Weight Watchers - Sign up for October "Trick or Treat" challenge!!

Hey fellow losers! :)
I opened this thread for you to join in the challenge. Post here stating your goal and your reward. I've also posted about it in the "Let's support each other" thread. In a nutshell, we're doing this challenge in a "trick or treat" way. The "trick" is your goal, weight loss or not and the "treat" is the reward you'll give to yourself at the end of the challenge. So, if you don't have any problem with me being the moderator again, the rules are simple. Just pm me every week your results regarding your goal. For instance, if you have a weight loss goal, pm me the results of your WI and/or how many times you exercised. If you have any questions post them here. :) So, I'll sign up first.

Trick: a. 10 lbs down.
I don't think it's a realistic goal for me right now, but it will help me be motivated and reach my Christmas goal.
b. Get some exercice at least 3 times a week.


Treat: A manicure and a haircut. Oh, and a new DVD. :D

Ok, this sounds fun. I am doing a similar challange on another board but I'll keep it the same.

Trick: Make my body believe that it loves all the water I drink, workout at least 3 days this week, and achieve the weight of 286lbs.

Treat: A new book, and a trip to the spa.

Good luck on your challange Sugar, and to the rest who accept!

~)O(~

Well Ive never done anything like this! Since I started the WW yesturday this will be fun to start!

Hmm... Well for my goal I'd say! 168lbs. Thats 10lbs. Which means I'll have to start working out! :-P Not feeling to good today so I'll start out tomorrow! Hopefully! Wish me luck!

My Treat!! Just to lose 10 lbs will be a FABULOUS treat!

Good Luck to all!

Thanks for starting this challenge, Natalie!

Tricks:
(a) 5.6# loss (185). Why 5.6? I need to lose at least 1.4 each week to meet my bigger mini-goal of 50 by Thanksgiving! So, 5.6 for October!
(b) Exercise 5-6 days per week.

Treat:
Well, money is tight. Let me see… lunch with a friend. I always go home for lunch and eat healthy, cheap stuff. So, my treat will be lunch out with a friend.

Hey girls! Thanks a lot for signing up for the challenge. Well, tomorrow is October 1st, so anyone else who wants to join, better hurry! :) The challenge officially starts tomorrow, don't forget to pm me your weekly results and also feel free to post here about it. Ciao ladies! :D

I want to lose 7 lbs. My reward will be:


hmmmmmm, let me think...............

A new cordless mouse for the computer... yeah, big deal, but I really want one and they look nice, and I absolutely DO NOT need it.

Thanks for the challenge.

Hello All.

I'd like to join your challenge. I've put myself on a self-imposed "boot camp" for October. Nothing too extreme, but really focused.

I know some of you from this WW board and other threads.

Trick: Be down 10 pound this month.

Treat: A new pair of jeans.

Sugar Cane: PM you, and not post the weekly results, right? Just post daily stuff here and you'll post the weekly results for all of us to see, right? Cool.

Chach

FIrst time posting on this forum so HELLO!

Trick: lose 5 pounds
Treat: gotta stay on budget so-new book.

Hello - Kally!
Good to see you again - Chachee! Hope things are going well!
How's the other side of the street today - Skinny Butt?!?

Good to see people up to a challenge! This will be great!

Hi girls! Good to see so many new people on the board! I'm glad you all like the idea of the challenge, I hope it goes great for everyone!!!

Chachee, I won't post the weekly results for each of us, I'll post the final results when the challenge ends, in a month. You will pm me your weekly results and I'll keep track of them. You can post daily stuff here and you can also post your results if you want to, if not then just pm me.

Good luck to everyone!!! :) :)

Trick: Exercise 4-5 times a week each week

Treat: A DVD

Cheers!

Ali

Hello girls! :)
So, it's the first day of the challenge, and just thought to pop in to ask how everyone's doing. I have a good attitude towards it, after pigging out the last days. I'll have some beef with veggies for lunch, and possibly a salad for dinner. I'll do some walking in the afternoon as well. I had a gain last week so I'm really looking forward to a loss next Wednesday, the day I weigh myself. Good luck to everyone and I'm looking forward to reading your posts!! :D

Just checking in. I exercised for 30 minutes at the Y last night. I'm doing well; my DD bought me a cappucino this morning. :coffee: Eating is going well. I'm having left over WW beef pot-pie recipe for lunch, WW crockpot lasagna for dinner w/salad and pop cake for dessert. Isn't it just horrible the things we have to eat to lose weight! :D

Natalie-hang in there. I had a gain two weeks ago but lost it all this past week. I WI on Weds as well so I look forward to a good report for both of us!

I will be on vacation next week :dance: so not sure how often I'll get to check in but I will strive to come in at least once. I have asked my family to hold me accountable to walk at least 30 minutes brisk walk everyday that I don't have access to exercise equipment. Believe me, they'll do it, too!!

