Ahhhh ok, so because I live in the middle of nowhere I couldn't find any shoes... had to order some online, hoping to have them Mon or Tue next week- which doesn't help me AT ALL for the weekend! I'm not working tomorrow now, so I'm going to update the above plan to reflect that. Grr. So annoyed! Hopefully the physio can tell me something good, or I'm stuck all weekend at home.
Put DOWN the Nutella!
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jjjay
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Have you tried seeing if you are an overpronator? (look at the wear patterns on traininers/shoes). I was having really bad pain in my foot which was worse when I took off the high heels and walked around barefoot (that's what really confused me!!!). Turned out I had injured a bone just under my big toe but also needed arch supports in my shoes to put the right weight on the right bits - this has helped no end.
Glad to hear hubby is on a health kick too - makes things much easier if you are doing it together
Glad to hear hubby is on a health kick too - makes things much easier if you are doing it together
It's really confusing- like I'll be practically crippled at work and then after sitting for a few hours and walking around barefoot, my knee is just a bit stiff and that's it! Which is what is making me think it's my work shoes... I have had this injury before now though, and the physio said it was from being on my feet all day. But that was really bad on my days off too, and right now it's not. SO... will just see what the physio says. Thanks for your input!! I just hate letting everyone down or people possibly thinking I'm faking it or something. Arrgh.
Just did my workout- mainly focussed on upper body. My legs were feeling pretty normal this morning, just really tired... had a shot at doing some squats but straight away my knee didn't feel quite right, so stopped. I did work my calves n hamstrings though, then just smashed my upper body and my arms are a wee bit shaky now. Love it, haha! Forgot how much I missed exercising. We are thinking of combining our tax refunds and getting some more gym equipment- I really want a rowing machine and an olympic bar and dumbbells, and probably 100kgs of weight plates. Can't wait to get in and start training hubby- he currently doesn't even know how to lift correctly! Guess it's kind of a good thing I only have a 20kg pump bar for him to play with, lol. Anyhoo, psyching up for physio... will be on later to update how I went...
Just did my workout- mainly focussed on upper body. My legs were feeling pretty normal this morning, just really tired... had a shot at doing some squats but straight away my knee didn't feel quite right, so stopped. I did work my calves n hamstrings though, then just smashed my upper body and my arms are a wee bit shaky now. Love it, haha! Forgot how much I missed exercising. We are thinking of combining our tax refunds and getting some more gym equipment- I really want a rowing machine and an olympic bar and dumbbells, and probably 100kgs of weight plates. Can't wait to get in and start training hubby- he currently doesn't even know how to lift correctly! Guess it's kind of a good thing I only have a 20kg pump bar for him to play with, lol. Anyhoo, psyching up for physio... will be on later to update how I went...
Jjjay- you totally hit the nail on the head... Physio says I'm overpronating really badly and it's forcing my knee into an awkward position... My kneecap is fully locked again, she's taped it (which has made it really hard to walk around!) I need new shoes and orthotics, have to do a few exercises for my quads and glutes... have another appointment for a couple of weeks from now. Argh. Got tomorrow off too as my new shoes won't come until next week, and the cheapest orthotics we can find are like $80! OUCH! That's almost as much as my new shoes!!!
In other news, I've been super awesomely good today. Go me! Got my new phone and that's keeping me occupied, it's pretty amazing!
In other news, I've been super awesomely good today. Go me! Got my new phone and that's keeping me occupied, it's pretty amazing!
Not feeling quite so disabled today, my knee has calmed down a bit after being taped so I can walk without hobbling again. Still not at work as I didn't get orthotics yesterday, going to ask Wade to grab some for me today so hopefully will be back at it tomorrow. Salad last night was yummy! Used the rest of the packet of penne from the night before, and it was tuna, green beans, onion, parsley, and I made a dressing out of lemon juice, curry powder and olive oil. Nom nom nom. I saved myself a huge pile of it today so I wouldn't have to cook, so that's my lunch and dinner. Hubby has it for lunch and I'll be heating him up some cheese and spinach parcels for him to eat when he gets home. Bulk cooking on my day off turned out to be the hugest lifesaver!!!!
