Hey Billie, Sandra, and Kellyjoiii,
Weigh to go. And here's a huge :bravo: for everyone who's putting some oomph into this weight loss challenge. Yay!! :high:
Good luck to us all.
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

billie, that's a good number for me, too. i put 6 lbs but 5 would have been more sensible.

i'm glad you're walking--and i'm excited you're back here. we need you!

-.5 today but Im not changing my ticker till its a little more....Im on dial up and it takes me forever to do it.....

this morning my weight wasn't too bad. i was surprised after the krispy kreme fiasco yesterday. but--i ate sensibly cept for the round things.

today i am putting myself into training for archery which means no sugar cept on special occasions as well as no caffeine. our indoor tournament season is looming close and i want to be ready. this will also help keep me focused on weightloss.

congratulations, patti. i know what you mean about slow going tracker changes. i am on dial up, too. i decided to go back to just using 3fc's trackers. all you have to do is change the current weight. that's much faster--but not as cute. oh, well, it's all a tradeoff i guess.

Well, I was brave and weighed in and the scale said 158.6 this morning. I guess I gained .6 eating all of that candy over the weekend and on Halloween. I'm back on track now though and I'm sticking with core. The damage could've been worse, and I can still lose the 5 by Thanksgiving if I keep my focus.

Thanks Sandra,,,glad the donuts didnt do too much damage
Kimberly you can do it ...I know you can!! one pound at a time one day at a time

A pound at a time, a day at a time: Thanks P.A. because that's exactly what I've got to concentrate on. Picked up a cold and feel miserable. Have been eating soup and lots of salty stuff and my weight is up. Hopefully I'll feel much better by tomorrow and can get back to exercising. Good luck to us all! :cp: :high:
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

you're right, judy. good luck to us all. we have about 3 weeks left to get things done. we're going to feel sooooo much better with these extra lbs off.

Judy, I hope that you feel better quickly.

OK, I'm going to try to remember to weigh myself in the morning, and then I'm going to try to exercise somehow someway tomorrow. So feel free to check. ;)

i'll wi tomorrow, too, and start over. life goes on. i'm glad we have this challenge to help us focus.

OK I was rushing so much this morning that I forgot to w/i. Oops. I will definitely try to remember to do so tomorrow. I need to keep better reins on myself. I've been trying to eat "normally" and not remain strictly core but just eat reasonably. I don't know how it's working out. :lol: I've been enjoying the concept, and doing much better than my previous "life," but I think I need to be a little more strict if I want to reach my Thanksgiving/New Year goals.
Also, next weekend we are going to Homecoming at our college. I wonder how much I can lose in a week? :lol: Maybe I need to do one of those juice detoxes. :rolleyes:

melissa, i have that trip coming up sat/sun, too. again we're alike. i hope you get to the 180's soon. if you do, i'm thinking i will, too, since we're clones.

:lol:

hey clone, I did w/i this morning and I was 191. It's so much trouble to change my ticker that I might not. Or I may later on. But anyway, all that to say that I'm getting nowhere in a hurry! I'm trying to stay op today, and sticking with healthy snacks. It's only a little after 10 and I'm very hungry, may have to eat my pineapple cup. I think I will. Hope you are all doing well.
Let's make it a great coreiffic week!

way to go, melissa!!! well clone friend, you're ahead of me. i weighed 195 (again!) this am. i'm not going to change my tracker till tomorrow am after i wi again. hoping for a miracle here

i am on core and making much much better choices today. life is good.

Good girl Sandra! I know that you can do this.

Good luck everybody! I hear us all trying really hard to make headway. We can do this!
It looks like I might be down a bit this week. I really have my fingers crossed (where have you heard that before?) because tonight is a birthday celebration here for my dh.
I have decided to make a little Core dinner for myself because I choose to be thinner for my official WI. Wow, what a concept. I'll have a sliver of dessert and have some laughs and that will be delicious. Guys--I've got to make it into onederland for the New Year's! Good luck to us all.
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

judy, you are an inspiration. you make me want to do better. thank you for that.

i weighed this am and was at 194. 189 for thanksgiving is still possible.

okay, let's all give this the old heave ho. we can do it!!!!!! :cheer:

I just wanted to say thanks for this thread. I just started back on Core on November 1st, after I had a lot of luck with it last year, but slipped. And a challenge is just what I needed!

So, Thanks!! :sunny:

And now I'll go back to lurking. :sssh:

hi there, tanya. it's good to see you here. okay, girl. no more lurking. you need to join us. we need your input.

Ha! I'll try, Sandra. I think it'll help me stay focused, if I can manage it. :idea:

I know this is off-topic for this thread, but I took an archery class at our state-run conservation center earlier this year, and one of the instructors was a woman who had lost over 100 pounds when she started archery! It must be really addictive! (It sure was fun!) Good luck with your tournaments. :)

Every;thing is possible. Put an apostrophe in impossible and see it turn into
I'm possible. We can do this. No question that it's tough often, but we can do this!!!!!
Good luck everybody. (I'm a little overwhelmed because I ate more than I wanted to for dh's birthday tonight. Much better than I would have in the past, but not really what I had planned. Tomorrow's scale will tell the tale.)
:grouphug:
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

Judy, I think that it's always a NSV to see that even when we are "bad," it's not where we would have been in the past. So good job for that!