Gotta sign off for now. Have a great health day!!

Hello all.

Yay, October has started and I know it's going to be the best month ever!

Got up this morning and did 30 minutes on the treadmill, took my vitamin and ate a good breakfast.

Do you guys want to share meals on this thread? It might help me to share what I am eating, so if I don't do well I can get input from you all. I think I'll do it.

I weighed this morning and was at 220.5, so I am up a little bit. It's okay, because I've been horrible these last three weeks.

Here is the food I'm planning for today:

b: 2 eggos w/sf jelly
s: apple, wasabi peas
l: WW frozen meal
s: 2 pt bar or 2 pt bag of lite Chips Ahoys
d: salad w/chicken
s: popcorn or WW dessert

I eat a lot of small things all day long. I'm not good with big meals.

Here is to a great day/week/month!!

Chach

Hey girls!
Skinny butt- You're going on holiday, eh? Lucky girl!! My uni starts next week, so I'll probably be a little busier than usual, but it's ok, I'll be in here as frequently as possible. I know we all seem to gain at some point, it didn't depress me so much as I thought it would, I guess it's because I knew what went wrong. It's cool that you weigh yourself every Wednesday as well, let's hope for a great result from both of us next week! :D

Chachee- I don't have any problem sharing our meals here. It might give me a little inspiration as well. Here's what I had today so far:
Brekkie: 1 cup of coffee with artificial sweetener
Lunch: beef with green peas
Snack: the above mentioned coffee
Dinner: dunno yet. possibly an eggplant filled with veggies.

Not very inspirational I know, it's one of these days when I don't eat that much. I had a walk today, not much of an exercise, but better than nothing I suppose.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you girls. Keep up the good work!!! :) :)

Hope I'm not too late....

Trick - Down 10
Treat - Trip to the spa

Sugar - gonna have to teach me how to pm!

Good morning!
Sorry I was a day late posting here.... but I am IN!
For me..... a big huge challenge...
STOP weighing myself several times a day. What is the point in it, will it make my weight come off any faster?
I said I was going to do this on our other thread and found myself weighing myself twice yesterday (actually it might have been three times?) and already once this morning. It's actually a "habit" like smoking, etc. I think.
Time to break this habit. Gosh, I was at a yard sale a few weeks back and there was a scale, I had to really restrain myself from getting on THAT scale in the middle of someone's yard. What the heck is wrong with me? It's become an obsession!
I'm already doing ww, exercising, drinking water. The weight is coming off more slowly than I want it to, but it IS coming off at least.
So.... my goals....
Week one, try to limiting weighing myself to only once a day, beginning today. This means no more times on the scale.
Week two, try to weigh in only once every other day
Week three, try to weigh in once, mid week, between my WW meetings, maybe Sunday night? Weigh in is on Tuesday am.
Week four, go the entire week without weighing myself between ww meetings.
I will have to TRICK myself into thinking that the pounds are coming off no matter how often I weigh myself. I will TREAT myself with an "all about me" day.
This day will be a day where I will not run errands, I will not do laundry, I will do meals for the family (to some extent, but maybe do take our or eat out that night?), I will possibly visit a museum, read a book, etc. I may work on sewing projects I have left incomplete. Like Melanie, we are a bit broke right now, so this day is not about money. This day will be MY day and no one elses!
It shall be scheduled on the calendar and I will try very hard to keep to my goal!
Of course, all along with this one goal, I shall be working hard and trying to stay in control with my ww plan. I need to eat right, exercise, drink my water and will not give myself a reward if I do not have a weight loss during this period, that goes without saying!
Linda

Sugar - gonna have to teach me how to pm!



Angela, just click on my name above my avatar and then click on the option "send a private message to sugar_cane". It will take you to the page where you can compose your message and send it to me. :)

Hello, here it is Monday and I've yet to weigh myself. I did weigh myself yesterday twice, after getting home from being away for the weekend. True Confessions!
I am going to "save" my weigh in today for right before my shower. I tend to become really obsessive about it on days before my ww meeting, which is today!
Wonder if I can get through today with weighing myself only once?
Linda

Linda - I understand the draw of the scale. I think for me it is because I want constant affirmation that what I am doing is actually working. I'm not sweating and planning my meals for naught. I was a good girl today, so the scale should show me my rewards. I'm down to once a day (most days) and sometimes even will skip a day or two. If only this act would count as step-aerobics, huh? :p Good work on cutting back so far. Stay strong. I know you can do it.

As for exercise, I have done pretty well so far. 4 days out of the last six. One more day and I will have my 5 for the week. :D

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Hi All.

Just checking in here on Monday.

Food was okay this weekend--not great, but not horrible. After what I thought was overeating I got on the scale this morning for a reality check and was still the same as Friday, so that is always a good thing.

