Jill! Oh my god good for you for not decking him - I would have! It never ceases to amaze me why people would 1 - prefer premade canned soup over homemade and 2 - why they care what I choose not to eat. I've been fairly lucky with my family and friends being supportive but my Dad is a bit annoying at times. He was annoyed that I wouldn't eat a salad dressing that had honey in it - "Heather, you're taking this too far". Finally I just broke it down to him that I am an adult and will make my own choices on this. I then rattled off a few health facts (just because I will likely always be a smart alec to my Dad!) for him about veganism and we've reached a cease fire.

On that note - I'm kinda dreading Thanksgiving already and planning my way out of it. Hmm.....

Thanks for your support!!! Both of you :) I understand people getting mad if you're personally attacking them about still eating meat, how dont they understand its the same when they do it to us?

Anyways my throat is so killing me, I went and got some soy "icecream" and forgot soup. Sheesh!

I wish I checked in here more often I would have definately joined this challenge! I will be cheering for all of you!

It's not too late, you still have a whole month! :)

The more the merrier! :)

I am stoked. I went to the gym today and i'm down 2 pounds since the last time I went. I said to my husband as we walked out, "I get to go home and change my ticker!". I know, I am such a dork! LOL

Have a happy day girls! :)

Yeah, we have a mini-goal date tomorrow, so why not just pick an October 31st goal, weigh in tomorrow, and start? :D

jillnicole, i was camping with a group about 2 years ago and we were all taking turns making dinners. There was one girl aside from myself who was a vegetarian. No one made any real effort to accommodate us, but no big deal - we could always have pb&j or veggies or whatever. But one night, one of the guys made this soup and was so proud because it didn't have any meat in it and we could eat it.... okay, it didn't have any meat in it as in chunks of meat, but you know what the base was? chicken broth. Your story reminded me of this. man I felt like a jerk after he was so proud to tell him that no, I wasn't going to eat his soup.

So mini-goal date - FAIL!!!
I'm at 206.2 as of this morning which is actually up from last weigh-in. It's okay, I'm breathing and moving on ;-)

Hope everyone else fairs better!

Oh and my free weekend somehow got full awful fast, I'm keeping Sunday all to myself though, I'm in serious need of some "Heather time"!

JASMINE.... Definitely feel free to still join. :) Just give us your starting weight and OCT 31st goal weight! :cheer2:

IRIS.. Yeah thats such a bummer. It's hard to 'hurt' peoples feelings, but we're not going to change to be as sweet as can be lol


OK LADIES TODAY IS MINI-GOAL WEIGH-IN!!! DON'T FEEL BAD IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE YOUR GOAL :) EVEN MAINTAINING YOUR WEIGHT IS A GREAT SUCCESS. IF YOU GAINED, EVEN MORE THE REASON TO TRY HARDER IN THE NEXT 3 WEEKS UNTIL HALLOWEEN! :woohoo:


Start: 177.5
Today: 175.5

Ok 2 lb loss, definitely wanted more but the best things we have to wait for right! :p

FATCHICKBGONE... YOU DID NOT FAIL! You did great! Don't be hard on yourself, a loss is a loss! :hug:


KIERR... Good job!! :cheer:

SW: 158.5 lbs
Sept 30th Mini-Goal: 154 lbs
Oct 31st HALLOWEEN VEGGIE CHALLENGE Goal: 146 lbs

Today (9/30), 154.5 I'm counting this a full win, because I was 154 Sunday and Monday, and TOM came yesterday ;). Yay!

But think I must have been high on somethin' when I made 146 my final goal. I'm not losing at 2 pounds a week all month anymore!

Fat Chick B Gone, you not only maintained, you lost! I so understand about wanting to lose faster. It took a 3 week plateau for me to finally be happy with whatever the scale does as long as I'm living healthy and improving ;) Feeling successful makes it so much easier for me to keep it up, much more so than feeling down about the scale.

:carrot: :carrot: :carrot:'s for you!

Ok, I'm up 2 lbs. from when we started the challenge! That's not good. However, I have started working out again since we started this challenge, so that's good.

Since I doubt I'll be able to lose 16 lbs in a month, I'm going to change my October goal to 208.

Heather, Julie and Kierr-congratulations! You did great!

Jasmine-welcome!!

Jill-people just don't understand. They don't see what the big deal is to just "pull out the chicken pieces" or "take off the pepperoni". I've noticed that lots of restaurants are trying to work with people who have gluten allergies or keep kosher, but we vegans are left out in the cold. Some restaurants don't even have a single vegetarian option. Veganism isn't really a new thing, but it's still considered to be "out there". Oh well, maybe someday...

Alright, I need to figure out how to keep from eating everything in sight so I can lose weight this month!

I met my mini-goal by the skin of my teeth: 160 this morning. I was up to 162 over the weekend and didn't think I could do it, but I made a huge effort over the last few days to eat really low-fat, and apparently it worked. I must say that I would not have been able to do it without the incentive of the weigh-in today! This challenge is a great idea, jillnicole03 -- thanks!

Um...can anyone tell me how to change my ticker?

...Never mind, I figured it out!

oh, crap, only 3 weeks till halloween?? i am way behind. I'm going to check my weight again tomorrow in hopes that today was a fluke but if not i gained A LOT (6lbs)!! At any rate that scale sure slapped me in the face this morning so i'm feeling re-committed. I'm in the "danger zone" for me.

3 weeks to rock it, let's do it!