CC St. Patricks Day Challenge
 

:goldpot:CC St. Patricks Day Challenge :cupgold:

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It's time for a new Calorie Counters' Holiday Challenge!

Everybody did great on the VALENTINES DAY Challenge.
Some of us met our goals, some of us only got partway there,some went the wrong direction, but we all put in a great effort, learned some lessons, made new friends, and supported each other... and that's what these challenges are for. Now, we're ready to set our sights on a new challenge, new goals, and the next 4 & 1/2 weeks of this journey!

Here's how it works... Set a goal or goals that you would like to reach before St. Patricks Day , March 17th 2010 :lucky: . Your goals can be anything: pounds you want to lose, a smaller clothing size or outfit you'd like to fit into, sports or fitness achievements, or just a goal of keeping food and exercise on track. Whatever gets you excited about working your plan over the next few weeks, is the right goal for this challenge. You can set as many or as few goals as you like.

All are welcome! If you're not sure what your goal will be yet, but would like to join up and find some weight loss buddies, get and give support, please jump in, and you can post a goal later, when you think of something. Our main purpose is to motivate each other to keep the food on plan, keep exercising, keep getting leaner, more fit, and healthy.



I may not be able to check in daily,Since I am a mom of 3~ But I will do my best too. HAVE A GREAT CHALLENGE EVERYONE & HAVE A FUN & SAFE ST.PATRICKS DAY WHEN THAT DAY ARRIVES!

:welcome3: TO EVERYONE JOINING
& GOODLUCK TO ALL JOINING :luck2you:

I'm in! My goal is to be 10 pounds thinner!

Lori, I love your goal and the reasoning behind it; I'm rooting for you!

:hug:THANKS SO MUCH!!! Goodluck On your 10 pounds YOU CAN DO IT!!!:)

just to let you know, there is a CC St Patrick's Day challenge here

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/calo...challenge.html

Well, shoot, peanuts is correct....what do we do now???

peanutsmom
ooops~Was unaware Someone had started up one.
I have been doing Calorie Counters Holiday challenges for several Months now and a good friend of mine started them.(Jamsk8ter) We just finished our Valentines day challenge Today~So this was the next on our list. No big Deal~I guess it
Will not hurt to have 2 St. Patricks Day Challenges~this kinda thing happens every holiday ~No matter which one people joins ~ I am WISHING EVERYONE ON BOTH CHALLENGES MUCH SUCCESS!!!:hug:

Kdm~No big deal~If your already signed up for the other you can join this one also...Be in both or Just 1 it's up to you.

I'm new, so forgive me if this is a silly question, but wouldn't it make sense to just edit the OP to be a link to the other thread? Does it matter who starts it? :^:

Evoo~Just was starting this to keep on plan with the challenges we have been doing for months. Not sure how to edit everything. Your right Doesn't matter who starts a challenge Or how many there is. Didn't mean to have any conflict. I see no problem with keeping both of them running ~cause I do not know how to edit this~
Thats the reason I had said above
~That I am WISHING EVERYONE ON BOTH CHALLENGES MUCH SUCCESS~

Oh ok. Gotcha. :)

In case you want to edit in the future I think you can edit an OP the same way you edited the post above -- just click the edit button that is at the bottom of that post... I think. Now I'll have to go look at a post where I started the OP to see if the button is there. :?:

Good Luck! We're all in this together! :cheer:

I'll try to check in on both threads -- my goal is to see the 180s!

It doesn't matter to me if there's 2 or we combine them...but I'm just gonna say I'M IN! lol and my goal is to be in the 170's by 3/17/10...that's only 3lbs SO I BETTER REACH GOAL THIS TIME!!!! LoL

Another goal is to finish C25K (should be done the week before St. Patty's) but we'll see. When I'm done w/C25K, I'd like to keep running and improve my time...right now, mostly at a 12min mile, but would like to work towards 10min mile....Maybe that will be my next goal after completing C25K???

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

LOL~evoo & kdm~so sorry for any confusion~I have been on this site for over a year and should know how to edit a thread~No big deal~Good luck on your goals!!!

I'm in again. I missed my V-day challenge goal but I weigh less than I did when I started that challenge, and that's all that matters!

I'm in for 4lbs for this challenge - I have learned my lesson on setting goals that overstretch me during this time of year. Working the hours I'm working until about mid April means I need to just be sensible and conservative, which 1lb a week seems to be!

And a couple of non-weight-loss goals - complete a 5k race (I've done a bunch before, but I haven't run in a couple of months so I need to get back into it), workout a minimum of 3x a week, and stay on track with food at least five days a week. Now - I should be able to meet at least one of those goals! :)

Im in :) i'm at 186 and since my last day to weight before st paddies day is 3/13 I'm going to shoot for 182. Good luck all :)

Jules~glad you back for another challenge ~good luck with 4 Pounds & the non weight goals~YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Aiesline ~cOME ON 182!!you can do it!!