Have taken my vitamin each and every day, which I usually forget. So, that is good. Exercise has been great--just took Saturday off. I love my new treadmill.

Have a great Monday.

Chach

Hey girls!
I'm glad everyone seems to be doing great on the challenge, I can't wait to start getting those pm's! :D
I'm doing fine as well, food has been good, I've stayed within my points limit and I've also eaten lots of fruit and veggies. My WI is on Wednesday, we'll see how it goes. I'm really busy at the moment though, university is starting tomorrow and I'm also searching for an italian course and it's been kinda busy these days. Hope you all feel great, take good care of yourselves girls!! :)

I have been a VERY good girl today, am so tempted to get on that scale! I just weighed myself (seems like it might be up?) once this morning before my shower and have really wanted to re-check myself.
Tomorrow, I shall use all my will power not to pre-weigh myself before my WW meeting! I think I ought to count that as my once a day thing.... will be really hard to do!
I've done well today on my food. A true NSV! Today was my monthly quilt guild meeting. They set up two banquet tables with food, as usual. There were homemade cookies, doughnut holes, cheese, crackers, dips, and all sorts of other treats and temptation. I brought 94% ff popcorn and sliced apple. I got coffee (with milk and sweet and low!) and didn't even LOOK at all that food! I drank my coffee and ate only what I brought!
Breakfast was grits (I really like them now, hadn't tried them before this new ww core plan and they are really good!), fruit and ff, plain yogurt mixed with sf, hot cocoa mix. Lunch was a grilled chicken and mandarin orange salad with olive oil and vinegar. Snack was more popcorn and I feel good, feel satisfied and dinner will be totally "core" food as well.
I really hope those scales will be good to me.
Linda

Hello all.

Did so good with workouts yesterday. Got almost four miles of powerwalking in yesterday. Upped the time on the treadmill this morning to 35 minutes from 30. I don't want to up it too quickly, because then it will be overwhelming. Weather was nice enough to get some walking in on my breaks at work.

Food is about 80% there. Still having "sweets" issues, so I made another sf/ff/lite Cool Whip pie and it's there for when I need it.

Good luck on weigh in, Linda. I know you will do well!

Chach

Hi everyone - I am new to this board but would love to join in the challenge.

Trick: Curves & 1/2 hr walk with bf 3x a week
Eat OP & lose 7# this month
Treat: Pair of new shoes

I have my w/i tonight so I will post my proper weight tomorrow.

Have fun!

Well, guys, I am floundering here. I am confused and worried. I regained 1.2 pounds and am really frustrated.
I don't think weighting myself or not weighing myself ought to be my goal with this thread right now.
I have "dumped" the ww Core plan, officially, today and am now back on Flexpoints. I hope journalling and getting back on that program will help me.
So, what challenge for Trick or Treat is mine? Give me about 24 hours and I'll figure out something.
Linda

Linda my friend,

Okay, how is your exercise? I don’t hear you mention much about it and didn’t know if that was a part of your daily “grind”.

I was in a big time slump, and had to let it run its course and get out of my system. Here is how I did it and am in a much better place:

1. Stopped doing Core and went back to Flex.
2. Journal, journal, journal.
3. Get out a pair of jeans or a shirt that is a big tight, try it on, and hang it somewhere you can see it every day. Try it on once a week, along with your weigh in day, and see how it changes.

For me, I weigh daily. I used to weigh upwards of five times a day. I was obsessed! Now, though, I am happy with just weighing once a day. I don’t know what it is, but not limiting myself to how many times I can get on it really helps. Keeps me in balance and in line as to what I want to accomplish.

Some people stay away from the scales and come down hard on those who do scale step. Each person has his or her own demons to deal with, or no one would be on this Website! For me, overcoming the compulsion to step several times daily was one that I struggled with for years. Just like our addictions to bad foods, it’s an addiction to step on that scale. Go by more how your clothes feel and fit, rather than looking at that number on the scale. Take a “no weigh pass” next week at weigh in just to ensure you don’t freak out if the numbers don’t do what you want them to do.

Just a few suggestions. Hope they help. And remember, the scale is an inanimate object—if you kick it, it feels no pain and you have a stubbed toe! :)

Hope this helps.

Chach

Hi everyone:

Went to ww last night & was up again by 1.8# & my friend would not even w/i.
I told her she should but she said she knew she was up so skipped it. Anyway, I am back doing flex and went to curves again this morning.

Breakfast = oatmeal/banana/coffee
Lunch = salad/slice of ham/piece of cheese
Tonight ?

We are going to see bf daughter in hospital - she had a baby boy yesterday, so we will probably be having dinner out somewhere.

Keep up the good work.

H/W = 230
C/W = 205
G/W = 150

I'm doing good. I have lost 2.2lbs and am only less then a half a pound away from my goal.

I'm one that used to weigh in all the time, then my kids broke the scales and I have not gotten a new one, lol.

