General Diet Plans and Questions - Doing it OUR way! Halloween Challenge~

Here we go!

Rules are simple:

We are running this contest through November 2nd. We are posting our starting weight, and our Halloween goal.

For those of us that meet our goal, we are buying ourselves something nice. For those of us that don't meet the goal, they get a big Wedgie.

There will be once weekly weigh-ins. I will not be keeping a spread-sheet or anything...this is all up to you to post your progress.

I'll start!

My starting weight for this challenge is 229.

My goal is 219 for a total loss of 10 pounds in 6 weeks. Very do-able.

My weigh in days will be on Tuesdays, as usual. I also promise to do NO scale hopping!!

I think that is all we need. Who's next?
:cool:

Me..Me...Me..I'll be next!

Starting challenge at 179 (last week) and want to be down 10 by November 2nd. I'm not weighting this week cause Auntie Flow is here and don't want to be depressed.

My reward will be a new pair of jeans in a smaller size. WooHoo.

See how easy and painless that was. And I love the freedom of weighing when we want and posting when we like. If you don't want to post weekly updates at all until the end...that would be cool too. Kind of like having a baby and not knowing whether it is a boy or a girl until the end. LOL....

Cause, what happens if I meet my goal before November 2? YIKES, wouldn't that be sweet.

T

Okay.......:s:

Starting weight 277. Mini Goal 261. total of 15 pounds to lose. Stood on the scale this am (Yeah, yeah...I'm a scale hopper) and it said 273.5. But seeing as how today isn't my weigh in day, I'm going by what the scale said on the 7th.

My weigh in day is on Saturdays.

Not sure what my prize to myself will be. I'll probably head over to Lane Byrant's in the next few weeks and pick up some smaller clothes and keep my fingers crossed that I can get my fat arse into them :dizzy: .

Laaadddiiiieeessss......start your engines :lol: , HAHA Simpson

The run down...
Starting weight 187.
Halloween/Nov 2 mini goal 174
for a total loss of 13 pounds!
I'm gonna have to bust :censored: to reach this goal, but I want it REALLY, REALLY BAD!
I weigh in on MONDAYS....and tuesday, and wednesday....:hyper:

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!:cb:

I'll jump in on the challenge. My starting weight is 260 and my weigh in day is on Sunday so I'll set my goal at 10 lbs.
Steph

Hi Steph! Welcome!

Hello Ladies,

I am still very new to all of this, but all the support I have read on 3fc has been remarkable, I only wish I found this site long ago, well I am going to make a halloween goal of a 15lb lose, that be a little high, but I am going to give it a shot. I have been on ww for 1.5 weeks and at my first weight in I was down 3lbs. I look forward to the challange ahead together!!




sw/229
cw/226
mini g/211
gw/126ish

My starting weight is 195 and my goal is 185. 10 lbs in 6? weeks. Unless I counted wrong looks to me like it's 8. I will weigh-in on Saturdays. Not sure what I want my reward to be yet.

I want in on this!! I won't know my official starting weigh until tomorrow night. Hope that's OK??? :^: I'm a slow starter.

Don't say it, Tiff!!

From the official starting weight, I want to be down 10 lbs. by Halloween. Let the games begin!

Welcome to the new faces!!! Glad to see you guys! :D

OK, me again. My official starting weight: 180. Goal by Halloween: 170. I weigh in Thursdays and Halloween is a Thursday. How perfect.

Glad to finally have some "official" numbers. Hate those wedgies! :p

Today is weigh in, down 2.5 pounds :cb: :cb: . Even though it's rightamack in the middle of TOM

Oh congrats Dyan!!! That is GREAT!!! I have weigh in on Monday night, which worries me after eating all day, I always feel heavier at night. Oh well. I have been EXCELLENT all week except last night when I had Chinese food, and I couldn't really count it, but today was SUPER LOW on calories, because honestly, I was still full from last night!! So, maybe 6 EXCELLENT days and 1 so-so day will still produce a loss!!

Anyway, congrats!!!
Tiff

I'm in, too....

starting weight: 188#

Goal for Halloween/nov 2: 178# (-10)

weigh-in day: Tuesday

Will weigh only one time per week and no scale hopping! :dizzy:

Reward? A new pair of jeans or pretty new top. :D

:cb: Ready :cb:set :cb: go!

See ya all at the finish line!

:flow1: "Bright"

Go Dyan! Go!! Congrats!

