Good Day. Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day.

We are starting a new challenge and hope lots of you join in and make some great progress.

Determine a goal that will be doable no matter what it is: Weight Loss, Inches Loss, Workout, Eating Healthier, Wardrobe Changes or Maintenance. This is a journey we decide to take together. Depending on where you live you may be getting close to the time to peeling off layers or you could be a couple months away. Whatever it is let's have a goal and a plan then determine to do your best. Do your best and forget the rest.

So let's all feel good about where we are on the way to where we are going!!

I'm in!

My goals are to work out 3-4 times per week and lose 4-5 lbs to get below 195. We'll see. I just got to 199 and we only have 4 weeks. I will also settle for more lost inches and fitting into more size 14 clothing.

St. Patty's Day here we come!

IM IN OFCOURSE!!

SO, i've been eating all week (i think i'm starting to figure out a pattern....).

bounced up to 175 this morning- but i don't think i've eaten enough to be at 175, so, my goal is 162-165 for st patricks day!!!!!

also hopefully it warms up a little more so i can start running again!!

Yay! I always love starting a new challenge!

My goals:
Lose 3.5 lbs (from 151.5 to 148)
Exercise 6 days each week
Also, I really need to get rid of this darn cough I’ve had since the beginning of January

Welcome to everyone new and welcome back to the regulars! Let’s make this challenge a great one!!

I'm in as well
My goals:
-Make it to 147
-Keep up on the running. I'd like to run 4 miles at a time. I'm up to about 3.5 at speed and a quarter mile beyond at a slower speed.

I'm in!

No messing around, I will be on here posting and supporting all of you!

I missed my last challenge goal by 2lbs, and i did make it through the challenge but not at the last weigh in day. So....

I had my cheat day and today i'm holding on to a couple lbs of water weight, but I will count today's weigh in and I want to lose 7 lbs for this challenge. That will be 125 lbs, and keep up with working out and sticking to low sugar and no processed meals and CCing.

Doing this for my Wedding, 6.5 months to go! On a positive note even though the scale hates me, my inches are still down and it showed when I went to go pick up my wedding dress today! I went down a size and order a smaller size, and it was a lil big on me! I had extra room, I thought about ordering the next size down but my rib cage isn't going to change that much and it's easier to take in than out. So that is progress, down almost 2 dress sizes for my wedding dress and it fits amazing!

good luck ladies, we can do this!

I'm in I want to have lost 15 lb by St. Patty's Day and have worked out 3 times a week. So excited about this challange

Been a long time since I've participated in a challenge.

I want to be down 10 pounds and get up to being able to do 5 sets of Holy Cow Planks three times a week.

2/16 ~ 174.2

I'm in

My goal is to workout three times a week and get at least 6000 steps on the fit bit everyday. No matter what. I can do it.

hey chickies- check in time.

SO, this week has been a bit rough, i went out for sushi with candidate 2, and then had about half a bottle of wine, still weighed in lower today then i did yesterday, but still at 174.4. i'll take it. yesterday was also a off-yoga day AND I GOT TO CUDDLE WITH THE WORLDS CUTEST POINTER EVER. she is like, cat-dog. it's amazing.

anyways, en route to work this morning i had a pretty bad wipe out, and by the time i got to work i looked at my elbow and it's all bloody. it's a pretty deep gash and i feel like i might have done some damage. smacked a bandaid on it. i hope the pain calms down and i can still do yoga tonight!!

tomorrow is also a HUGE yoga day. begginers series+ advanced series. back to back.

this means that tonight i will be making protein balls, and electro-shooters (basically water and electrolyte solution, kind of gets like a jello feel, so think like jello shots but with electrolytes). the bigginer series is 90 minutes, the advanced is 2 hours- but it might take us upwards of 3-4 to get through it as this will be the first time trying it at my particular studio. SO EXCITED (please please please arm don't stop me).

nsv? i bought a pair of lucky brand jeans in a size 6 over christmas (their sizing is weird, they are a 28). they are getting loose!! woohoo

Hi all, checking in. A little bloated today. I was having horrible carb cravings for 2 days so I gave in and ate at maintenance levels but allowed more carbs than usual, hence the bloat. My cravings are gone now and I am ready to get back to my regular diet.

