Omo Alata: Special offer in Lidl today (if you live near a store). I bought a balance board and 5kg kettlebell

^ As a matter of fact I was in my local Aldi ( a similar store to Lidl) last week and saw some kettle bells on special offer, I bought the 5kg one and trekked home carrying it as you have to pay for carrier bags there lol! It has been sitting in my cupboard for a week now so thank you for hitting us up with this kettlebell workout YouTube clip. Will give it a go!

Mon Feb 11th

Exercise:

Brisk walk - 30 mins

Food:

B- porridge oats made with water, 1tsp peanut butter, 3 prunes, 1 tbsp milk
L-sweet potato and onion soup(165 cals) with 1 slice of wholegrain rye bread
D- 2 slices wholegrain rye bread with 1 boiled egg, little butter.
Snacks - 3 low fat crackers, 1 slice of cake
Drinks : 15 glasses water, 1 cup green tea, 1 cup of coffe with little milk.

@ Simababe : many happy returns to you dear!
@ omo alata: nice shredding work there

A new week house, lets do this thing!

@yinx: that's good you are breaking your daily fast with more protein than heavy carbs. There is a tendency when one fasts to break with heavy meals and try and catch up with all the meals missed in the day. One can easily eat over 1000 cals in the evening. At least you are nourishing both your soul and your body! Nice one with the water too, I'm trying to reach 3 ltrs daily and that is a challenge on its own. Take care x

@HG: I'm fine thank you, still very much in the vehicle , doing my workouts with JM and stuff but got a bit lazy with posting here... Will try and take up my logs again.
@ML: glad to hear things are going well with you and wish you a stress free delivery when the time comes, exciting!

modath: We lost him today!

So so sorry and saddened to read this dear Mody may God strengthen your family emotionally during this time xx

Hm interesting points of view here regarding diet and weight loss. I'm firmly in the 'portion control' camp and don't believe in cutting out whole food groups to lose weight. They have their part to play in our diet. especially if you can switch to the wholegrain variety where possible (brown rice/ ofada, wholegrain bread etc).
As long as you eat them in moderation because that is Real life, self control then I see no problem. Cutting out food groups to achieve weight loss can be a fast way to drop those kgs but not the way our bodies were designed to function. one has not learnt how to exercise self control and when you re-introduce these foods it's usually a downward spiral. I have friends who have done this totally cutting out carbs thing and they ended up putting back all the weight plus more. In general it's not sustainable unless you plan never to eat carbs again for the rest of your life,then that would be a different matter altogether.

^^ amen o! Today was a real write off for me, it's like all the 'bad' food stuff came to meet me at home (via a friend) and there was no turning back. hm..anyway...

@ Mody: Yeah I'm game with the JM schedule.will post a sample plan for a week. I want to start on Monday God willing..

Hey folks, good to see progress here this week.

Here are my logs for this week:

Mon 21st Jan - Nil
Tues 22nd - This is Tae Bo - 51 mins
Wed 23rd - Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 dvd - 35 mins (used 2x2kg & 2x4kg dumb bells)
Thurs 24th - Cathe Friedrich Cardio Core Circuit - 51 mins
Friday 25th - Cathe Friedrich Kick Max - 45 mins

modath:
;I am now a proud owner of four(shred,YM,BFBM & 6wks 6packs) though I've only done shred & ym.
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^^ @Mody: you mean biz with JM o! I also have the above dvds apart from BFBM. I have her No More Trouble Zones one too. I'm actually planning to start a 4 week Jillian Michaels workout rotation for the month of Feb, so my plan is to do my workouts around her Ripped in 30, NMTZ and 6wk6pk dvds -might throw in her yoga one on my lighter days. God help me sha

Feeling a lot fitter and leaner after my 4 weeks doing mainly Tae bo workouts and have lost 4kg in this period woohoo! I'm now ready to switch things up.

@kkmny: welcome to the cold side and well done on that 7kg loss! That is an awful lot to lose in a week, I can't remember if you we're doing the Cambridge diet or sumthing?? Anyway it is a great loss, hope you sustain it and keep strong in Brussels.
@HG: how far dear? You seem a bit quiet on the logs...
@yink: I dey o, keep it up.
@ Simababe: looks like you we're reigning it in till that darned minced pie?! Pls tell me it was meatpie you had and not that horrid mince pie they have here for Xmas...lol!

Have a Good weekend everyone.

kkmny81: Good morning People.

A beautiful week to you all.

Sat 19/1/2013
Exercise: Jogging -1 hour

Breakfast - Indomie & fried Egg & sausage with Nutri-C
Lunch - Rice & Cooked Croaker Fish with Plenty water
Dinner - 6;30pm- Drank Garri with Sugar, Milo, Milk & Groundnut


Sun 20/1/2013

Exercise : Jogging - 35minutes

Breakfast - Rice & Cooked Croaker fish with plenty water
Lunch - Small Eba & Egusi with Stockfish-plenty water
Dinner - Drank Garri with Sugar, Milo, Milk & Groundnut

I no try at all this weekend o.

