Confidence for Christmas Challenge!

xjlishey1

Good morning,

My name is Felicia, I am soon to be 44 (8/21) I have 3 lovely children, married for 16 yrs to the most understanding man in the world who just sometimes get on my nerves...LOL...I was always small never had a weight problem until after 35, oh boy. I blew up to a hefty 239 in December 2010. I am now at 225 hoping to be at 175 by Christmas.

Naomi_84

Hi everyone! I'm keen to join the challenge!! My name is Naomi, I am a student midwife living in the UK. I have struggled with my weight for the whole of my 20's (I'm now 27) I feel like I've wasted my early 20's with self conciousness and a negative body image and I want to get rid of it for good!! I want to be able to wear the "skinny people" clothes that I admire on others, not cover up in baggy jumpers which make me feel and look worse. I am 5ft 1" and weight 152lbs, my goal is 120lbs. I've lost 11lbs to get me to this point, it has been a long slow haul since March with some hiccups along the way and I've been stuck on 152lbs for 2 months now. I'm needing some extra motivation and support to break through this plateau and am confident that I can be a huge step closer to my goal by Christmas.

Soooo looking forward to the challenge beginning. Feel free to add if you like x

kirstenleek

I would love to join this challenge. I have my wedding dress fitting rite after Christmas and I want to be a beautiful healthy bride!! Well I am 20 years old. Stay home momma and college student. I have been dieting since 7/17! One month now and have lost 15.2 lbs!

kirstenleek

Hey! I am also going to be a midwife!!

kdm97

I would love to be a part of the challenge. I just recently started back on my weight loss journey. I've lost weight in the past and sadly enough I gained it back. So here I am again. What I'm doing different this time is that I'm not looking at it as a diet but as a lifestyle change. I'm adopting a healthy lifestyle. I won't be at my goal weight by Christmas but I hope to be well on my by then.

Good Luck Everyone! :flowerforyou:

berv0009

Hello!!!!!!

My name is Natalie and I would love to join this challenge!!!!!! Christmas is my ABSOLUTE favorite time of the year. I am probably one of those really annoying people who starts listening to thier Christmas tunes in October... Sorry ANYWAY. I began my weight loss journey about 3 years ago and have lost 37 pounds. I have about 12 to go before I am at my final goal weight. I would like to get there in the next couple months and then be able to maintain that weight -- so that will be my goal!!! AND I am hoping that my changed happy and healthy lifestyle will allow me to have a couple of those gingerbread cookies... and maybe some eggnog

Good luck to all -- lets do this!

Also - I think weighing in on Monday keeps everyone more accountable as a lot of us tend to slide sometimes on the weekends

calliope_music

i suppose i should introduce myself, haha.

i'm 26 and live in Ohio with my husband and our 1.5 cats (i say that because one of them isn't quite all there). i seriously started this journey in December and have lost about 20 lbs total, with a few hiccups on the way. Christmas is my favorite holiday because it means YUMMY FOOD and family!

i'd like to lose about 30 lbs by Christmas, and i hope that with this challenge, i can do it!

meliturtlee

I would love to join as well! My name is Melissa too and I'm here to stay positive and motivated. Im definitely @ my lowest in life and just tired. I'm hoping to lose a good 50+ lbs mayb I'll get 20-30 out the way before the year is over. I want this to be the last year I make a new years resolutions for weight loss.

emmabeckemeyer1

Hey everyone! I'm Emily, I'm 26 and have been married a year and a half. No kids, but we do have an 8 month old german shepherd! I stepped on the scale June 27th and weighed 239lbs and joined MFP in July 2011. Since then I'm down 17lbs, and most importantly, have gotten back into exercise. I come from a heavy family who is most interested in what kind of doughnuts are fresh and hot at Krispy Kreme, but I was always in great shape from being an athlete. I swam on a team from age 5 to 22, competing in college with a full scholarship to a Division 1 school. Four years and 89lbs later, I'm realizing I am more like my family then I realize. I've gotten back into swimming, gotten my husband on MFP (he's lost 10lbs so far, but has much less to lose than I do!), and reconnected with an old swimming friend who is on MFP as well. The encouragement here is wonderful and I'm looking forward to this challenge!

