The Northern Ireland Weight Loss Club 2011

arkonite_babe

Following on from the Northern Ireland Weightloss Club last year, we're starting a shiny new thread to inspire us and share our success and failures.

Feel free to join in and comment on the thread

***EDITED TO ADD***
Don't feel under any pressure to share what you weigh unless you really want to.

Useful links
Exercise at least 3 times a week challenge
Exercise and Fitness Chat
Lose Weight Thread on the I wanna Board

smokiewater

Well done Arkonite-babe for getting the thread started!

now all we have to do is get the diets started!

belfastgirl23

amen to that smokiewater!!

Or rather stop eating in my case

icookalot4u

could do with encouragement and motivation, starting afresh this am, heaviest i have ever been!

arkonite_babe

I walked 3 miles last night and am doing a lunchtime zumba class tomorrow. Will weigh myself on the wii fit later to give myself a scare!! :eek: :eek:

smokiewater

arkonite_babe wrote: »

I walked 3 miles last night and am doing a lunchtime zumba class tomorrow. Will weigh myself on the wii fit later to give myself a scare!! :eek: :eek:

Where did you find a lunchtime Zumba class?

There is one in the school near us on a Tuesday night, I have been trying to pluck up the courage to go! Let us know how you get on.

arkonite_babe

Lunch time zumba in the Flamingo in Ballymena. Starts at 1.10pm, the class is actually Thursday lunchtime not Wednesday (today) as I posted last night. Was a day ahead of myself :rofl:

I have no idea what it involves except its good for fat burning and is based on salsa style dance.
I found a video of an actual class on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf0q6qtThF4 looks awesome!!!!!!

mofopants

This has come at just the right time for me - i am the heaviest i have ever been and could do with a little bit of motivation!

I'd like to lose 2 stone this year - its the big 3-0 and i want to look good for it!

sunshine

I could also do with some motivation. I was diagnosed with diabetes in October last year having had pre-diabetes for 8 years previously. Low fat and low sugar diet did nothing for me, so I researched after being diagnosed and found the low carb way of eating. I've lost 2 st 7 lbs from the end of October last year and have a long way to go. (Blood sugars are well under control now.) I find it hard to exercise on a regular basis due to health reasons, but when I can I use the Wii for step, jogging, hula hoop and tennis. DD has also just brought a trampoline into the house, so trying a bit of that too. :eek:

arkonite_babe

smokiewater wrote: »

Where did you find a lunchtime Zumba class?

There is one in the school near us on a Tuesday night, I have been trying to pluck up the courage to go! Let us know how you get on.

Zumba class yesterday was excellent. Very energetic, I was wiped out after the half hour class!!! It's a real pity that the classes are so massively over subscribed in the evening as I'm back to work next week and won't be able to get a class unless someone drops out.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

The Zumba class sounds great! I tried a salsa class once & it was very tiring but I felt great afterwards - I need to work my up to that type of class again I think as I'm sooo unfit! Anyone got a Wii? I'm thinking of starting off with Wii Fit and maybe Wii Dance later on.