1st January 2010 Weight Loss Challenge!

blueyed_blond

I'd like to join too please!

# Name - Christina
# Start Weight - 158.6 (yes every decimal counts for me )
# Goal Weight - 149
# Hobbies - don't really have any! want to start playing the guitar though
# Interesting Fact About Yourself-I moved to London for 8 months in 2005 with no job, no living accommodations, no clue what I was doing...and I survived! :happy: Back in Canada now...

My motivation is that I'm going down South (hopefully Cuba?) for New Years and I want to be able to walk on the beach with confidence.

My plan so far is to eat as clean as possible while doing the 30 day shred dvd and jogging.

lisam829

weighed in 162 this morning the husband brought home a plate of brownies last night. i was able to resist until he fell asleep. then I had the two smallest ones. I went over by 150 again.

sunnysmile

Hope it's not too late to join, I llike the goal of a slimmer, happier me come January 1. (I just joined the site yesterday)

# Name - Karen
# Start Weight - 313
# Goal Weight - 150
# Hobbies - my husband is my happiest hobby, I am a newlywed again (almost a year in October). I love to read, quilt, play music, sing, write, TV ... haven't grown out of All My Children. I love to swim, aqua jog and do water aerobics
# Interesting Fact About Yourself - I was born at 11:11am. Am told that means something but don't know what. I survived being hit by an SUV as a pedestrian and have lived to tell the story. I met my husband on a cruise ... it was truly the Love Boat.

Other fact, writing my weight down for others to see was very hard to do, I haven't ever told my husband my weight (but he must have some idea, you can't hide 300 pounds).

leshawnturner

SW 251
CW 255 :explode: :sad:

I think I'm retaining water because I just started paying attention to my sodium and my sodium intake is higher than I'm supposed to have, even though I'm within all of my other limits. So I need to find a way to lower my sodium even though I don't cook (I suck at it!!). So this will be a challenge...

oEmmao

well done to everyone who has lost this week! :drinker:

celebrate by continuing doing the great things you have done this week and dont do what i do when i lose a pound or two, celebrate with food! i really have to stop doing that!

i need a little help with the motivating of this group, i have just started my first year in college after a long absence from studying and its taking up way more time than i thought, so i was wondering if someone wants to help me by logging into the group as much as they can, cheering everyone on, and looking up good motivational articles? any takers?

i lost 1 pound this week, really want to lose 2 next week, better get my *kitten* in gear! :laugh:

oEmmao

Mushrooms, peppers and leeks in yellow bean sauce

POINTS® value | 1
Servings | 2
Preparation Time | 15 min
Cooking Time | 5 min
Level of Difficulty | Moderate

Yellow bean sauce is made from soya beans. It comes in jars and is available from supermarkets and specialist ethnic shops. Use it like a relish to liven up a dish and add a Chinese flavour

Ingredients
1 medium red, green or yellow pepper, de-seeded and sliced thinly
1 leek, sliced thinly
75 g mushrooms, sliced
2 teaspoon sunflower oil
1 teaspoon garlic, puree
30g Sharwoods Yellow Bean Sauce
1 pinch salt, (sea salt)
Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
1. Put the pepper slices, leek, mushrooms, oil and garlic purée into a food bag and shake well to mix.
2. Heat a non-stick wok and then toss in the vegetable mix, stirring for about 3 minutes until wilted and softened.
3. Add the yellow bean sauce and 3 tablespoons of water. Bring to the boil and then cook for another 2 minutes or so. Season and serve.

learning2fly4

SW:176
Week 1: 175
Week 2: 174


Slowly but surely... been a rough few weeks, work busy as usual. Today on my way in I ended up with a busted headlight courtesy of a rock = $450 worth of damage.

Hope everyone else is having a good week!

Whose up for the challenge this week?


Slightly mid term goal - Running a 5K October 4th.... goal is not to walk and beat my time of 38 minutes last year

songbyrdsweet

SW:176
Week 1: 175
Week 2: 174


Slowly but surely... been a rough few weeks, work busy as usual. Today on my way in I ended up with a busted headlight courtesy of a rock = $450 worth of damage.

Hope everyone else is having a good week!

Whose up for the challenge this week?


Slightly mid term goal - Running a 5K October 4th.... goal is not to walk and beat my time of 38 minutes last year

Cool! Now is certainly the time for 5K's. My roomie and I have 3 we're about to do...Sept. 20th, Oct. 3, and Oct. 17. I can already run the whole time but I suppose I should work on decreasing my time. I just run because I like to. :laugh: I just wish they weren't $15 each! But there's something cool about getting a t-shirt.

susiesilver

Weigh in time
SW 215
1st week : 211
Today 2nd week:209

Very bloated lol ladies u know what I am talking about

Whenever I don't want to work out I go on utube and find some weight loss result videos to get my butt in gear!!

wks7777

Im just starting!
STARTING WEIGHT - ? 150
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# Name - Whitney
# Start Weight - 150
# Goal Weight - overall 115-110 but for Jan will be 130 or size 6 pants whatever comes first
# Hobbies - Singing, dancing, shopping, beach, photography, cooking, anything really!
# Interesting Fact About Yourself - I have two amazing lil miracle boys one that was born at 25 weeks and the other that was 29 weeks, they are my world, plus i have the greatest husband i could ever ask for!

OomarianneoO

Okee-dokee. I'll jump in!

