Hey everyone, sorry I disappeared. I've been travelling and had delayed flights and then got back really late on Monday and was sick as a dog yesterday and then having been out of the office for a week had all sorts to deal with today and it's just basically been bananas.
I know our challenge was supposed to start yesterday. We can still call it yesterday and go till the 19th. Or do you guys want to do it till like Christmas Eve (the 24th)? Let's vote. I'll post my starting statistics tomorrow. I've not really done a weigh in and all yet. Anyway month-long challenge here we come.
Raworz, I'm so glad things are moving in the right direction. Please stick around. And maybe join us in some sort of challenge as we approach Christmas?
foreverfaye: I spent a lot of my weight loss journey in the 230s too. For some reason my body really "liked" that weight but know you can totally make it past that and all the way to goal. Please come hang out with us here. We're just starting a challenge yesterday/today/tomorrow and it's a "call-it-what-you-like" challenge where you can choose a specific plan you want to try out (last month, we tried out the 5:2 fast plan) or you can choose a specific number of days you have to be on plan or a calorie count you want to stick to or a specific number of days you want to exercise or whatever you like. Ideally, you check in daily (or as often as you can) and we all try to encourage each other to basically commit to our weigh loss journeys for a month. Just a month! And then we can recommit or whatever at that point. Last month
LoseToAll and I had really great results so it could be a great way to try to get past the 230s hump. Either way, I hope you stick around.
SMSDreamer2007: IF has always seemed pretty intense but I think the way you're planning to do it could be a great way to curb the late night munchies and maybe get to bed early. I'm a night owl and I used to be a late night nibbler until I set my cut off at midnight. I NEVER even at my bingiest eat anything after midnight. (Now imagining all the unnecessary eating I could curb if I did an IF from like 8pm to 8am)
LoseToAll: Yay at completing your fast day without too much damage! 100 calories over is not very much and it's hard! I'm thinking of trying out 4:3 and upping calories to like 800 on the 3 fast days... just because it seems easier than the 500 but I dunno. I kind of like having only 2 restrictive days. We'll see.
Okay so I know I've been a little absent. First I travelled for work and then my aunt threw my dad a destination 60th birthday party this weekend so I had to go for that as well so it was a weekend of mucho eating which I paid for yesterday with the worst stomach bug caused probably by a combination of exhaustion, too much dairy and... oh who am I kidding, too much FOOD!!! Anyway, our challenge should be starting now and seems a perfect way to get back on track and maybe not go overboard as we approach what is only "the most wonderful time of the year!" I'll post my starting stats and goals and name my challenge tomorrow.
Here's wishing everyone a fabulous day!
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