Alternachicks Equinox Challenge
 

It's almost the new year, which means a new challenge. Vernal/Spring Equinox is around March 20, which is a Friday (And if you're in the southern hemisphere, it'll be Autumn Equinox). The challenge will start around the first week of January. I think weigh in should be on Friday because that makes the most sense.

Is anyone in?

Absolutely, and very excited to do so...friday weigh in is perfect...:carrot:

I'm in! I will focus on getting back to my normal eating plan as I have blown it over the holiday season. I am not sure when I can start exercising again as I have to visit the physiotherapist in January and get the okay from them first.

I will weigh in on Friday too.

I'm most definitely in. That is about 3 months...So I'm thinking my goal should be about 20-25lbs. What do you ladies think?

Good luck ladies. This will indeed help me focus, especially since I'm going on vacation in March and I don't want to feel miserable. I'm thinking maybe this challenge can be just a little bit more formal than previous challenges. I'll probably post everyone's weight the day after weigh in so we can see how much we are progressing. Or something else along those lines.

Wormwood Doll - I think 20-25 lbs is attainable.

I think so too. I was almost able to lose 15lbs for the solstice challenge, even though I had quite a few slip ups. This time will be different. Especially since the food-based holidays are over. My fiance is joining in with me and we're going to be going to the gym together. I know this is easier with someone by your side. I'm excited.

Also, since we're weighing in on Friday, I believe this should start January 2nd.

I think Jan 2 is a good day to start. I'll try not to over do it on New Years. There always seems to be insane amounts of high calorie finger food during that time for me.

I'm in for 20-25 lbs. Have to start losing for the wedding anyways, and that'll be just before the time when I need to stop anyways to make sure the dress still fits the day of.

I am of course in!

I haven't decided if I'll do weight or activity, but I'll post as soon as I decide!

Gypsy Severina, you're getting married? :) Congrats! I am too. When's your wedding date?

Pick me! pick me!
 

Can I play in your sandbox, too?

I am basicly new to posting on this board, I will fill out an Alternachicks bio today sometime.

I am in for 20 lbs, for sure. That would put me at 150 ish. I don't mind being a short girl with a big butt, but I don't want the matching gut and thighs.

I will pick a plan and my exercise today. (some low-carb something, I'm sure) Friday is a great day! Monday weigh-ins never kept me behaving on a weekend if I wanted off the wagon. I think seeing on Friday how awesome I am doing will be more of an incentive for me to not drink 32 oz of sweet tea Saturday afternoon. lol

:welcome2: merc girl x

I am committing myself 100% this time around. After seeing the scale say over 200 again, I was really bothered.

Hey Chicks!

So is tomorrow our official weigh in? I'm excited! :hyper:

Lets do this! :goodvibes

I'm nervous and excited for tomorrow. Good luck ladies.

I'm excited!

Things I need to address... exercise, water intake, balanced diet. I need to draft a battle strategy... I also managed to unpack the scale from the box piles. I am ready for weigh-in tomorrow!

I'm nervous too, Robot. The holidays did some damage. :o

Salutations!

I am up and stoked about the beginning of this challenge.

A teeny-tiny bit of info, My high weight was 278 lbs back in 2001. It's been an up and down fight ever since the day I realized I was no longer a hot, hip chick. ( I like to think I have corrected that at this point LOL lemme keep those delusions TIA lol) I've Spawned successfully once and had 2 misses last year which ALMOST set me on a course to Hugeness again. But I caught it before I saw 200's (190 iis NOT 200, right). Now this is the first challenge I have done when I was in the "I am doing something about it!" mindframe and been this close to goal. Usually I get this close, get lazy, comfortable with my success and let the weight creep back on. So, here's to losin' that last 20-30 lbs. I don't have a set number for goal just looking for the "feel" of it. I haven't been that weight in 15 years.

There, look, I went and got all gabby...
Official weigh-in today is 168.

WOE- Atkins, it's always worked when I let it.
Exercise- Spark has a 7-day Bootcamp video series I going to start. I am starting weight training today.
Water- 64-80 oz a day.

Rock-on, Ladies! :carrot:I look forward to getting to know you better during the challenge. :devil:

:coffee2: Hey Alterna-Chicks!

Today's weigh in was 164, I'm looking to take off 16, putting me at 148.

:dust:

Good luck Chicks!!

Man...With my water weight, plus some gain, PLUS friggin' TOM, I'm at 227. :mad: Well, it's a start to the new year. And I have a whole 10 months+ to get my butt into gear and prepare myself for Thanksgiving & Christmas this year.

My plan is to:
- Drink more water.
- Exercise at least 5 times a week.
- Prepare my meals/snacks in advance.
- Get enough fruits and vegetables.
- Learn to enjoy the "bad things" occasionally but within my control (especially with holiday dinners and treats).
- Take control of my relationship with food.

So, my plan is to lose about 25-30lbs and put me in ONEderland!

I'm 203.5 Ugg. Oh well. My goal is to be in the 180s. Maybe?

Well, yesterday wasn't a jumpstart for me, but it WAS a start!

My water was like 8 oz unless you count the unsweetened tea, then maybe 32oz, soooo not 64-80. Food was better, for sure.My only naughty-naughty was a small brownie in the afternoon with coffee.

