September Weight Loss Challenge
 

September is a great month for setting goals and meeting challenges as things gear up for fall. What are your weight loss goals for the coming month?

State your goal and track it throughout the month with a supportive and encouraging group. We will compile our goals into a list. As each goal is met during the month, it gets turned RED in celebration. Woohoo!

For fitness related goals, check out our sister thread: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chic...challenge.html

This is my favorite thread, so I'm definitely in again. I will be in Europe for 2 weeks in September, during which time I hope to maintain. In the other 2 weeks, I hope to lose 1.5-2.0 lbs each week, which translates into 3-4 lbs for the month of September. This morning, I was 147.75. So, I'll shoot for 3.75 lbs, which would put me at 144.0 lbs by the end of the month. I'll be very happy to get down into the lower half of the 140's!

SW: 147.75
GW: 144.00

Start Weight:188.8
Goal Weight: 183.8

01: 188.8
02: 188.8
03: 188.6
04: 187.8
05: 187.6
06: 187
07: NWI
08: 186.8
09: 186
10: 185
11: 185
12: 185
13: 185
14: NWI
15: 184.8
16: 184.6
17: 184.6
18: 184.6
19: 184.6
20: 185
21: 188 - hoping there's a lot of water in there.
22: NWI
23: 186.8
24: 186.4
25: 186.4
26: 185.4
27: 186.4
28: 186
29: NWI
30: 186

Lose 6 pounds.

SW 160
GW 154

01: 160
02: 158.4
03: 157.6
04: 158.2
05: 156
06: 156.8
07: 157.8
08: 157.2
09: 157.2
10: 156.4
11: 156.4
12: No W/I
13: 159.2
14: 160.4
15: 159
16: 159.6
17: 158.2
18: 159
19: 157.2
20: 156.4
21: 156.6
22: 157.2
23: 153.8
24: 154.4
25: 154.6
26: 155.8
27: 155.8
28: 157.2
29: 156.4
30: 155.4

I am going at it strong this month. I am visiting my sister in November who I haven't seen in a couple of years and would love to drop 15 lbs before I see her. Therefore, my weight loss goal for the month of September is -8 pounds.

Start Weight: 185
Goal Weight: 177

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I'm gonna aim for 5 lbs this month(well 5.2 to shoot for an even number) and start with thursday's low weight since I know I'm currently bloated.

SW: 247.2
GW: 242.0

SW: 195.8
GW: 189

I want to enter a new weight decade by the end of the month. So my goal will be almost 7 pounds for the month. A little ambitious but since I still have a lot to lose it should be doable. As long as the scale knows how I will punish it if it doesn't cooperate, all will be good.

Let's get 'er done.

I'm in! I'm eight weeks and one day to a family trip, want to be 16lbs down by then.

My goal is 8lbs down.

Thanks Joy, for getting us up and running!

Start- 167
Goal - 162 (lose 5lbs)

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I'm new here so hoping I do this right LOL

I would like to be in the 170's by Oct 1st

Start weight-188
GW-179

I'm trying for the 180's, so 189 is my goal (6 lbs)! :woohoo:

SW:195
GW 189

Thanks for the new thread, Joy!

:welcome: Sara! You're doing it right! As we go along, you can keep updating your weight loss progress on the first post that you just made by editing it each time, or you can do as most of us do and create new post(s) each day to update your progress. You'll see, we're a chatty group, lol! :gossip: By creating new posts, we can easily keep up with each other's progress and support each other along the way. If you just edit your first post, we might miss your updates. Do what feels comfortable for you though! Good luck!

:welcome: Bridget! Good luck!

So happy for all the returning chicks and it's great to see the newbies! :cb:

thanks Jacqui!!!

Start Weight: 205.4 (home weigh in on 8/30)
Goal Weight: 195.4 (-10 pounds and solid in One-derland)

01: 205.0
02: 206.2
03: 207.0
04: 207.0
05: 206.6
06: 205.8
07: 204.8
08: 204.8
09: 203.8
10: 206.0
11: 206.4
12: 207.0
13: 206.0
14: 206.0
15: 204.6
16: 206.0
17: 206.8
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Hi all!

