Healthy for the Holidays Challenge - 9/06 - 11/22

opalmel

Checking in:

CW: 176 I lost the pound that I gained last week. So I'm up and down but not making any real progress.

I faithfully logged all the food I ate last week but didn't do so well on the deep cleaning. However, I did a lot of other exercises.

My trigger foods are anything sweet. I will be trying to stay away from all sweets this week. As for the exercise challenge, I will try to go up and down the stairs at work during my lunch break.

Opal

Carrie704

current weight 125

i was sick so i rested most of it.. and didnt eat perfectly - so i'm glad i didnt gain! still plenty of time

xreinvention

Starting Weight on September 6, 2011: 158.4lbs
Goal Weight by November 22, 2011: 143.0lbs

Week One on September 13, 2011: 156.4lbs
Week Two on September 20, 2011: 154.8lbs
Week Three on September 27, 2011: Didn't weigh in. TOM.
Week Four on October 4, 2011: 153.0lbs
Week Five on October 11, 2011: 151.8lbs


Loss of 1.2lbs. Good loss - on for a bigger one next week! Really planning my weekend out since when I go back home, I tend to gain.

The walking challenge will be...semi-easy for me. I normally walk 4 miles a day anyways. I'll just bump it up this week!
The keeping sweets below 100 will be hard! Haha. I just made 150 calorie pumpkin pie!

ravenclawseekergirl

257 this week Finally some progress. I feel like i really did well this past week and i have a few NSV's to share with you all.
I had to go buy new underwear cos they wouldnt stay up:blushing:
Found a few more clothes that i can give to my sister that no longer fit me.
Another great thing that i've managed to do is all my christmas shopping, no gettting crushed in the last minute rush for me this year.

inshapeCK

I was MIA and AWOL for a couple weeks because I was really struggling with my weight loss journey. This is a summary of my weigh ins since the challenge began:

Sept. 6: 144 pounds
Sept. 13: 143 pounds
Sept. 20: 143 pounds
Sept. 27: Didn't send a weigh in but "checked in" on Sept. 28th
Oct. 4: Didn't post a weigh in
Oct. 11: 141. 7 pounds

My Confession: I didn't send weigh ins as I was going through a rough time with my weight loss and my health and I ended up gaining weight and didn't want to post that I gained weight.
It was not the right thing to do but it was easy to do as with the challenge, if you don't send your weigh in you just disappear off the list temporarily so there was no one or nothing to hold me accountable and when it seems as though there are no consequences it's very easy to avoid posting a weight gain.

I have looked at the spreadsheet and I know our weights go up and down and the spreadsheet shows just that but I was always mad at myself when I had a gain, especially on a weigh in day as I I felt I was letting myself down and I would think if other people are posting losses I should be able to do it too but I kept falling off the wagon.

So, here are ALL my weigh ins:

Sept. 6: 144 pounds
Sept. 13: 143 pounds (lost 1 pound)
Sept. 20: 143 pounds (maintained 1 pound loss)
Sept. 27: 147.3 pounds (gained 4.3 pounds, my low point mentally and emotionally and partially out of my control due to TOM and endometriosis and medication I was on that had me eating meals when I wasn't hungry and frustration that led to more eating)
Oct. 4: 144.1 pounds (lost 3.2 pounds as TOM and endometriosis were getting better and I was slowly trying to get somewhat back on track)
Oct. 11: 141. 7 pounds (lost 2.4 pounds as I worked harder at getting back on track)

Overall Weight Loss During Challenge So Far: 2.3 pounds

So, I am working to stay on track (but as many of you know that is not an easy thing to do) and I don't want to have to post any more gains but if a gain happens I won't hide out and you can call me out if I do!

Now you're like, "Who is this person?" as I didn't post on the thread a lot previously and then I disappeared altogether but I hope my name will become familiar as then it will mean I am active on my weight loss journey!

I believe this challenge is to be healthy for the American Thanksgiving (and maybe for Christmas too?) as it ends on Nov. 22 and I think American Thanksgiving is on Nov. 24 but I am Canadian and just celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with dinner at my parents' house and dinner at my aunt's house and dinner at a restaurant and leftovers from my mom and am happy to report that although my weight fluctuated over the weekend and I did allow myself some desserts I didn't go overboard with the food and I did some exercise and I am able to report a loss today and not a gain which even I am shocked about! I did wake up hungry though as I didn't eat a lot at my aunt's house last night!

So, I am wishing you all success on your weight loss journey and I am wanting to live up to my username: inshapeCK!

ceejay000

I was back on days this week, and it shows in my numbers. I get a TON of walking done at work! I wish I had a pedometer because I'd be interested to know just how much. It helps that the doctor with whom I was working this past week refuses to take elevators, so we were walking up and down stairs all the time.