^^ eyah and you did some really nice cardio workouts with all that jogging. Shame about the amount of garri you took over the two days, whether taken in afternoon or evening, garri is always bad news and should be eaten in very tiny qty if at all. It's so calorific. Never mind, it's a new week, just go softly on the amount of carbs you consume this week to reign it back in.

Thurs 17th Jan
Exercise:
Tae Bo - Fat Burn Accelerator DVD 35 mins
Jogging - 40 mins
Brisk walking - 10 mins

Fri 18th Jan
Exercise:
Tae Bo - Ultimate Lower Body 45min

Sat 19th Jan
Exercise:
Bob Harpers Beginners weight loss transformation dvd - 20 mins

Sun 20th Jan
Brisk walk - 45 mins


@ Mody: agree with you on the mackerel front, taken in moderation it has fantastic health benefits with the added bonus of it being quite tasty too! I just try and cut mine in small to medium pieces when cooking with it.

Have a good week all, will update my workouts at the end of the week.

Wed 16th Jan

Exercise:
Tae Bo - Cardio Bootcamp 29 mins

Food:

B- nil (fasting)
L- nil
D- 2 serving spoons wholegrain brown rice, 1 tbs veg stew, 1 boiled egg, 1/2 avocado, 1 piece of grilled fish, 2 tbs boiled beans
Drinks-1/2 bottle malt, 8+glasses of water
1 tangerine

Tues 15th Jan

Tae Bo : This is Tae Bo - 50 mins

B- porridge oats, 1 banana, 3 prunes, 1/4 tsp honey and 2 tbs semi-skimmed milk.
L- salad leaves (rocket) with 1/4 grilled chicken breast, 1/2 avocado and cucumber slices with pomegranate fruit.
D- 4 slices of baked plantain, 2 broccoli head, 2 serving spoons of beans made with a little red oil
Snack - tangerine, 1 yoghurt
Over 8 glasses of water.

Hey Yinx, I dey o. Nice work everyone.

Mon 14th Jan

Exercise
Tae bo Everyboy Get Ripped - 48 mins

Food:

B- porridge oats with 1medium banana, 3 prunes , 3 tbs semi-skimmed milk and 1/2 tsp honey
L- butternut squash soup with 1 slice of wholegrain bread, tiny butter
D- boiled wholegrain brown rice with vegetable stew and 1 piece of grilled fish, 1 boiled egg
Over 8 glasses of water, 1 cup of coffee with a drop of milk.

I'm jubilating today - I haven't weighed myself since I started back exercising 2 weeks ago. I initially weighed myself on 31/12/2012 and was 72kg ( was so sad to see this number as it confirmed what I suspected, I had seriously regained but had been in some kind of denial and had avoided the scales for a while...). Anyway I weighed myself today after 2 weeks of exercising and eating better and I've lost 3kg- I'm now 69kg! So chuffed and further motivated to reach my goal.

@ Ronky, all the best dear, nice to hear things are ticking along nicely.

agabaI23: The last time I ran for over an hour was in 2009 on a treadmill. It was a 1hr 30 min run covering over 13km.

Today, I ran for 1hr 15mins paused for 5 mins to inspect a crap recreation centre and was on my way home. 1hr 20 mins in all


Happy new year.
Now lets go there.

Indeed lets go there...Now we are talking! Nice work, Well done dude

Friday 11th Jan

Tae Bo Advanced DVD - 55 mins

Breakfast - porridge oats, Prunes, 1/2 tsp honey, 1tbs milk.
Lunch- 1medium slice of yam with 1serving spoon garden egg stew
Dinner - tbc
Lots of water.

The end of week 2, I'm feeling a difference already in myself, nice .

The weekend beckons, have a nice one all x

Thurs 10th Jan

Exercise: Ultimate Tae bo - 55 mins

Food:
B- porridge oats made with water, 3 prunes, 1 tbs milk, 1/2 tsp honey.
L- vegetable soup, 1 slice of whole wheat toast, scrap of butter
D- basmati rice with vegetables and chicken
Lots of water
Cup of tea, 1 cup of green tea.

Have a good night guys x

Wed 9th Jan

30 mins brisk walk

Breakfast + lunch - nil ( went to the mountain today)
Dinner - 1 large slice yam and garden egg 2 serving spoons
2 veg wraps
Lots of water

@ Mody : hi dear, i see ur still rocking it with Jm, nice I'll soon be joining her to my rotation.
@ Hg: pele dear on the sad news. Take heart x

Lunch- vegetable soup(English style soup more like broth)
Dinner- 2 serving spoons of boiled rice with efo riro, 1 piece of beef, 1/2 moi-moi, 1/4 avocado
Snack - packet of baked crisps
Drinks- 1 cup of coffee, 8 glasses of water.

Nice work Hg.

Morning all!

