Starting weight for Lose 20 Pounds by Halloween..

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  • AprilVal
    AprilVal Posts: 940 Member
    This is perfect for me! I had already set a mini goal for myself to be under 200 by Halloween and this challenge will fit in with that. :happy:

    My name is Christine. I am American but I have lived in England since 2008. My husband, Andy, is English and he lived with me in the States for 8 years but we finally made the big move over here... along with our three cats.

    Today is my weigh in and I lost 2.6 bringing me down to 216.8. I would LOVE to be 196.8 on Halloween! :smile: Halloween is not really the same over here in England as it is not as popular as it is in the US but that doesn't change that it is still one of my favorite holidays.

    I have a dodgy right knee also that really hurt the first time I started Couch 2 5K back when I started MFP at 247.6. I have told myself I will attempt it again after I have gotten down below 200. So that is another motivating factor!

    I know we can all do this!!!! :flowerforyou:

    Christine

    Welcome Christine.. :) I hope we can help you achieve your goal.. :)
  • oOLiveYourLifeOo
    oOLiveYourLifeOo Posts: 76
    Hey everyone! I'm Callie. I'm 21 years old and live on the Gulf Coast. I have been overweight most of my life and haven't had the right support system to work on getting it off. My grandmother was my biggest problem - she would do everything but encourage me. If I lost weight, she would tell me that I was lying. She passed away in January - so I feel free now. I can lose the weight I've hid behind for the past 10 years without fear.

    I think one of my major down falls is I have the tendency to binge.

    As of this morning, I weigh 248.9 lbs - so if I lose 20 lbs by Halloween, that would put me at 228/229. I would LOVE that!! My over all goal is between 150-180 lbs.

    I have recently become more active than I have been in YEARS and I love it. I do CrossFit (which is highly addicting) and get one-on-one help from my trainer whenever I need. I go to the gym 3 to 5 times a week.

    This week, I was able to fit into a size 18 (which I haven't been able to fit into in over a year). I am hoping that with 20 more pounds gone, I will be back into my size 16 (which I haven't been in since 2008).

    Feel free to add me!!!
  • AprilVal
    AprilVal Posts: 940 Member
    Hey everyone! I'm Callie. I'm 21 years old and live on the Gulf Coast. I have been overweight most of my life and haven't had the right support system to work on getting it off. My grandmother was my biggest problem - she would do everything but encourage me. If I lost weight, she would tell me that I was lying. She passed away in January - so I feel free now. I can lose the weight I've hid behind for the past 10 years without fear.

    I think one of my major down falls is I have the tendency to binge.

    As of this morning, I weigh 248.9 lbs - so if I lose 20 lbs by Halloween, that would put me at 228/229. I would LOVE that!! My over all goal is between 150-180 lbs.

    I have recently become more active than I have been in YEARS and I love it. I do CrossFit (which is highly addicting) and get one-on-one help from my trainer whenever I need. I go to the gym 3 to 5 times a week.

    This week, I was able to fit into a size 18 (which I haven't been able to fit into in over a year). I am hoping that with 20 more pounds gone, I will be back into my size 16 (which I haven't been in since 2008).

    Feel free to add me!!!

    Callie.. Good Job on your accomplishments thus far.. I too have become more active recently and I absolutely love it. :) Looking toward to doing this journey along with you.. :)
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    I would like to join. My name is Karin and I just joind MFP this past Tuesday.

    My biggest challenge is TIME. There is never enough of it!

    Hi, Karin! :D Is there a way that you can get a friend or family member to come over 2 or 3 nights a week so that you can get a work out in? Or maybe your hubby can watch the kids during homework time so that you can have time to work out? There has to be a way you can work in a workout 2 or 3 times a week. :)
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    I am a 33 yr old SAHM, Domestic Godess and Wife =) I live in Jax, Florida and I am trying to become a better person for Me and for my husband and daughter.
    I do work out once a week with a trainer however I still need support on my food intake and goals I need the support more than anything and I need help keeping myself accountable. (Like reminders to post my food intake!) I am trying to at least lose 20 by then. I want to go from my current 318 to 300. Then go down from there.

    Hello, Domestic Goddess (love that by the way! :D )

    Once you get into the habit of keeping a food journal it becomes so much easier. Buy a cheep note book (I think I scored mine for like 70 cents) and write down everything you eat. Adopt the motto - If I bite it, write it.

    It gets easier and soon you won't need reminders. You just have to make a habit out of writing it down. I even keep a separate notebook in the kitchen and grab it every time I start cooking. I just jot down everything I put into what I'm making so that my counts are accurate. I've been doing it for 4 months now and it's totally become second nature. :) It will be for you too, you just have to start doing. Good luck on your journey, just know we are here for you!
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    Hey ladies!

