Congrats Fae! Yea for ONEderland!

Amanda - are you sure you didn't just have a scale malfunction there? 10 lbs. is a HUGE fluctuation - that seems very odd.

Yay for Fae! Does that rhyme? I don't usually.

Hmm...I am a little behind on my goal and probably not going to make it. But, renewed spirit. Saw my in-laws yesterday and was reminded that my SIL's wedding is Thanksgiving weekend. Only 7 weeks, ladies. Not in the wedding, but it doesn't hurt to look good anyway since I will probably end up in pics and my two SIL and my MIL are all losing weight.

Also one of my good friends is going to be in town and haven't seen her in over a year. Would love to be 20 lbs lighter than the last time she saw me!

Hehe thank you all.

Amanda! *clings* where have you beeeeeeeeeeeeeen?

MAN! I joined this challenge and haven't checked in at all! I'm going to make myself do better. Maybe if I am held accountable, I'll actually see some kind of change! I still write down everything that I eat and I've been walking almost every day and days that I haven't been walking, I've been doing step aerobics and Tae-Bo. I haven't seen any real change in my weight even though I got even tighter with my calories and amped up my exercise...wow, I'm doing step aerobics...

The scale said I lost one pound...ONE POUND!?!?! what the @#6* I've been working my butt off for one frickin' pound?

I want to lose 10 pounds...and now I'm severly behind. OK, I'm going to get off the computer so I can do more Tae bo.

Just as I suspected, I weighed in this morning and here's how it went:

:crossed: :yikes: :faint: :tantrum:

4 lbs gained. 4 lbs of what better be pure muscle or I don't know why I'm hurting myself for this. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need to just rant about this for a minute. Why, why is it that every freakin' time I get into a good workout routine, I work, I work, I work and what do I have to show for it, 4 lbs more. I don't know if I'm not doing enough cardio or what. Sometimes I think I'm just turning all the fat into muscle and I'm gonna look like Hulk Hogan.
Ok, I'm done. I will continue and hopefully in a week I will see a change.

Oops, it wasn't a scale malfunction, more like a typing malfunction (or possibly wishful thinking). *Amanda hugs Fae* So yep, well my weight as of the morning of 10/10 was 174.6. But I am believing for (praying, hoping, needing, and finally praying again) the scale to read 173 point something...or hey, why not 172 point something...I'm about due for a whoosh! So 12 lbs down, 21 lbs to go (in order to reach my unrealistic goal of 153 by thanksgiving), and I fear I may not make it :(

Okay, scratch that...I know I won't make it. That's 21 lbs on 45 days!!! I have really stunk up this challenge!

Hmm. Amanda I am noticing a similarity between our goals (154 and 20 lbs to go) and our status right now. I am probably not going to lose 20 lb either! Ha Ha!

Just over 6 weeks left. I am thinking of revising my goal to either 168 (for a nice even 10 lbs) and only 6 more to go. Or 169 just to see a new decade.

Okay, that's it, I'm pissed!!! Woke up this morning still at 174.6!!! Look at my journal...what did I do to deserve this? Oh well, looks like I'm in one heck of a plateau :( I think I'm just going to take my doctor's advice and go back on the phentermine! Time to re-evaluate my goals, and change my signature :( :( :(

As of today...172.6.

NEW GOAL: To weigh 160 by Thanksgiving day. So that means I have 39 days to lose 12.6 lbs. which means I need to lose 0.32 of a lb per day. I think I can do this!

Yep, 5.5 weeks left about. I am still sticking to my goal of 159! I think I can do it! 171 today, so that's 12 pounds, at 2 pounds a week that should be just about right (especially since I have lost 3 pounds a week the last 2 weeks), let's see if I can do that again and take the pressure off a little bit!

*Amanda is jealous of Stephanie, now feeling like a wimp for changing her goal* I have to tell you though, Stephanie, you are an awesome motivator for me, as you are always about 1 lb. lighter than me. Every time I catch up and go to update my ticker I notice that you went down another pound as well. You are a constant source of motivation for me, not that I am a competitive person, just kinda fun trying to catch up to you :) The reason I decided to change my goal is that I'm about to start a weight training routine. I'm afraid that when I do that I will not be losing as fast, and will then stop exercising so as to make my goal. I don't know, maybe I'm just a wuss. What do you gals think...should I change it back???

