Are we going to have weigh ins for this? Or will this be a little more informal? As of Monday, June 13th, we have 19 weeks until Monday, October 24th, which would leave one week to get a hot costume.
oh geeze I will have to lose 4.2 pounds a week to make my goal weight :/ haha! But I would be happy to just be close haha!
Lol, wow so many are on board with this, how exciting!!
Well, I suppose this will be a bit informal but I don't want it to be too informal or then yall may not stick with it!
I am up for accepting ideas to keep us all motivated and maybe how informal or formal you all want this to be? Any ideas are good.
I do think we should weigh in weekly, and anyone that gets into the outfit they want or gets close maybe we could do pictures? I know I will!
I've been trying to think of things to keep people motivated like what I could do for the ones that stick with it and do it. I just want it to be fun and I want us all to succeed!
So what do yall think about weigh ins? Would yall prefer a specific day? And maybe when we show our progress we should always have SW and CW just to keep track of how far we've come. It's kind of a long challenge I don't want anyone to get left out or think they can get out of this! I EXPECT everyone to try to be around at least once a week.
We can so do this, and I am so very excited.
We can also post our plans, I'm not big on posting what you do every single day, but some people need that. If you are one that needs that I ask that you edit your original post (so it doesn't take over the thread lol) and only bump it once a week so we can all still see what you are doing.
Last edited by ButterCup85; 06-12-2011 at 06:56 AM.
I am sticking with it!!
We should post weight losss once a week. keep us moving in the right direction
Maybe everyone can post a outfit, or at least an idea LOL
i want to be an angel.. or maybe an devil. after all it would be halloween.
LOL
My Plan is
1300 Calories a day
cardio 20 minute a day at leat 5 x a week if not 7
12 glasses of water a day!
No bread, pasta,icecream
BTW Jumelle I sooo love the Queen of hearts costume!!!
And sacal the little cowgirl get up is adorable! Also, yeah the whole point of this is to set a goal but even getting close to that goal and wearing something you couldn't before would still work! I'm heavier than a few girls here and I'll still be fluffy haha but even at 185 I could rock a totally cute outfit! The last time I dressed up I was a judge because it was a long black hanging fabric ewwww. This year I'd like to show some ASSETS and feel good lol!
Fridayangel- that sounds like a great plan!
My plan is what I've been doing mostly. 30 day shred 25:00 minutes level 1 atm and 20-30 minutes of zumba at least 6 times a week. No cokes, no cookies or brownies in the house, only water and sweet tea, only drinking alcohol 1 night a month, mustard instead of mayo. I may change more, I don't count calories or limit carbs because I love them! But I kinda look at calories and I also quit eating chips every day :/ lol.
I may change it a bit more, we'll see how I feel in a couple weeks. 30 pounds is a ways to go, but I want it sooo bad. I just don't want to cut things I love and then go crazy and eat as much as I can get my hands on lol. So, I'm taking it slow and slowly changing things.
TOM is soon for me as well, that's always a high weigh in bleh!
Last edited by ButterCup85; 06-12-2011 at 07:45 AM.
Thanks Buttercup! I think you could totally rock that vampire costume at a size 12! ;]] I'll post my plan here in a little bit! I'm working on setting up a schedule for exercising so I'll have to stick to it.. haha!
This has actually been on my mind as I started my weight loss in May and one of the things sticking out in my mind is that I want to be down 50lbs by Halloween. I love Halloween but it is always so very hard to find a costume to fit. So I am totally in, I was doing it on my own anyways but this will be awesome to do it together!
ive always had this secret wish that i could wear a cute halloween outfit like reese witherspoon wears in legally blonde! shes a bunny? and had a fluffy tail, and super tight leggings. lol. or cat woman! haha but id probably never have the nuts to go out in it...lol..
I'm in. I do my official weigh ins on Sundays. I'll be on vacation the next two weeks so no weigh ins for a bit. My goal is 200 for this challenge. I'm fluffier than most on this thread but if I get close I'll totally rock a costume and 5 inch heels for you guys.
I am totally in for Weigh in, so far i have always weighed on a Wed well thats since Jan, and then i started the 12 week challenge and thats a wed weigh in too, so i'm gonna stick with Wed so i don't start bouncing up and down during days off...
Super excited about this one ladies.. and if we do it for Halloween we'll have the bulk off for the festive season that will be fast approaching..
i am aiming to have 20lb off my Halloween, and would like to record my weekly weight on a wed..
Lambie- I can't wait to see the outfit and 5 inch heels! I can't even do 1 I'm just not talented in the heel department but I'm going to try haha!
Curlysue- that sounds great!
Everyone Okay so I've noticed most weigh ins are wed-fri for most. For the ones who would like to weigh in we could do wed-fri weigh ins, how does that sound yall? For the ones who don't want to- cause some hate scales maybe put measurements or pant size losses. This doesn't have to be formal and no one can get kicked out and anyone can join anytime. It's just fun! Fun and losing weight to have more fun on Halloween and feel beautiful! Yay us!
I'll probably weigh in on Thursdays but I am known to be a procrastinator so it may be fridays lol.
I'll probably weigh in on Thursdays but I am known to be a procrastinator so it may be fridays lol.
Lol i hear ya..
i think this is gonna be a great idea, like the idea of not updating the thread with a long post every day re exercise and taking it over, maybe we could have one thread for chat and another for weighing in and progress?
either way lots of accountability long term..thats what im most excited about.. this is the longest i have lost and kept motivated ever.. always been a yo- yo up and down.. but i think this is my time
lets keep moving peeps..
btw the costumes are looking super so far hehe i'm kinda edging towards a scary costume and some crazy make up.. i suppose its more my own confidence that will count..like that i will be super slim so ill look feel great inside, so scary mental make up will look cool , coz i won't be self conscious cos i will be thin, if ya get me?.. hmmm sorry hungover ramblings haha
