New Years Challenge
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Thanks for helping me out everyone!
I am based in Netherlands, so the cup thing is kind of confusing, but 5 portions veggies a day is the way to go I think!
Should not be a big problem though!
My son just took this in school - one serving of vegetables is approx 80g.0 -
Oct 1 - New month - fresh start0
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WeeHeeee! Hello : ) I'm new to this site today and new to the challenge. I didn't realize that today is October 1st! I'm so excited to join you and to start using my fitness pal. I really love the comments about not looking back on the year with regret and also, love the idea of starting the new year with fewer pounds left to lose: brilliant!
I'm guessing at my weight here , based on last weigh-in. I could be off 2-3 lbs and will find out later today what the actual number is. This is our goal for the end of the challenge, yes?
For now...
236lbs
216kbs0 -
WeeHeeee! Hello : ) I'm new to this site today and new to the challenge. I didn't realize that today is October 1st! I'm so excited to join you and to start using my fitness pal. I really love the comments about not looking back on the year with regret and also, love the idea of starting the new year with fewer pounds left to lose: brilliant!
I'm guessing at my weight here , based on last weigh-in. I could be off 2-3 lbs and will find out later today what the actual number is. This is our goal for the end of the challenge, yes?
For now...
236lbs
216kbs
Welcome and good luck!
) You'll see mfp is a great help! xx 0 -
Forgot to login to post my weight last Friday. It was 212.6 lbs.
Not moving much, but like you said, it's a new month and a new day to Start !
We CAN DO THIS!
a suggestion: maybe we can have a group goal of lbs lost for each month, and ask each one to "donate" or contribute theirs lbs lost to acheive our goal. The more generous, the better!
Just a thought to keep us motivated together.0 -
I wish I would have seen this sooner. I weigh in every friday so this will help me stay accountable. I have a record of my weight from 9/7 and on. Here they are!
9/7/ 275.4
9/14 269.4
9/21 269.4
9/28 267.8
I will post my new weight next friday!0 -
I am guilty of not weighing in last week...I had a terrible week and was afraid of the scale
buuut I am taking advantage of the new month to get back on track!0 -
Thanks for helping me out everyone!
I am based in Netherlands, so the cup thing is kind of confusing, but 5 portions veggies a day is the way to go I think!
Should not be a big problem though!
My son just took this in school - one serving of vegetables is approx 80g.
Which means 400 g veggies for me!
Thank god I made veggies soup yesterday and I could eat that all day long *lol*0 -
Hi All
Hope you are having a good week
Here is my next weigh in 234lbs, another 2lbs biting the dust this week.
I am on holiday next week so will not be recording my weight - I will still be logging though.
I have managed the 5 a day fruit and veg challenge this week so far by the way - I like this one 0 -
Hey everyone! I hope all is well! I just got that morning workout in. Man getting up at 5 and 5:30 in the morning is brutal but once I am out of that bed, I love it! I feel so accomplished doing that workout in the morning. I hope the scales reflect my hard work this week!
I hope every one of you is having a wonderful week!0 -
Well just got home from a busy day - havent worked out yet - and easily couldnt. But I am on my way to get changed to hit the treadmill for 30.0
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So I am being strong today - ate out at Boston Pizza's today, so had a big meal - hubby is out combining with neighbors, and I am making the kids an easy chicken fingers and fries supper. So instead of eating it (which I would love to) i took my self out a chicken breast, and am going to make a grilled chicken caesar salad - with light dressing - fitting it all in well within my calories, even have 200 cals to spare for a snack this evening which I am thinking will consist of a cup of grapes.0
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So I am being strong today - ate out at Boston Pizza's today, so had a big meal - hubby is out combining with neighbors, and I am making the kids an easy chicken fingers and fries supper. So instead of eating it (which I would love to) i took my self out a chicken breast, and am going to make a grilled chicken caesar salad - with light dressing - fitting it all in well within my calories, even have 200 cals to spare for a snack this evening which I am thinking will consist of a cup of grapes.
Well done! Eating a salad when everybody in the house is eating fast food is a challenge so bravo) 0 -
I am ready for the challenge.My goal is to live healthier and feel less full..I relly enjoy My Fitness pal and feel like I am on a super healy rod...My weigh in lbs. is 219 for to-day...0
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So I am being strong today - ate out at Boston Pizza's today, so had a big meal - hubby is out combining with neighbors, and I am making the kids an easy chicken fingers and fries supper. So instead of eating it (which I would love to) i took my self out a chicken breast, and am going to make a grilled chicken caesar salad - with light dressing - fitting it all in well within my calories, even have 200 cals to spare for a snack this evening which I am thinking will consist of a cup of grapes.
