Or, maybe this post should be more appropriately titled: HOW I LOST 4.5KG IN 9 DAYS!
I am so fricken' excited! Really, really happy with the results.
I know you're not going to want to hear how I did it, because it sounds so cliché, but truthfully, I did not starve myself or have a personal trainer kicking my ass for hours each day like some supermodel or famous actress.
It was just a matter of healthy eating and walking.
With the help of my Fitbit and the MyFitnessPal app, I am monitoring my calorie intake, output and sleep, as well as the Pebble monitoring my steps and exercise, for which I also use the MapMyFitness app to track the routes and distance and share them with my friends on Facebook.
I am eating between 1200-1400 calories per day and going for walks whenever I can manage it. I am trying to maintain a healthy balance between home-life and walking, which means I'm also not walking like a machine and hurting myself anymore.
I usually go for a walk with my walking buddy first thing in the morning, then I do an after lunch walk if it's not a work day, either up the street to get groceries (and "weight train" them all the way home) or something like that. Most days, I also do a night time walk with my dog if she didn't get to come on one of the others. If the weather is inclement, or just way too bloody hot, like it has been some days lately, I chose to walk on the treadmill instead for about 45 minutes to an hour, whenever I get some free time. I like to do this also so that I can spend time with the kids as well, chat to them, monitor their TV time or when they are playing games, etc.
In between my walks I get the housework done, for which my kids have their daily set chores as well which really helps lighten the load.
As for what goes in my gob, I'm not eating bread anymore. I found that after lunch it was making me feel bloated and tired, so now I really only have carbs for breakfast, in the form of weetbix, or sultana bran, or oats in a smoothie or porridge.
It's extremely important to have a healthy breakfast in the morning, your brain can't function without fuel and if you skip it, it's likely to leave you tired and hungry and reaching for the nearest chocolate bar or sweet food by mid-morning.
I have cut out all take-away foods, excepting one cheat meal per week. This allows for some over-indulgence and stops the cravings for the stuff I can't have any other day of the week.
And water, at least 2 litres a day Steppers, it helps to fill you up and is calorie free!
For lunch and dinner I have a salad bowl or a salad with a small portion of meat. I have about 80 grams of meat, which is recommended for a woman of my activity level. Men are a bit more, have a Google and see what is recommended for you, it's interesting to know!
You really have to be careful with portion sizes, especially for meat. Get yourself some digital kitchen scales, you can pick them up pretty cheap and weigh everything you eat for a while and see exactly how much a serving size of each food item is. You will be very surprised where the extra calories are coming from!
So there you have it, nothing fancy, just a whole heap of healthy eating and exercise!
Update on the Challenge Australia walking competition:
The Ararat vs Australia Pebble Challenge is into it's 9th day and has yielded some massive numbers from the competitors.
I snuck into first place by day 2 and have stayed there thus far.
The stats look like this at the moment:
There has apparently been a rather humorous rumour going around that there are 30,000 people in the challenge. Well, as you can see, clearly not...
Keep at it Steppers, don't give up, if you want change, you have to make it happen!
xx Krystal
I am so fricken' excited! Really, really happy with the results.
I know you're not going to want to hear how I did it, because it sounds so cliché, but truthfully, I did not starve myself or have a personal trainer kicking my ass for hours each day like some supermodel or famous actress.
It was just a matter of healthy eating and walking.
With the help of my Fitbit and the MyFitnessPal app, I am monitoring my calorie intake, output and sleep, as well as the Pebble monitoring my steps and exercise, for which I also use the MapMyFitness app to track the routes and distance and share them with my friends on Facebook.
I am eating between 1200-1400 calories per day and going for walks whenever I can manage it. I am trying to maintain a healthy balance between home-life and walking, which means I'm also not walking like a machine and hurting myself anymore.
I usually go for a walk with my walking buddy first thing in the morning, then I do an after lunch walk if it's not a work day, either up the street to get groceries (and "weight train" them all the way home) or something like that. Most days, I also do a night time walk with my dog if she didn't get to come on one of the others. If the weather is inclement, or just way too bloody hot, like it has been some days lately, I chose to walk on the treadmill instead for about 45 minutes to an hour, whenever I get some free time. I like to do this also so that I can spend time with the kids as well, chat to them, monitor their TV time or when they are playing games, etc.
In between my walks I get the housework done, for which my kids have their daily set chores as well which really helps lighten the load.
As for what goes in my gob, I'm not eating bread anymore. I found that after lunch it was making me feel bloated and tired, so now I really only have carbs for breakfast, in the form of weetbix, or sultana bran, or oats in a smoothie or porridge.
It's extremely important to have a healthy breakfast in the morning, your brain can't function without fuel and if you skip it, it's likely to leave you tired and hungry and reaching for the nearest chocolate bar or sweet food by mid-morning.
I have cut out all take-away foods, excepting one cheat meal per week. This allows for some over-indulgence and stops the cravings for the stuff I can't have any other day of the week.
And water, at least 2 litres a day Steppers, it helps to fill you up and is calorie free!
For lunch and dinner I have a salad bowl or a salad with a small portion of meat. I have about 80 grams of meat, which is recommended for a woman of my activity level. Men are a bit more, have a Google and see what is recommended for you, it's interesting to know!
You really have to be careful with portion sizes, especially for meat. Get yourself some digital kitchen scales, you can pick them up pretty cheap and weigh everything you eat for a while and see exactly how much a serving size of each food item is. You will be very surprised where the extra calories are coming from!
So there you have it, nothing fancy, just a whole heap of healthy eating and exercise!
Update on the Challenge Australia walking competition:
The Ararat vs Australia Pebble Challenge is into it's 9th day and has yielded some massive numbers from the competitors.
I snuck into first place by day 2 and have stayed there thus far.
The stats look like this at the moment:
There has apparently been a rather humorous rumour going around that there are 30,000 people in the challenge. Well, as you can see, clearly not...
Keep at it Steppers, don't give up, if you want change, you have to make it happen!
xx Krystal