Chicks up for a Challenge - G2009: Don't Gobble till you Wobble Thanksgiving Challenge!

Here it is, girls! The G2009 Thanksgiving Challenge! :turkey:

I apologize, I should have had this up yesterday but I was out and about trying to....get a life! :lol:

This challenge runs from today till 11/26. WI dues dates are:

11/5
11/12
11/19
11/26

I know that's cutting it close, so you are more than welcome to post your SW as the weight you were last Thursday, if you wish. :^:

WIs are due to me by 11:59 PM CT on Thursdays! The WIs MUST be PMed to me. If you miss more than two consecutive WIs, I will stop tracking for you, though you can still join in the discussion and such. :)

I hope you all had a great Halloween! Any leftover candy needs to be trashed IMMEDIATELY! :club:

Let's whip through this month and get ready for the New Year!

:welcome:

:wave: girls!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! I actually braved the RiverWalk with a friend and her son. Managed not to have a panic attack, got to see some pretty cool costumes, and got in over 3 hours of walking! That's a win in my book. ;) Oh and the only treat I had was an outrageously priced mini-cup of cinnamon-chocolate ice cream. :D WI was today and I'm down 2.4 lbs! Yay me!

So my goal for this challenge is 8 lbs. :)

:wave: Hey everyone!!!

I'm BAACCCKKKKK!!!! LOL! Officially, my schedule has ALMOST been cleared. I started back on plan today.

My goal for this challenge is to:

eat 1500 calories per day and treat my calories as a budget rather than an all or nothing type situation.

AND

I would like to lose 8 pounds by the end of this challenge. Thats about 2 pounds a week!

Good luck everyone!

Sparkle - I'm assuming you'll post the deets on the points challenge.....I sure hope to see lots of folks posting in this thread!!!

Hmmm, ill give this a go :D.

I had an awesome Halloween at Knott's Scary Farm with my BFFs. I allowed myself to go over my calories because 1. its a Holiday! and 2. i was walking for almost 5 hours straight. I'm pretty sure that makes up for most of it :D.

My goal is to lose 7 pounds (from what i was last Thursday.)

SO!

SW: 264
GW: 257

I've never done a challenge where i have to PM someone, but it sounds simple enough :).

^_^ im in!
SW: 179
GW: <172~

we'll see if i make it :o
11/5
11/12
11/19
11/26

I'm In
SW 280.6
GW 272

I'm going to shoot high on my goal, I need to get in gear and get healthy. I'm also motivated by 3fc again. I dropped out for a couple of weeks and then came back, and I'm revved up again. Sometimes I think you just need a break.

SW 280.6
11/5 282.8
11/12 281

My weight on 10/29 was 222. My goal for 11/26 is 212. 10 pounds.

My parents haven't seen me since I was about 250 and I want their jaw to hit the floor on Thanksgiving!

Thanks,
Weeb!

Well everyone....good morning to ya :wave:

Hope you all had a lovely Halloween....and hope you have all thrown away your candy :kickbutt: LOL!


I'm fixin' to head off to get ready. I have a dr.'s appointment this morning....getting tested for diabetes, cholesterol, the works....

wish me luck!

Hi everyone. I'm posting the challenge rules now. We will start on Thursday the first weigh in day, and go for 2 weeks! :) Anyone who has posted will be sorted into 2 teams (Pilgrims & Indians). This challenge is not a results challenge- i.e. no points awarded for lbs lost, the goal is to reward for items we control directly.

Points will be awarded as follows:
1 point - posting daily
2 points- on plan food wise
1 point- on plan water wise
1 point/30 mins exercise
5 points-weekly weigh in (on time)

So each day everyone should post, and let me know if they met their daily goals, and Shari (JasonsLea) can PM me a list of everyone that weighs in each week.

Hi ladies, not the best weekend for me, but not terrible either. Close to OP for meals, a little alcohol put me over the top. I stayed mostly out of the candy, just a couple pieces (brought the rest to work this morning and got rid of it all!!) My strength training has been going OP for the past week, so I think I'm ready to add back in a little cardio as well (Esp. since I want the points for the challenge). I guess my goal for this month is 6 lbs. So I'd like to be 203.5.

SW: 209.5
GW: 203.5

Glad to see a couple new faces, and especially glad to see some returning pals. :)

ooh ooh ooh! I want to join! Our family is taking family pictures on thanksgiving....:(

It's really nerveracking. But, I'll try! :) Good Luck everyone!

SW: 224.
GW: 215!

Think I can do it?

Oh- BTW- if you don't want to be in the points challenge, please let me know by thursday ( I want to keep the teams as even as possible).

Hold up- If we want to be on the points challenge, do we post all the things we get towards the points on here, or do we PM it to you?

Thanks :)

and we start posting for points on Thursday?

I'm in on the points sparkle!!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!

I got my water in and my exercise. I'm just getting in the habit of checking in every day.

Re-evaluating my goals for this challenge
I Dont think my challenge is challenging enough so I'm upping the ante
changing my goal 1 lb more ~
good luck ladies =)

SW: 179
GW: <171~

we'll see if i make it
11/5 - ~177
11/12 - 175
11/19 - 173
11/26 - 171

I've been drinking water every day (min 8 glasses), exercising 40min+ and eating ~1200 cals
so far haven't slacked off!

Hi all! :wave: I'm up for the challenge. I don't know what it is but I do sooooo much better when there's some kind of point system. I guess it triggers memories of my childhood when I would have done anything for a gold star on my homework!

SW: 146.5
GW: 136.5

Hold up- If we want to be on the points challenge, do we post all the things we get towards the points on here, or do we PM it to you?

Thanks :)

Post Daily on whether or not you've met all your goals for the week. Like this:

Yesterday I ate on plan, got all my water, exercised for 30 mines and had 8 glasses of water. I'll add all the points up and update you all every couple days.

and we start posting for points on Thursday?

Woot! I'm so glad everyone's excited for this. Yes, start Thursday (get your first 5 points by PM-ing your Weigh in to JasonsLea, and then get another point for your post for the day!

Hi all! :wave: I'm up for the challenge. I don't know what it is but I do sooooo much better when there's some kind of point system. I guess it triggers memories of my childhood when I would have done anything for a gold star on my homework!

SW: 146.5
GW: 136.5

I've got the same thing going on. I need to get some gold stars, and I need to be on a team so that I feel like I'm letting my team down if I'm not staying on plan like I ought to.

Hi ladies, I was starved yesterday, so I ended up going over my daily calories by 200. :o but... I'm back on plan today and I've got some exercise scheduled for when I get home. So yay! Glad to see so many posting. Let's keep it up and keep moving.

Sparkle on the challenge do I PM you daily or do you want us to keep up with it and PM it weekly when we weigh in or soemthing?


Well a quick check in.....all of my tests that the Dr. ran came back fine supposedly....I really think I have diabetes I don't care what they say, but that is fine maybe it is just early onset or something. I just need to eat better and exercise...get this fat off and I will feel better!

Hope you are all doing well!

Just passing this along...I had lunch at KFC today....grilled chicken breast, green beans, and corn on the cob (3") was only 280 calories and I'm soooo full....just tell them to leave the biscuit out.... ;)

It's good to see everyone excited. Melissa, good tip on telling them to leave the biscuit out, I know I would eat it.

