"The Little Easter Chickies" challenge
 

Hi everyone!

this is a group that was started by Dena around Christmas time- "the merry christmas challenge" and then recently we were under "the valentinies".
we have met some very supportive, encouraging women along the way and we're always looking for more- so feel free to join!

Easter is March 27th this year- 5 weeks and then the rest of this week.

Pick a goal and a way that you're going to achieve it. we measure our sucesses on Mondays.

I'll start- I need to keep drinking my water- I've noticed more frequently I don't drink it all during the day. Continue going to Curves every day (they're having a bridal shower for me today!) :D and continue to eat healthy (might have a couple of speed bumps along the way with the KK cake and honeymoon room service) :lol:
Because I have all these things coming up- I want to be realistic in my goal and say 5 lbs for me. down to 170.

anyone else?

thanks Bonnie- Chris did very good for v-day: got a teddy bear, a pot of purple tulips (my fav and we can replant them next year!), and a balloon delivered to my work from him. the card said "can't wait until you're Mrs. Sxxx" I wrote a poem in the paper "Love Lines" they call them- I did that for him last year too and he laminated it.

for the valentine challenge I was at 183 and I said I wanted to lose 8 lbs to 175 and I did it as of 2/10- a few days before hand (good thing because TOM came last night and I'm bloated today and it showed on the scale :( )

Thanks for reminding me "No matter how much travel, etc., I do, that is no excuse for not losing!" but a girl has got to enjoy her honeymoon too- I will not go all out but I am going to indulge in a few things I haven't eaten forever! and then back to Curves when I get back!

Hello, ladies
 

I am definitely up for the Easter challenge! I did not meet my goal for the v-day challenge-lose between5-10 pounds. :( However, I did lose 4.5 so I won't complain.

Here are my goals:
Exercise 5-6 days a week (fell off wagon during recent illness)
64 oz water a day
no sweets-exept natural, like fruits
lose 5 pounds

Kandice-I sooo agree w/Bonnie: it's your honeymoon, sweetie. Enjoy! Besides, I'm sure you'll find some interesting ways to exercise while on your honeymoon! ;)

Bonnie-ITA about being good while traveling. I have a weekend trip coming up soon and I am determined to behave myself! There really isn't any excuse, is there? Most hotels have gyms on their facilities nowadays.

I know the no sweets might sound drastic but I have other health reasons besides weight loss that inspired that goal.

Well, ladies-good luck! Glad to see another challenge started. Thanks for picking up the ball, Kandice.

Talk to you soon!

Kandice, thanks for starting the new challenge. :) I agree with everyone: ENJOY your honeymoon. It's not the time to be counting carbs.

My Easter goal is 7 pounds.

Good luck to everyone. We can do it! :flow2:

Florafae

I'm definitely going to eat- I've heard all the wonderful stories about the food while you're on a cruise- 17 more days! going to book our shore excursions today- swim with the dolphins and a snorkeling trip. Chris wants to do parasailing- I almost went a couple years ago in Myrtle when we were there for my birthday- but can't make the commitment to go- that's so high up! I should do it this time for him though.

congrats bonnie on the next lb! 8 months- that's wonderful! :balloons:

I went from 170 (new low) on Saturday (naked at home) to 175 yesterday and then I'm 174 today. Blame it on TOM- all the salty foods... Hopefully after this week I'll get back down and weigh 175 again on the curves scale.... but just going to keep going along- and drinking my water!!

Good morning, ladies
 

How's it going for everyone? Things here are good. I walked 4.5 miles yesterday and blasted off w/Richard Simmons this morning. So, getting back in the swing of things w/exercise. I missed it while I was sick but it sure is easy to get out of the habit, isn't it?

