Spring Fling, 10 lbs b-4 first day of Spring
 

Join me in a mini challenge to lose 10 lbs before the first day of spring which is Monday, March 20, 2006. We will support and encourage each other to meet their goal!!!!!!

That is a healthy weight loss of 2 lbs per week.

I'm in!

I'd be up for that! I've never done a goal thing like this. Cool! Thanks! That would get me pretty close to my mini-goal. :carrot:
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Okay. ten pounds by March 20th. I can do that. I have just started incorporating some jogging in with my 2 mile walk, so I just know I can break this little plateau I am on and lose ten pounds by then. With some encouragement, I can definately do it.

I am just having some problems with my food choices. I am really trying to get off of eating so much processed boxed foods, but alot of my veggies come in a can. I am going to start trying to make sure I get the kind with no salt added, because i don't have time or the knowledge on how to cook veggies from their natural raw state. any help you can give on this??

lumifan4ever-

Do you use the walk away the pounds videos? I bought the walk and job video a couple of weeks ago and it is excellant.

I am in. I haven't lost for a while so I need some motivation.

me! me! me! oh me too!!


im in :-)


i wanted to lose 5lbs by this coming sat (going clothes shopping) but realistically I'm hoping for 3!

lets do it! :carrot:

i will try that goal too,i am not promising i will meet it,i have been off track a week or so,but i am in. :)

Nah, i just walk outside in my parking lot at work. it is 1/10 of a mile around. so if i walk it 10 times, i got in one mile. and i jog around it once, i get 1/10 jogged. so i have been walking around one mile with a friend, and then i try to jog around every other time at least 4 times. i hope to increase it next week or so to 5 times around until i am working up to a mile jogged. just because i know jogging can tone you up so much faster than just walking.

That's a great idea lumifan4ever, thanks for the tip!

I'm in! It will be my first 3FC challenge! I know we can do it! :)

the goal date is a day before my birhthday,so if i can reach this goal it will be double great :)

I'm in!

I think accountability and support are the bit I've been missing, so this sounds great. And achievable.

Plus, taking my mil to the opera the day after and it'd sure be nice to look a bit better :)

wow,the opera.i kinda would like to go to the opera,but no one i know would go with me :)

Oooo may I join? I got back on the wagon about a week ago and this sounds lovely.. although I don't know if I can quite make it because I only have about 30 pounds to lose from here. Good luck everybody =)

It has been a bad week for me, life has just kind of happened this week! I'm hoping not to gain.... how is everyone else doing?

my diet doctor told me yesturday about this cleansing formula they have that u just drink this stuff for three days and eat no food and you are garenteed to lose at least 10 to 15 pounds,now i am shure its probably just water weight,but she said the combination of the formula also really really pumps up your matabilizim and puts it in over drive to where you can really start losing alot on my program.i think i am going to try it and see what it does for me,only problem is not eating for three days,ick. that will be hard.

I was told of some similiar stuff last night except you are allowed to eat green leaf veggies for the 3 days you are taking it.

I weigh in this weekend so I don't know how its going pound wise yet.

However, I do know my muscles are all tight and sore. Started using weights this week and wow! I like doing weights far better than cardio. Must do cardio though. My achilles heel.

sigh

goalweight- isn't that wild how there are sooo many different plans and diets out there that are so similair.well i think she told me on this one that on the third day i eat supper,but the first two days nothing but the juice. are u going to try yours?? hey we might can try it together :) it would help me knowing i am not alone :)

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Dee
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onlinemommie- i click your link on your post and it didn't work :(

can I play too? I'm just starting sonoma diet and need some goals to get me moving.

If you don't eat anything for three days...of course you'll lose weight. Probably not 10-15lbs unless you're just starting, if you've already started losing weight you won't have water weight to lose. And as soon as you start eating solid food again, you'll gain at least some of it back. I know some people fast for religious reasons (and the stuff they have you drink is probably something like laxatives and stuff that will temporarily clean out your intestines and colon :p ) but for longterm I think it's too much of a quick fix. Just my opinion though, can't knock it if it's worked for others. Who is this "diet doctor" ?

well they suggested that everyone wait until they have been on the program for at least two months,and that is really speeds up metabilism too. well i don't eat much anyway.usually shakes twice a day and eat a little for supper. and diet bars in between for snacks.i think i will try it.maybe anyway :)

Miles it looks like we're at the same point in our weight loss. Just wanted to say "hi!"
:)

My understanding is that this cleanse is meant to flush our your system from all the gunk that we eat that clogs it up and one of the benefits is that you lose weight....probably because you are spending so much time in the bathroom ;) It is meant to clean out your intestinal walls from all the preservatives & chemicals that we eat.

I don't think anyone should do this who is just looking to lose weight! I don't know enough about it to take it myself but I've seen some commercials on tv about it lately. Turn on the tv on a saturday morning....you'll probably catch it!

