"H20" 12 Pounds of Christmas Challenge - Week 7

AprilVal

Today had been a day from hell.. Woke up to call the vet for my dog bruitus this morning.. made an appointment for 215.. no big deal, right? Wrong.. I got around and left the house at noonish.. well, I get a half mile from home and my car breaks down.. I putter along side the road.. I turn everything off and turn it over.. So I thought Id attempt to move it.. hehe.. I got like 200 yards from where I was and it died again, but for good this time.. I was stuck in the middle of an intersection, trying to turn.. I couldnt get over, No fun.. I called my husband and hes busy at an accident scene.. I start bawling, Im afraid im gonna get hit.. I call his work, and someone is on there way.. One of my customers from work stopped to see if i was ok.. Then a police officer stopped and pushed me out of the way.. THANK GOD.. I felt a little more safe.. We get the car to the shop.. and find out that something happened with the oil.. My engine seized up.. GREAT,, Had to go to my inlaws with my hubby to get his Dodge.. Which I hate driving in the snow.. By this time I realize Im not gonna make it to the vet appointment in time. so i call to see if they have another time available.. The next one was too close to when I had to go to work.. So I have to wait until tomorrow to find out whats wrong with my bruitus.. Too much is happening at one time.. All I want to do is sit and cry.., Blah.. Plus there was like NOBODY at work today.. They all called in.. JERKS!

RushinBruisette

April, I hope the rest of your week gets much better. *hugs*



Well, I got in my first gym experience tonight, oddly enough, with an ex from highschool (he was next to my side the whole time...) I did 37min on the tread.. I'm such a noob b/c I paused it on accident after my first 7min... I stayed at 4mph almost the whole time, briefly at 5.1 and as low as 3.5. We then hit the elliptical for 15min and I thought it would be the death of me..lol, but I pushed through it!! I have a free 7 day pass and I hope that in the new year I can get an actual membership. I loved the gym and I wish I had started this back in Sept!! Plus I know many people that go there which is pretty cool too My legs will be on fire tomorrow.. I love it!! Off to finish my water then head to bed, night all!!

pink_and_shiny

I also have a great success to share with all of you: last Thursday I managed to "run" (easy jog, 7 km/h) for five minutes straight! For someone who HATES jogging and running, that's a huge victory!

Very well done!! Enjoy the sweet sweet victory!

pink_and_shiny

Jsecret - congrats on only being one pound away from your challenge GW. That's very exciting!

Summer, hope the hellish splurge was fun and that you enjoyed it! You've had such great success, I know you're only going to have more.

Bru - I can totally see how Americans can gain weight from the holidays. Even when bring conscious about food choices I showed a gain! It is just too easy. It sounds like you had fun at the gym! The elliptical really is a machine that sucks the first 15 minutes, but is a breeze the last 15. Like when you're driving to get somewhere, it takes FOREVER to get to the destination...once you're on your way back, and you're familiar with the route, the time flies by. Plus I found I needed certain music for the elliptical, songs that had a beat I could stride to. The *****cat Dolls' "Buttons" is great! Crank up the resistance level, put your *kitten* into it, and have fun!

April, yikes honey! Sorry you had such a craptastic day. I'm so glad to hear a police officer was there and able to help you move your car to safety. I can't even begin to imagine what it is like having to drive around in actual weather (we SoCal people can only drive in dry conditions, you should see the madness that ensues when it rains!). I hope you're able to get Bruitis in tomorrow. Poor puppy. And poor you.

pink_and_shiny

And this post is dedicated to iluvwdw...she needed some images of sunny Disneyland to brighten her spirits. I was only able to get one sunny shot, but I've got a couple showing Disney Chrismas magic that I'm also sharing. Here's a big Mickey hug to you, iluvwdw!

A sunny backstage view from the parking structure...


The happiest reindeer on earth...


New Orleans Square...


Sleeping Beauty Castle in her Christmas glory!


I hope that brought a little smile to you face, love. And if you need more Disneyland photos, a blogger I follow has FANTASTIC images on his Flikr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/andycastro/with/5253975862/

bjshooter

Well done everyone on losses and gym memberships

The last time I got weighed my BMI was 25.6, so hoping for the you are not over weight anymore moment.

I have been so bad this week though, doubt it will be soon.

sereney

Evening everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well with all this crazy weather lately. We normally get snow during winter and it was so warm yesterday it was raining instead. It made for some fun roads this morning.
I have not done worth a darn this last week. I have been fighting a sore throat and could not get rid of it. The doc's said it was not strep and then called me back to tell me it was strep... 4 days later. So I am finally starting to feel better. I am hopeful that I can get back to the gym this week once I feel normal again. I have not had much weight loss but thats ok because my health is just as important. Anyways I will be back later this week for the actual weigh in. Congrats on the losses to everyone, keep up the hard work. Hope everyone has a great week.