Blessings

Down 1.2# at WI tonight and I have exercised 5 times this week! So far, doing good!

Hey girls, congrats on the losses!! I forgeot to post (wonder why...), I was up 0.6 pounds but hopefully TOM is to blame. Keep on sending those pm's! :)

Chach, thanks for what you said.
I went through the day ok today, I made a good choice today.
I haven't worked out in three days, to be honest. I've not been feeling well, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, "pink eye".... all at once and have been struggling to get through each day.
Tomorrow, I am hoping to work out again. If I'm not feeling well, I'm actually going to call the doctor's office and get my widening butt in there. If I do work out, it will be slowly and not overdoing it, as I've taken a few days off and just have not been myself.
Not feeling well hasn't helped me at all this week, but at least I've been journalling and I have had my water.
So.... after giving myself 24 hours, I have revised my official goal for this challenge.
For me, right now, this challenge is to hang in. It's to pick my sorry self off the floor and re-gain the momentum. When I weighed in this week, I truly felt like I was hit by a ton of bricks. I've had gains before, but this time I worked SO hard and felt like the scale slapped me in the face. I can't expect perfection, I know that I will slip and go out to eat. I know that a weekend away (my biggest challenges) is ahead of me. But, having a weekend away will NOT make me end this. I will make it and I really like your advice, Chach, about using the no weigh in pass this week.
I hope I feel better tomorrow, maybe getting my "normal" energy level back will put that spring back in my step and my usual ww enthusiasm back on track.
Perhaps I should even try (if time permits) to attend a meeting tomorrow? Gosh, I feel like I am in AA or something by saying that!

Linda

Hi all.

Quick check in. I stayed the same this week. A bit discouraging, but it's okay. I have to admit, my food has not been 100%, so I can understand it. Today is a new day. I have four more weigh ins for this challenge. I can do it!

Happy Friday!

Chach

Hi guys, Chach, at least you stayed the same and didn't gain!
I am doing better today. I am not feeling as wiped out as I was. I have 24 flex points left to use before Tuesday morning and I can add activity points as well. Maybe I can get through the weekend ok? Not knowing ahead what will be served is hard, though. I hope it's ww friendly. But, I have to work on my challenge which is to pick myself up and get back on program. Also, for me right now is to forgive myself if I do overeat and gain this week. It's not one week here, it's the rest of my life that I need to worry about! Sounds more like ME, doesn't that?
Linda

I just started weight watchers yesterday and I discovered this site... The Trick will be to lose 6 pounds this month, and drink my water! My treat......hmmm..... a quiet evening spent reading a new book. I will have to get my husband to help with that! :smug:

Linda - yes. that sounds much more like you! Glad you're getting back on top of things.

Teri - Welcome to the challenge. Hope DH is cooperative on the treat!

So far, I'm still on track with my exercise. The weight, well, we'll just have to see. I'm doing well with points, but the scale will do what the scale will do!

Well, today is weigh in day and I will post later on with results.
I am so glad to have you all here - it's helping to remind me that I will succeed. There will be gains, but there will continue to be losses!
Linda, doing better!

Back from vacation! Had a great time. Leaving again for the weekend this weekend w/my sister's! We get together once a year and go to a B&B-no DH, no DD, no pets-just hanging w/the sisters! I can hardly wait! Woo-hoo! :dance:

Anyway, just checking in. Haven't weighed in since my return but WI tomorrow so I'll let you know. Feel like I did well on vacation but not sure about losing as it's TOM! Ugh!

Started the next phase of my Y class which means I've added weight machines to my workout. I'm a little sore today but that's means I'm working those muscles! :strong:

Doing well w/eating habits. My DD had a bag of brach's candy pumpkins and offered to me (this is one of my weaknesses-not as much as the indian corn but still a weakness!) and I politely turned her down. That's good for me!

Hope everyone is doing well. Have a good health day!

Well, I am off to a really slow start. I did not actually start doing the diet plan until yesterday. This was only my second full day of the Weight Watchers Core Plan. I will weigh in on Thursday, so I seriously doubt there will be any weight loss this week, but from here on out I will really try!!

I hope everyone else is getting closer to their Treats!!

Good luck y'all!
Teri

Hi all, Well I have met my goal early. At WI yesterday I went down and additional 2.8lbs so that gave me a loss of 12.4lbs. I am SO happy. I have joined MANY challanges on this forum over the years and don't think I ever completed one so this is a HUGE stepping stone for me.

Well I am going to have to wait a bit for the spa because I'm waiting for some money to come in, but once it comes in, I am going to make my appointment. I can't wait. And this weekend I'll have to go and get a new book, I know what I am going to get so that one will be easy if i can find it.

Well keep going ladys, I know you can do it! If I can do it, anyone can!