So since my starting weight is 311.4, I am going to change my goal to be at 300 by the end of the month!

I just wanted to share this as we start this month's weight loss challenge. Someone posted this pic on another thread and I responded to it. How much fat was in that hand really struck me, and so I combined the pic and my response to it into a collage, resized it to 1280 x 768 and set it as my computer background. Now I am constantly reminded, each and every day when I reach for my computer, that every single pound really matters!
http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/v...eyCollage3.jpg

SuperHeroTeacher, I hope you make it into Onederland! You can do it! :crossed:

:welcome: tavvy! Good luck!

Here I was wanting to be 63-4 kgs by my b'day tomorrow (Sept 2), but no. I've been stuck on 66.7 kgs for 6 weeks now, even with my running and cutting back on foods (because I fell off the band wagon for a while). Before that, I was stuck on 67.8 kgs for 2 months. Well, long story short, I just want to lose this month. :(

SW: 66.8 kgs
GW: 64 kgs :shrug:

Thanks Jacqui! I think I can do it this month. My birthday is October 1, and it has been in my mind for months now to be below 200 for my birthday. Getting so excited!

I screwed up majorly this past week and my weight crept back up into the 120s. But what's done is done and I'm ready to get back on track and do really well this month. My goal is to be 110 by end of September. 12 lbs seems like a lot to lose in a month but I believe my recent gain is mostly water weight. Excited about this challenge, good luck everyone!

01: 122
02: 120
03: 119
04: 119
05: 118
06: 116

I'm heading to the Philippines for 5 days to celebrate my birthday and I know I'll be lucky to even maintain then. The plan is a very lazy beach break with lots of cocktails!! Having said that, I'd love to be able to lose 4 pounds this month.

SW: 169.5
GW: 165.5

I'm in for 2 lbs this month. I recently changed my LoseIt weekly goal from 1 lb/week to 1/2 lb/week so I think I'll be lucky to hit even a 2 lb goal.

SW: 120
GW: 118

I'm using yesterday's weight of 195 lbs as my official start weight for September since I knew I would be up today because of my Saturday cheat day. I gained 1 1/2 lbs, so I'll be drinking lots of water today and hopefully that will flush back out in the next couple of days! Starting off with a bang, lol!

:welcome: to all the new monthly weight loss challengers!

Rhiko, I adore your avatar pic! I look at it and find myself saying, "Awww." It's just so sweet! So, you say you cut back on foods. Is it possible that you cut too far back on calories considering you're a runner? Or is it just right now?

SHTeacher, I hit Onederland just recently in August, so I'm excited for you! You are going to do it this month!

Chunkie, if you've only been off plan for a week, you'll drop that weight again in no time!

Changer, how wonderful for you! I hope you enjoy your Philippines birthday break!

EMurph, we'll be rooting you on!

Start Weight: 196.6
Goal Weight: 185

01: 196.6
02: 197.4
03: 195.8
04: 194.8
05: 194.8
06: 194.4
12: 192.8
13: 192.4
14: 192.6

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Have decided that Sundays will be my weigh-in day -- never tried that particular day before, so why not? Maybe the thought of it looming over me will keep me in check Saturday night! My weight this morning was: 191.6. Sincerely hope to get off at least 15 pounds during this two-month challenge -- but 20 would be better. At my age, however, I know that won't be easy. Good luck to all you chickies out there!

A slight gain to start the month...not ideal, but not a cause for concern either.

SW: 147.75
S1: 148.00
GW: 144.00

First of all, a great big welcome to our new posters: Bridget, Sara, SuperHeroTeacher, tavvy, Rhiko, chunkie, Changergirl, emurph, SLahti and Lizzy. Best of luck to all in meeting your September goals! :welcome3:

Lene: Now that you have a new and improved plan, things will start hopping!