You guys, I'm already having a hard time w/the commitment I made to not have any sweets between now and Easter! Ugh. It's going to be a long five weeks. I've been replacing my healthy WW desserts w/fruit so I'm sure I'll be okay. I've been pretty liberal w/sweets lately. Even though they were "good for me" sweets like WW, thin crisps, etc. They were still sweets. I guess my body is rebelling against the sugar withdrawal! :)

Kandice-sounds like Chris and you are going to have a very memorable honeymoon. Well, I'm sure it would be memorable anyway b/c you'll have each other! But planning day trips, etc will help add to your memories. I would love to try parasailing! Maybe I'll put that on my reward list for reaching my goal weight. I've always wanted to take a hot air balloon ride as well. Another option. Way to keep your chin up about your bouncing weight. I'm sure things will even out after your TOM.

Bonnie-congrats on the lb! Way to go. Be safe while you're traveling.

Gotta run. Have a great day.

Can I join? I was waiting for the Valentines one to end since I came in to late to join. :)

My current weight is 216, my goals are:

Work out at least 30 min a day 5 or more days a week.
Drink 64 plus oz a day of water.
Loose 5 lbs.

:) :) :)

Welcome 73tolose! This is a wonderful group, and you’ll find a lot of support here. :grouphug:

Skinnybutt, I’ve been having a craving for sweets, too. Am--trying--to--resist--. :cookie: :m: :m:

Bonnie, congratulations on your pound lost and on 8 months of healthy eating. Good for you! :dancer:

Kandice, I have always wanted to swim with dolphins. I can’t wait to hear about it when you get back.

I woke up this morning wondering why it is so easy to gain weight, and so hard to lose it. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were the other way around? :D

Have a good day, everyone.

Florafae

Skinny- WTG with the exercising! I would love to go on a hot air balloon ride! Every year there's a big hot air balloon festival in my parents home town- been like 15 years now (we always had to work at it because my dad was big in the youth rec program and he signed us up to pick up trash!)

73tolose- of course! welcome to the group! what kind of exercising are you doing?

Flora- I'll have pictures I'm sure! (of the dolphins and my skinny body in my bikini!) :lol: I can really honestly say- I'm excited to wear a bathing suit and bikini- I know I look good, I'm there with my HUSBAND...
and if you invent a way for it to be easy to lose- I'm right there with you! the weight didn't come on overnight, but it sure was a "good" time back then though- eating what I wanted to, when I wanted to, not having to worry about meals for the day...
Not going back to that though- after the wedding and the recpetion in June is over, we're going to have a yard sale to sell all of our old pots and pans and dishes and I think I'm going to put some of my old clothes in there too.

oh and my shower at curves- it was today instead... Got a set of dishes (not ones we registered for, but still ok), a gift card from 2 of them and from the owner a certificate for 3 months of curves (I'll take it! 3 months that the fee won't come out of my checkbook! she said most likely they'll just do 1 credit and then still take it out, but it all evens out in the end). it was small obviously- just the 4 of them, but it was still nice to have it.

enjoy the rest of the day!

I'd like to join too
 

Hi everybody,

I am new to this forum and was wondering if I could join your Easter challenge. I have been reading some of your posts and it looks like many o fus are heading to the same place as far as our goals are concerned. I am a verrrrrry slooooow loser and could really use the challenge to help keep me motivated.

My Easter Goal is to lose 5 pounds!

Thanks!

Hi julie! welcome!
what's your plan for the 5 lbs? I see you just started- did you start a diet/ exercise?

anyways- welcome! look forward to getting to know you!

Hello, my friends!
 

73 and Julie- :wave: welcome,welcome, welcome! :wave: You're certainly in the right place for encouragement and good advise. Welcome aboard. Be sure to keep us updated.

Florafae-I have a friend who said I'm :crazy: crazy for giving up sweets! But I've done it before so I know I can do it. The first test will be tomorrow evening. My oldest DD has a band concert and we're going out w/some friends afterward. But I will be a good girl and get my coffee/cappucino. Partly b/c I know someone here will probably ask me if I was good! :D

Kandice-sounds like a nice little shower you had. How many more on the horizon? There's a hot air balloon race the next town over from us and we watch it almost every year. There's just something relaxing about watching them. It seems that it would be like escaping from the world for a while. Boy, I really want a ride now! :)

Bonnie-I just keep envisioning myself healthy and slim and back in sizes I haven't seen for a while. I told my family about my "under 200 before my bday" goal and they are behind me 100%. It helps so much. DH said-I know what I'll have to buy you for your bday-smaller clothes! I told him he needed to start saving! :)

skinny- 15 more lbs- I'm sure you'll get to your goal of 200 for your bday!