SW: 135.0
Week 1: 136.5
Week 2: 134.0
Week 3: 132.5
Week 4: 134.0
Week 5: 131.5

GW: 129

I certainly like that loss, but I'm unhappy with the fluctuations over the past couple weeks. I just think that can't be healthy. I guess I will try to stay on track EVERY week, that way maybe I won't see the ups and downs.

Tissues

142.6 down 2.8 for the week baby!! :bigsmile: I must have been mad bloated last week or my self kick in the *kitten* this week worked out well for me... or a combination of both.... I'm so not out of the woods yet though. I will not be satisfied until I'm in the 130's.

Trigger foods: Pizza (and this one is ROUGH for me since we are really a pizza family and get it 1x week at minimum... but its a total trigger food and normally takes everything in me to STOP at 3 slices, which is still 900 calories :sick:

chocolate: is hard for me but wont be too big of a problem. I actually keep a bag of chocolates at my desk because when I get the craving its worth it to me to feed it for 100 calories and let it be. its bad when I keep dipping my hand in the bag. BUT I only have 1 more, so I just wont buy anymore this week.

I have to look into desk exercises since I dont know how much I'll be making it to the gym this week. Im shooting for W-Fr I just had too much to do during my lunch hours yesterday and today. I'll of course be sure to fit in some Jillian time W-Fr as well (and hopefully something small tonight)

kylakesgal

Good morning:) I've been on vacation since last week and last week I got my house super duper clean. I haven't worked out as much as I"ve liked but I've really been watching my food intake. Anyway, my weight is down 1.2 this week from 140.8 to 139.6! Yah, I have finally broke into the 130's!!:):)

MayLan

CW for this week: 188.4

hey all,

I've been doing really good and have this momentum going, so I'll just hang on to that. Did okay this weekend, and even took 2 days off exercising to regroup.

Have an awesome day all!

Tissues

Good morning:) I've been on vacation since last week and last week I got my house super duper clean. I haven't worked out as much as I"ve liked but I've really been watching my food intake. Anyway, my weight is down 1.2 this week from 140.8 to 139.6! Yah, I have finally broke into the 130's!!:):)

I'm soooooooooooooooooooo jealous! You've been kicking butt though and i've been nothing but excuses lately... way to push through Angela!

vcmete222

Lost 1.2 pounds this week! Shooting to get below 140 next week.

Michelle228

Lost 4 lbs ! down to 302 omg next weigh in there will be no more 300 !!!! never again will I see that number

ceejay000

Hey everyone, I need some advice. I'm going to be in my friend's wedding in May, and she's been bugging me for a while to get measured for my bridesmaid dress so she can order them all together. I'm gonna go get measured today because I don't want to make her wait any longer, but what would you all do in this situation? I still have about 10 lb to lose, and hopefully that will happen between now and May... I think that's probably a little bit too much to trust the measurements I get today, but I don't want to put off losing this weight just to fit into a dress. What do you think?

Leanz

153ibs, so 0.7 up! Oh dear wrong direction I will have to borrow one of Tissues butt kicks

Well done all who are still posting. Who would have believed it would be SUCH a challenge to lose the last kilogrom

Have a good week

I logged everything but the puppy has already sorted out most rooms!
I like this weeks challenges also My triggerfood - probably lollies! Very hard just to have one

Tissues

Hey everyone, I need some advice. I'm going to be in my friend's wedding in May, and she's been bugging me for a while to get measured for my bridesmaid dress so she can order them all together. I'm gonna go get measured today because I don't want to make her wait any longer, but what would you all do in this situation? I still have about 10 lb to lose, and hopefully that will happen between now and May... I think that's probably a little bit too much to trust the measurements I get today, but I don't want to put off losing this weight just to fit into a dress. What do you think?

get fitted for it now and if you lose the weight get it taken in. May? why are you ordering dresses now though? if it can be put off until a month or two before the wedding I would go that way. Is she ordering them early and getting them cut from the same batch of material?

Ask her if this is the deadline because 7 months is a long ways away...

Huskeryogi

Hey everyone, I need some advice. I'm going to be in my friend's wedding in May, and she's been bugging me for a while to get measured for my bridesmaid dress so she can order them all together. I'm gonna go get measured today because I don't want to make her wait any longer, but what would you all do in this situation? I still have about 10 lb to lose, and hopefully that will happen between now and May... I think that's probably a little bit too much to trust the measurements I get today, but I don't want to put off losing this weight just to fit into a dress. What do you think?

