21-Day Challenge!! -- counting on new habits!!

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  •   #226  
    redballoon's Avatarredballoon , 09-15-2005 05:39 PM
    Welcome!
    Phat Starlett -- Hello there! You just caught me before I run! We'd love to have you. Just read over the thread, especially the first page, where I describe what it's about. Make your first challenge something that you're pretty sure you can do. That'll help get you going and get your confidence up! Hope to see you starting up real soon!
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    SillyFluff's AvatarSillyFluff , 09-15-2005 06:23 PM
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by redballoon
    Good morning. It's Day 19 again here because I took yesterday off as my last pause day. Had too much...but it could have been a lot worse. I'm paying for it today with a constantly running nose, always what happens to me when I eat too much sugar and bread. Added incentive to stay off the stuff!

    [color=indigo]SillyFluff -- I am concerned about your challenge. If rain keeps you from doing it, you will be going back to Day 1 a lot, I would expect. Is the rain just you putting off the first day, and you're going to get your raingear out for the others? I hope so. Otherwise, rethink your challenge so you can be sure to have a good shot at doing it EVERY day!
    ]gray -- Did you make it through yet!? Tell us when so we can give you the winner's treatment!
    We were having a hurricane. Thats what I meant. Sorry for not specifying.
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  •   #228  
    curlylocks's Avatarcurlylocks , 09-15-2005 07:13 PM
    day 4
    day 4: 45 min of circuit training, 30 min walking and an ocean of water drank! lol
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    Apple Blossom's AvatarApple Blossom , 09-15-2005 07:57 PM
    Day 12
    After a pause, day 12 done. I wish I hadn't taken a night off though. I really didn't have a good reason to. I'm going to see a play with my mother tomorrow night, and my daughter has her perfomance on Sat, so those nights are going to be tough to get the stepping in.
    One more night and I complete my mini challenge! I think I'm going to try to keep it going though. It hasn't been as hard as I thought.
    I'm down to 152 this morning, if it stays till tomorrow morning then I also met my goal of losing 2 by Fri! Actually, I lost 4 but those first 2 don't really count, they come and go depending on my self control.
    Hey Silly, I hope you are safe and dry!
    Hello Starlett! Just jump right in, tell us a little about yourself!
    Hurray chaps!
    By the way, the frozen Indian food was pretty tasty, better than the lean Cuisine I had the day before. Not as good as the real thing, but Iwould have eaten 3 or 4 times as much food. I AM on a diet here!
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    SillyFluff's AvatarSillyFluff , 09-15-2005 08:39 PM
    Apple Blossom- Yea we are good. Some branches and crap all over the back yard. Its rained most of the day here. Cuz that stupid storm is up by the outer banks and we are still getting the bands from it. It should be long gone tomorrow. We didnt lose power, THANK GOD, cuz it got so hot in my house last night. LOL And i get MEAN when i get hot LOL
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    vanessa6295's Avatarvanessa6295 , 09-15-2005 08:46 PM
    Day 11- Done, stayed within my points , 30 mins on gazelle.
    Keep up the work everyone!!
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    Chaps's AvatarChaps , 09-16-2005 08:13 AM
    Day 13 down!
    13 days! Now we're cookin' with gas!

    Thanks to Apple Blosson, Diamond Girl, Mezmerize, and Redballoon for your kind words. Motivation from the people in this thread is really a nice mid-day boost, I tell you.

    Redballoon - I did walk into that audition with a new sort of confidence, for sure. What's cool, too, is that I have a little gig tonight and I think I will tap into the same sort of feeling. Not to mention I have a brand new dress that looks HOT and I'm stoked to give it the maiden voyage.

    PhatStarlett - Welcome. It looks like you and I have similar weight loss profiles. I started at 246 and now am at 180, and hope to get to 165 by the end of the year. I know you can do it. I will try to help motivate you as someone who has been there.

    To everyone else, have a great weekend!
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    mezmerize's Avatarmezmerize , 09-16-2005 08:59 AM
    Day 19 – Weekends are harder since the family is underfoot but I’m going to do good! Positive thoughts! Actually I’m getting better at taking Me time. I use to feel so guilty but I know it is for the best for everyone!