Good for you! I frequently now make spinach salads for supper, sometimes I will make a spinach Ceasar salad that way get more nutrients than regular romaine lettuce0 -
Remember everyone, tomorrow is weigh in day! Do your best to get your weight in tomorrow if you can! I would like to get the spreadsheet done by Saturday morning!0
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So to make this challenge a little more personal I want to share what my turning point was and why I started this weight loss journey in the first place.
I have always been a little on the heavier side. When I was 13 I moved in with my father. In that year I went from weighing about 150 pounds to 203. I didn't even realize I was putting the weight on. I devoted myself to losing weight,mostly through calorie counting. I got back down to 165 pounds. I kept that weight off for five years. Then last year from November to February I put on 23 pounds. I was embarrassed to see people. I didn't want my friends or my family to realize how much weight I had gained. So about the middle of June I got serious about losing weight again. I started working out regularly and watching what I ate. I have lost about 13 pounds. I feel like it is taking forever but am I going to keep pushing through. I am not only going to get back down to 165 but I am going to keep going and reach 130 pounds!
What is your story?What was the last straw?0 -
So I am being strong today - ate out at Boston Pizza's today, so had a big meal - hubby is out combining with neighbors, and I am making the kids an easy chicken fingers and fries supper. So instead of eating it (which I would love to) i took my self out a chicken breast, and am going to make a grilled chicken caesar salad - with light dressing - fitting it all in well within my calories, even have 200 cals to spare for a snack this evening which I am thinking will consist of a cup of grapes.
Well done! Eating a salad when everybody in the house is eating fast food is a challenge so bravo)
Oh I know how you feel! I had eggs and canadian bacon for breakfast yesterday (which was delicious) but the rest of my family was having a big stack of fried syrupy pancakes and regular bacon at the same time!! It was really hard for me, but I survived and felt really proud afterwards!!0 -
MFP gives me the perfect tool to see my numbers... Those of calorie burn, excercise etc.
My problem was, that I alread lost something around 15 lbs almost 2 years ago and I managed to keep them off.
And then we headed towards christmas and New Year and I told myselfe, I will re - start my diet in the new year and just enjoy the holidays within limits, but no calorie counting.
After that I found it hard to keep tracking, I stopped whenever I saw reason for it (dinner out, weekend, stressfull day) and then it took me days, weeks sometimes month to start again.
Being on MFP kind of puts a stop to it, cause I do not want strangers to think I am not "in it" enough!
As a matter of fact, I recently deletet a person because she did not show up for more than 2 weeks, logged in for 1 and then was gone again for more than 10 days!
Kind of made me think how much harder it would be to come back to my account and start logging, without a very serious reason, why I quit again!
As for why I wanna loose wweight in the first place:
I am a nurse and I work in a trauma unit. Everyday I see people struggle with their Injuries, but sometimes, they can not get out of their bed, because of their weight.
And on top of that I do not want to be in a position EVER, when I need help from other, because I cannot help myselfe at one point, but can cause them pain and Injuries, because of my weight.
It is one thing for me to carry it around, but I do not want to be it someoneelses (<= is that a word?) burden too, if it comes to it!0 -
So I am being strong today - ate out at Boston Pizza's today, so had a big meal - hubby is out combining with neighbors, and I am making the kids an easy chicken fingers and fries supper. So instead of eating it (which I would love to) i took my self out a chicken breast, and am going to make a grilled chicken caesar salad - with light dressing - fitting it all in well within my calories, even have 200 cals to spare for a snack this evening which I am thinking will consist of a cup of grapes.
Well done! Eating a salad when everybody in the house is eating fast food is a challenge so bravo)
Oh I know how you feel! I had eggs and canadian bacon for breakfast yesterday (which was delicious) but the rest of my family was having a big stack of fried syrupy pancakes and regular bacon at the same time!! It was really hard for me, but I survived and felt really proud afterwards!!
Bravo to you too then because PANCAKES? (I want some so bad but I just can't eat one or two so NO.)0 -
So to make this challenge a little more personal I want to share what my turning point was and why I started this weight loss journey in the first place.
I have always been a little on the heavier side. When I was 13 I moved in with my father. In that year I went from weighing about 150 pounds to 203. I didn't even realize I was putting the weight on. I devoted myself to losing weight,mostly through calorie counting. I got back down to 165 pounds. I kept that weight off for five years. Then last year from November to February I put on 23 pounds. I was embarrassed to see people. I didn't want my friends or my family to realize how much weight I had gained. So about the middle of June I got serious about losing weight again. I started working out regularly and watching what I ate. I have lost about 13 pounds. I feel like it is taking forever but am I going to keep pushing through. I am not only going to get back down to 165 but I am going to keep going and reach 130 pounds!
What is your story?What was the last straw?
