30 Day Weight Loss Challenge

CarolTempleton

30 Day Weight Loss Challenge
Day One- Your stats
Day Two- How tall are you? Do you like your height?
Day Three- A picture of your thinsperation. What features do you like about this person?
Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.
Day Five- Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?
Day Six- Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.
Day Seven- Do your parents know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they care?
Day Eight- Your workout routine.
Day Nine- Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way?
Day Ten- What was the hardest thing you gave up during this “weight loss.”
Day Eleven- Your favorite thinspo blog and why!
Day Twelve- What do you normally eat?
Day Thirteen- Are you losing weight in a healthy or unhealthy way?
Day fourteen- What’s your UGW? When you expect to reach it?
Day Fifteen- Are you vegan or vegetarian? If so, has this helped you lose weight? If not, would you ever consider turning vegan or vegetarian?
Day Sixteen- When did you first decide to lose weight?
Day Seventeen- Do you have an eating disorder?
Day Eighteen- What food is your weakness?
Day Nineteen- When is the last time you ate fast food?
Day Twenty- Favorite diet?
Day Twenty-One- What are your clothing sizes?
Day Twenty-Two- What was your lowest weight? How and why did you gain?
Day Twenty-Three- Did the media play a role in your wanting to lose weight?
Day Twenty-Four- How do you feel about the terms pro-ana/pro-mia
Day Twenty-Five- Have you ever purged? If you have describe your first experience.
Day Twenty-Six- What excites you most about reaching your ugw?
Day Twenty-Seven- How do you deal with being around food?
Day Twenty-Eight- Do you want that “gap” between your legs? Why?
Day Twenty-Nine- Your definition of beauty.
Day Thirty- 10 facts about you! And now, what are your stats?

CarolTempleton

Day One- Your stats

Female
260lbs
redhead

CarolTempleton

Play along if you want to...:flowerforyou:

Recovery101

Day one

Stats

Brunette
Blue Eyes
140ish
On the 30 day shred starting monday? i think!

OnMyWay2STay

female, 5'7", 249 lbs, age 29, brown hair, blue eyes

CarolTempleton

Day one

Stats

Brunette
Blue Eyes
140ish
On the 30 day shred starting monday? i think!

Wonderful. I love Jillian

ajvallance

Dark blonde
Green eyes
CW: 148ish
Female

(Great idea!)

erzille

Day 1: 5'2"
Brown hair/Brown Eyes
134lbs

gretchen0824

day one: 38 yr old, 158.0 lbs, blonde hair, green eyes, week 3 of 30 day shred

wintermama13

Day One: Brown eyed girl
weight: 157-ish
height: 5'5"

Positively_Me

Day one: brown eyes, brown hair, 203lbs, and 5'7"

CarolTempleton

Day Two- How tall are you? Do you like your height?

5ft 3in and yes and No....Yes: cause I'm use to being this height and No: Cause I can't reach things I need.

Bee_B

Hi all! I'm in!

Day 1: Blonde hair and blue eyes, 5'3", CW: 136lbs

Week 3 of ChaLean Extreme and loving it!

Day Two: I don't mind my height. I am the tallest female in my family so I'm lucky in that sense. Wouldn't complain if I was a couple of inches taller though... lol.

wintermama13

Day two: 5'5" I used to be 5'4" and I liked the sound of it better :laugh: otherwise, yes I like my height!

OnMyWay2STay

I'm about 5'7", and I like my height. Any shorter and I'd need a step stool to kiss my 6'4" husband!

erzille

Day Two- How tall are you? Do you like your height:
5'2 inches...I like my height, even though it's hard reaching items on the high shelves!...Almost had a box of shoes fall on my head today!

CarolTempleton

Day Three- A picture of your thinsperation. What features do you like about this person?

http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/683345-men-prefer-average-sized-women

Go to above website to see a picture, it doesn't show the face of the women, but it would be nice to be that size.

CarolTempleton

Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.

Gaining it all back after I have worked so hard to get it off.

ogle101

Hello All!

Day One - Stats:

- 6' tall
- Blonde, blue/green eyes
- Linebacker shoulders and birthing hips
- 186.4 lbs

JayelleC

Great Idea!

Day One:

Stats: Female 25 years old, 215 pounds, Brunette/Brown Eyes

Day Two:

Height - 5'3 wish I was a bit taller maybe 5'5

Day Three:

Picture of my Thinsperation:
This I am not too sure about - I will need to think about it. I would tend to lean towards a more curvy/fit person then an super thin person.

Day Four:

Greatest Fear about weight loss - that I will never get to the goal I want.

Bee_B

Hello everyone!

Day Three- A picture of your thinsperation. What features do you like about this person?

I don't have a specific "thinsperation". I just want to feel comfortable in my own body and be happy with myself. I certainly don't want to look like an air-brushed super thin model... Just someone who is fit and healthy.

Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.

One of my greatest fears about weight loss is not doing it in a healthy way. I'm a pescetarian (essentially that means that the only meat I eat is fish once or twice a week) so I have to be very careful that I get all the nutrients my body needs. I'm also afraid that once I go back to work in the fall, I will fall out of routine and go back to old (and not so great) habits. I'm moving to another country in just over a month so it is really going to be a challenge for me to keep up with my exercise routine and eating healthy while juggling a new life and career.

wintermama13

Day 3: thinspiration! Natalie Portman (sorry for no picture:flowerforyou: )
Day 4: "biggest" fear....gaining it back

lee155

Day One- Your stats
Female 20yrs old, 190 pounds Brown hair/Brown eyes

Day Two- How tall are you? Do you like your height?
I'm 5'7 not that tall.

