Thanksgiving Challenge!!

Dupes119

Im in..
Starting weight: 160
Weight now: 148
Weight Goal: 135
Weight for Thanksgiving: 140

laurabelle25

Morning everyone!

Well no change in weight. but i did really, really good this week. I watched my food (calories, fat, carbs, etc.) and kept everything really close to the goals. i actually upped my cal. intake to 1300, I was at 1240 and know that is really low, thinking that is why i haven't been losing. so we'll see next week if this works ( i might even up it even more). But i have found that the extra cal. plus my exercise cal. are a lot more food than i thought.

I also got my butt outside, in the drizzle, to run w/ my pup. I was so proud of myself. I only lasted like 10 min. but I walked for another 20. And I'm planning on running again tonight! So maybe next week we'll see some changes. I'm also getting a new scale today or tomorrow, i don't have a digital one and it is really hard to tell what i really weigh, so i want something more accurate.

So anyway, my goals have changed a little, b/c i wanted to be 145 by now and am still not there:

Last week: 152
This week: 152
Thanksgiving goal: 146 (1 lb a week)
Overall goal: 130-135

Good luck everyone!!!! And keep up the good work!!!!
Laura

jill927

Height 5'7''
Starting weight 215
Current Weight 170
Thanksgiving Goal 162
Final Goal 155

Gained half a lb this week....
but it was one of my best friend's 21st birthday. And last week I lost 3.5 lbs... So I'm ok with that. lol.

zaza54

Jill, you've made great progress! A half pound gain this week is nothing, especially since you lost so much last week.
As for me, I'm progressing slowly.
Starting weight for this challenge: 138.4
Weight last Week: 137.6
Current Weight: 136.6
So, I'm happy.:happy: The challenge now is not to gain it back and to keep moving towards my Thanksgiving goal of 132. So near, but so far! On that note, I'm going to go take a walk in the brisk Fall sunshine before the rain comes tomorrow. Have a good week-end everyone!

msblondy16

Hi! Is it too late for me to join? I have been "serious" about weight loss for over two months now but I feel like I have been a lot of talk. It is crunch time for me now because I go back to the States to visit my friends and family in only 7 short weeks and I want to look good! Currently I am about 10 lbs. (a rough estimate) up from what I was when I left 5 months ago. Loneliness and missing my friends made me turn to lots and lots of GOOD food and AMAZING chocolate...

But I am back to my old ways of working out daily and eating sensibly so hopefully that will bring my other body back! Thanks for the great challenge! It is time to go HARD!

CW: 66 kg (~145 lbs.)
Thanksgiving GW: 62 kg (~136 lbs.)

Have a great weekend all. :flowerforyou:

usmcwifeb15

Yeah I weighed in today and I am down another 2lbs!
Starting weight 158.5
Starting MFP 153.4
10/17/08 150.4
Current Weight 148.0
Thanksgiving Goal 143

zaza54

Great work usmcwifeb15!

majic

I am also in! My goal will be 11 LBS!

Starting weight 230
Current weight 227

Weight by Thanksgiving will be 216!!

jill927

Yeah I weighed in today and I am down another 2lbs!
Starting weight 158.5
Starting MFP 153.4
10/17/08 150.4
Current Weight 148.0
Thanksgiving Goal 143

WHOO You're doing a great job! Keep it up girl!

ladybug2

Hi weighing today 235.8 down 1,2#'s :happy:

kirstina_23

Glad to hear everyone is doing great, keep up the work! So I was starting to feel better again yesterday so I was like let me get in gear and go for a walk. Walked in the mountains for 40 min. So im not feeling to well again today. I hate begin sick and sitting around the house and the way things are going its going to be a month before I can get outside again. I got an arobics dvd so thats my plan now not to over do it and stay inside got to get better or else im not going to make my challenge.


Challenge start weight- 154
thanksgiving-146
christmas-138
goal-130
10/6-151
10/13-149


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Renae_Nae

Starting Weight: 152

Current weight: 146.2!!!!!

I've got 7.2 pounds to go for this challenge

zaza54

Congrats to you too Renae_Nae! Nice to see that progress is being made.
The week-ends are challenging for me (actually every day is!). It's good to get online and see how much weight others have lost and continue to lose - it motivates me to do better. Keep up the good work everyone.

BrandNewLaura

No crazy binges today or calorie overages...so hopefully tomorrow's weigh in will show a good number!

zaza54

Hang in there BrandNewLaura. You''ve already lost so much - you know you can resist temptation today. Good luck with your weigh-in tomorrow. A good result will be so satisfying and give you the encouragement to continue - so stay strong!!

ladybug2

Hi down a total of 3#'s still can't get the ticker tape pasted something to do with mircosoft word will keep trying .have a great day.:happy:

BrandNewLaura

Okay I'm in...with Halloween candy and fall pies and treats coming, I'm going to need some accountability to keep me on track.

