Easter Weight Loss Challenge
 

So Easter is a little over 6 weeks away and since I missed the Valentine's Day challenge I figured I'd start an Easter challenge with individual weight loss goals and daily achievements. To track my progress, I added another ticker just for my goal.

My goal is to lose 20 pounds by Easter. Anyone else interested?

Count me In
 

This is my second week on Atkins and I am down 9 lbs. Would love an easter challange and actually will go one week longer since I am going to Vegas April 16th. I too would love to lose 20 lbs....I can't do a ticker yet so here is my info.




206/197/186


Good Luck

Great job, Buckaustink and good luck to you too! :)

We have a challenge for all low carbers (not just Atkins specific) in the other low carb forum right now.

You guys are welcome to come join us over there if you would like :)

Or if you want to have a seperate thread just for Atkins people that's up to you too.

My goal is 20 lbs by Easter... not sure if I'll hit it since I'm past the 'whoosh' stage where you lose a lot quickly.

Count me in,, i need to get back in the atkins way. It works when nothing else ever has. Ive had two knee surgerys and gained 30 pounds, what a waste to gain it back when i know better !!
I was wandering,,, when you are really off..... what steps do you take to restart your program? Sometimes for me its just getting started and making it through those first few days.. good luck everyone

I am in!! Atkins has always worked for me. When I stay on the wagon. I don't know why I ever stop as I feel so terrific on it. I started Jan 1st and have lost 16 pounds as of this morning. Hoping for another 15 by Easter.

I'm in! I try not to obsess over the scale and weigh just once a week, but I will weigh tomorrow at the gym and post it to start. 20 pounds off by Easter!

Welcome to the challenge, carvinmom!!!

When I start back on Atkins Induction, I just re-read my Atkins book and go full speed ahead! I use myfitnesspal.com to track my carbs, and I make sure I only eat items that are on the acceptable foods list. I can be REALLY STRICT when I want to! I'm not eating a lot of cheese, because I truly think it makes my weight loss stall big time.

I totally agree with ya, if I weigh too much I tend to get discouraged...so I weigh myself ever morning as soon as I wake up.

I started Atkins again on the 21st so I am down for 20lbs by easter!!! Good luck to you all!

Starting 195

187.4 today, only 17.4 lbs to go until goal!

Yea 10 lbs gone and added ticker
 

As of this morning I have lost 10 lbs in a week..I have been 110% atkins this past week and I am very happy with the results I know it will slow down but still this is the most weight i have lost in a very long time. And I get to add a ticker to see my success..yea.Can't wait for April 16th Vegas week...:^:

great going girls... im just getting the hang of it again and trying to keep on the induction again. Having trouble changing my ticket ,,,as usual cant remember my pin and im such a blockhead when it comes to figures @@@ matches the shape of my body, big all over. So bear with me and i will get the hang of it. Im thinkin on protein and some recipes i use to try. Why i ever got lost sure makes me digusted. One pound at a time is my goal...

If you use firefox at all you can see your password for sites if you go to security/saved password/show password. Then just scroll down and find the site. I dont know if internet explorer or any other ones have this option but I know firefox does. Hope that helps!

187.0, down about another half lb! This is why I love weighing daily!

10 pounds in a week...way to go!!! If you don't mind, could you give me a brief description of what you ate? I'm averaging between 14 and 20 carbs and 1200 -1800 calories a day.

I forgot to weigh yesterday like I was supposed to. I weighed in just now at 341. Just 3 pounds down from last week, which is kind of disappointing, but better than nothing I suppose. I am feeling a bit smaller though, a jacket that was almost too snug a month ago now fits like it should.

ticker info
 

thanks for info on password, i got one ticker right now trying to get the other one right. I just started over and it finally worked..

challenge
 

I dug out my atkins book and made a grocery list. I find for me atkins is the cheapest way to eat being we raise our own meat and eggs @@@
I looked up myfitnesspal and looks like a good place to journal, thanks for info.

186.4 today, which means I've lost about 10 and a half lbs since starting Atkins again 21 days ago, and that includes a bit of a stall for a week when I cheated. (And I slowed it down with some rye and diet cokes I had too!)

any loss is a good loss
 

congratulations on three pound loss. Getting that scale to go in the right direction isnt always an easy task,,,so pat yourself on the back !!! Im starting over and struggling with keeping myself from being hungry all the time. Any ideas on getting through the first two weeks............
Keep up the good work.....

Carvinmom: I've been struggling through the first two weeks too, it's tough getting back on track with menus and such and readjusting. One thing I do when I'm hungry and on the go is drink protein shakes. I found some protein powder that's about 4 net carbs I believe and if you combine it with unsweetened almond milk it shouldn't be much higher in carbs. I found another brand at a health food store here that only had 1 or 2 net carbs but it was much more expensive. Other options are keeping veggies around that you can easily grab, sometimes I just make a salad and throw on some protein like tuna or chicken just to tide me over and also pepperoni sticks are good. Good luck!

