Okay, I'm a little late! I am in for the challenge. My plan will start tomorrow April 14th and go til June 14th, since I started late. Here are my goals.
Goal # 1 Lose 25 lbs.
Goal # 2 Drink 8 - 8oz. of water each day
Goal # 3 Exercise everyday
Goal # 4 Eat 3 veggies a day
Goal # 5 No Fast Food, except Salads.
These are enough to get me in the right direction. I will post my daily progress.
Hands helping Hands! We can do this.
If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always gotten.
Never be led by your fears, be led by your dreams!
*whew* things have calmed down for a bit here at work, so I actually have a minute to catch up here!
Welcome Mistie!!
I'm still struggling a bit on the food, but I'm definitely back on track with the exercise - and believe me the Evil Trainer is taking full advantage of my current focus! And as my reward to myself for working out hard, tonight I'm getting a Hot Stone Massage - 5pm can't get here soon enough!
Here are my goals for this week (I set these with the nutritionist):
1. No Carbonated Beverages (I feel like I've been drinking too many)
2. No Vending Machine Snacks
3. 1900 Calories average a day
4. Min 96 oz. water a day
And the Evil Trainer wants me to swim this weekend, so I'm going to try and get to the pool before I get my hair colored on Saturday.
Hi All - Great Job girls, you are all an insperation to me. Well, I just got done walking a mile, I had 20 oz. of water so far, and going to have a banana and some high fiber, low fat cereal here in a moment. Tonight is it girls - I will be joining TOPS and finaly see how much I really do weigh, I am thinking that I weight between 330-350 but I am hoping that its not over 350, Oh well, its not going to change anything even if I am.
I did rather well yesterday, worked out, drank all my water and food was so/so, still need to get my more veggies and fruits in.
I will post here on this board with my weight and how my day had gone this evening.
I wanted to say thanks to everyone again for your warm welcomes and your insperations. Together we can all be the losers we need to become.
I've done terrible this week with no morning exercise. And my back is stiff and sore without the pilates. But I have done something at night so I'm not a total slacker. And food has been within my program.
I'm crossing my fingers for a loss tomorrow at WW. But as TOM has arrived, I am not holding my breath. This time I don't feel like I've gained anything but a woman's bod is hard to predict. I need lots of water today AND tonight.
It was 40 degrees on Sunday and today its going to be 85. That isn't helping either because its humid which causes me to retain water.
Pam - That hot stone massage sounds wonderful! Isn't it a bummer when work wrecks havoc on the personal life? I could get a lot more exercise in if it wasn't for work.
Misty - Good luck and good job for joining TOPS. That first start is hard but so worth it.
Hello Everyone. This is my first time posting anything. I've read through a few of your posts and it looks like I've stumbled upon a really great website! I need to lose at least 100 pounds and I just don't know how to do it! The main problem is that we don't have a lot of extra money to spend and it is so much cheaper to eat junk! lol But I will give up whatever it takes to lose this weight! I have never ever been skinny...EVER! I was 10 pounds 8 ounces at birth and have been overweight ever since! I don't even know what it feels like to be able to walk in a clothing store, see something I like and be able to wear it! I have a wonderful husband who wouldn't care if I weighed a thousand pounds, he would still love me. But that's almost adding to the problem I think. I need some motivation! I keep telling myself that if I keep up this lifestyle that I could DIE! I am a new mother and my son is going to start crawling any day now. I feel like I'm not even going to have enough energy to chase him around the house. Well, I guess I am just venting here... Anyways, I've tried the Atkins diet and I just felt so GREASY! All that meat and cheese just made me feel so crappy! I have heard a lot about Weight Watchers but don't you need to go to meetings? I live in a tiny town (village actually) and we don't have any Weight Watchers groups close by. Is it possible to do weight watchers without the meetings as long as I am getting support..etc. from somewhere else? Like...here? Well, if anyone can be of any help I'd really appreciate it. I'm just wondering what has worked for you all. Thanks in advance, Courtney
I have a DH who feels the same way about my weight - he would love me no matter what. And yes, that is a problem. I finally convinced him to attend one WW meeting with me and learn for himself what I am trying to do. I even got him to go one better and join since he needs to lose 40 pounds himself. He is the cook of the family so there has been a lot of unintentional sabotage. But now he has a whole different perspective and it is not such a struggle to keep food on track.
As far as WW at home, you have a few options. WW has the At Home kits for those who don't have it nearby. But it isn't cheap - and neither are the meetings. We only go every other week because I'm too cheap to pay for every week for both of us. You don't have to stay for the meetings once you've weighed and paid. It does help to keep the focus or to refocus if you're struggling. But you can find that help here or by making challenges with yourself. My suggestion to you would be to try a online journal. The WW website has it and its about $15 a month or try a free one that counts calories. I'm not sure about the name but maybe fit.com? Fitday? I'll have to think about that one. I've paid $39 to download BalanceLog which is a calorie counter/food log/exercise log that you can use on your PC without being online and on a palm pilot. I liked it. There are options besides WW.
