Newbie Valentine's challenge?? Interested?
 

I figure... since we're all new and need encouragement maybe we could start a little mini challenge until valentine's day. We could all set mini goals for ourselves and try to meet them by Feb 14. We could all email each other or start a post everyday to see how we're doing... I would definately like to get to know people so anyone interested should reply or email me or send me a private message.

Also, here's a quote for anyone who feels they've messed up their diet!

" The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, it was a slip and not a fall."

I am trying to loose 10 lbs by Valentine's Day. It is a good Challenge

I'm in! I think this is a great idea!!! I'd like to lose 15 pounds by Valentine's Day! Heck, I'd be happy just to be out of the 200+ pound range. ;)

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Start Weight: 262 lbs
Today's Current Weight: 211 lbs
Valentine's Challenge Goal: 196 lbs
Final Goal Weight: 135 lbs




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I'm In!!
 

I'm new too! I think the idea of a mini goal is great. I would like to lose 12 lbs by Valentine's Day! :goodluck:

I'm in too! I'd like to lose 10 pounds by valentines day as well.

My first mini-goal is being brave enough to attend my first WW meeting this week!!! I'm nervous:) I need an "official" weigh-in so I know where I'm at. I'm just not sure how accurate my scale is at home.

My second mini-goal for Valentine's Day will be 8 lbs. lost. I'm not going to shoot for the moon, as I don't want to be disappointed:)

My third mini-goal is to start learning more about healthy foods, and put it to work grocery shopping!!

Have fun at your first meeting next week, just remember everyone there is there for the same reason you are and understand the challenges facing you :) I'm sure you'll meet some great people, learn alot and basically just have a great time.

I am in
 

My mini goal is actually 180 by my 39th birthday which is Feb 25th but I will try and hit it for the Valentines day Challenge.

Good Luck to everyone.

woohoo just had my first weigh in since starting 1 week ago - 2 pounds gone. Its a start now I just have to keep going!

Congrats Amity! Count me in Ladies! I'd like to lose 15-20 lb by Valentine's.. So far, so good.. I haven't cheated, besides, I'd only be lying to myself.. hehe.

Good to luck to all!

Sure, Im in! 10 pounds by Valentines Day (at least!)

Hi, everyone! I'll join and aim for 9-12 lbs. by Feb. 14. This is a good idea.

Clarissa

Okay, I'll bite...by Valentine's Day, I will have lost 10 pounds, by diligently keeping up with my food log, doing some sort of workout five days a week, and meditating in the morning. Oh, and by fancying up my posts--you gals are really stylin' here with the graphics!

Checking our thread every day will work for me, or emailing, either way. Thanks for kicking this off, Sarah lee.

Judy

Today's weight: 248.5
2005 goal: 191 by December 31 (so I can wear my little black dress on New Year's Eve)
Ultimate goal:155 by December 2007

Yay!
 

I'm glad some other people want to do this with me. I desperately need some motivation. I feel like my weight has hindered every decision of my life. I want this to be the year that I actually make some changes... I want to meet my goals and not fail, again! Good luck to everyone and I look forward to getting to know some people!

Hi all! This sounds like a great idea! count me in!! :D. 10 pounds by Valentines day. Will do! :D

I'm in! I want to lose 8 pounds by V-Day!

Hey how is everyone doing???

Today is first day back to work so it will stop me from nibbling. I am considering joining a gym for 3 months to give me a kick start. I am also keeping track of my measurements to gage those loses also as I am sure to build some muscle and don't want to get discouraged if the scales don't move one week but I lose a inch or two.

Well you all have a great day!!! :coffee:

Hey Guys,

Today not such a good one, had an extra 3 kids and 2 adults to visit and by the time they left 4 hours later I was so stressed I dived into the chocolate full on :o Nevertheless I'm proud of myself because I still did some exercise and toned down what I was eating for the rest of the day and didn't end up having a total blow out. Look at that some habits of old have already changed. Last time I tried this I would have said well that stuffs my week up and eaten like I hadn't eaten in months for the rest of the week. Anyway I'm feeling reasonably good atm even if my diet today wasn't picture perfect - damn left over chrissie choccies hiding in the back of the pantry. How did everyone else go?

Take care
Annette

PS funny seeing your early morning post (I think?) -it's 12:30 am here :dizzy:

I would love to join in your V-day challenge. I am pretty new to the 3FC site, so I am not sure how to put in the slide ruler you all have ... but my starting weight is 195. Any help anyone wants to offer will be greatly appreciated. :)

http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...b/195/160/195/

I figured out the Slide Ruler
 

I figured it out and edited it in. Figured I should post that so you all wouldn't think I was nuts. :)

I'll join the challenge!

I'll aim to lose 7 pounds by Valentine's Day.

I did pretty good yesterday... My dog even took me for a 40-minute walk!! I say it that way, as I have a big Alaskan Husky who is born to run over ice & snow ... and we had plenty of ice out on the roads & sidewalks yesterday for her to drag me over!! LOL! I stayed pretty much OP yesterday. Caught myself snitching a bit this morning, so I put a stop to that!!

I will join the V-Day Challenge. My goal is to loose 10 pounds. This will really keep me motivated.

I didn't get my exercise in yesterday, so I'll call it an official rest day! My food was ok, if I overlook the chocolate after dinner...sigh. I'm definitely going to lose 1.5-2 lbs. a week by Valentines Day, and I'll just keep saying that to myself. Good luck to everyone today.

I pledge 10 lbs by V-Day.

Game On!!!
 

oh what the heck - 10 lbs by valentines day. huh. i suppose i could do that. unfortunately i believe this means my legs will hate me even more than they actually do. on the other hand if i do lose it, my teammates will love me more? okay, i'll go with that as motivation - plus all of you trying to hold to the same goal.

