Just weighed in at 147 (3lb gain since start of the challenge), my sister got married yesterday and the last week has consisted of lots of family meals out and grabbing food on the go. I also had a hangover today which has resulted in a carb frenzy!

I am hoping to drop most of this as I return to my normal eating habits, really need to sort out the exercise side of things though as I am rubbish at fitting in any. I am going to start by walking part of the way home from work each day and see how that goes.

I'm a little late to the party. Sorry about that. This will be my first challenge so I'm excited. This challenge also coincides with my 4th goal which is to get to 259. Getting to 259 lbs means I have less than a 100 lbs left to lose! Even though I weigh myself daily my official weigh ins are on Fridays.

SW - 270 lbs
GW - 255 lbs

11/14 - 269 lbs - Loss of 1 lb

~This week totally sucked. I worked hard and lost 3 lbs, then between my Mom in the hospital and driving out of state to see her almost every other day I was eating on the run a lot so I gained it all back. Being that it's also that TOM is not helping in the slightest.
PS I screwed it up and accidentally put the wrong beginning weight in the ticker and SW. So I actually did lose 1 lb.

11/21 - 268 lbs - Loss of 1 lb

~ This week was the same as last week, but add in even more emotional stress about my Mom's upcoming surgery, future surgery for myself and depression eating too. I'm very surprised I lost anything.

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I HATE TOM!!!!!!!!! Up 3.4 lbs since yesterday and feel miserable! I HATE IT!!!!!! Ok, as you were.

JB, yall sure make me glad I am not not a woman. I would sure as heck hate Tom also, sounds to be a really awful dude.

Monday weigh in
start 210.8 goal 197
today 207.2 10.8 to go

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SW: 313
CW: 319
GW: 290

I'm going in the wrong direction! (haha... *sigh*) Realized that it's mainly all the Halloween candy I've been replacing real food with.
Edit: I'm also on my period, though, so hopefully some of that 6 lbs is just water. Or maybe I've really been stuffing my face that much.

Decided to start over today (not really, but mentally). I didn't realize I'd eat a bunch of candy this year, because I wasn't planning on buying any (which I didn't). Leave it to family to buy it for you and present it as "gift."
I've just gotta be stronger than that.

LOL Rooster TOM is cursed by every woman for five days out of every month. Haha

Congratulations on your loss!!

Yes, thank your lucky stars! Every month I want to slap EVE. I hold her, personally, responsible for this.

I am doing a little better this morning. 241.0, which is down 2.0 since yesterday but still not feeling well! No Water Aerobics yesterday and none today. If I get to feeling better I plan to walk/jog later. As of right now, I can't stand up without getting dizzy. I think my iron has dropped.....I have issues with it. I guess supper will be a steak cooked in an iron skillet with a spinach salad....unless I get to feeling better.

Today is my 9th day OP and I have made zero progress, actually 1.6 pounds heavier And I can not even blame the hormones! UGH! Mathematically I should have lost with the calorie deficit.

I have said this before, I can not lose with diet only. I know people say it is 80% diet and 20 % exercise, but diet alone won't do the trick for me.

The first 25-30 pounds I lost, I did it with 1200-1300 calorie diet and exercised 100-120 minutes per day; HARD!

So I need to go back to exercising. I will keep my calories at 1200 and add atleast 100 minutes of cardio/weight training to my days.

I will evaluate my situation in 9 days after exercising each day.

Plan for today;
Exercise
4.2 mile power walk through woods (4-4.2 mph) for 60 min
Weight training 45 min

SW 144
GW 134
CW 145.6

JB, Changing our diets to lose this kind of weight affects our system a lot. Everyone losing weight should be taking vitamin and mineral supplements. They don't cost much and make one heck of a difference.

It sure made a difference in the way I felt and my energy level after I started taking them about a month after starting weight loss.

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Hah, a whoosh happened! I dropped 2 pounds yesterday, woot! I am finally below the starting weight. Not by much, but still

I added my exercises in; I power walked at 4.2 mph for 60 minutes through woods and hilly terrain, lifted weights for 40 minutes and hopped on a super fast 4.7 mph 20 minute session on treadmill. Total 120 minutes exercised!

Eating was perfect too! I really need to focus on my water intake more next. I drank a lot yesterday because of all the exercise.

SW 144
GW 134
CW 143.6

I'm in. I'd like to be down 10 lbs by Christmas. I will weigh in on Sunday

I do need to look into some supplements. It worries me that I'm not getting what my body needs right now. However, I think what is going on right now has more to do with my demon visitor in my girly bits. LOL!
What do you take? Any words of advice on what has helped you?

11/12: 240.3

Count me in! Traveling got in the way of the usual challenges I participate in so I was happy to see this one come up. I'd like to be 10 lbs lighter by . I know I'm late to the party so we'll see how this goes.

SW: 193
GW: 183

curvynotlumpy, welcome aboard!!

JB, the list is long and can be individualized. I will give you a link to National Institute Health (NIH) Dietary Reference Intakes (DIR). Input your personal data (weight, height, age sex etc), click the info you want-- I chose all of them to get how many units of the 15 essential vitamins are recommended, both the minimum and the do not exceed (tolerable) amounts, if applicable for each. Plus it does the same for the fifteen essential minerals. It also lists the non-essential vitamins and minerals with some info about them, mainly saying there is no reason to add any of them, and also list the upper safe limits of these.

Also listed are the suggested intakes of protein, carbohydrates, fat and water. Suggested calories are also listed, but use caution. Though over-all calorie recommendations work for the average person, few people are average. Were I to eat even one half of their caloric suggestion I would gain weight. Everyone needs to learn their own maintenance requirements, as it varies according to each of our metabolism rates plus the differences in our digestive systems ability to process and metabolize the food to be taken into the body for use, of which any overage becomes fat deposits.

http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/fnic/interactiveDRI/

Use the suggested lower amounts and try to purchase a multivitamin that meets your lower requirements. Remember, you will be getting most of what you need in the way of vitamins and minerals from your foods. I suggest purchasing a vitamin B-12 supplement to go along with that. The following are taken from NIH concerning taking vitamins and supplements, give them a bit of thought.

"Some people take an MVM as a form of dietary or nutritional "insurance." Ironically, people who take MVMs tend to consume more vitamins and minerals from food than those who don't. Also, the people least likely to get enough nutrients from diet alone who might benefit from MVMs are the least likely to take them."

(MVM = multivitamin/minerals)

"The recommended amounts of nutrients people should get vary by age and gender and are known as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and Adequate Intakes (AIs)."

The link for the page containing those quotes:

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/MVMS-Consumer/#h4

I do hope those help you in your quest.

Good luck

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