Hi everyone! Sorry for joining in late, I had completely missed the sign-up deadline but Kim graciously allowed me to hop on board - this is my first BL challenge and I am beyond stressing out right now because I just found out my parents will be visiting for 3 weeks starting next Friday. I haven't seen them in over a year (I live in Vegas, they are visiting from Singapore, where I grew up) so sticking on plan is going to be a HUGE challenge for me. On the bright side, my mom recently started trying to eat better and work out too, so I will still be able to go to the gym after work - and bring her with me - without feeling too guilty about eating into the time I would otherwise have with them! I am going to be fairly realistic though about my GW. I was REALLY hoping to see Onederland by April but I might need to push that back to late April/early May instead, since this month will be slow going.

Nice to meet all of you, and looking forward to getting to know you better!

Age: 28
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Most recent NSV: A pair of tailored slacks (without those awesome forgiving waistbands with a bit of stretch that I love!) that used to cut off my circulation before are just mildly tight now lol
Weight loss goal for the challenge: 8lb - would love to get 11 but I would rather surpass my goal than get upset about falling short and thus falling off the wagon - bah!
Battle plan: The food part is going to be a HUGE issue this month but, make the best choices that I can and keep working out at least 4x a week
Challenges: See above! Also I work in an office where there is ALWAYS food - Double Stuff Oreos in my face don't make for a very easy work day sometimes!

@summershine - Thank you for the awesome siggy!!
@SnowWolf - Hey, someone else from Vegas! Hi there! *waves*

Hi all, I'm soooooo blooming tired today, being super good with my food, took a salad into work rather than going out for a Thai lunch, and making a veggie stew thingy for dinner. All so I can go out for a couple of gin and sodas later! I skipped on th meal part of the night out, but will be joining my colleagues for a couple of drinks, slowly letting myself back out to have a life, think I trust myself to stay in control and not go crazy now!

Was looking forward to doing c25k today, but after yesterdays BRUTAL workout, I've got a bruising type pain on the bottom of my foot, so running is out Just going to do some arm strength training instead.

Chantelle, welcome aboard, have a great time with your parents, that's brilliant that you can take your mum to the gym with you

Kim, I mainly stirfry onion, garlic, chili, sugar snap peas, baby corn, different mushroom varieties, peppers and pakchoi. I'm actually not that keen on a lot of the more 'exotic' and traditionally Thai veggies, I stick to the ones I'm used to getting in the UK! Apart from mushrooms, I love all teh mushrooms here. I just use a jar teriyaki sauce, but most often don't bother with that, and add mushroom soy sauce and a bit of black pepper and that's it.

Daisy, I hope you sleep soon, when do you hope to finish your book? I'm glad your cravings have gone away.

Southernbelle, the inches are wayyyyyy more reliable than the scales, I hate all the fluctuations!

Kariatari, good luck on making the 150s. The Italian treat sounds amazing And it's great your OH is supportive even if he doesn't need to diet himself

My next mini goal is to drop from obese to overweight, no reward though, the pressure is on from now until April 12th when I fly back to the UK, both weight and exercisewise, and saving money wise, so no rewards just now for me!

My body is teasing me. 200.4 this morning.

Thanks, takingcontrol! That stirfry sounds yummy btw. I haven't tried adding pakchoi before but I really should - I grew up eating it in so many dishes but it's one of those veggies I just didn't know what to do with when I started cooking LOL. Well and good when it's cooked for me, but ... yeah, clueless about making it for myself! Hope your foot starts feeling better - I am stretching out my C25K to 18 weeks since I am nothing CLOSE to a runner.. doing W1D2 Part II today LOL.

lostangel GAH how frustrating for you! You'll get there tomorrow though, surely!

Finally slept last night -- only 8 hours, but still something. I feel SO much better. Weighed in at 121.8, with extra gain probably because I first woke up at 6am COMPLETELY RAVENOUS and wolfed down a Zone Perfect bar lying in bed... yeah, that happened. But just like a piece of pound cake was apparently necessary to convince my body to sleep yesterday, the bar was necessary for enough carb-stupor to fall asleep again.

TOM next week, just after first weigh-in. I'll be staying on plan, but my monthly bloat might be really bad for our first week progress. Sorry, girls... cover for me, k?

Welcome Chantelle!

lackadaisy: hope you sleep comes a little easier

KimL1214 - Fraternal Boys

Yesterday was a bomb. Today is much better so far.

Sothernbelle: Congrats on the new shirt size! Way to go!!!

Lostangel05: Your body messing with you when you're right on the cusp of onederland sucks majorly! I know this. I was stuck for 3 weeks at the same weight on the wrong side of onederland no matter what I did. And then i whooshed into Onederland and now I've been stuck at that weight pretty much for another 3ish weeks. So believe me i know how nailbiting this is! Hopefully, you whoosh your way well into Onederland and furthermore towards healthy this challenge!

Chantelle: Welcome! These challenges are awesome! I remember when I used to live in the states and my parents used to come visit, all plans of sensible eating died. And bless them, it wasn't their fault, the food wasn't unhealthy, I just fell upon home cooked meals flavored with love like a ravenous beast! But hopefully, you and your mom can be a support and motivation to one another while they're visiting.

Kim : yay for an improved living situation! It's always good to have someone who lives with you doing it with you!


