1st January 2010 Weight Loss Challenge!

oEmmao

****** 18 WEIGH-IN WEEKS UNTIL THE START OF A NEW YEAR ******

~to me this is a scary thought, id better get crackin! so lets get ourselves motivated and get working on our weight loss goals! :flowerforyou:

~im starting this group for anyone who wants to start 2010 with a new outlook on life and a new healthy/happy/confident body to go with it! :drinker:

~weigh ins will be every THURSDAY, this week will be our starting weigh in

STARTING WEIGHT - ?
03-09-09
10-09-09
17-09-09
24-09-09
01-10-09
08-10-09
15-10-09
22-10-09
29-10-09
05-11-09
12-11-09
19-11-09
26-11-09
03-12-09
10-12-09
17-12-09
24-12-09
31-12-09 - last weigh in NEW YEARS EVE! :drinker:

( im thinking LITTLE BLACK DRESS with killer RED heels! just in time for New Years Eve! lol ive always dreamed of wearing an outfit like that in a small size! :blushing: )

~each week a new member will be in charge of setting a new challenge or task for us all, that way we all get to motivate one another and have different input and challenges

~i thought that we could all introduce ourselves, share tips, stories and motivate one another to get healthy for 2010

# Name -
# Start Weight -
# Goal Weight -
# Hobbies -
# Interesting Fact About Yourself -

WELCOME TO THE GROUP EVERYONE!

lisawest

Name - Lisa
Start Weight - 202
Goal Weight - 185
Hobbies - reading, playing with my kids
Interesting Fact About Yourself - I teach band and choir to 7th thru 12th graders in a small rural school district. Also, I do not own a scale, so my weigh ins only happen on weekends when I go to my in-laws' or dad's houses!

klaflamme

Name - Kristi
Start Weight - 207
Goal Weight -145
Hobbies - play clarinet, part-time college student, spending time with my 10 yr old daughter
Interesting Fact About Yourself - I lost 60 pounds after my divorce (mid 2006) but about a year later I stopped the weight loss program I was on and started my old life style. I agained all but 10 pounds back. I recently joined a Zumba class and I love it.

*Edited my post because I had my start weight at 220 - this morning I weighed 207.

oEmmao

Name - Emma
Start Weight - 166.4 (i weighed 218 at my highest)
Goal Weight - 146
Hobbies - reading, swimming, collecting postcards, messing with my laptop, buying/swapping books, drinking tea/beer, buying handbags, going to the cinema, spending time with hubby/friends/family
Interesting Fact About Yourself - i am starting my degree in Early Childhood Education & Care next week for 3 years after a long absence from school/college, im 26

romero2006da

Name: Kim
Start Weight:239
Current Weight:221
Goal Weight: 140
Hobbies: Playing with my babies, going for walks,going to the City
Interesting Facts about Me: I will finish college in May 10'(Will recieve B.A. in education), started MFP in July 09' and have lost 18lbs to date. Hope to be under 200 lbs by Oct. 18 09' My 7th year anniversary.
Will weigh in Sep. 3....Good Luck Everyone!:drinker:

Shanta1983

Name:Shanta
SW.225lbs
CW178lbs
GW140lbs
I plan on being their by Early December:happy: :happy:

Learning2LoveMe

Name - Liz
Start Weight - 199 (started my journey at 219)
Goal Weight - 135
Hobbies - weather watching, planning my wedding, video games, walking
Interesting Fact About Yourself - Hopefully will be starting school again in Jan. 2010, plan on getting a degree in accounting. =D

dixiegal2484

Name - Amber
Start Weight - 228 (at my highest i weighed 240)
Goal Weight - by 12/31/09 i would like to weigh 200lbs
Hobbies - reading, spending time with my wonderful boyfriend, going to school, and singing
Interesting Fact About Yourself - i can read a 700+ page book in about a day if i have little interruption and i write poetry

phetzgetfit

starting weight: 162 (started at 167 and got down to 158 but creeping back up now - THAT'S GOT TO STOP)
ultimate goal weight: 150
Jan 1 goal weight: 155
hobbies: painting, gardening, writing

phetzgetfit

ooops, forgot interesting fact about myself: I'm a mentor with a group called committed partners for youth.

oEmmao

welcome everyone, we will all check in with our weight loss tomorrow morning, and i will have the alphabetical list of whos in so we can see who will be doing the first couple of challenges

how are you all today? :drinker:

songbyrdsweet

Hey! I don't join these things normally, but recently I sort of 'fell off' a bit and wasn't really tracking my progress (or, regress?) until I realized that my tummy was looking poojey and my weight had slowly and steadily increased from 125.6 to 136.4 lbs :noway: from May to August. I am down to about 134 (on my TOM right now). Are we doing inches lost as well? I think that would give us a more inclusive look at our progress.