CharlieKay, who is this "diet dr" you're working with? It doesn't sound as though you are eating enough calories! It is my understanding that eating less than 1500 calories per day can put your body into starvation mood so you slow your matabolism way down & esentially it backfires on your attempts to lose weight. Then when you go back to eating a normal amount of calories you gain all your weight back.

Losing weight is not about going on a diet (in my opinion) it is about making healthy long term lifestyle changes. Looking for quick fixes may give you a temporary weight loss, but research shows....the weight will only go back on & with it you could gain even more then what you started with.

goalweight- i have no idea how many calories i get,i don't go by calories.i am allowed to eat real food six times a day if i want to.i just chose to do the shakes and bars and then food for supper its easier for me that way. the only thing i am no allowed is a whole lot of carbs,i can have carbs just not alot,my doctor is a real doctor with a degree in nutrition also. my plan kinda goes back to one of the posts i read on here before about hunting and gatherinng. pretty much eat what we would eat if we had to go out and hunt our food for survival.

Goalweight - you can eat below 1500 calories...dunno where you heard that one. It is safe to eat 1200 calories, sometimes even less than that (if you're short though). I know if I ate 1500 calories every day, I'd GAIN weight because I'm only 5'2". I don't think going below 1500 puts you into starvation mode...I took quite a few nutrition classes, so I know this for a fact. Certainly if you go below a certain point, depending on your height, your body can go into starvation mode, but 1500 isn't the cut-off for most. ;)

yes i am five foot even,and i have always been told i am supposed to stay around 1200 calories at the most.

Danzer5570- If you have been to several nutritional classes, you should know that caloric intake is not just based on your height. It is also based on your muscle mass, age, sex, activity level, hormones, etc..... 1200 calories for you may equate to 1800 calories for someone else or 2500 for another.

I was simply trying to reinforce the point that blues4miles was trying to make. Taking a drink for 3 days is not the answer to anyone's weight problems. Drastically limiting calories for a long period of time may not be a healthiest way to lose weight in the long term. We live in a society where most people expect a quick fix or a magic pill that works wonders over night. Those things are not out there.

Here are some great articles for those of you that are interested in becoming educated in safe and healthy ways to lose weight:
http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspart...metabolism.htm
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/46/2731_1670
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0576.html
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/weightls.html

oh well it don't matter,didn't mean to start a fight here :)
all i know is i have 40 pounds to lose before i FINALLY get below 200 and i am determined to get rid of it.
i don't limit calories at all,i don't count calories. she shakes have quite a bit of calories in them and i eat a full supper,so i don't think i am missing out on calories.
my plan isn't a diet its a lifestyle change,so i am not on a fad diet that once i lose it all i am going to go back to eating tons of food and gain it all back again. i am learing how to eat for my system and body and whats right for me.
but once again,did not mean to start a fight here. all i know is that for my body i am supposed to stay at 1200 calories max! but big hugs,lets all be friends :)

This is an interesting topic and I think it all boils down to every body is different but we all need some of the same things to function properly. If the shakes work for you then great. My question is - what is going to happen when you decide to replace the shakes with food?

Our bodies adjust to what we put it through. If you suddenly fall to 1200 calories per day - initially you will lose weight but eventually your body will adjust to 1200 calories and begin to only MAINTAIN your weight. This is when you will plateau and not lose any weight. The 3 day system you are refering to is simply to cleanse your system from the yucky stuff that the body hold on to. You will be in the bathroom all the time. It is good to cleanse, but if you are not eating enough natural fibers, grains, etc, the gunky stuff will build again. You will continually have to repeat that process.

I too have attended nutrition classes and read countless books and articles. The bottomline is you need to eat healthy, watch your calorie intake and carbs and EXERCISE and this will increase your metabolism which causes the body to lose weight. And don't deprive yourself of anything because it will drive you crazy.

Good Luck everyone!

curves4life- hi,yes on the maintaining weight, i have a free day either once a week or every two weeks that way my body is getting different calories and is having different foods,so then when i go back to my diet it works better,yep i know that i would have to do the cleanse ever so often which is fine with me,actually when i went to walmart today i picked up some aloe vera pills that help cleanse out gunk.you take it once a day with a meal perferably supper,i took it tonight and i can tell :) been going to bathroom ever since.but i like that,it feels like its working then,and i am accomplishing what i wanted to.i know its not a quick fix but it gives me a boost. so that makes me happy,appreicate your advice thanks.it means alot.

I'd like to add myself to this little goal set - especially since I started doing this on the 14th! Lost two pounds in the first week - hope I can keep it up to make the goal!!

intrinsicat-that is great,two pounds in a week! yippie! that is great.

Curves4Life----Thanks for the sensible post---it helps!

Is your name because you are a member of curves????

Can I still join the challenge? I have just started a new program and a 10 pound goal by March 20 would be great!!

of course,come join us please.i can't wait to see how i do on this challenge. being day before my birthday and all,that would be a great birthday gift to myself.

Thanks, charliekay
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