Weight Watchers - WW MM CHALLENGE! Sept/Oct Week 6!

Hey everyone! Here we are already at the start of Week 6! Woo-hoo!

Give us your updates! Spreadsheet Link! (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoiQwg4ts6_2dEowcTVFWjA3TXViRGRqWGd3aU45M Hc#gid=0)

How were your weigh-ins? How are your goals panning out? We've got a chunk left of October, so are you planning on doing anything different?

Has anyone had to deal with dreaded Halloween candy laying about so soon? Or anyone thinking of how to deal with Halloween coming up?

Let us know and keep up the pace until the end of the month :yes:

Hello & Good Morning!

I have to take my weigh-in still, but I'm posting other things first.

I'm dealing with a rather nasty cold, which put me in a very "blah" mood, but it's starting to head away now. Even with that I stayed on Points and took my walks each evening.

In fact, it sort of helped, because nothing really tasted very good. So I didn't crave eating anything much. (Couldn't smell anything, and without smell taste tends to be a bit rubbish, ya know.)

I'm very proud that I went through this week while sticking to Points & getting in daily movement even though I didn't quite want to all the time. :yes:

I'll be back later to update the chart.

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ETA: Weigh-in. Down 1.1 for the week. Which means I'm down 15% (wish WW gave out stars for % above 10). So achieved that mini-goal and onto another! :D

Congrats for your 15%, Lovely! That is so awesome!! :)

I'm down 0.6 lbs and I'm VERY happy about it. I overate all weekend long, we had a friend over saturday and family over yesterday for Canadian Thanksgiving and I probably ate all my weeklies there. However, I earn a TONS of AP saturday, I went on a 3.5 hours hike of 8.1 km... so I guess it wasnt that bad.

I also lost my last week gain and lost a bit more, so yay!

My goals for this week is to get back to the running. Since my last week race, I only went once... I need to get back to that at least 2 times a week, I don't want to loose all my newly earned cardio! :)

(Oh and also I need to get back to tracking. I'm 2 pounds away from my goal and I didn't track that much last week.. need to start all over that!)

I'm doing great this week. I finally got over the hump and lost 2.6. I got my first 10lb ribbon and my 5%.

I'm still doing okay on the couch to 5k. I went to a running store and treated myself to some good running shoes. The guy who sold them to me said he started running at my age ( I'm 31) and couldn't run half a block. He was 50lbs overweight at the time. 30 years later he is about to run his 171st marathon! Very inspirational.

I am re-committing myself to stay on plan! I keep going off track (I have been fluctuating the same weight since March!) and if I can't keep this on track I will never make my goal by April. On April 29th I will 25 and I refused to live fat past 25! Plus I graduate in May and again I refuse to graduate college fat! So here is me committing to stick to points plus!

No gain, no loss this past week. I've been tracking, and stayed within my points. Doing better with planning ahead and packing my meals to take to school. Not getting enough sleep, though. I need to work on that.

:( Well chickies I am up another .5 this week but I am looking at my food and boy did I make so bad choices.
But on the upside I did exercise 6 days at 60 min each :)

So this week plan better choices and keep up the exercise! :carrot:

To those of you that lost a big whoo hoo, for those that maintaned or gained we will get it done this week and next monday we will shine!

Official WI isn't until Wed, but I fully anticipate a gain. Between TOM (which is finishing) and a huge certification test for me today its been a tough week. I have always (since the SATs) had M&Ms during my exams as a way to keep my energy up and give me something mindless to do. Since this exam was the culmination of my education, I decided not to mess with past success and do the M&Ms thing without thought towards weight loss. I"m sure that'll cause me to be up, but if I pass my exam, it'll be worth it in the end. Back to the gym, tracking and my healthy lifestyle again tomorrow! Will updated with my official WI on Wed.

I'm down 0.6 lbs and I'm VERY happy about it.

(Oh and also I need to get back to tracking. I'm 2 pounds away from my goal and I didn't track that much last week.. need to start all over that!)

