Time for a new challenge! I am told that Memorial Day is May 26, so that gives us a solid month to work with!
If it will help, feel free to post your daily journal here. Maybe that will keep us all on track!
I was only .2# away from my Easter goal last week, and ended up blowing it all by having a off pts week. I have been screwing around not doing the program properly for too long, I am FINALLY ready to commit!
My personal goals:
- to go from 164 to 159 (I can't wait to get back to the 150's!)
- to continue walking at least 1 hr/day, 5 days/wk
- to do 150 ab exercises at least 4 days/wk
- to stick to my pts range EVERY day, and bank for special occasions (I am in a wedding in 10 days!!!)

I can't think of a reward...$$ is tight right now since I am still on maternity leave! I know if I lose 5# I will fit into some jeans that I have perfectly. That is reward enough!! I will also feel better about myself, I feel all bloated from all the crap I have been eating!

I think I will post my daily journal in the evenings, so I don't have to try to get to the computer every time I eat something new So far today I have done 150 ab exercises and walked for 65 minutes. A great start for a new challenge!

Thanks you so much for inviting me....I sure will join you in a challenge....this may be just what I need....I already have a goal to lose 10lbs by then or to get close....It is doable....

Hi everyone:

Wendy - congrats on meeting the Easter Challenge, good for you.

Judmom- that has to be water retention for sure, maybe too much
sodium as well.

Saskiemom - Nice start to our new challenge - keep it up.

Flabbythighs - welcome to our group.

As for me my goal is to lose 4.2# by Memorial day (c/w = 194.2)
walk at least 12 miles per week and bank for special events.

Looking forward to sharing journal information as well. I will post at end of each day.

Good luck & lets get going!!!

how do you calculate activity points?

FlabbyThighs-Is there something else I could call you, I feel mean using that name! Welcome to the challenge- there are a great bunch of people around here! Good luck with your goal!
I use my activity slider to calculate pts- generally I think it is about one pt earned for every 20 minutes of exercise you do.
Bandit2- How are you doing with the WATP videos- are they still motivating you? I have only used mine a couple times since the weather got nicer! You and I need to work together, we have both been stuck in the same bad pattern for awhile!

I have only had one full OP day and I am well on my way to day #2, and I feel so much better about myself already!!!

Wednesday Journal
Br- 2 WW toast 1/1
2 TB lite cheez wz 2/3
L- KFC Twister 14.5/17.5
S- veggies and dip 2/19.5
3 ww bread 1.5/21
pasta bowl 6/27
2 ryvita & ff sf jam 1/28
Sn- sm sundae 9/37

Ex-65 min walk
150 abs
60 min walk

A good day!

Hello all. I used to post out here at 3FC awhile back but have mainly been a lurker for awhile. I'd love to join your challenge.

My goals will be:
1. Be at 205 on Memorial Day (a 7.4 pound loss)
2. Stay OP pointwise every day between now and then.
3. Exercise at least 5 days per week each week.

Thanks for starting this challenge...hope ya'll don't mind me joining!

Hi! I am also like Debbie I used to post and awhile back on here but lost myself somewhere along the line! I would love to join your challenge and be able to post my journal to someone other then myself at the end of everyday!

My goal for Memorial Day is to lose 8 lbs! And to walk everyday I haven't done it in awhile so I am going to shoot for 1/2 hour everyday till I build myself back up!

I hope you don't mind me butting in on your thread and joining you all!!!!

Michelle

Hi everyone:

Saskiemom - I have been trying to do 2 miles per day on my tapes. But yesterday only did 1.5 - I still like doing it so that is a good sign.

Welcome Debbie & Sassycat!

Here is my journal from yesterday (a little bit over)

Morning: Coffee 1, Prunes 2, Instant Oatmeal 3 = 6 Pts
Lunch: Pump Bread 2, Ham 3, Cup of Soup 1, Melba Toast 1,
Becel .5 FF Mayo .5 Lettuce 0 = 8 Pts
Afternoon Snack: Herbal tea 0, 2 Pt Bar 2 = 2 Pts
Supper: Steak 8, 1/2 Large Bun 1.5, 1/2 Large Baked Potatoe 1.5, Green Beans/Tomatoe 0, Corn 1 = 12 Pts
Evening Snack: Lil Cravins 1, Easter Candy 2 = 3 Pts.