LOL Amanda, I noticed that we're always about a pound apart too! You're original goal was really huge wasn't it??? I hope that you didn't take my response as a insult, I sure didn't mean that in anyway, just thought I'd check in! I figured 2 pounds a week from the begining, if I set a goal too high and don't make it I really beat myself up! I am flattered and happy that I am a motivation to anyone!!! :goodvibes I get motivation from a lot of you gals!!! Including you Amanda. P.S. I am assuming that your new avatar is Jobe? He's the most adorable thing ever. He is beautiful!

Awww...thank you stephanie!!! Yep, that's my little man. I finally got around to uploading a picture of him. That picture was taken on July 24th of this year (I take him twice a year, once on his birthday, and once on his half birthday) so he was exactly 5 1/2 in that picture! Anyways, no I didn't take it as an insult...I was just thinking that maybe I was wussing out when I shouldn't have been. But I guess I'll leave that up for discussion...should I keep my old goal?

Ok, just caught up on the thread...

Amanda: I think your new goal is fine - 20lbs. is an awful lot for 6 weeks, and anything over 2lbs./week is unhealthy and can be downright dangerous (not to mention increasing the possibility of weight rebound 'cause of severe restrictions to make that goal.)

My personal goal: 157 pounds by Thanksgiving-- about a pound a week. After that I'll be happy just to maintain that weight till New Years (what with all the holiday eats and all) after which I'll commit myself to finish shedding the remainder 13 pounds for my final goal by summer! And, of course, working out at least 6 days a week.

Hey Gals, I'm changing my goal to...I'm still hovering around 170. I meet with my trainer tommorrow, so I"ll found out officially how many inches and weight I have lost since JUNE! Whoa...

Anyways, My original goal was 155. I haven't weighed in awhile, but I'm pretty sure I'm still stuck at 170, if this is true. I am just hoping to get to 165 anything less would be great....

So my new goal is 165. That gives me 6 weeks, if I can lose more, then GREAT, but just wanted to re set my goal....

I'm sticking to my goal of 133. That means one more pound to lose. But seriously, I will have to do some hard work if I want to get that pound off by thanksgiving! We will have a string of out of town visitors in the next few weeks, which means food food food. I thought when I set the goal, seven pounds, I will probably be at my goal of 130 by Thanksgiving! Yeah right, it was a good idea to be conservative. These last few pounds are murder! It doesn't help that I keep slacking off at the gym -- no more running until I get some new running shoes, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. :( My knees get sore and I think it's because my shoes are worn out, and other exercise just doesn't cut it in terms of getting a great workout. I can tell I am more out-of-shape now than I was in August.

Down to 171.4! 11.4 lbs to go!!!

Well, so far I haven't had much luck at losing any weight for this challenge! :( But, that's all going to change. I have been traveling, which always throws my eating and exercise off. Then, my car was being repaired for awhile, so I was gymless. And, of course, some of it was just due to my own darn laziness! Anyway, I'm still aiming for a 10-pound loss. I'll just see how close I can get to it. I'm getting serious about this challenge TODAY! Good luck everyone!

Crap, I gained two lbs! I'm going in the wrong direction!

OK changing my goal too. 165 which is 10 lb exactly.

I am also going to unfortunately have to revise my goal. I was doing pretty well with losing on the track I needed to get to my goal weight but I haven't been doing it very healthily. It has been more of a starve myself during the week and go crazy on the weekends kind of thing, which has left me not feeling the best. My goal is going to be 145 (5 pounds less from now) which I think is a reasonable goal of a little over a pound a week. That means that my original Thanksgiving goal is going to be moved to Christmas, which will still make me happy come holiday time!

Hey girls! I would like to join in! I'm setting a goal of 10 lbs lost by Thanksgiving. I don't want to push myself to bad so I think 10 lbs will be great!

