Hi everyone! Count me in too! I'm very new and just joined today! This sounds like a great challange. I'm in for 10-15 lbs. Motivation...a vacation to Florida Feb 25th..yikes..bikini!!! :lol:

:bravo: Judy
It sure is a good feeling to see that scale go down. Keep up the good work, I sure hope I see that happen next week.
Anmyreah :wave: Bye for now and good luck everyone on the challenge

challenge
 

I am new at this infact this is my first post here and I am so competitive I would love to do the challenge with everyone

Hi, jbugs! Welcome, going4it! Might I ask what it is exactly that you are going for?

Thanks, Ammyreah! My little ticker/slide rule thingee is a pound or two high. I generally step on the scale every AM, but I know that all kinds of things affect the number from day to day or even hour to hour, so I'm trying to let the scale motivate me but not impact my mood too much.

I would love to hear more about this group's experiences with meetings. I am hoping to get positive reinforcement/accountability from this forum and from my doctor, but attending meetings are helpful to lots of people. Overeaters Anon isn't for me, and right now I'm not going to count WW points or whatever (although that could change, when I hit the inevitable plateau). I've been interested in finding a Solution group, because they deal with emotional eating. Whatever you ladies can share with me will be helpful.

Happy Friday! judy

Hanging in there...
 

I'm still planning on losing 9-12 lbs. by Valentine's Day. Problem is, I seem to forget that in the evening, eating after dinner. It's not been a good week for food. I'm doing my walking, will swim and do some strength training this weekend.

Happy Friday and happy workouts to everyone.

Sign me up
 

I am new as well and would love to rise to the challenge i want to lose 8 more pounds by valentines day ;) to hit 170 pounds

How is everyone doing on the challenge? I didn't have electricity Wednesday and part of Thursday so I wasn't ver active and I ate alot. I am now on track and ready for my weigh in on Monday morning.

judydc and anyone else interested
 

WTG ignoring those cookies! That is hard to do. I have managed to take off one more pound, despite the fact that I did not do so well avoiding pizza or cookies. It has also been raining everyday, so I haven't gotten in my walks. I do daycare and the kids were all out of school this week. Next week they go back, so I hope to get back into a routine!

Friday evening went better...
 

I didn't eat after dinner. I'm all set to fit in some exercise today.

Christina, I noticed your signature says 1st goal 10%. I've heard of measuring like that. I like the idea. 10% for me is 153. I won't be there by the end of the challenge, but hopefully I'll be within 5 lbs. Thanks for the idea, it makes this weight loss thing a little more manageable--I'll just keep losing 10% til I'm there!

Well, fellow chicks, hope your Saturday goes great!

Valentine's Day
 

Sounds like a great idea!

10 more pounds by valentine's day sounds good here!

Good Luck! :D

Trying to be proactive
 

Hi, fellow losers! Just a quick note before running out the store. I'm going to a potluck this evening, with a small group of people (who I mostly don't know). So I'm planning to whip up some sort of veggie dish to take, and will eat a protein bar just before I head out (and maybe slip a few almonds in my purse). Last month a few of us had a potluck at work, and four out of six people brought some form of noodles or pasta. I hope that I can manage to be polite and sample a bit everything tonight...except dessert. If I can get through the meal in good form, I'll bypass dessert and have a glass of wine.

Wish me luck!

Judy, good luck...
 

Pasta is my downfall, and someone always bring the perfect lasagne. Sigh. So I feel for you.

You can do it!!

I want to join the challenge
 

I would like to join the challenge. I am going to be realistic and set a goal of 8 lbs by Valentines Day. That is 2 lbs a week. I think I can do that. :)

10%
 

Clarissa-I know if I make bigger goals I may get discouraged along the way and give up..10% at a time for me is the only way to keep me on track..oh, and the befoer picture stuck on my fridge :^:
have a good day :sunny:

Looks like everyone is getting on board with this ! Very exciting !! I am following weight watchers with a bit of a twist... I bought a juicer and am doing some veggie juices with that as well as snacking on the cabbage soup from the cabbage soup diet since I love the taste and it counts as a 0 point WW food... so far so good.. just need to get all my water in and am having a hard time doing that when it is so cold outside.. anyone have any ideas ??

http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...190/110/188.4/

The difficult I accomplish right now;
the impossible takes a little longer.

just an update on the challenge i have 5 more pounds to go before i hit my valentines day goal

Strength in numbers?
 

I Hope that there really is strength in numbers, and I hope that i'm not to late to join up. I am new to these sites but i do hope to become more involved. I am a very busy mom who could never really fight off that "baby fat". I started fighting for a new me last tuesday and doing well so far but I feel that i may need all the help i can get. My mimi goal for this challange (I really am excited) will be 10 pounds (with more to follow). Good luckall. I know I will need it.

