Hi all! I am rejoining the site after straying away. In 2010-2011 I lost 60ish pounds over about 8 months, and then I gained back 50 pounds over the next year and a half.
This month I have recommitted to getting healthy again and I would like to join the challenge to help motivate myself! I weigh in on Sundays.
lunarsongbird~ Haha, I love your comparison! I'm starting to see the slow down though, but I'm still hoping to hit another 20lb. loss in two months! How are you doing?
In addition to dropping pounds / getting fit, I am super pumped about generally getting my life "ordered". I spent all morning looking at personal finance apps so I can keep track of my spending better; I'm sure one of the side effects of watching what I eat and cutting back on calories will be some savings on food, since up to very recently I used to eat out for lunch almost every single day...and a lot of evenings too.
I also got an app for my phone called Out of Milk and catalogued everything in my pantry. I'm hoping that will make it easier for me to remember what ingredients I have and come up with some tasty recipes!
I had planned that today would be a rest day but I am feeling kind of motivated to go to the gym anyway. Especially since I finally got some headphones yesterday so I can listen to music while working out again!
too funny about the 8 weeks. I had 8 different WI dates so I didn't look at the calendar. I'm already doing an April 1 challenge, with a slightly lower goal. so I am going to keep this one the same for myself and finish it up on March 24 and then have one more week to meet my 4/1 goal for the other challenge.
Plus these are both important goals for me - this challenge goal gets me to my first 10% loss, and my goal for the other one is to get into the 220s!!
It looks like everyone is doing really well so far, I think just about everyone has posted a loss!! That's awesome, we are all going to greet Spring with happy faces in smaller bodies!!
Hi everyone, just to say, sorry I'm gonna have to bow out of this challenge for a while as the diet I chose is causing me to get stressed. I was on Atkins which has worked really well for me before, but I'm really craving the carbs which calm me down a lot. I'm just going to try to maintain or lose really slowly right now (have been binging), but I might join you next month for 4 weeks if I can get my diet in order. Hope you all do well and reach your goals, I'll check in on you guys later. I'm off to the Chicks in Control board to see what they have to say!
kayin - That's okay. It's really good that you've recognized that Atkins is giving you problems this time around and are doing something about it. Hope to see you back here in March!
Hi everyone I'm new to this site but not new to losing weight. Lately I've been a little discouraged so I'm hoping this site will give me inspiration to push through and achieve my sexier body!!
