July 4th Challenge!!!
 

This is a continuation of the memorial day challenge, everyone was keen to do another one and so July 4th is it! Drop by and post your goal, whatever it may be. Everyone's welcome :)

I'm in - just have to figure what my goal will be :D


Ok - going for 8 lbs - I did really well in the last challenge so historically that means the next few weeks will be slower than slow ... Want to try to make it realistic ... Although I will admit I would be thrilled beyond belief if I could get into onederland!

I didn't post in the Memorial Day Challenge, but I started Atkins 30 April. At that point I was 212 lbs. Possibly more, but I'm not sure. I didn't really get a good weigh-in until like a week and a half into it. And I was 201 on Thursday, so I lost over 10 lbs. I think this month will be more of a challenge. I'm going on a mini vacation next weekend, and then I have a 2 week trip to GA for a class for work. So we'll see, but I'm trying for 10 lbs. I'll weigh in tomorrow though, and go from there.

I'm going for 10 off of whatever my weigh in tomorrow morning is! Good luck everyone!

I'm in! I'm shooting for 15 pounds by July 4 :)

Yay, you found it!

I'm going to say 6 pounds. I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning and will update my (currently untruthful) ticker.

I'm in for the 4th of July challenge. I figured I would just post here with my final number ending the Memorial Day challenge: 211.8 so up 4 pounds. I think it's TOM though and I think it was Steph who said her stomach looked huge from the bloating which I can relate to. I looked at pictures my sister took last Tuesday on my son's birthday and my stomach looked huge! About as big as it did before I started back on Atkins (or at least thats what it seemed to me haha). My goal for the 4th is to get below 200 and actually stay. Mini goal is to permanently be below 210, hopefully in the next month by the time summer session starts which is June 25th. I also want to get back on track with exercising. I think I'm going try taking my son for walks with me since he really dug the hike we went on :)

I'm in, I need a challenge. I want to be in the 220's by July. Anywhere in the 220's, lol!

My goals are to improve water intake, improve veggie intake and try new veggies, and make it to 190 lbs by July 4th.

I'm in for this challenge.. I will be at my goal weight by July 4th if no sooner so after myweight on Saturday I'll have an idea of what my goal will be. Just came off TOM and I know my body I need to wait at least 3/4 days after TOM to get an accurate weight..

air it is definitely TOM and if I were you I would weigh again like 3 days after TOM and for sure the scale should have moved down..

Everyone take your measurements.. I was basically going by the scale as my measure of success but when I tried on a pair of jeans that were too tight and barely could button months ago and now they are hanging off my hips I was :carrot: so being the scaleoholic that I am it made me realize that don't also use the scale as the only measurement of success and also I'm not going to weigh myself everyday or every other day but try maybe 2 times a week I'm going to try

Good Morning! Thank you Ana for opening the new thread.

I'm in for a minimum of 5.

:exercise: I have to focus more on the exercise than the eating. As soon as I picked up the exercising the pounds started moving again for me.

We got this!

I'm in! I want to lose 5 lbs, I just have to figure out what I weigh right now (I'm hoping for 155).

150 would be my all time low! I thought I was down to 140 at one point, but my 12 dollar scale wasn't accurate. :P Should've expected as much. Then I gained a good 15 lbs from poor eating. <_<

It's good to see everyone so motivated and ready to go :carrot:

I maybe close to my goal but believe me I still will be in the forums etc.. this forum as been a critical part of me losing weight. My weight didn't come off overnight and it took a lot of determination on my part. Now that I look back I'm glad it came off steady.. losing weight is the first part, maintaining it is the hard part..

Good luck to everyone and we can do this

I'm in!

My weight goal is to get to 215. I'm 227 today.

I'd like to TRY to not be so in love with coffee. Our love/hate relationship is getting ridiculous! ;-)

I am in! I will make my goal 12 pounds! :carrot:
I needed motivation and I think being able to share this will offer me just that! Good luck all!