Todays plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast pudding with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
L+D: Tuna and bean pasta salad
Exercise: Not any really, I have glute and quad exercises I have to do every morning and night but they aren't weight bearing so don't see them burning much... actually listed my activity as sedentary in fitday when planning food today so I can still have a good deficit. And I'm sitting on my ass all day so I think that's fair!
Total Cals: 1163 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1020
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 3132 (yay, I'm totally rocking out this week!)
Todays plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast pudding with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
L+D: Tuna and bean pasta salad
Exercise: Not any really, I have glute and quad exercises I have to do every morning and night but they aren't weight bearing so don't see them burning much... actually listed my activity as sedentary in fitday when planning food today so I can still have a good deficit. And I'm sitting on my ass all day so I think that's fair!
Total Cals: 1163 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1020
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 3132 (yay, I'm totally rocking out this week!)
Ahh didn't get to buy orthotics, the pharmacy closed earlier than we thought... So not working tomorrow.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast pudding with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
L: 5 homemade chicken and veg meatballs
D: 3 spinach and feta triangles Actual: 2 wholemeal grain bread rolls with 2 scrambled eggs and tomato, 2 Larabars, CCK 1 min choc cake (oops)
Exercise: 30mins strength training (gunna be more of an upper body thing)
Total Cals: 1259 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 985
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 4117 (Yay, just got to get through tomorrow and I've done better than planned this week!)
ACTUAL
Total Cals: 2137 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 79
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 3211
So didn't end today over maintenance, but worried having a heavy day before weigh in might've been a bad idea. Really hoping for 70.3 tomorrow!!!
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast pudding with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
L: 5 homemade chicken and veg meatballs
D: 3 spinach and feta triangles Actual: 2 wholemeal grain bread rolls with 2 scrambled eggs and tomato, 2 Larabars, CCK 1 min choc cake (oops)
Exercise: 30mins strength training (gunna be more of an upper body thing)
Total Cals: 1259 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 985
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 4117 (Yay, just got to get through tomorrow and I've done better than planned this week!)
ACTUAL
Total Cals: 2137 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 79
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 3211
So didn't end today over maintenance, but worried having a heavy day before weigh in might've been a bad idea. Really hoping for 70.3 tomorrow!!!
Just thought I'd quickly post tomorrows plan as I don't know if I'll get on here tomorrow! Will try though as it's my weigh in day! I'm going back to work, no idea how I'll go though... Might only be a short day.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast pudding with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Choc chip cookie dough Larabar
S: Bora bora cinnamon raisin bar
D: Homemade pea and potato soup
Total Cals:[/b] 1687 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 972
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 972
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast pudding with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Choc chip cookie dough Larabar
S: Bora bora cinnamon raisin bar
D: Homemade pea and potato soup
Total Cals:[/b] 1687 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 972
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 972
jjjay
New member
Orthotics are the BEST thing ever though - worth every penny once you get some and the pain goes. I don't wear shoes nowdays without them in - seriously, I never regretted spending the cash on them. I also bought a pair of Saucony ProGrid Stabil CS running shoes that have such a thick sole that they look slightly...dorky but they have some arch support thing in them and I can run again so I'm not complaining!!
Good luck with weigh day and I hope the knee gets better soon!
Good luck with weigh day and I hope the knee gets better soon!
Physio and the pharmacist said I need to get some (orthotics) custom made eventually- I looked and they're like $650+! Ouch! But yea, I've found some joggers I'm going to get and been looking for work shoes. I'll be walking awkwardly till then cuz the shoes I'm wearing aren't designed to have them put in so I have to squish my feet in!
Oh and weigh in I was 70.5kg so 300g down... better than nothing, I reckon yesterday would've had something to do with that though! Planning to break into the 69s this week!
Oh and weigh in I was 70.5kg so 300g down... better than nothing, I reckon yesterday would've had something to do with that though! Planning to break into the 69s this week!
