Week 8, "H20" Lose 20 Pounds by Halloween Challenge.

LastFighter

Im Canadian too. Had 2 Thanksgiving dinners, didnt behave myself. Showed up as 4lbs extra even though thats a little blown up right now I expect to spend the rest of this week working it off.

SW 291
CW 282

Doubt I will make it now unless I spend 24 hours in a steam room.

pink_and_shiny

I like it all!! I do weekly challenges for my mfp friends on my status every Monday and it runs til that following Sunday. We've done things such as 3min planks for the week, walk or jog for at least 30min 5 days this week, do 50 jumping jacks 3x this week, etc, so if you need ideas, I have a list of everything we've done so far I can message you with them April if you want

That would work if youd like.. Would anyone like to Alter starting out the week thru the holidays? I know sometimes I am late.. lol Id be more than happy to share it with everyone... Those who are extremely active in here.. Id appreciate the help.

Would totally like to be a part of the weekly challenges/start ups. I've already got a couple ideas that are a different than challenges one might expect. Can I call dibs on Week 2 (Nov 6th), Week 4 (Nov 20th) and Week 6 (Dec 4th)?

pink_and_shiny

hey everyone, I'm new to MFP but reading these posts really helped me decide on my weight loss goals, so thank you!

It makes me so happy to hear that you've found some direction! Please join our group, either as we finish out H20 or when we start our next challenge, we'd love to have you!

pink_and_shiny

I want to join in too.....my goal is to loose 20 lbs by christmas...

Welcome to the group, Anna!

iluvwdw

So tomorrow is my weigh in day. I am afraid it will not be good. I have been sick the last few weeks and sleeping a lot and not eating well. Then I gained at last week's weigh in. Monday morning however, I was down those lbs I had gained the week before. Then I had my 2nd Thanksgiving dinner of the weekend, so I am afraid I will be right back up again. I also cannot eat till noon as I have bloodwork scheduled tomorrow mid morning.

Alas, I will not have made my goal weight of 190 by Oct 21 which is my birthday :sad: I have spent most of this month going up and down it seems.

It doesn't look good for tomorrow. Just sayin' :grumble: I did go wayy over on the first Thanksgiving dinner but not by much on the 2nd but didn't excercise and I feel like crap. I will figure out a goal for christmas by the end of the week.

My original goal was 170 by New Year's eve!! Don't think that is gonna happen now.

jsecret

SW: 206
CW: 189.8

3.8 lbs to go!!!

achbarrow

I really like the idea of having a challenge that goes till Christmas time. 15 pounds sounds good too. I mean just being realistic because the holidays and weight loss aren't exactly best friends haha. Maybe we could have mini challenges within the Christmas challenge? For instance when we start the new thread each week we can designate a mini goal for that week like everybody complete x number of sit-ups, etc. Just a suggestion!

Ooh! Idea! We can make the Christmas mini-challenges like the 12 Days of Christmas song. Only for us it'll be the 8 weeks of Christmas (did I calculate that correctly? If so, 15 pounds seems a bit daunting to me and I'm ready to downgrade to 10 pounds. :laugh: ). So, "on the 1st week of Christmas MFP gave to me...1 minute planks" or something like that. Tie in the number of the week to that week's challenge.

What does everyone think?

I love this idea! I can sing to myself as I workout!

achbarrow

I'm in for whatever challenge people want to do for Christmas!10-15-20. The weekly challenges seem like an awesome idea too! Starting on the 30th makes sense to me. My dad's birthday is Halloween and his party is the 30th. Definite motivator to be good!

Congrats April and Bru on you're upcoming anniversaries! Hope you both have a great time celebrating. (April that hairstyle is beautiful!)

achbarrow

SW: 206
CW: 189.8

3.8 lbs to go!!!

Awesome job! You got this!

achbarrow

So tomorrow is my weigh in day. I am afraid it will not be good. I have been sick the last few weeks and sleeping a lot and not eating well. Then I gained at last week's weigh in. Monday morning however, I was down those lbs I had gained the week before. Then I had my 2nd Thanksgiving dinner of the weekend, so I am afraid I will be right back up again. I also cannot eat till noon as I have bloodwork scheduled tomorrow mid morning.

Alas, I will not have made my goal weight of 190 by Oct 21 which is my birthday :sad: I have spent most of this month going up and down it seems.

It doesn't look good for tomorrow. Just sayin' :grumble: I did go wayy over on the first Thanksgiving dinner but not by much on the 2nd but didn't excercise and I feel like crap. I will figure out a goal for christmas by the end of the week.

