Bootyliciouse(spelling?) Challenge
 

I'm new and I really wanted to start a challenge and get to know some people on here. I thought a 2 pound per week challenge would be good because it's practical. We can support eachother 100% until we all reach our goal weights. My person goals are to eat a few small healthy meals throughout the day:carrot: , drink 10 glasses of water(crystal light) a day and to exercise 5 times a week. NO SKIPPING WORKOUTS. I just got a tai bo dvd as well as a fat blasting yoga one so it should be interesting.
I also thought it would be nice if we could all post what we ate for the day, how long we worked out and how we feel in general, but if you dont wanna post these thing we dont have to. I had an awful binging day today so I will be starting tomarrow. Since I will be starting tomarrow, Thursdays will be my weigh in. Well I hope we get a large group in here but if not thats cool too. I just really hope we can all be here for eachother and stay supportive. I'm not that strong so I will definatly need the support. Even though I didn't start today I will give the first post as an example I guess. By the way my name is Shy and I can't wait to meet you all.:hug:

Ok I'll start tomarrow. Today was BAD.
 

O everyone so here's how the day was for me. I woke up this morning thinking I was going to start my diet when I suddenly kind of got depressed and didn't even try. I actually binged.

Breakfast: 4 peices of bacon, 2 hash browns and 1 fried egg
snack: 100 calorie popcorn
Lunch: 2 fried burritos
snack2: pack of yogo's (chewy kid snacks)
Dinner:4 peices of pizza, 1 bread stick.
Drinks: maybe only 2 glasses of crystal light.
Feeling: fat and depressed, scared I'll always be big.:(

I really hope someone joins tomarrow and help me out. lol.

Challenge Accepted
 

Hi Shy. My name is Laura. I just joined this website, and so far I'm really enjoying it. Actually, I specfically joined because of your challenge. I have been looking for someone to help me get motivated, but most importantly, I need someone to help keep me motivated. 2 pounds a week seems like a really reasonable goal. I also need to drink more water, but I also need to start exercising. I want to swim as part of my exercise, but I need to work toward that. So, tonight I started walking. It wasn't far (1km) and it wasn't fast (20min) but it was more than I have done in a long time. I ate horribly today, but now that I have a challengew I hope tomorrow will be more.. enlightening?!:) I will log in in the morning, hope to see you there. I'm thinking about getting a yahoo IM, if you would like to chat more one on one.

Hi Laura and thanks for joining, wow it seems like this is the perfect challenge for you too. I'm trying to motivate myself to try the new yoga dvd I bought. I absolutly hate diet and exercise so all of this will be a challenge for me.
Ya you should get yahoo IM and we could chat a little easier. Oh and if you don't me asking, how much weight are you wanting to lose? Good luck today and I'll be back this evening to post how I did.

Shy,
Thanks so much. I'm not up on all this internet stuff, but I'll will private message you what I think is my yahoo IM id...

I also have a yoga dvd. I like a lot of the gentle strching exercises, but I am too big to be comfortable in some of the poses (downwad dog kills me!). I will also log on tonight to keep you posted on how I'm doing.

All the best in your success.

SHY count me in this is right up my alley since i want to look bootylicious in a swimsuit by may1
so today i've had
B~1/2 cup snap peas 1/2 cup cherry tomatos and 2oz of sharp cheese
L~whole wheat bread turkey and chesse pickles and onions w light mustard only

Hi godess and welcome wow what great healthy meals you've had so far today, makes me feel totally ashamed of what I've eaten today.
B: tea, 2 peices of pizza
S:chocolate silk pie.
L: 2 pieces of pizza
drinks: 1 glass of crystal light and my breakfast tea

I'm going to try and not eat anything for dinner. I can't believe I ate all that gross stuff today, I was motivated and I lost it.
I need to go look at some victoria secret pics for some thinspiration.

Congrats to everyone who is having a good day today and I'll be back this evening to check in.

Hi Michelle.

Well, I guess you guys are already starting to motivate me. I've had what I consider to be a pretty good dieting day, but compared to you two, I eat like a pig. I know my body has different requirements (being as I weigh almost as much as both of you combined!)
B- 2 pieces whole wheat toast with lite pb
L - 3 mini pizzas topped
S - 2 rice krispy treats
D - 8 oz meatloaf, 1 slice ww bread
W - 1.5 L
E - 1/2 mile walk

kind of depressing, but yet my walk is most important to me right now. I feel good because I kicked my butt out the door.

Shy: how was the yoga video?
All the best in your success for tomorrow!

