12 Wks Till Summer Challenge - 9 Wks To Go!

lawdhelpme2

TOM set me back, but this is a new week, bring it on.

amodom

Post your current weight as of today and your goal weight for June 9th. Keep up with the thread and weigh in any time between Thursday and Sunday.

Current Weight: 169 lbs
Goal Weight for June 9th: 154
Mini Challenge for this week: Try something new this week; I am inconsistently doing P90X lean and doing a run / walk rountine. This week I will simply workout every day.

I really want to join this motivating group. 9 weeks to go

sparkle327

Am feeling empowered. Ate out tonight and chose steak & new potatoes. Might not sound like a big deal but for me this is all about making the right choices. No complicated diet plans,just good old fashioned cal counting and a tad of common sense. I'm done with messing up my metabolism with crash diets - will be happy with 1lb a week once my system has settled. Very motivating to see my name on the board. Thank u for taking the trouble to do that :flowerforyou:

Padkat - I love your post. Way to go! I am in 100% agreement with your philosophy. I am doing the same. I am tired of fad diets. I am taking this one meal at a time and 1 lb at a time.

Keep it up!

JennS19

SO today I worked it out. I hit the treadmill and instead of watching the clock for the whole time I paid attention to my distance and just ran. Normally when I hit the 5 min mark because I'm watching the time my mind plays tricks on my and I psych myself into thinking I can't go any longer. This time when I wasn't watching the clock I ran for 15 min and did a mile and then some! I was so proud of myself!!!!

I downloaded a new running app, Nike+GPS. It's awesome. You can post your run on FB and get real time cheers when you friends either like it or make comments. It's super cool!!

Water water water for me this week!!!

puertoricanlady18

Thats so cool! Where can I get one???

puertoricanlady18

Thanks for explaing it!! I'll give u my weight Saturday night!
Everybody is doing great! Keep it up!!!

tiddlyjinx

I ordered 30 Day Shred and Dance Central yesterday. Thought I would switch each day. Can't wait for them to get here.

feliciapeters

I ordered 30 Day Shred and Dance Central yesterday. Thought I would switch each day. Can't wait for them to get here.

Just an FYI shred is meant to be done 30 days straight for the best results. I know many people switch off though. My first full week of shred I lost 5lbs ( withmy regular 5 day gym/cardio) the gym cardio i usually do, the most i lost was 1.5-2lbs

I stopped shred on day3 level just because i didnt have time when i got home, but i started again.

jae6704

I am on to level 2 of IFIT for my elliptical, and I think that I will try to add 5 min a day using a jump rope.

**THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE:

Push yourself to try something new or do something different to mix up your workout routine. If you normally run, then try a workout video. If you normally do all cardio, try adding some weights. If you normally walk at a slow pace on the treadmill, try speeding up or increasing the incline. Do something different.

If you continue to do the same old thing every day, your body will get used to it and will stop changing. Challenge yourself to do something new. Let us know how it goes.

srob636

For this week's challenge I am going to add some strength training to my workout routine. I have learned to love my elliptical since this challenge started but I do need to start mixing other things into my weekly routine.

Followup on last weeks challenge: Did not do my "start" which was waking up early to exercise (need to move that pesky alarm clock so the snooze isn't so conveniently close) but did do my "stop" which was eating when I get home from my retail job late at night! It felt good to go to bed and not feel guilty about a late night snack, and its much healthier.

I'm hoping to incorporate my strength training from this week's challenge and getting up early from last week's challenge into a new productive habit.... :happy:

Jessies_journey

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padkat

Am feeling empowered. Ate out tonight and chose steak & new potatoes. Might not sound like a big deal but for me this is all about making the right choices. No complicated diet plans,just good old fashioned cal counting and a tad of common sense. I'm done with messing up my metabolism with crash diets - will be happy with 1lb a week once my system has settled. Very motivating to see my name on the board. Thank u for taking the trouble to do that :flowerforyou:

Padkat - I love your post. Way to go! I am in 100% agreement with your philosophy. I am doing the same. I am tired of fad diets. I am taking this one meal at a time and 1 lb at a time.

Keep it up!

padkat

Am feeling empowered. Ate out tonight and chose steak & new potatoes. Might not sound like a big deal but for me this is all about making the right choices. No complicated diet plans,just good old fashioned cal counting and a tad of common sense. I'm done with messing up my metabolism with crash diets - will be happy with 1lb a week once my system has settled. Very motivating to see my name on the board. Thank u for taking the trouble to do that :flowerforyou:

Padkat - I love your post. Way to go! I am in 100% agreement with your philosophy. I am doing the same. I am tired of fad diets. I am taking this one meal at a time and 1 lb at a time.

