Summer Challenge
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Hey! I'm checking in!
First of all, Thank you so much for making the time to make a spreadsheet. It looks amazing!
SW:176.4
W1:172.6
W2:172.6
GW:154
So I didn't lose any weight this week, but I'm just glad I didn't gain anything
Now, for the challenges:
- Pick one thing you should cut out of your diet and CUT IT OUT for the week - I'm going to cut out sweets! (I tend to eat a couple every week, which isn't bad, but I'll cut them out this week.
- Add FIFTEEN MINUTES of exercise to your normal routine - I won't be doing any exercise until my knees stop hurting
I want to go swimming, but I'm in the middle of my final exams and haven't got the time to go to a swimming pool. I'm studying non-stop for at least another week and a half.
- Share your STORY with the group - why are you here and what motivated you to lose weight? - I've always been chubby, even when I was little, but I gained about 25 lbs when I went to college. I've lost the weight before, but I gained it all back.
The thing that I want to do differently this time is working out. I didn't really exercise when I was on a diet before, and I want to change that. I want to be fitter than I am now.
Keep up the good work everybody You're all doing amazing 
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Stayed the same this week at 179.5.0
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SW: 139
W1: 139
W2: 138
GW: 129
Loss: 1 pound
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SW: 150.2
W1: 147.4
W2: 147.0
Loss this week 0.4
Disappointing when I consider the tremendous exercise numbers I recorded, but understandable when I consider the no-holding-back graduation party I had on Sunday. I'll bound back this week!
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Good Morning! I'm a day late checking in...
SW - 195
CW - 193
No loss this week, but last week was crazy, so I'm just glad I didn't go up.
Pick one thing you should cut out of your diet and CUT IT OUT for the week! I'm eliminating alcohol this week
Add FIFTEEN MINUTES of exercise to your normal routine. Taking my sweet dog for a walk each morning - she's very happy about this!
Share your STORY with the group - why are you here and what motivated you to lose weight? The short version of the story is that last year was a very, very stressful year and I managed to gain twenty pounds in one year. When life finally calmed down and got back to being good, I realized I had stopped paying attention to me and was shocked by what the scale had to say. I've realized that if you don't pay attention to your life it quickly gets out of hand. Paying attention to the little things, both good and bad these days and working hard to get back to a more comfortable weight.0 -
Sorry this is a day late.
SW= 200
WK 1= 195
WK 2= 195
WK 1 Chalenges:
Recipe = Stuffed bell peppers
Cardio 4 times= I only did 3 but I was on track.
Add Veggies and fruit: I did all days but 6/11
I did not lose any this week but it is better then gaining. I was not able to work out since saturday because of the fire that we have in our county.
WK 2 Challenges:
-Cut something out.
I do not really eat that much un healthy stuff since I joined but I do snack on a little bit of candy at work and have 1 soda a week. That is what I am going to cut out. and since I can not wok out I will stay under calories a lot more than normal.
- Add 5 min to workout.
I am not able to do this. I have had to stop the workouts due to smoke. It has gotten into the apartment and into the gym. I have really bad asthma and I can not breathe just from walking into work from the car or into my apartment. I am doing little stuff around the house but nothing major.
- My story:
I am 26 years old. I m about to get married in 5 weeks and always thought I should lose weight before the wedding. I started to really focus on losing weight in April when my fiancé got me a personal trainer. This helped because he pushes me past my limits and I know now when I workout on my own that I can go faster or longer. I am not totally happy with the weight I will be for my wedding but since I have started to workout I feel a lot better about my self. I start MFP to help me with the cal part of losing the weight.0 -
Check-in:
SW:149
CW: 145
Now, for the challenges:
- Hmm.. I'm going to cut out anything fried and if my mother decides to make it..my beloved cornbread :c .. but I think the cornbread is what slowed my progress in my previous week
- Add FIFTEEN MINUTES of exercise to your normal routine - I will be adding an extra day of 45 mins of strength training a week.. that's about 15 min a day for 3 days if you want to divy it up.