17-09-09 164

# Name - Marianne
# Start Weight - 164
# Goal Weight - 140 - final goal is 125
# Hobbies - beading, digital graphics, web design, just about anything outdoors, and looking for new hobbies!
# Interesting Fact About Yourself - Ummm....I got nothin'. Ask me later.

songbyrdsweet

Hhmmmm, can I RE-weigh in? This morning after I...well you know...was 131.6!:laugh: I think I had some sodium and some other stuff in my system. I have no idea how I managed to lose after eating 6 ice cream bars last night (only 100 calories each, and it was my free day anyway! )

blueyed_blond

well done to everyone who has lost this week! :drinker:

celebrate by continuing doing the great things you have done this week and dont do what i do when i lose a pound or two, celebrate with food! i really have to stop doing that!

i need a little help with the motivating of this group, i have just started my first year in college after a long absence from studying and its taking up way more time than i thought, so i was wondering if someone wants to help me by logging into the group as much as they can, cheering everyone on, and looking up good motivational articles? any takers?

i lost 1 pound this week, really want to lose 2 next week, better get my *kitten* in gear! :laugh:

Firstly, congrats on the 1 lb! I can never manage to lose an entire pound in a week...:grumble:

Secondly, I wish I could commit to messaging on here all the time but I only sign in at work (lap top at home has been broken for months...saving my pennies so I can buy a new one)....so I am always going to be MIA on weekends. I will try to add some motivation in posts though......

Quote to keep in mind over the weekend:
Julius Erving: If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

:flowerforyou:

learning2fly4

I wish i ran because i liked it. It is a struggle for me to run, i never enjoyed it even when i played sports in high school and college.

I joined a bowling league as a sub yesterday, so this should be interesting. Not a very active sport but getting oout of the house and off the couch at night will be good.

Looking into places cheap to join to play racquetball, any ideas on chains or other types of palces to look?

Shanta1983

Shanta
CW 174lbs
GW 140lbs
Hobbies..Internet surfing,working out,reading,listening to music,texting friends,shopping,shopping and more shopping Ima shopaholic:laugh: and texting freinds,puting things to gather,computers,outdoors,bowling,and playing cards...Hoping to reach 140lb the first week of new year's and loose another 10lbs after that depends on how I look.dont want to look ill:laugh:

lisawest

Ok, so I didn't make it to anywhere that had a scale (we don't own one, yet!) last week. So it has been 2 weeks since I checked in, uggg.:grumble:
Good news: I lost 3 pounds in that 2 weeks!:bigsmile:

Starting weight: 202
Week 1: 200
Week 2: didn't weigh in
Week 3: 197!
Goal: 185

lisawest

That also means that I am 1/4 of the way to my "bigger" goal!:bigsmile: I find it hard to believe that I put this off for so long because it would be hard! So far it hasn't been "hard," different and eye opening, but not "hard"!

blueyed_blond

Ok, so I didn't make it to anywhere that had a scale (we don't own one, yet!) last week. So it has been 2 weeks since I checked in, uggg.:grumble:
Good news: I lost 3 pounds in that 2 weeks!:bigsmile:

Starting weight: 202
Week 1: 200
Week 2: didn't weigh in
Week 3: 197!
Goal: 185

That's awesome! Congrats :drinker:

blueyed_blond

How was everyone's weekend? I had a really fun one on a social level..not so much on the exercise/dieting side.

Friday I did manage to eat well & do my 30 shred dvd...but then went out to a club and drank way toooooo much wine & vodka/7's

Saturday - I ate ok....went out to a restaurant and ordered salmon and veggies unlike my friend who ordered a side of ribs....
then went to a concert, followed by dancing...that is almost the same as cardio no?

Sunday - rest...

How about all of you?

anna441

hello Friends,

My name is Anna I joined this site back on January..... I lost motivation and got distracted from work out since March 16th ....

I am back here for good...this time I am serious and need you all to keep me in track..

CW - 165 lbs

GW - 135 lbs

oEmmao

hey guys!

how are you all doing? only 2 days until weigh in, lets do it this week! :drinker:

lisam829

down to 162, hoping to see the 150s soon.

sunnysmile

STARTING WEIGHT - 309
24-09-09 - day early weight is 308 ... down 1 pounds
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I am down 1 pound for the week which is great since I am on prednisone for broncitis. Today is last day, perhaps tomorrow I will loose fluid. I tend to hold fluid and gain weight on prednisone. I am taking some good nutritional supplements and have noticed that in the last day and half I am less hungry and having fewer cravings.

Hope it's okay that I post my weight on Wednesdays ... that is the day I began and that is my week tracking day.

wimomma

Hope it's not too late to join the team...

Name: Jillian
Previous Weight: 195
Start Weight of Challenge: 177 (beginning of Sept)
Current Weight: 174
Goal Weight as of 1/1/2010: 155
Final Goal Weight: 145

Hobbies: Biking, Walking Dog, Playing Flute, playing with my three kids
Interesting Fact: My favorite job was working at Walt Disney World as a co-op student in the engineering department. I got to see the characters just after their shows (with their character heads off) and it was hilarious!

JWalker514

10-9-2009-154
17-9-2009-154
24-09-09 - 152 woo hoo
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Down 2 lbs!! Finally!!!!!!

lisam829

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afergason

I didn't get a chance to check-in last week because of a death in the family.

9-10- 275
9-17-272
9-24- 268

learning2fly4

Sorry to hear that Afergason, hope all is well...


CW 174

No loss this week but it wasnt a good eating week, but I am optimistic this coming week will be better.

I have been trying to bring lunch to work now( fortunatly a symptom of the cafeteria not great here), any one have any good ideas for stuff to bring other than frozen veggie burgers or salads. i am creative with dinner but im uninspired for lunch.

songbyrdsweet

I forgot to weigh myself this morning! It was not a good night (life-wise, not food-wise, I actually was really good). :grumble: I'll weigh/measure tomorrow morning.

oEmmao

03rd Sept - 165.6
10th Sept - 164.8
17th Sept - 163.8
24th Sept - 163.6 TOM :grumble:
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31st Dec - (last weigh in - New Years Eve!) :drinker: