Hi everyone! Looks like there has been some great success so far! Congrats to all.
I lost one pound. This week was TOM, which usually messes with the scale for me.
I've been doing C25k for the past few weeks and I'm really trying to focus on inches as well as the scale bc I've definitely gained more muscle from running. Really hoping to get back into the 130s though.
Off to the gym tonight with new running shoes! Yippeeee!! :)

Wow you guys are doing great! I can't believe I had to post a 2 pound gain as soon as I joined haha... silly water retention! Oh well, for sure I'll be down next week!!

Thanks for starting this challenge! Though I'm launching late, I'm ready for it and will sign up :^: Not even sure of my current weight as my eating has been way out of the park. (I'll confirm my weight later today), and suspect I've gained at least 20 pounds back in the last few months after reaching goal (130) last year.

It would be great to start the New Year even 10 pounds lighter :carrot:

Jean

Stopping by to say I have been BAD latlely - but I will get back on track!

Hey! I would like to join too! I just did my new weigh in this morning so I will weigh in again next monday! I'm really hoping to get to 159 by Dec. 26th (my birthday) but I will be happy with 162.8 by the 20th! Good luck everyone!!

Updated for this week's weigh in! Down 1.8 lbs, 10.2 lbs to go.

Down 2 lbs this week :-) I've been finding it harder to get myself to the gym lately, but I have been dragging myself there regardless. Good job everyone!

When I first started on here I didn't want to be accountable for the bad times, for how big I got, didn't want to tell me real weight and all that stuff. But I realised that it's all part of hiding it from yourself, not looking in that mirror and going OMG I've gotten biiiiiiiig! I decided that I had to put on my weight ticker and throw it out in the open because if i carried on pretending to myself I didn't have much to lose then the job was not going to get done.

No pressure to post your weigh-in from the challenge end of things, but be sure that you are being honest with yourself, and good luck with getting things back on track, it sure aint easy. It's hard to get on the wagon in the first place, but it's even harder to jump back on every time you fall off. :hug:

Well,
I've never signed up for a challenge before, but losing 12 pounds by Christmas would be the best gift ever! Im in!
Greencrazed

I've had a tiny reshuffle of the page so peopel who haven't posted an 8/11 weigh-in are at the bottom, that's just so I could put in another formula bar, and can I say we have lost 41lbs between us! Nearly time for the next weigh-in day. *trembles*

Hey everyone! I'm excited for weigh-in because I'll get to post a loss (unless I somehow put on some weight overnight...here's hoping that doesn't happen!!)

Hope you are all well!

It's the 22nd here so I just posted my weigh-in - I think? Not sure if it worked properly because the number for pounds lost didn't change. Hrm.

Yeah, doesn't change till I put mine in because I don't want it to change over too early to the next column as it means people's losses shoot up to their whole body weight again. Spreadsheets are not that smart that they can understand that x-0 doesn't necessarily equal x, it equals we have not put a figure into the empty column yet. I've been fiddling with the formula bar to try to make it do all sorts of complex things, and ended up with =IF((E2=0),B2-D2,IF((E2<>0),B2-E2)) which I am sure you will agree makes your brain leak fluids!

Well, I know it could be worse but another chuffing single for me. Aaaargh! I wouldn't mind if I'd slipped up at all, but I've recorded religiously, stuck to my allowance, eaten a good range of foods, and second week in a row - ONE. My doctor is going to think I am not trying, because if you don't lose 2lb a week that's the only possible explanation for a doctor, right? It suits me fine, but I have to find a way to lose it faster or put off my surgery, I'm not going through all this heckish operation and getting a duff job.

On Friday night I was 183 3/4 and thought yes, I can knock off that 3/4 for Monday, but this morning a nice round 184 again. Can't blame the TOM cos I don't have one, but I do have stinking hormone injections that mess everything up, and despite the fact it says weight gain as a side-effect on the packet of three of my meds my doctor says "there are no calories in hormones, are there?" - gonna shoot him full of them I think, see what happens to him, I put on 2 1/2 stone in about 3 months when I started them.

Sorry, I'm cross today, can you tell? ;) It's injection day, always gets me miserable. Stand well back. ;)

I was down to 163 yesterday! :( but I'm back up at 164 today...oh well I meet with my personal trainer tonight so that should be back on the right track. Hope everyone has a great week!

Skigirl, I was lower all weekend then today I go up over a pound and a half..lol I did have a lot of sodium yesterday, and some stress and am feeling VERY bloated today.. so I'm sure it will go away in a day or so.. but it is what it is.

I twisted my knee on Friday so I didn't really get to exercise all weekend, which sucks. I did some small things.. walked around the mall and played bowling on Wii.. better than nothing I guess.