Today is my first day using a Fitbit. Should be interesting to see what my normal day looks like calorie-wise. It tracks cals burned for different activities, counts steps and stairs, food intake, sleep, and probably more that I have yet to discover. Seems like a cool gadget. I haven't needed it to lose weight but it might be a cool tool to use.

30 days til St. Patty's Day!

I am in.

Goals:

Get down to 210 lbs
Walk every single day for 1/2 hour
Stick to 1800 calories

I apologize for the length of this post and how it sounds like a Debbie Downer, but I need to be part of this challenge for a specific reason, and I don't feel strong enough to set a weight loss goal for myself, but rather, a behavior goal.

I reached 167.5 by Feb 2nd, and was ecstatic. My goal was a meager 169 and to get back to eating to lose (after the holidays). I was over/past the Thanksgiving/Xmas/New Years sabbatical that I had taken wherein I was hovering between 172/170 and had in earnest returned to a mode of eating to lose. I can't say my exercise component was ever stellar b/c it was not. I was trying during the summer/fall/early winter with making myself take walks. I don't think the exercise component is ever really going to kick in, but I can pretend that come spring it will again--and I can say with certainty that I at least will try. That written......I changed my ticker back to 170 b/c I'm hovering around it. 169.5/170/170.5

I am joining this challenge with maintenance goals.

1. Not gain.
2. End the challenge weighing not more than 170.
3. Ensure that my husband does not bring imported cheeses into the house.
4. Ensure that my husband does not bring imported cheese/pepperoni trays into the house.
5. If I cannot stop 3 and 4, I will have to waste the money spent (which will bother me very much b/c $ is tight) and take those food items into the yard and toss them with dirt and throw them into the garbage.
6. Mindfully eat, again, in a way that returns to the healthful choices I had been making before the winter holidays threw me off my game, and before I succumbed to snacking on available/plentiful imported cheese and crackers.

Do you feel my theme?

I do best avoiding items that I can't handle. I have not made potato or macaroni salad for a year (to my family's dismay) but I know that I can't make individual servings of it...and I can't handle having it around, so I don't make it. I can't handle eating 1 Almond Joy, so I don't allow it in my house. Not that I crave Almond Joy, I just know that I'll want more...so I don't even start. I had no idea that I could not handle the cheese and crackers until it was here and I caved in. The problem with this is that it is so calorie dense that even when I eat what I would consider a "normal" portion (8 triscuits with 6 slices of cheese and 2 pepperoni) I've pretty much over eaten calories, but it isn't filling or satisfying. It is a SNACK, with ridiculous calorie content. There is no way that this portion of food could be considered a meal to me, so it becomes extra in addition to my day's calories. I was able, when craving a corn muffin from a specific diner here with butter (500 calories) to have it a couple nights for dinner, instead of a healthy balanced meal. I willingly made that trade. Of course, I know I can have something healthy and bulky for the same amount of calories, but I was willing to make the exchange for the corn muffin---not so for the cheese/crackers.

So these are my goals. To continue to make good choices, better choices. To not gain. Maintenance is ok. 170 is better than 200. My goal is only 10 more pounds....but I don't want to get too far away from that goal in the opposite direction before I get back to losing.

Am I even making sense?

Hi all. Checking in.

Yesterday was my first day using my Fitbit. I am liking it more than I thought. It's pretty neat to see all your stats including sleep duration and quality.

Oh wow. We tried this little pizzaria here last night b/c I had been craving veggie pizza and it was so awesome. Get a load of this: broccoli, fresh tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, onions, and black olives. I also had them add some pepperoni. Best Pizza Ever! The crust was fresh, not too much bread, and the cheese was perfect, not too much or too little.. A new favorite for me! I ordered it in a 10 inch mini size which is enough for 2 people so I even have leftovers but not too much laying around. Oh so good in so many ways and I did fine on cals.

The bloat from yesterday is fading away although I am still up on the scale. I haven't taken in enough to gain so I'll just stick to it until I get that whoosh...