Hi ladies, don't forget to start posting your daily points starting tomorrow. (No PM's to me needed). :)

My update-- (as an example of how to post tomorrow, you don't have to post the red parts)
Yesterday I was on plan 1750 calories [2pts] (under 1800 is goal), 30 minutes of strength training [1pt] , and all 8 glasses of water [1pt]. :) [And 1 pt for posting, for a total of 5 pts per day]

Glad to see all the activity. Don't forget to PM JasonsLea your WI tomorrow.

McKenzie's Momma, that KFC meal sounds great, does it have a name? I'm totally going to try that. Was it expensive?

thanks for the reply sprklemajik. :)

Yesterday I did good on my diet, but i'm having a really hard time running lately...i can run for about two minutes, but then I have to stop because I have a super painful side-stitch. :( what's up with that? :shrug: does anybody have any idea what I can do?

McKenzie's Momma, that KFC meal sounds great, does it have a name? I'm totally going to try that. Was it expensive?

Yeah it was $7.30 something....but they have $5.00 meals that come with different stuff.....they have a $5.00 meal that comes with breast, one side, a biscuit, and a medium drink. So you can get either a 3" ear of corn (70 calories) or you can get greenbeans (25 calories)....but throw out the biscuit!!!! You could always ask if you could substitute the biscuit for one of the sides.....but an individual side is almost $2.00....which is absolutely rediculous!!!!

Their combos are numbered....the breast combos are usually the #1...but they have a #1 combo in the $5.00 meals (described above) and they have a #1 combo in individual meals (a breast, 2 sides, a biscuit, and NO drink) after you ad the drink it comes to like $7.70 something....so it is a little cheaper to get the 5 dollar one and add an extra side...but not much.


I also like subway sandwiches...but I have a hard time wanting to choose the chips as my side rather than choosing the apple slices (35 calories)....I'm trying to work on that...LOL


If anyone else has any good suggestions for low calorie fast food fare please share

:wave: girls!

:welcome:

Sorry I've been MIA. My body is rebelling against the hour change and schedule change. I am so not a morning person! The new job is a mind challenge for sure. TOM finally decided to show his face (2 weeks late!) which is good and bad: good because it means I'm ok, bad because...well, it's TOM! :lol: My WI for this week is out the window for sure. :dz:

So glad to see everyone here and posting! Sparkle, thanks so much for doing this challenge!

Remember, WIs are due to me by tomorrow night!

:grouphug:

Hey everyone! A good on plan day here....on plan with calories, water, and just got home from exercising!!

Hope everyone is having a great day. :hug:

^^ Yesterday was a good day...
Calorie intake approx 1220~
Activity: 90 min laid back hulahooping while watching tv, 30 min elliptical, 45 min treadmill, and 30 min pilates/stretching

today's WI ~ 175 lbs =)
mini-GW: 171

I think I'm on target as of now. Totally nervous about Thanksgiving week though because I'm going up to NYC to visit my sister for the week. I dont know how I will do nutritionally and activity wise =/ we will see!

11/05 - 175
11/12 -
11/19 -
11/26 -

thanks for the reply sprklemajik. :)

Yesterday I did good on my diet, but i'm having a really hard time running lately...i can run for about two minutes, but then I have to stop because I have a super painful side-stitch. :( what's up with that? :shrug: does anybody have any idea what I can do?

Evie- I would suggest changing your breathing around. Maybe two breaths in, then two out. Maybe it just slows my breathing down a bit (or helps me find a better rhythym) when I run, but I find it almost always stops the stitch.

^^ Yesterday was a good day...
Calorie intake approx 1220~
Activity: 90 min laid back hulahooping while watching tv, 30 min elliptical, 45 min treadmill, and 30 min pilates/stretching

Way to go on the exercise InControl! 6 exercise points for you! 2 pts for the food, 1 pt for posting. 9 points total :)

My update: On plan for food last night, got all my water in, 30 mins walking. My pts:2,1,1,1 =5


Oh... and I had practically forgot. Teams: Pilgrims & Indians. (We'll not call anyone a turkey around here ;) )

Team Pilgrim: Sprklemajik, Mckenziesmomma, HeyheyGabby, Webbleswobble

Team Indian: JasonsLea, JazzyPeggy, Incontrol2Day, Eviestrying, DangerousCurves

OK, but the pilgrims won't be stealing anyone's wigwam, deal?

I'm on plan with everything, I have been getting lots and lots of exercise (the nearest place to get food near my school is a one-mile walk, so I don't drive) and I only drink water while I'm there, and I like it. I've gone from 222 to 217.6 and I just started T.o.M. today. (ouch!).

I'm also at 1200 calories.

NSV - my wedding ring is looser than it was when I got married. :)

Well, today I stayed on my diet (yay me! 1800 calories!) I drank only about 5 glassses of water :( BUT, I did excercise for about a hour! whoopedeeedoo. :D

How did ya'll do?

Oh, and thanks-so-much sprklemajic, it did help! Back to running! :hug:

I was on plan with exercise and my water. Had too much food though. I need to buckle down and plan, plan, plan for tomorrow's eats.

My update- I've been doing pretty good. I've managed to stay OP with my diet. Though my water intake is another story. Only drank 4-5 glasses a day so far this week. I seriously wonder why I'm never thirsty. :?:

Today, completed 130 mins of exercise between AM/PM workouts. Jumped for joy when I realized that I've lost 1.5 lbs since Mon.

:coach: Needs improvement: water intake and posting daily! :coach:

dangerouscurves76: I know for me, I just need to sometimes force myself to drink water. If i'm going to go on the computer (or watch tv) i'll remind myself to get a big glass of water. :shrug: Or, every time I eat something, i'll bring a glass of water with me wherever i'm sitting...

I've actually resorted to using this jar (a spaghetti sauce jar!:lol:) and using that. It seems to be working...

So ladies, guess what? I know I wasn't supposed to weigh my self today, but I did. And I lost another two pounds! (I don't know how!) in the last day! Whoop! I'm going to fix my ticker now :)

Yesterday, I upped my exercise by a third. I usually do 2 m watp, but yesterday out of frustration I did 3 m. And today the scales are showing my gain is dwindling down. So today I will repeat yesterday's exercise.

Come on Indians and Pilgrims, anyone else brave enough to raise your exercise for today by a third?

=) Stayed within my calorie limits of 1200 and I never forget to drink water

Activity: spent 60 min on treadmill (~4.5 miles/jogging+fast walking), 30 min pilates and 60 min hulahoop while watching TV :D

I felt so snackish last night but I know it's not because I'm hungry but I'm craving something so I killed the urge.

I try to drink 4 glasses of water before lunch and drink the rest spread out through the night. I try not to drink too much water 60 min before working out though because I need to pee too much :^:

GO INDIANS !

Yesterday, I upped my exercise by a third. I usually do 2 m watp, but yesterday out of frustration I did 3 m. And today the scales are showing my gain is dwindling down. So today I will repeat yesterday's exercise.

Come on Indians and Pilgrims, anyone else brave enough to raise your exercise for today by a third?

What a great challenge Peggy! I'll step up my exercise today and for the rest of the challenge. (Looks I'm going to need to). I'll commit!

Man Pilgrims we're getting our butts kicked. :(
Yesterday's points:
Pilgrims:
Sprkle-5
Weebles-5

Indians:
Peggy-3
InControl-8
Dangerous Curves-7
EviesTrying-5

I'm going to have to get some major exercise in to help my team out.

