Lose a turkey by turkey day

mscoco10

Welcome to all my new turkeys. yes we can do this. we just have to stay motivated. if we fall down then get back up. we won't be perfect everyday but each day is a new day to make better choices.
On my 1st WI i lost 3.4 lbs. So excited. Lets GO !

Amber393

Hey guys and gals!

Hope it isn't to late to join in on this one. :-)

Amber

craft338

8/11 - 211.8
8/18 -209.8 (-2.0)
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awesome! i'm down 2 lbs!! i'm gonna have to get ALL NEW CLOTHES for thanksgiving!!

laurapm

I want to join! What do I have to do? Thank you.

chelscc

I wanna join! Is it to late? This is my exact goal date not only because of it being Thanksgiving, but I'm getting married on November 26! This would be awesome to have people with the same goal date! I want to be atleast 40lbs down, fingers crossed!

statickey

im in...how much is a turkey? hahah

scs143

Depends on how many people you are feeding! My personal turkey is 25 lbs!

It's not too late to join! Welcome to everyone!

laurapm

I feel bad, I am eating not very good, and I can't lose..I feel like i am stuck

1a1a

Feeling upbeat, committed to a mini one week challenge of 10 minutes of cardio every day (I know that's not a lot but I'm angling for the regularity, from there I can increase). Invested in a heart rate monitor (I'm in love), think having this numerical representation of how hard I'm working (or how not hard enough) is going to help me a lot with exercising :-)

Also being more thoughtful about food quantities, recording food intake and not drinking Farmers union Iced coffee (my favourite drink in the whole work and an integral part of my identity).

Laurapm: I find telling myself what food I can't eat very hard, conversely, telling myself what exquisite, delicious foods I Can eat I find much more manageable. Have you seen any episodes of "cook yourself thin"? It's damn cheesy but a good approach and kinda motivating. 4 absurdly glossy, thin, young english women help one person who struggles with food by identifying their favourite fatty foods and devising delicious substitutes they can make at home, most of the things they make look darn tasty (generally hover between 400 and 600 calories but always less calorific than the take away counterparts so you know, take their ideas and mix with your own common sense). Other slice of advice, more vegetables, in everything :-) (example, why make curry with just chicken when you could add carrot and cauliflower and peas and tomatoes and ... *starts salivating*, or, why make spaghetti with meat alone when you could add mushrooms and celery and carrots and zuchini and so on) (disregard if you already bulk up with veg). Hang in there :-)

Amber393

So here's a question for you all.. What's been the easiest way in day? Is it usually Monday or some other day? What made you choose that particular day? I'm trying to figure the best day since I just started back on MFP.

phindilee

would love to join. Hope am not too late.

mrsfloisand

So here's a question for you all.. What's been the easiest way in day? Is it usually Monday or some other day? What made you choose that particular day? I'm trying to figure the best day since I just started back on MFP.

I made my decision based on my habits.... The weekends are my weakness due to the fact that I only work week days and it seems when I'm home or hanging out with my friends I tend to eat more. So I choose Mondays so that keeps me more accountable for the weekends and helps me try to make better choices on what I should be eating versus what I want to eat. Don't get me wrong, I do tend to still have treats and things that I crave on the weekends, but I really limit myself more because I know I have my big weigh in day coming up.

Hope that helps.

scs143

I weigh in on Fridays because its before the weekend, when I tend to have more things to eat/drink etc... so I give myself to week to work off any extra.

8/12- 268.4
8/19 -267.2 (loss of 1.2)
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mrsfloisand

Things are slowly going, its hard to get back into a routine that you haven't been doing for a while. Eating is getting better. I started trying to do spinach and fruit smoothies for breakfast to help me get my veggies in for the day. Not too bad, but I didn't have any juice or anything like that other than skim milk to put in it besides the banana and strawberries. Any ideas or recipes that any of you have tried????

Weigh in yesterday was a little happier. Hoping that things will start going downward from here. My husband and my best friend have committed to starting to train with me for a 5k in October, and we will be doing the couch to 5K schedule to get there.

Hope everyone is having success with their goals to get where you want to be!!!!

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airycha

Back to class next week! I am hoping it will help since I will only be able to eat what I bring with me! I am going to resist snacks at the food place there!

Today I did good at orientation and resisted the pizza and ice cream they had for lunch and the soda they had at snack. Though most people understand. It is a nursing school and we had just had a prof talk to us about making sure we still work out so we don't add the junior 15 to the freshman 15 and sophomore 15 and another one lecture us on energy drinks and smoking.

I haven't weighed in so I am being bad about that.

scs143

I am weighing in today (instead of tomorrow because we have a date tonight and I am planning on having a meal where I don't count.

8/12- 268.4
8/19 -267.2 (loss of 1.2)
8/25- 266.2 (loss of 1) (total loss 2.2)
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craft338

8/11 - 211.8
8/18 -209.8 (-2.0)
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mscoco10

Hi guys, sorry i've been MIA. Its been a busy week. First all of my job duties at work changed. Not good for my business. We all see a lay off coming but i'm not worried because I know God will provide. Second we had an Earthquake ! Yes i know they happen but i live in Maryland. I have never experienced an earthquake on the East Coast nor has my mother or great aunt (72). Last but not least came Hurricane Irene. It was hard to keep tracking my food but i'm so glad i did.

Thanks to all of you who kept this board going. Lets continue to support each other and make great strides toward reaching our goals.


Welocme to all our new turkeys !!!

mscoco10

I WI on Wednesdays but that was the day I started MFP. I took my weight and measurements that day.

My updates:

8/9- 238
8/16- -3.4
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CraigG75

I weigh on thursdays, been a little tough to start.

8/11- 319 lbs
8/18- 317
8/25-317
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