Ok I am in and my goal will be 12lbs. I was going to do 10lbs but I can't help thinking TOM is playing tricks on me and I should have a (hopefully) big drop soon. TOM is late coming this month but thats not a big concern, it is fairly normal. I think that might be the reason I have been going up and down about 2lbs over the last week. Anyway, as of today I am at 147.6, my goal for this challenge would bring me to 135 which is in my happy zone! I am doing fairly well with eating but am making an effort to get more veggies in, so far today I have had 2 stalks of celery and will plan for something with dinner as well. Water has been good and I am getting at least 30 minutes of exercise each day. I am going to try and up the exercise especially on days that I am not working. This morning I did a 25 minute aerobics work out and plan on doing the same tonight along with a few strength exercises.

Morning all! I weighed myself and I was 182.8 this morning. I'm going to amend my goal slightly and aim for 175 pounds by July 4th. In kilos (which we generally use in australia thought I'm 'fluent' in pounds), that's 79.5 which is a nice milestone, getting out of the 80s (AGAIN).

Now I have to update my ticker, again. I know the mid 180s to the mid 170s so well, I'd be invisible if I'd lost and kept off those 10 pounds.

haha Ana does that make you biweighable...(like bilingual)? More talented than me! haha

Hehe, peach, that's funny. I guess! It's actually pretty handy when you get bored of seeing the same numbers, I switch to a different setting on the scale. I'm using kilos at the moment and converting them to post here because seeing 180s was driving me nutso. Stone though, I can't work that one out at all.

Day one of the challenge was BAD BAD BAD. my mom was put on a ventilator this morning and brought to a hospital 75miles from home. I'm going to stay with her as long as I can. I drank too much coffee and by the time everything was settled enough, the hospital cafe was closed. Ugh. I wound up finding a Chipotle. I've never eaten there before but I got a burrito bowl with chicken, lettuce, cheese, green salsa, and a little guacamole. It was sooo spicy I could only eat like half. Tomorrow I will find better food. I know the cafe has a la carte bacon and eggs :-)

My mom is septic. Some kind of infection that they haven't figured out yet. Probably pneumonia. Her BP is unstable (way too low). Hopefully tomorrow we'll get more answers.

Sizz, I'm so sorry, best wishes to your mum. I hope she gets better soon.

I loooooove Chipoltle, it's one of the things I look forward to when I visit the states. If you have to eat there again, just have the fresh salsa,I personally don't like any of the hot ones. You've got yourself a really fresh, low carb meal. You did great not having the rice! (I also loooooove the lime cilantro rice, sigh)

And you did better than me, I had nachos for petes sake. The cheese sauce on them was really gross, that's a lesson learned. I'm eating higher carb this week because I have a GTT on Saturday.

Oh Sizz - are you making the trip everyday or are you staying in a hotel? Just make the best choices you can - the Chipotle meal sounds good maybe see if there is a less spicy option .. Sending healing thoughs for your mom ..

I know I set a lb goal but I've realized that in my mind my goal is to be out of the 2's and into the 1's. There is a slight possibility I could make it but my goal will still be my original number one with the hopes of and changing to it if I meet the original goal before the 4th

Gina:hug: about your Mom. It sounds as you did well, under the circumstances. Are you sleeping at the hospital? That is rough. Take care of yourself and Mom.

Thanks y'all.. for now I'm staying with her in the hospital. At least until I have more info about what's wrong with her. She was in here back in January on a ventilator for 5 days and without for 3 more days, but then we did know she had pneumonia and her carbon dioxide level was through the roof. This time started out with a severe headache. Its just scary. She's so young (only 52) to have all this happening.

Sizz I hope your mom gets better :hug: try and do what you can as far as staying on-plan but most importantly I'm sure you are worried about your mom..

gapeach, TOM is definitely playing tricks on you.. been on that ride before :lol: my weight would go and down 2 pounds then after 5 days after TOM I had lost 5 pounds which means the 2 that I gained from TOM and additional 3 pounds..

rho I understand about setting realistic goals or goals you know that you can reach. sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves..

I'm happy to see this thread moving along..everyone keep on going :carrot::D

Gina, that definitely is hard! Hope she gets better soon and best of luck on dieting while going through this!

My goal for July 1st is to be in the 160's. I've decided to call this my Canada Day challenge, haha.

The good news is that shouldn't be too hard since this morning I weighed in at 174.8! Whoo hoo for new lows :) TOM was insane this month and is still kinda here but dwindling away.

