10 Pound Challenge
 

Hey gals!!! I wanted to start this new thread since we are all doing so well!!! I am close to my first 10lb goal so I am not so desperate anymore (old thread old ways!. I thought 'Babe, time for a Goal Thread".

So let's meet here for the Weigh Day (Friday) and celebrate our 10's!!!!!!! Whatcha say???

:grouphug:

Well it's good to see you are no longer desperate.

This is a much more positive thread. I also like it because it is in 10 pound increments.

I have been doing badly and I'm happy to have the "fat chicks " to keep me going.

RubensMuse do keep going. You have begun the decline in weight and you can do it!!!!!!!!!

Yeah!!!;)

Sandi

170/150.5/120

I am up for a challenge... and 10 pounds sounds like a nice round number. Pardon the pun (round)....

I was at 164 this AM, no telling what it is now with the popcorn from this afternoons jaunt with DH.....

I am currently at 164 ultimate goal is 135.....

Amy
176/164/135

Okay Rubens...
I had a heck of a bad day yesterday. I've got to pull myself together today, otherwise I'll have gained back my four pounds by Friday!!

What happende Ellis??? You didn't dare do BBQ did you :s:

BBQ! I wish! BBQ conjures up images of my backyard, which is currently COVERED in snow!! :mad:
It was pizza. I'm not even that keen on pizza, yet I ate 3 slices as a snack. curses.

Well 3 pieces of what kind? maybe it wasn't as bad as you think. I had a craving myself last week ad ate a piece but loaded with a salad first...made eating less pizza easier.

Now if i could turn off the Ferrer Roche craving....

Well, I doubt that I will be able to stay OP when I am in England so I will start the 10 lb mini goal when I get back. I have to have this last 15 lbs gone by July!

It wouldn't have been so bad if I'd had the pizza for dinner, Rubens. But I ate the three pieces immediately AFTER a large dinner! I managed to find space for them. :mad: 3 cheese pizza.

Mauvais... I forget... when are you leaving? This week?

No I am leaving on the 14th, not soon enough if you ask me :) I can't wait - I need a break from the BS at work, will fill you all in later tonight on the latest - oh please let me get a call from the Government when I get back offering me a fabulous job so I can tell this one to stick it! :lol:

I need this 10 pound loss! When do we start, when do we end?

Start now goddess!!!! Or you can start on Friay. I started my 2 1/2 weeks ago and my next weigh in is Friday. I am pretty sure I will make the 10 by then...or real close. You and I are real close so lets make a challenge!!!!!

Question ladies, does the WI have to be on Friday. I would love to join the group, but my WI day is Thrusday.

No, Aradia, the rule is steadfast. ;)
Of course... you can weigh on any day you like... come and join in!

We actually have a weekly weigh in thread and you can post anytime you like. :)

Woohoo! I have friends, I have friends....now I'm not so alone....::grins:: I'm teasing ladies. thanks for letting stick my lil head in the door, its the only thing on this body little, lmao! Well I thought I was going to get to to WI today, but.....hmm, its snowing here, sooooo. It totally bums me out. Even though I know there is a greater chance I've gained this week instead of lost, I would have really liked to have known where I stood. Oh well. Hope all is doing good.

Man has the day been a real B****. I am finally going to have a chance to add my log into my diary. I have a feeling I am not going to have any loss this week. I have been a good girl pretty much, but I don't think the scale is going to tell me much this week. HOWEVER, I was very excited when I grabbed a pair of pants that have been sitting in my closet that were always, just tight enough to force on...you know jumping, squatting to stretch them, etc, but very uncomfortable. I'd have to sneak a "bottom break" in sometimes. Well, I am pleased to announce I have them on with NO effort, except a little suck-in!!!! So even if the scale lets my down, I know the inches are working their way off. I think I am going to measure tomorrow to....I'll have to look and see if I put them on the log. hmmm. anyway off the the log now.

CeeYa later ladies hope everyone is fantabulous.

Welcome aboard Aradia!!!! Glad to have ya!!

Can anyone tell me how it is physically possible to gain 2.5 pounds over night? It just doesn't make since to me... I am about to completely lose it! (literally not figuratively) DH is driving me quite mad, he has lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks and dropped a pants size.....and he is letting me know it too! I am about ready to just say (#@*&#(@*&$ it and eat the house.

I have been really good, no junk, no sweets, I have been drinking my water cut out my coffee and down on caffine.... I have really been watching my portions and my refined carbs and be dang if I am not gaining weight! I was down to 164 last week and this morning I am up to 167.5 I was 165 yesterday. Did I mention I am about to lose it? I may of had a little too much salt yesterday but really didn't eat that much..... Larger portion of steak than I should have but Granola Bar for breakfast, Salad for Lunch, Probably 8 ounce sirlion for Dinner with 3/4 cup of Wild rice and mushrooms with a cup of Brocolli. That was it nothing else. I have been averaging about 1200 to 1500 calories a day. I should really be losing but I am not. This really sucks!

Pardon the rant,
Amy

Oh Amy... I hear ya, sweetie. It's probably the salt. You must be retaining water. The same thing happens to me on occasion. I can gain 5 pounds overnight.
Don't give up! It'll probably be gone tomorrow. :grouphug:

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

I hate the scale.
I didn't do anything....up or down. Needle still sitting in the same dang place.
It's poop, pure poop, I am mad and sad and it's still poop.
And what makes it worse was that the Hub was there with me and saw it. Like a smart human, he said nothing.

