In the past week, I haven't been doing as well as I'd like to. I've been exercising, but not as much as I need to in order to meet my first mini-goal on the way to my spring goal. I have been adding back my exercise calories on My Fitness Pal, in order to stay under my daily goal. BLARGH!

I cannot believe how much Thanksgiving gets me out of sorts. In order to keep my spring goal in my sights, I know that I need to get tough.

1. Stick to my calories goal without adding exercise calories back in.
2. 3 kettlebells workouts per week, 2 jogs or hour-long walks per week, 3 free-weight arms workouts per week, 5 15m. yoga sessions per week.

I invite everyone to post their pre-New Year's resolutions, so that we can reach our goals! (if you wanna...)

Day 8!
 

Hi all!

doing fine here--I was pleased to see that the hebrew national low fat hot dogs are 40 cals apiece so I can have 4 and still have a lo-cal dinner--toasted them over my fire and they were delish!

I think I am going to re-post my goals every week so I can see how I am doing and coach myself on how to keep up with my goals.


I would like to lose 10 lbs by jan 1--226 about 5.5 weeks which is very doable--2 lbs per week. then I think I would like to aim for onederland by 3/20--12 weeks, 2.5 months--27 lbs to reach 199.

This week I am 236 so I still have 10 lbs to go for Jan 1. What kept me from losing this week was Thanksgiving tho I am at my pre-thanksgiving weight. Also I was sick and less active all around. I also should have eaten more veggies.(as usual).

RVA: what I find helpful when I am having difficulty with getting moving is to set myself a minimum that I can be happy with--like if my goal is 6 laps but I am having trouble doing it I will say okay I can at least do 4--then when I get going most of the time I can keep going and do the full 6. Or at least show up at exercise class and start it if I am too tired I can leave. Somehow giving myself an out really helps.

have a great day all!

sno

I know I'm a couple days late, but I'm new to this whole challenge thing. I have a personal goal of getting to 199 by the end of this year. So I'd like to be at 180 by March 20th. I hopped on the scale and clocked in at 205.4 this morning, but my weight has a tendency to see-saw so I'm gonna wait a few more days before I change my signature.

Good luck to everyone!

Great weigh-in Learning! I can't wait to get down to onederland! I weighed today and was down to 208.6! Onderland here I come!:)

Friday
 

Hi all!

yesterday I managed to fit in my hike with the dog in between storms--I got a little wet at the end but no biggie. what I really need to do is dig out my rainjacket--not sure where it is.

down one pound today as my reward.


Kat and Learning: wow you two are so close to onederland! great work.

cheers all!

sno

I'm at 206.4 this morning. I gained a pound back and my friend is visiting me for the weekend. I just hope I don't go over my original 208. The goal is still 199 for the end of the year, no matter what happens this weekend.

Sno-Thanks, I weighed today at 208.6, no movement. 9 lbs to go!

good job so far everyone!

i finally weighed myself today and am at 182.3. maybe im finally done with 185! its about a 2.7 lb loss in 2 weeks. im on day 2 of TOM so im really hoping to lose a pound or two of water weight this week.

not stepping on the scale every 10 minutes really did help me these last couple weeks so im going to try to limit my weigh ins to once a week.

Yay! You're over the hump!

Welcome, Learning! No, you are not late, we don't have formal rules - it was my first challenge, too. :welcome2:

Sounds like everyone is doing well - Sno still walkin' and losin', despite the rain!

I faced facts & redid my ticker this morning. BUT have finally been getting back into exercise. Need to stop.snacking.after.dinner.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Mountain Mamma, you must be tiny! Wow, 115 goal! If I weighed 115 I'd blow away with a strong wind! :)

Kat, Yes, you would blow away because you are a lot taller than me!! It sounds low but I do have a small frame, there's no hiding extra weight on it. I think the end goal will be 125 or 120 - 115 was a whim.

Hello Ladies. Sorry I have been missing. Things have been busy around my house. Nothing really big here. I am down to 223 so a few pounds closer to my goal of onderland. I added a ticker to keep track. This challenge is great because I have a big trip in April to lose weight for. I will have to buy a new bathing suit and would love to loose some of this tummy.

You have done so great with your weight loss, you go girl!!:carrot:

Hey, Lishar! I was wondering where you were. Congrats on getting ever closer!