    SillyFluff – If it’s raining maybe you can look into getting a Walk Away The Pounds Dvd. I lost 40lbs doing just that in my home. I personally started out with the 1 mile, 2 mile and 3 mile walk. (that is what I got the 40lbs off with) I now own Walk and Jog (I can’t do some move because of my knees but still a great workout!) and Walk and Kick. Nice tae bo kind of workout but easier on my knees. Just a thought.

    Red – Today is Day 18 ( Friday 16)

    Phat Starlett – Yes the wonderful thing about this is it’s NEVER too late to start!! Well think of one thing you’d like to work on for 21 days. Some take baby steps (like me) others jump in head 1st it’s up to you. But do give it a try it’s addictive!

    curlylocks – So it was YOU that drank the ocean!!! I wonder who did that! I heard yelling of surfer DUDES and I live in Iowa!!!

    Apple Blossom – You are doing so good! Congrats on reaching your goal.

    vanessa6295 – congrats on day 11 

    Chaps – I started out close to where you were. It is motivating to see people getting close to their goal! If the little chick would just stick out it foot it would touch that 165 mark! 
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    SillyFluff's AvatarSillyFluff , 09-16-2005 11:15 AM
    Day 1
    Day 1 WOO HOO

    Went around the block twice and the second time around added a court for good measure.
    Tomorrow wil start earlier though, cuz its already humid and only 11am
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    1nceagain's Avatar1nceagain , 09-16-2005 02:20 PM
    Do-over!
    Good Grief . . .
    Back to day one. Unable to get SBD friendly foods yesterday, so I caved and ate what was easy. Tomato soup and grilled cheese. I will start again tomorrow. Thank goodness for do-overs
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    vanessa6295's Avatarvanessa6295 , 09-16-2005 05:40 PM
    Day 12 done!!
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    carla49's Avatarcarla49 , 09-16-2005 06:12 PM
    Yikes! I started to post and got bounced. So I'll start over.

    Red! Calling Redballoon! Where are you? Not stuffing your face with sugar and white flour I hope! (Brief pause while I reach for another cookie. Who knew I'd trick myself again with the old "buying goodies for the guests" trip.)

    Red, I'm hoping you're still on goal, because I intend to start a new challenge when you do, when you start a new thread. If you've had to go back to Day 1 it could be a pretty long wait...

    Meanwhile, I'll continue to lie low and lurk. Have a good weekend, all.
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  •   #238  
    Apple Blossom's AvatarApple Blossom , 09-16-2005 07:33 PM
    Day 13 done! Lucky! AND.... (drum roll please...)

    I completed my mini goal of 7 days no beer. I will see about continuing, but it's looking doubtful right now. If I can keep myself from throwing some warm ones in the fridge to chill.....
    I was 153 this morning and I haven't been all that good today
    (not bad mind you, but not good either) but I'm still pleased with the progress. If I can get through the week-end with out totally blowing it I shoul be able to journey on next week.
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    redballoon's Avatarredballoon , 09-16-2005 07:42 PM
    starting out on Day 20...
    Hello, all. It is Saturday morning and I slept too late to do work here before work, which is what I had planned to do. Also, the gym is blown off again. Ugh. Things have cooled off and I can sleep, warm and cozy. Even the cats are using me as a big space heater again, curling up against me and making it even harder for me to get up, not wanting to leave my cozy, furry, cocoon. Well, I had a fine day yesterday on my challenge. It has become easy, in other words, a habit to NOT eat sugar and white flour. That binge the other day really showed in my face. God, the difference is amazing when you eat a lot of sugar or don't. Only two more days to this challenge so I want to think up a good one for the next. I have lost no weight and that is really ticking me off. I feel smaller and think I look smaller but that may be because I havent been going heavy with the weights. It's probably muscle that has gone, but you'd think that would show on the scale. Strange. Very strange. It's like the damn scale is broken. The numbers refuse to budge. Soooo, I want to do a challenge where they will just HAVE to change -- downward, of course!