How you all dey?
@ Hg: I dey here, no shaking. Abeg which dvds did you do - 84 mins, wow!

Monday 7th Jan
Billy Blanks: This is Tae bo - 50 mins

Food logs for yest will be pretty much the same as today's.

Tuesday 8th Jan

Tae bo Cardio Inferno - 50 mins

Breakfast- porridge oats with 1 banana and 3 prunes, 1tbs semi skimmed milk, 1/2 tsp honey.
2 glasses of water

Friday 4th Jan

Billy Blanks: This is Tae bo - 50 mins ( a really effective workout btw.. non stop cardio with plenty of kicks and punches, buckets of sweat but felt accomplished after)

Brekky- porridge oats, 1 medium banana, almond flakes, tsp honey,
Lunch / dinner - 8 plantain slices, 4 tiny roast potatoes with sardine and tomatoe sauce, 1 fried egg.
Snack - popcorn 2 handfuls
Lots of water

@yinx: hi not sure we've met on the thread so far as I've been an 'absentee' for a few months but now back nice logs btw, It reminds me that i really should incorporate more fruit into my diet!

Woohoo, it's the weekend! Have a good one y'all

Thurs 3rd Jan

Tae bo Fat Blasting Cardio - 45 mins

Brekky- bowl of porridge oats, with a banana and1/2 tsp honey, little milk.
Lunch- home made pizza with cheese and tomatoe and chorizo toppings ( ate quite a bit of this so clawed it back at dinner time.
Dinner - nil wasn't feeling hungry.
Snack - some kind sweets
Water - loads

@hg: was wondering where you were??! what a lovely testimony girl, may it continue into this year! Pls don't be gone long o, feels rather lonely here considering its jan, thought this place wld be more active...

Anyway I got my latest fitness DVD purchase in the post today - Billy Blanks' This is Tae Bo'. Judging by the reviews it's meant to be a nice tough and effective non stop cardio workout -Just what I'm after! Can't wait to try this out tmrw morning

Wed 2nd Jan

Tae Bo Advanced 57 mins

Breakfast - porridge oats, 1 banana, 4 almond nuts, 1/2 tsp honey, dash of milk
Lunch - boiled rice with veg, stew, 1 piece of chicken, 1can of sparkling water.
Dinner- 2 slices of wholegrain toast with tiny butter, cup of beverage, dash of milk.
1 tangerine
1/2 pack of plantain chips, 1scoop choc ice cream.
Lots of water throughout the day.

@ML:happy new year to you dear, I see things are progressing nicely, not long to go now. Take care x

Hope you all had a great 1st day of the year.

Tuesday Jan 1st

Tae bo Cardio Bootcamp - 29 mins

Breakfast -2 slices wholegrain bread,1 grilled bacon, 1egg, cup of coffee
Lunch - bowl of fried rice, veg and 1 piece of beef
1 Banana, handful of crisps and cashew nuts. 2 mini chocs
Lots of water...

@Mody: hey chica! How you dey?I promise not to go AWOL again hehe

Happy new year house, 2013 shall be a greater year for all!

@HG: knew I wouldn't get away that easy ...lol I was not in my usual environment for a couple of months hence my routine was distrupted. Also had some emotional chllenge but all is well now. Im back In the right mind frame.

Off to bed now (yawn)

Hey house, longest time since i've been here Wishing you all a great year ahead in all areas of our lives. 2012 was good, 2013 will be better!

I've been back to my routine since after xmas and it was about time too

Monday 31st Dec -

Tae bo Cardio Inferno - 50 mins (still love my Billy Blanks )

Breakfast .- porridge oats with a teaspoon of honey. 1 slice of wholemeal bread, tiny butter.

Will be back later to post the rest of the days meals.

Wed 8th August

Tae Bo Fat Blasting Cardio - 45 mins

@HG: that's a true observation and one that shows how sedentary our lifestyles have become causing all the excess weight. I remember used to trek to my school then about 45 mins walk every day under the hot blazing sun! Now one has to consciously create such activities/exercise opportunities...

taitee: hmmm hi evry1! hmmnnnn ve nt exercised in a whl o.

[/b]quick question, had bad is icecream for dietin. i no its bad but tell me hw bad like hw many calories.. [b] cos im seatin ere eatin icecream n wonderin d kind of workout i nid 2 do 2 get rid of it. sooo ny suggestions

^^ enjoy your ice-cream dear, you are allowed a treat once in a while. Exception is if you choose to eat the ice cream everyday lol. As per calories, it depends on the brand/type of ice cream, how creamy etc..most regular or plain vanilla ice cream will have approx 150 cals per scoop(large spoonful).

Monday 6th Aug

This is Tae Bo - 48 mins

Hour_Glass:

Back to back, I love that. Its a challenge for me, well done.

^Thanks for the encouragement HG, here's to attaining our goals this week

Sunday 5th Aug

Power walking - 80 mins

Happy new week all!