Yesterday ended up being a bit of an epic fail- 1393calories over maintenance. Ouch. Today started off really badly, I ran around the house trying to find and eat as much sugar as possible- all I found was a box of smarties (thankfully) but still 950 cals of chocolate! Then just settled down and read all morning feeling lazy, but got myself out of bed and made soup... and cleaned up. It was really tasty too, and I got 8 serves out of it! Divided it up and froze 4, the rest is for today and tomorrow. So ending with a 903 calorie deficit today despite myself this morning.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] 4 homemade chicken and veg meatballs
L: Homemade pea and potato soup
D: Homemade vegetarian lasagna
Total Cals:[/b] 1013 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1166
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 676
So tomorrow will be pretty light on the calories, but trying to undo as much of yesterdays damage as possible... Also, I'm assuming I'll be fairly sedentary again so it shouldn't really matter that much.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] 4 homemade chicken and veg meatballs
L: Homemade pea and potato soup
D: Homemade vegetarian lasagna
Total Cals:[/b] 1013 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1166
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 676
So tomorrow will be pretty light on the calories, but trying to undo as much of yesterdays damage as possible... Also, I'm assuming I'll be fairly sedentary again so it shouldn't really matter that much.
Definitely haven't been as good as I'd hoped- ate to maintenance yesterday and today I had around a 570 calorie deficit. Have surprised myself today though, I got in and did a proper workout and I also turned my usual breakfast pudding into bars and baked 6 days worth... so don't have to make breakfast every night now! Kinda free-styling as far as my strength training is going, my knee causes problems and I don't have proper trainers yet for my issues so training barefoot. Doing what I can, mostly busting my upper body. Actually thinking of starting one of the 12 week programs on bodybuilding.com when I get back from holidays, do something a bit structured for a period of time. Doesn't cost anything either! Anyhoo, here's the plan for tomorrow:
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Luvju coconut mylk bar
D: Pasta primavera (pretty much pasta with a heap of different veg in a mustard vinegarette)
Total Cals:[/b] 1593 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1060 1128 (was on my feet longer than expected)
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 373
In other news, heard that one of the ladies in the bakery department that I work with has been bitching about me not working and leaving early the other day... apparently she was telling everyone I should suck it up and deal with it like everyone else does!! She also implied (but didn't come out and say it) that I was putting it on! Argh was so angry yesterday!!! What do I have to benefit from not working!? I'm a casual so I'm not getting paid sick days or leave or anything, and all I do it sit all day bored out of my mind!!!!
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Luvju coconut mylk bar
D: Pasta primavera (pretty much pasta with a heap of different veg in a mustard vinegarette)
Total Cals:[/b] 1593 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1060 1128 (was on my feet longer than expected)
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 373
In other news, heard that one of the ladies in the bakery department that I work with has been bitching about me not working and leaving early the other day... apparently she was telling everyone I should suck it up and deal with it like everyone else does!! She also implied (but didn't come out and say it) that I was putting it on! Argh was so angry yesterday!!! What do I have to benefit from not working!? I'm a casual so I'm not getting paid sick days or leave or anything, and all I do it sit all day bored out of my mind!!!!
Got through almost the entire day at work, had to skip out on the last 10mins as I could hardly walk anymore... Got home to cook dinner and I was fine as soon as I slipped off my shoes. Hope my new ones come soon!!
Heading over to the bosses place tomorrow after work to catch up with his wife, they've just come back from holidays. Will be nice to get out of the house, and I don't have to stress about getting there as it's just around the corner!
Tomorrows plan[/b]
Pre workout snack: Kee-runch bar
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Luvju orange and gubinge raw bar
D: Pasta primavera leftovers
Total Cals:[/b] 1730 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 969
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 1342
Heading over to the bosses place tomorrow after work to catch up with his wife, they've just come back from holidays. Will be nice to get out of the house, and I don't have to stress about getting there as it's just around the corner!
Tomorrows plan[/b]
Pre workout snack: Kee-runch bar
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Luvju orange and gubinge raw bar
D: Pasta primavera leftovers
Total Cals:[/b] 1730 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 969
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 1342
Very crippled and in lots of pain today!!!!!! Didn't make it all through work, I was in trouble after an hour so I booked a physio appointment for this afternoon and left work after 5 hours... Apparently I'm so much worse than when she saw me just a week ago!! My right knee has completely stopped moving, she spent 15 minutes trying to make it move and then I was just in too much pain so she taped it and taped my feet to support my arches... My other knee is starting to have the same problems. I can barely walk!! And on Wed I have to go and get my IT bands released, apparently they are really tight and contributing... she said she wouldn't do it today cuz she wanted me to psyche up for it, apparently it's quite painful. Awesome.
