From April Fools' Day to Mother's Day, my resolution is: To lose 20 pounds. I changed it a little from my last post because I thought Mother's Day was a little bit further than that. I will do this by sticking to my 1500 Calories a day diet, limit my soda, drink more water, and move more.

STARTING WEIGHT 276
GOAL WEIGHT 256
Week one (ends April 7th): 274 Not as much as I had hoped for, but with my eating not totally OP I am so happy it's down and not the same.
Week two (ends April 14th):271 I'm so excited to have lost 3 pounds. 1 more pound and I'm at the 40 pound loss mark. I'm not sure I'll make my goal, but I'm ok with that. At least the number is going down.
Week three (ends April 21st):272 Not good.. Not sure what's going on. Blah!
Week four (ends April 28th): 269 It's been a hard couple of weeks. We'll see what happens.
Week five (ends May 5th):
Week six (ends May 12th):

With Mother's Day coming up quickly, we should think about what holiday we want our next challenge to go to! I was thinking fourth of July (7.5 weeks) or the summer solstice (just shy of 6 weeks) - what does everyone else think? Any other suggestions for holidays?

I like the idea of sticking to the holidays; with that in mind we could do the following:

Option 1:
Mother's Day to Independence Day ~ 7.5 weeks
Independence Day to Labor Day ~ 8.5 weeks
Labor Day to Halloween ~ 8.5 weeks
Halloween to New Year's Eve/Day ~ 8.5-9 weeks

Option 2:
Mother's Day to Independence Day ~ 7.5 weeks
Independence Day to Labor Day ~ 8.5 weeks
Labor Day to Columbus Day ~ 6 weeks
Columbus Day to Thanksgiving Day ~ 6.5 weeks
Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve/Day ~ 4.5 weeks

Option 3:
Mother's Day to Summer Solstice ~ 6 weeks
Summer Solstice to Dog Days(roughly Aug. 5) ~ 6 weeks
Dog Days to Autumnal Equinox ~ 7 weeks
Autumnal Equinox to Veteran's Day ~ 7 weeks
Veteran's Day to New Year's Eve/Day ~ 7 weeks

Ya know, I kinda like the shorter ones.... My vote is for Option 2. I have an excel sheet with these challenges in mind... Knowing in advance like Peggy has it set up would help ease my excel spreadsheet way of thinking LOL

I agree with Ashley! i'm liking option #2

Option 2!!

I added all those dates into my excel sheet. LOL... I could be ::gasp:: at 185lbs by News Years Day if I keep this booty OP and continue to stay focused. HOLY COW. BUT the point of all this is that I do better when thinking about little chunks of time as opposed to large chunks of time, so I will try to contain myself! Lol

It looks like Option #2 is the way to go. If I don't hear any differently, I will set it up tomorrow (Friday) evening. Everyone ok with that??

I know I won't make my goal this time around. I had too many stressors with nursing school & stuff, but at least I am losing!!

Laters!!

Yup, I'm with #2! Thanks so much, Peggy! Now I'm getting excited about the next challenge! :squeee:

I won't make goal too but as long as we're lower than when we started, that's good right?

2013 Resolution: Weigh 185 or less

From April Fools' Day to Mother's Day, my resolution is: 30 pounds

Starting weight: 268.8 (corrected from last week because I had a body comp analysis done and the weight control program forgot to adjust for the 2 pound clothing allowance that the machine gives)

Week one (ends April 9th): 267.2 (TOM)
Week two (ends April 16th): 262.0 5.2 pounds gone
Week three (ends April 23st):261.2
Week four (ends April 30th): 256 5.2pounds gone
Week five (ends May 7th):251.8 4.2 pounds gone
Week six (ends May 14th):

2013 Resolution: Change my lifestyle and become a healthier person, so I can be a better role model for my daughter. I would love to get down to 160 by the end of this year.

From April Fools' Day to Mother's Day, my goal is: EDIT/ To lose 15 pounds by mothers day !

Starting Weight April 1st: 268.8
Week one (ends April 7th): 265.2
Week two (ends April 14th): 263.4
Week three (ends April 21st): 264.6 ***I don't know WHAT happened this week, i've been working out like a mad woman so weight GAIN doesn't make sense to me but I think I need to make some adjustments with my eating. Here's to hoping for a better weigh in next week...**
Week four (ends April 28th): 261.6 ***WOO HOOO!! awesome week for me Hoping next week is just as good!***
Week five (ends May 5th): 260
Week six (ends May 12th): 256.8


Total weight LOST: 12 pounds!!! only 3 lbs away from hitting my goal of 15 but oh well......i'm still so happy with the progress i've made
I'm really excited for the next challenge!!
Happy Mothers Day <3