B: eggs and sausage, coffee w/ milk
L: Ham, collard greens, yellow squash
D: salmon cake, 1 tbsp regular ketchup (because I am out of the low-carb kind until today), Frank's Redhot

Exercise- I did the day one bootcamp video, 10 minutes. omg I'm outta shape.


I have a cleaning job today, so that will help cover my exercise. I also have lunch out for my SIL birthday. I shouldn't have any problem finding on-plan food.

I hope everybody's day was great yesterday. :)

merc girl x - I like the fact you write what you ate. Perhaps I should do that starting today, because yesterday, all I had was pizza and diet soda. Today, I'm thinking about eating lentil soup for dinner. We'll see how that goes. I'm still debating on what to have for breakfast. It's the end of the week, so there is not much food to chose from.

Yesterday was a good start. I didn't drink as much water like I wanted but I stayed OP. The only thing off plan was a small green tea latte, but I couldn't resist. We were at a concert and during the change over, a few friends and I headed to the coffee shop. But...it was one of the best green tea lattes!

I must say my fiance is keeping me in check. When we came home last night, I REALLY wanted to go to South Street diner. I was 'hungry'. But he deterred me from wanting to go and I said "You're right. Let's go to the gym tomorrow". I had a small piece of dark chocolate and I was content. He is doing really well too. So I'm happy.

Let's kick some butt, ladies! :drill:

Is it too late to join this?? I weighed in on the 1st @ 219 & I figure I'll do better at staying motivated if I do this in chunks, anyway. I'd like to lose 20 lbs for each mini-goal. Can I play too?? :dust:
Nita

Welcome, pitanita. Of course you can join.

Welcome Nita! :) :welcome3:

Thanks, Robot. I love it when people post their menus, too... just incase it needs to be my menu the next day LOL Makes for good ideas sometimes.

I did well today, though. Eating much cleaner and had atleast 40oz of water. Go, Melinda, Go! I cleaned, as I mentioned earlier, loads up and down stairs and packing and toting stuff. I know the Daily Plate would let me count it as exersize lol so I am, too. I'd rather poke my eye out than do even 10 minutes of cardio :carrot: right now. lol

B: coffee w/ 1/2 cup milk (It's a big mug), 1/4 flax and egg muffin, 2 smokie linkies- these were grody :p when not wrapped in cresent rolls and I threw the rest away.

L: blackened chicken and bleu cheese salad :love: This was great.

S:more salad

D: Broiled pork chops, green beans w/ butter, 1/4 cup black eyed peas, bbq sauce

I tell you what though, I totally have those carbie cravings right now. :dizzy:

omg I have never seen such a selection of smilies on a BB. :spid::dracula::sklol: bwahahahaha

I am really stoked for this challenge, though!! Go Chicks! Go!!


-Melinda

crap. i am lateface too.
i can has join?

Of course you can join too, heartface. Welcome.

oh lord, i got so excited that i forgot i'm moving back west on Tuesday and won't have a computer for a while.
noob enthusiasm pwnd.
maybe i can join a month late...
lolz.
i'll just wait to do this when i have everything available.
:(
good luck lassies.

You can jump on in whenever you can.

score!

I want to join up too! Also, 3/20 is my sister's birthday, so I can be like, "I got you a present, a less-fat sister who's now hotter than you!" LMAO.

Seriously, I'd like to lose, oh, let's see, it's 11 weeks, so I'm going for 245 (20 lb loss, should be easy if I stick to SB like a good little diabetty, LOL)

I always WI on Fridays anyways, so this is perfect!

Ok.
So.
I'll just put my stat things up and do this offline and then on when I get the nets.
225 will be 195 by 3/20.
30 lb self challenge mania.
I'm gonna Macho Man this one out.
My brains is crazy.

Welcome, halloweengirl!

Argh, I am sick, not cool. It's more congestion than anything else. Perhaps avoiding dairy for a while will be beneficial.

Hurry back, Heartface!! We can dew eet! FTL

Welcome, HalloweenGirl :)

Robot! oh nooes! I hate being sick.

Today, I have had trouble motivating to exercise (damn TOM starts tomorrow prolly) but my eating has been pretty spot on.

B: 3 slices Bacon and 2 eggs with grilled onions and peppers, 2 tbsp sour cream, coffee 1/2 cup milk
L:Cabbage, cauli, celery stir-fry with leftover pork chops in it
S:Coffee w/ 1/2 cup milk, celery and 1 tbsp peanut butter
D: TBA

I am thawing a huge pack of ground beef. It will be something eventually.:flame:

Robot - try a good 'ol saline rinse (warm salt water, snort it up the nose), not super fun, but it works like a charm!

Thanks for the welcome, ladies! I'm happy to be back!

OK, officially tomorrow, I will start a real diet. I think I need a lot of structure. As much as I love calorie counting, I think I need a little bit of restriction, since I have a tendency to binge. I did fat smash 2 years ago, and it helped me lose weight. Unfortunately, I decided to stop it and gained mucho amounts of weight.

OK, sorry for the double post.

Originally Posted by halloweengirl:
Robot - try a good 'ol saline rinse (warm salt water, snort it up the nose), not super fun, but it works like a charm!

I'll keep that in mind.

count me in for ten pounds. i guess that's right. i'm in uncharted territory as far as weight goes, and what i really want to do is lose the rest of this jelly belly and tone. so this should do it.

robot - i see that youre sick. :getwell: and let me know when you are ready to start the new year shred.