Over 200 Club (Open Group) Back to School Week 1

awestfall

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Hey guys and gals !! Here is the new thread and yes I am back and ready to pump it up again and spread my motivation and inspiration with you guys.I ready to get back in the game and this time I am not falling off the wagon so here is to BACK TO SCHOOL and making ourselves the best we can be.Send me suggestions on our challenges each week and continue to weigh in on Fridays.We can do this !!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Thanks Momma2four for keeping the group going when I have been gone.Everyone of you have been great and so supportive.LETS DO THIS!!!MY goal is to lose 40 pounds by the end of the year whats yours?

conmonja

I have 1 1/2 to go to 50 pounds since May 18, 09. I want to get below 200 by the end of the year.I am now at 233 1/2. This is my goal, I amm going on vacation with husband and sister. So you know this may be hard. Wish me GOOD LUCK.

andreasoulcastle

Hello, hope I at least lost a pound when I weigh in tomorrow. Haven't been hitting the gym, but have been trying to keep up the walking for this challenge. Eating habits have not been too great at all, so I am going to challenge myself to step it up next week. Sister is doing ok, still healing so I think in about a week we will start walking on the trail behind her house for a start. Drank all my water.

jennbarrette

My goal will be to lose another 35 pounds by the end of the year.

weigh in results this week -

last week - 256.8
this week - 256

not the best, but I had family from out of town staying with me, and didn't really exercise or eat that well. I need to get back on track this week!!

lindsay1982

I AM HERE!! I was suggested to come here by Momma2four (Thanks! :flowerforyou:). Here I am, and I cannot "weight" to weigh next Friday, I just weighed yesterday, so I need to wait until next week. My SW was 281, my CW is 271, and my GW is 250 by 12/31/2009 @ 11:59 p.m., so I can start the new year right.

CristinaAnn

I want to join your group! I am currently working with a nutritionist and heading to the lap band in December. When my boys started school on Monday I started at the YMCA. My goal is to do some sort of exercise everyday. I work out of my home as a graphic designer & tend to eat when stressed. I do not have a supportive husband in the matter as he has a drinking problem. I will be 40 in April '10 & do not want to spend the rest of my life in a size 24! I was not heavy until about 15 years ago. I know what I need to do to lose the weight I just have real issues with will power and support. Any help will be greatly appreciated! I am in WV, 245 lbs., 5-4" and miserable!

CW 245
GW 160

jennbarrette

Welcome lidapi and CristinaAnn!

trikstar

Weigh in: 210.2 (I didn't realize how much my TOM changed my weight last week!)

That means I hit goal #1, and am REALLY close to goal 2 - no longer obese! Halfway done with my overall goal - be heatlhy by my BMI!

I'll shoot for 30 lbs by the end of the year. Too many food oriented holidays coming up.

jamiesgotagun

My goal for the end of the year will be 35 pounds. As far as the challenges, I like what we were doing, having the biggest loser of the week (at weigh in on Friday) pick the next weeks challenge.

cw - 250, went up 6lbs in the last week:explode: :explode: :explode: :explode: , I don't know what happened but not very happy with myself. didn't get as much exercise as I should, but I didn't eat that bad.

gw - 160

I have decided to make a goal for myself for the next couple of weeks to be really good at eating and to make sure to have my meals planned so I don't have any excuses to go out.

I hope everybody is have a good morning and will have a good weekend!!! :flowerforyou:

jamiesgotagun

Weigh in: 210.2 (I didn't realize how much my TOM changed my weight last week!)

That means I hit goal #1, and am REALLY close to goal 2 - no longer obese! Halfway done with my overall goal - be heatlhy by my BMI!

I'll shoot for 30 lbs by the end of the year. Too many food oriented holidays coming up.

woohoo!!! Thats awesome, great job!!!!:drinker:

Momma2four

Hi everyone,


♦lidapi, glad you decided to check us out

♦Welcome CristinaAnn

♦awestfall, thanks for the new thread

♦andrea, how is the new nephew?

♦jenn, as usual you have lost weight, I am so proud of you. .8 is almost a pound which is great.

♦trikstar, yay girl I am so happy for you. You hit that goal big time

♦ready2bff, good to see you, you keep chugging a long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:flowerforyou:


Well, I have bad news I gained, yes girls I gained 1 pound. :mad: I went in the wrong direction this week. :grumble: It is my own fault I knew I was eating too much and I could not control the monster this week.:explode: I am going to move on. There are too many people including myself counting on me to do this. My goal for this year is to lose another 35 pounds by the end of the year.