Still managed to eat healthy, 2 perfect days down and 2 to go till next weigh in.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Peanut butter and jelly Larabar
D: 2 cheese and spinach triangles
Total Cals:[/b] 1424 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1026
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2441
I did the plan as if I'd only be working for a few hours, if I can't work at all I'll take out a snack.
Didn't go to work at all, too sore... ended up eating more than I wanted, and combined with sitting on my ass all day... only ended on a 184cal deficit. Ahhh. And only one more day till weigh in! Tomorrow will be perfect!!!
Updated stats as of today:
Total Cals:[/b] 1893 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 184
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 1599
Still managed to eat healthy, 2 perfect days down and 2 to go till next weigh in.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Peanut butter and jelly Larabar
D: 2 cheese and spinach triangles
Total Cals:[/b] 1424 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1026
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2441
I did the plan as if I'd only be working for a few hours, if I can't work at all I'll take out a snack.
Didn't go to work at all, too sore... ended up eating more than I wanted, and combined with sitting on my ass all day... only ended on a 184cal deficit. Ahhh. And only one more day till weigh in! Tomorrow will be perfect!!!
Updated stats as of today:
Total Cals:[/b] 1893 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 184
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 1599
Feeling a little more able-bodied today, still painful to walk but I'm getting around without crutches now. Yeww! Going to go back to work tomorrow. Even managed a workout today (all floor stuff, no leg stuff) so still going strong!
Todays plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
L: 5 Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
D: 3 homemade spinach and feta triangles
Total Cals:[/b] 1259 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 879
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2478 (eeek! So really not the number I was hoping for this week... I think I have lost weight though, I guess the scales will tell me tomorrow!)
Todays plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
L: 5 Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
D: 3 homemade spinach and feta triangles
Total Cals:[/b] 1259 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 879
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2478 (eeek! So really not the number I was hoping for this week... I think I have lost weight though, I guess the scales will tell me tomorrow!)
This morning at work started off well enough, I had ,my new pair of shoes and thought I was going to be ok. After getting to work I realised I was rolling in really badly, so went to the pharmacy on my tea break and got a new pair of orthotics (physio didn't like the ones I had bought and advised me not to wear them- showed her my new shoes too and she thought they'd have enough support) Anyhoo... Knee just got worse and worse, then by 12:30 I suddenly couldn't really walk and had to go home. Arrgh!!!!! I was so upset, cried the whole way home. I'm so over this! It's SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!
Anyhoo... tried several times to make an appt with the one podiatrist that's in town, but no one was/is answering the phone, so I rang the physio and moved my appointment from Wed forward to this afternoon. Going to see what she says. Just seems that as soon as I think I'm ok, it's a lot worse than it's ever been! And getting worse!!! I'm going home in 2 weeks and I will have no money to spend or do anything, we already can't stay in the city anymore because we can't afford a hotel... just because I'm missing so much work, and I'm having to go to the physio so often and buying new shoes. And I'm so frustrated that I'm letting everyone at work down, we are SO short staffed and there is no one to replace me when I'm not there!! The other two girls are pulling 10-12 hour shifts every day to cover my work! I just can't believe something I've done my whole life (walking/standing) could suddenly become so damn impossible!
I've still managed to hold it together food wise...
Food today
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Peanut butter jelly Larabar
D: Homemade pasta-free vegetarian lasagna (haven't eaten this yet, but have everything else)
Total Cals:[/b] 1516 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 992
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 992
Anyhoo... tried several times to make an appt with the one podiatrist that's in town, but no one was/is answering the phone, so I rang the physio and moved my appointment from Wed forward to this afternoon. Going to see what she says. Just seems that as soon as I think I'm ok, it's a lot worse than it's ever been! And getting worse!!! I'm going home in 2 weeks and I will have no money to spend or do anything, we already can't stay in the city anymore because we can't afford a hotel... just because I'm missing so much work, and I'm having to go to the physio so often and buying new shoes. And I'm so frustrated that I'm letting everyone at work down, we are SO short staffed and there is no one to replace me when I'm not there!! The other two girls are pulling 10-12 hour shifts every day to cover my work! I just can't believe something I've done my whole life (walking/standing) could suddenly become so damn impossible!
I've still managed to hold it together food wise...