Until we got in the car....

then he said "well you should have lost cause you don't eat anything".

:^: Ok so I am torn between thinking that was a kind thing to say and blasting a twinkie in his face. I have been eating, er, a few meals I missed and I shouldn't be having the balance bars act as a meal, really not sufficiant enough. ~~~ Anyway i said nothing. And he said nothing.

I'm going back to work now......*sob*

hang in there dear ladies...remember muscle weighes more than fat, so you could be adding muscle mass and loosing inches. You can gain water weight over night, that is why I hate to be defined by what a machine (Iam stepping on no less) can dictate to me. But, and it is a big BUTT...I am so obsessed when I weigh in, the night before, I take a long hot bath, shave every nook and cranny, pumise my feet, pluck my eyebrows, clip my nails and take off all my jewelry. I anit weighing nothing that aint tatoo'd on. I even skip the undies...obsessed, sure. I wont eat or drink anything before I go in (thus bright and early I am there) and I even wont wear nail polish. Sick, probably.

AHAHAHA!
 

I'm the same way with official weigh-ins (although I never thought of pumicing and plucking). I take off my jewelry and wear light clothes and even breathe out right before I step on the scale HAHAHAHA :lol:... as if air in my lungs weighs anything. Hey, I'll take whatever ounces I can get! Lately I'm worrying about my new belly button jewelry which I can't remove... I"m sure its weighing me down a few ounces!

:rolleyes:

HAHAHAHAHA I wonder how much plucked hair weighs????? I wonder if a full body shave would help? And the underwear Gin???? Unless jumping on the scale caused you to dump a load into them, I doubt the 4oz will matter much. Try a T-back? :D

But thanks ladies for the chin-up..I really do appreciate the optimism. You guys are the bestest. :grouphug:

Hey now...
 

When you add up all of those ounces its easy to hit a half pound! Really! :lol:

Well today has been pretty good. I have eaten light even with going to lunch with my best bud from school. She is so cool.

My puppy baby is sick. He's got big tummy trouble and is on a liquid diet for a few days. He's not happy, but it must be done. I had to take him in last night to get some meds and supplements. Poor baby.

I did a massive major cleaning of the house today. My family says i am OCD, maybe so, never been clinically diagnosed :^: ....but every weekend i go on this clean frenzy, but today was EVERYTHING. Took drapes down, scrubbed windows, cleaned the carpet...well you get the picture. I feel better now. I know why I do this (long complicated story), but at least my issues don't come out in a violent way eh?

Why am i writing this in 10lb challenge? Well if you had seen everything I did, lets say it was some major exercise and a workout too. :)

Well i need to get some food into me then i will be back on for the journal entry.

Tata for now
((((hugs))) to all.

Grrrrrrrr....my pizza binge landed another 1lb back on. But I WILL have it back off by Friday.

Mental Note: Pizza is a very heavy food.

Ummmm...
 

Ruben, will you come to my house and clean? :p

Be careful I've been known to do that :D

Rubens ~ your puppy feeling better?


Well, I am really not doing well on this wonderful challenge it looks like I am doomed to gain instead of lose. Bah it just really stinks to feel like you are doomed.

Hang in there Amy. I didn't lose anything last week either and I even managed to gain a pound the beginning of the week. despite this, ehem, setback, I am staying OP and I have had people comment on the loss of size...so I'm keeping to it and the results will show one way or another. I just know eating better makes me feel better and my sweetooth cravins are controllable now. -- Don't give up Amy, we are all here for you andknow you can do this! :grouphug:

The pup is much better, thanks. He's running around and freaking out like a happy little crack baby.

Well I am down to 163.5 this AM, that is a hoot! Could be that I haven't had time to eat worth a diddle the past couple of days! I am not sure. But regardless no complaints about the loss!


Hugs,
Amy
176/163.5/153

:dance: Ok down a pound!!!! Still OP and doing well, but its coming off so sloooooow. Now I remember why I was never able to do this before and gave up. It can get very frustrating trying so hard with seemingly little effects.
But people have noticed so something must be going right.

I will be out of hand from the rest of today till Monday!!! Finally a mini-vacation.

:grouphug: to everyone and have a great holiday!!!!

Yes...
 

It does stink how slowly the weight loss goes. They always say that it took a long time to gain, so it will take a long time to lose. But hey... I can easily gain five pounds in a week if I don't pay attention... but it takes a willpower of steel for me to lose two pounds in the same amount of time! Whats up with that? The good thing is, I've been hanging out around here for several months and am still slowly losing weight. I've never stuck to losing weight for more than six weeks let alone more than six months! There is definitely something to be said for group support and encouragement. Plus you all are just too much fun.

Slowly but surely we will reach goal!:goodvibes

Grrrr... Monday was tougher than I thought, to get back on track after the weekend binge. I DID get that 2.5 mile walk in and that made me feel better. Though I did eat a ate dinner. It was a salad though, so not a bad choice.

I hope all is doing superly!!!

Ummmm.....is this for ten pounds down or ten pounds up?

Ruth!!! don't say such a thing!

Ms. Ruth I think it is a 10 pound up.....

Amyjo, I just knew I could count on you!

The only thing with the up challenge is it is so much harder to gain weight than lose it :lol:

It really is funny... you know you can gain X (enter your number here) is a weeks time and it takes several months to get it off, that of course being if you are normal and not my husband who can lose 15 in a month :(