Tomorrow is WI day for me so hopefully I see a change. Looks like everyone is doing pretty OK. Keep up the good work.

Hi everyone, I would love to join in on this challenge. I am going to aim to lose 22.5 pounds by May 1, which would put me at 177.5 lbs.

Jan 14: 200 lbs

SW -244
GW- 212

1-8
1-15 241
1-22
1-29
2-5
2-12
2-19
2-26
3-5
3-12
3-19
3-26
4-2
4-9
4-16
4-23
4-30


The scale is finally moving for me!!!!

Matilda- Congrats on weigh in! keep up the good work :)

I would like to reach Onederland by May 1st!

12/28/09 SW - 248
03/20/10 MG - 198 - 50lbs
05/01/10 GW - 185 63lbs!!

12/28/2009 - 248
01/04/2010 Goal 244 245.2 (-2.8)
01/11/2010 Goal 240 239.0 (-6.2)
01/18/2010 Goal 236 235.0 (-4.0) total challenge loss so far - 13lbs
01/25/2010 Goal 232
02/01/2010 Goal 228
02/08/2010 Goal 224
02/15/2010 Goal 220
02/22/2010 Goal 216
03/01/2010 Goal 212
03/08/2010 Goal 208
03/15/2010 Goal 204
03/22/2010 Goal 200
Honeymoon
03/29/2010 Goal 198
04/05/2010 Goal 195
04/12/2010 Goal 191
04/19/2010 Goal 189
04/26/2010 Goal 187
GOAL 05/01/2010-185

Morning all,

Pleased to report some progress this a.m. Down 3.2 from last week, which is nice to see after the vacation/TOM blip last week!

Matilda and MB - congrats! To what do you account your success? Are you following a particular plan? Or just being super careful about your cals? Exercise plans?

Kim

SW: 164.4
1/4 -- 162.8
1/11 -- 166.6
1/18 -- 163.2
GW: 150

12/28/2009 - 178
01/04/2010 - 175.2
01/11/2010 - 171.8
01/18/2010 - 170.2 (-1.6)
01/25/2010
02/01/2010
02/08/2010
02/15/2010
02/22/2010
03/01/2010
03/08/2010
03/15/2010
03/22/2010
03/29/2010
04/05/2010
04/12/2010
04/19/2010
04/26/2010
05/03/2010
05/13/2010

Ok, really hoping to get out of the 170's by this time next week! :p

ok this week im 1.4 lbs above goal...hopefully next week ill be able to lose this weight too to reach my goal best of luck


01/04/2010 217
01/11/2010 215215.4
01/18/2010 213214.4
01/25/2010 211213.4
02/01/2010 209
02/08/2010 207
02/15/2010 205
02/22/2010 203
03/01/2010 201
03/08/2010 199
03/15/2010 197
03/22/2010 195
03/29/2010 193
04/05/2010 191
04/12/2010 189
04/19/2010 187
04/26/2010 185
05/03/2010 183
05/13/2010 181
05/20/2010 179
05/27/2010 GOAL 177

I count calories, I eat between 12-1400 per day and I walk 3miles about five times per week for now. I change up my workout routine often

I am down 3.5 lbs ...onederland I am getting closer to you every week! I am getting my hair done tomorrow as a reward.

OK .... I hope I can just jump in ... may is a great time to challenge for me as I am going on a fijian cruise then :


12/28/2009 - 94kg
01/04/2010 - 92kg
01/11/2010 - 91kg
01/18/2010 - 90kg
01/25/2010
02/01/2010
02/08/2010
02/15/2010
02/22/2010
03/01/2010
03/08/2010
03/15/2010
03/22/2010
03/29/2010 - 80kg (Goal)
04/05/2010
04/12/2010
04/19/2010
04/26/2010
05/03/2010 - 75kg (Goal)
05/13/2010

Good luck everyone .... :)

Hello Everyone Ive Been Op And No Change Hopefully I See A Change Next Week. I Hope You Are All Doing Well.