So here's the other stuff

Starting Weight: 134.6
January 1st Goal Weight: 124.6 (8.5 if I lose 1/2 lb a week, but I'll round up to an even 10 to challenge myself )
Ultimate Goal Weight: 118 (or 19% body fat)
Inches Goal: 1-2 inches off the following: abdomen, butt, inner thigh
Hobbies: designing and implementing workout programs, hiking, reading, finding obscure music artists
Interesting Fact: I'm the first in my family to pursue a PhD

oEmmao

hey guys, so if you all want to weigh in with your weight, this is WEEK 1, so lets get cracking! :flowerforyou:

oEmmao

week 1 - 165.6

cant wait to see the early 160's coming up! :drinker:

thumper44

I can use another group to keep me in check.

Name: Peter
Start Weight: 198 (225 at heaviest)
Goal weight: 170-175
Hobbies: Billards, both 8-ball and 9-ball
Interesting Fact: Playing hockey, I was always bigger than most, but I was also one of the fastest skaters on my team.

francis_adriro

Name - Francis
Start Weight - 166
Current Weight- 137.4
Goal Weight - 125
Hobbies - Shopping, Dancing, Soccer, Decorating.
Interesting Fact About Yourself - I'm miles away from home (tnx Navy)

songbyrdsweet

UGH, what a DAY! I haven't had a chance to get online until now, and I have been up since 8am (slept in! LOL) :noway: :laugh: :yawn:

I was 135.6 this morning after a free day yesterday (Cold Stone!!) and this evening weighed in at 134.2, so I actually lost during the day (coming off that 'time' too). My free days are usually Thursday nights but I needed a break yesterday LOL.

I'm going to track inches too!

WEEK ONE:

Weight: 134.2

Waist: 28
Abdomen: 29.5
Butt: 39
Inner Thigh: 23.5
Quadriceps: 20.75

learning2fly4

v# Name - Amanda
# Start Weight - 176
# Goal Weight - 135
# Hobbies - Tennis, watching Football, play with my pup
# Interesting Fact About Yourself - I have no Aunts or Uncles.

Leela1

Sorry hope I am not late to join your group.

Name -- Leela
Starting weight -- 185
Goal weight -- 140
Hobbies -- Cooking
Intresting Fact about Myself -- Started working after 10 years

oEmmao

welcome everyone! have you all checked in with your weight for this week :flowerforyou:

when we are all ready next thursday i will update the list of members and whoever is first alphabetically will be in charge of the challenge for the week

this weeks challenge is not to overdue it at the weekend, we should still count our calories, drink our water and be active at the weekends too :drinker:

Lyndo

Name - Lynne:flowerforyou:
Highest weight was 205pounds:sad:
Starting weight -- 183:sad:
Goal weight -- 140
Hobbies -- Playing with my 3 kids
Cooking, Farm work, Singing, & Dancing, Decorating

NCHICK80

Name: Nicole
Starting weight 237:grumble:
Weight 230:noway:
Goal Weight 170
Hobbies. reading, watching movies, playing pool, cooking, hangout out w. boyfriend
shopping, decorating,
GOAL: want to be 199 by NEW YEARS EVE........:drinker:
Hope i can still join, i have never join anything on this site before, nor really any site so I am not sure what to do? Do I add you all as my friends or come back to this blog weekly????

afergason

Name - Audrey
Start Weight - 275 (highest was 305)
Goal Weight - 195
Hobbies - Just completed week 3 of the couch to 5k program.
Interesting Fact About Yourself - Approaching my 1st year anniversary in October.

songbyrdsweet

welcome everyone! have you all checked in with your weight for this week :flowerforyou:

when we are all ready next thursday i will update the list of members and whoever is first alphabetically will be in charge of the challenge for the week

this weeks challenge is not to overdue it at the weekend, we should still count our calories, drink our water and be active at the weekends too :drinker:

Well so far I've run 3 miles and spent the morning getting my oil changed and working in the lab, and I'm about to go lift. So far I haven't done any sort of celebrating for the football game!

lisawest

week 1: 200:happy:
I haven't been at 200 since before my first child!

