Lose 10lbs by Thanksgiving (CLOSED GROUP)

gacornell

Great job everyone!! This week was amazing! I lost 3.8 lbs this week - I still have 50 plus pounds to lose so I think that's why it's coming off so quickly right now, but I'll take it I'm at 192.4 as of this morning! My next mini goal is to be under 190 - so 2.6 lbs. Hopefully this week.. but definitely within the next couple of weeks which is exciting!!

Excellent job!!! I was at 3.4 this week, but I'm with you in that I have a little over 60 to go, so mine's going to come off faster than a lot of people with much less. I'm still a little shocked, especially with my traveling this week and not getting as much cardio as I should have. Here's to home cooked meals and more time to work on me this week. Onederland here I come. :happy:

Rebroland

Great job everyone!! This week was amazing! I lost 3.8 lbs this week - I still have 50 plus pounds to lose so I think that's why it's coming off so quickly right now, but I'll take it I'm at 192.4 as of this morning! My next mini goal is to be under 190 - so 2.6 lbs. Hopefully this week.. but definitely within the next couple of weeks which is exciting!!

Excellent job!!! I was at 3.4 this week, but I'm with you in that I have a little over 60 to go, so mine's going to come off faster than a lot of people with much less. I'm still a little shocked, especially with my traveling this week and not getting as much cardio as I should have. Here's to home cooked meals and more time to work on me this week. Onederland here I come. :happy:

Awesome job!!! That shows that you put in a lot of hard work even though you were travelling. It certainly paid off, didn't it? I had a rehearsal dinner this past wednesday and it sucked because I had no idea what the calories were so I was just guessing and I was being very cautious and eating less than I estimated I ate and only drank water. I was so bummed when I was there but happy that I stuck to it when I weighed this morning! Onederland will be here sooner than you know it!

divainprogress2012

Goodmorning ladies dont forget to send me your weigh in!! I have got a good lil bit of numbers this morn and Yall did AMAZING for week 1. I am soooooooooo proud of you all for the hard work and dedication with this challenge!!

Week 2 starts TODAY so have fun cooking :happy: And doing the squats and mtn climbers. I pick exercises that I HATE doing so its gonna be a challenge for me too. Keep up the good work ladies!!!

DoingItNow2012

Don't know if I can call what I do cooking, but I have definately cut down on going out on my own. I grab and go, so I have to have things on hand to grab and go. Fruits are always easy, so I buy a variety. Also, grab a bag of sald or prewash and prepackage. I also use Cedar's Edamame salad or Chickpea Salad. I eat those with my leafy salad that way I don't have to add salad dressing, If I don't want. I am not a big fan of salad dressing. (I also use avocados and tomoates, etc with salad when available.) My goal this week, is to make some homemade salad dressing. Trying not to use the oil. I have learned that if I don't have things prepared to grab, I will eat what is available and ready, ususally junk. I think a great challenge would be to eat 80% or 90% raw, but I am biased. Would be interesting to see how difficult it would be for others. I'm good now, but tried it before and seemed impossible.

SN: I have a scale that measure body fat, water, muscle, and bone density. I don't know how accurate it really is, butthey reccomend watching the trend as an indicator. I started using it again after gaining the weight this past week. I did notice a change in the percentage. My muscle is up, water is up, and fat is down. So that also encourages me that even though my weight is not cooperating, I am still headed inthe right direction.

Good luck all this week. Oh, will probably eat out this weekend, going wine tasting and such, but has been awhile. Eating out gets expensive, but then again so is shopping "healthly" (word? ;-)

MaterMama

The weight loss slowed down a lot for me this last week. Before I was losing a full pound every day. Most likely it was water weight though. Then this last week I lost 1 pound between Friday & Monday. Monday the weight loss stopped. Monday was also when I started 30 day shred. Hopefully its just water retention and will resolve itself soon. I want to get back to losing weight. I finally had a little weight loss of 0.4 this morning.

Lost 2.4 pounds this week. I have 30-40 to go (preferably 40).

skiqt323

I lost weight this week, so I'm super happy, but I just hope it stays under this number I'm so weird my weight fluctuates by 5 pounds so easily, I just need to it to be lower. My goal is to make some good choices this weekend with all the football games and tailgates its going to be tough! Great job everyone!

Rebroland

I lost weight this week, so I'm super happy, but I just hope it stays under this number I'm so weird my weight fluctuates by 5 pounds so easily, I just need to it to be lower. My goal is to make some good choices this weekend with all the football games and tailgates its going to be tough! Great job everyone!