Thanks Shy so are you following anything ? i mean diet wise? i think the easiest is calorie counting ? i started weight watchers and still am doing it just watching carbs as well as hard as that is for me
but shy dont give up if you dont want to follow anything then just try smaller more freq meals
but as for me yeah im pretty gung ho right now LOL
i have my bad very bad days
we can do this together
And GOOD FOR YOU LAURA on the walk

Ok today was a total disaster. I am motivated for tomarrow, I think it will be good. I just know I'm gonna need a lot of support. I hate counting calories I just eat what I know is healthy and eat small portions. I didnt even do yoga this morning. It's harder then it looks. So here goes...
EverythingI had today
B: 2 peices of pizza and chocolate silk pie
L: 2 peices of pizza
D: chinese food (a lot)
Drink: 2 glasses of crystal light, tea, 1 pepsi
E: none, exept I went to Ross and walked around there a while.

O.k so I have to believe I can do this tomarrow and stay positive and get on here when I feel like I wanna eat. Thanks everyone for the support. Congrats to those who had a good day and better luck tomorrow for those like me who had a bad one.

Shy, At the risk of sounding like Rob Schneider - YOU CAN DO IT! (insert sneer and bad accent here!) Take it one meal at a time. Concentrate on having a healthy breakfast - it's ok to throw out the leftover pizza, and maybe pack yourself a lunch. If you can eat a healthy breakfast, that's the first hurdle. Only 5 more challenges in the day - 2 more meals, 2 snacks, and some exercise. Just take it all in little steps - one tiny goal at a time to make it to the end of the day.

This sounds silly, but I reward each meal that is acceptable with a smiley face sticker in my food journal. I get a gold star when I exercise. It's justa little something to keep me smiling, and keep me focused on the positive. Seeing 5 happy faces a day makes me smile. And even if it's only 3 faces a day, I still won three battles. Maybe you could find something like that to keep you going.

Goddess: Thanks for the hurrah - I guess I need to know that someone thinks I am accomplishing something.

I am so thankful to have found this site.

Keep up the good work girls, and remember, help and support are just an email or post away.

All the best in your success!

Laur I love that you are so positive it truly helps. Today is a new day and I feel like it will be a good one. I have a really big life decision to make right now and I think that's why I've been eating like I have. I hope to see you guys here later this evening posting what ya ate and how ya did. REMEMBER TO DRINK A LOT OF WATER. Good luck to everyone today.
I'm surprised we havn't had more ladies join, this an awsome group.

Good morning shy and laura im feel pretty good this morning i lost 2 1/2 lbs this week (my ticker is wrong im now 182.5) i was 184.9 last week
well im eating the same thing as yesterday for breakfast ( im a ceature of habit LOL) if it's not broke dont fix it is my motto LOL
well i only did 20 mins of pilates last night i just wasnt feeling it
I'll check in later

Shy: Major life decisions can be very difficult to cope with. Please remember that food is not a cope - it's a cop -out! Walking (even slowly) clears the brain fog and gives you some time to yourself to acheive inner stability. Please don't let one life decision interfere with another - with your decision to be in charge of your life and body.

Goddess - Way to go! I wish I knew how to insert smiley here...

This is only my third day op and online, so I haven't weighed myself again yet. I used to weigh myself every day, almost every hour... When I got married last September and moved in with DH, I left the scale at my mom's. This way I get to visit with her (but not too often! lol) and I don't obsess.

Today has been good so far:
B- Bowl of Accapella cereal (stawberry and yogurt - oh so good!) with skim milk
S- none
L- large green salad with baked boneless/skinless chicken breast. I make my own dressing - canola oil and balsamic vinegrette with McCormick's greek spice - also I pepper my chicken before baking to add some zip in the salad.
S - is going to be another chicken breast with rice and green beans - DH is so happy that I'm actually cooking for him (otherwise it would be hotdogs and mac and cheese if left to his own devices.
W- so far so good (bought a Brita dispenser today!)
E- Slim in 6 dvd - Start it up portion.

Alright, that's it for now - I'll log in later to let you know if I stayed on track.
BTW: Last night I did an extra walk! I did 1 mile yesterday! (it's way too cold and windy to go out today! - Welcome to Canada in winter!)

Best wishes both of you.

All the best in your success!

Wow Laura it seem like you're doing so great, your salad dressing sounds yummy.

Godess congrats on the 2 pound lost. And I only did 15 minutes of yoga so you beat me with your 20 minutes of pilates.