So my update: over on food yesterday (I was a bottomless pit), on plan water, 30 mins exercise = 3pts how sad... got to do better

How did the pilgrims and indians thing get sorted out? Maybe one of the indians should be on your side, sprklemajik. :shrug:

Sprkle, I'm going to try to do the extra exercise for the whole challenge too, I just have to make sure I don't overdo it due to me having MS. But if no adverse effects I will continue thru the whole challenge, too. I'm hoping this will really get me losing weight finally. If I can just get a better control on my eats, but I'm trying on that too.

well, we're brown-bagging to a minister's appreciation lunch today to stay OP food-wise (actually, just taking a small Wendy's chili so we have something to eat instead of spaghetti...)
so embarrassing. :)

:wave: girls!

Here's our stats for week 1:


:dancer:WEEK #1 RESULTS:dancer:

STATS:
TOTAL # OF PEOPLE - 9
TOTAL # OF WEIGH INS - 8
TOTAL # OF LOSSES - 6
TOTAL # OF GAINS - 1
TOTAL LOSS FOR WEEK #1 - 13.4 lbs! :cloud9:

WEEKLY WINNER -Weeb with a 4.4lb loss! :bravo:

Runners-up

#1: Grace with a 4 lb loss!
#2: Evie with a 2 lb loss!

NSV my pants are a size 16, no W. Do I get a point for that? :) heee!

Eviestrying, I divided the teams up as follows:

Pilgrims:Sprkle, MckMomma, HeyHeyGabby, WeeblesWobble
Indians:JasonsLea, JazzyPeggy, InControl2Day, Eviestrying, Dangerouscurves

So it's not that they are super uneven, just that Melissa and HeyHeyGabby didn't do their daily post. I'll PM them and remind them that we've got a challenge going on.

Shari-you've got to post your daily updates too! Your team is counting on you!

Peggy- Don't push yourself too far on the exercise. :) You've got lots of ways to contribute to your team without putting your health at risk. But if you're feeling like doing more, then great!

Weebles-Congrats on the NSV!!! and loosing so much this week! I loved when I didn't have to wear womens sizes anymore!!! It's an awesome feeling huh?

evieistrying09: Thanks for the tip on how to drink more water! Today, I made sure I had a bottle with me at all times. And I managed to get in an extra 16oz. :carrot:

I got more than enough exercise today. (120mins) Ate under my daily calorie count and tried to make time for meditation. Now I'm on my way out to meet friends for dancing and 1 drink. :crossed: Time to start chugging some water so I'll be too full to start sipping wine and snacking.

Hope everyone has a great night. :)

I'm on plan with food (still under 1200 calories but I'm going to have my snack in a bit) and water. I had a one hour walk today.

I got some of those sketchers shape-up shoes in the mail today...has anyone tried them??

I have a sinus infection and I just started taking antibiotics today, so I'm trying not to breathe too deeply outside, just light exercise. I'm a retired classical singer and have been asked to sing next week and would like to have my voice back.

I think i'm on plan with food. I know I drank a lot of coffee, and 3 lean pockets. (haha, don't judge too quick, I was really busy at work all day. You gotta do what ya gotta do! :rolleyes:) So. I'm 99.3 percent sure that was under 1800 calories...:lol: I drank all my water, but I didn't get a chance to exercise.

Oh well :o

Tomorrow though! How are you ladies doin? Go indians! :carrot:

Btw, i'm just SO happy about this little challenge! It's making it sooo much easier for me, ya'll don't know. I love the group of people on here too! :hug:

Shoot I forgot to weigh in yesterday. I had a microbiology exam today so I was studying for it all day yesterday. I was doing really good with diet/exercise, but I got really stressed over this exam while I was studying for it yesterday and kinda binged yesterday and today. I have decided to study a little everyday rather than waiting till the last minute so I don't stress out and freak out!

Oh well so I'm gonna start again tomorrow! URGGGG!

Hey sparkle, as much as I love my team, I'm doing the extra exercise to lose weight. lol I am taking the weekend off though from exercise. Thanks for the concern.

I did exercise today and reach my water goal. Over on my food though. Have a great weekend everyone.

on plan with everything =)
food ~1175 calories
activity ~ walked around mall, 30 min pilates, 45 min hula, 1 hour treadmill
drink ~ lots and lots of water.....

evieistrying09 - <3 Coffee hehe I had to limit myself to 1x a week at starbucks though ~ trying not to drink my calories.. GO INDIANS

McKenziesmomma - I hope you did well on your exam!

JazzyPeggy - I hope you have a great weekend too~ :carrot:

InControl2Day: I had probably about 5 cups. They were just from the pot, nothing special :( Just a little bit of dry creamer, and some splenda. I counted about 60 calories for each cup...I only came to about 1400 calories yesterday.

:dance:

Just a quick check-in. I've been struggling all day to get it together after a late night out dancing. On the upside, I only had one drink so I didn't have to fight off a hangover. Somehow I managed to stay OP w/ my diet and complete my scheduled exercise (110 mins). Two more glasses of water to go and I'm done for the day. :)

Incontrol...Evie...even though you're on the other team, I'll tell you my secret.

Starbuck's is my weakness. They have a sugar free/fat free latte that is to die for. 70 calories, I think. it's called Cinnamon Dulce. Costs about $4. The kicker - the HUGE BOTTLE OF SYRUP, they will sell it to you for about $9. it tastes like a Cinnabon, I kid you not. I have it in my coffee at home with a shot of skim milk, tastes like a treat every day. We like to cut an apple and drizzle it on the apple, it's sweet and cinnamony. I'm looking forward to making squash for thanksgiving and serving it with that...

Note, it's a seasonal syrup, so if you like it, stock up.

I like to make smoothies with coffee in my magic bullet. Or smoothies with Crystal Lite. Can't beat a o calorie smoothie. :)

For today...a point for posting, 2 points for being on plan, 1 point for water, and FIVE POINTS FOR 2.5 hours of exercise (2 hours and 10 minutes of strenuous home improvement and also my very first time doing Jillian's 30 day shred, I thought I was going to diiiiiiiiiiiiiie!!!!) 9 points total.

I'm excited to have the DVD of the shred, I can take it with me to go to school. I stay with a friend of mine 2 days a week, and I think I can do a modified shred in my room at her house on my computer (not the jumping stuff, but the crunching and windmills and stuff) so I can keep going...

I've been in a meeting most of the day, so I'm afraid the only point I'll get today is for posting.

Church tomorrow, but I'll try to drink my water, and stay on target for my points.

Alright ladies, I've been busy today. Yesterday I did great, 30 mins exercise, on plan food wise, on plan with my water. It was snazzy. =5

I have walked all day today, we went to the Biltmore and toured the house, but I'll only count the time I was hiking through the gardens (jeeze, I would have never thought it would be that hilly.) so only 1.5 hrs of exercise :) It was crazy.

Mel it's alright, just glad to see your'e still part of the challenge.

Weebles-Jeeze way to go on the points!!! Woot! I'll try to hit the same levels tomorrow. :)

Great job with the posting ladies, and Evies-I feel the same way, when we're all posting and keeping up with each other I feel much more connected and accountable.

Peggy, church for me tomorrow too. I am a seminarian and a student minister and have nearly a 2-hr drive each way.

How do you deal with church dinners and nice church ladies trying to feed you cakes and pies and cookies and stuff? Someone is always trying to send me home with something (my husband is a pastor too, at our home church, so it is double trouble).

:wave: girls!

