Hi Everyone! I am in! Life has been crazy for me these last couple of months. My good habits built along the way have helped me maintain my loss but I am ready to stop maintaining and begin losing again. What better way to get refocused than a cc challenge?
I am pretty good about working out. I still work out several times a week doing more challenging strengthening workouts, things like side-planks I couldn't do after my last surgery (whohoo!) . I do need to bump up my cardio b/c I don't do quite as much as I did. I have been maintaining my ticker weight +/- 2-3 lbs for a while now and it's time to see some more progress.
So I am challenging myself to:
1) be more consistent about tracking calories, calories somewhere around 1600-1750
2) keep up my workouts and add in a little more cardio
3) re-prioritize my needs so I don't lose track of them while caring for the needs of others, this has been hard to manage lately, it's a long story
My new goal focus that I've been daydreaming about recently is hitting the beach next summer in a monokini!
So Thank You for starting up this challenge! I am happy and excited to gift myself some more loss for Christmas!
My goals:
-Get out of the 170's (so 169.9, I guess...ha!)
-Exercise at least 5 days/week, keep up with my weight training
-Stay under 1600/cals at least 5 days/week (allow a little higher on weekends--1800-1900ish)
-Log calories 90% of the time (allow for an occasional "no count" day for Christmas parties, etc.)
This worked for me for the last challenge and I was able to reach my goal. My rate of loss is slow these days and I may think of tweaking some things come January...but I'm not really ready to shake things up too much over the holidays.
Today is kind of a "re-start" day for me. Of course I gave myself a "pass" for Thanksgiving day itself, but I've been overindulging more than I would have liked the last couple of days too. My first official WI day is Friday. Hope to still be 174!
Looks like some great goals! Welcome back to the regulars and a big welcome to the newbies!!
Last edited by NorthernExposure; 11-27-2011 at 11:04 AM.
Goal:
*lose 1 lb. per week
*get my 5 days of exercise in
*count calories diligently (except for special days, such as Christmas & New Years)
*stay within 1800-2000 calories a day
I am in also. Had my last Thanksgiving dinner last night. Goals are as follows:
1.) Walk with Leslie at least 4 times per week
2.) Lose 1.5# per week
3.) Stay within my calorie limit everyday except, Christmas day, and one meal the week before for my families anual get together.
I count my calories faithfully every day. My plan now is to lose up to 1 pound a week.
And I need to continue my daily walks through the wind and rain and blinding snow.
Maybe I can lose 4 pounds before Christmas. We'll see how that goes with all the tempting Holiday Food this year!
Then the First of the Year I start on my 2012 diet.....sigh... this seems to go on forever... ...
Here's hoping we all see some losses!
Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands -
and then eat just one of the pieces.
~ Judith Viorst ~
*Lose atleast 10 pounds by the 31st
*work out for 30minutes straight.
*I want to loose 2 pounds a week
*stay within 1800-2000 calories a day
*Not feel guilty about eating holiday goodies
Jen: I went over again yesterday too. This holiday weekend has been a challenge, that's for sure! But Monday is here, and hopefully the old routine will help us get back on track.
Jiggle: So I was inspired by your clothes story last week and I decided to try on a pair of size 12 jeans this weekend. Would I wear them in public? No, but I did get them zipped and buttoned! I look forward to shopping for yet another smaller size on my next "wardrobe update". (Man, I will be so glad when I finally get to my final size....buying new clothes every few months gets expensive.)
Well, ladies....if you went astray this weekend (like I did), today is a new day and a new week...let's do this!
Good Monday Morning!!!
We are going to have fun this season. This past weekend was out of control...that's the best way for me to describe it. We had Thanksgiving dinner and celebrated my niece's birthday. So I've been eating and drinking more alcohol this weekend than I have the entire year. Shameful but today I'm ready for my regimen so I can get rid of what I'm sure I gained this weekend and my 5lbs for this challenge. This is my favorite time of the year and according to my Dr. enjoy this season. Not that I will listen to that on a day to day basis. I have to "Get My Life Together"!!!
So for today I'm going to be 1200 on point and healthy calories. I figure on the days that I'm not at an event I will be strictly on plan...I got rid of all the junk food that was at the house this weekend so I won't be tempted unnecessarily.
Let's make this week a recovery week and the next few weeks productive!!
Northern - So glad I could inspire you and I was laughing at myself because I got rid of my too big clothes and now I have no room to gain or my pants will be too tight. Then I will have to wear dresses in the cold...I don't care for wearing dresses in the summer so I have to keep it together.
Looks like we have lots of new people joining us this time around. Check in frequently and you'll get motivated, encouraged as well as you can motivate and encourage. We have lots of fun in this group!!
Hey ladies, well I turned that one day of Thanksgiving into a cheat leftover weekend. Oops. But, I'm not worried about it, I'm just gonna keep on going!
I would like to lose 10 pounds by Christmas and get out of the 60's finally. I've been hanging on in this spot for soooo long that I think it'll be my Christmas gift to myself if I get to the 50's. I also want to re-focus on working out and make that a priority.
I'd like to join the challenge too. I little extra accountability during the holiday's is good for me!! I went up by 2 over Thanksgiving but haven't changed my ticker. Current weight: 194.
Goals:
1) be in the 180's by Christmas...preferably 188
2) log my calories consistently
3) Enjoy the season w/o indulging in every food placed before me
4) Guilt Free Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
Hey everyone!
It’s nice to see so many new faces Welcome to all of you!
I’m staying OP and got in an hour long walk Friday and Saturday, since I was looking after my parents’ puppy. Took a break Sunday, but went out for half an hour today. So I’m keeping up with that so far We’ll see how well I do once it starts snowing. I’ve been feeling icky and bloaty from pms for almost 2 weeks now and I’m basically counting down the days until my TOM comes (really the opposite of how I normally feel about my TOM, but I just want to feel normal again). But hey, maybe it means I’ll have a big post-TOM whoosh? Here’s hoping
Jiggle: It can be tough to get out of that Thanksgiving indulgence mentality, especially with a family birthday right afterwards. But it sounds like you’re back on plan and geared up for the Christmas season!
Northern: Yay for fitting into those 12s! I’ve been thinking about Jiggle’s story too, and I’m wondering how far away I am from size 10s… I might have to check that out next time I’m at the mall.
northern, I like your attitude, we can start over fresh each day. I have a pair of size 12s, I periodically put on, and zip, and marvel that i would NEVER wear them in public yet. However, they zip and button--so that is a start.
sparkle, yay for being oP even during TOM.
2135 calories--which is within range.--but God was I hungry today. It was soo hard not to eat another helping of meat or spaghetti for dinner, but I am pretty sure that was my body trying to maintain. I wish my breast feeding supply would just dig into my fat and use that mess up for the milk for my little guy. It would make it so much easier, and I would be less hungry!
JIggle, I know what you mean by out of control--me tackling that piece of pecan pie was Ooc.
Hi all! to everybody!! It looks like there's some great goals!
My goals this time around are:
-get back to 151, since I don't think I'm there right now. I'm not weighing in until Friday.
-Just get back on track. These last few weeks have been nutso, and I just want to get back to normal!
-Keep working on my running, yesterday I did w4d2! (It felt good and I didn't feel like I was dying! YAY!) MIL and I just joined a local gym. It's pretty cheap, $8/month each! Anyway...I want to work on going there at least 3 days a week.
I hope everyone is doing well! I'll check in later chickies!!
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to everybody!! It looks like there's some great goals!