I also would suggest that you set small goals and focus on a little bit at a time. It gets overwhelming if you try to do too much. Here are some examples of small things:
1. Don't drink water? Try for 8 one cup glasses a day. Can't do all 8 - pick a number and achieve. Make it more the next week.
2. Journal your food. Get real about what you eat.
3. Once you get real - what can you change? Pick one meal a day and figure out how to make it healthy.
4. Think this is a diet? Make your attitude that this is a lifestyle change. Its a health issue. This is for life!
5. Don't exercise? Find something you can do for 10 mins a day. Walk outside. Walk around the house. Sit in a chair and lift hand weights. Fill milk jugs with water and life those. Find something!
6. Identify one thing that you eat that you know is an addiction food. Regular soda? Doughnuts? Cookies? Get them out of your environment and kick that addiction!
7. Journal why you eat. If its emotional, I'd suggest Dr. Phil's book and work out the emotional issues as best you can. If the emotional side isn't address, it will be difficult to achieve long-term success.
8. Make sure your attitude is that you're going to focus on one day at a time. One bad meal doesn't make your efforts a failure. Just make sure you don't let it spiral.
9. Enjoy it! This is not about punishment.
I hope that helps! Post often and ask lots of questions. Feel free to send me a PM anytime!
Thank you for all the help! I will do some internet surfing and see what I can come up with. I will also come up with 5 goals today and will try to have them posted by tonight. But for now, gotta get away from the computer and go Garage Saling!
Stats:
Height: 5’11
Weight: 443 (haven’t weighed in three weeks)
Age: 22
Measurements (in inches):
Upper Arm/23
Bust/53
Waist/56
Hips/72
Upper Thigh/40
Ok I have a lot of ground to cover (because as you can see I got a reaaaaaaaaal big ***), so most of my goals are general. I plan to work on summer goals between April 18th (today) to August or September (I’ll get more specific later)
Long range summer goals:
~Cut meat from diet (except fish)
~Get down to a size 20-22 pants (currently in size 32 pants and 26-28 tops, gain all my weight in butt, hips, and legs lol)
~Learn more Vegan and Vegetarian recipes
~Completely eliminate refined sugars, and white breads out of diet
~Eat more whole grains
~Strengthen trunk and legs for lower spine and knee joint health
Goals for April:
Exercise at least 3 times a week
Make breakfast largest meal of day
Revel in eating many delicious fruits and veggies
Goals for May:
Exercise at least 4 times a week
Make lunch second largest meal of day (try and comprise it mostly of either a salad or some sort of veggies)
Make dinner least important meal of day
I will add more later, wish me luck!
I hope the best of you all yesterday’s are the worst of all your tomorrows
I have back slid very badly and I need this summer challenge.
I am back up to 329, and Blue and I have measured, so we can track our progress.
I will do band excersise daily, and walk 3 times a week.
I will reduce elbow excersise significantly.
I will reduce carbohydrate intake and replace with fruits and vegetables.
I will develop alternative coping mechanisms for stress other than the elbow excersise
I will visit 3F daily and post at least 3 times per week.
I've had a pretty good day. Food was good and within range. I started my day off with doing the general conditioning workout. I've progressed to version #2 which is more challenging. And yes it was! Tonight, I have not done any cardio. Surely being on my feet for two hours between doing the weedeating, some housework, and making dinner counts for something. DH is the cook and he's away tonight. Good grief, I'm a wuss; I don't know what I'd do if I had to come home every night and do the cooking too!!! I am absolutely wiped out!
I am not quite 300 pounds, but I am very, very close to it. I would like to join your challenge. I have been a member on this site since 2000. I have gained back the weight I lost from two years ago. I am trying a different approach and I know that I will make it now.
I don't even know what it feels like to be able to walk in a clothing store, see something I like and be able to wear it! I have a wonderful husband who wouldn't care if I weighed a thousand pounds, he would still love me. But that's almost adding to the problem I think. I need some motivation! I keep telling myself that if I keep up this lifestyle that I could DIE! I am a new mother and my son is going to start crawling any day now. I feel like I'm not even going to have enough energy to chase him around the house. 
Well, I guess I am just venting here... Anyways, I've tried the Atkins diet and I just felt so GREASY! All that meat and cheese just made me feel so crappy! I have heard a lot about Weight Watchers but don't you need to go to meetings? I live in a tiny town (village actually) and we don't have any Weight Watchers groups close by. Is it possible to do weight watchers without the meetings as long as I am getting support..etc. from somewhere else? Like...here? 
Thank you Terri!
Summer challenge
I have back slid very badly and I need this summer challenge.
