Nice work, I personally have to get back in the game. Ive been op for about two weeks.

I weigh in on Saturdays at WW. I'll post my first weight this Saturday, and create goals from there.

02/06/2010 177.2
02/13/2010 176.2
02/20/2010 177
02/27/2010 176.4
03/06/2010 175.0
03/13/2010 177.2
03/20/2010 FREEBIE
03/27/2010 FREEBIE
04/03/2010 178
04/10/2010 177
04/17/2010 177
04/24/2010 176
05/01/2010

Hi ladies

It was a good week for me but my appetite went up since Im about to get my period. I always get hungry the week before it starts. I was eating about 2200 cals a day. I track everything and I have been doing that for about 3 months so now its basically a habit. Also I recieved my bodybugg yesterday Im so excited to start seeing how much or little I burn a day. I also think I am getting a head cold ugh. My last day of is on the 26th and in March were moving to Colorado Im so excited

Wow, were did everyone go????

Down another pound today, maybe I'll make the valentines day challenge after all!!

Hi Bigmomma! I'm still here! Congratulations on being down again. Wow, you are doing great! My weight is bouncing around a lot due to TOM. I think it's leveling out at another 2 lb loss for this week, but Sunday is my birthday, and my parents are taking us out for dinner. Monday is my mom's birthday, so refusing is out of the question. Honestly, celebrations are a part of life and if my weight is back up a little on Monday, that's okay. For right now I am officially in onederland!!! I may not be there on "official weigh-in" Monday, but I'll be back to stay by Valentine's day!

Kuchick, Let me start by saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and Wow, onderland, what a great gift you have given yourself !!!!!! I can't wait to be able to say that. It's such hard work, but you can do it. Birthdays are hard, any celebration is hard, but you can have a thin slice of cake on both days, YES I said both days :). As you know the key is to limit your portions, as dull as that is, it's true.

Sometimes I know I don't eat enough, but I try to balance it out by uping my calories more the next day. I had a NSV today, I fit into a size 24 pants(down from a 30/32), yippie!!!! I havent worn this size in 10+ years, feels sooooo nice ;)

Matilda - You and I both! The past two weeks flew by, between being sick, a huge family gathering with tons of amazing food, and being snowed in one weekend, it's been a blur.

So all, yes I have been MIA since my last post, on 1/25 but the important thing is I am back :) We all might experience a week or two and sometimes more, where we just need a break from the stress of it all.This change in lifestyle takes dedication, it's not natural to us, so we have to work at it. Just like some days I feel like calling out of work and other days I go in and get so much done before lunch :) The important thing is we come back.

Congrats to all for being and staying here. Everyone keep up the great WORK!

So I promise that I will be back tomorrow morning to post my weigh in, but I wanted to get caught up and post for the past two weeks. Luckily I haven't gained, however I'm certainly not where I wanted to be. Although I am aware that I have set some pretty high goals for myself through March/April. My wedding is only 6 weeks away and I need to take advantage of every single day til then. See ya'll tomorrow!

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)
01/25/2010 Goal 232 233.8 (-1.2)
02/01/2010 Goal 228 231.4 (-2.4) total challenge loss so far - 16.6 lbs
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

Hang in there everyone! Lets not give up

I am not happy this weigh in, but it is still a loss so I will take it. My original goal was 220 by VDay. Ummm miracle?

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)
01/25/2010 Goal 232 233.8 (-1.2)
02/01/2010 Goal 228 231.4 (-2.4)
02/08/2010 Goal 224 230 (-1.4) total challenge loss so far - 18.0 lbs
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

12/28/2009 - 178
01/04/2010 - 175.2
01/11/2010 - 171.8
01/18/2010 - 170.2
01/25/2010 - Forgot to weigh in!
02/01/2010 - 162.6
02/08/2010 - 161 (-1.6)
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

Just moving along to that final goal! :)

Weekly goals:
02/01/2010 201 201
02/08/2010 199 199.5 WooHoo Onederland! I finally made it, and it looks like I'm there to stay now! :carrot:
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!!!! Keep going.....

Hi All,
Still new to this.'But count me in
My goal will be 15 pounds.
Good luck everyone

So in the past I've had unrealistic goals. I would really like to keep a 2lb per week goal.
i'll come back and post my actual weight in purple :D

2/8 165
2/15 163
2/22 161
3/1 159
3/8 157
3/15 155
3/22 153
3/29 151
4/5 149
4/12 147
4/19 145
4/26 143
5/3 141
5/10 139

i've been going to the gym and doing 30 min of swimming laps, and 60 minutes walking on the treadmill once a week.

oh are any of y'all on 'Lose It!' on iPhones? i'm rakuette313 on there. come friend me!

Everyone is doing great, Im still losing it slowly but hey hopefully it will continue to move downward. I have been at a standstill with my body.

Niceone everyone:carrot: ..... lets keep it up ....