I'll log in later this evning to post what I ate today and such.
Talk to ya soon my bootiliciouse chicks!!!

thanks ladies and way to go laura dang you just a little walkin' machine these days huh well tonight im just not feeling it for exercise i may not get it in im draggin butt right now and im still at work LOL so im gonna cook speggtti tonight i guess this will be my cheat night i've kinnda cheated alot today i ate WAYYYY too many smarties darn i love those things
well just so you know i dont have any internet at home but i am working tomarrow morning just so you know i wont be posting sunday
i'll talk to you later
Michelle

I'm in. I'm already curvy so I want to keep those curves but I want to be healthier and look really good in the bikini this year

Today:

b: nutritional drink and 1 cup yogurt
l: apple, yogurt and 1 serving of walnuts (3 miniture pieces of chocolate) I don't get a formal lunch break so I eat what I can quickly.
d: turkey and corned beef sandwich on whole wheat bread and a glass of OJ

I've been drinking water all day and an hour ago, I finished up a 60 min workout including 30 mins on the step machine, 300 cruches (200 regular, 100 side), 25 push ups, 50 squats.

Well, since I posted that, I had some nuts as a snack. And I forgot to post that I had two philly soft pretzels today. Those soft pretzels are worth 600 :o calories on fitday!

Today was a rather light day. When I'm at work, I work with a child that I have to be with for 6 hrs and I can't really get anything to eat so I go for quick and light foods and I snack at least every two hours. I eat at least 1200 calories each day. I'm striving for 1300 calories.

Hi everyone. Well it sounds like everyone did alright today but could have done better, like myself.

Sexybrokechic welcome to the challenge you'll love it here. It sounds like you did really well with your exercises.

Laura, just curiouse why ya didn't post what you ate today and your exercises and stuff. It's no biggie, just wandering. Don't worry about sounding like a mother hen, you've been giving good advice that we all need to hear.

Godess you've been doing really good lately, so it makes me a lil sad that you're gonna go for the spaghetti tonight, I'm not gonna say too much though, ya'll know how bad I've been doing here lately. Treat yourself to a pretty gift instead of a fattening meal. You deserve it.

B: 1 peice WW bread with peanut butter
S:none
L: 3 peices of orange chicken and 1 cup fried rice
S: 1/2 hot pocket
D:huge salad with regular ranch, chicken, a lot of pasta and a lot of corn bread. (did really bad at dinner)
Drinks: Not near enough water but some and I had some nestea.
E: a little yoga this morning

I hope all is good tomorrow for us all. I think the diet part will be good for me. Since it's the weekend and my fiance is home from work it will be hard for me to do any yoga or tai bo (too too embarrassing) I'll try and fit something else in.

Good luck tomorrow ladies and remember if you need some extra support or just someone to talk to just ask. I know I will, lol.

BTW we're suppose to be weighing in once a week, the day you weigh in is the day you joined this group right. I know my weigh in day is Thurday What's all of yours?

Shy - I guess I log on at weird hours: the salad and chicken was what I ate yesterday: today is my third day in the challenge. I will be online later to let you know how I did.
I do have to amend yesterday's log though:
S - was not the original chicken I planned. My mom invited me to dinner and we had a Donair - think gyro - and a big salad.
E - I did the Slim in 6 video
Snack: sigh. I ate a big bowl of cereal right before bed.

Nighttime snacking is my worst enemy.

Well, time to go grab breakfast. My mom is moving in with me today, so I have to help lug furniture around some more. One day I'll be able to do these things without worrying that I'm going to put my back out.

Hope everyone has a terrific day! Talk to you tonight.

All the best in your success!

Good morning everyone.
I hope that today will be good for us all, I know weeknends are hard because of going out and family dinners. My fiance always wants to go aout and eat on the weekends that makes it a little harder on me to make healthy choices.
Healthy and thin wishes to you all today. I'll post later to let ya'll know how I did.

Ok, today was bad.
I didn't do any formal exercise - although I did a zillion staircases with heavy boxes and furniture.
B- bowl of accapella cereal - maple nut with skim milk
L- roasted chicken - drumstick, thigh and 1/2 breast, 1/2 cup store bought coleslaw, 2 buns with marg
S- 2 apple strudels
D- 1 cup mashed potatoes with sour cream and bacon bits, 1 cup curry chicken casserole, and 1/6 of an apple crumble pie.

Well, tomorrow is another day. I will definitely go for a walk - I feel sluggish tonight because of all the poison in my body!

Hope everyone else did better!

Good morning girls, sorry for not posting last night. I guess I'll do it now
Laura, the stair cases sounds like exercise to me. Today will better for you because you say so we control the food, it doesn't control use. This is a tough thing for me

B:none
S:maybe 1 cup gold fishh crackers, with my son.
L1 peice of lasagna
D: 2 steak tacos w/ corn tortillas rice and beans
Drinks: Did I drink any water?