Today was a rest day...
 

no exercise. Well I planned to, but didn't, so that's what I'll call it! Food's gone pretty good. I weigh myself tomorrow and take my measurements. I'm not looking forward to this!!

Lynchtg--everyone is joining up at different times--welcome! Our mini-goals are pretty close--I'm aiming for 9-12 lbs. Good luck to us!

Happy Sunday, everyone.

:flow1: Welcome everyone that just joined. I have had a very good weekend. Went out to eat with a friend Sat. Chose oriental food. I really like lomein and I know it is high in WW points but it was shrimp and shrimp is low in points. I left the rice and the eggroll, because I was really full after the egg drop soup and the lomein. Today I ate out with my sister and we hit a brunch buffet and what a buffet. It had everything from caramel rolls to beautiful looking breads and pastas, lots of differnent meats, fruits, potatoes, veggies,& desserts. I managed to stay with a salad, hard roll, just a pinch of hash browns and eggs, small piece of chicken, steamed veggies and I quit before I had that stuffed feeling and I felt great all day. My sister had the dessert and it looked good but I was just comfortable so I was glad I didn't break down and go get one. Has anyone tried the skinny cow? It's like an ice cream sandwich but it is low fat around 2 points I think for WW. I really enjoy them so I rewarded myself one of them tonight. Good luck everyone with the weigh in tomorrow.Maybe we can all do a happy :cb:
Anmyreah.

I'm down 1.5 lbs this week so a pretty good start!

Tonight I am going to exercise, 40 minutes if I can on our cross trainer.

Wish me luck!

Sounds like everyone's on track! Last week was horrible.. had 2 birthday party's at Chuck E Cheese's :( ... And didn't exercise much do to it being so cold.. The great news about my challenge is I didn't gain anything from all that pizza & cake.. We'll see what happens this week!

Good luck everyone!

I will except the challange too!!! I would like to lose 10 lbs by Valentines Day! I just started WW last Monday and go for my weigh in tonight! They said 2-3 lbs per week is ideal. So I am going for it!!! Good luck to everyone!!! If you want to email me my email address is [email protected] Or we can post on here!!!
Have a GREAT day!!!
Connie

I'm down another 2 pounds this week and feeling great.

Good luck to everyone else with their weigh in.

Congratulations to those who have lost/maintained.

Sign me up!!
 

I would love to join this challenge!! I have a formal that I need to attend at the end of February, and would love to be able to fit into a size 16 or less dress. Right now I am a size 18 or so, but can fit into stretchy jeans size 16. So if I got down to a 16, that would be good for 2 months of effort.

I also have a new BF, and while I have not mentioned anything regarding Valentine's day, it would be nice to be looking a bit better by then. Heck, he might think my better look would be an added Valentine's treat!! Yum!!

My goals will be to attend the gym at least 4x per week and to lose 20 pounds. I can do it if I focus.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. :cb:

Weighing in
 

Okay, so I am 2 pounds down since accepting Sarah Lee's challenge, 'only' eight pounds to go over the next month or so. I can do it, if I can manage all the lunch meetings, birthday parties and work-related receptions on my calendar between now and 2/14.

Saturday's pot-luck was a bit weird. The hostess blithely said, "Bring whatever," so we had an overabundance of beer, wine and desserts. My green bean dish was the only thing there that wasn't alcoholic, sweet or fat--or like the German rum balls, all of the above! So I fell back on the reasonableness rule, ate lots of green beans, some chicken wings, and a very modest helping of dessert.

A friend got me to sign up for twice-weekly low-impact dance aerobics classes with her, starting later next month. I enjoy aerobic videos, but can't do them in my current apartment. I can hear my upstairs neighbors just walking around, I'm sure that I would sound like I'm coming through the floor. A class would be a new experience. I'm kinda nervous, but it's geared toward big women, so I have high hopes. Plus, it's in the early evening, which would motivate me to get to work earlier and get away from my desk at a reasonable time.

Connie and Clarissa--good luck with the weigh-in. Hope it's not as dramatic as the ones on "the Biggest Loser," ay-yi-yiii!

Congrats, Pook, Amity, Angel and everyone who can post a pound or two down. Shalynn, no worries! I'm happy when I can show changed behavior, if not always changes on the scale. If you didn't lose any ground in a tough situation, that's worth a big pat on the back ;) . Anmyreah--you are a brave woman. I will do my level best to avoid buffets forever. I was raised to believe that it's somehow immoral not to have seconds and thirds at a buffet, just on GP, and that it's a waste of money to not take advantage of all that you can eat.

