The Kickin' Christmas Crew! [Closed]

PercyPig

138 days until Christmas! Where would you like to be by the time we can start shoveling snow again and Santa Claus brings us prezzies?

I would love to be at my goal weight of 141 pounds then. Scratch that, I WILL be at my goal weight then. I'm on a roll at the moment but for those days that I reach a plateau or feel depressed and want to give up, I need you. I need you to encourage me and hold me accountable, and together we can do this!

Members are:

Ding724
Kendradl
Jamiebee24
Alyshe
PercyPig
hayiz24
Rebeccaslucky
paulajfranco
alibreasy
sreimer07
MamaDee2
sweetCJ
erikasev
crikee15
jamadler2

So ladies, how are you all doing today?

paulaGetshealthy

Doing great! Finished Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, and I'm about to head to the treadmill for a 2 mile run
Can't wait for dinner: Whole Wheat Pita Pizza. YUM!

Feel free to add me, ladies!

sreimer07

It's a been a rough day, but it will be better once I get home and get on my elliptical

haylz24

Doing good! What about you?

I'm so tired so might go to bed soon!

MamaDee2

It's been a crappy day! Weighed in this morning and was up 2. Then my last day of working (due to my position being eliminated) was Saturday. Then I went to sign up for unemployment and was told that the laws have changed in NC and I have to wait over a year before I can draw. So needless to say it has been a stressful day. So I really need this challenge to keep me motovated and focused!

Ding724

Oh you know...i'm just doing the norm today: hanging out with my 6 teenage "daughters" but luckily they chose to watch a movie tonight so I had a few spare minutes :happy: Feel free to add me. I can't wait to get to know all of you ladies (and of course stay in touch with my tried and true pals)

sreimer07

It's been a crappy day! Weighed in this morning and was up 2. Then my last day of working (due to my position being eliminated) was Saturday. Then I went to sign up for unemployment and was told that the laws have changed in NC and I have to wait over a year before I can draw. So needless to say it has been a stressful day. So I really need this challenge to keep me motovated and focused!

omg you have to wait a year? thats ridiculous!

Rebeccasluckyduck

Hi there! I'm so glad to have a motivating thread to last through Christmas. I weighed in yesterday at 181.4. My signature says I've lost 15 pounds, but I found a couple of those so I have 2 pounds to lose until it's current again....:blushing:

Today pretty much stunk for a Monday. Here's to hoping everyone has a better week!

crikee15

Hey ladies,

Just finished an eight hour drive to Anaheim, going to disneyland this week. A little tired and need sleep so I will check in tomorrow, hopefully not on an iphone. Happy to meet you all though!

-Kim

haylz24

It's been a crappy day! Weighed in this morning and was up 2. Then my last day of working (due to my position being eliminated) was Saturday. Then I went to sign up for unemployment and was told that the laws have changed in NC and I have to wait over a year before I can draw. So needless to say it has been a stressful day. So I really need this challenge to keep me motovated and focused!

Omg here in the UK you can do it right away! It is a joke though cause I've been messed around so many times!

Defo stay focused! We'll soon whip your backside!

PercyPig

Morning all!

I'm in London (UK) and waking up to a city which has been destroyed in many areas by rioters for the past 3 days. It's absolutely incredible. Luckily my area is safe but I have many colleagues who are scared of going home and one got attacked on the way home last night. What has the world come to?!

Otherwise I'm quite pleased with my day so far, woke up early and did some kettlebell circuits and am planning on going to a coreball class tonight. Haven't done that one before but I have a feeling it will attack my abs!

Kim - have a lovely time in Disneyland!
Rebecca - hope Tuesday treats you better!
Paula - that whole wheat pizza sounds incredible - can you share the recipe?
MamaDee - really hope things turn around quickly for you!

Hope you all have a great day, girls!