I could have definatly done without the lasagna and tacos. Today will be even worse, we have a family bbq.
Well wish me luck today and I'll be sending thin wishes to all of you. I'll be back tonight hopefully, the bbq is out of town. If not then I'll late ya'll know tomorrow.

Good morning
I just thought I'd check in and say Hi. It doesn't look like anyone has posted yet what they had yesterday. I did so bad I don't even wanna say.

B: chipoltle ciabatta fron jack in the bos with curly fries
S: Rondele garlic and hearb cheese with a bunch of crackers, I aslo had some tortilla chips and salsa
L:none
D:2 grilled checken legs, no skin, a small salad reg ranch. I also had 2 peices of this peanut butter and chocolate ice cream pie.

Hvan'y eaten anything yet today. We'll see how it goes. I wish you guys the best today.

Ugh.
 

Yeah, I don't want to post what I ate yesterday - it's embarrissing and disgusting - I was having a very hungry day. Also, I didn't do ANY exercise.

Definitely not an OP day for me. :sumo: :eating2: :frypan:

Today is a little better. It started out bad -

B- 4 pieces toast with pb and j
L- I finished the half bag of chips I didn't eat yesterday..., plus almost 1 cup of dip..
W- up to 1 L so far

Planning on chili for supper tonight - plenty of protein and good carbs.

Now for the good news:

Curves sent out a flyer asking for 50 volunteers to participate in a 21 day study - you work out 3x a week for 3 weeks (for free, with a trainer) and I was accepted as a participant. I had my first workout today. I feel great. I love the circuit training set up. Plus, they told me that for the next 21 days, I can use the gym as much as I want - not just the 3x a week! Yeah! I'm going to go every day while I can. 21 days is not too long - I can stick with it!

Well, I'll post again tonight and let you know how I did for the rest of the day.

Keep it up girls!

Wow Laura. I wanna free gym member ship ): lol
well tady wasnt good but it wasn't as bad as some of the others

B:none
L: santa fe chicken salad, have no idea how many cals that is
D: like 6 buscuits with sugar and cinnimon

Hope to hear from you all tomorrow and see how ur doin. BTW I havn't lost even 1 pound yet. Weigh in for me is this Thursady. I know if I really try hard I could lose 2 pounds by then.

Morning ladies sorry i was MIA for so long
yes i did eat the spegtti :frypan: oh well it was good and i have to admit this or else i wouldn't be completely into the challenge if i didnt SO PLEASE feel free to kick me beat me slap me around
I havent worked out since last thursday :dunno: i just didnt have it in me i mean i havent given up actully im soooooo ready for tonight Tae-bo again
and as for food
b~ chesse and cherry tomato's
S ?
L?
s?
D~ baked chicken breast with some white rice
And i drink tonsssss of water daily so thats not an issue for me
thank you ladies for hanging in there with me i have been on other challenge threads but i enjoy this one the most
talk to you later
Michelle H

Oh yeah and my weigh in's are on friday i'll let you know this week hoe GREAT i did (fingers crossed)

Welcome back godess. You seem motivated, that's great. I also had a little boost of motivation this morning. It's around noon and so far I've had a spinach salad with, cheese,cucumbers and baked skinless chicken on it. I plan on having maybe another salad for lunch with boiled eggs and chicken. I'm trying to get more protien. And Godess I am also looking forward to tai bo tonight. It's been a while since I've done it but I really like it. You feel so good working up the sweat and when I'm done I'm always in a good mood. I'll be back this evening to laet ya'll know how I did. Oh and can one tell me if one gallon of water is a good amount to drink a day.

Hey Goddess - Welcome back!

Shy - I think 1 gallon is about 4 L - 16 cups. You are definitely meeting your water goal - be careful and make sure your output is the same - you don't want to "drown" your kidneys.

I was in the hospital this past summer with a really serious illness. The doctor put me on IV fluids as well as I was drinking tons because the air in hospital is so dry. I ended up gaining 45 lbs in 4 days. All water weight. Because I'm big to start with, the doctor told me the scale was wrong - the nurses weren't weighing me properly! He couldn't "see" 45 lbs of water, even when I showed him my new stretch marks. Anyways, long story short - I was drowning my kidneys - they couldn't keep up. I was put on restricted liquids and a water pill, and I ended up losing all the weight in 3 days - after living on the toilet - peeing my brains out!

So really, just be careful that you are getting enough output.

Today was super great for me.
B- 1.5 cups accappella cereal with skim milk
L - 3 cups salad with s/l b/l chicken breast
S- 1 med apple
D- 2 cups f.f chili
E: 1/2 circuit training at Curves :carrot:
W: 6 cups so far

Hope everyone has a fantabulous day tomorrow!

