1. Why do you want to lose weight?
Tired of being fat! I want to be healthy. Keep family and BF from worrying about me

2. What is one thing you plan to do for yourself once you reach your goal?
Cruise

3. What is your short term goal?
199 by New Years

4. Where have you found success so far?
Menu planning

5. What area are you struggling in and would like help?
As always with water!

6. If you could have a personal trainer or a personal chef which would you pick?
Personal trainer

7. Name something about your body that you love?
I actually like being short

8. What is something you can do now that you couldnt do before you started losing the weight?
Even contemplate running 3.1 miles

9. What is your favorite part about your plan?
Flexibility

10. What is your Turkey day goal? (approx. 3 weeks from now)
To weigh 211

oh yeay biggest loser for the first time! kinda amusing.


1. Why do you want to lose weight? I have a long list of reasons but basically because I feel I wasn't living.

2. What is one thing you plan to do for yourself once you reach your goal? Buy a new wardrobe, Ride a horse at least once, probably plastic surgury. Sigh.

3. What is your short term goal? I'd like to get below my lowest adult weight of 220.

4. Where have you found success so far? Exercise and Total calories intake.

5. What area are you struggling in and would like help? Need to make better food choices. I need to cut out the processed things like lean pockets and figure in more veggies/fruit.

6. If you could have a personal trainer or a personal chef which would you pick? Chef.

7. Name something about your body that you love? My eyes

8. What is something you can do now that you couldnt do before you started losing the weight? Many Jumping Jax

9. What is your favorite part about your plan? that it's WORKING and that it's substainable (no extremes here)

10. What is your Turkey day goal? (approx. 3 weeks from now) to lose 5-6lbs.

1. Why do you want to lose weight? Because my body deserves better than this.

2. What is one thing you plan to do for yourself once you reach your goal? Buy something for myself. I don't know yet, but I have time to think about it.

3. What is your short term goal? to be 163lbs by the end of this challenge.

4. Where have you found success so far? Eating my fruits and veggies.

5. What area are you struggling in and would like help? Trying to stop eating junk food right after I eat my fruits and veggies.

6. If you could have a personal trainer or a personal chef which would you pick? Chef.

7. Name something about your body that you love? My hair. I don't have to worry about that part of my body gaining weight.

8. What is something you can do now that you couldnt do before you started losing the weight? I can workout longer.

9. What is your favorite part about your plan? My dishes are more colorful, which makes me happy.

10. What is your Turkey day goal? (approx. 3 weeks from now) 5 pounds

Diva, have you read "You on a diet"? It's pretty good and pretty much suggests the simple solution of cutting out refined grains...I agree, sometimes you need to find your own plan. Personally, I've read a lot of diet books and just take things here and there to help me.

One thing about special K...it's got high fructose corn syrup. That's why I stopped eating it. I avoid any HFCS, it's bad stuff. Here's a link about it. The guy who wrote (or one of them) You: on a diet, is on Oprah often and had this to say.

http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody..._350_202.jhtml

Anyway, whatever you decide, I'm sure you will succeed!

1. Why do you want to lose weight?
To stay healthy and keep my diabetes under control Since losing weight my a1c has dropped to 5.2 the last 3 times I had it done.
2. What is one thing you plan to do for yourself once you reach your goal?
Keep up the healthy eating and living.
3. What is your short term goal?
to reach 225 by the end of December.
4. Where have you found success so far?
Being consistent with eating properly.
5. What area are you struggling in and would like help?
Making myself eat breakfast daily.
6. If you could have a personal trainer or a personal chef which would you pick?
Personal chef. I would have more free time for me.
7. Name something about your body that you love?
My skin I have extremely soft skin.
8. What is something you can do now that you couldnt do before you started losing the weight?
Eat only when I am hungry and Wear my smaller sized clothes.

9. What is your favorite part about your plan?
It's working and I have changed how I look at food.
10. What is your Turkey day goal? (approx. 3 weeks from now)
Hopefully to be down by at least 5 0r 6 lbs. Enjoy the day .

Have a nice day everyone. Hope everyone has a great day.

Diva - it's the way I do things and it's worked thus far. It will take you longer to get the cravings to go away, but there's no reason to do induction or atkins if your not comfortable with it. I didn't want to give up fruits or random treats and my latte so I just do "good carb" instead of "low carb"

Besides what she said about special K there isn't enough fiber it. Think Fiber one, Whole Grain Cheerios, etc etc. pair it with milk for the protein carbs sometimes are better with other types of foods as far as insulin goes. So i try and have like PB with my apple or whatever.

Okay, you are gonna think I'm super weird because my beliefs are kinda contradictory but there goes. First off, I dont think that low carb is a healthy way to go. HOWEVER, I think that doing low carb for a short amount of time to detox from sugars and processed foods is a fantastic way to go. It happens fairly quicky and you get some quick weightloss results from it too. I do however believe that your body NEEDS carbs. But, the difference is the KIND of carbs you give it. Thats why I like the low carb plans, more specifically SBD because you do add those good carbs back in...thats how you make it a lifestyle, as you'll see alot of our members are doing. I totally agree there is no way I'd go through life without having my latte or some fruit...no way! I just dont want to be so dependant on the breads and pastas like I have been. And going strict low carb has taken those cravins out and stopped the bottomless pit feeling I get all too often when dieting. What I like about SBD over Atkins is that its about lean proteins.