Alyshe

Hi ladies, good morning! Feel free to add me.
My name is Alyshe`. My last weight in was sunday July 31. I was 155. My next weight in date is going to be sunday Aug 28. I hope to lose a minimum of 10 lbs by then. I have 19 more days left. I'm not going to weigh in before then because I don't want to be disappointed or get complacent. My goal by Dec. is to lose 30 pounds. I am doing another challenge also right now. A 90 day challenge with my beachbody coach and so far I have done really reall good. My main workout program is p90x but on tuesdays I do Turbo Fire and periodically go for a run.
My stats height 5' 3", weight 155, bmi 27.5, measurements: arm 12 1/2", bra line 34", waist, 33 3/4", hips 41 1/2", thigh 24 1/2".

*Paula pizza is so good I also cant wait to hear the recipe.
*Waves to Mandie. :bigsmile: How is Florida!?
*Joni sending prayers your way. Hope the riots stop soon. Releaved to hear that your area is safe.
What stats would you like? height, measurements, weight?
Hav fun working out :flowerforyou:
*MamaDee I think Jonie speaks for us all when she say hope thing turn around quickly. I dont know what your job was before but maybe this time around you cacn find something better.

kendradl

Hello all - I have to make this quick as i am on at work and we aren't allowed to do that anymore :frown: It sucks but what do you do???

Feel free to add me, hope everyone has a good day and I will see you tonight :happy:

sreimer07

Morning all!

I'm in London (UK) and waking up to a city which has been destroyed in many areas by rioters for the past 3 days. It's absolutely incredible. Luckily my area is safe but I have many colleagues who are scared of going home and one got attacked on the way home last night. What has the world come to?!

Otherwise I'm quite pleased with my day so far, woke up early and did some kettlebell circuits and am planning on going to a coreball class tonight. Haven't done that one before but I have a feeling it will attack my abs!

Kim - have a lovely time in Disneyland!
Rebecca - hope Tuesday treats you better!
Paula - that whole wheat pizza sounds incredible - can you share the recipe?
MamaDee - really hope things turn around quickly for you!

Hope you all have a great day, girls!

I think i need to watch the news a little more, but why are they rioting??

Hope you have a wonderful day!

sreimer07

Good morning everyone! I hope you all got a wonderful nights sleep and woke up ready to conquer another day.

I have a question for you all, since you started your weight loss journey what have you found to be your favorite exercise?

haylz24

Good morning everyone! I hope you all got a wonderful nights sleep and woke up ready to conquer another day.

I have a question for you all, since you started your weight loss journey what have you found to be your favorite exercise?

I hate the gym with a passion so I use ea sports active 2 for the Wii. I love it. The pounds fly off!

Ding724

Well, I finally stepped on the scale this morning...

157 is my starting weight. That's back up to a bmi of 23. :blushing:

I'm not too shocked that I gained about 3lbs in the last few weeks. That's what I get for slacking off. I'm hoping a bit of it is water weight. My goal for Christmas is to be maintaining somewhere in the 140s. I'm thinking 145-148 would be wonderful. So I guess I have another 10-12 lbs to lose total. That SHOULD be quite doable in 4 1/2 months...at least you'd THINK so! haha

PercyPig

I think that can definitely be done, Mandie!

Exercise-wise I change it up quite a bit. I used to do loads of step and spinning classes at the gym but I've discovered strength training is so much better for toning and getting rid of my cellulite! So at the moment I'm doing kettlebells and boxing circuits a lot. The one constant for me is running. I used to hate it but now I'm addicted to it, it helps me relax, focus and I've become a lot stronger mentally. And to make my core stronger I'm now doing planks every night before going to bed, but god I hate those

Off to bed soon - have a lovely afternoon/evening ladies! :flowerforyou:

Rebeccasluckyduck

I've learned that I enjoy runnng. Who knew...? I started about 6 years ago with a friend and I hated it with a passion but did it because we signed up to run a marathon so we had to. Just this year, since I started taking nutrition and getting in shape a little more seriously, I've found I actually like it. At least most of the time.