I started the other challenge not thinking that someone was "in charge" of these holiday challenges. I'm new here! lol

I just wanted to be proactive and get motivated with my weight loss and have others join in if they like. No big deal!

Take care and good luck to everyone!

:carrot:

Noone is "in charge" of the challenges...We have many Holiday challenges started on 3fatchicks site....There is usually 4 to 5 running for each holiday. We just happened to start 2 for calorie counters~Which happens sometimes also~For St. Patricks day they will pop up every which way in all type of threads~Not sure why everyone is making a big deal over it. So no worries~you have every right to start a challenge as so does the next person...We are all here to lose weight Or get fit & A challenge is always A great way to Make our goals!! You Take Care also & goodluck with your goals.

IM IN:carrot::carrot:

For this challenge im going to aim for 4lbs...that will put me at 169 (OMG,DID I JUST SAY 169:D:D:D) still can't believe i weigh 173,lol...its been a long journey and so worth it:)

HELLO TO EVERYONE...gotta go,DH is giving me that "i can't believe your on the computer' look...

misspriss~WOW!!! 160's!!! YOU CAN SO DO IT GIRL! Congrads on 173 By the way!!! your Hubby Just wants some of your greatness today too~So we do not Blame him For his look He is giving you ~hehehehehe!!!!

Glad to hear everyone had a nice valentines day!! I'm going to do the coupon idea next year :)

I didn't make my goal of at least 6 pounds or over....I thought I would lose big the first week of being back on plan...It's okay though slow and steady works too! Works better without chocolate and other goodies :lol3:

Lets see for a goal I'm going to say 8 lbs. From last weigh in that will put me at 213...Thankfully we don't really do anything for st. patty's day other than wear green so there should be no high calorie treats to keep me from my goal. I also want to add regular exercise this challenge as well :exercise: Using the wii fit or walking at least 4 days a week ;)

Dh loved his taco bell and valentines cake! I also got him a card and a chocolate heart , and a huge reeses peanutbutter cup when we gave Valentines early on Monday...Never do that by the way then you end up doing sometime extra cause you feel bad for missing the actual holiday. I have to say though I like shopping on valentines day, you get to check out that lost look on all the guys faces shopping for last minute gifts...toooo cute:D

Off to do a wii workout to help with those extra calories today :hug:

Lorra~You crack me up! I adore ya!!!!!
So Glad your back for another challenge.... OH And By the way A HUGE reeses peanutbutter cup Sounds amazing! OMG!!! the calories in that sucker would be so worth it~during a craving~heheheheehe~Thank God I have none around me! Let me know if ya get a bite! I Use to eat a reeses peanutbutter cup everytime I Went grocery shopping and I aint had one in months ~proboly in over a year~Sounds so dang good! My hubby is like yours though they can eat anything an stay Slim~cause there really active I guess~LUCKY GUYS! Anyways HUGS TO YA & goodluck with those 8 pounds ~YOU CAN DO IT!!!

I'm in. I'm pretty sure I posted to to the other challenge too!. My goal is to have my BMI out of the obese range and into the overweight range by St. Patty's Day.

Welcome Mkyice~SO GREAT OF A GOAL!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

You can be in the other challenge/this one /or both ~its your choice.
Either way~I wish you luck with your goal!!
By the way,
My daughter is gonna love it when I tell her where your from ~Japan! She so wants to go over there for a visit when she turns 18.
She is totally amazed with Japan! She will be 17 years old May 17th!!!

Lori~ we just go where the Navy sends us. I have to say Japan is one of the more interesting places we've been sent! :~) My oldest loves it here; she's 18.

MissPriss - I realized if I meet this challenge goal, I'll also be in a new decade. That's pretty motivating - sadly it won't be the 160's but hey, a new decade is a new decade! Hopefully we both make our goals.

Lori - how amazing to be 3lbs away from 100lbs lost. I sure hope you have a seriously good celebration when you meet that goal within the next four weeks. That's so impressive. :)

I just had such a good "dessert". I mixed a fat free blackberry yogurt with 2tbsp ground flaxseed (it's really good for digestive assistance, if you know what I mean, plus I love the taste and texture!) and a chopped banana. It was so good and naturally very sweet - I was OK with the hubby eating ice cream and I didn't want to smack the spoon out of his mouth. :)

Lori I'M IN! Doing the V-day challenge with you and everyone was one of the best things I've done in my life. I'm excited to do another challenge with you:carrot:.


I didn't reach my V-day goal but that's ok. I lost atleast 3lbs and an 1.5 inches in my waist and 1.5 inches in my hips and increased my exercise. I'd say it was a job well done. So for this next challenge:

1. lose 6lbs (as close to it as possible)
2. Increase exercise to 5 days a week and start ab program.
3. This is personal so for now we will call it "Operation STRONG"
4. Keep on track with CC and get more stickers in my journal.