StacySkinny

I've not weighed myself in days ...I have no idea what I weigh. I guess I will try and bring myself to weigh in tomorrow. Been struggling with this plateau for 16 days now. It's making me insane.

jsecret

Well guys thinking I'm not weighing in next week. I've been terrible again lately about the scales so I asked my husband to please take the bathroom scale and hide it and refuse to give it back to me until Christmas Eve so that I don't have to worry about it. I'll continue to eat right and workout but I'm not going to weigh in until the 24th and then I'll see how I'm doing

casey_when_u_go

I've stayed the same this week, and I'm counting myself lucky for that!
I've had a rubbish week. I find MFP really easy to do when all is going well and I can exercise.
I haven't been able to go to the gym/run for a while and I really struggle to stick to the 1430 calories I'm allowed on a day off.
I'm just going to see how things go now until the New Year.
I'm looking forward to the Valentines challenge. Hopefully everything will have settled down again after New Year
and I can hit the gym regularly again

pink_and_shiny

SW: 180.8
CW: 174.0 (-2.6 lbs. this week)
GW: 168.8

6.8 of 12

Yay! That's what I'm talking about.

AprilVal

Im gonna attempt to weigh myself tomorrow morning.. im probably not doing well.. I havent been staying on task lately.. Soo much going on around me.. I havent been able to concentrate like I need to. I know its an excuse.. and i shouldnt be even making it.. Stressed from my animals.. and my car taking a ****.. TOOO close to Christmas for this crap to be happening.. Gotta figure out how to get another vehicle.. Blah!

summerblunden

Weighed myself this morning just to see, was WAY up, but then TOM showed up today, so I don't feel so bad. I'm just trying to get through till January. Ugh.

pink_and_shiny

April, I sure hope things lighten up for you soon. Christmas stress is the worst.

Summer, you looked great tonight! TOM is such a biitch with the scale. You'll make it through the holidays. Just gotta stay positive! Does building Lego Death Stars burn calories?

bjshooter

Im gonna attempt to weigh myself tomorrow morning.. im probably not doing well.. I havent been staying on task lately.. Soo much going on around me.. I havent been able to concentrate like I need to. I know its an excuse.. and i shouldnt be even making it.. Stressed from my animals.. and my car taking a ****.. TOOO close to Christmas for this crap to be happening.. Gotta figure out how to get another vehicle.. Blah!

April I can completely understand, the stress is getting to me too and I find it so hard to stay focused when I am stressing. Me and the babys dad are ill still, so we have had to ship off the baby to another city, I havent seen him for two weeks Xmas is stressful anyway, too much money is needed. My bloody electrics need completely redoing, £2500 :O I am a bloody single mum on welfare, thats not happening, just gonna hope the house doesnt set on fire eeeeek.

looby1968

Whoohoo!!!!!!! I've made it back into ONEderland! Found it at one point but then lost it now I'm back with a vengence!!!!

RushinBruisette

So I went to the gym today (still on my free pass) and I ran a 35min 5k!!! WOOT WOOT!! I'm so stoked!! And to think I was seriously gonna quit halfway through! That's 9min off my actual 5k I ran outside!! Happy Bru Dance :drinker:

I like having the gym access, but I don't think I'd use it as much if I knew I could use it whenever I wanted. Knowing that I only have 7days to try it makes me kill it in the gym. But that's a good thing because I'm shaking things up a bit and confusing my body. Not too much exercise for a few weeks, mostly light stuff then a few days of running and such.

I'm not expecting a loss tomorrow, but I hope I break through shortly after the New Year

kattungen

SW (30.10) - 190 lbs
W2 (05.11) - 188.5 lbs - 1.5 lbs loss
W3 (12.11) - 185.6 lbs - 2.9 lbs loss
W4 (19.11) - 185.6 lbs - 0 lbs loss
W5 (26.11) - 184.0 lbs - 1.6 lbs loss
W6 (03.12) - 187.8 lbs - 3.8 lbs GAIN
W7 (10.12) - 185.2 lbs - 2.6 lbs loss
CW (17.12) - 185.2 lbs - 0 lbs loss

A Total Loss of: 4.8 lbs

I'm really pleased I've managed to maintain this week, I've been horrible both food-wise and exercise-wise. But as of yesterday I've completed all my finals, and I'm back on track

StacySkinny

Don't stress it too much guys, it sounds like a lot of us are struggling. Don't beat yourself up, this is a bad time of year for losing weight. We just need to accept that and not let it cause us to quit. Be strong guys and even if we don't do well over the holidays we will prevail in the end! Just don't give up.

ChantalC1969

12 pounds of Christmas Challenge - H20 17.8 lbs lost so far!
SW 10/30/10 323.4 *****Current weight 305.6
*****11/05/10 326.4 +3.0
*****11/12/10 319.8 -6.6
*****11/19/10 315.0 -4.8
*****11/26/10 312.8 -2.2
*****12/03/10 309.8 -3.0
*****12/10/10 307.2 -2.6
*****12/17/10 305.6 -1.6
*****12/24/10 last weight in before Xmas!