I was in a couple of other challenges but I honestly have to say that I am so glad to be in this challenge with you ladies. I don't feel bad when Im posting that I gained a little vs other challenges. I feel that with this challenge I can lose slowly and not beat myself up. Im so happy that our group is smaller then the others I feel like we have the right batch of people in this challenge. Keep up the great work ladies. Im down 2 lbs in 2 months lol but I am slowly tweaking and changing things in my diet and its gonna be a long slow journey for me but I think this time is gonna be the charm and with my calories being higher I feel that I am not starving or over eating I feel like Im doing just fine and I can eat at this calorie range for the rest of my life. If I lose 25 lbs this year I will be so happy. You ladies are awesome!

So sorry to be MIA but I have been sick the entire month of Jan.! The docs are running a ton of tests. Anyway, I have been OP and I started swelling up, put on 8lbs. of water weight, feet were so big couldn't even wear my berks!!! I'm finally starting to feel a little better and have lost some of that water, my feet are going down, but my hands, knees and body is still swollen, ugh!!!!

I was really frustrated by it all, I'm behind in my goal and feeling crappy, got a rash on my entire body thats itching and driving me insane. Well anyway, while at the Dr.s office, I run into my kids Doc that we have had for many years but haven't seen for at least 2 yrs :) and he gives me pearls of wisdom. First he said how great I looked (might I add I looked like crap, red, itchy, swollen, hair not combed etc!) Then he said " you didn't gain weight, you are swollen with water, it will go away when your illness goes away!" Whew!!!! Here I was beating myself up, never putting into account the swelling was caused by fluid, duh! He made me feel sooooo much better, I mean, I was almost ready to throw in the towel! Now I'm so glad that I had stayed on plan, even while sick. I know I'm not behind, I was sick and my body needed a time out, to rest.

I'm soooo glad to see everyone hanging in there and working on being the best you you can be, regardless of how much weight we lose or gain :)

Everyone have a wonderful week! :)

i'm going to join in this one - hoping to be 199 by may 1st!

only 5 lbs loss so far in this challenge..................i need to up my exercise and be more active

hi bigmomma so sorry to hear that u have been so sick but just hang in there and stay on plan.........but try to avoid too salty or sodium laden foods just eat fresh and healthy n in no time ull be fine...................get well soon sweety...........and after all that water is gone surprise us by a loss
carlyjordon slow and steady wins the race 25 lb sounds so good ................and congrats on ur 2 lbs .......just keep going like this best of luck
welcome to all newbies u are all welcome to join
ok ladies wishing u all a great week filled with lots of strength,exercise and healthy eating...................................

I am in the same boat. Im going to have to re-evaluate several things including my calorie intake. I think I need to up my calories to around 1600 everyday.

Is it too late to join?
 

My grandmother's birthday was May 1, and I know she was always worried about my weight - so this seems like a good challenge to join. I am trying to lose 2 lbs per week, but since I just started, I don't know if my body will support this lose yet. I may need to adjust later, so I don't fall way behind and get too discouraged.

Starting weight 202.5 (TOM is late, so this weight is out-of-whack)

Weekly goals:
02/01/2010 201
02/08/2010 199 Onederland!!!
02/15/2010 197
02/22/2010 195
03/01/2010 193
03/08/2010 191
03/15/2010 189
03/22/2010 187
03/29/2010 185
04/05/2010 183
04/12/2010 181
04/19/2010 179
04/26/2010 177
GOAL 05/01/2010 --- 175! Last saw this weight in Nov. 2002!

Hope I can keep up with everyone!

A :carrot: for every 5 lbs lost: :carrot::carrot:

12/28/2009 - 94kg
01/04/2010 - 92kg
01/11/2010 - 91kg
01/18/2010 - 90kg
01/25/2010 - 89kg (well 88.5 but rounded up)
02/01/2010
02/08/2010
02/15/2010
02/22/2010
03/01/2010
03/08/2010
03/15/2010
03/22/2010
03/29/2010 - 80kg (Goal)
04/05/2010
04/12/2010
04/19/2010
04/26/2010
05/03/2010 - 75kg (Goal)
05/13/2010

Keeping up with the 1 kg a week goal .... Good luck everyone ...:)

Welcome to all the newbies! Im sure you all can tell that we are a laid back group of ladies who are here to support each other no matter if we gain or lose.

big momma- Im so sorry to hear that you have been sick this whole month but Im really glad that your back and hopefully that water weight will drop off quickly. Certain meds make me gain weight and it sucks even though you know its water weight it still plays with the mind. Definitely dont give up were all taking it slow and steady.