I meanwhile have fallen and I can't get up. :( Had a "lost weekend". Yes, it is possible to gain like 7 lbs. overnight. If I was counting our 3-points, I'd be in the negative numbers. :rolleyes:

Ah, but today's a new day!!!

Reward? Hm, maybe tickets to Las Vegas??? Now that's something to fight for!! :D

No loss for me this week, but that's ok...it'll show up next week:s:

GO DYAN!:cp:

Looks as if I was down one yesterday. Hard to say tho, DR started me on a different harmone and I've started again. (hoping that the loss will be more when this is OVER)

CAN I PLAY TOO??
I'M NEW TO THIS AND I AM DESPERATELY SEEKING ADVISE AND SUPPORT. HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK LAST WEEK....PMS-ING THIS WEEK. ALSO, PROMISING TO BE A VERY HECTIC WORK WEEK! HAD TO HAVE TWO PIECES OF BAKERY THIS MORNING OR SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DIE!
WAS 187-188LBS LAST WEEK THURSDAY LONG TERM GOAL IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 150-160. HALLOWEENIE GOAL IS 7LBS-IS THAT TOO WIMPY??

Hi Momcat. NOTHING is too wimpy! You are hear and you are making goals and that is a HUGE deal!!! Good for you!

Plus, you know your body and what you are capable of!

Welcome and good luck to you!

Tiffany
:cool:

Weight still holding at 195, gotta get moving. Down that is!

LJ

Well Huntress at least you're still holding. Some of us are moving in the WRONG DIRECTION!!!! :mad: But I'm going to change all that!!! :strong:

Welcome Momcat! And ... well, what Tiffany said....

Welcome Momkat!

Like Tiff said, there is no such thing as wimpy. Some people are happy if they lose 2 pounds total, so any loss is a loss! It's all about trying our best and losing weight.

Down 2 this week....

Starting: 229
Current: 227
Halloween Goal: 219

10 pounds total
2 pounds down
8 to go!

WOO HOO, GO TIFF, GO TIFF.....:cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :jig: (don't touch my bananas!)

Lost 4 lbs. to date since 9/11/02......Y-e-e-e-e-e Ha-a-a-h!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEEEEHHHHAAAAWWWWW CoNgRaTs DNW!!!!:cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: (a banana for each pound!)

I lost 5.5 pounds! Must be water loss from TOM, but hey I'll take it...

Just one of the ladies from Doin' it the old fashioned way thread-I have been skimming through your posts-you all seem to be doing a great job! Good luck on reaching your challenge goals for this thread-if you have any questions about anything, just let me know! Good luck ladies, and you are doing a great job of motivating each other!
Aphil

Hi Aphil! (I lurk at your thread, so I am familiar with you and your group as well!!)

DYAN!!! You are kicking some tail, girlfriend!!!

I think this week will be a huge gain for me. Bad week. But I still have time to get to goal! How is everyone else doing?

Tiff

No loss for me this week. I didn't expect it. Wasn't trying hard enough. Didn't even get my water in last week, and that's usually the easy part for me. I guess I was on a break. :shrug:

One giant huge ugly horrible pound gone this past week.

Nine more just as ugly awful pounds to go....

:^:

P.S. Made my reservations (plane and hotel) for Las Vegas trip at Christmas which was to be my reward for losing 10 lbs. by Halloween. So now I HAVE TO do it!!! :D

2 lbs gone this week. Yea!:cb:
Steph

CoNgRaTs Steph!!!! :cb: :cb:

:mad:

Told you it was a bad week.

Last week 227
This week 233

I'm going off to cry now.

Please don't cry-we all haev bad weeks and setbacks, the key is to keep on going, and not to go back to old habits because of a disappointment. You have a great attitude-this week will be better! Go Tiff!
Aphil

Thanks Aphil! Actually, yesterday I was back OP and got in my exercise and I am more focused this week than I have ever been. I have been doing this since May and this was my first bad week. I have had some bad days, but this sucked. LOL, so I saw what can happen if I slip, and I don't like the way that felt!

So, I'm back in full force and ready to kick some butt!