Day Three- A picture of your thinsperation. What features do you like about this person?
Britney "slave 4 u" body, I want those abs so bad. no pic sorry

Day Four- Your greatest fears about weight loss.
Gaining it back

CarolTempleton

Day Five- Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?

I am losing weight for me and to be healthy, live longer, have more energy and quite honestly, look great in a wedding dress, there is nothing wrong with that.

wintermama13

Day 5: losing weight for myself. But also for everyone I meet. And so I can look and feel great when I get married to my favorite!! (there is nothing wrong with wanting to look great in a wedding dress

CarolTempleton

Day Six- Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.

Yes and I think its because one I am bored, two stress and three I just love food, the taste of things I like to eat. Its a real problem I am trying to overcome.

kdm97

bump

Bee_B

Day Five- Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?

I am losing weight because I want to feel comfortable and good about myself when I look in the mirror. Over the past few years I have steadily put on weight (about 20lbs in total) and I was really unhappy with that. So, in January I decided to be proactive and make a lifestyle change to eat healthy and be fit. I joined MFP and started out doing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred and I haven't looked back since (except when I fell of the wagon a bit in April... I was finishing up my degree in Education and it was super stressful and intense). Now I'm 16lbs lighter and almost at my goal weight of 130. I love that I feel stronger and have more energy and I actually find that I look forward to working out!

MacSkillz

Oh yay! I would love to do this! I see that I'm a little behind so here are my Days 1 - 6.

Day One: Your Stats
currently weigh 246 lbs
Brown Hair
Green Eyes
Exercise Routine - Power 90, EA Sports Active 2 for the Wii, Walking, and occasionally Just Dance 2

Day Two: How tall are you? Do you like your height?
I am 5'8". Now that I am older, yes. It was a pain in high school because for a while I was taller than a lot of guys and it was kind of weird. But now that I'm older I fit in more with the normal height of everyone. I'm still usually one of the taller females, but I'm totally ok with that. And over the past few years I've learned to love my height because it doesn't make me look as big as I am. People are always shocked when they hear how much I really weigh.

Day Three: A picture of your 'Thinspiration'. What features do you like about this person?

America Ferrera. She is around a size 10 and she looks amazing and healthy... but still has curves. With my body structure, I know that I'm not going to look good at a size 6 or smaller. I have wide hips and wide shoulders. It's just not going to work. Plus, I actually like my curves... and so does my fiance. haha. But in all seriousness, I just want to look healthy and FEEL healthy. And I think that America Ferrera has done that, which is why she is my Thinspiration.


Day Four: Your greatest fears about weight loss.
1 - Not being able to reach the goal I set for myself within the time frame I have. I have until Oct of 2012 to get down to my goal weight, but I how I can be with procrastination and being lazy. And I'm afraid that something is going to slip, I'm going to loose my mojo, and go back to being exactly how I was before.
2 - Once I reach my goal, I'm afraid that I may change. I know that I will have WAY better self-confidence, but I don't know how it's going to affect me. Is is going to go to my head? Am I still going to act the way I do now? Am I going to be mean about? I don't know what to expect and it legit scares me.
3 - I know relationships aren't all about looks, but one of the reasons Josh was first attracted to me was because I was chubby. I know he loves me for more than just my looks, but I'm afraid that it may change if I loose all of the weight. He and I have talked about it and he keeps telling me that I have nothing to worry about, but it still scares me. He keeps letting me that if anything, this whole process is making him even more attracted to me because of my determination, fire, and fight to be successful. He tells me almost every other day how proud he is of me and how great I'm doing. But deep down, no matter what he says, that fear will still be there.


Day Five: Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?
Again, I have several reasons:
1. I do NOT want to be a Diabetic in my 20s or 30s. Not even my 40s. Heck... NEVER! But it is a common disease that runs in my family on both sides and I am practically at a 99.9% risk of getting it. But if you've read my blog from the first post to know, you know that the fire that really got me going was my Dr. telling me that at age 25, if I gained any more weight I would be diabetic. So, thus began my journey. And here I am, so far, 19 lbs lighter with a lot more to go.
2. For my overall health. See above. Not only does diabetes run in my family, so does Cancer. Risks can be reduced if my weight is reduced.
3. For my future children. If I stay the way that I am, I'm not going to be able to keep up with them and I'm going to encourage unhealthy eating habits. If I get in shape and loose weight, I will be able to keep up with them, make sure that they (and me) stay active, and can encourage healthy eating.
4. To have a better selection to look at for wedding dresses and look FABULOUS at my wedding. haha


Day Six: Do you binge? Explain why you think you do.
I still do sometimes. Not nearly as much as I used to (almost daily), but I still do it. I know that before it used to be a comfort thing, then is just turned into habit. And now it's a habit that I'm still working on breaking. The last time binged was the last weekend in July, but I allowed myself some leeway that weekend because it was the weekend of my Engagement Party. I wanted to be able to relax and enjoy myself and not worry about counting calories. I still ate smaller portions and was full after 1 plate of food in which the food did not go over the lip of the plate and you could still see good size portions of the plate on the bottom. Before I probably would have gotten up to get seconds after all ready having a heaping plate.
I've been wanting to binge lately but I've been stopping myself from doing it. I think right now the reason I want to do it is because I'm stressed about school. When I get stressed, I want to eat because it makes me feel better. Plus (TMI Alert) Francesca, A.K.A TOM or Aunt Flo, is here. But it's mostly an emotional thing that I'm am slowly conquering one day at a time!

wintermama13

Day 6: Do I binge? Yes. Why? Everything. To celebrate, to mourn, for something to do. I bite my nails like crazy too. I think it's a big comfort thing as well.

CarolTempleton

Day Seven- Do your parents know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they care?

Yes and yes they care a little too much I think...