CC St. Patricks Day Challenge
 

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

:welcome:TO CC St. Patricks Day Challenge :goldpot:Even if your not a calorie counter Your more than welcome to join.
Everybody did great on Our 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, For the Next month & 3 days~ Then we will start our next one.

Here's how it works... Set a goal or goals that you would like to reach before St. Patricks Day Challenge ~March 17th.
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. REMEMBER: Even if your not a calorie counter Your more than welcome to join!The more the merrier & U can Join Anytime Even if we just got a day left~it's never to late to join a challenge!!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



:goodluck: TO EVERYONE :luck2you:

May We have a Lucky & Successful CHALLENGE!

Sorry for the late night start everyone~Had a super busy day today.

HUGS TO ALL~ & WELCOME TO ALL!!!

My goals...
1) Keep maintaining well.
2) keep toning
3) Try to be helpful whenever or If I can to anyone needing help.
4) Try to log on here more often & post more often during this challenge.
5) Last but not least~NEVER GIVE UP~STAY STRONG~ & BE AN EXAMPLE.

HUGS !!!

Lori259 Thanks for starting this Challenge. :hug: to you Lori259.

SW: 230.4 I've been off my plan for 5 days. :mad: Time to get back on my plan. I was down to 226.8 on 2/9/11. My GW: 215.6 CW: 223.4

Good Luck, Everyone!

I'd love to join the challenge!

My goal for St. Patrick's day is to make it below 250 lbs, which will also put at me at more than 10% of body weight lost. I've been hovering around 261 the past two days, but my official weigh-in is on Wed morning and I'll post a starting weight then.

This should be a real challenge for me with the travel I have scheduled next week!

I would like to join in.

My goal for St Patricks day is to make it into the 260's and to walk at least 1 mile every day.

I am at 280 today.

Larry,
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It is never too late to be who you might have been. ~George Eliot

2/23/2011 I have reached 275 which is half way in my St Patricks day weight challenge. I have missed a couple days walking a mile but have walked three miles on a few days.

Alright, after bouncing between 172 to 165 for the past two and a half months and allowing myself to go on ridiculous binges (like the one I just finished where I proceeded to eat about 1000 calories just because I wanted to eat the things I ate even though before I did, I was under my daily recommended calorie intake and, even worse, I wasn't actually hungry :mad:), I am signing up for this challenge!

I have been able to lose weight when sticking to my daily caloric intake and exercising. And I was able to control the binges last week so I know I can do both. So my goals will be:

1. Get down to 160 by completion of the challenge.
2. No extraneous snacking. Snacks are allowed but only if they fit in my daily allotted calorie intake.

This week will be tough as I am eating out 3-4 times. Thankfully 2 of those times are late lunches so I can probably still stick to daily allotted calories by combining lunch and dinners calories. Also, I've been starting to change up my workout routine so I'm hoping that will help kick start some weight loss.

I have seriously been considering moving into maintenance instead of trying to reach my original goal because I am happy with what I see in mirror. This challenge couldn't have come at a better time. While I'm sure I would continue to be happy with the way I look, there's no reason I shouldn't work harder to look better!

Looking forward to supporting the rest of the challengers. Good luck everyone!

My SW today is 191.
1. I would like to get down to at least 183 by St. Patty's Day.
2. I would also like to hopefully go down a pants size!
3. Exercise (30 day shred and speed walk with the dog) 6 days a week
4. Keep stay under my 1400 calorie goal (which I have done successfully since beg. of Jan)
5. Eat less sugar! (sour candy is my weakness)

YAY I'm so ready for another challenge!

My weight as of this morning is 64kg/141 pounds.
The 16th of March is the date my boyfriend and I will have been together for 3 years, so I'm making that my goal date, but I love these challenges so I can't pass it up!
I think by then I'd like to be 62kg/136.6 pounds (gosh that sounds like a small number). I know it's only a little over 4 pounds, but I'm trying to be realistic!
I'd like to keep up my good calorie counting and try to get in a little more exercise!
I'd also like to tame the cravings (or at least not give into too many of them!)