    I'm Christine, 25 years old, born and raised in Los Angeles. It isn't easy being around all of these gorgeous and (sometimes startlingly) thin people all the time, but Hollywood will do that to a town. I was a skinny kid, but then during the teenage years didn't learn how to eat appropriately. I'm near my heaviest weight ever now, and have topped out at a size 16 pants. This year I've been trying to learn portions, and to drink more water than liquid crack (a.k.a. Diet Coke). I'm also a big fan of beer and wine, so I'm working on finding that balance of enjoying the alcohol without letting it wreck my dietary goals.

    My main issue is sticking to a plan. I'll get motivated, so whatever plan I'd prescribed for myself, and then three weeks later, be back planted on the couch. I'm trying to coordinate my exercise with my husband's schedule, but it is hard when we bump heads (i.e. he wants to go hiking and I want to go run around a golf course) and then end up just not doing anything.

    I started this year at 197.4, and am currently at 189.6. To reach the 20 lbs. by Halloween goal, I would need to reach 169.6 by 10/31. Wow...typing out that number just seems strange. LOL I do my weigh-ins on Wednesdays (easy to remember, with the "w"s and all), but will bend my habits to what will best suit the group.

    Let's do this. Let's get our rears in gear and accomplish our goals.

    Anyone else already thinking about what sexy little costume they're going to buy? :D

    OH, and just 'cause I'm a fan of abbreviations, I'm going to call us Team H20. (Get it? H= Halloween, 20= our goal. Cheesy, I know, but may make a cool little signature additive.)

    Hahah! I love it! We're team H20! NICE!

    Oh I had an idea about your hubby. You say you butt heads about what to do exercise wise so you end up not doing anything. Here's what my sweetie and I do - one week we will do what he likes to do, then the next week it's my turn. We alternate like that so that we both can be happy. :) So you can tell your man - Ok, we can go hiking this week, but next week lets go run around the golf course ok, deal? :)

    Maybe that will work for you too?

    And in the end, if he still won't budge, just say screw it, and go by yourself. :) Don't let him hold you back from getting healthier! :D
  • purplespeckle
    purplespeckle Posts: 652
    I'd like to lose 20 lbs by Halloween. I don't know if that will be possible since it's almost September. I will try it though. My ending weight IF I lost 20 would be 151.
  • Kristinplus2
    Kristinplus2 Posts: 23
    Hi all, My name is Kristin. I currently live in southern Iowa. I was always 'big boned' as my mom would say. But kept my weight manageable for my body through high school by being very active. After i got married slowly the weight built on. After having my daughter my husband deployed 2 months later, I learned a week after he left we were expecting again. I lost that baby and the weight kept coming, 6 months later when my husband came home we conceived yet again * ya we are a little to fertile :) We welcomed our son in June. I am really wanting to get back to my 'normal' me again. Fitting into the clothes in my closet that i have been moving around for several years. I am a stay at home mom but with a toddler and a new born as well as helping my husband on our farm I have VERY little time to work out. We recently bought a mini home gym. I now have an elliptical a stationary bike and a weight machine, (and a treadmill that i HATE!) as well as my wii I WILL get this weight off!!! I plan on using the elliptical the most and doing the 30 day shred ( i have been slacking at it in the past)
  • Kristinplus2
    Kristinplus2 Posts: 23
    I forgot to add.. I weigh in on Monday mornings so ill add my weight in the morning. But Last week i was 191.5(ish) So lets hope i can say im starting lower!! If I kept regular that would put me at 171.5... MAN I cant wait to see that on the scale!!
  • amatronsangel
    amatronsangel Posts: 11
    Hi, my name is Amy and I want to join on losing 20 pounds by Halloween. I weigh 181 right now and will weigh 161 by Halloween(I hope with the help from support by everyone). I use to weigh 125 and in 3 years I went to 220. I don't know what happened. Oh, yeah. Now I remember, I moved to Texas, fell in love with all the food, and had my second baby. So, I am totally in. Sign me up.
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    I'm gonna be a pirate! I already have the corset and boots, my friend is working on making the skirts :)

    I LOVE the team name!!!

    I first read that as "I have the corset and boobs". LOL! Your pirate costume sounds like a great idea!
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    StacySkinny - I'll give the alternating thing a shot. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

    cmcgrae - I LOVE your name! :P


    Team H20 is growing strong! I am so jazzed to see so many of us locking down, ready to give this a go.