Ste it must the change of the seasons or something as TOM gave me **** this month as well :(

Hey!! I'd love to join your challenge! I haven't been on atkins in YEARS... I think probably like 7+ yrs ago and it was the only thing that ever really worked for me, but I stalled out and stopped and now I weigh way more.. it's tough because I'm a pescatarian, but I know that my body does not get along with carbs at all...and this has to be a lifestyle change for me not just a weight loss mechanism.... That being said, I'm going to shoot for 20 lbs by July 4... I just started induction today, so I think it's reasonable, considering a lot of water weight that I'll probably be getting rid of!

I look forward to getting to know you all!!

Welcome SDN! :)

Steph, would you mind posting an average day's meals for us? I am super impressed at your losses and your numbers are most similar to mine.

Gina, sorry to hear about your mom, will be keeping you both in my thoughts!

Globe, glad to see you posting, I saw the news yesterday about the earthquakes and was hoping it didn't affect you!

Haha Stephanie on the Canada day...but you do have the 4th there too...as well as the 5th, 6th, 7th...etc-lol

Welcome Slimmer!

Rho- no matter the goal, as long as the scale is going down its in the right direction, every ounce is progress!

Okay, so I had a drop this morning, I am being cautious about it though since I have been up and down all over the place the last two weeks. It was my lowest yet though so I really hope it holds, if it does I'll post it tomorrow. Still the TOM issue though, now I am starting to get a little concerned because it is a good bit later than normal (not preggers!) I wonder if the change of diet could cause that? Oh well, will wait another week or so before I totally panic and call the doctor! I did workout tonight even though I really didn't want to because I had a long day at work. At first I planned on a really quick one but ended up going for 30 minutes so I am proud of that!

Everyone have a great night!

Welcome SDN!

Ana, I always have 3 eggs with butter for breakfast, but sometimes on the weekend we do sausage or bacon as well. Lunch is usually a salad with tomato, cucumber, cheese and maybe some meat and pickles. If I need a snack I usually have pepperoni and maybe some cheese. Dinner is usually a meat with a veggie side. Sometimes I cut a green pepper into four peices and fill it with tuna and mayo.

I'm pretty basic in my meals but I like them and they work with me.

Today I'm at 176.2, TOM still kinda here. I had steak last night and I find when I have something heavy like that I usually have a jump. I also had two big salads yesterday, haven't tallied the carbs yet but have it all written down. I might have gone over or it might just be a little bloat. Still troopin' along :)

So w/i this morning I did have a slight bump up but I feel comfortable enough to say that I have dropped some this week and today was down to 145.6. I really need to stop weighing so much! Honestly, I probably do about 3-4 a day! The only one I really go by though is the first thing in the morning w/i. Anyway, so my first two weeks on atkins and I was down 6lbs. It wasn't quite what I was hoping for but it will do. When I first started my goal was to be down 12lbs in my first month so I have quite a bit of work to get there, thats 6 more lbs over the next two weeks.

So here is how I came up with the goal (sad I know!)...

I have to see a girl that one year ago when I weighed about 140 I saw for the first time in a year, I was talking to someone else about how I had gained a little weight and I was mad at myself...at that point I had really only gained 6-8 lbs. So the other girl (the one I have to see in two weeks) said "I wasn't going to say anything but what happened???" In a real snotty voice. It really freaked me out! And now knowing I have to see her again I really cant stand the idea of being any higher! I know I shouldn't let things like that effect me so much but it did. She is one of those naturally skinny people too that doesn't understand what that does to someone that has had weight struggles! So that is my short term motivation but in truth I do want to do it for me!

So today starting off well, I already did my workout, not a crazy one but 25 min aerobics and 5 minutes of strength. Wanted to get it in early since I work 2-10 tonight.

Hope everyone has a great day today, make the most out of it!

Steph, thanks, that helps. I think I overthink meals too much and stress myself out. I can eat the same thing all the time if it's carby, I'd make my life easier if I stuck to simple with low carb too. I feel like I have to be super adventurous with veges all the time and I'm so tired after work, I really can't be arsed :)

peach, ugh, how rude. Maybe if she was someone who struggled with her weight she could take that as an 'in' to start talking specifics (like you can with us!) but not from some skinny girl who has no idea how that makes you feel.

