Alternachicks Equinox Challenge

WormwoodDoll · 01-16-2009, 11:46 AM

Congrats WABE!

I weighed in at 219.8

Good luck to the rest of you ladies!

Lovely · 01-16-2009, 01:32 PM

Hey Wormwood

WTG! on the loss! Yahoo! See, and I don't know how you do the elliptical. I do 5 minutes on that sucker and want to die!

To each our own

Wabe - Awesome job this week!

Robot - Down a pound is down a pound

And you might see that all your hard work shows up next week on the scale.

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Yesterday:

Exercise: 35 minutes.

Food: A pretty wholesome day! On Plan.

Water: I guzzled it all down.

Good day, good day.

Weigh-In: 226.8. That's -2.8 this week. For a total of -104.2. I'm getting back to my ticker, and this time I can feel it's a permanent loss, not a waffling thing that I've been doing the past few months.

froggie83 · 01-16-2009, 02:52 PM

hey, can i join in here too? (i was going to say 'weigh in' but the pun was way too bad)
i'm going to aim for 185 which may seem a bit crap but i've no idea how this is gonna go - hopefully i'm completely mistaken and i'll be 185 by next friday (...yeah..)

does drinking water make that big a difference?

ollie27 · 01-16-2009, 03:17 PM

i'm in at 135. hopefully i can keep up the momentum, last challenge i yo-yoed two punds throughout the entire thing!

congrats to all the chicks with a loss!

Lovely · 01-16-2009, 06:20 PM

Hey Froggie - Of course you can weigh-in here

I think 185 is a pretty reasonable goal to achieve by March 20.

About water: I personally find that when I'm dehydrated not only do I stay hungrier, but I just don't drop as much weight. It's not that we need to drown ourselves, but we should make an effort to get a few glasses in a day.

WTG Ollie! Keep it up!

Skullarix · 01-16-2009, 09:30 PM

Good evening Chicks!

I weighed in at 159 which is 5 pounds down... 11 to go. At work today I was taking to some ladies that are also trying to lose weight. The all said, "so you are at your goal right?" I told them no, I had 20 more or so to lose. They all said I would be to thin and sickly if I lost that much more!

Lovely · 01-16-2009, 10:08 PM

Hey Skullarix! Congrats on 5 lbs down! Weeeooooh! Some people don't actually realize what 20 lbs looks like. You'll know how you look & feel as you get closer to goal.

I had a co-worker who seemed truly shocked to learn that I had more than 100lbs to lose.

Robot · 01-17-2009, 08:47 AM

Wow, look at all this weight loss. Rock on, ladies!

Welcome froggie!

I woke up early and finally got my Shred in! I really didn't want to do it, but I was cold and needed to heat up somehow. I'm so glad I got it done.

Lovely · 01-17-2009, 03:17 PM

Hey Robot, awesome job getting that Shred done!

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Yesterday:

Exercise: Ran/Walked for 35 minutes on the tread.

Food: Was the tiniest tad under for the day. So pretty much on plan.

Water: Got it all down!

Nice day

froggie83 · 01-17-2009, 04:35 PM

i've had an ok day i think, just had a can of soup i didn't mean to because i'm trying not to eat after 7 pm (it's 21:30 here) but i was well under my allowance for today so in terms of total calories it's not bad. and i've had lots of water.

i've been invited to a party but i'm not going to go because staying away from alcohol is my main aim this time (also i have loads of work to do tomorrow cos i've done almost nothing for the last 3 days

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Skullarix · 01-18-2009, 09:59 AM

Faerie~ Yeah, I know what you mean, I've also been on the other side of the fence and have said the very same thing to someone..."Oh, you will look to thin" Then I realized I really didn't know what I was talking about and felt bad for saying it. We'll see how it goes when I get there!

Robot~ Way to go on the shred! Some times when I don't want to do something or I don't want to get that last five minutes in I say to myself, "but think how proud you will be when you finish this!"

Rock on ladies!

Robot · 01-18-2009, 10:55 AM

I woke up this morning thinking, what's the point of staying on plan. Not sure why I thought that. It was bizarre. I had a slice of pie with a side of chips for breakfast.

Ugg.

WormwoodDoll · 01-18-2009, 12:12 PM

So...I've decided that starting Monday I will NOT weigh myself for 4 weeks. I am tired of the scale going up and down every day and feeling like crap because of it. I just want to focus on me and my progress, not the numbers. I also want to stay OP for the 28 days - completely. I need to start logging my calories every day again. It makes me feel a bit more sane.

Lately things have been pretty rough. I am tired of going through this spiral of emotional eating. I'm tired of seeing the scale go up. I just can't seem to get past 218-219. It upsets me because I know if I didn't sabotage myself, I would have lost so much more. I spent so much energy into putting together a new, healthier life style, and I'm not putting enough in actually putting it into action.

I think this next 28 days will help me in so many ways. I want to test myself to see if I can do this. I want to see if I really can make those smarter choices while out; to avoid all my temptations. I know I can do it. I'm just not sure if I am putting my whole heart in it, and it's time to!

**EDIT**
Okay, I'm going to do it for 27 days because I think it would be an awesome Valentine's day gift to myself.

froggie83 · 01-18-2009, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robot

I woke up this morning thinking, what's the point of staying on plan. Not sure why I thought that. It was bizarre. I had a slice of pie with a side of chips for breakfast.

Ugg.

that's not so bad - especially at the start of the day when you have a clean slate and the rest of the day to process it. might even give your metabolism a kick! are you back on plan for the rest of the day?

Robot · 01-18-2009, 03:43 PM

WormwoodDoll - I know how you feel about the scale going up. It's frustrating. I know you can do this!

Froggie - The rest of the day isn't so great either. I had a grilled cheese sandwich, more pie and a glass of pepsi. I'm hoping tomorrow I don't wake up with the same negative attitude.