Been doing alot of thinking today, trying not to fall into a pocket of deep depression. TOM is basically over and if this morning was any indication, tomorrow's WI will not be pretty. :dz: It's all my fault of course. I lost complete control this week. Tomorrow is a new week, I suppose. :halffull:

:mad:Ugh.

NO EXERCISE today. I stayed on my water though, and, I ate tons of homemade pizza. (YUM, but still not good for me) I didn't even want to count. :o

Church tomorrow for me too. Oh, ya'll should pray for me. :lol: church days are usually when I binge. NOT good. I need to get back to the REAL diet! Two days off-plan! grrr! :mad:

I'm not allowed to go off plan (says me). I think, for a while I might have had a lick of something, or a bite...but now, I don't even care for it.

Well, it's time for a bubble bath and bed. I'm about ready for it to be over TOM too, Shari.

By the way, who is Grace? :)

o.o My name is grace!

lol

I felt sore and tired yesterday but I hauled *** to the gym anyway but took it easy. Spent 30 min walking at 3.8 at different inclines and did 30 min interval training on the elliptical. ~ 60 min at gym

Food I was on point ... 1200 calories... it was so hard though I kept on fantasizing about different foods I wanted to eat.... I really had to fight the urge to make something I'd regret later

Drank lots of green tea and water yesterday =)

I love how I wake up and the cravings are gone. I've realized my worst time is around 7pm - bed time... I'm going to be extra vigilant if I'm out during that time with friends.... who knows what I'll eat in sight O_O


weebleswobble- AW thankyou for that tip lol. I've actually started drinking cafe latte's with skim milk and grown to appreciate the coffee flavor. But if i see that I will definitely try it =D

JasonsLea - It's not final until final weigh-in is my personal motto =P. Just drink lots of fluids today could just be salt retention ! If not, it IS a new week =D

evieistrying09 - Ugh I want to eat pizza -_- ONE Of the cravings from last night.

sprklemajik - Great job staying on plan =D

darnit, Grace, I figured that other 4 pounder was you, eating 1200 calories and working out a bajillion hours. Wow you lost a lot last week, and you are so much thinner than me! I think you will win this week...this was my TOM and I was sick so I haven't been as motivated to work out...

:)

Or, I could just be telling you that so you slack off...

So my update for yesterday - on plan food wise, 1.5 hrs exercise, and tons of water :) I got all the pts woot. 7 pts.

Today was chore and work around the house day after church. I ended up with about an hr of exercise, and tons of stuff done. I was proud of myself. I've been cooking several healthy meals on Sunday nights so that I'll have lunches and dinners for DH and I throughout the week. So this week we've got spaghetti (mine with spag squash instead of noodles), chicken noodle soup (lots of broth, and skin removed), salisbury steak, and tons of vegetables. This has really been helping me avoid fast food dinners during the week. :) Plus after I cook them I pack them into proper serving sizes, so there's no guess work or cheating.

InControl- You're my exercise hero... :) Way to go on sticking out all the time you hit the gym.

Weebles-you've got to play nice ;)

oops, that was nice! :)

We do a lot of work on anti-racism and have always involved our daughter. When my daughter was little, she was assigned a project in kindergarten...to make a decorated teepee. We were kindof annoyed (that kind of craft was about 20 years out of date) but she had some very interesting art - she had drawn a man on the teepee, holding a triangle over his head. when we asked her to tell us about it, she told us that it was a pilgrim. When we asked what the triangle was, she sighed, and said, "don't you know? The pilgrim stole the house of the indigenous people."

Cool kid.

I only get 5 points - one for posting, 2 for eating good, 1 for drinking water, and 1 for doing the 2nd day of the 30 day shred and stumbling around for 10 minutes afterward. Have any of you done it? I think I am going to die....

Now, I'm going to have my berry smoothie and relax for the rest of the night. :) Watching The Librarian with my daughter.

:wave: girls!

I gained. :dz:

That's all.

Weebles, we are in a building program so we aren't having dinners right now. We have church in our future dining hall now. We are just starting the new wing. But I go to church in the city, and usually we eat out on Sundays after a long service. I don't worry too much about Sundays, cause it's just too difficult to stick to program that day.

No points for me today, sorry team, I'll get some for us tomorrow.

darnit, Grace, I figured that other 4 pounder was you, eating 1200 calories and working out a bajillion hours. Wow you lost a lot last week, and you are so much thinner than me! I think you will win this week...this was my TOM and I was sick so I haven't been as motivated to work out...
:)
Or, I could just be telling you that so you slack off...

Haha but you are TALLER than me... I'm so short >.>
I really set forth since week 1 of my journey to give it my all because I dont want to cheat because I'd only be hurting myself.. no one else..

yesterday was a good day overall~ ate 1222 calories ( a lil over lol)
activity wise: 15 min pilates, 85 min treadmill (25 was walking), and hulahooped while watching Keeping up with the Kardashians: The Wedding lol (so about 1 hour during the 2 hr special)

water and green tea as always =)

sprklemajik- Aw thank you. This thread keeps me accountable lol and my blog. Thats really smart planning ahead. Great job staying on track !!

Hi ladies, just a quick points update:
Pilgrims = 61 pts
Indians=110 pts

and the Point leader is InControl2Day with 44 pts!!

and I know some of you are sad when you post and say that you aren't on plan or aren't getting any points, but remember, you get a point just for checking in each day--even if you aren't plan. The hope is that by checking in you'll keep being reminded and encouraged to get right back on plan.

Yesterdays update-- I was great foodwise :), 1 hr exercise and got all my water in = 6 pts.

Weebles- I tried the Shred. I don't think my fitness level was high enough. I had to pause the video about halfway through and take a breather so that I wouldn't pass out ;) That was 20+ lbs ago. I probably could start it again... but I'm skeered :D .

Thanks Tessa, I remembered that one point for posting later last night.

:wave: hey everyone!

So, I was a back-slidder this weekend. I had a big test last Friday that I don't think I did so well on...but I don't know just yet?!?!?! The started binging Friday due to the stress....and then the binge continued through out the weekend on our trip to Knoxville, TN to watch the TN Vols play. I consumed many high calorie adult beverages...and fried foods...hotdogs...chips...etc.


AHHH....so I'm back on track now dang it! I'm starting to study for my exams/quizzes well in advance to prevent stress binging. I only have 4 weeks of classes left...I'm so ready to get them over with.

Hope you are all doing well!

no exercise for me today but I'm on target with food and water... knocked out by a headache...taking an early bedtime, I think.

:wave: girls!

I second the headache. Just wanted to post before hitting the sack.

I love how we all have something in common with each other. Headaches, church, school, high calorie adult beverages...this dratted diet!

:)

Speaking of which, I'm off to pack for my 3 day/2 night weekly trip to school which is hard for me because I'm in class or at my internship church site from about 8am to 9pm (and then studying until I face-plant into my book). It's hard for me to stay on plan for anything but water...so, Pilgrims, it's up to you!

Shari, I'm taking New Testament Greek, and I freaked out when I saw your signature, assuming that I should have been able to read it. I had to look it up, and was relieved to figure out why I didn't know the words. :) There are no fairies in the Bible! :) (an unfortunate shame, it would make Sunday School more fun!)

