Congrats to kt & Nina!!!! Way to go, ladies!!!

I am VERY pleased to say that I am down 2 pounds today! and as far as the mini plan, I am 8/10 Not too shabby! Snow, thanks again for this challenge, and for the mini June one, it is helping me sooooo much to get back on track!

Yesterday was another movie day for me. We went to see Ocean's Thirteen (GREAT flick, btw) Before the film we went to lunch, and the friend who was supportive last week was trying to get me to taste his chili cheese fries. I kept saying no, and his wife finally was like "Stop asking her" and he said "No, the more I ask, the more she proves to herself that she's steong enough to say no." LOL Did I mention he's a little twisted in his supportiveness?

Hope everyone else had a great weekend and has a good check in this morning.

Have a great day!

Strawberry- we posted at the same time LOL CONGRATS on the 4 pound loss!!! That's terrific! Don't get stressed by the pound difference, there are a lot of reasons for the discrepinsies. You are doing great!

ya perfect timings bridget i figured out the weight gain its because of my milk im so full today which is good for the baby

What a week. 3 Birthdays.
The June challenge is a bust.
I havent checked in here all week.

I did fine the first birthday, June 1st, stayed on points, exercised. My husband wanted Claim Jumper for dinner,,, that was really hard.

June 4, birthday #2. Daughter wanted homemade butter cake, and Red Robin. Ate frozen grapes while frosting cake, then later that night, LOST IT.
Why when we have a little slip do we let things get crazy??

Sons birthday June 8. Black Bear diner, another cake. What diet? I totally ignored points, this site, etc.
I am back for Monday weigh in, and ready to face the consequences. I am up 2 lbs................ 166

Usually this is the point where I just quit for a while, so am hoping to jump right back in there.

Hi all:

well after my 5 lb loss last week I am up a pound! I was 10/10 and I did lotsa extra exercise, at one point this week I was down a pound. So I figure it is just my body balancing out after my big woosh last week.

It is so great hearing about how everyone is doing and I especially appreciate hearing from those of you who had a tough week--it means you are ready to get back on the wagon and get going. On the last challenge I had the same problem --Luxor and Nina were there to cheerlead me and I think it was working on it and still coming back that finally got me to the place where I am highly motivated!

Barb--dont even think about quitting--so you had a bad week--birthdays are hard! Just get back on the wagon and keep going--the two pounds will disappear in no time. Just check out Luxors posts--she strayed from the plan and now is back on and is 2lbs down plus she is 8/10--we dont expect perfection just perserverance! Keep going on both challenges--we are here to root for you!!

Strawberry: great job on the loss! you had a nice woosh. what is your secret?

Luxor: you did it! you went right back on plan and now you not only have lost weight but you are 8/10!! Fantastic! Keep it up and thanks for all the support the last challenge!

Nina: great job on being 9/9. one pound is so great when you are close to your goal. I thought of you this week cause I did a lot of gardening--I even put in some tomato plants even tho they usually dont do that well--thought I would give it a try.

Kt: great job on the one pound loss--keep going each pound is a hard struggle as well as staying on plan--hope your back is better.

Helpmelose: good to hear from you--dont worry--just keep posting and let us know how you are doing, it will all come together!

Have a great week everyone--we have 12 more to go and a LOT can change in that time--just think--we could be gaining a bunch of weight in this time period instead of working on ourselves!

hi
well snow my SECRET this week was staying on plan and as i told u earlier that im breastfeeding my baby exclusively i mean she doesnt know how to drink from a bottle and for that i have of eat lots of proteins so i try to eat 1-2 eggs in the morning n for lunch i eat some grilled chicken or chicken patties FRIED with some lettuce n sometimes cucumbers n horseradish etc n for dinner i eat chicken n once or twice a week a eat pita bread along with chicken at dinner n along with that 2 glass NOT CUPS of fat free milk n as snacks i eat cheese, chickpeas roasted, n sometimes i make a smoothie with cottagecheese yogurt n milk with cocoa n splenda added n all of the above are fat free
and i try not to eat any rice bagels or cakes muffins etc except occassionaly and i take my coffee with sugarfree creamer daily n sometimes when i crave i just drink a tablespoon full of that creamer yum yum

Thanks Sno,
I go back to work tonight, so will be back on my regular schedule. Getting ready for a bike ride with my kids. I will NOT quit this time!
Barb

Finally a loss for me! Last week I was 248, and today I am 245.6! Hope I can keep it going!

dustcatcher

Im glad to see I am not the only person struggling. Barbmarie you can do it, riding bikes with the kids is an awsome thing to do! I hope to ride a bike again soon!