Food today
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats, unsweetened cocoa powder and raw choc coconut butter
S: Apple
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
S: Peanut butter jelly Larabar
D: Homemade pasta-free vegetarian lasagna (haven't eaten this yet, but have everything else)
Total Cals:[/b] 1516 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 992
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 992
Physio was ok, went and had my IT band massaged which was pretty painful in a good way (if that makes sense? Like really strong pressure on a sore muscle?) Seeing the podiatrist tomorrow to maybe have some orthotics made for me, and then back to the physio on Fri, she wants me to bring every pair of shoes that I ever wear with me and wants to see me walk around in them and see whats causing me to be so unstable and causing my knees to be maltracking so severely. Fun fun!! Hubby is having a lot of problems with his wisdom tooth at the moment too, so we were a little sad duo last night...
Have done a workout today, once again mostly upper body stuff with the lower body exercises the physio gave me.
Food today[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats and peanut butter
L: Homemade pasta-free vegetarian lasagna
D: Homemade pea and potato soup (got to eat soft food cuz hubby can't chew at the moment!)
Total Cals:[/b] 1180 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1023
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2015
Have done a workout today, once again mostly upper body stuff with the lower body exercises the physio gave me.
Food today[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats and peanut butter
L: Homemade pasta-free vegetarian lasagna
D: Homemade pea and potato soup (got to eat soft food cuz hubby can't chew at the moment!)
Total Cals:[/b] 1180 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 1023
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2015
Didn't end the day with the planned deficit, but I'm not too worried... every other week has started really badly and ended well, and this week I've started well and I plan on continuing to go strong! Felt like a major cheat day but still had a 281cal deficit.
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats and peanut butter
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
D: Homemade pasta-free vegetarian lasagna
Total Cals:[/b] 1233 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 965
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2238
Tomorrows plan[/b]
B:[/b] Breakfast bar with banana, oats and peanut butter
L: Homemade chicken and veg meatballs
D: Homemade pasta-free vegetarian lasagna
Total Cals:[/b] 1233 Total Deficit for day:[/b] 965
Total deficit since Monday:[/b] 2238
Verobc1
New member
Hey Lucy
Glad to see you are back on here!! My mom had a problem her one of her legs and the orthotics have really helped her out a lot she is even golfling again. Yes they are cost a lor but if you don`t miss work cause of they pain they will be so worth it. So how does one make a pasta-free lasagna, I have cut out pasta and I miss Lasagna?
Glad to see you are back on here!! My mom had a problem her one of her legs and the orthotics have really helped her out a lot she is even golfling again. Yes they are cost a lor but if you don`t miss work cause of they pain they will be so worth it. So how does one make a pasta-free lasagna, I have cut out pasta and I miss Lasagna?
Hey Vero!!!!! Actually the lasagna is an invention of my mums, she kind of outlined what she did and I made my own version- Instead of using bechamel sauce or pasta, I bought a 1kg ricotta in one of those colander/ strainer things and used that to make lasagna layers. It slices and holds together pretty well! The sauce is a 800g tin of tomatoes, garlic, 2 sliced onions, 3 capsicums, a bit of chili powder, a small container of tomato paste, and some basil and oregano... Cooked the veges till soft, then added everything else and let it simmer down for about half an hour. Then to assemble- The bottom layer is a bit of the tomato sauce, then sprinkle a few walnuts over it, then some cannellini beans (pretty sure I used 2x 400g tins, washed and drained), then a layer of ricotta. Think to use all the ingredients up it was 3-4 layers, then topped it with mozzarella cheese and cooked it for about 45mins in a moderate oven (around 150-180 degees c) and it made 12 servings. I froze it in separate containers so have been eating it when I'm too lazy to cook!
I didn't do a full post as I didn't have enough time, but I've actually been doing this again for a month and actually reached this months goal (2kg lost, yay!) Also lost 2cms off bust, waist, hips and thighs! (2cms off each, not all together. Haha!) And 1.1kg of that was body fat. I wasn't expecting it to come down this month as I was pretty shaky the first few weeks and I think those initial losses were just water... But hey, I still got there so I'm happy!
I didn't do a full post as I didn't have enough time, but I've actually been doing this again for a month and actually reached this months goal (2kg lost, yay!) Also lost 2cms off bust, waist, hips and thighs! (2cms off each, not all together. Haha!) And 1.1kg of that was body fat. I wasn't expecting it to come down this month as I was pretty shaky the first few weeks and I think those initial losses were just water... But hey, I still got there so I'm happy!