I hope everyone is having a fabulous tuesday. Sad to hear some of you guys have headaches. Feel better soon~

Weighed in the same 173.5 this morning as yesterday (lol scale junkie)
~1250 calories consumed
~60 min treadmill (20 min speed walking), 5 min elliptical (LOL), 60 min hula hoop
~green tea and waterrrrr ....lots of it

Yesterday

Food no
Water yes
Exercise yes
Posting yes

I REALLY want to go to Trader Joes and buy some of my favorite green tea and bergamot drink on Thursday morning. :)

I'm on track for diet and water, I walked for a half hour today (whoopie!). Two more days of class!

edited - also, I don't have access to a scale Tuesday morning until I get home on Thursday, so hopefully I do well!

:wave: girls!

I'm glad to see yall constantly posting. :) Love it!

Weeb ~ :lol: I actually don't know Greek, it's one of the many languages I want to learn. I want the words as one of my tattoos.

Ugh if anyone watched the Biggest Loser yesterday it was so SHOCKING. Not exactly the results I hoped would happen. I hope liz goes home. She has such an evil energy about her

Calories - on point
Activity - 30 min pilates, 70 min treadmill, 60 min hulahoop
Fluids - Water + Green Tea
^_^

weebleswobble - Unfortunately we don't have a trader's joe around here :( I wish we did. I would have so much fun perusing lol.

Hope everyone is having a great week :D

Tuesday

Water yes
Exercise yes
Food No

I will be back to post another thought in a little while.

Hi. Just wanted to apologize for missing yesterday. 5 second whine: work was sucky, and DH is sick and a whiny baby, and then church for christmas pageant. Done.

Food was on plan yesterday, I ended up with 30 mins exercise, on plan for water.
Day before yesterday: food yes, 1 hr exercise, water yes. :)

Today is veterans day, so being a state employee I'm at the house. What a relief to actually get to catch up everything. Hope you all are doing well. Don't forget WI is tomorrow. :) I'll update the points tomorrow as well.

I have being doing WATP with Leslie Sansone consistently since February of this year, I have already logged 193 miles watp. But I haven't changed my eating habits at all. It hit me yesterday that if I don't do that, I am wasting my time. Why knock myself out on exercise, only to keep eating and not lose anything. So I have decided when I get ready to exercise, I am going to question myself as to whether I am going to do better food wise, instead of "wasting my time." Am I quitting my exercise? No, just trying to motivate myself and focus on the whole picture.

hey, I thought you might all be amused, I'm playing the piano for a fake funeral today at seminary. :) you didn't think they let us practice on real dead people, did you? :)

^_^ Hey girls, I stepped on the scale and it read 171.5 which is amazing since my mini goal before thanksgiving was 171. I might have to adjust my goal again for the 3rd time! It's nice to know though I have some room to mess up in NYC when i visit my sister. It's during TOM too ~_~.

Yesterday food was on plan, drank green tea and water
activity : 30 min pilates, 60 min hulahoop, 75min gym~

Good luck ladies :D I know this thread really keeps me in check

starting weight~179
11/05 - 175
11/12 - 171.5
11/19 -
11/26 -

sprklemajik - I hope the rest of the week is better for you. Hope your DH gets better!

JazzyPeggy - Great job exercise wise though! 193 miles is awesome! Keep up the good work. I did read somewhere that food contributes 80-90%to weightloss and exercise contributes 10-20% so sometimes I have to remind myself of that when I beat myself up for not working hard enough at the gym. Good luck to you!!!

weebleswobble - Fake funeral? Sounds interesting.... lol

Reported my wi, I almost forgot about it. I meant to do yesterday kind of like a last chance diet and exercise for the week, but I forgot today was weigh in. I did lose though, so it's ok.

Yesterday
water no
food no
exercise no
Kind of surprised scales were down. but I am doing better on my food.

Thanks incontrol for those percentages, I will remember that.

Tessa, hope your husband is better.

Weebles, so did you have a "fake" body for your funeral? lol

hey girls! ok I'm ready - I mean REALLY ready to get back into this. I actually started again on Sunday (at #220.2) and have been POP all week. This morning I'm down to #216.2 :yay:

The goal I had set for myself on Suday was to lose #5 but now with this initial drop I'm going to go for #7 - which means I have 2 weeks to lose #3. :)

hey gang can I join in. Ive been away for a while. Im ready to chuck more weight. what do I do next. Pat

my weigh-in today was 213. :) I'm on plan with diet and water but I haven't done any exercise because I'm laaaazy (well, I'm too busy with school and stuff).

Our fake funeral yesterday was actually profoundly moving...the person they chose to remember was an anonymous body found in the desert between Mexico and the US... I found myself in tears at the fake funeral... :)

hey gang can I join in. Ive been away for a while. Im ready to chuck more weight. what do I do next. Pat

PAT!!! OMG I missed you SO much! I think you were waiting to come back until i was ready. :) Well girl I'm here now and ready to go!!! I see you're still hovering around the #180 mark.. it's time to push through that! I'm working on getting BACK into Onederland! I let myself slide after Landan was born,a dn some of the weight crept back on... NOT ANYMORE!!!

you've always been a great diet buddy - I'm glad to see you're back! Now we just have to see what the boss :love:Shari:love: says we need to do next. I just figured I'd hang out and bug people until the Christmas challenge that starts on the 27th. My goal is to hit Onederland by New Years - so I'm going to use the next few weeks befor ethe challenge starts to get down more - and then really push through the Christmas challenge to see if I can give myself a ver Happy Christmas present by hitting goal early! It'd be really AWESOME to hit my Pre-:preg: weight by the New Year... but right now I'm taking it slow and steady so that I don't dissappoint myself, and the ultimate goal is to lose EVERY WEEK... If I can do that, then I WILL hit my goal! :love:

Eny I admit I seen your post and joined in. I am so ready to loose some more weight. I did a sneaky peek on the scale at the Y this evening. I liked what I saw. But will wait to post my weight til morning. We were good diet
buddies before so shall we join forces and push together to reach out weight goals?? The doctor wanted me to loose 18 by 12/2. Not going to make that one. but have lost some.

I am glad to see some other buddies here. Shari what is my next step? Eny says your the boss! I will check in in the morning. Have a great evening Pat

:wave: girls!

I hope you have all had a great week so far!

Weeb ~ That is actually rather creepy. :lol:

Grace ~ You are doing great!

Sparkle ~ :hug: Feel better?

Jazzy ~ I've been waiting to try WATP. Heard lots of good things about it!

:welcome: back Eny and Dixie! Just slide in and start posting. PM your WIs to me so I can keep track unless you just wanna wait till the Christmas challenge starts for that. :)

Weigh-in: 145 lbs (No Gain/No Lost) :( Better luck for me next week!

Hi ladies, just wanted to update, I promise I'll get you Indians and Pilgrims some new scores (It just might be tonight or tomorrow morning). I've been on plan food wise for the last couple days and H20. My weigh in was a no loss (I had a terrible off plan food day this week, and I contribute it to that). I've had 30 mins of exercise the past two days.

Thanks for the well wishes, work is still crazy for me, but my DH is finally starting to feel better so that makes my life much easier. Take Care :)

:wave: everyone. I weighed in this morning at 172.2. I am elated!:dance: I will change my stats. I have been taking a yoga class at the Y with my daughter. It has really helped. I really enjoy the classes.The doctor put me on a diet. I have been following it pretty close. I go for lab work on 12/2 that will tell the story of what will happen in 2010. I have made some positive life style changes. I need to get back to drinking more water and less soda. For the rest of this challenge 64 oz of water a day will be my challenge. Losing 1.2 pounds by Thanksgiving will be my goal. Pat

Checking in for yesterday

Water no
Food no but it was much better
Exercise Yes! and 30 percent extra, too

Have a great weekend everyone!