It all does boil down to calorie in vs. calorie out. Even with low carb plans, its just easier to eat less when you get more protein and cut out the sugars and process stuff.

With lowcarb plans you do lose quickly in the beginning but it does all slow down and 1 to 2 lbs is the norm just like all other plans. Thats when you should be adding back those good carbs in higher amounts. Veggies, fruits, whole grains and so on.

I've been trying to go back to low calorie because I let myself get bored with my eating plans and I've been floundering since. So Thursday I'm going back to strict low carb for 2 weeks, then I'm going to do it like you are supposed to and add those foods back in. For me its not really about lowcarb so much as getting off the sugar and flour and its easier for me to do with a low carb plan like Atkins.

The YOU on a diet is exactly how I'd ideally like to eat. I've just never been able to get myself to that place yet. This time I got so focused on the numbers changing I forgot to make this a lifestyle and got burnt out. So on Thursday I'm gonna try again and be smarter about it. Work my way into the YOU on a diet.

Fat Smash is another plan that you detox on, but its more fruits and veggies focused, which I liked but I missed meat REAL fast, and it was too hard to do that plan and feed my family. Making 2 and sometimes 3 dinners to feed us was just too stressful.

So I'm totally rambling! LOL! Diva, you can absolutely add me to your MSN and anyone else for that matter. And I'd have to agree, I kinda like all 3 teams interacting. I think it has the potential for ALOT more support for us all.

Okay time to get the brat from basketball practice!!

~melissa

Melissa, that is what I love about this site, there's so many different ways to lose weight and people respect everyone's ideas.

Well, I've ended the day very badly. I had 230 calories left and was planning a salad, but I went and bought some candy to bring to my old workplace for Halloween. I also was going to save a little for trick or treaters (you see where this is headed). I only got one pack of chocolate candy (kit kats) because I didn't want temptation. I hadn't had candy in forever and I didn't want to start now. I opened the kit kat package to put it in a container and saw that I'd gotten the wrong kind: THEY WERE NOT PREPACKAGED.

I touched the chocolate accidentally and recoiled like it was a snake. And slowly it lured me in. Gosh, this is why I can't have bad things in the house. I have eaten most of the package and I don't know which is worst: The feeling of shame and disappointment in myself, or the tummy ache that I feel coming on.

I'm working out double time tomorrow. I don't even want to think about how many calories I went over.

1. Why do you want to lose weight?to live a healthy life and as Diva put it have a rockin bod.

2. What is one thing you plan to do for yourself once you reach your goal?Buy lots of new clothes

3. What is your short term goal? Lose 10 lbs before end of challenge.

4. Where have you found success so far? exercise

5. What area are you struggling in and would like help? eating, I was doing great, now I've been stressed, TOM is here and I've been eating everything in sight.

6. If you could have a personal trainer or a personal chef which would you pick? personal chef, then I'd eat healthy for sure. Although, if Bob wanted to come over and whip me into shape, who am I to say no.

7. Name something about your body that you love?my hands

8. What is something you can do now that you couldnt do before you started losing the weight? touch my toes and run 2 miles

9. What is your favorite part about your plan? morning workouts...my me time.

10. What is your Turkey day goal? (approx. 3 weeks from now)6 lbs

Bridgette.

LOL Leeda your chocolate story was fantastic! LOL!! You know my dd and I went to the store today to pick up a few things and we walked by this woman and she actually said..and I quote "I hate chocolate" um? what? I told my daughter...no hablo espanol?? LOL! I had some chocolate today too, and I'm making 48 red velvet cupcakes! DD and I are gonna get up early and decorate them to look like eyeballs in the morning.

Diva, that is my plan of attack...detox for 2 weeks, maybe even push it towards Turkey day but then I'm gonna be adding alot more fruits and veggies, so it wont be low carb anymore but no sugar and no processed stuff, then after awhile I'll be adding back in whole grains, like Ezekial bread and whole wheat pasta if I so choose oh and oatmeal..I love oatmeal! This is gonna be good! THIS is gonna be a lifestyle I can live with, and like you, the occassional night out isnt gonna kill me.

Well coolbeans! We can suffer together! LOL!
Can you do me afavor? I am going grocery shopping tomorrow, can you post it here or pm me an example of your daily menu's during detox? I really don't know where to start besides eggs and lean meats. LOL! I'd totally appreciate it.
Also on a side note:
My fiance's workmate's teenaged daughter was in a serious wreck yesterday and last I heard was in critical condition. can you please pray for them? I feel sorry for him (James). What a week he's having. Sat when he got home from work, his wife of 16 yrs told him she doesn't love him anymore and wants a divorce and now this.

Happy Halloween everyone!

The scale was not mean to me today, I'm still at 195.8. Soooo, it makes me wonder if I would've lost if not for the stupid kit-kats. Anyway, spilled milk and all that.

Good luck on your detox, diva.!