I also have good news my 7 year old(1 of the 4 I am momma to), is getting an award today for doing good on the state testing. I am so proud of her!!!!!

Momma2four

Weigh in: 210.2 (I didn't realize how much my TOM changed my weight last week!)

That means I hit goal #1, and am REALLY close to goal 2 - no longer obese! Halfway done with my overall goal - be heatlhy by my BMI!

I'll shoot for 30 lbs by the end of the year. Too many food oriented holidays coming up.

I just wanted to tell you again I am really proud of you. How exciting to not only meet goal 1 but to be so close to meeting goal 2. By the way how tall are you? Just curious

trikstar

Thanks, guys.
I'm 5'10" and have a larger frame.


Congratulations to your 7 year old! You must be so proud.

andreasoulcastle

Hi new members! Hello gals, Trikstar great job girl.

Momma2four> He is good, him and mommy are on opposite schedules right now so she is absolutely exhausted. Also congrats on your 7 year old, what an honor!

Weigh in today: same weight 238 and on TOM so what the heck lol. Back on track next week ok. I just need to lose 5 more pounds to get to the 20 lbs loss mark wish me luck

Momma2four

Thanks, I am back from the school and she was so proud. She got a medal and I asked if she wanted me to take it home. Noway, she wants to wear it all day.

trikstar, I asked how tall you were because I have to weigh 163 to get out of obese range, :huh: I noticed that you were already almost out of the obese range. I guess my problem is not weight it is my height:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

trikstar

Thanks, Andrea.

Momma - yeah, height is on my side in this case. I am about 2 lbs from being "overweight" instead of obese. (SO excited about this...!) and soooooooo close to being under 200 I can freaking see it. I'm not letting anything mess this up. I've come way too far. I can't even remember the last time I weighed less than 200. It has to have been at LEAST 10 years ago.

Momma2four

I am so excited for you. That is such a huge accomplishment. You keep it up.

jamiesgotagun

Thanks, Andrea.

Momma - yeah, height is on my side in this case. I am about 2 lbs from being "overweight" instead of obese. (SO excited about this...!) and soooooooo close to being under 200 I can freaking see it. I'm not letting anything mess this up. I've come way too far. I can't even remember the last time I weighed less than 200. It has to have been at LEAST 10 years ago.

That is soo awesome trikstar, you will do it for sure!!!!!! Great job!!!!

Momma2four

Hey, where are all my girls????????

ittybittybadonkadonk

Hello Everyone: SW 225 CW 215 (since joining MFP Aug. 15th) Megan

andreasoulcastle

OK ladies, I am having problems again. I am a yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain..when i get into the grind I get down and exercise like 4 times a week and the weight comes right off me..then I get into the state I am in right now...laziness. I don't know why but I just stop, and my weight loss of course comes to a halt, no weight gain right now but no loss what so ever.

I am going to make a small goal to try to get into the gym once this week, and on two other days do some sort of activity...just to get back on track again. Any suggestions friends?


Andrea

Momma2four

OK ladies, I am having problems again. I am a yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain..when i get into the grind I get down and exercise like 4 times a week and the weight comes right off me..then I get into the state I am in right now...laziness. I don't know why but I just stop, and my weight loss of course comes to a halt, no weight gain right now but no loss what so ever.

I am going to make a small goal to try to get into the gym once this week, and on two other days do some sort of activity...just to get back on track again. Any suggestions friends?


Andrea

Hey Andrea,
I am going through the same thing right now. . I can relate to what you are saying. This is a really hard journey. Especially, for those of us who have been eating as we please for such a long time. We have to pick our selves up, dust off and move on. Start off with small goals. Find a friend near you who would be willing to walk or bike ride with you a couple of days a week. I like to sometimes play "dance dance revolution" with my kids, you can burn a 100 calories or so if you do that for 30 minutes straight. We have a ps2 and the game was only $10 at best buy. I just checked out a work out dvd from the library and I am going to force myself to do that today. We just need to keep encouraging each other. We are all going to have rough times. Going back to our old ways is no longer an option. I am with you, today we both get back on track!!! We can do this. We are worth the effort it takes to get this done:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

jamiesgotagun

OK ladies, I am having problems again. I am a yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain..when i get into the grind I get down and exercise like 4 times a week and the weight comes right off me..then I get into the state I am in right now...laziness. I don't know why but I just stop, and my weight loss of course comes to a halt, no weight gain right now but no loss what so ever.

I am going to make a small goal to try to get into the gym once this week, and on two other days do some sort of activity...just to get back on track again. Any suggestions friends?