- Share your STORY with the group - I have always been a little chubby too. I don't ever recall having a flat stomach at all. My mother introduced me to this site and now I am on it more than her! What motivated me to lose weight was that after going through an emotional break down the last month of school I put on a few pounds not much, but it made me realize I was tired of being chubby and wanted to get fit for once in my life! So its been 3 weeks of working out and pushing my body ways that I never have before and trying to watch what I eat and now I'm 20% to my goal weight loss of 20lbs.0 -
The spreadsheet will go up tomorrow 0
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Pick one thing you should cut out of your diet and CUT IT OUT for the week
Frozen pre-made foods, everything will be fresh and homemade.
- Add FIFTEEN MINUTES of exercise to your normal routine
Typical = 45min (cardio and strength) or 60 min (just cardio).
Plus 15 = 60 min (cardio and strength) or 75 min (just cardio).
I dont know if this is possible. I will try, hopefully my muscles wont give out on me.
- Share your STORY with the group - why are you here and what motivated you to lose weight?
I am 22 years old and I don't want to be over weight anymore. I though I was fat when I was in high school but looking back at the pictures I wish I could have that body again. I gained a lot after high school. January 2011 I began WW with my mom. I lost 10lbs and felt great. Then in August I went to my family reunion in my dress-like bathing suit next to my cousins all in bikinis. I didn't feel so good after that and gave up. Christmas Eve 2011 my boyfriend proposed!! I am determined to look amazing in my wedding dress. I had started my diet (again) Jan 3 2012 with WW. I wasn't going anywhere. So I gave up. I told myself that my fiance loves me no matter what size I am, which of course is true, but I was lying to myself about how heavy I was. April I had joined MFP but didnt really use it. A co worker who I have always seen as larger than I, had asked me where I buy my clothes because "we are on the same page." I wanted to cry. Then in May I began working out with a friend who is also engaged and we both started using MFP. Here I am a month later and 6lbs down! only 31 more to go. I am determined this time to stick with it and change my life.0 -
Good Morning, sorry for the late post but I was travelling for work.
Weighing in at 145lb this week...no loss...but I will take maintaining, seeing as how I had a weekend birthday bash for my best friend! I did pretty good at adding fruits and veggies, seeing as how I can finally get watermelon and fresh berries for a decent price in the grocery store! Here is my recipe...for those of you who have never had it..just give it a shot and your life will be changed, it is so yummy (and cheap/easy to make)!
Make-Over Corn Casserole
Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 15 • Size: about 2-2/3 x 3 inch piece • Old Points: 4 pt • Points+: 6 pts
Calories: 211 • Fat: 3.6 g • Carbs: 42.1 • Fiber: 2.1 • Protein: 6.8 g • Sugar: 8.6
Sodium: 636.2 mg
Ingredients:
8.5 oz corn muffin mix
15.25 oz can sweet yellow corn, drained
14.75 oz can sweet corn cream style
16 oz fat free Greek yogurt
1/4 cup melted light butter (Land O Lakes Whipped)
1/2 cup egg whites
cooking spray (I used Smart Balance)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray an 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
In a large bowl combine all the ingredients and mix with a spoon, it will be fluffy and you will think you did something wrong, don't worry, you are doing fine. Pour into baking dish and bake 55-60 minutes, or until the edges are golden. Let it cool a few minutes before cutting. Makes 15 pieces.
Hoping that extra 15 minutes each day will make a difference! Here is to a good week!0 -
I think I typed my wrong starting weight, can you correct it on your spreadsheet. It was 188.
SW - 188
CW - 180.4
GW - 165
I ate more salads this week and started having snacks of carrots and apples during the week.
I didn't add anything to my routine last week :-(0 -
- Pick one thing you should cut out of your diet and CUT IT OUT for the week - ice cream, I have a weakness of eating ice cream with my kids once or twice a week. I am going to CUT IT OUT!!