Jacqui: You'll be back on the downhill slopes soon and on your way to a new decade. Love the "pound of fat" example…that's why I talk to each one of them!!

Stay Puft: Getting to a new decade is always exciting…I'll have my fingers crossed for you!

Pixi: Welcome back and good luck with this month's goal.

Sum: I hope September is the turnaround month for you. You can do this!

cheeriloos: I hope you enjoyed your day off…now back to work :)

mygirlvj: Congrats on making goal in August and good luck in September!

seaurchin: Glad to have you back…good luck in meeting your goal this month.

I enjoyed the August thread so I think I'll come back for September. My birthday is September 28th so I would like to try to reach 152.

9/1 -156.5

And that is 3500 calories!

SW: 195.8
GW: 189

9/1: 196

Alright scale, it is ON!

Welcome, everyone! I'll get a list started today or tomorrow.

In August, I lost half of what I needed to get back to my maintenance weight, so I'm aiming for the other half in September!

SW: 173 (78.45kgs)
CW: 173
GW: 170 (77kgs)

New Member :)
 

Hello everyone!

I'm new to the site and excited about it so far!

My goal for the month is to get out of the 260's, out of the 250's and reach 249! That would be 12 lbs.! :carrot:

SW: 266.2
CW: 261.0
GW: 160.0

I'm in

SW 258
GW 250

01 258
02 259.5
03 261
04 258.5
05 256.5
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Welcome back Slahti!

:welcome: OKLizzy and Tereh! Glad you joined us!

Tuscany and Cheeri, a slight gain for me too. No worries!

Muses, you'll beat that scale this month!

Puft, we have to make sure our scales aren't conspiring, lol!

Leah, yes, 3500 calories burning off or going on! Let's burn it off!

Joy, good goal!

Hi all - first challenge here. My goal is to get into the 100s this month. Using bodymedia - but consistently losing slower than it predicts so trying to get more strict on myself.

SW: 206.5
GW: 198 (firmly in onederland for first time in 4+ years?!)

Note I'm a little nervous about doing daily weigh-ins, might switch to weekly. Doing a lot of traveling and that seems to lead to water retention day after especially...

01: 206.5
02: 206.2
03: 205.2
04: 204.6
05-10: Rough week with TOM and travel, did not weigh.
11: 203.9 (back on track I hope!)

Wow we got to 3 pages quick!

welcome to all the new faces and I'm glad to see everyone here from last month's challenge as well :)

Superhero I am SURE you will make it to onederland for your birthday!

Muses I adore your avatar!

Ok, as I said earlier, I am aiming for 5.2 lbs and starting with thursdays weight since we ate out thurs and fri so I am retaining water right now.

SW: 247.2
GW: 242.0
01: 250.0

September Weight Loss Goals:

Starting Weight:165.5
Goal Weight: 160

9/09: 167
9/16: 165.5
9/23: 162.5
9/30:

Sorry, I wasn't specific (which is not unusual of me lol). I got back into the habit of eating a block of chocolate per 2 weeks (actually, I think it was once a week?) and other bad foods like that. I've stopped looking at them in the supermarket again and wanting to have them. Also, because I'm still not losing after all the running I've done post-chocolate, I'm thinking it's my portion sizes that are getting too big again. Though, I'm not a fan of eating regularly anyway, so bigger portions mean I get to my calories lol

Thanks for liking my avatar. :D That's my cat Neko :) The inspiration for my pseudonym Rhiko. Rhiannon (my first name) plus Neko.

Thanks Jaqui and Tuscany!

:welcome: j0ndysse and VickiN!

Pixikat, water weight seems to be a theme right now! We need the whoosh fairy!

Rhiko, you sound like you are as big a cat lover as I am. I have three cats, 2 girls and a boy, and your Neko reminds me of my boy, Ichabod, not in looks (Ichabod is a black cat) but because of that expression. Ichabod is such a lover boy, lol!