I read somewhere that once your workout becomes comfortable it's no longer effective. I think I'm in that rut. I need to mix it up a bit I think. Anyone else?

sweetCJ

I've been busy at work, so I'm a bit late. My name is Celine and I'm from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. Last night I did a 15km (close to 10 miles) walk and tonight I hope to be able to rollerblade 30km (about 20 miles) if the rain can hold on till after dark.

My start weight is much more than any of you...and I feel bad about that. I've always been a slim girl until I got pregnant with my daughter 10 years ago. I managed to lose most of it then I got pregnant again and again and again...but at the end of the day I only have my precious daughter, my angle. I gained so much from the 3 lost pregnancy and never lost the weight again. So my start weight is 266.5 lbs and hoping to tose 25 lbs by Christmas.

My question is, do we weight in every weeks and post our weight??

PercyPig

Hey Celine! That sounds like a lot of kilometers to me, well done!

For the challenge, I will be weighing in every Monday and will post a chart on Tuesday where I'll include everyone who posted their weight. However, I don't want to be imposing anything on you so if you're like Alyshe and not weighing in for a month but maybe tracking inches instead, that's ok. This is a support group more than it is a challenge, we're all here to hold eachother accountable, laugh together and listen to eachother's rants when needed. Does that sound ok?

crikee15

Regarding exercise, I usually love the elliptical followed by a cool-down walk on the treadmill. I will probably log all my exercise as walking and swimming this week since I'm with friends and family and don't have my usual gym access. Two full days at Disneyland/CA Adventure is going to be a lot of exercise, especially since we have park hopper tickets. As for today, it's been really good so far. I am currently seeing my baby "nieces" and spending time with one of my best friends. I'll probably head out to the pool later to get some exercise in before going out to dinner with friends. Have a wonderful evening/morning ladies! (I think I'm the furthest west...)

kendradl

...To finish of my post from this morning now that I am at home. My name is Kendra, i started at MFP at 190 lbs, so far I am down 20., I was doing so well until May long weekend - that is when I decided that I should start working out at home, I restarted C25K so I could run outside (which is so much better than on a treadmill) and turned my spare room into a small gym. The running has been going fairly well but the strength hasn't really happened at all since I made this change. My eating has also gone to **** since this change, I don't know if it is because it is summer or what the problem is but I am totally finding it hard to keep on track with anything lately. I have recently decided to change my hours at work and am doing my cardio in the morning before work and going to give one last attempt at trying to do my strength after work which should only take me about an hour if I can get into the groove and actually do it.

I need this group to help me to stay accountable, have people to check in with and to give me **** if something doesn't look right. I need to get back on track and I want to get back on track but apparently I don't want it bad enough or I would have never fallen off to begin with. I am reaching out for everyone's help, I need it, I really, really need it. Asking for help is really hard for me I don't usually do that, I just tend to suffer in silence. Please feel free to friend me, I will need all the help i can get from this point on.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you and sorry my little blurb is a little on the long side. :happy:

Jamiebee24

Hi everyone!!! :happy:

I'm Jamie! I joined mfp last year weighing over 200 pounds. Last October I hit my lowest weight of 153 (I'm 5'9'') but with my husband coming home from a deployment, moving across the country, and life I gained a few of them back!! I'm currently at 161.8 and my goal is to get down to 145 by Christmas. I am the mom of 2 little boys, work 35 hours a week but still am trying to make it to the gym at least 4 times a week. Eating right is REALLY important to me, along with staying active! I am so excited for this group! :happy:

PercyPig

Things are so crazy at work today I won't be able to go to boxercise class. Sigh. Guess I'll go for a run tonight then... I hate when life messes up my plans

Ding724

So, I posted my END goal for this challenge yesterday but also, just so you can all hold me accountable, here are my "mini" goals along the way

SW on August 9th: 157 (i'm a little over 5'9")

153 by September 3rd
150 by October 15th
147 by November 26th
145 by December 19th