Hurray Turbo! Nicely done :yes: You can get those 2 pounds off!

I'm doing great this week. I finally got over the hump and lost 2.6. I got my first 10lb ribbon and my 5%.


YES! :yay: CONGRATS! That's awesome!


I am re-committing myself to stay on plan!

You. Can. Do. This. :yes: :hug:

No gain, no loss this past week. I've been tracking, and stayed within my points. Doing better with planning ahead and packing my meals to take to school. Not getting enough sleep, though. I need to work on that.

Congrats on staying on plan! That is a huge success!

:( Well chickies I am up another .5 this week but I am looking at my food and boy did I make so bad choices.
But on the upside I did exercise 6 days at 60 min each :)

:hug: It can take a few to really dig into the choices we're making when it comes to food. BUT, you're paying attention. And imagine what you might be choosing if you weren't paying attention! :eek:

CONGRATS on that exercise! WOW! I'm getting tired just reading that ;)

Official WI isn't until Wed, but I fully anticipate a gain.

Oof! You are busy, chica! Don't worry about the scale specifically. Choose healthy things to keep your energy up for everything you're doing. :yes: You'll do well!

You're so great, lovely! Thanks for being so supportive to everyone!

Hi Ladies. I'm down 2 pounds this week. I'm getting closer to the 180's which I haven't seen for I don't know how long. I can't wait!!!

Will have a challenging week this week. Going to see Wicked with some friends and going out for dinner first. They chose the italian restaurant, Biaggi's, so I hope they post their menu online so I can look things up ahead of time and hopefully make good choices!! We'll see how that works for me.

Congrats to all that have lost and to those that have reached a milestone in their journey. For those that maintained or gained, keep your nose to the grindstone and go get 'em next week!!!

Have a great day everyone. I'll be back later.

Just weighed in, down 2.5 :carrot:, I don,t think I,l make my original goal of 12 pounds but if I can get to 145 by the end of the challenge I,ll be happy, still trying to get in more exercise but I've not Been too successful, but I'll keep trying

Thanx Lovely for all the kind words! :)

I updated the sheets for the ones who doesn't post their WI and at the end of week 5, we lost a total of 17.6 lbs as a group, bringing it to 96.5 pounds since the beginning of the challenge. We're probably bring that to 100 lbs overall next week! :D

Great work, chicks :D

Down 2.6 pounds this week and super excited! It's the first time since I've been on WW that I've had 2 good weeks in a row!

Ohhh and I joined a gym...I plan on going tomorrow and it will be the first time adding activity and WW mixed together...lets see how that goes!!

Up 2.5lbs this week, but i expected that between TOM (my first in 2yrs thanks to my 1 year old), a huge exam on monday with a rather large bag of M&Ms and going back to the gym for the first time in a week yesterday. I should have set myself up for a good "woosh" next week I hope! Congrats to all the losers out there and for the rest of us, we keep plugging along slowly but surely :)

I had to weigh in a little early because I went out of town for the weekend and was up 0.4 (added it to the table when I got home yesterday, I was in a frenzy before I left!). Eh third TOM in a row where I feel like I just want to eat a house when it hits and all the usual things that keep hunger at bay seem to get thrown out the window.

But it's a new week! Eating wasn't ideal over the weekend since I was with a group of people camping and with limited space - especially in the cooler - and everyone eating pretty much the same thing at meals, I felt like I wasn't in control as much as I would have liked. But I made up for it with some hiking or kayaking and just being pretty active in general. Now it's just time to get back into the swing of things!

Congrats to all the losers! And hoping for a good woosh for you next WI Erin. :)

I maintained this week but it's T.O.M. Hope for a loss next week.

176.8

Overall we're showing some positive progress this challenge! For those of you facing struggles, sending positive thoughts and vibes to you.