Bridesmaid dresses run so weird you'll probably have to have it altered in some way regardless. Order it so it will fit now - it's just safer. You can have it altered closer to the wedding, especially since you aren't that far from your goal.

singer201

H4H SW 156.2
9/13 154.6
9/20 153.4
9/27 153.0
10/4151.2
10/11 150.6
H4H GW 150

down 0.6 lb. this week, and looking forward to possibly bidding the 150's goodbye in the next week or so.

I didn't get to clean my house top to bottom (and I really wanted to!) since I was tending to my wine-making this week, but I did LOTS of standing and slow moving while stemming and crushing grapes, cooking meals for the freezer, cleaning up the kitchen multiple times, shopping, helping friends with a quilt project, and bottling last year's wine.

I've moved most of my trigger foods out of the house, since I'm not supposed to be eating them anyway. My downfall has always been anything salty and chip-like--can't eat just one (handful).

Sandbug

I completely forgot to weigh this am! I will do so in the am. Sorry!

hopelyss

SW: 186.6
Week 1: 183.6
Week 2: 180.2
Week 3: 179.4
Week 4: 178.6
Week 5: 177.0
GW: 171

Another 1.6 pounds gone!!!:laugh:

ceejay000

Hey everyone, I need some advice. I'm going to be in my friend's wedding in May, and she's been bugging me for a while to get measured for my bridesmaid dress so she can order them all together. I'm gonna go get measured today because I don't want to make her wait any longer, but what would you all do in this situation? I still have about 10 lb to lose, and hopefully that will happen between now and May... I think that's probably a little bit too much to trust the measurements I get today, but I don't want to put off losing this weight just to fit into a dress. What do you think?

get fitted for it now and if you lose the weight get it taken in. May? why are you ordering dresses now though? if it can be put off until a month or two before the wedding I would go that way. Is she ordering them early and getting them cut from the same batch of material?

Ask her if this is the deadline because 7 months is a long ways away...

Trust me, I'm kind of irritated that I have to tell her 7 months in advance what size I want to wear... I think it's a little ridiculous, but she actually wanted it a week or two ago, so I'm technically late. :noway:

Thanks for the advice. I went and got measured today, and I'm a little worried because using the rule of picking a size based on the largest measurement, the size is 2 sizes bigger than if I used my other measurements.... hopefully I'll be able to get it altered without it looking too weird.

SallyCC

I was up almost a pound today....I just knew that last week's weight loss was too good! I got sick over the weekend and didn't get to the gym and I think that makes such a big difference for me. I go to my weight loss challenge tonight so I hope I stay the same there...Ready for next week. I think I need to focus on crappy carbs as a trigger food for me. Moving around the house more is also a good one for me. I know that I can move a lot more than I am doing around here.



SW 204.5

Wk 1: 203.2
Wk 2: 201.6
Wk 3: 201.7
Wk 4: 198.7
Wk 5: 199.6

carrielofton

SW MFP JUNE 21ST - 208 LBS
SW CHALLENGE - 189.2 LBS
1ST WEEK - 188.8 LBS
2ND WEEK - 184.8 LBS
3RD WEEK - 186.8 LBS
4TH WEEK - 183.6 LBS
5TH WEEK - 184.8 LBS

GW CHALLENGE - 175 LBS
GW MFP - 137 LBS

Huskeryogi

Thanks for the advice. I went and got measured today, and I'm a little worried because using the rule of picking a size based on the largest measurement, the size is 2 sizes bigger than if I used my other measurements.... hopefully I'll be able to get it altered without it looking too weird.

Yeah I had a bridesmaids dress in colleges that was fairly tight fitted everywhere. The skirt and top were separate pieces, but you still had to order them in the same size. I measured needing an 8 on top and a 14 on the bottom and ordered a 12 (thinking I would lose weight). I swear I don't look THAT bottom heavy.

End result - I still had to have the top altered because it was obviously way to big and the skirt was so tight I'm lucky it zipped - it did not look good.

Do you have a tailor you trust right now? It wouldn't be a bad idea to find one ahead of time. With your weight lost I'm sure you have stuff in your closet that is too big. Test a few tailors out on that stuff now.

jenniferjgayfield

Hi all, checking in at 129.6 for this week and last week as well. I have a huge, super important and expensive test this saturday, so hopefully next week I'll be able to actually log in and get in touch...been reading the posts, so encouraging, just miss writing more and feeling like part of the group...will write back soon!
Jenni

debnu1

190 today. Being sick got the best of me. I am back in the groove this week though. Soon pounds will be melting off of me!

ceejay000

Thanks for the advice. I went and got measured today, and I'm a little worried because using the rule of picking a size based on the largest measurement, the size is 2 sizes bigger than if I used my other measurements.... hopefully I'll be able to get it altered without it looking too weird.