I've not been doing that great team. It's kind of been binge central and non-exercise boulevard. I haven't worked out since Saturday, where normally I woke out 6-7days a week. I haven't gone running in over 2 weeks so goodness knows if I'm still capable of that activity. I'm scared to try in case I find out I've lost all aerobic fitness (been doing JM videos the past few weeks but still...) but I've promised myself that tomorrow, I must at least try even if just to see how bad things have gotten. As far as the binges, the sad thing is that they've been done consciously. I actually weigh stuff out, enter the caloric damage into my calorie tracker app and then munch away on for example tonight 450 calories of black forest cake. The sad part is I'd done so well up till that point today. Gotten in all my meals for the day at 1300 calories and was totally on plan. And then, BOOM! Up in smoke. I've eaten about 1800 calories a day since Monday as opposed to the 1300ish planned, so whilst not totally tragic, it's off-plan tragic. But i've got it under control now. I've had my "enough is enough" moment, and now i've confessed. I pledge to stay under 1500 cals everyday till SW-Sunday, and exercise tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. I WILL do this!

Ok in addition to getting my head fixed in a more positive, more can-do mindset, I've also realized that I'm going to have a few more personal challenges this challenge than I thought. I'm going to be traveling a lot this month starting next week, and then from the 21st, I'm heading over to the UK for a month to meet with my best friend (and fellow QLC-er) who lives in London and we're going to go on a series of "finding ourselves" road trips to explore England, hopefully also making it to Scotland and Wales over the course of the month- I'm told by "finding oneself" experts (aka another good friend that backpacked across Europe a few years ago) that having a specific itinerary kills the self-discoveryism of the whole venture... I'm kind of one of life's planners but I'm also really confused and lost and don't know what to do next with my life (apply to a doctoral program, find another job, or start a business) so I'm going to go along with the plan-less-ness and hopefully learn something. I WILL be online though and I WILL take my scale (and food scale) so I'm good for the challenge. The challenge will be to make sensible decisions while I'm away. And having you guys here for support and accountability will be a huge blessing in that respect.


Tuesday/Wednesday Question: My next mini-goal is to be overweight (191lbs). I'm actually about 6-7 lbs away from being overweight and honestly that's a weight I don't even remember. All I know is when I was 12 and about 5'5" I weighed what I weigh now (197-198) and was obese. I really don't remember ever being overweight. My reward to myself is the UK trip which is kind of cheating because it really has nothing to do with weight but to be honest, post-trip I don't think I'll be able to afford any rewards. So weighing less will have to be a reward in and of itself.

hey all
thought id pop in to say hi!.. im working 8-10hrs shifts so wont be on chat much but will try my best to come join in!.. some of u might remember me from other challenges, but its good to meet new ppl an make more friends
good luck

alittle about me
hey all im 24 (25 in a weeks time eeek)
im a full time care assistant/nurse and love my job, got a 4 (almost 5 in 2weeks) yr old daughter who keeps me on my toes! 2 dogs and a rabbit so never quiet in my house!... good job i have the fella on hand to keep things in check while im not there lol.

dont really have plans or challenges for myself as they dont always work out for me. so im just going to go with the flow an kick some butt,.. im hopin to lose anything from 5-10 pounds but have to wait an see

Toastedsmoke - sorry to hear you're having a tough week, but well done for confessing and giving yourself a talking to and deciding to turn it around again. Your England trip sounds amazing, I love the idea of no real plans and just seeing where you end up, brilliant!

bbg200 - welcome to the team This is my first challenge and I'm really looking forward to it. What day's your birthday? Mine's next Sunday, hoping I manage not to be too bad!

Well, I had an amazing Monday and Tuesday this week, felt really good and in control and positive about the next six weeks and beyond. On Tuesday night I did a really hardcore workout, pushed myself harder than I ever normally do, and loved it. Yesterday in the day I kept on plan, but was feeling sore from my workout and also managed to hurt the sole of my foot, so I decided I couldn't do C25k last night.

I then went out for food and drinks with colleagues, a night out I'm compensating for by not drinking at the weekend. I ended up cooking a healthy dinner at home and eating first, and had no more food while I was out, or when after wayyyyy too many gin and sodas with a splash tonic I got the major munchies, I still managed not to eat last night.

But today, after 5 hours sleep I've been feeling super rough and eaten wayyyyyy too much! Have avoided chocolate/crisps/biscuits/deep fried, but still eaten wayyyyyy more than I should, but I just can't help it when I'm hungover. To make matters worse, I'm also soooo sore today from the workout on Tuesday, it's not fair! Way more sore than yesterday, my thighs are so bad I can barely walk, so exercise seems to be off tonight as well, which isn't good! I'm going to do some arm exercise reps with my resistance band but that's it.

I must do better Friday and Saturday ready for the SW!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been able to respond on personal posts much... life has been SUPER busy lately. I am reading them all though... thanks for sharing!!

Haha...exactly 200.0 this morning. Alright 200s, you have no where to hide now. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be saying goodbye to them!

Stuck at 250 still today I know that stalls happen so I am not that worried ... and technically this isn't even a real stall because it has been just a little over 2 weeks now. However, this is the longest I have been stuck at a # in the past 8 months and it is getting pretty frustrating. I am praying for a dip sometime soon... I really want to be at least in the 240s by next week!!!

Like my new signature? Haha. It was too perfect, I couldn't resist.

Anyway, after really struggling for a few days, I'm having one of those ridiculously rare days when meeting my calorie and exercise goals is painless. It's past 9pm and I've eaten 720 nutritious/filling/freaking-delicious calories (salmon & veggies for lunch, grilled chicken & veggies for dinner), finished a light dance class and C25k W5D2, and actually slept last night. Anyway, this is so rare for me, I just needed to share. I might eat a roll in a few minutes... or cereal...

Glad to hear you had a great day Daisy, hope the sleeping and diet/exercising following continues and I can get on your bandwagon too!

As I type this I'm trying to find the motivation to do c25k week3 day 2 (shoule be day3 but I missed it earlier in the week)

I'm not allowed anymore slacking once this challenge starts, I'm NOT!