I have another staff party to attend tomorrow... hopefully I will be good! I will try to exercise alot during the day so it won't be that bad after all! The thing that scares me the most is that you never know what will be served for meals and snacks. I can do this in a smart way!

Have a great weekend everyone!

jsecret

12 pounds of Christmas Challenge - H20 17.8 lbs lost so far!
SW 10/30/10 323.4 *****Current weight 305.6
*****11/05/10 326.4 +3.0
*****11/12/10 319.8 -6.6
*****11/19/10 315.0 -4.8
*****11/26/10 312.8 -2.2
*****12/03/10 309.8 -3.0
*****12/10/10 307.2 -2.6
*****12/17/10 305.6 -1.6
*****12/24/10 last weight in before Xmas!

I have another staff party to attend tomorrow... hopefully I will be good! I will try to exercise alot during the day so it won't be that bad after all! The thing that scares me the most is that you never know what will be served for meals and snacks. I can do this in a smart way!

Have a great weekend everyone!

CONGRATS!!! You're doing awesome

StacySkinny

@ ChantalC1969 - You're doing so great! I think you're putting most of us to "shame". lol I'm proud of you for your hard work and your great weight loss despite the Holidays - now If only I could do that! lol WELL DONE!

ralbertario

I wanna join!! I know it's late, but I'll continue on with you guys to the Valentines day one. I'm very excited about all the support going on here :-)

bjshooter

12 pounds of Christmas Challenge - H20 17.8 lbs lost so far!
SW 10/30/10 323.4 *****Current weight 305.6
*****11/05/10 326.4 +3.0
*****11/12/10 319.8 -6.6
*****11/19/10 315.0 -4.8
*****11/26/10 312.8 -2.2
*****12/03/10 309.8 -3.0
*****12/10/10 307.2 -2.6
*****12/17/10 305.6 -1.6
*****12/24/10 last weight in before Xmas!

I have another staff party to attend tomorrow... hopefully I will be good! I will try to exercise alot during the day so it won't be that bad after all! The thing that scares me the most is that you never know what will be served for meals and snacks. I can do this in a smart way!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wow lady, how well are you doing

bjshooter

I wanna join!! I know it's late, but I'll continue on with you guys to the Valentines day one. I'm very excited about all the support going on here :-)

Yay, come join, everyone is fab and i'm sure it will help you reach your goals

bjshooter

I wanna join!! I know it's late, but I'll continue on with you guys to the Valentines day one. I'm very excited about all the support going on here :-)

Yay, come join, everyone is fab and i'm sure it will help you reach your goals

AprilVal

Tomorrow starts the last week of the challenge.. I notice i numbered the weeks wrong.. there wont be a week 9.. what would be week 9 is Christmas Day!! Any suggestion for challenges?? anyone!

ChantalC1969

Thanks Ladies for being there for me! I love this group!
Can't wait to start after the Holidays for the Valentine's challenge!

Got a job interview yesterday and got a call today that I got the job if I want it! Starting my training on January 3rd! I will be working from home. It's a US company. It's only a 4 months contract but better that than nothing. Hopefully I can manage the new job, taking care of daughter by myself since her father is also starting a new job on January 3rd and will be working 28 days straight... so I will have to take her to hockey practice 3 nights a week... OMG I hate going to the arena... :sick: and on top of that I need to still take care of ME since I want to be healthy! Good thing I will have you to cheer me along!!!

Good night all!

StacySkinny

Hmmm New challenges - That's a tough one because we've already done most of the ones I would have suggested. I think a good one might be to try an alternative form of sweetener - like Splenda, Stevia, or the like. I've been meaning to try an alternative for the sugar I put in my coffee as it adds a lot of extra empty calories. It would be great to have those calories for actual food substance. And I think challenging people to try an alternate sweetener might open some minds to something other than sugar.

And since this is the last week before weigh in, we might need a big nudge to help us kick it into high gear. So I think it might be good to add an extra day of physical activity - like if you normally work out 3 times a week maybe try and work out 4 times a week this week. Or add an extra 15 minutes per hour of working out. So if you normally work out for an hour, plan to work out for an additional 15 minutes each work out.

Anyway, I hope the suggestions help.

fitterpam

H20 Xmas SW = 239.6
H20 Xmas GW = 227
H20 Xmas Weight Lost = 1.7/12

Week 1 Weight = 237.9 (-1.7 lbs)
Week 2 Weight = 234.4 (- 3.5 lbs)
Week 3 Weight = 236.3 (+1.9 lbs)
Week 4 Weight = 234.8 (-1.5 lbs)
Week 5 Weight = I dunno, I pigged out on cookies all day....LOL
Week 6 Weight = 238.1 (+3.3 lbs)
Week 7 Weight = 287.7 (-0.4 lbs)