Yeah I had a bridesmaids dress in colleges that was fairly tight fitted everywhere. The skirt and top were separate pieces, but you still had to order them in the same size. I measured needing an 8 on top and a 14 on the bottom and ordered a 12 (thinking I would lose weight). I swear I don't look THAT bottom heavy.

End result - I still had to have the top altered because it was obviously way to big and the skirt was so tight I'm lucky it zipped - it did not look good.

Do you have a tailor you trust right now? It wouldn't be a bad idea to find one ahead of time. With your weight lost I'm sure you have stuff in your closet that is too big. Test a few tailors out on that stuff now.

That's a good idea. I actually just heard about a good tailor today when I was trying to find a place to get measured. I think it would be a really good idea, though, to take some of my work pants in that just look silly now because they're too big and see how they turn out. Thanks!

patty9013

CW: 196
Not suprisedit is up. Took 5 hour one way trip to Kansas to see my son on Saturday. Drank lots of caffirne and junk. Also still crazy shorthanded and busy at work. And flu season is upon us and it won't get any easier. Thinkin of dropping out cuz no way I will hit my goal but I don' t want to be a quitter.

aab1

9/06 SW: 198
9/13: 198
9/20: 199
9/29: 198
10/4: 198
10/11: 197

11/22 GW: 185

Wk #4: 1lb Loss

prekteacher2

Happy Tuesday to all. :flowerforyou:

Checking in...
CW: 150.2

I have lost 1.4 pound this week. I'm so happy for me!!!!

oliviawink

I was MIA and AWOL for a couple weeks because I was really struggling with my weight loss journey. This is a summary of my weigh ins since the challenge began:

Sept. 6: 144 pounds
Sept. 13: 143 pounds
Sept. 20: 143 pounds
Sept. 27: Didn't send a weigh in but "checked in" on Sept. 28th
Oct. 4: Didn't post a weigh in
Oct. 11: 141. 7 pounds

My Confession: I didn't send weigh ins as I was going through a rough time with my weight loss and my health and I ended up gaining weight and didn't want to post that I gained weight.
It was not the right thing to do but it was easy to do as with the challenge, if you don't send your weigh in you just disappear off the list temporarily so there was no one or nothing to hold me accountable and when it seems as though there are no consequences it's very easy to avoid posting a weight gain.

I have looked at the spreadsheet and I know our weights go up and down and the spreadsheet shows just that but I was always mad at myself when I had a gain, especially on a weigh in day as I I felt I was letting myself down and I would think if other people are posting losses I should be able to do it too but I kept falling off the wagon.

So, here are ALL my weigh ins:

Sept. 6: 144 pounds
Sept. 13: 143 pounds (lost 1 pound)
Sept. 20: 143 pounds (maintained 1 pound loss)
Sept. 27: 147.3 pounds (gained 4.3 pounds, my low point mentally and emotionally and partially out of my control due to TOM and endometriosis and medication I was on that had me eating meals when I wasn't hungry and frustration that led to more eating)
Oct. 4: 144.1 pounds (lost 3.2 pounds as TOM and endometriosis were getting better and I was slowly trying to get somewhat back on track)
Oct. 11: 141. 7 pounds (lost 2.4 pounds as I worked harder at getting back on track)

Overall Weight Loss During Challenge So Far: 2.3 pounds

So, I am working to stay on track (but as many of you know that is not an easy thing to do) and I don't want to have to post any more gains but if a gain happens I won't hide out and you can call me out if I do!

Now you're like, "Who is this person?" as I didn't post on the thread a lot previously and then I disappeared altogether but I hope my name will become familiar as then it will mean I am active on my weight loss journey!

I believe this challenge is to be healthy for the American Thanksgiving (and maybe for Christmas too?) as it ends on Nov. 22 and I think American Thanksgiving is on Nov. 24 but I am Canadian and just celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with dinner at my parents' house and dinner at my aunt's house and dinner at a restaurant and leftovers from my mom and am happy to report that although my weight fluctuated over the weekend and I did allow myself some desserts I didn't go overboard with the food and I did some exercise and I am able to report a loss today and not a gain which even I am shocked about! I did wake up hungry though as I didn't eat a lot at my aunt's house last night!

So, I am wishing you all success on your weight loss journey and I am wanting to live up to my username: inshapeCK!

Welcome back. If it helps friend myself and anyone else on here (not to speak for everyone else, but I know they don't mind) to help keep you accountable when you fall off the wagon a bit. Glad you had the courage to come back, that says a lot about your commitment to your own health!