Thanks for your nice words!
Tiff
Who REFUSES to change her sig line. LOL

I know how you feel Tif, I always feel really bad and tired if I slack and skip workouts and eat badly for a couple days...I don't like that feeling either!
We have been having gorgeous sunny weather in the high 60's to low 70's...wonderful walking weather-I plan on taling advantage of it!
You can do it! While I am still with the Doin' it the Old Fashioned Way thread...I think I may have to join in this challenge-since I am joining in a bit late with only about 4 weeks left until Halloween, my goal will be a bit smaller...I am at 200 now, so my goal by Halloween will be 195, or 5 pounds.
WooHoo-I am commited now! ha ha ha
Aphil

Hi Aphil,
I have to ask....where abouts in Indiana? I'm not far from South Bend. Enjoying the same weather myself. :)

Northern Indiana...near the Fort Wayne area

:dance:

5.5 lbs. gone forever I hop eto date thanks to the group here at 3FC.com: and :strong:, and most of my willingness to take care of myself once again:D:

Love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sw:269.5/cw:264.0/goal:150

Go Nurse Go!!!! Congrats!!

I need you to coach me. Pretty please??? :^:

... Actually, what I need is to steer my car AWAY from the Burger King drive through. :mad:

Darn french fries.....

Again, CoNgRaTs DNW!!! :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

thanks for all your kind words...but i owe it all to everyone here at the site and the threads and also fitday.com...i swear putting down and accounting for it is keeping me away from nibbling...as long as i stay honest...otherewise i am so screwed!

DNW-no, you owe this all to YOURSELF. We all here and at the other site may provide you with tips and daily support, but you are the one in control and doing this! YOU DESERVE ALL OF THE CREDIT! Take joy and pride in knowing you are doing this for yourself!
Aphil

I don't handle compliment well and hate to seem a braggart....so i humbly thank you for your note back to me :o

Up- 2.5 pounds. Oh well, I knew a 5.5 loss last week was too good to be true :D

Hey! I'm down another 2 lbs this week so I only have 6 more to go to make my Halloween goal. Yea!:cb:
Steph

Way to go Steph!! keep up the great work!!!

I'm not weighing in this week. After "attack of the orange creme oreo's" and TOM....

Down another 2.5 :cb: :cb: . only 5.5 tp hit my mini goal.

Another 2 down for me. 4 more left to go.
Steph

not good...189...up 2. on the positive side, i'm starting a new program this week and feeling fired up! and, jeans are fitting better....so, can't always trust the scale.

way to go dyan and steph!

I'm tired, walked and lifted weights today; and afraid to get on the scale because even though my foods been in the range (1600-1900) for an odd reason I went up 1.5 this weekend. So I am not going to weight myself until the end of the week. I don't want to get discouraged now, but I feel that old devil sneaking up on me so I have to be one step ahead of him.

Tig & DNW,

I think one of the hardest things we do is post a gain. I hate doing it, but it really does help us, try to get focused. That's after we get mad at ourselves first, and want to kick ourselves. So Tig, I commend you on taking that step. I've done and will continue to do it even thought I don't like it. :jig:

I think everyone is doing an awesome job, and we should all try to keep it up. The whole purpose of this challenge, is to challenge ourselves, to push ourselves, to get focused and I think we're doing it!

I'm in I'll stat @ 187 and hopefully be at 177 by 11/2/02.
I need a new coat and a smaller one will allow for more additions to my closet. L.O.L.

Hey li'l bit! Great to have you join in. All the threads have been slow the past couple of days, but I'm sure you'll get more welcomes when everyone shows up.

I'm looking forward to some additions to my closet, too. :s:

Welcome LittleBit or LB!!

Always nice to see people are up for a challenge!

Hi Guys:

And welcome little bit...why your practically around the corner from me in NJ..my sister got married at Giando's restaruant by the bridge...know the place, it's by the old Navy yard? Hope you meet your challenge this is a really nice group of women!

As for me...I'm exhausted and my food has been showing it, although I am only over my max calories by maybe 110-220 carolies the past couple of days, I have not been planning meals, and it's showing up in the scale with no losses.

I am holding firm at 263, which is only 5.8 lost for the month, oh well better than nothing but I really have to watch the carbs been getting sloppy lately.

Well my dear Scarlett's...tomorrow is another day.

Love you all!!

I've been doing good staying OFF the scale! I may have licked my obsession with it. I'll be weighing in this Monday.
Going to Fort Wayne today to see my new niece and my sister who is probably already back to pre pregnancy weight 3 days after birth. That ought to give me motivation for the rest of the day!

Hi....