I saw the doc yesterday and she's given me more meds, including an apricot cough syrup that is diisssssgusting, seriously, whoever thought it would be a good flavour should be made to swim in a vat of it. I slept much better last night though. Plus I'm on another asthma puffer. Since I've been coughing for ages they are properly testing me for whooping cough and for atypical pneumonia too (must google that one). But hopefully it's just my tendency to hold on to a cough. I really want to stop having these cough syrups and lozenges, they are so sweet tasting, even the artificially sweetened ones.

sizz, hope things with your mum are better.

Gina: I'm very sorry about your mother's health. She's relatively young so I'll bet she has lots of fight in her! You're wonderful for being there for her, and that's far more important than eating on plan. But way to go for thinking of healthier alternatives!

Gapeach: Sometimes it's those "naturally skinny" women who effortlessly maintain their weight that end up gaining some when they're older.

I bought a scale today, and I'm weighing in tomorrow. I'm very nervous. For the 1st two weeks, while on induction, I lost nothing. It's been another 2 weeks since I've weighed myself.

Thanks for the welcome, everybody :)

Good luck Ramra! - do your clothes feel different even though you didn't see any change in the 1st 2 wks?

Peach, kharma is a bee... she'll get what's coming to her. Don't even worry about what she thinks, life is too short to allow yourself to be affected by the drama of people who really don't matter!

Day 2 down and no trouble really... I may have had a little too much jicama tonight though.. I need to buy a food scale.

Hope you all have a wonderful evening!

May I join the challenge? I'd like to lose 9lbs and be in the 150s by July 4th.

I'm envious of you guys with exercise routines. I'm a stay-at-home mom with a one year old, and I just don't know how to fit it into my day.

Hey ultrapeaches! Is there anywhere you can walk in your neighbourhood? I don't have kids but that seems to be what everyone in my neighbourhood does, I can't go out without bumping into some fit mum pushing a baby/toddler up the hill (and it's all hills, boo)

Thanks Slimmer! As it turns out I lost 5 lbs, and my clothes do fit a little better! I can can comfortably wear my jeans again.

I was weighed at the hospital today, so I'm pleased to know that my new scale is dead on. Because progress is slow for me, I'm going to wait until the 16th to weight again. As of right now I'm 155, and my goal is to be 150!

I don't really have an "exercise" routine, personally. I don't have a car and I'd rather not rely on cabs/busses, so I walk everywhere. Today I got 45 minutes in. On an average day, an hour+.

Ultrapeaches, you should see if there are any 'moms' exerise groups in your city! There are surprisingly a lot of exercises that can be incorporated with a stroller. Plus it would be nice to mingle with other moms that have similar goals.

gapeach, what a b*tch! I bet no one likes her with that attitude. I get how that would make you self concious though. I'm guilty of feeling self concious at times as well.

ultrapeaches, I'm a stay at home mom with a 5 month old! I am still trying to figure out how to fit exercise in as well. I'll be going back to work in January when my year of mat leave ends. So far for exercise I take a walk with the stroller when it's nice out. I thought of doing 30 day shred but she cut a tooth on Wednesday and is cutting her second today and it's way too much. I had to cuddle her all day while she cried, not taking it well.

So as for my weird pound and a half jump yesterday, today I'm down half a pound so I'm guessing it's just after TOM bloat that I seem to get from my BC. Today I'm at 175.8. Want to see 174 again, it was so nice!

Its been a good day, tom FINALLY appeared so now I don't have to wonder about water bloat and how it is affecting my weight, will see tomorrow if I get a nice drop!(sometimes it takes 2-3 days to see) I did a few measurements just to kind of see how things were going and it looks like most are down anywhere from 1/4 of an inch to a half so that made me feel good. I will do my official weekly measuring on Sunday so I will post what I find out then...last week I had no losses!

I am feeling really positive today and I really feel like this group can make our goals together, lets all stay focused and finally do this thing!

Steph and Ultra, don't feel like you have to get all your exercise in at once. I read an article one time that studied people that tended to be thinner and one common habit they had was that they fidget. I try to keep that in mind and just try to do small little things all day long....like if I am waiting for the microwave I might do toe raises or something simple for 30 seconds.

Ramra- Awesome loss! I know what you mean about being glad to know your scale is accurate. I really need to get an official weigh in so I know about mine, the last time I checked a little over a year ago mine was 1.4 heavy so I am still subtracting that amount.