1 more shower that I know of- at work next wednesday. (I asked for a set of tfal pots and pans that a group could go in on together and was talking to a coworker this morning about wanting to return something and chris said with the return we could get the pots and pans we want. and she said we better not!) so I guess the accounting group went in on the pots and pans for us. that's nice.

Not going to curves today- I pulled my hamstrings a couple days ago and I'm really tight- I went yesterday because I thought the exercise would be good for them and loosen them up when I stretched and everything. But today I'm even tighter- it hurts to bend over and pick up anything off the floor- I kinda have to squat- what a sight! :lol: I know I'm getting older- but I didn't think at 24 1/2 I'd be this bad! :lol:

anyways- I'll check back later on- pretty quiet day at the office today. Have a great day everyone!

Good morning, ladies!
 

Hope everyone is having a great health day. Things here are good. I didn't drag my sorry patootie out of bed to exercise this morning but will exercise before bed tonight. I have GOT to start getting in bed earlier!

Kandice-Sorry to hear about your hamstring. Hope you're better soon. Gotta be all healthy before your wedding! You think 24 1/2 is bad, wait until you get my age-37! Don't get me wrong, I love being 37. To me, birthdays are truly just numbers. But, as you get older you find more and more aches in places you were never even aware of before! :) My DH turned 45 last week and he's moaning about all the aches and pains that come with getting older. I love that he's 7 years older than me b/c I can tease him about being an "old man". I always tell him when I get older, I'll understand his pain but I'm just not that sympathetic right now b/c I can't relate. This earns me the evil eye from DH. I just love that man of mine. We have so much fun together. Thanks for your words of encouragement about my 15 pounds. I'm sure it will come off quickly if I do what I'm supposed to do!

Bonnie- :cb: congrats on your weight loss! :cp: You're doing great and an inspiration! :flow2: Thanks for your concern for me re: giving up sweets. As long as I can have a cappucino every now and then, I'll be okay. I've had to give sweets up completely before b/c sugar totally aggrevates my endometriosis. I've had too many sweets lately and it made my TOM rather difficult this month. If I were to say I'm giving up my cappucino's, then you'd have to worry! :D But I do appreciate your insights/concern. That's why I love this board so much. It's good to get an objective opinion on things sometimes. So, thank you!

Have a great day, ladies. Thanks so much for being here. You help more than you can know! C-ya later.

OK i'm gonna try this, I would LOVE to be 5 lbs thinner (of course would love to be 58 lbs thinner! LOL) by Easter...I am NOT going to indulge in my very favorite black jelly beans :( And I will steer clear of candy and drink more water.

Thanks for the warm welcome! I did forget to mention my plan didn't I. I am following WW and am going to commit to going to spinning class twice a week and swimming with my 2yr old daughter twice a week. I have been doing well with my food and water but I HATE to exercise.

Thanks everyone for the welcome! :D

I currently do 30 min to 1 hour, 5+ days a week on my exercise bike and I try to add in a cardio video or a weight lifting video in also a couple times a week.

When I first started I had been doing WW at home at around 1450 calories, but my schedule is so hectic that I ended up just cutting back instead. Now I use portion control, and added on most days 1 hour of exercise instead of 30 min, and 64 oz or more of water. So far it has worked, since before I never exercised, never drank water (maybe 8 oz a day), and I ate junk all day long.

I never realized just how bad my eating habits where until I wrote it down one way. I use to on a typical day eat around 3500-4000 calories and up to 100 grams of fat. I know that sounds horrible but I am a fast food/junk food addict. The job I work at there is always cakes, donuts, and candy available.

So now instead of eating 10 pieces of candy in a sitting I may have 1 or 2, and no more fast food twice a day. :D

So far I have lost 7 pounds last month by cutting back and working out. Hopefully it continues to work, or I will start WW again.