- Add FIFTEEN MINUTES of exercise to your normal routine - started Wii Fit for 30 minutes in the morning, started on wednesday
- Share your STORY with the group - why are you here and what motivated you to lose weight? I had twins 8 1/2 years ago then had another daughter 5 1/2 years ago. I was 50 lbs above where I was when I got pregnant with my twins and 30 lbs above where I was when I get pregnant the second time. I don't know if I will ever get back down to 138 however, I want to lose as much as I can so I can make sure I am leading a healthy life and teaching my children to do so. I want to be around to see my grandchildren!!0 -
SW: 151.8
CW: 151
GW: 140
I have had a hard past week with lots of challenges in starting a new job. There has been a lot of emotional stress as well, so I am hoping to have a better week and start fresh today. It looks like so many people are doing really well and that is helping me to keep on going. Even though I have had a rough week and no weight lost I will carry on.
My goals for this week are to drink more water, exercise everyday, and stay under my caloric goal. Glad to be a part of this group!!!0 -
Well here is my recipe still from the other challenge. Sorry its late. But they are very yummy and healthy.
Flaxseed, Wheat, and Bran Muffins
High fiber, healthy breakfast muffin.
Minutes to Prepare: 10
Minutes to Cook: 25
Number of Servings: 24
Ingredients
1 C.flaxseed ground
1 C whole wheat flour
1 C. Oat Bran
1 C. Brown sugar
2 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp. Cinnamon
1 1/2 C. shredded Carrots
2-3 Apples, cored and chopped up or shredded
1/2 C. Chopped nuts (optional)
1/2 c. Raisins (optional)
3/4 C. 2 % milk
2 Eggs, beaten
1 tsp. Vanilla
Directions
Mix flour, flaxseed, bran, sugar and dry ingredients together. Shred carrots and apples and add these along with optional raisins and nuts to dry ingredients. Mix well. Stir together milk eggs and vanilla and stir this into batter until well moistened. Fill cupcake papers until 3.4 full and bake at 350* for 20 to 25 minutes.
Makes 24 med muffins.
( freeze them in ziplock bag, then just pull one out each morning and will be ready to eat 20 minutes later on the way to work! )
Number of Servings: 24
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The thing I am going to cut out is popcorn. I eat it with way to much salt.
A little about me. All through high school I was thin. When I met my husband in 1998 I was 107 pounds, then sometime in my later 20's I started to gain weight and fast, it was like one day I woke up and the clothes didn't fit any more. Since then I have had 2 children, a son in 2005 and a daughter in 2008. I had at least 30-40 pounds that needed to come off for my to feel good about myself again. I started on MFP at 175 (I am 5ft 7.5 in), and I am currently down to 152. My lowest weight was in Feb when I got down to 149/. I just seem to be stuck here. I love having the group and being able to post, and making connections with people who feel the same. I would love to get to 140, but have huge belly issues with all the excess flab from the pregnancies. I find I fall of track easy, one week I will be very dedicated with excerise and then the next I get slack. I love walking and jogging, so I have been trying to do lots of that. I am going to draw myself a little program so I can incorporate some weights in for arms, and exercises for legs and abs, so everyday I can do one, one day arms, next day abs, third day legs, then repeat. So if anyone has any small programs they would love to share that would be great. I love doing the little workouts off of the fitness magazine.
Hope everyone is doing well.
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a bit late on posting here. Didn't lose a pound, was too relaxed as I was on vacation. That'll teach me!
I'm usually a huge fruit and veg eater, so I did well on that goal.
The thing I'm going to cut out is *sob* ice cream!0 -
CW: 173.0 I'm going to cut out pasta and potatoes for this week. I've no problem adding 15 minutes as I'm trying to successfully complete walking 100 miles in June.
My Story - I had a wake -up call last December when a co-worker had a heart attack in the bathroom at work. He had just turned 40 years old, was a dad, a veteran, and a friend. He wasn't overweight at all and other then the shrapnel and war injuries I thought he was pretty healthy. He had suffered a mild heart attack years before and had just had a physical that exclaimed he was healthy. As another co-worker and I went into action to save his life I just kept thinking this should've been me. I'm the unhealthy one. I was so overweight and out of shape. I had a very difficult time with the CPR. Of course the nerves didn't help. I was in complete shock and watched as his life slipped away. When paramedics took over I simply broke down. He died right in my arms.