I'm in on this one too. Today aunt flo showed her ugly head so I know I will have some weight gain, so I'm going to try and take my last weigh in which was friday and use that weight as now with the water weight it won't be as accurate.

If I can lose 20 pounds by Easter that will put me at 3 pounds to my goal weight so I'm going to do my best.

I'm starting Atkins in the morning. I tried calorie counting but I can't do it. I've done Atkins in the past so here I am again. Hoping to lose 15-20 pounds by Easter.

Hi memoree welcome back. I came back to Atkins myself as it was the diet that worked the best for me..

thanks for the ideas and never thought of pepperoni sticks, i thought process foods were out but maybe thats a different diet@@@. I like my EAS protein drink and atkins drinks for a ty me over. THis getting started is the hardest and im hungry !!...

Also keeping track of your food and note what keeps you full longest can help, that way when you're having a particularly hard day you know what to eat. I have the opposite problem, I don't feel hungry a lot though I think I figured it out it's because I work overnight shifts 3 nights a week and the rest of the week I'm on a regular daytime schedule so my body has no idea what to do. Just keep it up soon you'll be over the first couple of weeks and be solidly on plan!

well ladies after not seeing the scale move much this week I am down 5 lbs as of this morning for the week. I am very happy though its probably mostly water it lbs that are gone and I have no intention of bringing them back!

congrats brooklynn on the 5 lb loss. whether it's water or not a loss is a loss..

Up .6 this morning, I know why though. Went to dinner at in laws and I was told we were having hamburgers. I figured I'd just have it without the bun but they changed their mind and made a meatloaf salsibury type thing. I would normally bring my own food if they were making something non atkins friendly but they changed it and didn't tell us.

I tried to be good, and I know after eating bad things there is usually some water gain. Oh well, just gonna pick myself up and dust myself off.

Hey Stephanie it's probably water.. I'm up .8 but it is TOM for me.. by the end of the week that .6 will be gone and you probably will have dropped more weight.

Yeah, my guess is TOM. I'm so broken out and cranky. I need to get it over with, I had my baby 8 and a half weeks ago!

187 today, up .2. I know bad food will show over two-three days for me so I'm pretty self aware of why it is showing this way. I also had a giant salad last night. It was delicious and on plan but I'm sure it's quite heavy.

Edit: And I should say I checked with ketostix last night, I normally show up pink enough that I know there are trace amounts but the stick was dark purple so I'm guessing I am bloated. It's hard to remember what a period is like when you haven't had one in almost a year haha.

Stephanie it's definitely TOM and water. I know how you feel minus having the baby part LOL but I'm grumpy and feel like blah. I'm sticking to induction so I know I'm eating on plan and know that this is TOM and there is no way I could of gain weight. I haven't cheated or went off the plan so no need for me to think in that way as I've done nothing to sabatoge induction.

Did you drink enough water? I've noticed that when I hardly drink water my keto stix are dark purple, but when I drink 2L or more they register much lighter.

Actually, I did drink less water then normal yesterday. It was Sloane's 2 month shots and we were out and about for quite awhile and I forgot my water bottle.

I'm In
 

Hi All. I joined 3FC yesterday. I made an intro post on the main board. The condensed version is I finally said enough with the sugar addiction and began Atkins on Sunday. I had actually set a goal for myself, to do pure Atkins until Easter, no cheating, so finding this board is an added bonus. I'm the type that gets overwhelmed with huge projects, but I do succeed when setting small obtainable goals. I am setting a goal of 10 lbs off by Easter. I have another goal of fitting into some clothes that I ordered online that are a wee bit too tight.

I look forward to the support. :carrot:---> I love this dancing carrot, even though we are supposed to limit carrots on Atkins.

Welcome Serenity!

Setting small goals at a time is proven to be best, that way you are less likely to be discouraged. I try to make all my goals S.M.A.R.T. goals :)

I set a midway goal for St Patty's day because I feel like Easter is so far away.

Hi all. Down 5 pounds! I know it's water but I'll take it :)

Congrats memoree!

186.0 today, a new low which is nice :) I am bloated though! I looked in the mirror this morning and realised I was sucking in my stomach. I let it out and wow, haha. I just hope my period holds off until after my pap on Thursday because it was a b*tch to schedule as it is a dual appointment for me and my daughter.

Welcome Serenity... everyone is very supportive here...

Congrats Memoree a lost is a lost and I would take it too..

I hope for your sake Stephanie TOM before you have your pap.. I'm in full mode with TOM and feel all yucky but I haven't strayed away from atkins.. to be honest I have no cravings and I'm not hungry.. usually on TOM I really want potato chips..