Also, for those of you that don't know me, feel free to read my profile to find out about my life! haha in short: I am 22 years old. I live in FLORIDA (I moved here from Minnesota about 4 months ago). I graduate from college in LESS THAN 2 WEEKS with my degree in Psychology!!! yay and my husband & I work together for 3 weeks at a time as live-in behavior coaches/houseparents for a group of 6 teenage foster girls. We then get a full week off to recover! haha anyways, I do pretty well during our time at work but those 7 days off in a row kill me because I get lazy and tend to eat alot or go out to eat several times. I can't wait to get to know all of you better! Have a happy wednesday! :flowerforyou:

Rebeccasluckyduck

21 years ago today I ran away to Vegas with my sweetheart and tied the knot. I was 18 and he was 21 so we've pretty much defied the odds. We've both gained a bunch of weight together and we're in the process of losing it together now. For our anniversary, my hubby is making me dinner. Grilled rib eye steaks, shrimp scampi, fettuccini alfredo, blue cheese wedge salad and home made yeast rolls. Sounds devine but how can I eat all that and not starve the rest of the day? I see a very long run in my future to try to burn some of this off.

Also, my son was just sworn in to the Marine Corps and I'm not handling it as well as I could. I'm a very pround mom, just not overly excited about the things coming up in his future. He doesn't actually go anywhere for a few months so I'll probably be a basket case then. I'm an emotional eater so I'm trying REAL hard to stay on track. I work out of my home so I don't have a real structured day....

sweetCJ

Good day everyone!! So last night, it rained...crap. I hate going to the gym, but if I don't go, I won't exercise at all. I'll just go home, eat dinner and sit on my *kitten* to watch TV then go to bed. At the gym, I took it slow..25 minutes of intense bike and 15 minutes of light threadmill. It was the first time that I actualy sweated enough to show it on my shirt...kind of gross, but so proud. Today we have rain again, so I'm going down to the gym again, but this time I found on the net a circuit training that I will attempt. If I don't type in tomorrow, it's because my arms are so soar and can't move...LOL I'll keep the rollerbalding cardio for tomorrow since they call for a beautiful sunny day!
I need you guys, cause when I'm borred, I eat, so when I read all your post, I forget to eat the junk!

Ps...sorry, for the typo sometimes...my first language is French...!

Have a great night everyone!
Celine

alibreasy

Hi Everyone, I finally found the thread...is there an easier way to find it :-/ I am happy to be included in the Kickin Christmas Crew...yeah! What are some of the ways we are going to get to our goals by Christmas...you know Fall and Winter are tough seasons to get through weightloss. I am ready! The only thing I know so far is that weigh-ins are Monday's which I already weigh in every Monday :-) Lets GO!

Alyshe

I love that this is more of a support group more then a challenge. :flowerforyou: We can use support. I hope that we all reach our goals. I know we can. Just belive in your selves. I have failed many times in this battle of weight, you can ask Jonie Kendra Mandi and Jamie. Im like a roller coaster. But If you keep trying then someday you will succeed.

GOing to go for a run. I'll write a little more besides my name later.
God bless
Alyshe`

PercyPig

It was the first time that I actualy sweated enough to show it on my shirt...kind of gross, but so proud.

Celine, I love this. But I so know what you mean! Do you live in France at the moment?

Alibreasy, sorry the thread wasn't easier to find. From now on you should be able to see it in your "My Topics" section. Also would you mind shooting me your SW and GW so I can add you to the chart? Thanks!

Mandie, I love the idea of mini goals. Might have to think some up for myself too, although it's very hard to estimate how quickly/slowly you'll lose I find, it's so different every week!

Had a HORRIFIC day at work today. I allowed myself a lie-in because I thought I'd go to boxercise class at lunchtime, but then couldn't get away from my desk. Then figured I'd go for a run tonight but had to stay so late it was already dark. Grrrr. Better do my planks now then!