Aug 08 Hot Mamas - we are losers and we are proud!

[hotterpotter]

OK, during the last thread I managed to lose the grand total of...nothing in fact I am a few pounds up [sigh]

Have lost maybe an inch from bust waist and hips so that is something I guess, but I will not be in the same position at the start of the next thread. Sazz Someone give me a stern talking to

Yes apaarently the muscle build is done by tiny rips in the muscle during exercise, and the ache is those rips healing.

Sound plausible?

Bread avoided, check

post gig fish & chips on the other hand ...

Feck it. Aaaargh annoyed with self. They were excellent though.

enjoy swim Sazz!

Anyone who is feeling a bit or about their weight going up and down, at least you are not as bad as me. I am currently 0.25lb up on my weight at the start of the 11-week challenge

Please don't throw me out of the HotMamas I promise once I have got tomorrow and then my birthday out of the way I will have another go at actually losing...

ah hots, you are being too hard one yourself, you've worked so hard and been an inspiration to us and your dsis - enjoy tomorrow and your birthday

Oh I am hungry today. Good job I am not at home or I would be eating toast by now. Had 3 apples and still 90 minutes to lunch. Oh, I have had 3 biscuits too but not chocolate ones...

hots right there with you.. i feel like throwing out my scales .. after waiting for af to come my tummy is still like a bloated belly and i am 6 days in ...

i think about what i eat, i know i do let myself have little treats, but ffs i have been exercising everyday for 3 weeks... i should be thinner and i am gaining ..

ok my moan over as achy today did 27.5km on bike in pathetic 45mins .. must do better..

gg glad you enjoyed your fish and chips.. you have been so good for so long that you are allowed a treat..

i can see your red mist from b'ham sazz

God, gaining when you are being good is the absolute pits.

Thanks for saying I can have a wee treat, unfortunately I am just starving, roaming the house for treats at the moment, longing for chocolate (luckily there's none) and a big sandwich with a monster glass of wine or some such.

Hmmmmmmmm cup of tea, cup of tea...

Oh potster for you this week, tis tough. Agree stress and birthdays conspire to foul up one's week. Don't review yourself in such a negative light though, please, you are a totally different woman to the one you were six months ago so more focus on that please, and the knowledge that you can do a couple more months of hard core and then float like a weeny little feather into maintenance.

well done on the good eating Sazz..

must confess i had a glass of wine last night and a few crisps ..

definitely a gain for tomorrow unless i can magically disappear at least 3lbs .. have dd2 at home today as poorly as usual so hoping bike at lunch and maybe a walk if dd2 is up to it..

thinking of you today hots..

hope you found something healthily to eat vg

managed 40 mins 26km on bike whilst listen to dd2 chat in her cot.. no time for any more as she really wasn't going to sleep

Good work gals keep it up!

Nice bike work lotster, Sazz hope you managed your run today and that the weather improves and leaves you craving rocket lightly dressed with lemon juice. Actually I am craving that today, perhaps with a little well marinaded fillet steak on top... mmm will save for Saturday supper though.

Am temporarily derailed by Achilles tendonitis, am on orders to rest (I think I can row though) so am as was really getting into swing of running and don't want to let it slide. Did 7K the other day though and spent next 2 days limping and in absolute aggers so .

Morning all

Brilliant efforts everyone I am so impressed with you all (and the fact that you have been so committed for so long)

Thanks for the info on hotmamas - can I plead the 2 working parents juggling 3 kids amendment on the 4 times a week please? I just know it won't happen and don't want to set myself up to fail.

However... I have increased the exercise time to 25 mins = 10k and feels reasonable at the moment.

Weight this morning 10st 6lbs so -3lb, to be honest, I think it's more to do with time of day and previous weigh-in being premenstrual, but I'll take it

Took my own lunch to work and deliberately didn't get any money out so didn't impulsive buy cake/snacks/coffees even when I was really tempted.

No crisps.

Not a bad week

wow sazz you are really going for it .. well done on the run.. but being up..

fantastic start ataraxis ..

same old same old from me .. but i guess not too bad considering early in the week i was +3...

went to gym and did my stepper 35 minute workout...

thing is i have been exercising solidly for weeks now, you think i would be a rake but NO ... need to rework my eating again..

sorry to hear of your ankle trouble greeny.. hope its gets better soon..

hots you are excused this week

thank you sazz {accepts crown}

How much weight do you think I could lose if I lived on nothing but celery for the next seven days??? (eek )

oh hots hugs.. you just need to get yourself back on track... you have had a rough time of it..

maybe try getting back on the dreaded bike?? or if the weather is ok this weekend, a nice walk/play with the kids?

tis a temporary blip and by next fri.. you will hopefully be ing