I'm biting the bullet, especially as a noob, and starting the monthly thread because its Halloween month and I've yet to see a new chat thread.

Thanks for noticing and getting a new thread for a new month started.

Hey guys! Im back. I have been having lots of problems with my internet at home and have into the school books so I havent been posting that much! Im at my Sisters right now cause I have to finish a paper for school! I weighed in today at 148.6 so still no change. My mini goals for this month include..

Goal # 1- To weigh/try to weigh 143 by the end of the month

Goal # 2- To do at least 50 sit ups per day

Goal # 3- To only have 1-2 "bread" servings per day....granola, bread, or cereal cause I am a carb addict!!

Hi Everyone,

I thought seems you started a new month for chats, that I would jump back in. After falling of the wagon for a while, I have been back at it for about a month or so. I'm doing OK, but need to keep at it, and be steady with my life style change. I am determined to do this!!

Wilma

Hey everyone. I am glad it's October. My son and his gf have birthdays this month and so do I. And Halloween is my favorite holiday. I am already decorated and such.

I live in a neighborhood with very few kids young enough to trick or treat. So I have decided not to buy candy until a couple days before Halloween. In the past I would get several bag at the dollar store and all of would eat them right away lol.

I am thinking of staggering my calorie intake. Still keep it the same total for the week but have higher and lower days. I have heard this works well for some people. I am now staying under 1500 per day. So would i go higher two days? then lower two days? then in the middle?

Hey Everyone,

Today I completed my first full two weeks of being back on the wagon. I count calories and so far I've lost 4 pounds of the 14 I've gained back =(. My first goal is to lose the rest of the weight that I have gained. I got to 177 and for some reason I stopped, and now I'm back to 187 after ballooning up the 191 (yikes!! lol).

Goal #1: 177 lbs by November or mid November.
Goal #2: 165 by the end of the year.
Goal #3: Work out at least 3 times a week, but I'm shooting for 4-5 days a week.

Wow...its a new month! I've been sick this last week. I'm not sure if it is a cold, or an allergy...or an allergy and then a cold. Its hard to tell with me because of how bad my allergies can be. ...i guess I'll know when my husband either does or doesn't get sick. So I missed this weeks exercises and I have not been sticking to a calorie plan. I have been sticking to my overall nutritional plan. I resisted the cravings for full fat cheese and instead bought a variety of teas when I was at the store. I was crumpy about it...but that cheese would of had enough sat fat for more than a week. ...and yeah! its the friday!!!

Good Morning Ladies

Thanks MANGO for starting us up in Oct. Can't believe that there's only 3 more months until the end of the year,and I haven't put a tend in my first 10% of weight loss.

TG the scale is now working in my favor,now that I'm doing one simple thing [not eating after supper]. It was hard NOT to take that first bite,but I managed to do so and my weight is down again this morning. Hope that it will remain that way until Mondays W-I.

SAFFY TAFFY-Sorry about your computer,but it looks like you have a good plan. I'm also a carb addict,but I won't give up my bread. My trick is to have a 1/2 sand instead of a whole one. I learn that trick from the IHOP senior menu,where they sever soup/sand or salad/sand called[twofers]

WILMA-Welcome,to the chat.We all fall off the wagon sometime or another but I glad you back on,I found counting calories is the easiest way to watch your weight.


HYDRA-I have twin grand daughters that turned 9 yesterday,so Oct is a special month for me also.I don't buy to much on Halloween as the kids in my neighborhood all go to school parties and their parent think that's enough. Last year I passed out Doritos for the few trick & treaters,had so may chips left over but I put them to use buy crumbing them on the top of casseroles. Good luck with your h/m/l calorie count.

SHAUN BEAR-Congrats on your 4 lbs loss.Your goals look do able.

EARTHY WITCH-Glad that you didn't give into the fast food craving. Some of the food that they have in those place you can make at home with 1/2 the fat.

BABY BLUES-Sorry about being ill,Hope you feeling better today.When deciding of what cheese is better ff or reduced you must look at the nutritional value of both,as if they take something out they put some other ingredient to compensate.


Have a great morning,will check back later

I am super excited about this month! I love Halloween and my son is starting to understand what Halloween is. He'll be 3 in November!

My Mini Goals

1. 180 by November 15
2. Be able to run 2 laps around the track with out stopping.
3. Turbo Jam 3 times a week (I used to...)

October is a great month--cooler weather, county fairs, beautiful fall foliage. However, the end of October usually marks the beginning of a very difficult diet challenge, starting with the Halloween candy and continuing through the holidays.

So I would like to lose as much as I can in October. I have set a goal of losing 5 pounds. I lost 4 pounds in September, so to get up to 5 in October I have put the little exercising lady on my October ticker as a reminder to expend at least 150 extra calories per day in activity. Hopefully, that should do it

Shaunabear: I am in the exact same boat as you, so much so that it is eerie!

Earthywitch: Great job on avoiding the fast food. For me, with fast food, its not the calories that scare me, its the fat grams.

I ordered halloween costumes last night. My son wanted to be a ninja so I decided to be his sensei. Its going to be fun! I love Halloween.

The scale is down to 185.5 today, thank goodness. The 191 last week had me totally trippin. Although, this morning, my pants seem even tighter then they did last week.

I drank a 1.5 litre bottle of wine by myself this weekend. I'm going to find out exactly how many calories that is...lol. This morning I'm doing a glucose tolerance test, which means I get a fasting blood draw, then drink a sugar solution adn have my blood drawn every hour for three hours. its going to be a long morning. No coffee. Had to come in fasting. I get pretty cranky without food and coffee, so we'll see what comes of this...lol!

Good afternoon!

So,for the past two weeks there has been no change in my weight! I did have a couple of cheats last week so i was thankful there wasnt a change.. Im really going to try and stick with my cals this week, eat clean and get in my workouts...cross your fingers that all goes well on saturdays weigh in

I did a upperbody workout + a interval run, didn't want to do ANYTHING this morning But i made myself get up...i feel better

Mango-Good Luck on your doctors visit. It would be hard for me to wake up without any coffee

Emileigh-Good Luck with your new plan!

mamabekki06-Nice goals...Good Luck to you.

BeachBum-I may follow you on not eating at night...what time do you stop? Im thinking about moving dinner to 6pm(now its 5pm) and making sure its a good,balanced meal so it will last the rest of the night.