Starting weight for Lose 20 Pounds by Halloween..

slimtoady

Howdy everyone, my name is Marie and I'm definitely in for losing 20 pounds by Halloween. My current weight is 177 pounds so that would make me 157 pounds come end of October. Wow, I haven't weighed that in almost a year and even at that it didn't last long.


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jsecret

Jsecret I love that you say Noon thirty! People always make fun of me for saying that and midnight thirty. I just like to make the differentiation between noon and midnight

I get made fun of it too but I agree it does help to distinguish the time since am/pm with 12 gets so confusing!

I'm excited as this is the first group I've joined here at MFP, I wanted to get through my first week before I joined anything since that seems to be the hardest part. Once I get the hang of the calorie counting and all the junk food cleared outta the house it goes alot easier. So here I am, ready to go!

I am also taking measurements along with weight since there seems to be times one will change without the other and at least knowing SOMETHING is getting smaller (regardless of if it is inches or lbs) helps keep the motivation there!

kyleefreeman

I would love to Join H20! I will be back home on Wednesday night, so I will be starting my Journey Thursday morning! I am super excited to do this, as 20 lbs will put me UNDER 200lbs!....198, wow! haven't seen that in a while! Good Luck everyone!

bjshooter

I've quit smoking recently too. I did it a bit ago because the guy I was interested in wouldn't date a smoker and then again about three weeks ago without really meaning to... I've had a few on and off but nothing really presses me to buy a pack, ya know? If you need help with quitting smoking I'm totally here for you. The habit is the hardest part! I used to smoke when I would read and I read a lot....

It is soooo hard and I am terrified that I am going to put on loads of weight. Have to look on the positive side and see that it will make exercising sooo much easier, not to mention the not dying and the money saved

TheKitsune6

I've quit smoking recently too. I did it a bit ago because the guy I was interested in wouldn't date a smoker and then again about three weeks ago without really meaning to... I've had a few on and off but nothing really presses me to buy a pack, ya know? If you need help with quitting smoking I'm totally here for you. The habit is the hardest part! I used to smoke when I would read and I read a lot....

It is soooo hard and I am terrified that I am going to put on loads of weight. Have to look on the positive side and see that it will make exercising sooo much easier, not to mention the not dying and the money saved

If you just stay focused, count calories and don't stop exercising (which should be easier now that you can breath!!) you won't gain weight. Contrary to popular belief gaining weight when quitting smoking is completely manageable! I quit smoking and started depo at the same time, both things supposed to make you go crazy with munchies and I still managed to get down from 232lbs! You can do it too! Just stay focused!

Also if you're having a hard time quitting cold turkey there are other ways to do it. Try not smoking a cig until after you exercise. Each week cut one more cigarette out of your "allowance". Studies show that many people are unable to quit cold turkey find success in slowly reducing the amount allowed per day. I'm not encouraging you to start up again, I'm just saying if it doesn't work for you, don't give up completely I'm here for you girly!

TheKitsune6

Jsecret I love that you say Noon thirty! People always make fun of me for saying that and midnight thirty. I just like to make the differentiation between noon and midnight

I get made fun of it too but I agree it does help to distinguish the time since am/pm with 12 gets so confusing!

I'm excited as this is the first group I've joined here at MFP, I wanted to get through my first week before I joined anything since that seems to be the hardest part. Once I get the hang of the calorie counting and all the junk food cleared outta the house it goes alot easier. So here I am, ready to go!

I am also taking measurements along with weight since there seems to be times one will change without the other and at least knowing SOMETHING is getting smaller (regardless of if it is inches or lbs) helps keep the motivation there!

Haha, I think it's crazy how many similarities we have! We're about the same age, same weight with the same amount to lose, first group joined and using measurements along with weighing in.

AprilVal

Welcome to all the new buddies.. I haven't had a chance to be on here much between yesterday, busy with the family. And today did a run for my hubby's shop.. But its all good.. Im doing well. Had Wendy's for lunch with my sister. Did SMALL everything. I feel like crap now. I need to work out or something. I gotta get out of the gloom. I hate eating on the run. I tend to eat what I shouldn't when I do that. bleh.. IT will be better. Right?

TheKitsune6

Welcome to all the new buddies.. I haven't had a chance to be on here much between yesterday, busy with the family. And today did a run for my hubby's shop.. But its all good.. Im doing well. Had Wendy's for lunch with my sister. Did SMALL everything. I feel like crap now. I need to work out or something. I gotta get out of the gloom. I hate eating on the run. I tend to eat what I shouldn't when I do that. bleh.. IT will be better. Right?

