner.

So my BMI is low.... my body fat % is almost at an athletic level... and I am a couple of kgs from my "ideal" weight...

With the extra kgs, my figure has not changed very much... I have gained cms in my hips... always the LAST place to go and first place to return. It took 6 weeks of super clean eating to lose a few kgs very slowly... then 4 days to put it (and more) on ... again, that is always the way. It is a struggle for me to get to the lower weight, and even harder for me to maintain it.

Though many argue I am already at a low, and ideal weight... and this is what I have to consider.

I have to ask myself if I am willing to be super strict with my nutrition... and get to the 57kgs... or be a bit more relaxed and be content at 60. For those of you who need all the figures {I know I am one of them}... my height is 167cm.

Right now, I really don't know.... I do know that I like being leaner. It's whether I want to work really hard every day at it?

I also have to factor into account my injury... which has pretty much kept me out of my "true" exercise equation for this entire round. I've not been able to work my lower body at all really :(

That's huge.

So I guess I remain a work in progress... you can be sure that I will be doing all three rounds in 2012. 

2012 is going to be even bigger than 2011 was, and that... was HUGE.

A year ago I never would have imagined all that I have accomplished and achieved this year in relation to my fitness... from Mumma with three little ones... to Fit Mumma carving it up most days, it really blows my mind at times.

Happy Days!

Bx

Weigh in Week 11...

OMG, the wheels of this bus have definitely fallen off !!!

Not to be too discouraged by these figures, I have many factors to contribute to such a large gain in just a week. Also, I can gain 2-3kg from morning to night some days.

My stats this week are as follows:

Loss this week:            NONE... gained quite some, almost 3kgs actually!!!!

Total loss so far:          7.7kg

% weight loss:                11.5%

BMI now sits at             21.3

BMR is at                         1343

Last week this is what my scales said to me...

By Sunday they could well be saying the same thing again... or at least by next weigh in, our last one for this round.

Previous weigh in's for this round are here.

I am going to try to take the emotion out of this as best I can, and just get on with it.... my goals are still achieveable. 15% body fat loss... here I come!!!

Love out.
Bxo 

Weigh in Week 10...

So my stats this week are as follows:

Loss this week:            300grams :(

Total loss so far:          7.7kg

% weight loss:                11.5%

BMI now sits at             21.3

BMR is at                         1343

A loss is better than a gain, it's true...

However a little one makes me feel  a little sulky and grumpy and I know it's my own fault. I ate too many carbs for about 3 days running during this past week. Those 1000+ calorie workouts just smashed me. Plus my sinus infection I guess.

IronMum said to me recently that she woke up hungry... at 3am... I was like W.T.F ???? HOW does THAT happen.

Well, apparently... it just does! last week it happened to me too - farrrrkkkk !!! 3am I was woken up by the feeling that my stomach is eating away at itself... you know that feeling? Thankfully, I had a bit of water and I felt better and was able to bet back to sleep quickly.

The week ahead has a few red flag events for me... a degustation menu at a fine restuarant, a gift from a dear friend ... and it expires soon. Then a wedding this weekend - I think I'll be okay with that one.

So, I am not going to be a victim, blamer, make excuses... wallow in my sooky lah lah ness {though I am allowing myself to feel it and let it wash over me... with a pot of green tea :)}.

I am determined to reach my goal & I know I can do it... no matter the red flags and sick kiddies the universe provides me with.

Life is like that, full of challenges and it's how we handle them that matters.

Love out...

Bxo