As for my goals - my #1 goal is to swim at least 50,000 yards per month. When I'm swimming and doing other exercise regularly, the weight falls off. My weight goal is to be 199 by Christmas - I'm currently 222 so it's totally doable!

My motivation is to get healthy so I can get off pre-diabetes medication and be healthy enough to start a family. I don't want my children to inherit my eating habits like I inherited mine from my family (*disclaimer, it's MY fault I'm this heavy, NOT my family's fault. I learned the habits from them but chose to implement them on my own. I'm taking responsibility of my issue and working on fixing it!)

I'd prefer Mondays for weigh ins, but it doesn't really matter to me because I weigh most days of the week anyways (I know, I know...).

By the way - my profile picture is of me my senior year of college 4 years ago. I weighed 148 in this picture - my goal is 150, so this is my motivation.

I was a competitive swimmer too! I swam for Swim Atlanta and my high school...never good enough to make it too college swimming. Swimming is amazing for burning calories. I try to swim at least once a week but most of my workouts are centered around running and biking as I am training for triathlons.
hahah funny about your picture...I was going to say you really don't need to loss any weight! You will get back to that point.

lailenm

Hi! I'd love to join in on this challenge.

My name is Nika, and I'm a twenty-two year old college student from Ohio. I live with my mom, my stepdad (who's more like a real dad to me), my grandma, and my one year old shih tzu named Lily. I've been overweight my entire life, and I ended up topping the scales last November at 408 pounds. I seriously started my weight loss journey in April of this year and I'm down, as of today, 46 pounds. My birthday's only two weeks and two days before Christmas, so I'm hoping to be down another 30-35 pounds before Christmas hits - that would put me at about 330. There's a lot of history of obesity-related diseases in my family, mostly diabetes, and I don't wanna be the next to be diagnosed with it, so I'm trying to get healthy. My biggest problem is exercising - I overthink it and then end up not doing it, but as soon as we move next week, I'll have all kinds of access to gym equipment right in my own home. I'm eating a whole lot better than I was a few months ago, so that's something to be proud of. And now I'm blogging and vlogging on Youtube regularly to keep myself going.

Feel free to friend me.

Davali

Looking forward to getting know everyone over the next few months in the run up to Christmas.

lrappaport

Wow! Wednesdays kick my booo - tay! Water aerobics for, usually 60 mins but had to get out early cuz my suit was falling off! :noway: Then about an hour, maybe more, of Zumba. After that I went to T.A. for the belly dance studio where I dance. That's four solid hours of exercise in the evening! I am beat! And, I have no appetite today. Weird! I hope that everyone has a fabulous Thursday!

dietfree2012

happy thursday! todays plan of action- 1600 calories, 5k training (35 min run) and ripped in 30; whats your plan for the day?

Caite_S

Hi, my name is Caitlin and I'm 23! Not married yet, but live with my boyfriend of over two years. Hoping for an engagement ring around Christmas time :happy: I've been on my weight loss journey ever since I can remember. I've lost a total of 35 pounds over the last couple of years and have about 20 pounds left to lose until I reach my goal weight of 115!

lailenm

My Thursday's looking good so far - fresh fruit for breakfast, a nice 3.1 mile walk around the neighborhood before lunch, probably playing a session of Box-Fit or Cross Training on The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout game, and workin' on some yard work to burn off extra calories I don't need. All in all, today's plan is lookin' pretty solid.

xjlishey1

happy thursday! todays plan of action- 1600 calories, 5k training (35 min run) and ripped in 30; whats your plan for the day?

Happy Thursday to you also... my plan of action ....1500 calories today burning 800 at the gym.. and taking my measurements..the scale isn't moving but my clothes are fitting differently..tootles for now:happy:

bcolburn289

happy thursday! todays plan of action- 1600 calories, 5k training (35 min run) and ripped in 30; whats your plan for the day?

