Best of luck everyone on your goals! They sound great.
Ate "reasonably"- considering I had lunch out with a friend and two friends over in the evening. Had 1 glass of wine and a small chocolate-coconut square I baked- the rest was on plan.
Lifted in the AM for 45 minutes.
Up 1.5 lbs, pre-morning bathroom and post-lifting yesterday, so I may be retaining a bit of water. Not worried.
I am so glad I joined this thread. I need someone/thing to be accountable to. It helps keep me on track. I am going to try to drink my water. Have not been drinking nearly enough and I need to give up the coke zero. I want to keep doing my walking everyday. I want t add another 10 minutes to my walk by the end of next week and work out 4-5 times a week. I am doing good with my 1400 calorie daily and want to keep that going as well. I want to start adding more veggies to my meal plan and cut my carbs down to only one or 2 servings a day. I weigh in every 2 weeks because if not, I will go crazy weighing myself everyday and that can sometimes have a negative effect for me. My SW was 245, CW 235 and hopefully I will end up somewhere in the 210-215 range by x-mas.
Hi all I love the idea of doing a challenge for Christmas. My goal would be lose 50lbs by Christmas. My starting weight is 190 and I would like to be around 140 for Christmas. I plan on drinking plenty of water, packing my diet with fresh fruit and veggies, and working out 4-5 days a week. Good Luck to everyone.
I'm in!
it's so hard on the 3rd shift to drop weight. I never thought it would be so difficult. So for these 99 days, I'm not going to give up. I plan on being 100% vegetarian. I did it for 70 days last year with great results. I think my only cheat will be the thanksgiving turkey ^.^
today we went out for dinner after work. We normal go out to eat once a week, maybe once every 12 days. I had a cheese omlet with hash browns and an english muffin with water. that's not so bad, the bad was the ice cream I had right after. Only one scoop, but it had so many sweet toppings. But it's my middle of the work week hoopla, and I felt like dairy. (Curse you dairy!!)
Been veggie 5 days...99 to go.
weight goal 220 -17 pounds to go.
it is so great to hear all your goals--very inspiring!! It feels good to have a specific time frame.
My goal is to be at 189 by xmas--that is 41 pounds which is a little high but I always lose more the first week so hopefully that will put me within range. I have had no problem with losing 2-3 lbs per week on average when I stay on plan, drink lotsa water and eat lotsa veggies.
I have been struggling with tendonitis in my heel which means I havent been walking. I plan to start lifting weights 3x per week and do calisthenics every other day. My current eating goals are to count calories and stay below 1500.
Drink 96 oz of water per day. No coffee. Post daily and reaffirm my goals.
Welcome to all! It is all possible if we stay focused and remember that being slim feels so food--a feeling that food will never give us!
Sno
Last edited by Snowbrocade; 09-24-2011 at 03:47 PM.
YAY!!! For some reason I was extremely excited about the idea of doing a Christmas Challenge. I usually never do challenges. I never even go to the Chicks Up For a Challenge tab... I feel like it was meant to be Hopefully you gals will keep me accountable!
So my weight goal for Christmas is 159lbs which means I have 37 lbs to lose by then, which I believe is completely realistic if I stay away from the holiday junk food. I plan on getting there by following South Beach, basically lots of veggies and protein and little to no carbs depending on my mood. Today is actually my fourth sugar free day and I am so proud of myself!
One of my biggest motivations is thinking about myself in smaller jean sizes for Christmas and actually wanting to take pictures.
it's my morning (7:30 pm)
And I'm having a problem I seem to have more often than not...what to eat?
I'm not fond of cereal, as the cereal+ almond milk = solid lump in my gut. I've had eggs in the last 4 main meals, I'm kind of egged out. I plan on a fruit smoothie for lunch, so i don't want one for breakfast. I have a big pile of squash and other such veggies from the garden holding down my kitchen table. perhaps I'll chop some up and simmer it in a little veggie broth. I had a late dinner, so I'm not really hungry. But if I don't eat breakfast, I'll be starving as soon as i get to work.
maybe one of my goals should be planing out my meals so i don't have this issue.
Question! I'm about to drop $2k on a piece of exercise equipment. I can afford it, but it will really drop the padding in my bank account...but will also drop the padding around my middle. Would it be worth it? I figure quality will be worth it, but it's so much $ to spend with a few clicks of the mouse.
I have been 100% on food since I started on May 22, and this month, added in exercise in a more consistent way. For Sept, I have been trying for 30/30 but I think I will build in a few rest days off into my plan after that.
Initially, I was looking to be in Onederland by Christmas but I am having even better progress than I expected. Tomorrow is my official WI day so I'll be back to update with my current weight and to figure out what I want to set as a challenge.
Last edited by April Snow; 09-17-2011 at 10:54 PM.
actually, I'll go ahead and use my current weight, knowing that I am giving myself a bit of a head start so my goal is a little bit more aggressive than I would usually try for. But I know that this is a good week, and that will help keep me motivated! lol!
CW: 217.8
GW: 193
plan: Dukan Diet Cruise phase and 20+ minutes of exercise or walking every day (with occasional rest days)
I love the idea! I've already written down a countdown in my weekly planner yay!
I'm starting with 163 and I plan on hitting 150-155 by Christmas. If I reach my goal, I'll get myself a ultra-cute-flattering-sexy-gorgeous dress on the sales
To reach my goal, I plan to stick to my 4x/W workout routine. As for the eating, I'll just stick to my routine of adding as much fruits and vegetables as possible to my meals, avoiding animal fats (they give me digestive problems), eating enough protein and having dark chocolate as an alternative to sweets.
The only thing that bothers me is my wednesday and thursday schedule (partially even my monday schedule), because I'll be at Uni all day and I need to figure out some stuff (probably multiple snacks) to bring along that is healthy and will keep my full during the whole day.
1 apple
about 1/4 c hummus + 4-5 tortilla chips
1 chocolate coconut square (oops)
small portion of fish tikka (baked)
about 1 c of rice
1 small bowl lemon coriander soup.
Water: LOTS
I think I'm still holding on to a lot of water weight, which is no good. I've been feeling bloated after dinners so I'm trying to cut sodium, oil, aspartame, and wheat and eat a lot lighter (mostly fruits, yogurt, lean proteins).
IF'd yesterday, started my eating at 1 PM. Worked out great.
off work and too achy for a work out. I think I'll just jump on the trampoline for a bit eh?
Snack-half an apple with peanut butter
lunch -smoothie with chia seeds and protien powder + fruit.
snack - peach
dinner.- avacado with tomato and roasted green chilli with a little cottage cheese + serving of tortilla chips.
1 coffee
1 tea
4 water
feeling bloated right now. I wonder if it's because of the dairy I had yesterday?
I love the idea of doing a challenge for Christmas. My goal would be lose 50lbs by Christmas. My starting weight is 190 and I would like to be around 140 for Christmas. I plan on drinking plenty of water, packing my diet with fresh fruit and veggies, and working out 4-5 days a week. Good Luck to everyone.
Hopefully you gals will keep me accountable!