Total = 31 (4 Points over)

Walked 1.5 miles = 1.5 Activity Points

Goal today is to do better than yesterday.

Count me in - I'll shoot for 5 lbs by Memorial day.

Start weight - 216
current weight - 192.4
Memorial day goal - 187.4
Goal Weight - 140

Welcome, Debbie, Michelle, and Shrewish! The more of us to work together, the better!
Bandit2- 1.5 is still good-much better than sitting on your butt on the couch! I really like my 1 Mile Tape, but find the 3 mile one just a little too long, I lose interest! I could't find the 2 Mile One, but may look for it next fall when the weather gets bad again!
It's nice to see other's journals, gives you some new ideas!
I have only had 2 OP days, but I already feel less bloated, more energetic, and way happier about myself!

Thursday Journal
Br- 1/2 banana 1/1
6 ryvita + 3 TB ff sf jam 2/3

L- McD's Chicken Ceasar 8/11

S-0 pts veggie soup
hubby's crust off his pizza 2/13

Sn- lounge nachos 20/32
2 meditranean 4/37
1/2 chicken wing 2/39 greasy, high pts, but ok due to activity pts!!

Ex- 150 abs
60 min walk
100 min walk

Pts Range- 30-37

I find your food journals very interesting....lately I have been starving when I get up in the mornings and have been eating 2 bowls of cereal!! I think that is to much but, I am famished...anyone have any ideas for me????...I made some WW zero point soup today....I love that soup...I will eat that with a left over piece of chiken for lunch. Also...if I am going to go off P it is going to be between 2 and 4 pm...bad time of day for me. I have planned trying my new pilates tape for then...any other suggestions????? I need more excercise but I don't sleep well and am very lathargic when I get up in the mornings. I just want my coffee and food!! I think that is my hungryest time of day!!

If I eat an egg and 2 slices of dry diet toast or a bowl of cream of wheat or oatmeal in the morning it carries me much further and I feel much more satisfied then eating a bowl a cereal. I don't know if that helps you or not Flabbythighs.

I had my first OP day in a long long time it feels great!!!! I will post my journal also:
Morning
banana 2
coffee/ww ff non dairy creamer 1
Subtotal 3
Midday
3 oz deli-style roast beef 3
1 slices Land O' Lakes American Cheese Slice 1.5
1 tsp mustard 0
1/8 cup Iceberg lettuce 0
6 pieces Old London Whole Grain Melba Toast 1
2 slices diet bread 1
Subtotal 6.5
Evening
1 cup cooked broccoli 0
1/2 cup brown rice 2
Chili rubbed center pork lion 4
Subtotal 6
Snacks
20 fl oz ready-made cappuccino from machine 5
WW Choc Chip Cookie Dough 4
Subtotal 9
Total Food POINTS used 24.5
Total Food POINTS left for today 2.5

The only exercise I got was cleaning today but I am going to shoot for getting that in starting tomorrow!!!!

Hope everyone is doing great and Good night!
Michelle

just so you guys know....I am not flabbythighs anymore...I am whimsey!!!! haha I got way to much flak over flabbythighs....

Happy Friday everyone!!!
Whimsey- I like the new name, it is much more positive! I like to make oatmeal with a diced apple for a 3 pt breakfast, that keeps me full for awhile. I also like 0 pts soups- great way to get veggies/fiber in!
Michelle- It looks like you get a lot of food for your pts, I like to do that too! Good luck getting your exercise today!
I am going to try hard to stay OP this weekend- I have gone off every weekend since...about January! Not this time!!

Friday Journal
Br-oatmeal & raisins 3/3
L-veggie chili 3/6
chicken wing 2/8
Sn- tuna, mayo, veggies 4/12
2 mini muffins 4/16
S- pasta 6/22
sauce 2/24
chz slice 1/25
frozen veggies 0
asparagus 0
Sn-mini muffin 2/27
25 mini nachos & salsa 4/31
Daily Total-31pts
Banked for week-4pts
Banked activity for week- 14pts

Exercise- 60 min walk
150 abs
60 min walk

I know some people hat the zero point soup....I just love it...especially in the winter time...it is a great lunch.