20 pound goal for May 4th wedding!
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Hey Guys!
I am sort of new to MFP. I have made a new commitment to myself this past month when I realized I have only 5 months and a few days until my wedding. I am sure you know that feeling, when I got engaged in April this year, I thought "oh I have a year to lose 20 lbs" and now 7 months later, I weigh the same.
A little background of me. I am a dancer, I went to college for dance and when I graduated I weighed 123lbs. (I am 5'3 so that was healthy for me and not to stick thin). Now I weigh 144. At one point I was up to 155. When I graduated college I ended a horrible relationship with a guy that made me feel like I was fat (at 123) and now that I met my FH, and he accepted me no matter what, I got lazy with a desk job and the pounds crept up. I am glad that since we got engaged I haven't gained weight, but I did the INSANITY workout and went down to 137, and now I am back to 144. My goal would be to be between 125 and 130. I want to be toned and healthy, so my main goal is to cut my body fat. Even if I gain weight but I lose a size I would be happy if that makes sense. The last month I have been working hard, and even cut out alcohol having only 3 glasses of wine in the last month...but I am stuck. Are any of you fairly close to your goals? Have you had the same challenges? How do you break a plateau? I need some help and encouragement. Thanks loves!
I am sort of new to MFP. I have made a new commitment to myself this past month when I realized I have only 5 months and a few days until my wedding. I am sure you know that feeling, when I got engaged in April this year, I thought "oh I have a year to lose 20 lbs" and now 7 months later, I weigh the same.
A little background of me. I am a dancer, I went to college for dance and when I graduated I weighed 123lbs. (I am 5'3 so that was healthy for me and not to stick thin). Now I weigh 144. At one point I was up to 155. When I graduated college I ended a horrible relationship with a guy that made me feel like I was fat (at 123) and now that I met my FH, and he accepted me no matter what, I got lazy with a desk job and the pounds crept up. I am glad that since we got engaged I haven't gained weight, but I did the INSANITY workout and went down to 137, and now I am back to 144. My goal would be to be between 125 and 130. I want to be toned and healthy, so my main goal is to cut my body fat. Even if I gain weight but I lose a size I would be happy if that makes sense. The last month I have been working hard, and even cut out alcohol having only 3 glasses of wine in the last month...but I am stuck. Are any of you fairly close to your goals? Have you had the same challenges? How do you break a plateau? I need some help and encouragement. Thanks loves!
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Good for you for managing to cut out alcohol for the most part - that is my biggest downfall because I enjoy it too much for a social thing. I've heard time and time again weight loss is 80% food and 20% exercise. SO I say focus hard on what you eat, make healthy choices and if you can add in exercise do it to earn more cals
I am close to my goal... currently 132 wanting to be 120-125 for my wedding next Sept. I am just working really hard at exercising and hopefully slow and steadily I will loose the weight.0 -
welcome!!! :flowerforyou:
my wedding date is 4/5/13.
i am down 15lbs and still have about 25 lbs to go. i gained 52lbs during pregnancy and fluctuated for 2 yrs. now i am determined to get 40 lbs off and be back to pre prego weight.
i have good days and bad days, but i think that is ok. i have tried many strict diets in the past just to binge and then give up. at least MFP is more forgiving and a lifestyle change 0 -
I'm on the last 7/8 pounds and 5'5" wedding in March feel free to add! my method is trying to eat (gross not net) 1400 a day during the week then I spike during the weekends at usually 2000+ (please ignore my diary for last weekend had a bit of a blow out with old Uni friends may have gained/at best maintained this week so not a good example) on top of this I "try" to do 2 zumba classes a week, plus some other bits of cardio at home + some weights/core stuff. Excluding this week I've been averaging a pound a week for the past few weeks, hoping to hit ultimate goal by the end of Jan early Feb to give me some breathing room.
Yes well done on cutting the booze though that's probably the one thing I've barely changed at all and has been a bit of a weight loss hinderance (hence 6months plus to lose 14 pounds so far :P)
Good luck and congrats!!!!!!0