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 - 87kg:) Keeping up with the goal ....
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

Hey, I am new to the forum and I am in! Everyone seems to be doing great.

SW: Feb. 10, 2010- 269
GW: May 1, 2010- 250

I am at 230 as of this morning :) Keep up the good work!

Officially less than 100 lbs. to lose now!!!! AND, fitting into size 22 jeans for the first time in 15 years!!!!!!!!!

12/28/09 SW - 248
03/20/10 MG - 208 - 40lbs
05/01/10 GW - 195 53lbs!!

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)
01/25/2010 Goal 232 233.8 (-1.2)
02/01/2010 Goal 228 231.4 (-2.4)
02/08/2010 Goal 224 230 (-1.4)
02/15/2010 Goal 220 225.6 (-4,4) total challenge loss so far - 22.4 lbs
02/22/2010 Goal 222
03/01/2010 Goal 219
03/08/2010 Goal 215
03/15/2010 Goal 211
03/22/2010 Goal 207
Honeymoon
03/29/2010 Goal 207
04/05/2010 Goal 204
04/12/2010 Goal 202
04/19/2010 Goal 200
04/26/2010 Goal 197
GOAL 05/01/2010-195

Weekly goals:
02/01/2010 201
02/08/2010 199 199.5
02/15/2010 197 197! I still don't believe the scale, but I'll keep it for now :D
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!

Yay BigMomma for the wonderful NSV - smaller jeans! Woohoo - and less than 100lbs to lose is terrific. You are so inspiring :carrot:

Way to go MotivatedBride - am I reading your weight right that you have lost more than 100 lbs already? Amazing! :cheer2:

And welcome to the new challenge participants!
Everyone on this challenge is doing great - keep going!!!

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 205212 i feel like crying
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 18105/20/2010 179
05/27/2010 GOAL 177

Hello ladies, Ive been such a bad girl. Ive been op for a few weeks or so. Today I started a detox phase from the fat smash diet. So far so good. Im trying to get myself back on plan and this should help. I started at

SW -244
GW 206

I would just like to shed 30lbs so hopefully I can get down to 210 before this challenge ends.
!!!! I hope you all are doing good!

Hi All,
bigmomma, congrats on the nsv! that is great. keep up the great work!
kuchick, congrats on the onederland last week. must feel so good to see a 1 as the first number. I cant wait to get there myself.

However, I will share that this morning I reached a big milestone officially having lost 100 pounds!! And the crazy thing is 1/4 of it has been since the start of this challenge. I owe the quicker pace to really stepping up my workout and making it a priority. Clearly, work will be there tomorrow, my fiance can eat a bowl of cereal for dinner, I can go grocery shopping on the weekend, but I won't be able to get back that workout. I think putting it above all else right now has helped significantly.

Everyone, keep up the great work and lets keep eachother motivated and focused. I told my fiance my milestone today...and he just doesn't get it..He never had a weight problem, or so minor its not enough to care. So you all know what its like which is why its important that we shout out all of our hard earned accomplishments!

Lets keep this thread going especially since may is close to summer for most! Lets rock

I am still here..struggling but determined to keep going. I initially wanted to be in onderland by may 1st and now I don't think it's going to happen at this rate. I am making 210 lbs my new goal for the beginning of May.

motivatedbride, how awesome is that, losing 100 lbs!!!! woooohooooo!!!!!
I know what you mean about your other half not understanding what an accomplishment it is. Mine doesn't get it either, oh well :) Maybe that's one reason I got this way in the first place???
You are so right about focusing on yourself, for once:) and sooooo true about the exercise, I never thought about it like that before. I think you just caused me to have an epiphany!!!! Thank you!!!!

As long as you keep going. I have been in the same boat but recently got a bit of motivation. So far im down five lbs looking forward to the 230's.

SW-245
CW 240
GW 215

I changed mine too

Hey ladies Im still posting my weight and everything I just forget to post and bump the thread. Ive been preparing myself mentally for this move in a couple of weeks. My anxiety is threw the roof. Its weird how Im so happy to be moving but yet Im having panic attacks which I rarely have had in the past. Everyone says this is normal to be stressed but its so annoying since Im really excited about Colorado.

I hope everyone else is having a better week mentally then me. I have been tracking everything and I bought a scale to weigh my food. Its so weird how on labels it says 1 cup equals X amount of cals, but when I weigh the amount of food that I get from 1 cup it is about 50 cals more then it says on the box. So Im happy to have my food scale since I was underestimating the weight of food.

Im down another lbs

SW 245
CW 239!!!!! I am hoping to lose two more lbs this week!

SW: 229
CW: 221

So it's looking like I have about 20 pounds to lose in two months. Is it possible? I've never lost ten pounds in a month before and I would like to preferably be in onderland by May 1st, but at the very least (most) be 200 and make the doctor very happy on 4/30.