I am once again STUCK! at 195. which, true, is better than stuck at 200 like I was before, but STILL! Although Im not really going to worry until the end of the month till I do my check in at Curves (I like thier scale better.. it weighed me at 192.5 hehe!) since it could be muscle, so I need to see if I lost inches! Haha I need the plateau breaker I had before... going to the club!

I know I've lost a noticable bit since I joined here, even people who usually dont comment on it say something to me.. but its still not enough! Grrr.

Haha forget that last post.. I am NOT weighing myself on my cheap home scale anymore, because it no longer works.. while, in the past 2? 3? whatever weeks... the scale I have continued to read 195, yet when I weighed myself at Curves today, it showed a drop in that time.. from 192.5 to 186.. so SCREW YOU home scale haha. Sorry, Im excited.

To celebrate this I moved my goal from 185 to 180.. since Im almost at 185 already I might as well go for the extra 5 lbs... *G* :cheer:

Remember this? We're almost there!!! How is everyone doing?

I posted 8/26 and I weghed 186 on that day, today I am 168. (Wow, I really have come far!) I don't think that I will make it to 159 like I wanted, but I will be pretty close. I think I will be between 162 and 164. I have had rough patches but have more or less stuck to my plan of eating and working out.

By the end of the year I want to be at or below 155, which would make me officially not overweight anymore according to BMI. I want to start 2006 NORMAL!!!

Let's really step it up these last few weeks!!!

Well, I set a conservative goal, and I made it! But now I just have to keep it off until Thanksgiving. ;) It's TOM right now, so I am feeling really bloated, maybe I will be even less by then (wouldn't it be great to get to my goal weight? I think it will take me a couple more months for that though).

Good Job Paperclippy! :carrot:

Stephanie, that is so funny...I didn't even notice that we both started this challenge at 186 :)

As of this morning (11/04) I weigh 167.4, so I've lost 18.6 lbs so far. 7.4 lbs left to go in the next 20 days. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

hey guys!
i have about 4.5 pounds left to lose by thanksgiving...i think that is a little realistic! i will have to eat really well this weekend...we'll see how that goes!

As of this morning (11/06)...165.4 It's weird how fast I've been losing lately, but I'm not complaining ;) Maybe I should eat a bit more or something, what do y'all think?

Pre Holiday for me 23 days to go! :)

2 weeks from today everybody! I lost 3 pounds since last weigh in, and if it would be possible to do that for 2 more weeks in a row I could make my goal of 159. Now, I am not counting on that happening, but I am sure that I will be with in 2 pounds of that! My finance's sister and her family are going out of town for Thanksgiving, so we are going to have it the Saturday before with them PLUS then with my family on Thanksgiving day. GEEZE I wonder if they could try and make it harder on me? :lol: I wasn't going to count calories on Thanksgiving, but I think I am definitely going to the Saturday before. And I don't know about you gals, but people get angry when I don't eat a lot at gatherings, they always say "Can't you just forget about it for one day and eat what you want?" I wish people would mind their own eating habits. It's usually the heavy ones too, who say that. Whatever! 2 weeks left anyway!

It's tomorrow everyone! Since the boards will be closed tomorrow, let's check in today and/or Friday!

Recap: Started challege 8/26 at 182. Set goal for 159 by Thanksgiving, Currently am 163.5! Got close. Kept with other goals, to keep exercising and counting calories. I am pleased with how far I got.

New holiday goal: 155 or under by the end of the year!

my revised goal (after i realized i would never make my first goal!) was 145. as of monday i was at 148, so i am pretty close! i want to make my original goal (138 lbs) by christmas. do i feel a christmas challenge thread coming on???? ;)

I definitely think we should do a Christmas and/or New Year's challenge. I am already in the midst of one with a group from another thread for Christmas (see my tracker in my signature), but the more challenges there are, the more support there is!

I fell insanely short of my goal of 250 for Thanksgiving thanks to a nice 3-month plateau :faint: but I'm aiming for a goal of 259 by Christmas (which will be 15 pounds lost since I started the challenge). I'm already down 4 officially (plus I was down 2 when I checked this morning, but won't count it till my official TOPS weigh-in nest Thursday night)...11 to go in 4.5 weeks :carrot: