[Lovely]

Welcome to the WW MM Challenge Week 1 & Goal Setting thread!

This challenge is running from September 5th through October 31st.

The MM stands for two months!

Rules: It’s all easy, folks.

Pick a goal, any goal and tell us about it! They don’t have to be specifically weight-related, but they certainly can be. Whatever goals you make, big or small they’re all good.

We’ll post a new thread every Monday for the new week. Simply update everyone on how you’re doing at any point that week, or even multiple points that week.

This is a very loose challenge. Not everyone weighs in on the same day, nor will we all have the same goals, so it’s incredibly flexible for all participants. Don’t worry about doing it exactly the same as someone else is, just join in and talk about how you’re doing.

The last week, we’ll have a final update thread for everyone to let us know how they’ve done overall.

So… Stop reading already and post your goals to join us!

We have TWO WHOLE MONTHS to make changes during this challenge and encourage each other in our efforts. Let's get to it!

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Here is the spreadsheet link!

Thanks for getting that started up, Turbo, looks great!

For those interested in adding themselves, it's very simple. Click on an open participant spot in Column A and enter your name. Then add in your Starting weight immediately next to that in Column B. Then your desired Goal Weight for the end of October in Column C.

That's it to start

[Lovely]

Let's see....

I'll update my starting weight here tomorrow as the last day of the old challenge, and the first day of the new challenge.

Update: Starting weight is 286.9.

Goals:

1) My biggest goal is always to just still be here. No matter the craziness of life. No matter what the scale says. If I can still be mentally in the game, and keep looking to the future with my healthier habits, then I'm a success. Essentially: NO QUITTING! I'm still going to be here October 31st.

2) Daily exercise.

3) Keep implementing my Beck steps mindfully.

4) I would kinda sorta like to be down 50 pounds total by the end of the challenge, but I'm not sure if that's a goal per say...more of a reason to stay on plan day to day! And so I'll just place it here as something to be mindful of (That's 9.2 pounds.)

And that's it for now. Excited to be starting out and to stay on plan!

[Hap]

Yay! Thanks for starting this lovely. I am excited about joining a challenge. This one is especially great for me because my birthday is at the end of the challenge.
But I can't believe Halloween is only 2 months away! It is still so hot out.

My goals are:
1. Get my first 10 lb ribbon
2. Get my 10% keychain (10ish more lbs to go)
3. Get through 8 more weeks of following the couch to 5k program

[bvaldez28]

Yay count me in!

I haven't been doing so great and am up 2lbs so I hope to change that!

[seagirl]

I just rejoined WW last week. My goals are:

1. Track every single day. No matter what!
2. Eat at least 5 meals per week at the table without the computer. This will be huge!!!!!!
3. Go for an evening walk on the evenings I'm not out and about.

[Proatthis]

Awesome I'm in!

GOALS:

1) to weigh 139 by oct 31 2011

2) exercise 4-5 times a week

3) weigh in no matter what!

[124chicksinger]

7 pound loss by the end and getting more walking in. Good luck to us all.

Edited to make my desired weight loss during the challenge more realistic. At the rate I'm going (4 lbs in 6 weeks) it is going to be a long haul. I am positive-talking, visualizing myself thinner.

I walked 2 days over the weekend. I plan to walk the stairs at work (13 flights down) and if I'm up to it, a few up. The weather here in NJ is, again, a wet mess! Not good take-a-walk weather.

[slo2250]

I'm in too! I'm new to WW and have my second weight in tomorrow (first weight in to see if I've lost of gained weight)

Goals:

1. Start exercise...I have been working on figuring out this point program with food and now I need to start doing more! I am aiming for 3-4 days a week

2.By then end of this challenge I would like to be down 20 lbs

3. Stick with the program and keep going even if I falter a little bit!

[TurboMammoth]

I'm working on the spreadsheet right now

[Christy S]

Count me in. Just recently re joined WW and I need the motivation

My goals, exercise at least 5x a week. I would love to be down 20 lbs by the 31st. Really like to be down 15 by Oct 15th for my local dog shows. Eat more veggies!

[Chele615]

I'm excited for the new challenge! School is now back in session and I am looking forward to the structure being back in place for me.

My goals:

1) Track everyday possible!!!! I have been slacking in that department throughout the summer as I did a lot of traveling and didn't always have internet access.

2) I would like to finally break past this mental block I have on the number 190. It seems that whenever I get below it, I manage to find my way back there. Ideally, I would love to be out of the 180's completely and at least 179.9 by Halloween.

3) Continue with my gym time....at least 5 days a week. The school that I teach at just opened a new fitness center that the teachers can have access to as well. A couple of the teachers and I have decided that the days we have staff meetings after school we will then use the fitness center.

[TurboMammoth]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...3aU45MHc#gid=0

Here's the spreadsheet!

It looks a bit weird because the numbers are nor there yet, but it will look better next week after the first WI

I put spot for 25 people, if we need more I'll add some!

So my goals ;

-I'd like to be down 6 pounds by October 31th

-I want to go running at least 3 times a week

-I want to loose 1 to 2 size pants by then

[LindseyLouWho]

I'll join in!

Goals:
1)To give WW a fair shot and to keep up with it during the challenge, even if my points each day aren't perfect.

2)Track even when I know I'm way over points. So that means this weekend, when I go out of town, I'll log everything I eat/drink at restaurants, even if the points won't be exact because it's a restaurant food.

3)To start some sort of exercise program before the end of this. I'm not trying to make too many big changes all at once, but I would like to at least START at some point before Oct. 31.

4)To lose 10-15 lbs.

[patchymama]

I'm in again!

Goals:
1 --- 4 hours of gym time a week. This is actually a drop in what I was doing but with school and everything else going on I barely got there 3 hours this week. I think 4 hours is probably more maintainable.

2 --- Lose 15 lbs. I lost just about 14 last time and I had 2 REALLY bad weeks so I think this is reasonable. Especially since 3 weeks of the challenge I will be doing the whole30 challenge still.

3 --- DO NOT GIVE UP. I am dangerously close (if not already there, honestly, I can't remember) to the point where I've given up every single time I've done this. I don't remember if I dropped below 200 last time or not but I'm going to this time. And I'm going to continue on. I will not say "this is good enough" and then give up on myself.

[TurboMammoth]

I just realized that entering formulas destroyed all my cute color system :/

I'll fix that later