Hey ladies! I'm making a 2-month commitment to myself. Because I LOVE fall, I want to wear sexy sweaters and feel awesome in them, and my daughter turns 2 in October! Wanna join me?

These are my goals for the next 2 months.

1) Count calories diligently (1250-1450 range with 300 calories a week "freebie" to be used at once or spread throughout)
2) Work out regularly (30 day shred, power walking, whatever else I can do!)
3) Increase h20 intake
4) (the clincher!) NO FAST FOOD for the whole 2 months.

I'll keep you posted on my progress. I'm committing to do this every day. I'm also adding to this promise to myself that if I've been diligent and I don't see any progress with my weight loss by October, (as long as I've truly tried and stuck with it) then I'm going to take a little hiatus from weight loss. But I'm 100% positive if I stick to this, unless there is something medically WRONG with me, why wouldn't I see progress?

carcar, I could have written that. I am in with you. I love fall and am so looking forward to sweaters and jeans and cute clothes.

Let's see here
1. Calorie cycle - maintain weekly average of 1500-1700
2. Exercise daily
3. Water, water, water.....I am lucky if I get one glass in a day
4. Make healthier choices while eating out

YAY WVUFan! And we are close in weight too I hope more peeps jump on this bandwagon.

Fall is AWESOME, and I want to feel just as amazing- plus, it'll set us up with healthy habits and a smaller waist by Thanksgiving.

I'm in! I want to be smaller by the 22nd of November. I'm seeing my sweetie after 6 MONTHS!!

1. Stick between 1,200 & 1,400 cals a day.
2. Walk an hour a day or at least 5
3.Weights 3 times a week
4.No junk food
5. do not give into roommate peer pressure!!!

I am so... so.. so.. so.. IN.

I would love... love, love, love, love LOVE to be at goal by the time my classes start at my new college on September 8th!

Let's see... that's... 47 days, about 6 and a half weeks... ....lol, so 2 lbs a week for 6 and a half weeks, would put me EXACTLY at goal!!!! Omigod! OKAY! I'M DOING THIS!!!!

1) Diligent calorie-counting, between 1,250 and 1,500 calories a day.
2) Start exercising 3 times a week, even if it's just light jogs. Genuinely, I've been sitting on my *** a WHOLE lot...
3) No desserts until goal. This is a hard one. My family does nightly desserts, and it usually pushes me from the low end of my calorie allowance (1,200ish) to the high end (1,500ish). No more frozen yogurt, even! I'll stick to frozen mango chunks, which I love just as much anyhow.
4) At least 2 glasses of PLAIN water a day, sans juice crystals.

Yay Jelbb! Nice to see you joining in!!

How are you girls doing so far?? I did okay yesterday but today is like my "official" day 1 haha

I did level 2 of the 30DS last night and woke up with tight abs. I love that. (Tight by my standard hahaha)

Counting calories today, trying to stay toward the low end of things today, around 1250.

Any breakfast suggestions?? I can't eat eggs or dairy so I have a hard time figuring out what to do for breakfast! :P

A fruit smoothie?
I'm a big fan of fruit smoothies with frozen mango, banana, some berries, a bit of fruit juice and ice. Very very yummy.

On days when I'm not feeling the smoothie, I do organic oatmeal with a tablespoon of honey to sweeten, and blueberries mixed in.

I'm doing okay! Last night I went out for dinner, and I asked for a to-go container with my meal. I stuffed nearly my whole entree (spaghetti) into the container since I was pretty much already full after the salad and appetizer.... I was pretty proud of myself for STOPPING when I knew I was full.

So, today for lunch I had HALF of what was left of my spaghetti. I get a bit stressed eating foods when I don't know the calorie content for SURE (one of the reasons I eat frozen meals as often as I do), but... the internet nutrition information for the restaurant said the whole plate of spaghetti was 810 calories, so... I'm estimating about 400 calories for what I ate.

In which case, I had 230 calories for breakfast, 400 for lunch, and I'm eating a bowl of frozen mango for "dessert" for 80 calories... a whopping 710 before dinner. This day is right on track!

Ooh I'd love to join in too!
Jelbb- I'm starting at a new college in the fall too, though a bit earlier than you, on September 2, so this is a great challenge time!

My goals are definitely more exercise related. If I'm TOTALLY honest with myself my diet could be slightly better, but I tend to think I do a pretty awesome job, so so so my goals are:
1) Walk my dog 3 times a week, she has a big backyard, but sometimes I think she's lonely
2) Work up to a higher speed on the treadmill. Right now I do some run/walk alternates for about 30 minutes, but at pretty slow speeds. It's really more of a run/jog.

That's it. Hope everyone is successful!

Count me in as well! Carcar, my goals are very similar to yours!

1) Exercise everyday, no exceptions. I will plan ahead and make time no matter what.
2) Stay at/under my calorie limit....at least 2 c. veggies every day
3) No fast food!
4) 6-8 glasses of water a day

I'm in, too! I have been on a pretty nasty fast food every day kick for about a month.

Starting today no fast food for 2 months!!!!

My daughter just turned 2 June 29th. I really thought I would be in better shape by now. We can do this!

I did pretty good yesterday, I shopped for work for 8 hours straight...ridiculous, but we had a picnic. I counted that as exercise since I pushed around a buggy that weighed more than I did for over an hour.

I don't know whats going on though because I want to try to drop down to 1600 calories again, but I am starving by 9PM. I'm even eating the right percentage of protein. Silly body

Ooh, I'd love to join in! Right now I'm trying to lose these last few pounds of fat and gain some more muscle. I've actually decided to do the 12 week Body For Life challenge for the extra motivation, but it would be nice to have some group support, too. My plans for the next 12 weeks:

Weights 3x per week
Cardio 2x per week (one 20-min HIIT session and one 30-min run)
Yoga 1x per week
1700-1800 calories per day, plus one treat/free/cheat meal (pick your label)

Muffin top be gone!

Yay! Keep up the good work girlies!

I am doing SO good today!

Welcome to all the new ladies!!!

Piedpiper:
Yay! You an' me are gonna start at our new colleges looking super sexy!! I started University 4 years ago at about 143 lbs... and sky-rocketed to 173 in just a few year's time. It's time to get back down to and PAST my 143 low!!

Carcar:
Good job!!! Me too!!! Muwahaha, we're kicking this weight's @ss.

ME
So, I went for a run today! It was boiling hot, and I nearly died from a killer cramp, but I WENT, and I toughed it out for three laps around my high school's track, and jogged home, panting like a german shepard.

Also, I just ate my dinner (and am STUFFED), and have come to a grand total calorie intake of 1,150 calories... I'm saving 100 calories because I'm going to the movies tonight.. and I'm gonna sneak in a pre-popped 100-calorie bag of microwave popcorn.

Oh I so admire you for running outside! I'm an okay-ish runner, but when I try outside I think I get to nervous about what other people are thinking. I end up running waaay too fast and then I can barely make it around the block. I think running outside would be so much more interesting than staring at the inside of my garage for half an hour.
(funny: i actually have a german shepard!)