I'm having such a problem loading the website and blogs for the past couple of days.. gonnna post an update here

Thursday - 1250 calories, 70 min gym/60 min hula, water+green tea
(I ate 2 pizzas from pizza hut blotting out the oil and cutting off the stuffed crust so 2 triangles.. I had such a guilt trip for the rest of the day I worked out extra hard >.< thankfully did not effect my weight... I drank water like a camel... so scared of sodium)

Friday - A little over 1250 :(
~1325 calories
due to eating out at Chilli's..I barely ate anything still had a problem staying under.. I was so tempted to eat my BF's fries so I ate 3 fries and felt SUCH A GUILT TRIP ~.~
~30 min elliptical, 30 min pilates, 50 min treadmill, 90 min hulahoop
LOTS of water and green tea... so many bathroom trips >.<

I've been eating a few things I've been craving but it's in such a moderation and I calculate the calories before eating it... but I stilll feel such a HUGE guilt and depression when I eat it even though it's within my calorie allowance. I work out extra hard because of this guilt and drink so much water to make up for it. I need to learn to relax but I think I would rather eat my pre-planned and self-made meals and not have to deal with the huge guilt I feel eating outside food... it's disgusting how much calories are in restaurant foods...

To make matters worse, this site is giving me issues on loading so I don't have my normal outlet to let out my steam.

Official weigh-in is Monday (last monday was 173.5) .. I KNOW 2 lbs should make me happy since that's the recommended weight loss but I WANT more >.< we will see :(

I hope everyone else is having a saner and smart week. I'm driving myself and soon my bf crazy with the afternath of eating something bad.

In control~Me to! I was totally frustrated trying to log on here yesterday I gave up at 3am.

Yesterday was a good day for me. I didn't get in all my water but food wise I was on plan. I weighed in at 172.2 again today. I am happy. Today I need to rake some leaves that will be my exercise for the day.

I started a new medicine today. It said one of the side effects is weigh gain :mad: I am trying to lose weight not increase it. I may not get along well with the medication :shrug: :soap: Everyone have a great afternoon Pat

I'll give everyone posting points for yesterday. I tried multiple times and it was really difficult.

I've been on plan for food and water, haven't had my extra 30% of exercise, but I've gotten 30 mins each day. :) Hope you're all doing excellent.

I was so frustrated, but I finally realized it wasn't my internet but it was 3fc. so I gave up.

I didn't get any points yesterday anyway. No, let me change that I was good on my food yesterday.

Today
water no
exercise yes
food yes

I'm glad to be back.

I'm not getting any exercise but I'm OP with food & water. ugh.

Yesterday~~~
food - 1200 cal
activity - 30 min pilates, 60 min hula hoop, 80 min gym (treadmill/elliptical)
fluids - water + green tea

finally feel back in control of my diet because I'm not eating out lol

official weigh in tomorrow~ :D
today my bf taking me to busch garden's ... im so excited lol

Pat - AWESSOME weigh in! I'm so proud of you! You're going to break through the #170's soon! :woohoo:

I agree with everyone - 3fc being down is frustrating!

My wekely weigh in was this morning, and I'm happy to report that I'm down #3.6 this week! :yay: Like I said before - my goal is to lose EVERY WEEK. This was a great start! :)

Shari :love: I'm going to wait until the :santa" challenge to start officially posting and being in the challenge. I want to use the rest of this one to get back into the groove :D

Alright - time to get on with my day. :grouphug:

:wave:

Eny~I am going to wait til next challenge to officially start, I need to get the feel of it again. it is so great to have everyone around me again. I really missed everyone a lot. I dont want to over eat for Thanksgiving. this is perfect timing to make me totally aware of food and calories and exercise

I drank 50 ozs of water yesterday. mostly Chrystal Lite tea and raspberry lemonade. I made many trips to the bathroom. I am happy with yesterday. Food was good was tempted with chocolate pecan pie. I thought of my challenge. Took one tiny taste, it was AWFUL tasting. :D didnt want any more of it. I got some walking in but not enough..Im doing yoga this afternoon,

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

:wave: girls!

Here's our stats for week 2:


:dancer:WEEK #2 RESULTS:dancer:

STATS:
TOTAL # OF PEOPLE - 9
TOTAL # OF WEIGH INS - 6
TOTAL # OF LOSSES - 3
TOTAL # OF GAINS - 2
TOTAL LOSS FOR WEEK #2 - 9.9 lbs! :cloud9:

WEEKLY WINNER -Weeb with a 4.6lb loss! :bravo:

Runners-up

#1: Grace with a 3.5 lb loss!
#2: Jazzy with a 1.8 lb loss!

I am NOT losing this week. I am going to blame it on 3FC being down.... grrr!

Dixie, I forget about Crystal Lite.

Congrats Weeb!

tHANKS! I'm on track today for diet and water AND I started couch to 5K...that's only 30 minutes.... :)

:wave: girls!

Down a smidge this week. Feeling craptacular after a half week binge. Went to the gym for the first time in a while and damn, my thighs still feel it! :ebike:

I got in 25 minutes of stepping. I have my yoga practice lined up for before bed. food was ok not spectacular. I got in 24 ounces of water. ready for tomorrow. Having problems logging in tfc tonight. Any one else experiencing problems

I don't do water on Sundays, but today I forced myself to drink one glass. Going to work on that. so

water no
exercise no
food no
posting yes lol

I know I'm so late, but I'd like to join in the thread. I would LOVE to be under 200 by Thanksgiving! I have ten days to make it so I will be giving it everything I have! I am counting my calories, logging them with dietpower and I am starting a workout plan tomorrow. My goal is to post daily just to keep accountable. Thanks! :)

Lost 3 lbs since last monday's official weigh in ^_^

foodwise : 1450 cals (250 cals over plan :( )
activity: 3-4 hrs walking in amusement park, 30 min elliptical, 60 min hulahoop
fluids: lots of water

twobluebirds24 - welcome ^_^ you can do it ! sounds like you already have a great plan for yourself.

JazzyPeggy - At least you drank water!! It's a new week for a great start :hug:

Dixiemae - Lots of issues with the website/blogs at the moment. It seems to be semi-working now but for 2-3 days I could not load pages AT ALL. :?:

weebleswobble i was super frustrated without 3fc too :(

JazzyPeggie~if it wasn't for Crystal Lite Id have probs getting water down too. I like most of their flavor packets. I load a bottle with one and out the door I go.

Two blue birds~:welcome2:to the group. I am new here too. great group of supportive ladies. Jump in and make some great friends.

In control~congrats on the weight loss!

got on the scale this morning. All is well :D. I have a few errands to run in the rain. some cleaning to get done for Thanksgiving. my oldest daughter is coming home for the weekend :cheer:

Eny~Mel~ where are you? Im missing you!

Hi ladies, I've been spot on plan foodwise and water, 30 mins exercise. :) The crazy site has been driving me insane too.

Grace-sounds like you're having lots and lots of fun :)
Pat & Eny- So glad to have you back. It's only a short while til the next challenge begins.