We always teased each other (those of us that are in horrible shape) in the office about you shouldn't eat that or you'll have a heart attack. Of course we don't joke anymore. That scared the crap out of me. If he can die in this crap office then who's to say I'm not next. I was already getting more sever problems with my diabetes that I was afraid to even share with my closest friends and family. I knew they would just worry about me. But not anymore. I opened up and told them of my new years resolution which I started a little early and they supported me like they always have. Problem is I know they thought it was another short-term diet, and it's not. I still have days, and weeks where I struggle and can't seem to stick with the exercise or have bad food choices but this is the longest I've ever gone staying fully committed to making a change. I want to see my kids graduate, get married, have babies of their own. I want to travel the world but not in a wheel chair but with my running shoes on. What kind of example am I showing my kids by ignoring doctors orders and saying well if I gotta die young I may as well do it eating the foods I love. Man how wrong was I? I am doing this for me! I know it gets tedious for my family having to listen to me complain, and talk about diets, and exercise all the time but they do love me and support me. When I reach my goals and maintain them I'm hoping the struggle stops since everything will become habit. But at least now I have a real chance of actually being around! Thanks for listening to my story! Have a wonderful day!0 -
I would like to join this challenge if I still can. I just found it today!
My name is Kimberly and I am 30 years old. I have a 4.5 year old daughter and I've been married for 9 years (today's my anniversary!).
My Starting Weight is 184.1.
My Goal weight for this challenge is 169
My ultimate goal weight is 160
I try to stay around 1550-1600 calories a day and try to make it to the gym 2-3 times a week.0 -
Not having the best week. Haven't really been counting calories. I'm going to cut out milk and nut butters for the rest of the week.0
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Here's the spreadsheet, up-to-date!
https://docs.google.com/a/u.pacific.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au1jrXpKSwMddFU3SVFjYm5RLTN4NGxkbERydXRFcFE#gid=0
Top Losers for the Week:
1. bbagnell13 - 7.6
2. magtize - 4.6
3. eava57 & ingalynn - 4.4
4. andreamkelly - 4.30 -
Here's the spreadsheet, up-to-date!
https://docs.google.com/a/u.pacific.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au1jrXpKSwMddFU3SVFjYm5RLTN4NGxkbERydXRFcFE#gid=0
Top Losers for the Week:
1. bbagnell13 - 7.6
2. magtize - 4.6
3. eava57 & ingalynn - 4.4
4. andreamkelly - 4.3
Wow some huge losses this week!! Well done to everyone!! And to you 4 especially :-) xxx
Thanks once again inskydiamonds xx0 -
I'm having a really hard time with exercising this week. We have been so busy and I just haven't had any time to exercise...And then when I do, I am so exhausted that I can't make myself move!
I do know that one of my problems is staying up too late, in turn making me wake up later in the morning.
On a brighter note, I have done very well in the no soft drink/diet cokes this week for part one of this week's challenge. Woo hoo! And to keep myself from getting that caffeine headache, I have allowed myself one unsweetened tea each day, which has helped me tremendously to not drink the cokes!
Another thing that this subtraction has added is more water! At work, I have 2 options: coke machine or cold water dispenser. So I have increased my water this week as well!