All the best in your success

Thanks ladies well last night i did 50 mins of cardio WOW that's alot i did a new video i picked up it's by Prevention it called gone in 30 i gues they mean 30 day's LOL because it has 2 workouts 25 mins each
then i made mustard and terriaki chicken breat baked with a whole can of green beans it was goodddddd
well this morning im gonna have my usual chesse and cherry tomatos
and laura i didnt know that too much water could make you gain? I know here locally someone just died because of water overdose she was doing a competion for a local radio staion and was trying to win a netindo Wii for her kids it was really sad
shy good for you on the water but i think we need to listen to laura dont over do it
i'll check in later
Michelle

Hi ladies well, my weigh in is tomorrow and I know I didn't make the 2 pound weight loss. This makes me really sad. This morning was awful I had a pankake , 2 peices of sausage and 2 hash browns. I knew it was bad for me and to tell ya the truth I wasn't even enjoying the food that much. I don't know why I just sat there and ate it. I tell myself everyday to exercise and I don't it's like I have no will power and I'm so weak. What is wrong with me. I truly do want to lose the weight really bad. Thre has gotta be something wrong with me, I mean I am only 19 years old there is no excuse for me to not exercise. Maybe I'm just lazy I duuno. I know that I am a food addict I have to be, because I eat when I'm not even hungy or I can be stuffed to the point that my stomach hurts but I'll keep eating because it tastes good or just feels good to be eating. Somethings gotta change with me.

Awww Shy hang in there and to tell you the truth i do the same thing i always start out strong but sabotage myself sometimes daily you have to remember it's kinnda like AA "one day at a time " i fall off then get back on the next morning, easier said then done ? of course but lets do this together im no where near where i wanted to be by feb 1, but im not giving up i just bought a house (1st one) and it has a pool and i really set my goal to look half way decent in board shorts and top
talk to you later
Michelle

Laura How you doing??

Ok I dunno how this happened but this morning I weighed in and I LOST THE 2 POUNDS!!! I know it could be water weight or any number of things, I'm just so happy that the scale went down for me today. It really is a great motivator to see it go down even just a little. I really feel great. Most of all I love to see that my weight ticker has moved. Anyways I know I have a long long way to go but I wanna be happy for just today. Thanks for all of the support and just taking the time to listen to my let offsteam and a little sadness when I need to. I'll be back later to let you all know how I did today with my eating.
Oh one reason I know I was doing so bad for a while is because I had a lot of bad food in my house and not a whole lot of healthy stuff. We do the grocery shopping every 2 weeks. Well this weekend is grocery shopping time and I know I'm gonna have a hay day in the produce section. No junk food, because if I buy it I know I will eat, I'm not strong enough yet to say no when it right in my face in the comfort of my home. So ladies don't even bring the junk home, leave it in the store. We don't need it and neither does the rest of our family. YEAH IM 150. I'll be seeing the 140's soon.

:carrot: :carrot: DOING THE HAPPY DANCE congrats shy i hope mines as good as yours tomarrow

Ok maybe I'm just imagining this but I don't think any of us are posting as much as we should be. I think it's important to do it so we can all stay on track and support eachother. Anyways I think I'm doing all right I just need to eat more often I think. I usually don't eat breakfast and then eat 1 other thing that might not be so healthy. So Umm I'll try and remember what I had yesterday.

B: some gold fish crackers, lol
L: sauted (spelling?) zuccini in olive oil
D: 1 grilled steak burrito from taco bell
S: before bed I had 2 cupcakes

I know it doesn't sound good but I've done a whole lot worse. I'll try and come back later this evening to let ya'll know how I did today.

Thanks shy for pointing that out i was thinking the same thing
as for yesterday i weighed in and im up 2 again NO CLUE WHY? i eat right exercised did everything the same that i did the week before and gained the 2 lbs that i had lost im really not feeling motivated anymore this suck's royal A** i want to be on track of 2 lbs a week but nope i just cant seem to do it
i dont know what's wrong with me maybe im doomed to be fat the rest of my life
sigh i'll check in later
hugs
michelle

hey, i was wondering if its too late for me to join. i would like to join until i get to my goal weight of 124. my first goal is to be under 150 by april 4th, my bday. then i would like to be 124 by summer. i want to be able to be in a bikini next to my sister in law and feel good about myself. i want to be able to go out with friends and not think that everyone in the room is seeing me as the fat friend. i want to walk into a room and know everyone is looking at me cause i am sexy rather than a fat cow. thats what i would really like.

i'll be back in tomorrow. :)