Blessings

Good job eveyone!
My goal of staying on program is working so far..... have some eating challenges coming up this week and I will need to be really focused on activity in order to be successful!
Weigh in went well yesterday, lost another 1.6 pounds!
Linda

Great job everyone!!! Well done ladies! I weighed myself today and I finally lost a couple of pounds! 2.6 to be precise. I have a long road to walk, but it seems like I have regained my motivation, although I plan to over-eat a little today! Take care ladies!!!

Hi everyone:

Had a great w/i last night - was down 4.8# this week, so I was very pleased with that.
Got to curves this a.m. before work & feel great. That is such a nice way to start the day - really keeps me motivated.

Keep up all the good work, everyone & talk to you soon.

Congrats y'all on your weight loss! And congratulations to you Bella23 for meeting your October challenge so early!! Enjoy the Spa and your book!!

Teri

Girls, congrats to everyone for the great losses! One thing though: As it's getting a little complicated for me to keep track of everyone, could you pm me your individual results?? Thanks!
Bella, congrats on meeting your goal, I hope we'll see you in the next challenge!

WI results are in. .6# this week. :dz: Okay. It was a loss. I'll take it. But, I want to do at least twice a good next week. I exercised 5 days this week, though not up to par. Been kind of a draggybutt lately. But, I did better this morning and paln to Keep it up!

Good afternoon people!
Just checking in, good job Melanie on your loss - I will take anything other than a gain and smile nowadays!
Linda

Hello ladies! :)
I hope you're all doing well food wise and exercise wise. I'm doing ok, although I'm really craving something salty right now, so I might have some pretzels or popcorn later.
I have a little problem with the challenge though. I was really excited when I started it and lots of people wanted to participate in it and stated their goals and treats. I got a bit stressed, making a plan for each one of us. And now, it seems like only half of us or even fewer stayed in the challenge. In fact here are the names of those who they've not been in contact with me regarding the challenge:

Tales610 (no pm)
PrincessAngela (sent me 1 pm)
Sweater girl-Ali (no pm)
Kally (no pm)
Chachee (1 pm)
Skinny_butt (no pm)


I'm posting this here in case one of these people still want to be in the challenge and just forgot to pm me or couldn't for various reasons. I'm not being mean or anything, but I just got a little disappointed. Anyway, if any of the people mentioned above still want to stay in the challenge, please pm me. Thanks a lot.

Sugar Cane

I take offense at your last post and will not be continuing with YOUR challenge. I joined thinking it was a positive thread and that we could all be positive and uplifting. Things happen in life and people are not always able to get on a computer and PM you. I have had some crisis's happen this last week and have just now had a chance to get on here.

Naming names and posting them is not a positive way to bring people back to a challenge. I need a support group, not someone keeping track of every little thing I do or don't do. I'm not in the habit of answering to people and still don't know why we have to PM you when everyone posts their results here anyway.

I had every intention of PM'ing you today when I got on here and now I think I'll just bow out and find support on another thread.

Chachee, I'm really sorry if I have offended you with my post, it wasn't my intention at all. This is not MY challenge as you pointed out, it's something we all do together. I understand that someone might have had a problem and not been able to pm me, I said that in my previous post. I didn't name names in order to blame and judge you or anybody else, I mentioned the people from whom I haven't heard in order to specify who are actually in the challenge and who aren't. As for pm's, I've said before that it gets a little confusing for me to keep track of everyone's losses as posted here, and I'd appreciate a pm, it's just easier for me. If you had a problem with that to begin with, you could tell me you don't want to pm me, it's no big deal actually. It saddens me to know that you think I was judging you and accusing you of anything. I repeat: I mentioned your name and others in order to determine who are activley participating in the challenge, so I can post the final accurate results for us. I can totally understand you having a crisis and not been able to pm me. I just can't see why you took this as a personal accusation. Ok, maybe it's my fault for starting the challenge, I swear it's the last one.

Hi everyone:

I was up 1# this week at my w/i - so will have to really behave this week.

Hope everyone is doing great, bye for now.

Natalie - I just wanted to thank you for leading the challenge. I know it's not easy to keep track of and I appreciate your willingness to do it. Sorry that it has turned sour. You're a sweetie! ;) No problem here.

BTW - Skinnybutt (also known as maid of honor at my wedding and person who works across the street) has been out of town lately. I will remind her that she needs to catch up on the post if she wants to stay in the challenge.

I weigh in tomorrow night. I am a little nervous. The scale at home has not budged and it was just one pound off from the WW scale. It is almost that TOM so maybe that is the reason? But it will still effect the goal or rather challenge I have set so I am just hoping for the best........