That's it for now. I want to say hi and welcome to all the new people and a big smile and hug :D:hug: to all the V-day peeps...Another month with you guys...I can't wait!

Have a great night everyone. Sweet Dreams!

mkyice~Awesome that your in the navy! I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU!
My daughter is into all the anime stuff~love to read the books/watch the cartoons /collect figures/ & even write her own books so she has came fascinated with it.

Jules ~ I plan on Visiting my dads grave when I accomplish 100 pounds lost...I Aint been there for quite awhile & I know that seems kinda silly proboly But I was so much like him/With bad eating habits And smoked cigs for years~And when he died of a sudden massive heart attack in 2007 ~It changed me~i quit smoking then started eating better And am kosing the weight...So In a weird kinda way I credit him for alot of it. He was & still is my hero!
By the way that desert sounds sooooooo delightfully delicious!

jdonata~SO GLAD YOUR BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND!!!
HUGS TO YA!!!!!! YOU MADE THE LAST CHALLENGE JUST THAT MORE INTERESTING ~YOUR AN ABSOLUTE SWEETY!

Lori~ I'm not in the Navy...my hubby is. My oldest is into all of the anime too. She went to a convention in CA last Spring (before we came to Japan). She had a blast.

Lori and all, :wave:, I'm IN!

Okay, for my challenge this time, it's about a month which is perfect, because what I want to do is to make the final leap to healthy eating/living. I started in 2008 at 235, smoking, eating way too many cals of just fast food, nuker food, easy food, sodas, etc, etc. Over the last 2 years, I've cut out the sodas and the junk food, but still have been having the caffeinated tea with sugar and milk (though I've slowly cut the sugar back, a little at a time), and still have been smoking (but again, cut back from where I was 2 years ago). I've had the exercise dialed in for a while, seen some great improvements there, stronger lifts, gobs of muscle mass compared to where I started, cut my mile run just about in half, lol. So, lately, I've just been feeling like it's time to go for broke with this thing, ditch the last of the bad "intake" habits, get serious. It's like, I work my tail off in the gym, but then I'm kind of shooting myself in the foot with the smoking and the sugar intake.

So, here's my personal St Patrick's Day Challenge: I'm going Paleo-Zone with the eating. I'm almost there with the paleo eating (which is meats/fish, nuts, good oils/fat, veggies and fruit being the only carbs...no grains/beans/legumes/dairy/sugar), and Zone is just a way of weighing and measuring intake, to keep blood sugar/insulin levels even throughout the day, basically calorie counting with portions already figured out for you, like an ounce of this meat and an ounce and a half of that fish have the same calories, that kind of thing, so it just makes it easier to plan portions...and that way I can tweak it down the line.

All the peeps I know who have done it say, the first two weeks are like getting off the crack if you're used to a lot of sugar/sugary carbs, by week 3 you start feeling a little better, and by week 4 you start seeing results and feeling like a new person, so the length of this holiday challenge should be the perfect test of that.

So, starting tomorrow a.m., no more smokes, no more sugar or milk, which means I'm just ditching the tea, because it's not the same to me without all the additives, so I may as well just ditch the caffeine at the same time..if I'm gonna have a crash and withdrawals, may as well get it all over at once, lol.

I'm not setting a weight goal, though this way of eating is supposed to lean you out like crazy, but mainly I'm doing this because, well, okay, the people I know that eat this way look like freaking muscled beasts with no bodyfat all the time, but also they are the fastest and strongest people in the gym, so I'm curious to see what happens as far as leaning out and what happens to my speed and strength in the gym. I'm ready to be superhuman now. :rofl:

Morning, just checking in for the day.

I picked up some weighted 'pink' gloves yesterday for my kickbox workouts and i plan on doing one today. There suppose to help you burn more calories...will see

Yesterday was a fun day, took the kids bowling and of course i strayed from my diet..its ok, ive got a new challenge for myself this month...NO GOING OFF MY PLAN...i can totally do this;) ( i would normally have a cheat meal on sunday...no more of that crap...im ready to get skinny:D)

Jules-I need to get back on track like you are with my snacks...i picked up some greek yogurt yesterday and some bananas, my favorite snack. I also picked up some whole wheat crackers and 2% cheese for another snack. It was hard to find whole wheat crackers that are actually whole wheat,LOL.

Hello to everyone!:hug: i will bb soon:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

LETS KICK BUTT TODAY!!!!!

Mkyice~oh~oooops~Well At least I am proud of you for being married to a navy guy then~LOL!!! I am proud of him too!! My daughter would freak out over an anime convention!! She loves the stuff.