My starting weight today is 234

My goal is to be 220 by St.Patty's Day

Also I'm challenging myself to work our at LEAST 4 days a week for an hour each time.

And of course, to not go over on my calories!!!!!! :):):):)

Hi all, I would like to join your challenge! My starting weight today is 221 - which was 219 yesterday. It sucks when the scale moves in the wrong direction. :(

Many of you in this challenge already have such inspiring weight loss, and Lori, you look FANTASTIC!! I appreciate that you lost all that weight, manage 3 kids, and still find time to co-ordinate this challenge for the rest of us.

My goals: Control eating and exercise more. (too general, right?)
There are 4.5 weeks, so I'll aim for 8lbs.

I started getting on here in January, but got busy. I will also try waking up before my daughter to give me some time to post and take care of myself in the mornings.

Good luck everyone!

My starting weight this morning is 135.8.

My goals are:
1) To get to 132 by St. Patty's Day
2) Exercise 6 days/week - even if I can't get to the gym, do @ least 20 minutes at home
3) More strength training - at least twice/week
4) Eat more fruit - at least 2 servings/day

Looking forward to seeing everyone's progress!

I'm BAAAAAAAACK!!! Since this was my first challenge last year I will be doing what I did back then. Staying on plan and getting in my size 12 mint green suit (pants and jacket) that I should be in now.

I tried the whole weighing thing and it's time to get back to what I do best...measure.

I'm in for 10lbs!

I would like to lose 12lbs by St Patty's Day, my weight as of my last weigh in is 288.

I am so in!

SW: 189.6
Goal: 185.0 or lower...which makes me "just" overweight! This will be a big milestone for me...NO MORE OBESITY!!

So glad to see familiar faces and new ones as well! This is a great bunch of folks. Lori, thanks again for doing these challenges. They SO help me to stay focused and accountable!!

Definitely in!

My goal at the beginning of the year was to lose 20 total pounds by my birthday on 3.20. With the V-day challenge I lost 14, leaving only 6 until that time. But I think I will push myself for a total of 8 pounds.

SW: 192
Goal Weight: 184

Okay, getting things started on the right foot, making myself accountable. I have been aiming for 1250 calories a day so I'm going to stay there for now but will lower if I'm not losing. Decided on all my food for the day and have inputted it into my tracker to help things along. I typically kind of know what I'm going to have on a daily basis but I'm going to try to input a whole day prior to the start and see if it helps me stick. So:

- Breakfast: 1 servings of Rice Krispies (130), 1/2 banana (52-1/2), 1/2 cup Blue Diamond Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (22-1/2) and 1 packet of fat free hot cocoa mix in my coffee (25). 230 calories total.

- Lunch: 1 serving homemade red beans and rice (313), 1/2 serving baby carrots (17-1/2) and 1 container of light vanilla yogurt (80). 410-1/2 calories total.

- Dinner: 1 serving homemade lobster pasta (477) and 1 slice Sara Lee 45 calorie wheat bread sprayed with Pam, sprinkled with garlic powder and toasted (45). 522 calories total.

- Evening snack: 1 medium navel orange (64). 64 calories total.

1227 calories total for the day

I need to do some marketing for my business so in addition to my normal daily running around and gym time, I will be spending most of the afternoon walking around town. At the gym I'll do 10 minutes of random hill on the bike with 2 minutes of cool down, 8 minutes of constant speed on the the bike with 2 minutes of cool down, 14 minutes on the elliptical with 3 minutes of cool down and 5 minutes on the stair machine. Trying to add some variety to the gym workout to kick start this weight loss! :D

Looking forward to enjoying this lovely day (supposed to be 65 in Denver today :cb:) and kicking things off with a bang!

Hi everyone! I am glad I caught this early. I haven't done a challenge in awhile. I'm setting some lofty goals so I'll need to work hard!

1. Lose 10 pounds. Current weight 170.0. Goal 160.0
2. Keep working out 5 days a week.
3. Run 15 miles a week minimum
4. Stay on the healthy eating plan I have been following.

I'm excited. 10 pounds for me is going to be tough! The other three goals are things I have been doing successfully for over two week. So this is good motivation to keep it up. Well the 15 miles is a bit more than I've been running. But hey I'm getting stronger everyday!