Im still tweaking my diet and calories trying to see what my magic number is. I stopped drinking alcohol 2 weeks ago and my last day of drinking coffee was on the 24th. Im feeling good and got a great night of sleep last night and woke up feeling refreshed. I havent been exercising consistantly but Im just exhausted from my job and dealing with my 2 young kids but once I leave my job at the end of February I will start working out again. Good luck ladies

Carly ...

One of the changes I have made since Xmas is giving up coffee and I'm embarrased to say caffeine filled energy soda and I feel so much more refreshed.

I rarely had a coffee out of my hands all day ....

...I still yearn for a coffeee paraticularly late at night ...

But i do feel as though it is positive change ...

Glad it is laid back group ... hope to get to know you all ...

Take care :)

Kuchick, awesome.............onederland!!!!!!! That must feel sooooo GREAT!

Thanks everyone for all your kind words :) I'm am down 4lbs from yesterday, all this water weight is finally starting to come off. Yes, I was up once every hour last night going to the bathroom!!!! But it was so worth it (even though my sleep was disrupted) to see the scale go down. I am officially back to 273, yay!!!!!!!! Maybe I can still make my Valentines goal? If not its ok, as long as I'm still working on a healthy me ;)

Yep, slow and steady wins the race :) And I should add, it's never to late to join!

Hi Bigmomma - I'm still not in onederland - that's my first minigoal though. PMS is being evil and toying with me - up to 203 today :mad: I know it'll go back down, but probably not in time to make onederland by my birthday (Feb 7). I'll just keep plugging away though.

Hope you're feeling better, although I know what you mean about watching the scale go down - almost makes being dreadfully ill worth it!

Take care everyone - good luck! Hope I lose this pound+ before Monday....

Whats going on? How is everyone you gals are way to quiet!!!!!!!!!! I hope the scales are going down lol

I'm back down to 202.5 this morning and down to 202 an hour ago - probably scale error, or maybe I sweated out 1/2 a pound on the elliptical? I so hope to stay on track for May 1 - 175 would mean that I'd fit into the last swimsuit that I actually thought looked cute on me! I last wore it 8 years ago, and I still have it.

OH! I'm new to this forum...can I join the challenge even though I'm way late! One of my best friends is getting married May 1st...I'd like to be looking and feeling great!

Starting: 286 pounds
Goal by May 1st - 260 pounds

2/1/10 - 282 (-4)
2/8/10 - 279 (-3)
2/15/10 - 279 (+.6 lbs! Trying to get over a NASTY cold bug)
2/22/10
3/1/10
3/8/10
3/15/10
3/22/10
3/29/10
4/5/10
4/12/10
4/19/10
4/26/10
5/1/10 - GOAL 260 :carrot:

WooooHooooo I'm officially down to 270 today Yay me!!!!!!! Maybe, just maybe I can get into the 60's before the month is over? Keeping my fingers crossed and sticking to plan and feeling lots better :)

Yay Bigmomma (I feel funny saying that) - keep losing! You're doing great, and I love your countdown graphics! 72 lbs down is so inspiring :)

I got yelled at by my WiiFit board for gaining .7 lbs :o Where is TOM? I'm sick of being bloated, and PCOS stinks! I'm done whining now. I made a great southwest chicken stew in the crockpot today, and it was healthy and easy to fit into the plan. I'll be marking it to make it again as a winter staple.

I did great this week and the scale is finally moving in the right direction. I stayed between 1300-2000 calories. one day I went up to 2100 which was fine. Ive been doing high, low and then high again. It all depends on how hungry I am. Also Im buying a body bugg on Sunday it wont be here til a week after, hopefully it will help me figure out how many cals I burn I get so tired of guessing how much my body burns. Plus the body bugg is on sale and includes a 12 month subsription thats a deal I can not pass up. the sale ends Sunday if you ladies want the link here it is http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...=13&lang=en-US



Bigmomma thats awesome the weight and water is coming off. You have done so awesome with your weight loss and Im sure you will continue to lose.