Ladies for the points- We pilgrims are getting our butts kicked :)
Pilgrims - 135 pts
Indians-212 pts

Points winners:
Grace: 110 pts
tessa: 67 pts
weebles: 61 pts
Peggy: 39 pts

Alright, we've got until Thursday! Everyone keep posting :)

*ETA-What about for next activity challenge a game of tag until Thanksgiving?*

:wave: girls!

Today is a good day. I kind of helped a friend get a much needed job. All I did was tell her about the place and she swears I'm her hero. :o I'm looking to do a transfer. More money and more training. If things keep going this way, all my Texas friends will be working in the same call center as me. Things are looking up, I am hopeful.....:halffull:

:welcome: Two!

Pat I'm here hon! just kinda hovering. I walked 1.5 miles today getting Hunter from school. I ate pretty good today too. I'm going through a little bit of depression right now. :( I know that I'll ge tthrough it - but I'm sleepy all the time - still job hunting - and feeling kinda useless for my family aside form taking care of the baby. Which I love! but it wears on me at the same time.

Just hang w/ me girls!

Stayed on track with water and calories today, no workout though. Will definitely workout tomorrow! Hope everyone had a good day!:)

Hi~I did 35 minutes of stepping and 20 minutes of yoga. I feel relaxed now. I ate op and drank 40 ozs of water. I did a little better than yesterday.

Eny~ proud of you walking 1.5 miles. way to go!

Shari~hope you get the promotion.

two blue birds~awesome day

talk with you all tomorrow. Pat

:D
Food - stayed on plan =D 1225 calories

Activity - 80 min treadmill, 30 min pilates, 60 min hulahoop

Fluids - water and green tea

It's so NICE to be planning and cooking my own food again. I can eat much more and feel satisfied instead of a few bites of restaurant food and end up feeling hungry and OVER my calorie limit ...

hope everyone else is doing well~

Hi all~~Eaing has been good water hasn't been good today. I did an hour yoga class tonight. Hope everyone is having an op day. Catch ya all later Pat

Hi, just a quick update, hopefully I'll find time to actually be online tomorrow :)

Food yes, water yes, exercise 1.5 hrs, posting yeppers. Keep going ladies, we're going to have to push hard til thurs. Then we'll start something new.

Food - 1200 calories :)
Fluids - Water + green Tea (lots)
Activity - 30 min pilates, 60 min hula hoop, 50 min treadmill, 50 min elliptical

I'm bumping up exercising this week so I can "mend" when I'm in NYC and be ok with walking. hehe

:hug:

Last Chance Workout Today, Weigh In Tomorrow:ebike::goodscale
lol
Last week Thursday snuck in on me, I had meant to do extra on Wednesday and forgot.


Yesterday's check in
Only point for posting, didn't do anything else right

I'm going to fix me some Crystal Lite, exercise some extra, and I need to stay on target point wise today.

Did a sneak peek at the scale this morning. I am doing the happy dance. I will weigh in officially Thursday. If I push hard this next week I can reach my goal of 170. I got several compliments at the gym last night that my tummy looks smaller. more yoga and drink more water should help,. I wont loose the 18 pounds by 12-2 I am on my way towards it.

I go Friday for a cortizone shot in my hip. That should help me a lot. All this rainy damp cold isn't helping it. Hopefully it will stop raining some time today so tomorrow will be better. Hope everyone is having a good day. Catch ya all later Pat

Overdid it a little today with the diet. However, still ended up at maintenance calories so I didn't go as crazy as I used to would have! Yay for small victories.

Food: on plan :D 1210 calories
Activity: 15 min pilates, 50 min elliptical, 50 min treadmill, 60 min hula
Fluids: water and green tea :)

Will send my weigh in soon ~~ I have a feeling I didn't lose much since last week. TOM in a couple of days and my muscles are uber sore from exercising .. but I feel stronger and I'm hoping for that "whoosh" after TOM

last night I did 45 minutes stepping and and 15 min yoga. my butt is protesting! we have yoga class tonight. I am so looking forward to it. Eating was on program and 40 ounces of water.

Official weigh in this morning~170.6. I can make my goal by Thanksgiving.

Turkey day is one week away. Time is going so fast. Do we start our next challenge on Thanksgiving or the day after. I am looking forward to the next challenge. Hope everyone is having a great day. catch ya all later Pat

Hi ladies!

It's WI Day, send a PM to JasonsLea!

Update for today, yesterday - on plan food wise 1720 cal, 30 mins exercise, all the water. :)

Today is also the last points day, so update everyone! Then we'll see how everyone scored.

sprklmajic~I love to play tag. It really keeps me motivated! Where is everyone. I was reading some of the old posts?? its lunch time im hungry :-)

Yesterday

water no
food yes
exercise yes

sent in wi
maintained

no whoosh for me this week...

I'm on plan for water and diet, no exercise today.

School has been killer this week. We ended up reporting a small group leader for basically 'gross abuse of power'....it was bad, bad, bad...two of us ended up in tears...

hi~~eating has been on plan, 40 oz crystal lite, half mile on tread mill 30 min stepping and hour yoga class. woooo hoooo. hope every one is having a great evening. Catch ya all later Pat

scale read 169 today :D I think I'm in a new decade! (TOM in 3-4 days though SO .... we will see :P)

Food: on plan (1210 calories)
Activity: 30 min pilates, 60 min hula, 40 min treadmill
Fluids : water and green tea

<3

and of course, my whoosh happened this morning. :) hee!

having trouble with logging on 3fc. I am going to the doctors in a few to get a cortizone shot in my hip. I hope it helps me move better. Wish me luck. have great day. Pat

DixieMae - good luck at the doctor's!

food: OP :D 1208 calories
activity: 30 min pilates, 65 min treadmill, 45 min hulahoop
fluids: water + green tea (sip of bf's diet soda) lol:^:

I hope everyone is having a good week and getting ready for Thanksgiving! I have been sticking to my calorie counting and doing well with eating clean! I finally started working out this week, which was a huge hurdle I've been trying to overcome. :) It's been difficult to start again, I've lost so much of my fitness by slacking off and it's a little frustrating to be so behind where I was. This morning while the other nurses were eating donuts I was good and had my oatmeal and apple. :)

I got cortzione in left hip. Already it is feeling better. I can walk better. cant wait til yoga class to see if I do better. He said it would take a week for it to really kick in. Yeah just in time for Christmas! Christmas challenge should really kick butt. Looking forward to it. Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Pat

Dixiemae - Hope you feel beter soon.

twobluebirds24 - Exercise is definitely important but it sounds like you are making really good food decisions. Apparently food/diet contributes 80-90% to weightloss and exercise 10-20%. So what you are consuming smart things is definitely pushing you in the right track.

I went over my calories yesterday ~1600 calories.
Activity: 50 min elliptical, 3 hrs walking/shopping lol, 90 min hulahoop
Fluids: LOTS of water (no green tea :( )

I feel so BLOATED (tmi: I'm really backed up at the moment) I don't know what's wrong. I drink a lot of fluids and getting plenty of fiber. My period should becoming tuesday ish so it explains my HUGE cravings that I'm trying to ignore.

~____~ I HATEE IT

:wave: girls!

I wanted to apologize for being a horrible challenge leader. :( I've been rather out of it lately, just stuff with work and money. I haven't been sleeping right either. I'm starting my old habit of staying up till 6 am for no good reason. :dz: The only plus side is that my binge eating isn't accompanying the all nighters like usual. The scale is still going down, little by little.

So, what are everyone's plans for Turkey Day?