My St Patty's Day Goal(s):

1) Stay between 1300-1500/day
2) Break into the 150's - CW (before V-Day weekend) 160; My goal will be 158, which doesn't sound like much, but the scale moves slowly for me --
3) No "cheat" days (over 1500 cal) until March 1st, scheduled cheat meal of Ethiopian Food and Beer that night!

Amy, Ethiopian, yum!! I live on Long Island and can't find it anywhere here, but always try to get it when I'm in Manhattan.

I'm in!

My goals ~
log my calories everyday
get back up to a 5k run (currently 1.5 miles)
get below 159 (currently 164)
planks! planks every single day and get to 3 repeats of the Holy Cow plank challenge

should be a fun one!

I have to get in on this one cause It will be my Birthday (St Patty's Day baby) and would like to be 10 lbs lighter. I think that would be a great present for myself:D Will post my weight Thursday.

Thanks for making this challenge! :)

My goals are:

To make the 2teens (I need to lose 11.6 lbs).
Add 15 more mins of cardio at the gym (at the moment I do 30 mins treadmill, 30 mins elliptical).
Complete 1/2 of Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred (15 days). At the moment I go to the gym 5 days a week, and looking to start Power 90. Shred will be extra! :)

Lori- thanks for the new challenge. I love your picture, your toning exercises are really working!

My goals are the same as always.

Exercise at least 30 min a day
Maintain at 108lbs, with 110lbs being my personal red line.
Eat clean at least 5 days a week
Cut down on overeating & still allowing myself some sweets.
Stop thinking of food all the time.
Try to enjoy life!

Rode the bike for 30min. Staying on plan for the last 2 days, so i should have this weight off in a week or so. When spring comes I'll be able to exercise outside and do yard work to keep my mind off food. Good luck to all!

I'm in!

I'm going to give myself a day to decide on a goal. :)

My goal for Mar. 17 is to be down six pounds from today, so 206

A quick nightly check in then off to Facebook for few then bed.~ WELCOME TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE RETURNED FOR ANOTHER CHALLENGE & THOSE WHO ARE NEW! WOW~LOOKS LIKE THIS CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE A GREAT ONE!

Vickielou~Hugs back at ya girl!

Amanda~These challenge helped me so much & when A friend that actually started them was unable to do them anymore I tried my best to continue them~THERE SO INPSIRATIONAL TO ME ALWAYS! ~HUGS TO YA!

Megems~Wow 14 pounds loss ~WAY TO GO GIRL~I AM SO PROUD OF U & EVERYONE ELSE THAT LOST! WAY TO GO!

Jiggle~A green suit would be so cute for St. patricks day ~u can do it!!!

Fruit~(Or as I call u cutesy fruitsy) I <3 U more each day! LOL ~your words always make me smile & feel spectacular! Now when I look as great as you do I will be in there. :)

EVERYONE ELSE~HUGS TO Y'ALL & GOODLUCK WITH YOUR GOALS! I am in a hurry My asthma is trying to act up & my hubby has the heat set like it is spring already(I WISH IT WAS SPRING) ~LMBO~Gotta love him! Anyways...off to fb for a quick check in then to bed. ~G'nite all~

Food wasn't perfect today. But I have logged 3 miles today and ran 8 yesterday.
Tomorrow I'll start off on the right breakfast and make it a good day. Tomorrow is a cross training day so I won't be logging miles. Hopefully today's too much at lunch won't show up on the scale in the am.

Ma26, at least you're very on track with exercise! I'm sure a little slip at lunch won't matter much in the big scheme of things. Keep up the great work!


So I've decided I'm going to aim for an even ten pound loss. I think it may be overly ambitious, but, I find big goals motivating. I'll be happy whatever I lose. My bigger goal is to stay on plan for the full challenge. On plan for me means daily walks, making healthy choices, counting every calorie and staying under 1600 calories per day.

February 16: 229
March 17: 219

Wish me luck!