Hi Teri
I weigh in tomorrow night too. I usually see people saying they weigh in on Mon or Fri. I don't think there will be a weight loss this time. But it is not from the lack of want I'm wondering if I'm just a plain old overeater with no will power. It would be fun to capture him and make him stay for awhile. I'm going to really try this week and hopefully I will have a great one and I wish all you guys on this board a great one too. Maybe I should start :strong: that would be great to just get out and start walking. I like the idea of getting one angel or what ever for every 5 pounds I lose.
Myreah

SW = 194
CW = 189
GW = 149

One :df: for each 5 pounds I lose
:df:

Hello myreah! Will power was always a huge problem for me, but so far I have been doing very good! This time I am doing the Core plan, and I have only slipped once. My hubby talked me into having a Pina Colada with him this past Sat. night, and I succumbed to temptation. I reasoned with myself at the time that I had enough flex points (I am allowed 35) to spend on the two drinks, but now that weigh in is tomorrow I sure wish I had not spent them!!! :( But it sure was good! :lol: My only problem on the core so far has been getting my water in! But that would be an issue with any diet. I have just never drank a lot.... Even when not dieting, so it is hard for me to remember to drink. It gets close to bed time, and I start to think....hmmm...what have I drank today? Usually I have been working on the same bottle of water all day. (I keep it in the fridge).

Good luck tomorrow!!!

Hi guys!
Sorry Chach that you took offense, if you are even here to be reading this. I know you've had your share of busy times and hope you understand that no one was trying to pressure you or anything.
As for me, I'm back on program and doing ok.
My ww leader mentioned something interesting at my meeting this week. She said one woman was getting bored with her weight loss plan and set a goal for herself to have something different every morning for a week. She did this, and lost 2 pounds that week! Sounds good to me! So, I am trying this approach and may try to do that kind of thing for lunch as well. We all get into a rut sometimes and I think varying our food choices alleviates boredom.
Linda

Well, I survived WI with a 1# loss. And I did exercise 5 days last week. So, I'm still on track! Overslept again today though, so I have already informed DH that I have dibs on the living room to workout this afternoon!

Not sure if I should be considering myself any kind of success here at all, becuase of my recent gain and "Food Freakout" of yesterday.....
I guess the final time of reckoning is Oct. 31st anyway, so I've still got time to re-group?
Linda

I weighed in at my meeting last night and I was only down .30! This week is my B'Day week, and also TOM is due anytime, so I doubt this week will be very successful either. Doesn't look like I will meet my challenge, but I will sure try!

Terri, sounds like you and I are in the same boat! Not exactly, though, as for me TOM is more like TOY (year vs. month).... I thought I was in menopause (at 49) and suddenly TOM came this week after being absent since April. A surprse. :dunno:
I have begun to wonder if my slight one pound gain this week as well as my binge yesterday had something to do with that? I am doing really well today, at least so far! I'm munching on 94% ff popcorn this very moment with a huge glass of water and feeling quite the success.
Natalie, I was going to PM you, but I don't really have much to report....what do you want me to do?
Linda

Hi all!

Just checking in. Thanks Natalie for helping monitor this challenge. As this is my first, I'm totally clueless. Can't hardly rememeber my password, how to get around, how to post a message (I've sent you one now : ) etc). I appreciate more than you know your willingness to step up in what I know must be a normally busy life, like I'm sure the rest of us have. Anyway, just thanks is all. I'll have to change my signature later. Been saying that for awhile now tho huh?

Hi Angela, good to hear from you again! Thanks for the pm, it's all sorted now. :)

Linda, you don't have to pm me, it's all fine. I only expect one last pm from you, next week, if I'm doing it correctly, right?

My husband talked me into weighing this morning and the scale was down 3 pounds which puts me at my 6 pound weight loss goal for October! I moved the scale twice to make sure it wasn't a mistake, and it always showed the same!!

I am hoping to keep these 3 pounds off until Thursday which is my official weigh in day at WW.


Wich me luck!!

Yes, it's me. I haven't fallen off the face of the earth or been beamed back up! Just busy w/life in general. I apologize for neglecting my post! Also, just for the record, I did not take offense at all of Sugar's gentle reminder to pm her. I took it for how it was intended, a friendly reminder.

Anyway, down three pounds since the beginning of the challenge and doing well w/exercise except for four days I missed last week due to stomach virus. BELIEVE ME, I'd would rather have been exercising!! Anyway, back on track w/that now. Don't know whether I will meet my challenge but I will do my best! Will it be okay for me to post my results on 11/1? I will not have access to a computer on 10/31.

Emerald-are you out there! I'm still waiting to hear from you today!!

Have a great health day!!

Skinny_butt, thanks for pming me. I'm fine about having your results on 11/1, I'll post the total results some time in the first week of November, as soon as I can, actually. Hope you're doing great, take care! :)

Just a quick update from me. Was down .6 at my wiegh in today, nothing great, but I am grateful for any loss!
This was a hard week for me, healthwise, and I am proud to have still lost!
Linda

Hi everyone:

At my w/i last night was only down .2# - but what can you do, just keep trying.
So it is a new week & I will try to do better.

