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 for every 5 lbs lost:

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 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

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 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....