Shanta1983

Update
Shanta
S.W 225lbs
C.W 176lbs

And the last week of this year I suppose to be only 4lbs away from my goal weight thats nothing Im blow that under the water :happy: :laugh:

mnichol

Hey! I don't join these things normally, but recently I sort of 'fell off' a bit and wasn't really tracking my progress (or, regress?) until I realized that my tummy was looking poojey and my weight had slowly and steadily increased from 125.6 to 136.4 lbs :noway: from May to August. I am down to about 134 (on my TOM right now). Are we doing inches lost as well? I think that would give us a more inclusive look at our progress.

So here's the other stuff

Starting Weight: 134.6
January 1st Goal Weight: 124.6 (8.5 if I lose 1/2 lb a week, but I'll round up to an even 10 to challenge myself )
Ultimate Goal Weight: 118 (or 19% body fat)
Inches Goal: 1-2 inches off the following: abdomen, butt, inner thigh
Hobbies: designing and implementing workout programs, hiking, reading, finding obscure music artists
Interesting Fact: I'm the first in my family to pursue a PhD

I'd like to jump on board as well...but i've only got about 5 lbs i'd like to get off. So measuring is what i'd like to do since i've been lifting weights.


Start: 140
Jan 1st 135

waist: 29 in
hips: 38 in
thighs: 20 in

oEmmao

afergason
dixiegal2484
francis_adriro
klaflamme
learning2fly4
Leela1
lisawest
Lyndo
mnichol
NCHICK80
lizagna
oEmmao
phetzgetfit
romero2006da
Shanta1983
songbyrdsweet
tttthumper

welcome everyone, here is our list of challengers so far! how was everyone's weekend? i was working for most of it, hoping to get a long swim in tomorrow afternoon

francis_adriro

Hello All.
My weekend was really relaxing, I take the weekends as rest time from working out. I have been working out at home since my daughter was sick and there for couldn't make it to the gym. Today however, is my first day back at the gym, and I'm pretty excited about going. I'm 11 pounds from my Jan 1st goal weight, and I can see it soooo close. I need to stay focused and not feel like I'm able to "cheat", I can't afford that just yet.
Hope everyone else had a great Labor Day Weekend

songbyrdsweet

I was doing GREAT until Saturday night...we went to a friend's house and I went crazy on some homemade yeast rolls. Then Sunday I took my first day off in like two weeks...I keep meaning to take days off and then I get involved in some activity and end up forgetting to rest. Tiring. :yawn: But I'm back to it today, did a short but very intense lifting session for about 25 minutes and then an hour of BodyStep tonight. Tomorrow I'm getting out for a morning run!

oEmmao

There are No second helpings in Life

Author: Janice Elizabeth Small

{mosgoogle} It's so easy to put your life on hold until you lose weight.
It's easy to say "I'll do that once I've lost a few pounds" or
"I couldn't do that I'm too fat".

But you only have one life - there are no second helpings. So
you owe it to yourself to live your life in the present and to
live it to the full.

Going for whatever you want now, rather than waiting until you
are slim, can even help you lose weight.

How so?

1. It distracts you from eating

If you're busy working to achieve something, it keeps your mind
occupied with activities other than food.

Have you ever been engaged in an activity where you were so
absorbed you forgot to eat? People who live their lives
following their passions and going for their goals have a lot
more of those moments. It's called "being in the flow state" and
in flow your thoughts are on anything but food!

You know how it is when you're trying to lose weight - you feel
hungry just because you're thinking about food all the time -
what you can and can't eat, what you should and shouldn't have
eaten at your last mealtime. If you have other things to keep
your mind occupied, things you're 100% involved in, you'll be
able to stick to your weight loss program more easily.

2. It prevents self-sabotage

If you're just a tiny bit scared that you're not cut out to
achieve what you want to achieve in life, you may be using your
weight as a form of protection. And you'll sabotage your weight
loss efforts at every turn to keep those pounds so that you
don't put yourself in the position of trying and failing. Your
weight is an excuse to keep yourself within your comfort zone.
It helps you justify sticking with what you know and are used to.

If you recognise this in yourself, take just tiny steps towards
your goal every day, tiny steps that don't seem difficult at
all. You'll build your success little by little and gradually
lose your fear and your weight.

Start going for your goals and what could be more satisfying?
You'll be losing weight and having a great time too. Life is not
all about the number on the scales and your attempts to shift
that dial don't have to be all consuming.

You only have one life, so go for whatever it is you want!

Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small

http://www.diet.ie/fat-loss/444-there-are-no-second-helpings-in-life.html