Good going everyone for all your losses!

Bye for now.

Checking in. Down 1.6# this week! :D And I exercised 5 days.

down 1# last night and exercised 4 times this week. Way to go-Emerald. Sounds like everyone is doing well! Congrats all around! :)

Well, had a "food freakout" last night..... pizza, my downfall.
Yet, I used flexpoints and am technically "still" on program.
This Trick or Treat challenge is almost over, I think I'll be tricking not treating.....
I'm "game" (get it?) for a Thanksgiving Challenge..... some of you guys are not from the US and might not get the reference to game meaning turkey, which we all traditionally eat!
But, the 4th Thursday in November is Thanksgiving here in the USA, traditionally the biggest "eating day" in our country of the entire year. I don't intend to be "on program" that day, but still want to be at goal sometime in this lifetime.....
So, what can I do to keep loosing and work through that eating day.....
Linda

Well, last night my husband came home from work, and told everyone to load up we were going out to eat for my birthday! We decided to order the food and bring it back home to eat instead. So I had the Chili's chicken mushroom jack fajitas, chips and hot sauce, a little bit of their queso, and my DH even bought me a little pepperidge farm cake. My candles filled up the entire top of the cake which the kids got a kick out of. It was soo good! I had not had one in years and years! My stepmom used to buy them when we would come visit. It was almost like eating an ice-cream cake because it had been frozen and was just barely thawed out. mmmmm...... I had eaten so much at dinner that I told Greg to just cut me a very small piece. My two year old daughter saved me from eating cake again today... DH has to go to bed early due to his work hours, so he asked me to come to the bedroom real quick. He told me happy birthday, said he hoped I enjoyed my day, and wished we could have done something more...... I told him it was wonderful, thank you, then said goodnight. This took all of about MAYBE 2 minutes! My four year old comes running into the room with cake on his ear, neck, and shirt. He said momma, EMILY!! I go out the bedroom door, and there is cake ALL over the floor, the table, and there is my two year old, cake all over her face, hands, and all in her hair smiling at me like a little angel. HI mommy!! Greg came to see what it was about also, and of course busted out laughing. He said
"Emily, did you do this?" and she just tilted her head to the side and gave him a huge smile. He laughed, gave me kiss on the cheek, and said Night honey, I'm off to bed. Snickering as he walked away.....

This all happend by the way INSTEAD of me going to my WW Meeting, so I did not weigh in last night. This morning I had gained a pound, which means that I have lost a total of 5 this month. My challenge was to lose 6. I am supposed to go out with my sister tonight, so all in all, I think I can safely say that I will NOT be meeting my challenge. DARN! I was so close too!

Teri!
I had to laugh a bit when reading about that cake fiasco! Better on the kids and on the floor than on your hips, though!
Just to tell you a quick story... when my daughter was around 2 she was fascinated with eggs and one night, while we were sleeping, she snuck downstairs to the kitchen and by the light of the opened refrigerator took all the eggs out and smashed them one by one all over the floor, and she then promptly fell asleep on the floor, covered in them with the refrigerator open all night. When my husband came down to get read to go to work in the morning, he found her asleep on the floor with the eggs. He woke her to clean her up and get her back to bed and with a big smile she stood up at 4:30 am, threw her hands in the air and announced "EGGS" loudly! My husband was so charmed by her, she didn't get into trouble, got cleaned and put back in bed. I awoke to find him smiling and washing the kitchen floor!
At any rate, kids do some amazing things!
Sounds like a few of us (me and Teri) didn't make our goals for this month, yet progress had been made and we should be thankful for that!
I feel really let down this week as I injured myself and it has limited my working out, etc. and I have noticed the scale creep up a bit here at home. I have a party to go to tonight as well and I don't know if I'll be in control or not....
Ah, the ups and downs of our weight loss journey....
Linda

:lol: Loved the stories! I don't have kids yet, but you give me something to look forward to! And I thought DH was messy! :lol:

Well, my official WI is Wednesday, but I weighed this afternoon using the "official" scale at church. The result was a 2.2# loss since my last WI! Yippee! Maybe that met my goal? How about it, Nat?!?!

It will be interesting though to see how the week progresses to my WI Wednesday. I hope the 2.2 is gone for good!

Linda - I'm in for a Thanksgiving challenge. Like you, I am planning to take that day off, but the plan is to be good until then and save all my FPs for that day.