Grace, that happened to me the other week, I ended up having to give myself a dose of epsom salts...gross! My TMI revelation is that I have been eating so much less (even with increased fiber) after losing 50 pounds that my 'system' still hasn't gotten used to the decreased amount of work it has to do. I hope some day it will stop slacking off.

We are hosting a COMPLETELY SOUTH BEACH DIET thanksgiving. I might make my son a bowl of real instant mashed potatoes. :)

:wave: girls!

Here's our stats for week 3:


:dancer:WEEK #3 RESULTS:dancer:

STATS:
TOTAL # OF PEOPLE - 7
TOTAL # OF WEIGH INS - 5
TOTAL # OF LOSSES - 4
TOTAL # OF GAINS - 0
TOTAL LOSS FOR WEEK #3 - 4.7 lbs! :cloud9:

WEEKLY WINNER -Weeb with a 1.6lb loss! :bravo:

Runners-up

#1: Grace with a 1.5 lb loss!
#2: Sparkle with a 1 lb loss!

I reached this challenge goal a few days early! It was originally 171 and today I weighed in at 168 !!!! I will NOT let my vacation to NYC this week + thanksgiving ruin my progress

Food: 1208 calories
Activity: 80 min treadmill, 60 min hulahoop
Fluids: lots of water and green tea

I'm cooking a mini-Thanksgiving/anniversary dinner tonight for my bf and myself. I'm going to consume very little during the day to leave some room for dinner.
I leave for NYC tomorrow morning for 8 days. I will try to post as often as possible!

weebleswobble - Thanks for the encouragement<3

Love you ladies :hug:

:carrot::joker::bravo::cp::dancer:

WooHoo Incontrol! Congratulations!

OOO YAAY GRACE! I think we should calculate a % of weight loss winner, I feel bad winning 1.6 vs your 1.5!

I blew my goal away too! it was 212 and this morning I hit 208.8! yaaaay! I am SO changing my ticker for that number!



Kate

Hi everyone. Sorry I've missed the last few days. I'm around. My DH lost his job on friday so we're in kind of a spiral. I've not binged so I'll consider that my victory, but with that being said, it sucks this close to the holidays. Be back later on.

:( that really sucks. Everyone in our family used to feel sorry for us (pastor/minister, 'cause we're always broke)...last couple of years, I've been shocked at the comments they've made about our "job security"...which isn't particularly true (I think they forgot we practically got run out of our last church a year ago and had to move from one state to another, but oh well)...

I gained 50 pounds last time that happened, no binging, no binging no binging! put yourself first.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU TESSA!

sprklemajik - I am SO sorry to hear about your DH and his job. I hope it works out in the long run. I'm sending positive thoughts to your family :(. What a horrible way to start the holidays. It's amazing you haven't binged and congratulations on that! I know I have issues with stress and binging.. Hope you all the best.

weebleswobble - Thank you Kate. Your 1.6 lbs is awesome! I'm in this thread more for motivation than winning because even a little loss is great :D.

JazzyPeggy - THANK YOU :hug:

I'm having early thanksgiving tonight. I just finished baking a apple crisp lol that is 324 / serving so I'm going to eat half a serving + 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream :D

I had to use up all my produce because I'm leaving my bf alone for 8 days lol and it's going to rot if I leave it. My bf is not much of a kitchen person. Leftover apples = apple crisp :D. I cut ALL the carrots into carrot sticks for my bf to munch on. I have to wash a bag of grapes and partitition into baggies for my bf to snack on too. <3 him

Hi everyone. Sorry I've missed the last few days. I'm around. My DH lost his job on friday so we're in kind of a spiral. I've not binged so I'll consider that my victory, but with that being said, it sucks this close to the holidays. Be back later on.

I'm so sorry hon. :hug:I know words probably feel pretty useless right now, but it will all turn around. What kind of work does he do? Any good prospects? I think it's awesome that you haven't binged, that is a huge victory!:)

Grace, do you make sugar free apple crisp? share? :)

Grace, do you make sugar free apple crisp? share? :)

Haha It's my first time making the apple crisp so I just followed directions online. I used real butter and brown sugar so not sugar free :P I figured I'll just eat LESS but enjoy it more lol. I don't have artificial sweeteners at home.

3-4 apples (sliced)
3/4 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 T vanilla extract
2/3 cup butter

Preheated oven to 350 F

I mixed the oats, flour, sugar, spices together. Cut cold butter into very little cubes and using a whisk and fork I broke apart the crumble until it was crumbly. Mixed in the vanilla extract.

In a small baking dish, I put a layer of the crumble (approx 1/2) , then I added all the sliced apples, then used the remaining crumble to layer the top.

Bake for 45-50 minutes uncovered :D

I got rid of my apples lol. 8 servings and each ~ 324 calories
I'm eating half a serving with vanilla icecream

Food: a little over but OP 1300
Activity: 30 min elliptical, 60 min hula
Fluids: lots of water and green tea

:D

So so sorry, Sprkle. But good job on not binging. I hope things turn around for hubby real quick and he gets a bettr job.

Hugs, wished it helped
Peggy

hi~~Thanksgiving is day after tomorrow. OIE! I still have tons to do to get ready for it. Then put up the tree. I have been doing ok on eating and exercise. Saturday I raked the yard. I think that rates as exercise. Yesterday I walked my feet off. I now have turkey, punpkin pie, rolls, dressing, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Dont have a clue what to do with cranberry sauce. All I see is calories calories and more calories. Lord help me get through this holiday season!!!!!! Im scared to eat anything just too many calories and carbs. I think we are having dinner with my other daughter at her house.

We have yoga class tonight at the Y. No class Thursday. I put together a yoga outline on paper. I think we are doing that one tomorrow. Thursday is going 2 be so busy wont have time for a yoga session. Friday I think we are going to do it again. Hope every ones plans for Thanksgiving is coming together nicely. I have tons of cleaning and prep to do. Catch ya all later. Pat

Last nights yoga class was wonderful. I really enjoyed it cuz I was stressed trying to get stuff ready for Thanksgiving. Tis Thanksgiving eve. I pick my daughter up at 4this afternoon. need a run to the store tonight then I am as ready as Im gonna be, Hope everyone has a wonderful day an op day. I did a sneak peek on the scale weight is holding. How do we transition to the next challenge? Catch ya all later Pat

Food: on plan (~1250)
Activity: walked around NYC and airport lol
Fluids: not as much as normal :(

- in nyc now and trying to stay on track!

ENjoy your thanksgiving ladies

H A P P Y~ T H A N K S G I V I N G!!!!!

In control~Have fun in NYC. been in the Holland Tunnel thats as close to NYC as I got. Tell us all about your trip,

I weighed in this morning at 170 even.Whooo Hooo!! I did an hour of stepping last night watching a basketball game. I unofficially reached my goal for this challenge though I didn't participate in it from the beggining. I am pleased. I am ready for the next challenge. I am also pleased that I am 10 pounds lighter than this time last year.. Eny can tell you how I struggled last Holiday Season. I dont know where Mother Mavis is now but I still think of her. Have a happy and op day everyone. Pat

Hi ladies. Having a great Thanksgiving I hope. I ended the challenge at 208.5. :) Take care, and be careful if you're going out black friday shopping. :)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Link to new challenge:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chicks-up-challenge/187075-g2009-end-year-challenge.html

If you haven't pmed your last WI to me, just post it in the new thread as your start weight. :)