[FB]

Heya freethetoys- just weigh in and report whenever! Also feel free to talk up your progress and plans. There is no set weigh-in date.

Congrats on the Curves membership yoyoma! And rollerblading too? Sounds like a great weekend. I love skating/blading but unfortunately can't stop well. I have to grab on to things or people and end up crashing.

The workout water weight gets to me too Jammy. But congrats on your preview of the 1's! You're technically there you know!

I'm off to a promising start. 3 pounds gone!

[lifechange]

I'm in and going for 17 lbs! This is slightly under my current progress- so we'll see. Continue daily turbo jam- add in turbosculpt 1x/week .

[retiredone]

Hi fellow challengers. I weighed in yesterday and I've lost 1.5 pounds since last Saturday so I have 5.5 to go. I've been counting calories for about a week and a half and so far it's working great.

[sumu1]

So I almost posted here yesterday. I weighed in last Monday and then went on a 4 day free-for-all. Not too terrible but just ate. For the next 3 days I cut back and got back on track again. I stepped on the scale this morning and 3 lbs gone. Plus the fact I did kick up my running and walking a few notches. I forgot how running just turns on the fuel burner. So now I am 10 lbs away from my goal/goal and 6 lbs away from my Canada day goal.

I haven't been this weight in a LOOONNGG time .

[jamsk8r]

Wow, Sumu, congrats on the 145!

I did it, finally, met my MD goal! 198.8 this morning! So glad to be done with that one, as it seemed to take forever. I'm setting my Canada Day goal for just 5 lbs, with six weeks to go. My weight loss has really slowed, so I think that will be a realistic goal for me.

I have to go make sure my ds is getting ready...he's got a movie date with his aunt today. I'll be back after I get him out the door, though, because I do want to catch up on recent posts.

[yoyoma]

Way to go Jammy! Congratulations... great job !

I did go to Curves Saturday (and Monday and Tuesday), but TOM hit on Sunday and I skipped the rollerblading (luckily not required to stay OP). TOM also pushed the scale up three pounds () so I set my ticker at the "high water mark". I'm never quite sure when to update my ticker because I fluctuate so much.

Maybe I should change my ticker just to read weeks on program, instead of weight. That's how I really judge my progress, anyway.

[jamsk8r]

Okay, the boy is on his way to the movies, the critters are taken care of, etc, so I can take a little computer time...

I've been doing 1800 and 2000 cals for a long time, and see that my weight loss has slowed most weeks to under a pound a week. So, starting today, I'm switching my calorie counts to 1600 most days, and 1800 on weight lifting days. I've decided to go back to full body lifting workouts for a while, because I think it may help if I don't have to drink the post-workout shake five days a week, and this way my food calories stay the same (1600). All I have to do to get the 1800 is drop one cup of tea and have my post-workout protein shake.

So far today, I'm right on track with eating and water drinking. I am really going to try and stay focused and on-plan for this challenge. Those little spoonfuls of peanut butter or a taste of this or that really add up! I'm tracking every bite and drink on The Daily Plate site.

Sgirl and Yoyoma, thank you for the support and ideas for getting off the sugar/milk with my tea. I was a little surprised to hear that others on this list had tea with milk and sugar. Outside of my family, I've never met anyone who didn't think this was an odd way to drink tea.

Retiredone, congrats on your weight loss...you are off to a great start!
Freethetoys, as FB said, we all just weigh in whenever we feel like it.
FB, as always, you are the weight loss "boss of me"! You keep me motivated!
Fakefrowns and Lifechange, welcome to the CD challenge, and good luck!

Wow, that's long...sorry guys, I need an editor!

ETA: Yoyoma, you posted at the same time I did. For the ticker, what I do is just track the lowest weight I've hit on the scale, because my weight also fluctuates day to day. For me, it works to track the low weights, because if I'm doing a challenge like this, and I see my goal number on the scale, I'm friggin' counting it! At home, I track my average weight loss, using a week of daily weigh-ins, adding them together, and dividing by 7. That gives me a clearer picture of my weight loss trend from week to week. What you track on the ticker is up to you, but it motivates me to use it for tracking my lowest hits on the scale.

[Horo]

Well, I didn't expect to see a loss not only because I'm dealing with TOM (where I'm usually fluctuated up several pounds), but also because I also had soaking wet hair out of the shower and a belly full of food... But hey, I'll take it!
1 lb down to Canada Day goal.

[Horo]

Make that '1 lb down' to down 3 lbs down to Mother's Day goal. Whoot whoot, yay for dropping water weight. :b

[Sgirl]

Jammy congratulations for being in ONEderland!!! I am soo happy for you! That is a huge accomplishment! As of Monday I am 1 pound down and 9 left to go for Canada Day goal.

[FB]

Welcome lifechange!
WTG retiredone! Lovelovelove calorie counting myself.
Congrats Sumu! You must feel fabulous!
Yay Jammy-Jam! You are in the 1's! Wow! Save some room for me, 'k? You rock!
Yoyoma- I, like Jammy use the lowest hits for my tracker. Eliminates any confusion.
Yay Layri! Dontcha love the sudden drop after cycles? You're on your way to your next cool reward!
Good job Sgirl!

As for me, I'm cycling like a fool, walking the dog like a girl possessed. On Monday, for the first time in years I shopped cute tops in the normal section of the store. I was confused, bedazzled and dazed. I think I wandered for 2 hours looking at everything. I also think I made the clerks suspicious. AND I signed up with a personal trainer at the local steroid guy gym. I'm going rock my body by this time next year, just watch!

[freethetoys]

well done people on your success so far
i have had a tough week, working out, and eatn well, but emotionally and physically and mentaly its been a struggle. i have exams and revision this week. but in 24 hours i will be on my way to my 2 last exams.there is only so much more i can do now.
my body hated me running yesterday, its like its had enough strain on it, and just wants to relax for a bit. so im gonna give it the weekend off, and eat some bbq food and just chill. then next week i can get back on it!
other then that i had a NSV with half my wardrobe notfitting and going onto ebay to be sold for a few pennies, if it dont sell it will end up in a charity shop.
i have an official weigh in next tuesday so im hoping to be 12 5 then, im guessing im only 12 7 at the mo, so need to loose 2lbs before then....eep!

[Sgirl]

Freethetoys: Good luck on your exams!! It's always such a stressful time of year full of late night eating...I do not miss those days! Good for you for sticking to it for the most part during exams!
FB: Have fun at the local steroid gym! Those guys are way more helpful that 1st thought.

[Horo]

I came on here to report my progress earlier and the site was down, came back later and wow- so many of our posts gone!!

Anyway, what I was going to report is that I've (finally) lost another pound which puts me at 6/10 lbs lost for Canada Day goal.

[retiredone]

Just to update since the crash. I have lost 3.5 pounds and have 3.5 pounds to go towards the Canada Day Challenge. Weigh in tomorrow. Hope I have another loss.