My original goal was 170 by New Year's eve!! Don't think that is gonna happen now.

I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well *hugs* Don't beat yourself up though. You're on the right track and are doing great. Sometimes we all slip up. (I ate an entire pizza the other day 0_0,). Keep at it and you'll definitely get where you want to be.

AprilVal

I'm in for whatever challenge people want to do for Christmas!10-15-20. The weekly challenges seem like an awesome idea too! Starting on the 30th makes sense to me. My dad's birthday is Halloween and his party is the 30th. Definite motivator to be good!

Congrats April and Bru on you're upcoming anniversaries! Hope you both have a great time celebrating. (April that hairstyle is beautiful!)

Thank you.. Im glad we are getting direction on what we are goign to do next. I can't wait.

Ill be posting anniversary pictures once we get them back.. I hope it doesnt take too long..

achbarrow

ARGH TOM weigh in and I am the same.

SW169
CW164

Next week im doing this lol

Le sigh, sometimes I want to take TOM out back and........:mad: yeah...... She's here for me as well and I'm definitely feeling it. You have my sympathy. *Hugs*

Certified_Femail

I was all set and ready to get on the scale since i dont weigh in but every 2 or 3 weeks, and I weigh in on the huge scale that weighs bulk mail etc and there was so much mail today on the dock from being no delivery yesterday and it was all over my scale lol. So tomorrow I will. I think i have lost more. I went crazy this evening and had a hamburger and fries and starbucks lemon loaf. O and a few fried zucchinis. Went over a thousand calories or so lol. But kinda felt i needed the break for one meal. I have been being good for weeks. I wanted to congrats to everyone who has kept with this H20 and lost. It has been fun and encouraging. So what will be next???????

Certified_Femail

O one more thing, that Chiliean diet may be good for us all just once. Just kidding, Im so happy they are bringing up the trapped Miners. Poor guys unbelievable what they have done to rescue them. I have seen only the first one. His little boys were crying with happiness and his wife was touching.

iluvwdw

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I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well *hugs* Don't beat yourself up though. You're on the right track and are doing great. Sometimes we all slip up. (I ate an entire pizza the other day 0_0,). Keep at it and you'll definitely get where you want to be.
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Thanks - it's been a crappy couple of months. Anyhow, I couldn't go for my bloodwork cause silly me when I went last night to get my last cup of water I popped a cracker in my mouth to soothe the yucky feeling I had. :grumble: So, no bloodwork for me until after noon so I might as well wait till tomorrow now while I do my other test. :ohwell:

On the plus side, I weighed myself and to my delight, I am back down. I have been going up a nd down so erratically lately and pounds within days. :noway: I will take it while it's here, just hope it stays. So I am only a little down from wh at I was Sept 26th :sad:

My weight as of Aug 31 was 206.8
Sept 26 - 202.
Week 6 - Sept 29 - 201.52
Week 7 - Oct 6 - 202.4
Week 8 - Oct 11 - 201.3

loss - 5.5 since aug 31
goal for my bd 190 - 11.3 to go :frown:

iluvwdw

AprilVal and Bru,

Congrats on the Anniversaries!!!! Can't wait to see pics. I would love another challenge even though this one didn't work so good for me. :indifferent: The next one will be better. :drinker:

junedunebug

I definitely want to join that Christmas challenge! Will someone let me know when it starts so I don't forget? Thanks!

AprilVal

AprilVal and Bru,

Congrats on the Anniversaries!!!! Can't wait to see pics. I would love another challenge even though this one didn't work so good for me. :indifferent: The next one will be better. :drinker:

Thanks.. Dont worry.. Im the one who set it up and it didnt work too well for me either.. Didnt help I got sick and was sick for a few weeks. Then I was afraid there was a chance I was pregnant so I didnt do too much for a while. Then TOM kicked my *kitten*.. blah.. But Im getting back on track..

nursee67

Since I joined this kinda late...of course I will never make the 20 lbs. But I am ok with it. I know that I am doing well because the clothes are getting a little looser...I can buy them a little smaller and people have noticed. I am so proud of you ladies for staying active, not beating yourselves up over a gain...that's what makes this great. It didn't take a day to gain our weight..it certainly will take some time to get rid of it.

April...you will look beautiful for your anniversary...can't wait for the pics.

Bru...hope your anniversary is special as well.