JAM~You have cracked me up~And hey to be honest I already think of you as superhuman~CAUSE YOUR THE JAMINATOR!!! LOL
In all honesty I am wishing you lots of luck...I so badly wanna see you get of those smokes for sure~these breathing problems I have Was so not worth any of those cigs I ever smoked...& of course I hope you manage the rest too.~On cranky days you can log in & yell at me to make yourself feel better!!
HUGS!

misspriss~those pink gloves sound awesome!
& the bowling like super fun! ~We all stray from time to time~So no worries cause you know how to lose those pounds obviously~Cause your a little skinny minnie already girl!

Well Was at 164.4 this morning~DANG IT!!! I gotta get myself back to exercising But even walking hurts my shoulder horribly. Actually everthing I have tried does.I guess I just stay on my 1400 calories & eventually IU will be able to exercise again. HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SUPER DAY!
Will post again laters!!

Lori - I'm in for sure! I'm calorie counting, and I think this is a great thread to be in especially if there are other calorie counters here. Food is my biggest struggle...I will need all the support and suggestions I can get!

My goals are to eat 1500 - 1800 calories per day. I want to do some form of exercise everyday even if it is just for 15 minutes....but I want at least 3 days a week were I exercise for 30 minutes at a time so at minimum 2.5 hours of exercise a week. I just want to make it through one week...and then I will go from there. I have a whole menu of breakfasts...snacks...lunch...and dinners made out for the week and I have all the groceries I need.

Thanks for the invite Lori!

I am back for this challenge.
I am just getting over being sick and I need a little motivation to get me started again. I have been sick since last wednesday. Yesterday I did come out for a little sunshine. I got on the treadmill and did a little over 2miles. It was hard to get started but it helped.
I am glad to see so many of "us" returning from the previous challenge. I truly love the support with this group. Although I did get to post as much as I would have liked there were times that I made it in just to read, see how everyone was doing and that gave me a boost.

My goal for this challenge is 6.5lbs. This will get me to my 3rd 10% weight loss goal of 193. January was a verrrrry sllllooooww month for me, so I hope to get things moving again. I was VERY excited to see 199.5, but it is too close to the edge. Any weight bouncing and I go over 200. I will be glad to get down a little and have a little breathing room.

Good Luck All!

Well, my goal is small, but I am hoping that it will be enough to get me comfortably into size 14 pants. My 16s are too big and my 14s fit but not comfortably. So that's my goal. ( I don't know how to put that on a ticker but I think 3 pounds is about what I can do in a month.)

McKenziesmomma~ :hug: your welcome girl & I am so glad you decided to come on over!! There is alot of great people in these challenges with such great insprirations & Super Ideas to help with everything we all struggle with.
I have an idea on the 15 mintues...I started out with 15 mintues of exercise just walking while I talk on the phone...Took my breath the first month or so I did it cause I was so outta shape~But I didn't give up and now I Am up to 45 minutes 2 x's a day. It was something easy to do and when I talked on the phone it made it zoom by seemed like.~But there is all kinda of things you can do besides walking ~hope you find something great that works for you!!!


Jae165~:hug:So glad your getting over being sick~sending you some motivation vibes!:broc: Come on you can do it!!!!:D Glad your back for another challenge!



emileigh~sounds like a great goal to me!!:)
COME ON 14's fit her well For St.patricks day!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!

It's MONDAY :yay: All the treats are gone :yay: I'm ready to start this new challenge :carrot:

Lori- NOpe no reeses peanutbutter cup for me. Dh loves those things...He wouldn't offer I'm pretty sure of that :lol: He does actually want to lose about 20 pounds...but for him that will take 2 weeks max. You can't tell he needs to lose that on the outside but the number is important to him on the scale.

McKenziesmomma & emileigh- Welcome :hug:

I got my taxes done last night woo hoo...So happy thats over and done with! Will check back later ..Dd's home from school and OMG bored :lol3:

I'm checking in on both threads. My goal is to be in a regular size 18. I will eat on plan (1200-1500 calories) Workout at least 5 times a week and at least three of those being at the gym. I was going to do the 30 Day Shred but not sure about that because I would have to do it before I go to work.

I can make it to the gym since it a building away from my office. I'm focused and ready to get'er done. Looking forward to a celebration with my hubby.

Hi everyone! :wave:

I'd love to join in on this challenge! This will be my first CC challenge so I'm excited! Today I start W2 of C25K. So, one of my goals is to stick with the C25K program, which would put me in the middle of W6 of the program on March 17. That's awesome to think about! Other goals:

• Lose 10lbs
• 1200-1400 calories/day
• Exercise 5x/week
• Eat more veggies!!

Yay, let's do this!! :carrot:

I'll join on this one too!

My goal will be to lose 5.5 pounds, stick within my calorie range, go to Curves at least 3 times a week, and average 8,400 steps a day.

~Kerri~