Thanks again for letting me join your challenge, it is just what I need to keep my motivated! ;)

Hello
 

Krissy- :wave: welcome to the board! My goal is to lose 5 pounds as well by Easter. I'm sure we'll both succeed w/flying colors.

Zeta-I am doing WW as well. I just love it! I've tried lots of others but this has worked best for me. As for exercise, try experimenting until you find one you like. Do you like active exercise-like walking or quiter exercise like pilates? Of course, w/a 2 yr old, you probably get all the exercise you need! :)

73tolose-7 pounds last month? You go, girl! :smoking: It is amazing to look back at how you used to eat. I remember looking back and thinking-sheeze-what in the world kept me from having a heart attack or something? I look at food totally different now. I eat to live not live to eat. It's a good feeling.

Gotta run. have a great day!

I can't believe this.. I wrote out a realllllly long reply to you all this morning.. I think I previewed it and didn't send. :cry: So it's gone! :(

So I'll do it again tonight when I can.. I hate that! Tty soon. Hugs.

Bonnie! wtg! you'll be at your easter challenge in no time! have a great trip- see you when you get back! (and thinking of me when you go by elkin/ jonesville- well, not too much else to think about over here! :lol: )

skinny- Chris is 7 years older than me too- I do tease him- I gave him a hard time about turning 30 and he said "you wait!" but I remind him, when he "gets me" for 30- he'll be almost 40! :lol:

Chrissy- welcome to the group! 5 lbs sounds great! (that's most of our goals)

73- your plan sounds good. I never wrote down what I was eating before (I'm counting carbs) but I would say 250+ carbs a day on average easy! I LOVE bread and cookies, and cakes, and pasta... mmmm I'd be almost scared to see the number before.

Julie- I bet your daughter will like her "new" energetic momma a lot better! you'll have so much more energy when you get down a little bit more! makes it all worth it IMO.

Selina- great to see you here! post back when you can!

Have a great night everyone!

Hi guy! I'm back!
 

Hi Everyone!

Hope there's room for one more. :) My hubby is finally done with all of his tests on the computer at home. (He still has to take his final at work.) So I would like to join you guys again. Let me tell you I've really fallen off the wagon lately. I don't know what has gotten into me. It's like I'm really going into a downhill spiral. So I don't dare get on the scale. I'm pretty sure I've done some serious damage. And the fact that my knee is hurting doesn't help matters. I still go to the gym, but not being able to go on the elliptical really discourages me. So, my goal until Easter is to be in control again. In order to get my control back I will do as follows:

1. Post here what I eat... that seems to keep me honest and accountable.
2. Post my Exercise
3. Drink at least 8 glasses of water

It is Lent, so you would think I would be stronger than I have been. I, too, have given up sugar. I feel better without it. Now to just eat normal again!
OK, I start from here. This is day one. I can do this.

Thanks for all of your support.
Hugs,
Dena

Bonnie,
Thanks for the warm welcome. I really needed to hear your kind words. (They brought tears to my eyes.) Glad to be back.
Hugs all around.
Dena :cool:

Hello Everyone,
Here it is Friday and I promised to be good. This is what I've done so far:
Breakfast: oatmeal - 130 cals
Snack: cheese - 80 cals
Lunch: Small cobb salad - 320 cals
Water: 8 glasses
Snack: banana - 80 cals
Dinner: Caesar Salad - 600 cals
Snack: Cappacino - Starbuck's - 175
Cappacino - from box - 100
Total cals for the day: 1375
Have a great day!
Hugs,
Dena :cool:

Hello, my friends!
 

Hope this finds everyone doing well. Things here are good. I stayed up too late last night (again) and didn't exercise this morning (again) but have an appointment w/my gazelle for this evening. Hold me to it, ladies. Eating is going well. My DH and I were surrounded by ice cream last night but all we ordered was something to drink. First obstacle overcome!

Dena-So good to have you back! :) I've been watching for you. I'm sure you'll be back on track in no time flat! Hang in there and remember we're all here for you. You can do it! :grouphug: :flow2:

Bonnie-be careful and enjoy that GD! Make sure she's good and spoiled before you leave! :) Have fun and let us know how your trip went.