Speaking of Halloween - hubby and daughter decided to buy candy this weekend. While I "forbid" Almond Joy, Mounds, KitKat and Twix (altho I'm meh on Twix), some KitKats made their way into the house. This is way to early to be dealing with Halloween temptation. Its for the kids, not us, and already the bag is opened. Sheesh. Tonight, I'm taking it out to hubby's car. If he wants it, he can eat it there. If DD wants it, she can go fish for it too. Ugh. I don't need it around.

Meanwhile, I bought some No Pudge brownie mix, and someone else tells me you can do the same thing (add yogurt and a tablespoon(?) and microwave a single serve) with any mix. Huh? We'll see. I just about been craving a chocolate fix but I keep putting it off.

Spent 2 hours last night at the DMV getting my license renewed. Fun. The down side is dinner was 2 slices of toast and tomato and cheese in the toaster oven, followed by 14 whole grain taco chips and salsa. Too much salt!!! Stayed the same as last Friday, but I'll take it. Good luck all.

I have a terrible food week.

It's like I lost the will to track, and I overeat... Not overeating like ''I'm eating a whole bag of doritos in 15 minutes'' but like cooking some seafood chowder yesterday (hello huge quantity of cream) and eating pieces of the home made cheesecake I made for thanksgiving a couple of nights in a row... And my boyfriend made me buy chocolat chip cookies. Oh god.

It's the first time I'm falling off the wagon since July and I feel so bad about myself :( I hate this feeling.

And on the top of that, we're going to a party on saturday for one of my best friend 25th birthday and they're doing wine & cheese. Good lord.

:(

Turbomammoth::hug: I hope you have a better week.. I have found that tracking online has helped me so much..even when I'm not eating great I record it ( fast food this week) I'm in school, so I'm usually in front of the computer. I open up a word doc and enter as I go along during the day and then in the evening I post it on here in the "what your tracker say thread"..it totally keeps me accountable. I do it like my homework. I notice when I track this way, I usually stay within my points and weekly points.

I also had urges to over eat this week. Wanted more junk food and high fat foods..I think it has something to do with the season chaging to fall to winter..kinda like storing up for the long winter..GOD I'm like a fat squirrel!:lol:

I'm weighing in at noon today at my meeting..not sure what to expect..maybe stay the same..my food choices this week were so-so..will post results later today. Have a good friday all :)

Turbomammoth::hug: I hope you have a better week.. I have found that tracking online has helped me so much..even when I'm not eating great I record it ( fast food this week) I'm in school, so I'm usually in front of the computer. I open up a word doc and enter as I go along during the day and then in the evening I post it on here in the "what your tracker say thread"..it totally keeps me accountable. I do it like my homework. I notice when I track this way, I usually stay within my points and weekly points.

I also had urges to over eat this week. Wanted more junk food and high fat foods..I think it has something to do with the season chaging to fall to winter..kinda like storing up for the long winter..GOD I'm like a fat squirrel!:lol:

I'm weighing in at noon today at my meeting..not sure what to expect..maybe stay the same..my food choices this week were so-so..will post results later today. Have a good friday all :)

Thanx SLIMplicity :hug: I got back on track, for the healthy choice, at least. I'm trying to mend for the wine&cheese of tomorrow lol

Good luck for your WI meeting! :)

Sounds like everyone is back on track and feeling pretty good. I just had a few things I wanted to share
1. Reeses peanut butter cups are not my friend...when looking over food log last week guess what I ate (alot) hence .5 gain :devil:
2. I am not a morning gym rat...I tried it for two mornings in a row. Don't get me wrong I am a morning person but my body does not perform exercise well at 5:30am..so back to going after work (besides the choices on the mini tv's are much better in the eve)
3. I did a sneak weigh in and am down 1.0 from Monday so whoo hoo I hope to keep it off until next weight in but that is how things have been going for me I lose during the week and blow it on weekends

Ok thats all just had to say...

Yay! I lost a half a pound this week! better than a gain..Getting closer to my goal! :D