So, yesterday I was traveling, and normally I am not good in airports. I was so good - walking rather than taking the trams, eating (fairly) healthy, etc. I was doing well - until dinner. :( Dinner alone probably had more calories than some of you consume for a whole day. And what made it worse - I had dessert. Why do I do it??

Well, after dinner, I told myself I had to walk 1000 steps in the hotel room. I only made it to 500, but I through in some ab work and felt a little better.

Since I am still not at home with the family, I tried to redeem myself by going to the gym this morning. Woohoo!! I walk/jogged (ok, mostly walked) 5K and did a little upper body work. Followed by a fairly healthy breakfast, I am off to a good start.

Good luck to the rest of you, and have a wonderful day!! I'll even try calorie counting with you all once I return home. (Meanwhile, I need to focus on this interview!)

Tuesday: 1435 calories. No exercise :-(

DH had to work OT and didn't get home until 10, which is also when my gym closes. They discontinued the evening child care. I thought about doing some strength training @ home, but had done a full-body workout Monday - really wanted some cardio. Now he's got to go out again tonight - gonna try to sneak in half an hour at the gym before he goes.


amanda, travelling is very rough. Look how much better you're doing overall and the way you're thinking carefully about your options - most people don't give this stuff a second thought. Hope everyone has a great day!

HAPPY DAY!!! For those of you from the Vday Challenge: I was able to speak with my mom last night and she sounds magnificent!! She's been eating and we were able to have a short conversation. No random statements but an actual conversation!!! YAY GOD!!!

I had a great day yesterday calorie wise. I didn't workout but I got it today. I'm feeling really good today...in case you couldn't tell.

Day 1 - over my top calories (1500) by 6, but I'm pretty sure I over-estimated portions when I used FitDay, so I'm counting it as an on plan day!

Day 2 - Here we go!

Jiggle: so glad to hear your mom is doing better!!

Yesterday wasn't the best. Another conference night, which means a 12 hour day, so no exercise. Also went over on my calories by about 200 (darn cookies were just too tempting!) So today I will start fresh!

Day 1 was a success despite the after affects of my binge the night before. My body let me know all day yesterday that it was not happy with what I had done. :mad: So much so that I think I may be able to make binges a thing of the past. :crossed: Anyways, achieved my food and fitness goals even though I was running late for the gym, very productive day professionally and over all, just a great day! :cb:

On to day 2! I have lunch plans with a friend today and don't know where we are going. I will more than likely drink so I'm committed to making smart decisions about food. Just have breakfast and depending on how late we meet, possibly a light snack:

- Breakfast: 1 serving of lower sugar maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal (120), 1/2 banana (52-1/2) and 1/2 cup Blue Diamond Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (20). 192-1/2 calories total.

- Snack: 1 medium navel orange (64) and 1/2 serving dry roasted almonds (75). 139 calories total.

- Lunch: TBD

- Dinner: I can almost guarantee that if we go to lunch late and I eat something filling, I won't eat dinner. I'm typically very full. But if I am hungry, will reach for a piece of fruit and cereal (if I'm really hungry).

332 calories total for far

Wednesday is typically my day off from the gym but if I get home in enough time before the gym closes, I'll head over today (gym is closed Friday and Monday so I should shift my Friday workout to today). If I make it to the gym, I'll do the same workout as yesterday.

Have a great Wednesday everyone...halfway to the weekend!!! :cheer2:

Ish- I'm with you on big goals. I don't know if I could possibly lose 10 pounds in just over a month. But sometimes if inset goals that are easier it turns a switch in my head that says "if your really good you could lose that five pounds im just two week. Why not worry about being on plan tomorrow". The excuses we make! Anyways ten pounds means everyday needs to be serious and on plan. And like you said, any loss would make me happy.

Had anyone else noticed that certain weights always result in stalls? Sadly I have yo-yo'd up and down right around where I'm at and everytime I've lost I stall within a pound of 170.

OK, starting weight for this challenge is 260.4 lbs. It will be a miracle if I get below 250! I think I'll be happy if I get to 252 - my 10% loss goal.

I'm travelling for 5 days next week and am super worried about staying on plan during my trip. I think it's GREAT that you were able to get right back on track this morning. Good luck with the rest of the trip - and the interview!!