Okay, back to self-indoctrination. I'm home today, trying to keep some bug from taking over my body, and reading, reading, reading about weight loss and healthy living. Maybe I'll change my signature, to show all my goals: 191 by the end of this year, maintaining at 165 (or better) by 12/07.

Good luck to you all :goodscale

judy

:D I am down 6 lbs as of this morning. I know alot of it is probably water but I have been trying to drink water and green tea also. Now I just need to keep going and not gain any back. I got a work out today. I scraped all the snow off my house and garage roof today. I may be sorry tomorrow but I felt good getting out there and getting motivated to do it. I think with ea. 10 lb loss I would like to treat myself to something special. By the time you are in your 50's I think a massage or manacure is not to much to ask. Will have to think on that one. I also just bought one of those exercise balls anyone have one. Not sure I will like it but thought I would try it.
Anmyreah

:df: one firefly for ea 5 lbs.
187...............181

Wonderful Idea
 

This is a great idea. My long-term goal seems so far out of reach :( I would like to lose 10 lbs. by Valentine's Day! Count me in!!!! :lol:

Hi littledove - welcome aboard :D

Anmyreah - I think we should absolutely reward ourselves for each 10 pound lost. I am a cabbage patch kid freak and already have one on layby as a reward for my first 10 pounds when I reach it :o geez talk about optimistic huh but I couldn't resist him, I'm just a big kid at heart lol oh and I think a massage and a manicure at the 50 mark is a great reward too.

Have a great day everyone
Amity

Hey Everyone,

Ok, here's my progress since accepting the challenge- down 4 lbs this week!!!YAY!!:)

I have been drinking water like mad, cut out soda completely, and began a new exercise program. I did the elliptical machine for 20 min/3x a week...my goal for this week is to up it to 30 minutes a session. I also began strength training exercise, to begin to tone up.Abs are killing me.

Anmyreah, I just got one of those exerciose balls too...it's great.If you do your crunches on it, they are much more intense and focused, because you have to work to keep balanced.

Good job and keep going everyone!!
-Robin

I am so so excited! :dancer: I started last Monday and I have already lost 4 pounds. I think I am going to surpass my Valentine's Day goal of loosing 10 lbs. Now if only I can get more motivated to exercise more than 2x week.

Hi,
I would love to join the challenge!! My goal is to lose 10 pounds by Valentine's Day....I am not sure of my actual weight but I will find out on Tuesday!

Congratulations on your losses this week Robin and Michelle.

Welcome Chica

New girl here..
 

Hi All-

I've been lurking around 3FC for a while now and decided to finally join in! All of your enthusiasm and positive messages has made me want to jump on the V-Day challenge bandwagon. I'll be 22 on Feb. 8th and would like to add to my (so far) 23 pound loss, so this will be an awesome motivator/birthday present. :) Keep up your good work!


http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...rts/lb/0/10/0/

Wow just registered tonight and already makin goals. i hope im not gettin ahead of myself. im would like to go along w/ sakk and just say a few pounds, but i guess 10 is a good number and more of a challenge. i dont wanna be disappointed, but i will rejoice at 8 even!
sw & cw 185
vdw 175
mid monthly goal 10lb less!
(march 15 165, april 15 155)

wish me luck, cause i know itll be much harder this time than last!!

Count me in (and down!)
 

I have a weigh-in on Sunday for the National Body Challenge 2005, although I'm really doing South Beach (can't hurt to learn more, right?).
I will shoot for losing 10 by Valentine's Day! :wave:

I'm in too!
I already had a mini goal myself of loosing 10 lbs by Valentines day! I'm 5 away!!!!
Great idea!

:) Hi guys, I've found this site to be of great use. Cheap too!
http://www.edietsuk.co.uk/ it has professional advice, helpf staff. Keeps you motivated and offers support in an anonymous setting.

x

Hi everyone! I would love to join this challenge. I have already made a tracker with my goal.

Can you feel the momentum, people???
 

Wow, this pretty exciting, all these new 'faces' in on the challenge! And congrats to everyone who's lost a few lbs so far, especially you, anmyreah :high:

Well, I've already slipped today, nothing huge, but it won't help me meet my goal. I hoped to have a lunch meeting at this place with great salads, but we ended up at an Asian noodle joint instead, and neither pasta nor rice are on my plan. I had a very yummy curried chicken and spinach dish, ate some but not all of the noodles...and the dessert. So I'm headed out to have an extra long-walk home, and will have salad for dinner (and no fruit for dessert) :no:

See ya tomorrow--judy

Hi All,

Hi Amity thanks for the welcome! I joined WW today and I have already made changes to my eating habits. I learned that my actual weight is 188.4 (which is a bit less than I thought), my goal for V-Day is still to lose 10 pounds.