Weekly goals:
02/01/2010 201.0
02/08/2010 199.0 199.5
02/15/2010 197.0 197.0
02/22/2010 197.0 197.0
03/01/2010 195.5
03/08/2010 194.0
03/15/2010 192.5
03/22/2010 191.0
03/29/2010 189.5
04/05/2010 188.0
04/12/2010 186.5
04/19/2010 185.0
04/26/2010 183.5
GOAL 05/01/2010 --- 182.0! Last saw this weight before my second pregnancy (6 years)!

I had to adjust my goal after realizing that there is no way I can maintain a 2 pound per week loss, and I don't want to fall way behind, because I will just become discouraged and won't be motivated anymore. I'll still have a hard time keeping up, but I do want to push myself.

Good luck everyone!

12/28/2009 - 229
01/04/2010 - 227.4
01/11/2010 - 225.6
01/18/2010 - 227.4
01/25/2010 - 226.8
02/01/2010 - 226
02/08/2010 - 225.2
02/15/2010 - 221.6
02/22/2010 - 220.6
03/01/2010 - 218
03/08/2010 - 216
03/15/2010 - 214
03/22/2010 - 212
03/29/2010 - 210
04/05/2010 - 208
04/12/2010 - 206
04/19/2010 - 204
04/30/2010 - 199-200


It took a bit, but I think I found my stride and hopefully I can get to 200lbs. by my doctor's appointment on 4/30 or maybe stretch it to one more pound and make it to onederland!

I think, for me, making it to onderland is going to be the hard part of this journey. I've been in the 200s for so long (and didn't even realize that I had gotten so heavy until I was diagnosed with a weight-related illness and my weight had topped at 257!). Once I get down to a weight that starts with a "1," losing the rest will be much easier.

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 - 272 (-7 lbs..must have been retaining water when sick last week)
3/1/10 - 269 (-3)
3/8/10 - 265 (-4)
3/15/10 - 265 (-0)
3/22/10 - 263 (-2)
3/29/10 - 260 (-3)
4/5/10
4/12/10
4/19/10
4/26/10
5/1/10 - GOAL 260 :carrot:

A little behind on the goal ..... but still losing ..... and hopefully will get there

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 - 87kg
02/15/2010 - Did not weigh in
02/22/2010 - 86kg
03/01/2010 - 85kg (well I'm that today hoping it will stick untill tomorrow)
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)
05/10/2010 Will be cruising in Fiji:):)

Hi ladies I just wanted to post a update. Im gonna take a break from weighin myself every week. I have made the mistake of giving up from lack of progress on the scale. But the truth is that I am getting results just not on the scale. I have lost inches and I have decided to focus on that instead of pounds lost. I will weigh myself once a month but not every week like I have been doing. Im gonna continue working out and tracking my food like I have been doing for several months now. I am down 3 lbs since we started the challenge and Im sure I am down several inches since we started. I will post my weight on here once a month, so yeah Im not gone but I just wont be updating my weight weekly. On a good note my pants are getting loose and my shirts aren't as tight as they were. Eventually the pounds will start to come off but at this time my body is getting rid of fat as well as gaining lean muscle, so Im gonna give my body time to transition slowly without going to drastic measures to drop the pounds. I will still be here to cheer you ladies on :)

Weekly goals:
02/01/2010 201.0
02/08/2010 199.0 199.5
02/15/2010 197.0 197.0
02/22/2010 197.0 197.0
03/01/2010 195.5 196.0 Was 195 yesterday - Oh well, it should drop again quickly - no reason for a gain....
03/08/2010 194.0
03/15/2010 192.5
03/22/2010 191.0
03/29/2010 189.5
04/05/2010 188.0
04/12/2010 186.5
04/19/2010 185.0
04/26/2010 183.5
GOAL 05/01/2010 --- 182.0! Last saw this weight before my second pregnancy (6 years)!

SW 245
CW 238.2

some progress being made!

Joining In
 

I just joined this site last week so I am just joining this challenge. I am leary about saying "I'll lose X number of pounds in X number of weeks" because I've done that so many times in the past and not succeeded. This time WILL be different. I just have to be realistic. Maybe I'll just say "I'm gonna lose as much as I can possibly lose healthily by May 1 by keeping myself on plan and continue to exercise at least 5 days a week." :carrot:

2/25/10 - 256.5
3/2/10 - 251.6

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Kris
Dancing away the pounds
One :dancer: for every 5 lbs lost
:dancer:

I would love to join your challenge. We are going on vacation (May 27th - June 4th) to Walt Disney World. My goal is to lose 18 lbs by May 1st.

03/01/2010 - 229.6
03/07/2010
03/14/2010
03/21/2010
03/28/2010
04/04/2010
04/11/2010
04/18/2010
04/25/2010
GOAL 05/01/2010 - 211.6

Cw 231.2
Gw 210.0
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