Anyhow, I just wanted to touch base and check in! Hope you all are doing well!0 -
My story:
I was a skinny, underweight child until high school, and then I filled out nicely. Once I got out of high school and started a full time desk job at age 18, my weight started going up as we were required to leave our desk twice a day for a 15 minute coffee break which we always took at the diner next door. Cheesecake, bagels, muffins with my tea twice a day. It added up. I've been a yo-yo dieter all my adult life (20 pounds up, 20 pounds down between 125 to 145) but it wasn't until after I had my second child and then headed into menopause at age 47 that my weight really started to skyrocket into the 160s and each year only got worse, hitting 190 in 1/2006 (was dealing with looking after my mother for 6 months during her devastating illness and subsequent death) and then again in 9/2011, with larger amounts being lost and regained. Each time I dieted and got to goal I used different fad diets (remember the good ol' fake Mayo Clinic diet with grapefruit and eggs?) and each time I reached my goal I swore I'd never let myself gain that much again. I went from 190 to 137 in 2006 using the Biggest Loser Club website. When I gained it all back the following year, and tried the BLC again, I just couldn't stick with it. I had a few foot operations that kept me from walking and doing exercise that required the use of my feet, so it made it hard to lose weight by exercise. Then I developed arthritis in my feet, knees and hips, and the pain made me think I'd never be able to exercise again. When I hit 190 again in Sept. 2011 and was having other health problems (emergency gall bladder removal, NAFLD -- fatty liver, high blood pressure, ulcers, etc.) my doctor told me I had to do something about it. It wasn't until this year that I realized that the pain from walking and exercising the arthritic joints felt no worse than the pain I was having without doing anything, so I might as well exercise and get the benefit of it! My son found this MFP website for me, and so far it's working much better for me than previous diets because I'm eating the foods I like, but monitoring the quantities, and adapting my favorite foods to make them lighter and healther, which to me means I'll be able to sustain this way of eating and exercising. I've lost 30 pounds now and my doctor just took me off one of my blood pressure medications and said my fatty liver was improving, and that gives me more incentive to stick with this. I think (I HOPE!) I've learned the lesson now that eating right and getting exercise MUST CONTINUE after goal weight is reached. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes, right?
Oh, and my other two challenges for this week -- 1) I've been cutting all chocolate from my diet this week and 2) the 15 minutes of added exercise has been alternating between Wii Fit Step, Wii Fit Run, or extra walking in the neighborhood. So far I've been good each day with both since this week's challenge began and I have high hopes I'll make it through to Tuesday morning with the challenges kept! The added exercise has been easy, but staying away from the chocolate has been killing me!0 -
Went to Denmark on a studytrip 2 weeks ago, so this is my first update:
I lost 3 lbs in 2 weeks!
SW: 190
CW: 187
GW: 168
Plus, my boyfriend is on a dig right now for 5 weeks (we're both archaeologists) and I want to surprise him when he gets back! So my goal weight for the 21st of july is: 176 lbs! ambitious I know, but I know I can do it 0 -
Sorry, I have been away for a bit. Had to go out of town for business only to come home to find out my mother is very ill. Of course, this put a huge strain on any efforts to exercise and track anything going passed my lips! I will be weighing in this Tuesday. Haven't done any exercises except "running" back and forth between work and the hospital and then trying to finish the school year for my kids. Ugh! Afraid to get on the scale... I have a few days to buckle down and pay attention to me!0
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Sorry, I have been away for a bit. Had to go out of town for business only to come home to find out my mother is very ill. Of course, this put a huge strain on any efforts to exercise and track anything going passed my lips! I will be weighing in this Tuesday. Haven't done any exercises except "running" back and forth between work and the hospital and then trying to finish the school year for my kids. Ugh! Afraid to get on the scale... I have a few days to buckle down and pay attention to me!
Just do the best you can. Family and relationships should always be a priority. Finding the balance between that and caring for yourself. is hard. It sounds as though you are figuring out how to do it though. 0 -
Not a very good week, barely any exercise and not eating right. Going to get back at it tom. Today I am taking the kids to the theater to see Madagasar 3, and then we have a final bash at a local bar in the next town. So needless to say today will not be a good day. So tomorrow is the start date. But then going into the city for 4 days with the boys which means eating and drinking. But on the bright side will be doing a lot of walking around at the Farm Progress Show Thurs and Friday.
Hope everyone is doing well. Hopefully I will get my head in the right place so I can stay more committed to eating right and exercising.0 -
Reminder for the challenges!
- Pick one thing you should cut out of your diet and CUT IT OUT for the week
- Add FIFTEEN MINUTES of exercise to your normal routine
- Share your STORY with the group - why are you here and what motivated you to lose weight?0 -
Bump to pass on.0
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hi just found this challenge can i still join0
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