    carla -- As you can see, I am here and still on the challenge. But I tell, you, though I say it's gotten easy to not eat sugar or white flour (I'm not eating any flour actually), that doesn't mean I won't. I admit that yesterday I was thinking, oh, what the ****, just forget the whole thing. Who cares!? I'm tired of the challenges. This is, after all, the end of my third, and I did a lot of restarting, so I've been at 'em for a long time...I feel at times like just dropping the whole thing and giving the thread over to someone else to continue. Then, I think, well, if I do that, I know I will just be a total sloth and eat any old crap. I could do it alone, though, but I figure, well, if I'm going to be doing it anyhow, I may as well do it on here. I do enjoy having you all here and I think we're good for each other. Anyhow, so, I have two more days and then I may take a couple days off before I start the new thread. Then again, I could start the new thread before I start my challenge. I don't want you waiting for me, carla! But I can see you wanting to start out anew when the new thread starts. Ok, let's do it! Prepare for Monday....or sometime soon thereafter!!!!

    vanessa -- I can't believe you are into the double digits! Wow! Rather quiet but you are probably tired out from all the exercise! Good going!

    1nceagain -- Glad to see someone actually starting over instead of just disappearing. Too bad you had to, but that's what's kind of fun about the counting, at least, on the launch pad. I'm so glad you're back with us and wish you lots of luck with this challenge.

    Silly -- We have achieved liftoff!! Good for you! Good-measure court lap is the stuff I like to see! Glad you're none the worse for wear after your hurricane!

    mez -- You are just a day or so behind me! We're almost home. No more breaks for me now. Tomorrow is my last day and, of course, I am going to be there, because no one is shoving food down my throat but me! Keep it going, mez! Oh, and I'm really glad to hear you're taking time out for YOU! That's what I like!!

    Chaps -- Glad we gave you a little boost. It's YOU that did it, though! How did the gig go, and you in that hot number?! I bet you were fabulous and felt fabulous too! It's sweet of you to want to motivate Phat as "someone who's been there." I know this is our strength, the "extra" that we have because we have been there and are not there anymore, we have moved away. What I find a shame is that others don't realize that, or even, if they find out, they think that we must be different that we were able to get away from it too. "If you can do it, I can do it" should be a mantra. Unfortunately, so many people see it as a putdown or see another's success as an indication of their own lack of worth. Sure, the specifics may be different, but from listening to others' stories we can glean the details that pertain to our characters, those things that are our own personal obstacles, and use them to make our own success. I like listening to your enjoying your new look. Not only for simply feeling happy for you, it gives me a taste of what I could feel like. Good luck, Chaps, on reaching this year's goal of 165!

    Apple -- You too, in the double digits solidly! Great going! And that extra mini-challenge, now that IS the toughie, isn't it? Cigs and beer, some of the worst habits I ever got into. Glad the cigs are long gone and beer, I don't know, it has greatly lost its allure for me. If it's not the money, it's the fat, the sloppiness I feel with it. I don't know, not getting as lit about it anymore. Good thing, too, sure wouldn't want to become one of those old lady lushes! I like what you said about being on a diet. I, for one, lose sight of the fact that maintaining and not eating like a glutton is one thing, but being on a diet is another. Sure, it's an accomplishment to not gain and sometimes that is an enormous accomplishment. But, I DO want to lose the stored fat as well and that is what I am planning to do on this next challenge. I have to see it budge. I am super sick of it! Thanks for reminding me that I've got to buckle down. You and I are about the same weight and it does get hard when you don't have that much to lose. It doesn't make it any less annoying though. Gotta get my act together!

    P.S. just saw your new post come in! Congrats on a whole week down on the no-beer!!! AND another day notched on the challenge. Nothing wrong with having a cold one, BUT remember!!! the whole idea of your mini-challenge was to NOT have one. Don't reward yourself with the very thing you were trying to avoid (even if you have one, don't think of it as a reward is what I'm saying). Think of other rewards. The beer you can just see as something that you will probably have at some time or another, but if you don't lessen the degree of pleasure you associate with it, it will always be tempting you like that brass ring dangling just out of reach! Stop reaching for it! Cut it down and throw it away!

    curly -- What can I say?! You are steaming down the track!!
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  •   #240  
    carla49's Avatarcarla49 , 09-16-2005 08:46 PM
    Nice talk, Red!!! What's wrong with old lady lushes anyway, I'd like to know? Hic.

    I'll be ready next week for a new thread and a new challenge. Back to no wine or chocs (just had 2 boxes of Smarties. Yum.). And I'd better do a weight-loss goal too, as the last few days of all-out piggery have stalled my downward trend - and started me back up to the 200's.
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