I myself still really feel like I am struggling with staying on plan. I havent worked out in over a week, I have had an issue with my sciatic nerve I have been to the Chiro a few times and its healing back up well. I hope to be working out by Thurs. As far as eating, sometimes I just want to give up because I feel like I have so much weight to lose I am never going to do it. I know that doesnt make a lot of sense when I read what I just typed, but inside that is what I tell mysef. I see so many people on these boards started out as heavy as me and have had such sucesses.

Any tips or motivators would be appreciated. Thank you
Good job everyone!!

Hi Jasmine:

so glad you came on and let us know what you are struggling with. I can so relate to how you feel. It seems like ti will take forever to lose all the weight, and it hard when you cant work out. I have felt like giving up so many times. In my case been at 262 was so hard for me. I knew I had 98 lbs to lose and I was scared that I could easily make that a hundred. But I was also scared when I thought about all the work I had to do.

Well now it is 7 weeks later, I have been 100% on plan and I am down 23 lbs. Now I have 75 lbs to go. I seems so much better than before. It also seems really hard to have to lsoe that much too. I made a committment to myself over the last six months and that was I would not stop trying no matter what. My knee having problems was kinda the last straw. Or maybe it was not being able to fasten the seat belt on the airplane last summer.

Anyway I know that if you keep trying you will eventually succeed. I heard it takes an average of 14 times trying to quit smoking. I figured that losing weight is like that, that I would have to keep tryign and build up to it. One thing that really helped me was logging on to these challenges and stating my goals as much as possible and writing about what got in the way and my discouragement.

Another thing that motivated me was that my diet plan is geared towards losing 2 lbs a week. So I figured that if I lost two lbs a week I would be 184 by Christmas which would make me so incredibly happy.

I hope this helps--keep posting and keep letting us know what you need!



Sno

hey jasmine snow is cent percent rite it takes so much just to make urself think that u want to lose weight after giving birth it took me 9 months to make up my mind n in that process i gained my highest ever weight but i thought i gained this much weight in 9 months n after another 9 where will i be maybe we ll have to install bigger doors for me to pass through so i decided to give it a try i have lost weight before true but only to look more good n sleek not serious weight loss so this time it was different but belive me once u start n see the scale going down it feels so good n this website n this challenge has helped me sooooooooo much
if u are hesitant then i recommend that before starting u give urself a week or two n in the first 2 days eat only ur fav foods icecream etc n tell urself u wont be eating this for next 2 months or whatever time frame u like then rest of the week cut back all sugar n bad carbs eat whole grains hot cereal etc n after that week is over u start ur weight loss journey
n remember 300 or 500 or 80 lbs ONLY SMALL STEPS LEAD U TO UR GOAL u urself said that ppl have lost this much weight n u can also do it so best of luck

Is it too late to join the challenge? I know that 7 weeks or so have passed but that means you still have 10 weeks left, that is still quite a chunk of time. I only just found this site last week so I didn't know about the challenge at that time. Hopefully you will let me and I will just adjust my goals to a 10 week frame instead!

By Labor day I would like to lost 15 pounds (20 would be my super duper goal).

Have exercise as a set habit so that when I start at the gym again in september I automatically think about needing to get that in. (and exercise purposefully when camping on top of the occasional hikes)

I think that is all, summer is hard for me because we go camping alot and in the past that was always an excuse to eat and eat junk. Well I have now decided we are going on a whole foods approach and I want to calorie count (not sure how that will go camping, guess I will have to do some serious planning, we have 2 two week trips planned).

This is my life and this is my lifestyle change!

This week up another .5 pound. I am not too worried because I was at a family reunion and there was a lot of food so I was expecting to gain a little. I have a feeling this week will go a little better but I probably will not get any exercise in but I am going to try.

Hi, would like to join too.

I am on a challenge now but it will soon end, and i will not off reached my goal.
Therefore i need a new challenge to keep me going, these challenges rely work for me.

My goal
EX 6 days a week, 3 days cardio, 3 days target training
eat before 7pm
eat low carb,limit sugar and alcohol intake
check in with you every time i can

hi everyone,

i have not posted since may the 13th, just about a month ago. i have been doing so badly. I feel like i am killing myself slowly. i already have high blood pressure and that alone has not made me watch what i put in my mouth. i have been highly depressed and unmotivated to do anything. i was getting dressed this morning and i tried to put on a pair of jeans that were hanging off of me two months ago and now can't hardly get them buttoned. what am i doing to myself.

i am so proud of you strong women, people that make an effort day after day.

i hope just writing this down will open my eyes some.