Tanya, we love meeting new friends! And don't worry, we're off topic on just about everything, all the time. :lol: Hope to hear from you more!

thank you, tanya. yes, it is addictive. i didn't start till i retired. (i'm a retired teacher.) curtis and i are having a ball traveling around competing and meeting lots of archery folks. life is good.

i have a request. would you go to the coreporate profile thread and let us know something about you? i know we'd all love to "meet" you. also, you could read our profiles if you'd like. it helps to get a "picture" of each other. also, some of us have photos on our public profiles if you'd like to see what we look like.

judy girl!!! what a wonderful play on words. i'm going to tell curtis about this. i'll bet he'll work it into his archery coaching. don't worry about tonight. just forgive yourself and move on. you're doing great. i am very proud of you.

melissa, you are so cute. and you're right, too. we do jump from topic to topic, don't we? how was your day? i did great!!! i didn't even eat my planned popcorn snack. life is good.

Done. I misunderstood at first, and did my profile instead. So, well, now they're both done, anyway. :dizzy:

Two birds with one stone, or whatever. :lol:

Yep, I had a weight gain today at my WI and I really felt bad. However, I know this will be gone real soon as long as I don't let it get me and get right bck on track. Thanks for the words of encouragement and everybody have a great day!!!!!
Good luck to us all.
(I"m not updating my ticker because I hate to =see a gain and I know I'll get it off this week)
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

Judy, try not to let this get you down. You are doing so great and I'm just positive that this won't have long-term effects.

tanya, thank you for posting your profile. it's nice to meet you.

judy, you'll be fine. keep your positive attitude and stay focused.

did ya'll see where the boards will be closed on thanksgiving? guess we'll be posting our results fri after turkey day. now that may be a challenge in itself.

I know Sandra, I was disappointed when I read that. We won't be able to wish each other a happy Thanksgiving or post our big results. But I guess that we will all be busy that day anyway. Although I'm going to count my w/i for Thanksgiving day, not the day after! :ink:

me, too. that's for sure. :lol:

Hi Thanksgiving Challengers,
Sandra, Yes, it's possible for us to meet our Thanksgiving goals. I for one am posting my pre-Turkey weight, nekked and in the morning. (me--not the turkey). I'm sorry Suzanne has to close down our site for a day, but I feel :goodvibes: from you all all the time.
Tanya, glad you're posting here and you've had a great weight loss so far. Weigh to go! :goodscale:
Melissa, thanks for the encouragement :angel: and we've still got time to lose more weight between now and Thanksgiving! Yay.

I was very lucky or unlucky depending on how you look at things. My blip up on the scale was extremely temporary and today I am back down to 203# (which is a pound loss from last week). Unfortunately I was up 1.2# for my official WI at WW's and I hate to see a gain recorded on my card. Must go to "perfectionist" feelings. In any case I am thrilled to be back on track on Core and ready to face the day. We still have about two weeks to work on our weight to meet this challenge and everything is possible.
Good luck to everyone and keep on keepin' on! :wave: :love: :woo:
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

judy girl. you're doing great. i love your enthusiasm.

Judy, it sounds like your gain was just a fluke to me, bad timing. Are you feeling better? I just love how enthusiastic and positive you are.

I'm hoping to get to move my little thanksgiving challenge tracker soon. I'm really going to focus on exercise during the coming week (not as busy as this past week) and drinking water. I've really gotten away from it and hooked on more caffeine! :hyper: Which I know just causes me to need more water, so it's a bad cycle! I need to start packing my bottle and refill it throughout the day.

Well, I'm still at 158, but that's probably due to the cookies I ate Sunday night. I'm eating really clean until Thanksgiving though. I'm still gonna try to lose the 5 pounds. I've done excellent with the exercise and eating since Monday though. I'm ready to start seeing a loss now.

-1 more this week,,,that makes 4 weeks in a row with a loss...(knock on wood)
down 1.5/10 for my challenge

congratulations, patti. you're moving right along there.

kim, i love "eating clean". i never quite thought of being on program as being clean but i guess it is--especially when we're addicted to "those" other foods.

i'm down 1.5 today. we leave on our bus trip to spokane in the am. i'll think of you all as sitting beside me watching what i eat. thanks for the help. i need it.

:goodscale: for PA and Sandra!!! I'll write later. Great work.
Judy

it feels so good to be getting some cheers. it's been quite awhile since "i done good." thank you, judy.

I am cooking for Thanksgiving. So most of my meal will be Core, I have a small turkey in the freezer and I just figured out yesterday about pureeing the Cottage Cheese so that it looks kind of like cool whip, so then I can make those cool whip recipes with cottage cheese. I will probably make mashed potatoes too, and I bet someone will want biscuits.
Vivian

:bravo: Sandra and Patti!
Sandra, you are losing quickly! Look out!