I'm up for a new challenge as well. I have failed the last two, but that doesn't mean I can't try again. Nat, how bout it?
Now, what can I do differently that I haven't been doing to chisel a few pounds off before Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving day will be a "normal" family Thanksgiving here, I am not going to try to eat different, it's tradition and I love tradition. But, that does not give me permission to begin the "holiday season" with an extra five pounds and to gain all my weight back by New Year's. I want to start the new year being thinner, healthier and happier!
Linda

I usually have 3 homes to go to for Thanksgiving, so I can't be going crazy everywhere! So, my plan: bring healthy alternatives to in-laws. This is especially since they have Thanksgiving whenever they can get everyone together (not necessarily on T-day). At my dad's, I will make a dish or two, but enjoy small portions. At my mothers, that's where the real fun and feasting is! So, you see, I plan a slow progression toward gluttony! :D

Down three# since last time I was here. Yipee! Don't know if I met my goal but I still feel better so it's a win/win sitch. :)

I could handle another challenge so if anyone cares to start one, count me in!

Children stories: there are two years and 4 months between my two daughters. When my youngest was around 9 months old, my oldest decided she was going to "help" me by getting the youngest ready for church. Keep in mind that this was AFTER I already had the baby ready. I'm in my room, putting on hose when I hear my youngest grunting-much like she does now when she's irritated. So, I go in their room to find my oldest child standing over the crib on her little chair. She smiled real big and said look momma-I help you! She had taken baby oil and rubbed all over her sister and then dumped baby powder all over her. She looked like Casper the friendly ghost! It was hilarious. I just had to stop what I was doing and enjoy the moment! We were late for church that day! :D

I apologize for not posting yesterday, I was not home enough to have time to get on the computer. I missed my WW meeting last week, but I weighed at home nearly every morning this week trying to see what my binge night was going to to do to me. The result: I have lost a total of 7 pounds this month! Which means I have met my 6 pound goal!! YIPPEE!! I have also stayed out of the kids halloween candy!!

The other kids stories I read earlier were too funny!! It is nice to hear that my children aren't the only ones doing crazy things!! I think my 3rd child (my youngest son) is the only one so far that has not done something crazy. (yet. :lol: )

Right after my husband (hubby #2) and I got married like that first week, I got up as I always do to check on the kids.... I could hear them laughing so went in to tell them to settle down and get to sleep. My son was 4 at the time, and my daughter was 2. It was very dark in the room, and as I entered their room something squished between my toes. I jumped about a foot and screamed and scrambled to turn the light on to see what in the world I had stepped on. I turned on the light, and my dear children had gotten up at some point, went to the refrigerator, got out a bag of flour I had in there, and had a BALL!!!! There was flour EVERYWHERE!! They were covered head to toe in it. Flour was all over their bed, all over the floor, they had just taken handfulls of it and thrown it up in the air. I was trying to clean it up quietly hoping that my new husband who had never had kids before, would not come back there before I could get it cleaned up. No such luck. I got the vacuum, shut the door, and got to work. I had not gotten very far when the door opened and he appeared with a stunned look on his face, before breaking into laughter!
Another time, shortly before my husband and I got married, I went to check on the kids. I could hear them laughing hilariously and thought......how cute. I peeked into their room to see what they were doing without interrupting, but they were not in there. I realized the laughter was coming from the bathroom. UH OH. I opened the door and my 4 year old son is sitting on the pot having a bowel movement. He was still recovering from diarrhea, so it was still a little loose. My 2 year old daughter had her toy pitcher, dipping it into the toilet behind Garrett ( as he was sitting towards the front) and pouring that FILTHY water on Garrett's head!! I panicked thinking they were both going to be extremely SICK, how nasty can you get??! and put them straight into the tub, washed them off, sent them to bed then called my mom to vent because I was so mad!! As I was trying to tell her about the incident it suddenly struck me as being funny, and we both laughed and laughed until our sides hurt and tears were streaming out of our eyes....

I would be interested in a Turkey Day Challenge as well!! I too plan on going off plan that day, but would like to end the month with a reasonable weight loss. My husband asked me yesterday what we were going to to about Thanksgiving. I told him that I was going to eat!! I was not going to spend my holiday miserable because I could not enjoy the food. I was going to (in holiday tradition) enjoy the coming together of family, and be thankful, and PIG OUT!! J.J. I will try to eat in moderation, but eat everything. I told him though, there is to be NO leftovers brought to our home!!

Ok, the October challenge has now officially ended. I have the results from everyone who participated in the challenge, thank you so much for doing this together. I'm sorry but I won't be able to do a November challenge, as I've got too much work to do and I can't dedicate the time needed for it. I promise we'll do another one in 2005! :) So, here are the results:

PrincessAngela
Pounds lost: 5.2
Percentage of success: 52%

Sugar_cane
Pounds lost: 5
Percentage of success: 50%

Emerald
Pounds lost: 6.6
Percentage of success: 117%

Cateyes
Pounds lost: 3.3
Percentage of success: 55%

Bandit2
Pounds lost: 4
Percentage of success: 57%

Derrydaughter
Pounds lost: maintained

Skinny_butt
Pounds lost: 7
Percentage of success: 140%