We are all losing at a good pace. I an pretty hopeful that I will get down to 200 by May but if not I am pretty sure I will be close to 200 which is fine with me :)

Hey ladies, I am still here...let's be more active and check in more often with each other.

I am up 2 lbs this morning. I think it's water weight and I'll work hard on getting rid of it today. Any suggestions on how I do that? Im not changing my ticker yet to reflect the gain until I see that it's not water weight :)

01/04/2010 217
01/11/2010 215215.4
01/18/2010 213214.4
01/25/2010 211213.4
02/01/2010 209209.4 only0.4 lb above goal
02/08/2010 207
02/15/2010 205
02/22/2010 203
03/01/2010 201
03/08/2010 199
03/15/2010 197
03/22/2010 195
03/29/2010 193
04/05/2010 191
04/12/2010 189
04/19/2010 187
04/26/2010 185
05/03/2010 183
05/13/2010 181
05/20/2010 179
05/27/2010 GOAL 177

I am down another pound this morning!!! I am going to the gym and sweat out another until Wednesday!! My goal for the month of February is 10 lbs....

Weekly goals:
02/01/2010 201 201 - made it! TOM showed up for a whole 5 hours over the weekend, found no M&Ms, felt unwelcome, and disappeared again - aargh - I just want it over with :mad:
02/08/2010 199
02/15/2010 197
02/22/2010 195
03/01/2010 193
03/08/2010 191
03/15/2010 189
03/22/2010 187
03/29/2010 185
04/05/2010 183
04/12/2010 181
04/19/2010 179
04/26/2010 177
GOAL 05/01/2010 --- 175! Last saw this weight in Nov. 2002!

Good luck everyone!

Morning all!

Idon't think I've posted in a week or two -- I'm at 162.2. Slow and steady loss. I'd like to step it up for next week, though, and report that I'm at 161...I'm going to need to step it up if I'm going to meet my goal!

I'll make a point of getting back on the board more often!

Cheers,
Kim

12/28/2009 - 178
01/04/2010 - 175.2
01/11/2010 - 171.8
01/18/2010 - 170.2 (-1.6)
01/25/2010 - Forgot to weigh in!
02/01/2010 - 162.6 (-7.6)
02/08/2010
02/15/2010
02/22/2010
03/01/2010
03/08/2010
03/15/2010
03/22/2010
03/29/2010
04/05/2010
04/12/2010
04/19/2010
04/26/2010
05/03/2010
05/13/2010

Down about a kilo ....

LBLAZY ..... what a great loss:carrot:. good luck everyone ....

12/28/2009 - 94kg
01/04/2010 - 92kg
01/11/2010 - 91kg
01/18/2010 - 90kg
01/25/2010 - 89kg (well 88.5 but rounded up)
02/01/2010 - 88kg
02/08/2010
02/15/2010
02/22/2010
03/01/2010
03/08/2010
03/15/2010
03/22/2010
03/29/2010 - 80kg (Goal)
04/05/2010
04/12/2010
04/19/2010
04/26/2010
05/03/2010 - 75kg (Goal)
05/13/2010

As of the 31st I am down 75lbs. Wooooo hooooooo!!!!!!!!
Seems weird to think that soon I will have less than 100lbs to lose, kinda surreal!!! And I know this sounds really stupid, but none of my shirts fit.........ugh, a little frustrating in a good kinda way :).
Seems I lose most of my weight from the head down so while my bottom half is down from a 30/32 or 5x to a 24 or 2x. my upper half was the same 28-30 or 4 or 5x and now it is an XL, YES MARGE YOU DO HAVE A WAIST!!! :).
Oh, and did I mention that my underwear keep sliding down, ugh, whats a girl to do........guess I could pin em to my bra.......now there's a visual for ya!

Hope this gives ya a little chuckle a lifts your day a bit :)
Like I said, slow and steady, yea baby!!!!!!!