Of course! You'll feel so much better after you get some calories off! Kudos on keeping to the small sizes too, I know that can be really hard

pink_and_shiny

So this is the end of my first week at MFP. I am proud to say that I've lost 3.8 lbs my first week! :bigsmile: 16.2 lbs to go for H2O. I will get there!

WOW! That is fantastic! You're already well on your way.

pink_and_shiny

Hi to all the new members of H20! Please feel free to add me.

Welcome to all the new buddies.. I haven't had a chance to be on here much between yesterday, busy with the family. And today did a run for my hubby's shop.. But its all good.. Im doing well. Had Wendy's for lunch with my sister. Did SMALL everything. I feel like crap now. I need to work out or something. I gotta get out of the gloom. I hate eating on the run. I tend to eat what I shouldn't when I do that. bleh.. IT will be better. Right?

YES, it will be better. Tell that grey cloud hanging over you to step aside because you've got a rainbow of positive thinking coming through. (OK, that got cheesier than I had anticipated...) Maybe next time you hit up a drive through, order a kids meal, or try not ordering fries altogether. Slowly removing a food from your diet is the best way to make a change. And watch, before you know it, you probably won't even want fries with your meal. *hug*

(On a side note, why are there no hugging smilies? Most of 'em seem kind of...negative.)

AprilVal

Thanks ladies for your support..

Although I do feel like crud.. At least its making me want to eat that junk less and less.. I already cant stand fries to well. the thought of all the grease in them make me feel soo sick to my stomach. Sometimes I think Id be better off just drinking a glass of oil.. Bleh.. The sound of thats just as bad.. I do eat fried foods.. But im catching myself not eating it as much. Im soo ready to go for a walk or something. I feel so fat and disgusting after eating that junk.. I had a baconator.. Single size.. The bacon wasnt even cooked.. Bleh.. So I too that off.. Even without it just didnt taste good. Id rather have a grilled hamburger at home. Positive thoughts!! Next time Ill stick to just the sandwich.. IF that.. heh!

Hopefully going for our 3 Mile Walk..

I love the H20 pumpkin everyones got..

bpclark

fantastic - i'm SO in!! today's weight is 252.6, so my goal is 232 - i'm willing to go the extra .6 :-)

TheKitsune6

fantastic - i'm SO in!! today's weight is 252.6, so my goal is 232 - i'm willing to go the extra .6 :-)

Woohoo! Welcome!

klmmoore

Hi, my name is Kerri and I am from Sacramento, CA. I would love to drop 20 pounds by Halloween! My weight now is 191 and my goal is 170.

TheKitsune6

Hi, my name is Kerri and I am from Sacramento, CA. I would love to drop 20 pounds by Halloween! My weight now is 191 and my goal is 170.

Hi Kerri! Welcome to the H20 club!

deanna324

Hi my starting weight today is 223 so my goal for Halloween is 203. I'd really like to be at 200 but we'll see. I am determined to do this.

Tinamac1

oo I really do, That was my plan! If I get there by Halloween I'm gifting myself a new tattoo! I'm in!
Now= 211.6
goal= 191.6
Good luck everyone!

pink_and_shiny

Hey guys!

For those of you who would like to add the H20 icon to your siggy, here's how to do it.

1. copy this URL to your clipboard: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w219/cuddlebunny116/PumpkinIcon-1.jpg

2. then, in the signature editor, type [url=[img][/img][/url]

3. paste the URL immediately after url=, and immediately after [img], leaving no spaces between characters 4. click save And that should work! [/img]

achbarrow

Thanks! I finally got it to work!! So cute!

pink_and_shiny

Woot woot, cenedria235! It was confusing for me at first, 'cause in my past message board experiences, you only need to do the [url] and [img]. Oh well. Just makes MFP all the more special of a place! [/img][/url]

abyt42

I'll give it a shot.

CW: 152.6 (I think the .6 is going to be engraved on my tombstone, at this rate....)
current GW: 135

I think I can get there by Halloween..... I hope I can get there by Halloween?

Cassandra1219

Hello my name is Cassandra or Cass.... Im 27 .. Wife and mother of 2... I have a 4.5yr old and a 9 month old.... Trying to lose the weight from both pregnancies... I lack motivation or energy I should say..although ive been keeping up pretty well minus last week with my workouts.... My current weight is ...gulp...189 so I would love to be atleast 169 by halloween:) My fist goal was to be 160 by my anni dec 19th and to be 140 by my next bday July 30th

teatee

My name is Terri and I am a mother and a teacher. My life is full speed ahead. I never have time for myself. I would love to be able to exercise everyday but cannot find the time.This is just what I need to get me motivated!!!! Seems like I have been trying to lose weight forever. I thought about surgery but I really do not want to go that route. My dad passed after he developed a blood clot after surgery so I just cannot go through that.
My current weight is 305 ( the heaviest I have ever been) and would love to be 285 by Halloween.

29bubbles

Yeah, I'd love to lose 20 by halloween.. tha'd be great. Right now I have no confidence in my ability to loose anything right now... icky night... but I sure love the idea of 20 by Oct 31!

I'm 165.2 (well, hopefully... things haven't gone great since I saw this num,ber on the scale and I haven't checked back) -ufta.

SugarDiva

Sure! Count me in! My name's Shauna and I've got just over 20lbs left til I hit my "see if I'm happy here target" lol. This should give me the extra push I need to amp it up a knotch. Current weight 145.. woot! 125 HERE I COME!

Flotus87

My name is Lauren and I just joined mfp today and would love to lose 20 by Halloween. Currently 273...I'm not in a good place right now, feel like i'll fail this time just like every other. I saw this group and figured it might be a great place to start out. I'm in for a very busy Fall already. I'm 23, married with a 17 month old. I substitute teach and will be taking classes 3 nights a week immediately following work this fall as well as a class during the day on the remaining 2. Trying to get through my program to begin teaching full time in January.

I'm a stress eater, I know it and I'm hoping that mfp and recording my food choices can help me get through/over that issue. To top things off in the stress department, my in-laws have been living with me for the last 13 months and they love junk food so it seems to be ever present in my house.

I really want to lose weight and keep it off for my son and I would love to get him a sibling, but I want to be at a healthier weight before taking that on so that we don't run into some of the same issues we had with his pregnancy. I'm hoping that setting goals that someone other than myself (whom I seem to have no trouble dissappointing) know about and through the support of others in similar situations I WILL MAKE IT THIS TIME!!!

253 by 10-31

teatee

Did not work for me, don't know what I did wrong

pink_and_shiny

Look at all of the new members! This is awesome!

teatee - I took a screen grab of the code as it looks in my signature editor. Just take a look at the below image and type that into your signature editor.

sotonguetied

i would love to join this! everytime i put myself up to these challenges i seem to always fail, but this is perfect since halloween is definitely something i want to look rockin for :] not sure if i'll make it quite to 20 pounds loss (especially since i will be leaving for school so i will be in the lovely land of college food, lol), but even if i only make it to 5, 10, 15, or whatever, i will still be looking that much better and will be just as happy! but either way, i will set my goal for 20 and work my hardest to reach it!

my biggest problem is i'm an emotional eater. and not just a regular emotional eater, but i'm pretty much a hardcore emotional binge eater. despite the fact that i've known this for a while, it constantly is what sets me back. i can keep consistent with my workouts and to a point, my healthy eating. but then that one night rolls around where i just eat EVERYTHING on impulse and then that turns into two, three, four days, making a vicious cycle. it seems i've tried so many different things to combat this but it just always returns, so ultimately i need to just really take the time to pause and think about what i'm doing. there could be a million tricks in the book but if my head isn't 100% in this, i will never succeed.

SO. with that said, (sorry for the length!) along with my 20 pound goal, my other major goal is to really kick my emotional eating in the butt once and for all. support here is great, so i am confident that i can do this, and that we can ALL reach our goals :]

starting weight: 171 lbs
goal weight: 151 lbs

had an eating extravaganza today though, so it'll take me a day or two to get back down to 171, minor setback but it just means i'll have to work a little harder. no big :]

GOOD LUCK ALL! :]

CherisseJ

I'm both a groupie and a needie person!?! :-) I need this group and I need to get weight off NOW. I would love to join all of you in this quest to lose 20 pounds by Halloween! My story is: I used to be a fitness "queen" who walked 4 miles a day in 28 minutes. Now I'm lucky to walk 1 mile in 28 minutes! I've had 16 surgeries in the past 20 years and my life as I used to know it is over...but I plan to reclaim it! :-) Just waiting impatiently for my kit to arrive as I just ordered it on Sunday. *sigh* As you can see though, I am psyching up and doing my homework to get prepared to lose weight!

For those of you who like additional info, my surgeries have involved hysterectomy, kidney cancer and removal of a kidney, kidney stones in the remaining 1 kidney (darn it), thyroid and parathyroid cycts / removal, and so SO many others. All of these things have done a number on my physical system and my energy level is shot. :-( That's not ME though, so I find it very very frustrating to deal with and accept. May I say....boo hoo? lol