Current weight :flowerforyou: (first time I am actually posting this number) 303 :grumble:
Thanksgiving goal weight :flowerforyou: 288 (15 pounds lost)
Stretch Thanksgiving goal weight :flowerforyou: 283 (20 pounds lost)

Starting weight 340
Starting challenge weight 303
Current weight 294
Thanksgiving goal weight 288
Stretch Thanksgiving goal weight 283
Pounds to go by Thanksgiving 6
Pounds to go to reach stretch goal 11 (this is looking more possible now...yay!)

zaza54

Great work!!!!! You are an inspiration.

prinzess44

I'll join I would like to lose 13lbs by Thanksgiving

CW 143
GW 130 by then

I will weigh in on tuesdays and post my results

BrandNewLaura

Hang in there BrandNewLaura. You''ve already lost so much - you know you can resist temptation today. Good luck with your weigh-in tomorrow. A good result will be so satisfying and give you the encouragement to continue - so stay strong!!

Thanks for the support...I had a terrible two weeks, but I was rewarded with a 6 pound loss over those two weeks...I guess I shocked my body into dropping pounds...today so far I am doing well...we went to a steakhouse buffet for lunch, but I had a really big veggie salad with light dressing, only one bowl of veef vegetable soup, and instead of getting a huge taco salad, I just had a small little plate with just a scoop of the lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, sour cream, beef, and cheese on two tortilla chips...then the real meal came and I had steak tips and a baked sweet potato...and for dessert...sugar free pudding and sugar free cookies...I don't have many calories left for the day, but on the weekends when we go out for lunch we typically make that our large meal of the day and then just have something light later that evening...so I think I'm good for tonight...maybe just some soup and a sugar free pudding cup during Army Wives!

laurabelle25

Hey All!!!

so i know i posted on fri. but i just want to share my joy!!! (And hopefully it's not just water weight)

But i finally lost 2lbs and am down to 150 !!!!!!!:drinker: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:

I even exercised over the weekend, which i hardly ever do. and even though i didn't make the best choices on food, i was very concious of what i was puting in my body and what i needed to do the rest of the day to stay inline. I also did not eat everything on my plate (we went out to eat at On The Border, and i got some really awful-for-you enchilada, but it was sooo good) But i only ate HALF. whereas before i would have mowed down the whole thing. So props to me for the little things.

Anyway, thought i'd share. Keep it up everyone....b/c eventually you do get those lbs off!
Laura

kirstina_23

Ok weigh in today and so not happy.

CSW-154
CW-149

Checked the scale today and no movement but then I did some caculations and well this week would so not be the week to be getting on a scale, if you catch my drift. So next week measurements and weigh in. Im so tired, still sick and today helped my friend move for 4.5 hours and that includes stairs with boxes. UGGGGHHH but i sure did burn some calories.Good week to everyone!


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usmcwifeb15

Don't worry it will be better next week. They say that you can weigh 3-5 lbs more during that time so it kind of sucks.:grumble: I don't know if I will even weigh in the following week because mother nature is going to grace me with her presence as well. I am already feeling her this week. I wish all signs of her would just stay away until the day of.

msblondy16

Hi all! You guys all are doing so great! Although I never usually weigh in on Mondays, I did today because for the first time in a really, really long time I did not binge this weekend AT ALL, stayed well within cals, and worked out super hard both days. And I am down 1 kg! Woo hoo! I don't really like that they are so hard to lose...it's more fun to see 2.2 lbs. lost than 1 kg!

No worries about that time of the month weight. I avoid the scale like the plague when that time comes! And ironically my first instinct when I am very upset with the scale/clothes is to eat everything in sight... so I only step on that thing when I am almost sure I am at a good weight!

Have a great week everyone! I will check in again on Friday. Yay last week in October!!! :bigsmile:

kirstina_23

Thank you both! I feel much better to know im not alone is this misery. I hear ya on the kilo thing I live in greece so thats what they use too. I see one kilo down and its dissapointing compared to 2.2. But look at the way I do if you loose only 2 kilos you lost almost 5 pounds! So less kilos but more pounds not sure if I explained right but I hope you get what im trying to explain.

kirstina_23

Usm did you join the 20's thread?

jill927

Hey All!!!

so i know i posted on fri. but i just want to share my joy!!! (And hopefully it's not just water weight)

But i finally lost 2lbs and am down to 150 !!!!!!!:drinker: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:

I even exercised over the weekend, which i hardly ever do. and even though i didn't make the best choices on food, i was very concious of what i was puting in my body and what i needed to do the rest of the day to stay inline. I also did not eat everything on my plate (we went out to eat at On The Border, and i got some really awful-for-you enchilada, but it was sooo good) But i only ate HALF. whereas before i would have mowed down the whole thing. So props to me for the little things.

Anyway, thought i'd share. Keep it up everyone....b/c eventually you do get those lbs off!
Laura

whoooooooo you GO girl!

usmcwifeb15

Usm did you join the 20's thread?

Yeah I did join the 20's thread. I am kind of confused about it though. Is it like this one that you track your progress? I wasn't sure if it was like that or just a way of talking to other people in their 20's trying to lose weight also.

kirstina_23

Usm did you join the 20's thread?

Yeah I did join the 20's thread. I am kind of confused about it though. Is it like this one that you track your progress? I wasn't sure if it was like that or just a way of talking to other people in their 20's trying to lose weight also.

I think its whatever you want it to be . At least thats the way I see it. Can I add you?

kirstina_23

Ok so this weeks weigh was a no count week for me. I have 3 puonds to go to my challenge goal! Im going to really try to beat it. So how is everyone else doing?