I have high hopes for joining these challenges. When I thought about my goal weight - 210#, it just seems so impossible to weigh that low since it has been so long since I have seen that number (2001). I can't help but have doubts about my success. I want to amaze myself.


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I'm in. I have been stuck for 7 months, so any weight loss would be fantastic. But I'm aiming for 1 pound per week, so 17 pounds, but I'm changing it to Monday.

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Back from Belgium- weighed in after a hectic week at my brothers - down 0.2 for 197.1 - so challenge for Easter is officially 170, a loss of 27.1 lbs ! Gulp.

Howdy Ladies!
I am not off to a great start to the Easter challenge!! I am at the gym as I type this doing a very low impact work out which is better than none I admit! I didn't want to come in when I got here so this is a start!
I have been helping my mom out at her shop since I graduated Nursing school about a week ago..... That place is a junk food emporium! I have such a hard time there because I just want to snack on chips, cookies, and candy!! I have been too! I haven't counted my points all week! Today I am not going to get McDonalds for breakfast not.a good way to start out the day for sure! I will count P2ks today!!!! I am making a healthy breakfat when get home and am going to stop for Veggies to bring to work to snack on instead of junk!!
It's good to share the action plan with yall!

I having been doing weight watcherd for 2 years now and have made good progress(slowed down during nursing school!) But I would love to make it to goal which is about 30 lbs away! Besides counting P2 (points plus new ww plan) I do 4-5 days of cardio at the gym at least 45 minutes up to 60 mins. I plan to ad 2 days of weights in now that I have more free time!

How is everyone else doing on plan? Leftovers getting to ya?

akacutie, way to go on your success so far. I am 5 months in to WW and am down 54 pounds. I hope I can concur this Easter challenge. I am finding it hard to get back on track after the holidays but am managing and have even started incorporating the 30 day shred to get some toning going. Hopefully I can get into a gym soon and do some working out. Awesome plan you have!

tschaff04- Thanks!! You are doing GREAT at WW! How are you liking the new plan? I haven't been on enough yet to really say.... LOL This week is going to be awesome though- at least the rest of it!

I am at work now... No treats yet! I told my mom I wasn't going to snack today so that helped I think....

I'm IN.


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cutie, Look how much you've already lost, I'm jealous (in a good way) don't worry everyone slips a little, just ask yourself: Is that McD's really worth it (hopefully the answer is no most of the time) I'm not a big fast food eater so that's not really a problem for me. AND remember you are at the gym and doing something. Just keep moving

TSchaff, 54 lbs OMG that is sooooooo good keep it up. I too started doing 30 day shred, in fact I did it this AM, OMG. I love that its short but boy do you work hard.

I actually started with BL last chance workout and did that for 2 months, but alas I am tired of doing the same thing, soooooooooo what I am going to do is: Six week six pack abs (day 1) BL Last chance workout (day 2) 30 day shred (day 3) then repeat for days 4-6) then on day 7 I will do the 5 mile walk (Leslie Sansone). I am also going to try to do a few miles in the evening on the days I am off work, just for a little extra.

OK, I've written another book. I'm off to the store for peppers, squash and sweet potato (to make baked sweet potato fries) i have several recipes and now I'm going to try them out . . . we'll see

Everyone have a great day and just keep moving.

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Starting late, but at least I'm starting. I had a weightloss meltdown a few months back. Over the previous year, I tried to lose weight, stalled, got more restrictive, stalled, got even more restirctive, got even more unhappy and finally 'blew up'. I was doing eveything right, but not losing weight. I've had all the tests and I'm fine so there's no real reason I can point to I just wasn't losing and getting more and more frusterated and stressed. So I've been floundering and have regained allmost all the weight I lost {it wasn't much to begin with}. I'm going to start with 'baby steps' and see what happens. Maybe set a goal for each week? I don't want to get stressed and unhappy again.

I think I should start by cleaning up my eating. We have Christmas goodies but I am proud to admit I haven't gone crazy. I need to eat more fruits and veggies {why is it always fruits and veggies?}. I'm also an emotional eater, so food is the tricky part for me. I feel I need to make out a generic eating plan to follow, so that will be my 'job' for today.

Looking forward to getting to know you as the weeks pass...

I did fairly well with my eating except today I bake bread and when I pulled the finished loaves out of the oven I couldn't resist and ate a few slices. Could have been worse. This was after a fairly large dinner so now I'm feeling stuffed. not good!

I did 50min of cardio weight intervals {Firm Target Toning} that I had planned for today. I decided I'm tired of doing pushups on my knees, I want to advance to 'toes' pushups. I have 'werid' knees so when pushups come up in my DVD workouts, I have to pull out a yoga mat to cushion them.

I worked on my food plan. I'm on Christmas break so I may have to write another one in a few weeks, or tweak this one.

I'm just holding fire on getting really stuck in. All my family go home tomorrow, and that will clear headspace for me to get going properly. My choice, not their fault.

akacutie, Thank you! I really love the new plan! With the old plan, let's be honest, it was really easy to still eat foods we probably shouldn't be eating very often. I know I was able to get away with it, and yes, I did still lose weight but it wasn't always the healthiest way. With the new plan I find I am eating in a really healthy way. I am snacking on apples, oranges, or some other fruit when I have a sweet tooth as opposed to a low cal/fat snack. I love it! I already loved fruits so it's awesome that they are no points.

Madambutterfly, thank you so much! I am right there with you. I have two small children and I am a SAHM so it's hard to find time to work out without them wanting me to hold them, or play with them etc. So to be able to get a good work out in, in a shorter amount of time is AWESOME! Day three of the shred for me. I am really feeling it.

OK, did I bite off more than I can chew . . . UGH and OH NO!!

My plan is to do six week, six pack abs on Sun & Wed, 30-day shred on Mon & Thur and Last chance workout on Tue & Fri, then for a breather do 5 mile walk with Leslie Sansone on Sat. That way different muscles hurt on different days. I'm not even through one week and need an eighth day in the week to do NOTHING, UGH and double UGH!!!

Now the 30 day shred and 6-week, 6-pack abs are new videos for me so they seem VERY HARD. The last chance workout was very hard but I've been doing it for a couple months and finally feel like I'm doing all the moves without doing a "beginner" version. Is it because the other videos are new, I think I'm just frustrated I can't do the videos as well as I'd like. I'm not too tired to do them, I . . . hmmmmmm just feel like I'm not doing them well enough. Maybe just some time to get used to them . . .

Note: I do prefer videos that are a bit of a challenge.

Food, water, fruits, veggies a& protein are all in tact. I still allow myself 5 chocolate hershey kisses a day (more of a mental thing) I usually only have one or two, some days none (when I eat enough protein I don't even want chocolate . . . who just said that. and no I don't get to carry over kisses from the day before. LOL

OK this is too long, maybe just give myself some time to adjust to the videos and give myself a break . . . at least I'm attempting to do them.

OK, this was too long . . .

Madambutterfly, I've been doing DVD workouts for years and I feel there's always a learning curve with new ones. Don't be hard on yourself, as you said you are still doing them, even if you don't follow all the moves exactly. I modifly most of my DVD workouts anyway. I work out in my small living room {5x8 space}, right under a ceiling fan, so I can't do a lot of 'over the head' moves, especially with weights. I pick and choose my 'high impact' moves, and I can't 'drop to the floor' for pushups or 'mountain climbers' in the middle of cardio unless I want to black out on the way back up. So I do different exercises working the same muscle groups when these come up. I tend to like the more advanced workouts also, that way I have something to work towards, and I can grow with the workout, because being able to do everything the first time would be boring and I don't want to do it again.

Count me in..

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