Andrea

I am the same way, I hate it, I wish I could just stick with it really good, but like you said I do good for awhile then stop and do bad. Maybe small goals is the best way to do it.

lstpaul

checking in after a week's vacation - it's really hard to be motivated today! :grumble:

last week's weigh in: 240.4
this week's weigh in: 239.8 ... so at least I lost a little on vacation ... although I know that I had lost quite a bit more in the beginning of the week because I was really doing well with exercising and eating healthy even while on vacation - but then 'fell off the wagon' and did really poorly the last half of the week!
but I need to shake that off and be proud that I managed to lose a little from the previous week even while on vacation!

yesterday:
calories: not great ... ate most of my exercise calories - but at least not all
exercise:yes - 90 minutes at the Y ... boy was that tough after vacation
Water: yes

goal by year end: total loss 30 pounds ... which would put me at 225

lstpaul

OK ladies, I am having problems again. I am a yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain..when i get into the grind I get down and exercise like 4 times a week and the weight comes right off me..then I get into the state I am in right now...laziness. I don't know why but I just stop, and my weight loss of course comes to a halt, no weight gain right now but no loss what so ever.

I am going to make a small goal to try to get into the gym once this week, and on two other days do some sort of activity...just to get back on track again. Any suggestions friends?


Andrea

Andrea - if you don't already have a HRM, I would recommend one. I got a Polar F11 last March for my birthday and for some reason it has really just clicked with me. I like that it tracks my exercising and I get a little 'trophy' at the end of the week if I meet my weekly exercise goals. I haven't missed a trophy since March and I keep upping my goals. If I'm short on exercise time ... I put on my HRM and go for a walk or I get on my exercise bike, when in the past I probably would have just stayed on the couch. I know it's just another 'gimick' but does give lots of good info and for me has worked to keep me motivated to exercise!
Now where I struggle is with my eating ... I can get into a good/healthy groove but then easily fall into old unhealthy 'binge' eating habits. I need to work especially hard this week because in the past I always struggle after a vacation because I tend to feel sorry for myself and 'comfort eat'.

Momma2four

lstpaul, glad your back from vacation!!!

I am also so pleased to see everyone rallying around and supporting each other. This is what we need we can all relate to difficulties on this journey. I am just so proud of everyone.

awestfall

I am right there with you.I just need to get my stupid but into gear.I think I am stressing out about my 4 year old starting preschool and her being away from me all day.I still have my 2 year old at home but I am just not coping very well with the thought of another baby off to school.Someone help me and tell me it does get easier.On a good note it gives me more time to exercise and do things I would like to do that I otherwise can't without making myself nuts with two toddlers killing each other all day:laugh: :laugh:

awestfall

OK ladies, I am having problems again. I am a yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain..when i get into the grind I get down and exercise like 4 times a week and the weight comes right off me..then I get into the state I am in right now...laziness. I don't know why but I just stop, and my weight loss of course comes to a halt, no weight gain right now but no loss what so ever.

I am going to make a small goal to try to get into the gym once this week, and on two other days do some sort of activity...just to get back on track again. Any suggestions friends?


Andrea

Hey Andrea,
I am going through the same thing right now. . I can relate to what you are saying. This is a really hard journey. Especially, for those of us who have been eating as we please for such a long time. We have to pick our selves up, dust off and move on. Start off with small goals. Find a friend near you who would be willing to walk or bike ride with you a couple of days a week. I like to sometimes play "dance dance revolution" with my kids, you can burn a 100 calories or so if you do that for 30 minutes straight. We have a ps2 and the game was only $10 at best buy. I just checked out a work out dvd from the library and I am going to force myself to do that today. We just need to keep encouraging each other. We are all going to have rough times. Going back to our old ways is no longer an option. I am with you, today we both get back on track!!! We can do this. We are worth the effort it takes to get this done:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Thanks Momma for always encouraging!!!

awestfall

We can do this guys we can meet our goals the only ones holding us back is ourselves so lets stay focused and supportive to one another and lets look awesome this Christmas.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

jamiesgotagun

Yesterday
Calories: went over by 600 :grumble: at least it was healthy food not junk
Water: good
Exercise: Didn't get much in, 2 sick kids

Hope everyone is having a good week!!!!

lstpaul

:grumble: ok ... I knew I was going to be struggling after vacation to get back on track - and I am. I've got a bad cold on top of it - so that doesn't help ... I don't want to exercise and I also want to 'comfort eat' everything. I'm home sick today - which makes the refrigerator a temptation ... I'm going to have soup for lunch, and if I'm feeling better I'll do 60 minutes at the Y tonight ... but not the full 120 that I've been doing.
yesterday:
water: good
calories: went over by about 200
exercise: none