Happy Thursday to you also... my plan of action ....1500 calories today burning 800 at the gym.. and taking my measurements..the scale isn't moving but my clothes are fitting differently..tootles for now:happy:

1690 calories, c25k run on the treadmill tonight, and CONTROL THE SNACKS! Happy Thursday!!

FitMama2013

Thursday's plan is 1600 calories, already swam 4,000 yards this morning, and a nice walk with my dog and hubby tonight! Hope y'all have a wonderful day

lookpretty

Yesterday I overate, today Im wokring right next to a wendys, Im next to other restaraunts but its the cheapest so its definatly a temptation , made coffee this morning but didnt drink it, left home with coke zero, not eating until 2 at which time I will have a wrap from froots, also where Im working, at 4 I will go workout in the cardio cinema goal being 500 calories but today is not a strong day so maybe 300-350. If Im feeling unwell, Ill drink a pure protien shake, dinner plan is large chili from wendys with 4 saltines. If I get the shake nothing at home, if I dont 2 or 3 glasses of wine at home.

serendipitydoda

Hi! My name is Julie and I would LOVE to join this challenge! I am 35 and have two children, 8 and 2 months, and am trying to get in shape after baby. I joined MFP a few years ago but have been having trouble staying consistent. Maybe a little "community" involvement is what I need to reach my goal. I am at 176 right now and have a goal of 145. That also means that I have to stay on track at 2 pounds per week until Christmas to do it. This would put me into the best shape of my life since high school and into those sweet "Miss Me" jeans I bought for when I get there! Christmas this year is in Vancouver with the in-laws, and boy do I ever want to impress - not to mention shop and eat the yummy, yummy food there with no regrets. Friendly, motivated, and looking forward to the challenge!

I like the Monday weigh ins, as someone else said, it helps to keep the motivation up over the weekend.

lookpretty

Im afraid today is not going to be a great day, I ate my wrap early just now, but am not feeling much energy so cant see excercise happening really, will grab a caffiene pil out of the car in awhile and see if it helps, but am afraid now though since I ate lunch early I will eat more than i splanned

emmabeckemeyer1

Im afraid today is not going to be a great day, I ate my wrap early just now, but am not feeling much energy so cant see excercise happening really, will grab a caffiene pil out of the car in awhile and see if it helps, but am afraid now though since I ate lunch early I will eat more than i splanned

Some days I think our bodies need us to eat a little more (for example sick or working out back to back). I would say take it easy today and maybe only exercise a little today to let your body recover. Keep positive and try adding something high in fiber to your diet today it should fill you up.

emmabeckemeyer1

Hello friends!

I am having a good day so far! Last night I had book club and it looks like I am starting a running group of other mom's for Tuesdays and Thursdays when my oldest is in preschool.
I went swimming last night with a friend and we did 2400 yards in 40 min. /i makes working out so much better when you have a friend! Today I plan to go to the gym and run at lest 4 miles and weights for legs.

This weekend hubs is doing a triathlon!!!

lrappaport

Happy Friday! Did we decide on whether weigh in would be Fridays or Monday? My scale died so I will have to make sure that I weigh in at the gym. This is not my favorite thing to do but it's probably better that I don't have the scale at home; this way I don't become obsessive compulsive about losing. This morning I decided to let my kids sleep in so I didn't get to the gym for water aerobics. I'll find another time in the day to get to the gym so that I can do some cardio. I have an audition to teach Zumba at a new club on Sunday so perhaps just being home to practice will be enough :P Tonight I have a faculty meeting and then I usually go out with a friend after to a restaurant we like; it's going to be hard not to order the all you can eat fish fry and to partake of the cinnamon butter! I will have to have a game plan before I go! Have a wonderful weekend!

lrappaport

I love working out with my friends! That's what makes dancing for me so fulfilling! Have a wonderful weekend and good luck to the hubs!

lrappaport

Hi Barri,

Coffee is the way that I work around the whole eating too early - afraid I might eat too much scenario. However, this isn't always the problem solver that I hope it will be. I hope that your day gets better!