Kandice-One other thing I tease DH about, he's retired Navy. So, I just look at him sometimes and shake me head. He says "what?" I say, I can't believe I married a retiree! I know, I know-a little mischevious but what can I say_I'm a preacher's kid and we all know what they say about preacher's kids! :D Seriously, it's nice to have a DH w/a sense of humor. Makes life interesting! How's the hamstring? Hope it's well on it's way to mending.

Selina-good to see you! Post when you can to let us know how it's going.

Everyone, have a great weekend. Keep up the good work, ladies!!

I need to get going but I need to say HI to dena! so glad to see you back!!

Hamstring is much better- I have a gazelle at home- I use it for a clothes hanger int he bedroom :lol: I didn't go to Curves yesterday so I walked an hour last night on that thing- really stretched it out. went back to curves today- feel a lot better.

Bonnie- we're getting married in Dobson- Cody Creek- heard of it? (they used to have a swimming pool there) real pretty place. they have a chapel and then of course the depot restaurant where the reception will be.
My family is staying at Klondike cabins- out on 21- by Grassy Creek in Elkin. Chatham factory owns it and that's who I work for- so I got a real good deal on it. we're renting out the entire facility- 8 bedrooms, game room, big dining room- seats 40- that's where we're having the rehearsal dinner, anyways that whole place for 4 ngihts for $1800. so it's even cheaper than Hampton (but yes- I stayed there in 2003- when I first moved down from maine, my furniture truck wasn't here yet so they put me up in the hampton until my furniture showed up and I could move into my house... My stay was very nice)

Anyways- gotta get going.
Have a great weekend ladies- talk to everyone Monday!!

It's a busy, busy Friday. Only have a second to write.

Have a good trip, Bonnie. Hurray for active retirement. You do get around! Enjoy the time with your sweet GD. She is so lucky to have such an upbeat, on-the-go, GM.

Kandice and Skinnybutt, what's a gazelle?

Dena, it's wonderful to hear your "voice" again.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Here's hoping we all have a good check-in on Monday.

Florafae

Hi guys!
Thank you so much for the warm welcome back!! You are all very inspiring!!Yesterday I had 1375 cals.
So far today, breakfast: waffle, homemade cappacino = 250 cals.
Snack: peach - 40 cals
cappacino - 175 cals
Dinner: clam chowder soup - 400 cals, chili -540 cals, crackers -50 cals
Snack: 1/2 pria bar - 85 cals.
Total cals: 1565 cals
Water: 4 glasses so far

Skinny, how do you like the gazelle? It looks like fun, and not hard on the knees. I'll be thinking of you exercising on it, as I go out for my walk today. We can exercise together! Congrats on resisting the ice cream!

Kandice, how did you hurt your hamstring? Sorry to hear about it. Your wedding plans sound like they are really coming together. It won't be long now!

Florafae, how are you doing? Is it still raining pretty hard in Santa Barbara? I heard the weather has not been good, and therefore sending rain our way in LV. They said this is the most rain we've had here in years. Yesterday's storm was pretty harsh. We have sun today, but more rain in the forecast!

Have a great day, everyone!
Hugs,
Dena :cool:

Hi all,

sorry I 've been absent for a week now. Started my jobs and find time in short supply.

my Easter goal is to lose 5 pounds. My Valentines' Day goal was 10 and I only lost 5, so this time I'll make it a more attainable goal. I'm thinking of getting my WW info out and try that again.

Hi to the new people, and to those traveling, I'm so jealous ;)

Ladies, I'm still here!
I had a scare that I might be pregnant (ack!), but I'm NOT!! Hooray! Not that I don't like kids, or even that I don't want more, but not NOW!!! I have lost 14 pounds and want to lose another 40 before I get pregnant (not to mention that my baby just had her first birthday). Anyway, my goal for Easter is to be down to 172. That will be a total of 20 pounds lost since I started in January. I am currently 178. 6 pounds to go. I really need to get back on track. I haven't exercised for two weeks! I have kept under my goal of 1500 cals a day, but I feel bad about not exercising. So, I am READY and PREPARED to get back on track!!! Hope you are all well!

