20-Somethings - I wanna look hot for halloween!!! Anyone else?

Hey everyone! I'm new to this forum. I've been posting on one for Low Carbers, but it is mostly older people. I'd really like to have some people my age to check in with. Male or female, no matter how much you have to lose, any way of eating, but if there are any Low Carbers out there, that would be great too... the only must is positivity!!! :)

So, a little about me... I love myself exactly the way I am and hope you do too! (This is beginning to sound like a personal ad :lol:) Anyway... I have about 45lbs. left to lose and eat Low Carb (meaning no sugar, no bread, no potatoes, etc... but I have great recipes for replacements like low carb donuts, oh yeah!) I know a lot of people are anti-Low Carb, but it works great for me and I don't feel deprived. That's always a good thing!

So, if any one is interested, lets get started!!! I'm setting a goal weight for Halloween, one of my favorite holidays, of 125lbs. If you want to set one too, go ahead.

I look forward to meeting everyone! -Heather

26 pounds by Halloween!!!? Holy Moly; you definitely have more drive than I. I will shoot for hitting 138 pounds. That will be the smallest I have been in years -- I am the smallest I have been in years now, but 138 will be, like, whoa, really trim, svelte, fit -- all the good stuff. Good luck, Heather!

Id love to be totally on goal by halloween....
126....
but iv a feeling that wont be happening....
guna try everything i can to make it!....
:(

Mamaspank~ Wow, you've done amazing! 57lbs is great! What kind of plan have you been following? I just started on August 20th and have lost 14 so far. I haven't been exercising much and I have an elliptical that I am going to put together sometime this weekend. I definitely think I can hit 125 by then, but I know its going to take some serious hard work... I imagine there will be sweat and tears :)

sh3l5~ I think you can do it! Just keep that goal in mind and don't focus on thinking you can't. You've come so far already! Your accomplishments so far are great and that last 9lbs should come off by the first of November.

Since I'm a newbie to the site, I still can't post my ticker... I have it on my blog though. I guess I'll have to wait 20 days (that's a little excessive, IMO)

:bat: So I'm dressing up for Halloween this year for sure! I'm thinking a pirate... :bat:

200lbs by Halloween would be nice!

I've always had a dream of being able to dress up as Lara Croft for Halloween, just because she is so fit and hot!

I'm trying to plan what I want to be for Halloween...I have no idea! I'm not really setting any weight goals by then though due to thesis deadlines :)

Well, I started dieting April 7, 2008, and have gone from 184 pounds to 144 as of today. Honestly, I feel wonderful, beautiful -- I haven't felt this way in so long. It's the best feeling to get ready for the day and like what you see in the mirror. I have been doing WW at home. I couldn't afford meetings or the online thing, so I just got the rules from my friend who did go to meetings. If you have lost that much already though, you are doing great on your plan. I could never last on low carb -- I loved the way it made my tummy look though.

Wait wait wait..... You want to look hot? Isn't halloween about looking SCARY? ha ha.
Best of luck.

Lol, i hear you. I work this haunted house around the 17th of Oct and if I could be like 15 pounds lighter by then - I would be sooooo stoked. I keep losing more and more butt - but the gut needs to peace out.

I know what you mean about having to talk to friends your own age - as much as some of the older ladies are sweet - a lot of them just totally miss my sense of humor and ignore me or get angry.

I'm trying to go to Fright Fest at Six Flags with my two best friends. Here's to getting off as much weight as possible by our trip!

I would love to lose 15 pounds by than. I know its a lot to lose, but Im up for the challenge, and for once i have the willpower to do it! lol. Im making the most of my gym membership as well.

I can honestly say its the best thing I have ever done for myself, joining the gym. :)

Wait wait wait..... You want to look hot? Isn't halloween about looking SCARY? ha ha.
Best of luck.

No way, Luvja! I dress pretty conservatively, and Halloween is the only day where I can dress slightly provocatively and not look desperate or totally skanky.

hmm, crimbo parties are another one to dress up for....
if im maintaining at my goal weight christmas this year i will defo be dressing up....
or down....
:)

i want to lose about 20-25lbs be4 halloween so i can look hot and scary at the same time. goodluck to u!!!

You gals are ambitious! I want to get to goal by Halloween - only 7 more lbs. - but at the rate I'm losing, I'm not sure I'll make it.

No way, Luvja! I dress pretty conservatively, and Halloween is the only day where I can dress slightly provocatively and not look desperate or totally skanky.

Yeah, I heard somewhere that Halloween is the one time you can dress "slutty" and get away with it! :devil: One year I was smaller, around the 120s, I dressed as a cop. That was a really fun halloween. haha

I made my first attempt at cauliflower mashed "potatoes" and they were so good! I'm down to 150.2 this morning, so I'm feeling pretty good! How about everyone else?

hmm, crimbo parties are another one to dress up for....
if im maintaining at my goal weight christmas this year i will defo be dressing up....
or down....
:)

I forgot to ask in my last post... what is crimbo? Dressing up + party, sounds like fun.

crimbo= christmas

Halloween.. well I've just joined gym and my eating is ok and healthy but my calorie allowance has creeped up, aaag! So I'm going to try and aim for 145 lbs by hallows eve, that with more intense workouts and trying to reduce my calories :)

Ah, OK... Christmas... Well, I won't be dressing up for Christmas, I usually like to stay in my pajamas, but hopefully they'll be quite a few sizes smaller!

yeah i freakin love dressing up for halloween. i just love halloween in general! i live in an apt complex and i cant really do outside decorations but i lovvvve decorating inside! :devil:

yeah i definitely wear all the 'sluttier' stuff i would never wear on a normal...like fishnets and super lots of makeup....

so fun!

OMG yes I want to look hot for Halloween, too! I don't have a specific goal for Halloween - though I have a very loose "Onederland by Christmas" goal, which should be totally doable - but it IS probably my favorite holiday... Hmm... I think I will try to be in the 210s by Halloween--even if it means I'm 219, heh. ;) That would be so awesome though! I'm already amazed enough that I'm almost in the 220s, so 210s seems pretty far away but ya never know!

As for a costume, I already promised my friend that she and I could dress up as WALL-E and Eve (from the movie WALL-E, hehe). Normally I would definitely go down the "Halloween slut" route, but this friend dresses very conservatively... Maybe I'll have to find something else to wear to the frat parties around here. :devil: Or find a way to make Eve look provocative?! Haha!

I'm going to be my regular stand by of a baby...easy to do and I still have last years pacifier. I would love to be 15 pounds light by then but it seems IMPOSSIBLE for me to lose weight now days.

oh my gosh. wall-e and eve is the CUTEST IDEA EVER!!!

okay, i am down for this. :D

Thanks sarasynthesis! It all arose from the fact that she does a really good impression of WALL-E's voice, heh. It's looking like it's going to be pretty hard to find a way to make an Eve costume for myself, though! Lol. :D

Ps. I looove decorating for Halloween, too. Last year I had a big "Happy Halloween" banner on the door of my dorm room so everyone could share in my festiveness, haha. This year I bought fake blood drippings for my windows and a fake light-up pumpkin, too, and of course I'm planning to get another banner. Muahahaha... :devil:

Oh wow Star2be, Eve and Wall-e sounds adorable!

I'd love to dress up as Eve, but I think I'll be going down the halloween slut route, because I can get away with wearing a corset on halloween :lol: