Week 2, "H20 Challenge" 20 Pounds By Halloween.

LoriT129

Thanks for the welcome all! I'm excited about this challenge because it will have me pushing for my next goal of being under 200 by the New Year. (I can't even remember the last time I was under 200 *sigh*)

I hit a plateau a few weeks ago and got on the Wii balance board yesterday, and if it stays the same on weigh in day on Sunday, I will be posting an awesome weight loss. I really hope I am not jynxing myself by putting it out there!!

Yesterday was not a good day. Very stressful and I won't bore you with details, but the one positive thing was that I could feel myself wanting to eat to make me feel better. As I was walking through the grocery store I could feel the pull of the chip aisle and the chocolate was singing my name in such a beautiful voice and the bakery seemed to smell even sweeter than the last time I was there. As I pulled up my britches (because they have gotten too big to wear but I refuse to buy new stuff yet) I thought to myself, I said: "Self...you have worked your *kitten* off to get where you are and you will NOT let the evil sweets devil convince you that just one piece will be all right" And I kept on walking. Stress sucks but being overweight sucks even more!!! So...score 1 for me and 0 for emotional eating!! Woot!

Love the idea of having to post if you eat something you aren't supposed to, but proud to report that I don't have to yet!!

A_shelton316

My weigh in was tuesday starting weight 158 tuesdays weight in 154.8 woohoo!!

RushinBruisette

Was perusing one of my favorite websites for Halloween costumes and found a few I'm fond of...

http://www.yandy.com/Sexy-Harlequin-Costume.php - Love the colors. Would just have to figure out what hubby would dress up as. A lion, maybe?

http://www.yandy.com/Sexy-Adult-Elmo-Costume.php - :laugh: I think this is just too adorable!

http://www.yandy.com/Shopping-products-prod_670.asp - Apparently I have a thing for costumes that relate to childhood this year.

http://www.yandy.com/Fantasy-Butterfly.php - Really liking this one. And it would be an easy costume for hubby; all he'd have to do is carry a fly swatter around all night. Or put it on a string and he can wear it like a necklace!

I love the Sexy Harlequin and Butterfly one!! Too cute! I need to seriously start shopping for ideas!

And welcome to all the wonderful new members of the group!! We are gonna show that scale who's boss for sure!! What are we up to now? Like 105? Woot woot!! Rock on! ^.^

As for posting things that you shouldn't be eating, on my end, nothing is off limits EXCEPT soda, I cut it out April 10th, 2010 and haven't looked back! Otherwise with me, all things in moderation Keep up the good work to everyone losing or not, remember if you aren't losing, take a step back and check out your sodium, that little bugger adds to the scale when you have too much of it, if that's under control, maybe play around with your calories, maybe you aren't eating any exercise calories, it couldn't hurt to have a few extra for a day (without going over your total) or maybe you could be eating a bit too much, try lowering it by 200 (unless you are already close to 1200), all else fails, change up your exercise..maybe go for a longer walk, push harder on some aerobics, there's always a way to find something to help budge the scale

Bru

weighing in tomorrow then headed to the Lake for the weekend, limited internet access...

PS 58 days til Halloween!!!

TheKitsune6

Losing 20 pounds is exactly what I want to lose, actually. @__@

(Well ****, I'd be happy with 10, but I want my super-hot body back.)

How does one find the time to exercise with college AND work AND homework?

I do college full time and work full time. I don't "find" time to go to the gym, I make it.

mrsmommie08

Was perusing one of my favorite websites for Halloween costumes and found a few I'm fond of...

http://www.yandy.com/Sexy-Harlequin-Costume.php - Love the colors. Would just have to figure out what hubby would dress up as. A lion, maybe?

http://www.yandy.com/Sexy-Adult-Elmo-Costume.php - :laugh: I think this is just too adorable!

http://www.yandy.com/Shopping-products-prod_670.asp - Apparently I have a thing for costumes that relate to childhood this year.

http://www.yandy.com/Fantasy-Butterfly.php - Really liking this one. And it would be an easy costume for hubby; all he'd have to do is carry a fly swatter around all night. Or put it on a string and he can wear it like a necklace!

I love the Harlequin one and he could always be a Harlequin court jester or clown. That'd be so cool...My fav part is that it's unique or at least IMO.

My LO is going as Dorothy this year, so I'm going to be the Cowardly Lion. I tried convincing my hubs to go as the Tin Man but still haven't succeeded lol

SW: 303
Wk1: 299: -4
Wk2: 297: -2

AprilVal

Hope everyones having a great Thursday.. Welcome to the Newbies.. Happy to see some new faces..

Tomorrow is the new Message Board topic.. So watch for the link tomorrow..

I went groc shopping today.. Got some good food, some ok food, and some bad food.. haha.. It will all even out thou.. A few of the band choices were from my hubbys demand.. haha.. So well see how i do.. Making Tacos one night and Lasgana one night..

Happy Thursday everyone.. Its RAINING here.. hehe..

urmyeffinstar

Hey I just wanted to let you guys know I made a post under success stories showing my current progress. Just incase any of you would like to see what I looked like before. My profile picture is the most recent picture of me.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/117667-progress-pictures

honeybee3917

weighed in today at 217.2 down from last weeks 220

keep up the good work ladies!!!

mollybeslimmer

fantastic to see all the posts!!! yay!!
I am going to do my weigh in on friday~:)


Good luck to all!!

bjshooter

I would love to post pictures, but tbh in the UK halloween goes past pretty unnoticed :O

bjshooter

My weigh in was tuesday starting weight 158 tuesdays weight in 154.8 woohoo!!

Thats a briliant loss

achbarrow

Everyone is doing so great! Thanks for the compliments on the water bottle had to find a way to keep myself chugging it down! (^_^)
Today's weigh in day!
SW:245.4
W1:241.4 (-4lbs)
W2:238.8 (-2.6lbs)

achbarrow

I just poured an entire jug of sweet tea down the sink... that was sooo hard LOL
So now onto working my butt off!

Awesome! Way to take control, sweetie! I totally had to dump a whole bag of cookies in the trash too. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do! heheh

I had to purge the house of all chocolate candies @_@, there were so many but they taunted me day in and day out. They had to go!!

achbarrow

Hi Everyone,

Great job on all the progress so far. I weighed myself this morning and I was up 2 pounds SW:190 CW:192.

I love the water bottle. Too cute

Thanks!
Don't get down! We can do this! Have you tried changing up your exercise routine? I also found that I have to drink tons of water a day and that really helps me. Hence my fancy water bottle

lbencomo

I started at 355 at the beginning of the week now I'm 353.

mollybeslimmer

weigh in today was good. ONE pound.

todays weight 323

as my treat had hair cut to shoulder length-9 inches off..feels strangemaybe that was the one pound?????

Flotus87

Just weighed myself and am at 260lbs 4oz, that's 2lbs 12oz down from last week and 13.12/20 for the challenge. Only about 10 pounds to go to meet my first mini goal and my updated H20 goal. Off to Arizona to visit family and the fair for the weekend. Hopefully all this weeks hard work won't be undone, but I know temptation will be there. And i won't have internet access to read any support from H20. Send good vibes my way anyways please.

AprilVal

Sorry I got this up late in the mornign.. But hers the new Message board.. Week 3.. woo hoo.. Were getting there..

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/117848-week-3-h20-lose-20-pounds-by-halloween-challenge

urmyeffinstar

SW: 140

CW: 138.9

1.1 out 20

bpclark

ok, i just got back from a week-long road trip, and i think i did pretty good, but i won't get to weigh in until later today or in the morning. i really am so proud of this road trip - we kept only healthy food in the car, and i got 4 good days of exercising. we had a few really nice (yummy & big) meals, but we split an entree, so it ended up being so much better than it could have been!! will post weight as soon as i can! oh, and i also started the 30 day shred today - it was tougher than i expected!

mollybeslimmer

I couldn't edit my last post
ok so I weighed in this am and it was 323
went out walking and did almost a mile.a good day in all
so for the heck of it weighed in again
321.8 ..
so taking the 321.9

bpclark

ok, i did my weigh in this morning when i finished the gym, and i'm at 250.2 - that's down 2.4 lbs. yippie!! everybody stay strong this weekend!!!

gualsl

Hey ALL!!!

Your group sounds like a great idea!!! My main motivation for this upcoming year is to get in shape for our wedding next summer. However, I also want to get in shape once and for all! I'm tired of being overweight and not able to fit into certain clothes. I just want to AT LEAST be the size that I was in high school and a heck of a lot healthier than I am today. I often worry about becoming a mom (not that I'm pregnant) and being this incredibly out of shape person who doesn't want to get into the pool to swim with her child because she is too embarrassed. So....I am ready to make a life long lasting change! Hopefully, just hopefully I can stick to it this time. I have always tried dieting or a lifestyle change, but I have never been that successful so if you have any good, motivational tips then feel free to share

Starting Weight: 220lbs.
Age: 27 y.o. female
Goal Weight: 160lbs.

ang696

Don't think i've replied for my second week yet, but I'm 5 lbs down!!! Yay!!! I'll weigh in on Sunday and post my new weight on the week 3 thread. (Already a couple pounds down from that first 5). Yay to the BRILLIANT people who started this. This challenge is EXACTLY what I needed. That, along with the C25K challenge. I love this site!

SW (for challenge): 255
CW: 250

bjshooter

I just went to a birthday at an all you can eat :O

I went crazy, I have had pizza, pasta, cake.

I am not going to worry too much, gonna just try adding a bit more exercise in for the next few days.

deanna324

Weighed this morning before going to the fair and it was 219.4. Not too bad. Thought I better do my weigh in today instead of Monday.

abyt42

I'm at 150 this week (but a little too lazy to find last week's post to find out where I was last time I checked in...)

bballgrrl34

Hi everyone,

My scale is broken so I am not quite sure how I did this past week. I had a wedding to attend this weekend so I am pretty sure I over indulged. I went grocery shopping this weekend and was able to buy a lot of healthy food. I am excited to cook good food and get back on track. I have been traveling a lot so it has been hard to really eat well. I don't have any trips anytime soon, so I should be good for a while. It is great to see everyone doing so well. Keep up the great work!!

tbirs31

Hello everyone!

So I didn't do too bad over the weekend. I am at 294.6. I have another 12 or so to go. I think! Keep up the good work everyone!

pink_and_shiny

Hey H20'ers! Keep up the great work!

Don't forget that we've moved on to our Week 3 thread. www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/117848-week-3-h20-lose-20-pounds-by-halloween-challenge