[beachbum13]

Participants________ Start Weight______ Weight in______%lost/week_____%Overall
Week # 2 weight in_____3/23

1. dutchgirl--------------213--------------213--------------0.00%-------------1.84%
2. paperSkin-------------198.6------------196.2------------1.21---------------1.21%
3. Beachbum13----- -----199--------------198--------------0.50%-------------1.00%
4. Fat_Pants ------------197--------------197.2-----------+ 0.10--------------0.40%
5. Krista-----------------237--------------237--------------0.00%-------------0.50%
6. Iwannalose -----------285
7. 2Bthinagain----------- 224
8. Spunker-------------- 224
9. MunchieVictim---------188

[beachbum13]

Hello everyone!

Sorry for being MIA for most of the week. I have a lot going on with work and school planning ( I have decided to go back to school). I will be here every Monday to post the results for the weeks to come. I will try to check in twice per week but will make sure to be here Mondays.

2B- I know you have been sick and I hope you feel better. Ten days of being sick must be dreadful! You are still trying to get in some exercise which is more than I could do if I was feeling under the weather.

Spunker/MunchieVictim/Iwannalose - I have not heard from any of you for almost 2 weeks now. Please remember to check in so we can all support one another and reach our weight loss goals.

Dutchgirl is leading the pack @ 1.84% of body weight loss. I seem to only be losing one lb per week. I'll have to step it up this week. Yesterday I went out to eat again, it seems I always decide to do this on Sundays which may be a reason for slow results but at least it is something.

Starting this week, for those of you that are signed up. I am going to "up the ante" and provide an incentive to help reach our goals.

Game Rules & Info:
1. For current participants, only (those on the "Biggest Loser Style" Results list as of Wk 1)
2. Check in weekly, every Monday, with your weigh-in for the week
3. Game will run for 6 weeks, starting today, Mar 23 through April 27th.
4. The Goal is to have the highest % of weight loss by April 27.

The person with the highest % of weight loss by 4/27 will win a Prize.

[Fat Pants]

Howdy everyone!!! I have some real motivation now... DH and I just booked a vacation during the first week of July at a resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico!

I'm so excited, but do NOT want to be a 200 lb whale on the beach while I'm there. It's 14 weeks away so I really need to step things up. No more cheating on the weekends! No more snacking at night! Consistent exercise that counts! I'm bound and determined to look halfway decent in a bathing suit...lol!

I keep thinking "surely I can do this for 14 weeks," but if I could eat well and exercise for long periods of time, I wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place, now would I?

I'm starting out at 197.2... I want to be in the 170s by the time I hit the beach!

[2Bthinagain]

Fat Pants - woo hoo!! Vacation!! Good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paperSkin]

Well.. my weigh in is at 196.2..

Not so great.. I was 196.8 last week Monday, so total loss of 0.6lbs for the week.. I was shocked actually because on Saturday I was 195.2lbs. I was pretty good this weekend, so it must be some weird water retention.

As for my program, I am doing the Fat Smash diet and trying to exercise 5 days a week. I've been doing the 30 Day Shred, and I'm on Level 3 now.

Fat Pants, I think having a vacation goal will help your efforts.. knowing that you're going to be living in a bathing suit for a week will inspire you to want to look even better than you already do

[dutchgirl]

hi all,
sorry I have been AWOL this week. I seem to have lost all motivation, so though I have been on the forum, I have really only been lurking.

I don't know what my problem is. I can't seem to get myself together to do any exercise at all and, though I haven't given in to it, I want to eat the world. A local snackbar put a flier in my mailbox yesterday and it was all I could do not to grab the phone and order about half the menu.

I am exhausted, can't concentrate and want to snap peoples heads off.
Needless to say I haven't lost an ounce this week, and am lucky to have avoided a gain. Do I just need a vacation or could it be (OMG) menopause sneaking up on me?

I feel like I am letting you all down.

Right, that's enough of a moan for one day.

I shall suck it up for the rest of the week and get my ample behind in gear again.