I'm in! I'm aiming to lose 6 lbs by Jan. 22nd. I know it may not make a huge difference - but I'm a first time aunt and Godmother and the baptism is the 22nd. I want to look somewhat decent in all of the pictures that will be taken and 6 lbs is better than nothing. If I can make it another 6 by Valentine's, that's 12 lbs for me... Oh man, that'd be awesome!

I'm also a newbie, so anyone looking for a buddy can send me a message!! :cb:

Count me in
 

Hey there,
I'm up for a good callennge. Count me in for a 10 lb loss for Valentine's Day.

I'm in!!! I'm aiming to lose 10 lbs by Valentine's Day...

Hope everyone had a good day. I've done pretty well, so far, totally on message, as we say here in Washington. Now that the holidays are over (and everybody at work is on a health kick), my real challenge is sticking with the program in the evenings. I've started reading Geneen Roth's Feeding the Hungry Heart, and I'm trying to teach myself knitting (I can cast on!) to distract me during that critical 9-10:30 p.m. lull.

Sarah Lee (is it true what they say, that nobody doesn't like you?), let us know if you'll be starting another thread or moving this thread to another forum. I want to keep up with all the action.

We can do this!

Judy

I'm in!
 

Oh I'm definitely in, as I have always found challenges to be a great motivator. I would like to lose 10 pounds by Valentines Day. I'm at 226 right now so if I can get down to 216 by then, I would definitely be happy.

I'm In too
 

I would like to lose 10-15 by V-day...I would like to in about 3 weeks since I am going to Las Vegas, but that isn't very realistic so I'll count on Valentine's Day.

Alright - count me in, but I have to be realistic. I am looking at the calendar and Valentine's Day is only 4 and a half weeks away, so I will only set a 5 lb goal. That will put me at 164 on V-day. If I try to be too optomistic and say I will get to 160 by then I may be setting myself up for disappointment - which I do not need!

Nice to meet you all!

Sandy

I pm'd Sarah Lee last week and signed up for 10 lbs by V-day. 40 days to go! Almost 6 weeks left.
Weigh in is tomorrow for me. I should see something, although I haven't be picture perfect, I certainly have been eating a lot better than I did the rest of December!
11 am hunger is a toughie and after the baby goes to bed I start roaming the house looking for stray chocolate! Luckily I only found 2 of the mini-dove pieces (about like a Kiss) last night.
Glad to see you all!
Kim

Hello everyone. Yes this was a good idea. I have had a bad week but refuse to let it affect my diet. although I didn't eat for 1 1/2 days because of a bad issue. but I am back on track and have lost 10lbs since I started my diet on the 26th. I am now 5 lbs from my V-Day goal. I took today off from exercising, My legs were killing me when I got home from work last night. All I did was walk around at fast paces here and there and ended up walking 13 miles (22000 steps) before I walk out of the building. Good luck to all .

Ottoette. I have that issue at 11a, to I see to find myself hungry.. here is an idea if you like.

I am doing a lowcarb/low calorie/lowfat diet... but I call it Lowcarb slimfast diet. and so far it has been working so far.

I have a low carb Meal shake or Meal Bar for breakfast and then at 11am I have a low carb slimfast snack bar and then I either eat a regular meal for lunch or have a low carb Meal shake or Meal Bar the I am good until supper which I have the opposite regular meal for lunch or have a low carb Meal shake or Meal Bar. I try to get some veggies in between lunch and supper to.. celery and peanut butter is a good one.

but the low carb slimfast snack bars take the edge off until lunch which I normally eat around 1pm

I also have been trying to drink 80oz of water.. which is hard since I don't like water so I have been doing Crystal Light Ice Tea but when I make it have have been watering it down alot so there is just a taste of ice tea.


/hugs
Glad to see you all.
Stephanie

Hey, y'all--

Apparently not everyone at my job is on a health kick. A bag of Ms. Fields cookies has been sitting a few yards away since around 1 o'clock. The co-worker who brought them in is about as wide around as my upper arm. She's a little perturbed that I haven't made my usual beeline in their direction. I had a lovely peach smoothie for breakfast, an orange for a morning snack, a cup of chicken soup and a salad (w/tuna) for lunch, and a protein bar for a late-afternoon snack. And lots of herbal tea to distract me from the cookies.

Tomorrow AM I go in for my weigh-in with the bariatric doctor. I hope that her scale will show that I've lost a few pounds since Christmas, although I feel a little 'heavy' today, and haven't been working out the way I should. She'll be glad to hear that I'm getting support on this forum.

tourtney--I love that dancing banana! Or are those squats?

Onward!

Right On !
 

Sounds great !! A mini challenge to get the ball rolling !! I'm in ! :cheer:

Count me in
 

Congrats Amity on your loss, keep going. Good luck Sandi K. on your first meeting. I bet there are alot of 1st timers out there who are scared of that first day. I know I was. I got up the nerve to go and than they didn't have enough for an organizational meeting so it folded. I went to another town and lost 7 lbs in 10 weeks but I quit. I hate night driving and I had to work so I would miss the first 15 min of a 30 min. meeting. Sure wish they would get enough to have it in my town again. I know we were only a few short. Does anyone know the reasoning behind why they can't hold meetings with just 10 or 11 people? I'm hoping for a 5 lb loss. 1 lb per week. That would be great for me.
Anmyreah

Starting :goodscale is 187 by Valentines 182
Good luck all :cheer:

Just a quick note to wish my fellow Valentines good luck.

It's official--I managed to lose five pounds since 12/23. I was cheating now and again the week between Xmas and New Year's, 'cuz I was at the Mother's, without many options for moving around and with lots of opportunities to munch. So I guess the lesson is not to throw in the towel just because I haven't been perfect.

Thats great, congratulations on your loss