We kinda have the same stats apparently.
I've always been on the heavier side too, always the "chubby friend" even when I was younger. I've struggled with EDs (still am) and I think after some time and after so many drastic diets, I just stopped trying. Then last year, one day, a doctor calculated my BMI and I wasn't in the overweight category as I thought I still was, I was in the obese category (205lbs at 5"6). I think hearing that word was a shock to me and I thought "well that's it, no more excuses, no more 'trying', I'm gonna do that and I'm gonna succeed". I started in January 2012, it was my New Years Resolution. Lost 23 lbs on my own, just watching what I ate, then discovered mfp in July and started working out at the same time and I've lost 11 lbs since then. My UGW is around 128, but even 143 would be awesome and less than I've weighed in a very long time (I'm 24 btw).0 -
gained 1 lb:grumble:
192lbs
ok so last wk I gained a 1 lb (err) but today i weighed myself and I'm down 2 lbs
190 lbs0 -
Weight October 5th = 136.4 lbs
I worked all week to get the 1 kg off which I gained last weekend (at a work conference where there were almost no veggies to choose) to weigh in almost the same 0 -
October 5th: 202.8lbs
well I lost a little, after last weekend, I am happy about that too!0 -
Weigh in day today - good luck everyone!!!
SW - 149
GW - 136 (Healthy BMI!!!)
Today - 148.4
Yey 0.6lbs in 5days makes for a happy Emma. Hoping for the full pound next week!!0 -
So to make this challenge a little more personal I want to share what my turning point was and why I started this weight loss journey in the first place.
I have always been a little on the heavier side. When I was 13 I moved in with my father. In that year I went from weighing about 150 pounds to 203. I didn't even realize I was putting the weight on. I devoted myself to losing weight,mostly through calorie counting. I got back down to 165 pounds. I kept that weight off for five years. Then last year from November to February I put on 23 pounds. I was embarrassed to see people. I didn't want my friends or my family to realize how much weight I had gained. So about the middle of June I got serious about losing weight again. I started working out regularly and watching what I ate. I have lost about 13 pounds. I feel like it is taking forever but am I going to keep pushing through. I am not only going to get back down to 165 but I am going to keep going and reach 130 pounds!
What is your story?What was the last straw?
Oooh I like this idea!
My story is not all that exciting really. At school I was always pretty small, not skinny but in the healthy rage and quite athletic. I played netball, football, touch rugby and did crosscountry and long distance running.
It all went downhill when I turned 18 and discovered alcohol. I gave up all the sports I used to play and went out drinking at least 2 nights a week. By the time I was at uni I was going out 3/4 nights a week and eating crap all the time because I felt hungover. I went from around 9stone (126lbs) at 17 to 11.5stone (161lbs) at 22 which at only 5'2" is well into the overweight category. It happened so gradually I didnt really notice at first. I told myself I wanted to enjoy uni as its a once in a life time opportunity and I would lose the weight after. In a way I'm pleased I did that because dieting at uni would have been awful.
But since graduating I didnt take losing weight seriously - I would have salad for lunch and think that would be enough (but still having pizza/pies/chips for dinner!!) the weight continued to creep up until it hit 12stone 2 (170lbs) and I was in the obese category. At this point I was getting pretty depressed and after a conversation with my auntie she told my about MFP and how she'd lost almost a stone and started exercising regularly. I signed up and havent looked back since!! I'm now back to where I was at the start of uni and halfway back to my 17year old weight which is my goal!0 -
CW: 246.4
thanks again for this great challenge and the work you put into it!0 -
So to make this challenge a little more personal I want to share what my turning point was and why I started this weight loss journey in the first place.
I have always been a little on the heavier side. When I was 13 I moved in with my father. In that year I went from weighing about 150 pounds to 203. I didn't even realize I was putting the weight on. I devoted myself to losing weight,mostly through calorie counting. I got back down to 165 pounds. I kept that weight off for five years. Then last year from November to February I put on 23 pounds. I was embarrassed to see people. I didn't want my friends or my family to realize how much weight I had gained. So about the middle of June I got serious about losing weight again. I started working out regularly and watching what I ate. I have lost about 13 pounds. I feel like it is taking forever but am I going to keep pushing through. I am not only going to get back down to 165 but I am going to keep going and reach 130 pounds!
What is your story?What was the last straw?
my last straw was seeing the picture of me at the beach this summer (on my profile), I didnt even recognize myself. That and how hard it was for me to bend over, get in and out of cars, etc... it really hit home that things were getting pretty bad0 -
Get to 4%bf and compete in a show in April0
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I would love to do it..My weight as of today is 153.6. Would like to reach goal of 145. 3 years ago i topped at 247. so i'm in.0
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