Keep it up!

padkat

Oh dear. All I wanted to do was create a quote and now I have posts all over the place :blushing: SPARKLE thank you for your support. My thoughts are that my extra weight didn't arrive overnight so it isn't realistic of me to expect it to just melt away overnight (nice as that would be ). Good luck in getting to goal. :flowerforyou:

AScarbrough19

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janiscurry

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

moxleymama6

Irishrose, Wow! I just noticed you've made it to onederland! Major congratulations!!

cgeiser1

I weigh in early on Wednesdays, super excited to post tomorrow!

futureflaka

is it crazy that i like it that the week flies by just because I want to weigh in? lol I think what makes it more exciting is the fact that I've been consistently losing..little by little, but consistently. yay for weigh-ins!

OBXGal

I'd really like to join. How should I go about that?

Post your current weight as of today and your goal weight for June 9th. Keep up with the thread and weigh in any time between Thursday and Sunday.

So excited to join in on getting 'beach ready'!! :flowerforyou:

CW - 162
Goal - 145

maremare312

Yay, I found the new thread! I've had some setbacks the last couple weeks but I actually went out to eat today and still stayed really close to my calories!

feliciapeters

YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got on the scale & was VERY excited that I lost 2.6lbs BUT when I logged in my weight I realized that apparently the math section of my brain does NOT work at 5:30am and I actually lost 3.6!
.2 till my 1st mini goal

starting weight as of 3/11 201
goal weight 135

3/17: 198.8
3/24: 197.8
3/31: 195.8
4/7: 192.2
4/14: <<<mini goal:192>>>
4/21:
4/28:
5/5:
5/12: <<<mini goal: 185>>>
5/19:
5/26:
6/2:
6/9: <<<challenge goal:175>>

newmeat30

Starting Weight: 144 lbs (as of 3/13/11)
Goal Weight: 127 lbs (by 6/9/11)

3/17: 143.0
3/24: 144.4
3/31: 143.4
4/7: 142.4 (hallelujah! I was at 144.6 on Monday)
4/14: <<<mini goal 138 lbs>>>
4/21:
4/28:
5/5:
5/12: <<<mini goal 132 lbs>>>
5/19:
5/26:
6/2:
6/9: <<<challenge goal 127.0 lbs>>>

Carmendu

Starting Weight: 144 lbs (as of 3/13/11)
Goal Weight: 127 lbs (by 6/9/11)

3/17: 238
3/24: 235.5
3/31: 233.5
4/7: 229.7
4/14: <<<mini goal 233 lbs>>>
4/21:
4/28:
5/5:
5/12: <<<mini goal 229 lbs>>>
5/19:
5/26:
6/2:
6/9: <<<challenge goal 225 lbs>>>





I really think that I need to reset my mini goals. Then again I might just leave them and see haw far under I get. That is what I will do. I am going to see where I end up after having set these goals.

Great losses by everyone!!!!

irishrose22

Irishrose, Wow! I just noticed you've made it to onederland! Major congratulations!!

Thanks so much!!! It feels good. I looked in the mirror the other day and i noticed a girl that had been missing for awhile so i said aloud "its so nice to see you again!" LOL

Keep up all the hard work girls and boys!

candlelady1

Not a very good week for me weighed in at 197.2. Daughters bday yesterday cake and ice cream was gooooood. been a little stressed out : husband had a heart cath on Friday 04-01-2011 but stressed from Tuesday until it was over. Good news though no blockages. Not feeling quite my self little depressed also

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but going to be a better week!!

Evarell

168.4 this week.

Not on track for this challenge, but I'm happy because this is the lowest I've weighed in 5 years!

Trying to keep up with this is definately helping to motivate me. Thanks for all your work managing this challenge! :flowerforyou:

lawdhelpme2

04/07 266

jmacaroni

SW: 220 on3.31.11
CW: 215.6 on 4.7.11
GW: 210 by 6.6.11

FierceFeline

Today's weigh in!!! Looks like I will meet my mini goal by next week! I've upped my fluids and added 30 more mins a day and broke my "plateau" that I was at.
148.8 :glasses:

3/17: 155
3/24: 151 mini goal met by 3/20/11
3/31: 151
4/7: 148.8
4/14: <<<mini goal>>> 147 revised
4/21:
4/28:
5/5:
5/12: <<<mini goal>>>143 adjusted
5/19:
5/26:
6/2:
6/9: <<<challenge goal>>>140 adjusted