Amy

SW: 192
CW: 178
GW: 135

skinny- I didn't see that you had a gazelle too- skimmed over your post.

Flora- it's like a skier- low impact on your knees. I got it about 3 years ago when I was single and living by myself, I used it every day for an hour and dropped a pant size in a month. then I met some women and joined the Y taking swim aerobics with them and the gazelle kinda dropped from the routine and I hadn't used it for a while until last week.

Dena- don't know how I hurt the hamstrings- they were just really tight and I couldn't stretch it out. that was on tuesday, wednesday I went to curves thinking it would help it and it hurt worse. so Thursday I was sore- didn't go to curves at all- just the gazelle.

I'm still up a couple of lbs (from the 175). I think (hope) it's still left over from TOM last week and it'll disappear this week. But it wouldn't be so bad if it didn't either- the new clothes- don't want them too big yet! I feel comfortable with myself, and friday I had a couple of people (who I see everyday) ask me if I'm losing weight and complimenting me... so that always feels good.

12 days left (until the wedding!)

happy monday everyone!

Good morning, ladies!
 

Hope this finds everyone doing well. Please notice my signature and my ticker as I had to change them today due to a 2.5 lb weight loss! YEAH!! :cb: I was totally surprised. I expected to be down some but 2.5 is fabulous! That's 7 lbs since the first of Jan. and 4 pounds towards my Easter challenge! YEAH!!!

Eating is going well. Water intake is good. No sweets so far and I spent 60 minutes on the gazelle on Sat. and Sun. I feel like I'm truly back on track now. My Easter challenge is in sight and my bday goal is close behind!

Kandice-you're wedding plans sound so nice! I'm so excited for you! You got a really good deal on those rooms. That's wonderful. Keep us updated on everything.

Florafae-I see that Kandice has already explained the gazelle to you. It was invented by Tony Little. You could put his name in your search engine if you want more info. I inherited mine when I married DH in 2002. I really like it. It allows me to stay home on those nights when I just want to be at home w/o missing a workout. It's pretty neat and I realy enjoy it.

Dena-I think of you often when I'm exercising. You know what they say about great minds! ;) I really like my gazelle. It's low impact but it's a workout. It helps keep me on track while waiting for warm weather so I can do what I love-walk outside!

Diana-Great to see you! :wave: I've been wondering if you were going to join us. Glad you're here. How are the jobs going? We have the same challenge goal. I'm sure we'll reach our goal w/flying colors!

Gotta run. Have a great health day!

Hi everyone! just wanted to share my news! I "won" $500 off the LASIK procedure for looking at a drs website down in Charlotte. Anyways, they called me today and told me and I scheduled a consultation and first exam on March 25th. All I need to do afterwards is schedule surgery. I'm excited! Half my life with glasses- it'll be weird to not have to put in contacts or glasses in the morning or to see the alarm clock!

Congrats Skinny! that's excellent! keep it up!
anyone else got news to report?

Hi Everyone!
Just to let you know I've been eating around 1400 cals the last few days, so I'm still on track with the eating and am drinking my 8 glasses of water. I haven't been to the gym the last few days, since it is raining really hard here, and there's been lots of accidents. I know that's not much of an excuse, but I plan to go tomorrow for sure.

Kandice, good luck to you on your lasik surgery. And congrats on winning $500 off. You're going to look like a beautiful bride!

Skinny, congrats to you for losing 7 lbs!! Your gazelle sounds like fun. Keep up the great work, because you are motivating me to stay good. :)

Amy, good for you for keeping your cals down!

Diana, glad to see you here!

Hugs,
Dena :cool:

Hi guys, Im also new here...can I join too! :) I always set goals for myself, its motivational for me, so im thinking it will REALLY help me if I let other people see my goals

My goal is to lose 8 lbs
Get some exercise in * thats the hard part for me*
Drink water *again..hard for me lol*
Stay in my WW points..NOT go over at all
And "try" to get some me time! I need it to refresh myself lol

"Ive come too far to take orders from a cookie"

~*Randee*~