I'm with you on this one.. I have a wedding on Saturday and I have no idea how i'm going to estimate the calories AT ALL! UGH! I guess I just need to make sure that I exercise a lot on that day and leave a lot of margin for error. and only have a bite of wedding cake! haha

divainprogress2012

Don't know if I can call what I do cooking, but I have definately cut down on going out on my own. I grab and go, so I have to have things on hand to grab and go. Fruits are always easy, so I buy a variety. Also, grab a bag of sald or prewash and prepackage. I also use Cedar's Edamame salad or Chickpea Salad. I eat those with my leafy salad that way I don't have to add salad dressing, If I don't want. I am not a big fan of salad dressing. (I also use avocados and tomoates, etc with salad when available.) My goal this week, is to make some homemade salad dressing. Trying not to use the oil. I have learned that if I don't have things prepared to grab, I will eat what is available and ready, ususally junk. I think a great challenge would be to eat 80% or 90% raw, but I am biased. Would be interesting to see how difficult it would be for others. I'm good now, but tried it before and seemed impossible.

SN: I have a scale that measure body fat, water, muscle, and bone density. I don't know how accurate it really is, butthey reccomend watching the trend as an indicator. I started using it again after gaining the weight this past week. I did notice a change in the percentage. My muscle is up, water is up, and fat is down. So that also encourages me that even though my weight is not cooperating, I am still headed inthe right direction.

Good luck all this week. Oh, will probably eat out this weekend, going wine tasting and such, but has been awhile. Eating out gets expensive, but then again so is shopping "healthly" (word? ;-)

Enjoy the wine tasting girly!! I want to try that one week!! But not this week. I am gonna stick with homecooked meals. BUT Starting Sunday I wont be eating RAW food but I am going on a 7 day detox with only FRUITS AND VEGGIE no meat, no bread no pasta.

SN: I need to get me one of those scales!!! I know that def made you feel a lot better!!

quelquun

I did TERRIBLE with my first week- combo of added stress at work and PMSing did not help matters!! However- I lost 1 lb this week! I was really not expecting that, but I guess the little bit I did helped. I did manage to do the mini challenges with the exception of adequate exercise (60 min/5 days a week was difficult with my schedule last week). I have plans to make up for it this next week- thanks for all the support guys!

stejskal32

not a bad start for me 8 lbs!!

Ang_37

I have tired strawberries with honey for a salad dressing and it is so delicious. Try it and let me know what you think.. There's no wrong way of preparing it.

Ang_37

I think I am going to try that too. I need a cleansing my self.

DoingItNow2012

I have tired strawberries with honey for a salad dressing and it is so delicious. Try it and let me know what you think.. There's no wrong way of preparing it.

Don't like honey, it makes me gag. But I will keep experimenting. All I need is a little bit of moisture and flavor. Sometimes I just use gravy off whatever else I might be eating. If I make some yummy ones, I will post.

DoingItNow2012

I have tired strawberries with honey for a salad dressing and it is so delicious. Try it and let me know what you think.. There's no wrong way of preparing it.

Don't like honey, it makes me gag. But I will keep experimenting. All I need is a little bit of moisture and flavor. Sometimes I just use gravy off whatever else I might be eating. If I make some yummy ones, I will post.

DoingItNow2012

Don't know if I can call what I do cooking, but I have definately cut down on going out on my own. I grab and go, so I have to have things on hand to grab and go. Fruits are always easy, so I buy a variety. Also, grab a bag of sald or prewash and prepackage. I also use Cedar's Edamame salad or Chickpea Salad. I eat those with my leafy salad that way I don't have to add salad dressing, If I don't want. I am not a big fan of salad dressing. (I also use avocados and tomoates, etc with salad when available.) My goal this week, is to make some homemade salad dressing. Trying not to use the oil. I have learned that if I don't have things prepared to grab, I will eat what is available and ready, ususally junk. I think a great challenge would be to eat 80% or 90% raw, but I am biased. Would be interesting to see how difficult it would be for others. I'm good now, but tried it before and seemed impossible.

SN: I have a scale that measure body fat, water, muscle, and bone density. I don't know how accurate it really is, butthey reccomend watching the trend as an indicator. I started using it again after gaining the weight this past week. I did notice a change in the percentage. My muscle is up, water is up, and fat is down. So that also encourages me that even though my weight is not cooperating, I am still headed inthe right direction.

Good luck all this week. Oh, will probably eat out this weekend, going wine tasting and such, but has been awhile. Eating out gets expensive, but then again so is shopping "healthly" (word? ;-)

Enjoy the wine tasting girly!! I want to try that one week!! But not this week. I am gonna stick with homecooked meals. BUT Starting Sunday I wont be eating RAW food but I am going on a 7 day detox with only FRUITS AND VEGGIE no meat, no bread no pasta.