I have been with my hubby forever...each anniversary is just as special as the previous. Hearing about all these silly stars separating and divorcing....poor things...marriage takes work ya know! That's why we regular folk do it so well!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

BTW...my weight was basically unchanged...hanging in the 198's...give or take 2/10's.

Love the Christmas challenge...15 lbs sounds doable. Like the 12 days of Christmas challenges too.

RushinBruisette

AprilVal and Bru,

Congrats on the Anniversaries!!!! Can't wait to see pics. I would love another challenge even though this one didn't work so good for me. :indifferent: The next one will be better. :drinker:

Thank you!! This challenge didn't work for me, but I expected it. Since April, I rock out 7 lbs one month, 8lbs another, 10lbs another, 9 lbs another and then all of a sudden..BOOM, 1.8lbs a month and 3.6lbs... so I really did expect it. But I did rock away 9in in 2weeks in Sept (doing 30 day shred), so yea, the scale hasn't really moved much, but I'm in a 14, down from a 22/24,so I will take it and run!! LOL

Here's to a better challenge for EVERYONE :drinker:

Ckonner

Since I missed the Halloween Challenge - Could I be "remembered" for the Christmas Challenge?? Is there a way to bookmark message boards?

pink_and_shiny

CW - 180.8

See, all that complaining I did was for nothing. Thanks for the support everyone. *group hug*

RushinBruisette

Well, Grandpa has a staff infection, UTI, and Pneumonia on top of everything else. He is not to leave the hospital for quite awhile and they are thinking that he may not make it to Christmas. Please keep us in your thoughts. I'm really praying that everything turns around. My husband is taking this really hard so I don't plan to be around posting much. He said we'll still attempt our St Louis weekend, but we were told to keep our phones close in case anything changes. *hugs*

pink_and_shiny

Well, Grandpa has a staff infection, UTI, and Pneumonia on top of everything else. He is not to leave the hospital for quite awhile and they are thinking that he may not make it to Christmas. Please keep us in your thoughts. I'm really praying that everything turns around. My husband is taking this really hard so I don't plan to be around posting much. He said we'll still attempt our St Louis weekend, but we were told to keep our phones close in case anything changes. *hugs*

Oh Bru. Sorry to hear this news. I hope things get better.

achbarrow

Well, Grandpa has a staff infection, UTI, and Pneumonia on top of everything else. He is not to leave the hospital for quite awhile and they are thinking that he may not make it to Christmas. Please keep us in your thoughts. I'm really praying that everything turns around. My husband is taking this really hard so I don't plan to be around posting much. He said we'll still attempt our St Louis weekend, but we were told to keep our phones close in case anything changes. *hugs*

My thoughts are with you Bru, hope it turns around. *hugs*

karriebuenafe

Hi, Im new with my fitnesspal. I lost 2 lbs. after joining myfitnesspal and im inspired to exercise and continue with my food and exercise program. Hopefully I will attain my goal of losing 10 lbs by November. Goodluck to everybody.

hyenagirl

I've lost 10 lbs so far (gotta log my other pounds that I lost, but waiting for a few more days to do so). I don't think I can loose another 10 in a couple of weeks

iluvwdw

Well, Grandpa has a staff infection, UTI, and Pneumonia on top of everything else. He is not to leave the hospital for quite awhile and they are thinking that he may not make it to Christmas. Please keep us in your thoughts. I'm really praying that everything turns around. My husband is taking this really hard so I don't plan to be around posting much. He said we'll still attempt our St Louis weekend, but we were told to keep our phones close in case anything changes. *hugs*

WOW that is awful. Keep us posted when you can of how he is doing, Sending postive thoughts and prayers your way for you and your family.

pink_and_shiny

Since I missed the Halloween Challenge - Could I be "remembered" for the Christmas Challenge?? Is there a way to bookmark message boards?

Just get back here by clicking "My Topics". You can follow the links to the next week at the end of each thread, or just keep a look out for 10/30/10 when we start the Christmas challenge. If I don't see you around when that starts up I'll try to lasso you in via private message.

pink_and_shiny

Hi, Im new with my fitnesspal. I lost 2 lbs. after joining myfitnesspal and im inspired to exercise and continue with my food and exercise program. Hopefully I will attain my goal of losing 10 lbs by November. Goodluck to everybody.

Hi Karrie! Welcome to MFP and congrats on the loss you've already achieved! When in November are you striving to lose the pounds by? Just curious. Would love to see you in our Festive Fifteen challenge when that gets started!