[Fat Pants]

Mid week check in!

how is everyone doing this week? I am ok - exercising a ton and it's paying off. Some days I just feel like this is all too impossible, though. It just seems like it's a lot of hard work and feels like I will never get there. Anyone with me on that?

I have some motivation meeting me this afternoon for coffee. I am a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding in December. We already ordered bm dresses and I had to get a size 18. We got to pick our own style so I got one that could be easily altered. I don't want to be a fat bridesmaid!!!!

[2Bthinagain]

Mid week check in - feeling like an overstuffed sausage.
Not getting on the scale.
Just curious about something - other than weight - does anyone here have health problems?
I am hypo-thyroid - and have no idea what my cholesterol (sp?) is like.
Last time it was checked they said it was "borderline".
No exercises since the bike ride.
I am one who can easily keep myself busy to avoid doing something...
I also have many things to motivate me to do this - seeing my husbands college friends and the inlaws at some point this summer (puke).
Oh well - happy day everyone!

[Fat Pants]

happy Friday! We had a blizzard yesterday so I'm working from home today. hopefully the last snow of the season!'

Just a quick check in before work. last week I was 197.4, today I weighed in at 194.2. I'm shocked and don't believe it. I'm going to have to see this consistently in order to think it's not a fluke! But I'll take it either way.

[paperSkin]

Hi guys! I reached my mini goal of 193 yesterday! That's 20 lbs lost.. wohoo.. I am so pumped.. lets see if it stays that way until Monday.

As for health problems, I have psoriasis, a skin disorder (hence the name paperSkin) which has actually gotten A LOT better since I started my diet.. other than that I'm pretty healthy.

Fat Pants, looks like that vacation has really motivated you. Congradulations on the loss!

[2Bthinagain]

Fat Pants and Paper Thin -
Woo Hoo for each of you and your weight loss!
I haven't stepped on a scale since my illness - and then having company, and this weekend is a family birthday (2 day celebration).
I'll get back on track on Monday - I will.
I am mostly lacking in the exercise dept. and still drinking coke.

Again - congrats to Fat Pants and Paper Thin - where is everyone else?
We were on page TWO! that's not good -- let's stay on the first page here

[Saramommy]

Hi all, I have about 50 more pounds to lose. I started at 200lbs and am now at 171. My goal weight is 125 (which seems impossible). I try do a 30 minute exercise 3-4 times a week. I'm not sure if that is enough...should I do more? I want to lose all my baby weight by December!! I hope to stay motivated with this website and support group. Thanks!

[paperSkin]

Thanks guys for the encouragement.. unfortunately the I got excited and spoke too soon. Today my weight is 194.4lbs. I'm kinda on the fence about it.. it is still a loss of 1.8lbs. so I can't complain too loudly, but the 193 number was so much prettier.

I guess I should of expected it considering the run in I had with some samosas yesterday!

[Fat Pants]

Originally Posted by paperSkin

Thanks guys for the encouragement.. unfortunately the I got excited and spoke too soon. Today my weight is 194.4lbs. I'm kinda on the fence about it.. it is still a loss of 1.8lbs. so I can't complain too loudly, but the 193 number was so much prettier.

I guess I should of expected it considering the run in I had with some samosas yesterday!

haha I think we must have had the same run in with good food. I was down to 140.0 yesterday (soooo close to 193!) and up a little (194.2 again) today. The funny thing is, I didn't eat over my calories, but I didn't move much yesterday either...lazy Sunday.

I did get to buy a dress for vacation in a size (L) instead of (XL) .... previously I couldn't even fit into the large, let alone an extra-large!

saramommy - Happy to have you join in this journey with us! I think exercising 3-4 times a week is a great start. That's where I am at now... one day I want to work up to 5-6 times a week but right now that just isn't happening. How did you lose the first 30 lbs?

[dutchgirl]

no weightloss again.
I hang my head in shame.
However, as of today I am back on plan and I bought a pair of running shoes to start my C25K on Friday.
And my pants feel more loose, so there is progress in a non-scale sort of way.
But I do want that weight to start dropping again, AND SOON!