I finally got done to 262 with an overall loss of 6.8 for the month. I am glad of the loss but i can do better. I have been fooling around with food the last two days but waht's new is i am beign honest about it and putting it in my fitday.com database no matter what I eat.

I still have 7-8 to lose before the end of the month and I don't think I am going to make it at this rate. Gotta try harder..............

Dusted the scale off and weighed in this morning. Back to 187. At least I'm going the right direction again.

I'm up 5 :censored: Pounds!!!! :jig: .

Hate TOM, but cha gonna do? :D

Well 2 seems to be my lucky number. Down another 2 lbs this week so only 2 more to go by Halloween. I know I'm going to make it.
Steph

Way to go bobsgal!

:wave:

Still stuck at 262, oh well i'll still keep tryin'

If I go by what I saw on the scale today, I doubt I'll make my mini-goal :mad: . Saturday is "official" weigh in for me so I'll TRY to keep positive, but am finding it very hard to do. On the 5th I was at 266.5. TOM started on the 10th and when I weighed in that Saturday I was up to 271.5, which brought me up 5 pounds! I am a bona-fide scale hopper and weigh myself daily. Well on Sunday or Monday it was up to 274.5 :( . Today it was back down to 268.5 and in order to hit goal I need it to say 264.5 by Satuday (2 days), NOT gonna happen, unless I am still retaining water. Which is likely since TOM is STILL here. I have a 7 day cycle :mad: . So basically I need to lose 7.5 pounds in 2weeks and 2 days. Come on now......I am trying to be positive and will keep my fingers crossed that I still have some water floating around, but it's unlikely.....:( I am sad and seem to be real close to Funkytown. I see the sign ahead and am looking for the next exit....

CoNgRaTs Steph on the 2 pound loss :cb: :cb:

Well, I'll be damn! Got on the scale this morning....264 even!!!Which means only 3 more pounds til goal! :cb: :cb: :cb:

186, down ONE pound. Finally a loss. I'll take it, however small it may be. End of month goal of 174, well, doubt that will happen unless I cut off a limb. At least I'm going the right direction.

Better Down than UP !! Way to Go Tig :cb: :bravo:

Lost another half pound for a total of 8.5 lost for the challenge. Don't think I'll make my 13.5 goal by the end of the week...but heck I did good so far...don't cha think??:yes:

Thank you all for being here....it makes it so much easier!

still at 186, but TOM, so who knows. i'll weigh in again ON halloween. :)

THIS IS IT LADIES......

Did ya make it? or break it? I know alot people said they wouldn't make it, but come 'on and post those losses. Hey, a .5 loss is STILL a loss!

Originally posted by Dyanm1
THIS IS IT LADIES......

Did ya make it? or break it? I know alot people said they wouldn't make it, but come 'on and post those losses. Hey, a .5 loss is STILL a loss!

Used the quote option on previous post because i wanted to put in some smilies and hit enter instead so last post doesn't count but strangely enough it does.....beca-a-a-u-u-u-s-s-s-e I also lost another 1/2 pound-o and I am taking it:dancer:

Slow and steady does it apparently and I am so happy I found all of you....it's great to have a gang!!:balloons:

Well I only lost 8.9 out of the 13 lbs. that I originally wanted to lose, but I am thrilled with the loss anyway....for years I have been saying I couldn't lose weight because of age, menopause, and various other excuses....well I was wronbg and glad of it.

Ready for the November challenge when you all are! THanks for being there and all your encouragement.

i didnt do as good. only ended up losing 1 lb. but, postive attitude, better than a gain. still plug'n along!

Oops...weighed myself this morning and 1/2 more gone for a total of 9.7 lost and hopefully forgotten...congratulations to everyone else in the challenge.

I think the important thing is we have each other and we try....don't cha think?

Um, I ended up 3 pounds heavier than where I started. That really bites.

My fault. I let this new job stress affect me. You know, I think if I would have really focused on myself and this challenge...I would have alleviated some of the stress that I was dealing with. I felt like I had no control at all over my life. And HAD I done this challenge, I would have at least had SOME control over SOMETHING.

You live and you learn. How about a new mini-goal? Thanksgiving here we come. I'll talk about it in our regular forum and then start a thread.

T

Didn't make it :mad: , I was so close........but ended up gaining something like 5 pounds, so I was about 8 or 9 pounds from goal. But still a loss is a loss, and I think I lost 8 pounds total, for the duration of the challenge!