SN: I need to get me one of those scales!!! I know that def made you feel a lot better!!

Definitely feel better. Yeah, I already had it planned. It sounds like you will be eating 100% raw unless you are cooking the veggies. Enjoy your fast, try a variety of fruits and veggies to mix it up. I am not that creative, but let me know if you need ideas or help. Good luck. Check out the book, Eat toLive. Below is a link to scale.

http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-5599-Pound-Tempered-Fat-Body/dp/B001FWXFN6

crazybigchick

I can not believe how quickly the first week flew by!! I had trouble getting all of my exercise in, but the journaling made me realize I do way better with my diet and water on days I exercise. I am only down .4, but down is down! Everyone did amazing. There were some major losses! GREAT JOB LADIES!!

divainprogress2012

Gm ladies just cking in with u all. My granddad in the hospital so yall prob wont see much postings from me this weekend. I did do my squats and mtn climbers this morn. Didnt do any last night so I am doubling up today and do the other half tonight. Hope yall enjoy ur weekend. I will update spreadsheet on monday for those that send me weigh ins last night, today and/or tomorrow.

wifeygonzo

not a bad start for me 8 lbs!!

That's amazing! Great job!!!

sassieatl

Hope everyone is having and continue to have a terrific healthy weekend. We are truly working this challenge. Congrats to everyone. We are all off to a great start. Keep pressing toward the mark! Ttyl

DoingItNow2012

Another interesting article... This one about belly fat.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-truth-about-belly-fat

Rebroland

Well... I failed this challenge this week I live in nh and due to this crazy snowstorm in nh I lost power our electric company currently has 300,000 customers out and it's expected to be a week until everyone is restored my whole family is out too so we'll be eating out every meal I'm going to try and do my best to stay within my calorie goal. I probably won't be logging or on here since my phone is my only Internet use and this drains my battery - but I wanted to let you know why I was being so quiet. I'll be on as soon as I can. Hope everyone else is succeeding at this challenge!

yeaforme

I will start the Mini Challenge on Monday! I went shopping so that I will have everything I need. I've been on shift for my 24 hr shifts this weekend and that makes it way too difficult to not eat out. I am excited to do the home cooking this week though. Hope everyone is doing well!!!

divainprogress2012

Well... I failed this challenge this week I live in nh and due to this crazy snowstorm in nh I lost power our electric company currently has 300,000 customers out and it's expected to be a week until everyone is restored my whole family is out too so we'll be eating out every meal I'm going to try and do my best to stay within my calorie goal. I probably won't be logging or on here since my phone is my only Internet use and this drains my battery - but I wanted to let you know why I was being so quiet. I'll be on as soon as I can. Hope everyone else is succeeding at this challenge!

Thats completely understandable. Yall be careful up there!

skiqt323

Another interesting article... This one about belly fat.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-truth-about-belly-fat

This is very interesting. I struggle with belly fat. I'm a smaller frame and short and many people would look at me and not think I'm overweight, but I have horrible fat around my waist. I have had people ask me if I was pregnant before and now I mostly wear baggy shirts because it bothers me so much. I did notice a small change by just doing the crunches each day. I need to make sure to keep it up! Thanks ladies

DynamicDiva

ok. Where can I get the signature?

DynamicDiva

congrats Sassieatl on throwing away the gummi's. I hate wasting too so I know that was big.

DynamicDiva

I have completed the 50 squats and mountain climbers. I still have to do my workout and the prior days mini challenge. My Friday, Saturday and Sunday was hectic.

Family visiting, Homecoming weekend and 10 year college reunion.

But, I'm bringing my A game this week. I'm back on track.

wifeygonzo

I'm really hoping my derriere is looking good by Thanksgiving with all these squats, fire hydrants, and mountain climbers!

scottberrydsm

Is it too late to join?

divainprogress2012

Hello ladies I hope you all are enjoying your Monday!! Here is the up to date spreadsheet: LOSE 10lbs BY THANKSGIVING UPDATED SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvUZ_X8QS1V8dDFiS2F6VlowUFV0OEVaVjMtYUtLbWc&hl=en_US#gid=0

If you have any questions or see any error that I need to correct please inbox me and let me know!! Also for this upcoming challenge we gonna have some FUN!!!! If you dont already have an acct with Photobucket can yall create one?? Its simple and free to set up. This is how ppl post pics on threads!! Some ppl have other ways of doing it but Photobucket is very easy to me!! I will go more into details when Thurs come!!