    ETA - I made a little team badge if anyone would like to put it in their siggy. :) Here's the URL if anyone would like to use it: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w219/cuddlebunny116/PumpkinIcon-1.jpg And let me know if anyone needs help putting it into the sig - it takes a little bit of coding.
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member

    Team H20 is growing strong! I am so jazzed to see so many of us locking down, ready to give this a go.

    ETA - I made a little team badge if anyone would like to put it in their siggy. :) Here's the URL if anyone would like to use it: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w219/cuddlebunny116/PumpkinIcon-1.jpg And let me know if anyone needs help putting it into the sig - it takes a little bit of coding.

    Hahah! How cute! I'm so putting that in my signature! :D
  • monkeyfood
    monkeyfood Posts: 106
    Hi everyone I'm Mandy.
    I would love to join this! I haven't really had a deadline for any of this so I think it would be good for me. I've only lost 9.5lbs in 6 weeks so being down another 20 by Halloween would be awesome. :)

    I weighed in today my starting weight is 210.5.
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    Welcome, Mandy! :D Congratulations on the weight loss so far! Excellent work!

    I love your icon pic by the way! You're totally a cutie!
  • mom23kids
    mom23kids Posts: 91
    So this is the end of my first week at MFP. I am proud to say that I've lost 3.8 lbs my first week! :bigsmile: 16.2 lbs to go for H2O. I will get there!
  • bjshooter
    bjshooter Posts: 1,174 Member
    Howdy people, would love to join :D
    I'm Katy, from Sheffield, England. I had a baby 8 years back and have never really lost all the weight, I went into my second pregnancy already on the big side, so did have about 62lb to lose, been losing since march and managed 23lb.

    One of my personal goals is to have lost another 12lb by 29th, 30th or 31st October. Its my bday 29th, my childs first bday 30th, then halloween obviously. Fantastic, if I can lose 20lb, would be more than happy with 12lb though, the more I lose the harder it gets it seems.

    Today is also my first day of not smoking, not sure if I can keep this up but will need to be extra careful between now and halloweeen if I can, I have recently started upping the exercise and can really tell smoking isnt doing me any favours.

    I started this weight loss at 192

    Starting weight for this challenge 169

    Hoping for 157 -149
  • bjshooter
    bjshooter Posts: 1,174 Member
    StacySkinny - I'll give the alternating thing a shot. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

    cmcgrae - I LOVE your name! :P


    Team H20 is growing strong! I am so jazzed to see so many of us locking down, ready to give this a go.

    ETA - I made a little team badge if anyone would like to put it in their siggy. :) Here's the URL if anyone would like to use it: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w219/cuddlebunny116/PumpkinIcon-1.jpg And let me know if anyone needs help putting it into the sig - it takes a little bit of coding.


    Lol loving that, added it too my sig. Anyone wants to add me as a friend feel free also :D
  • suzikelley
    suzikelley Posts: 210 Member
    Hi Everyone! I'm Suzi... :smile:
    I have 5 children - 4 boys of my own(ages 13, 11, 11, and 3), and I have a beautiful stepdaughter (11) that my husband has full custody of . I'm pretty busy with the kids and I'm totally pooped by dinner time, so I make sure to get my workouts in the morning.

    I just started MFP a week ago Friday (8/13) and started at 194. When I weighed in Friday my weight was 192! :bigsmile: I have my goal set at 2 lbs. a week - so I'm not sure if I can lose 20 lbs. by Halloween, but it's a GREAT goal to shoot for!! And whatever I lose I will be happy with.

    I absolutely LOVE this website and all of the fabulous people here! It's addictive.. in a very good way!! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you and supporting you all the way!! Go Us!!! :drinker:
  • Kristinplus2
    Kristinplus2 Posts: 23
    My starting weight is up from last week :( Im starting at 193. Im so motivated to do this! work out for today already done!!!
  • jsecret
    jsecret Posts: 606 Member
    Starting weight as of now is between 201 and 202 so we're gonna say I wanna be at 182 by halloween (Wow, even the thought of it is amazing!). I have a crazy, crazy, schedule... alarm goes off at 3 am. Have to get up, get my 20 month son up, dressed, off to the babysitters and to work (45+ min drive) by 4:30 am. Work til' noon thirty lol, pick up my son get home, feed/water horses and dog, play with my son, hubby wakes up at 5 pm (he works nights) then its dinner and get my son ready for bed. And hopefully bed for me by 9 pm. Whew!

    Trying to fit workouts in the afternoons at home, so keep me motived... add me as a friend and tell me to get my @ss in gear!
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    I'm gonna be a pirate! I already have the corset and boots, my friend is working on making the skirts :)

    I LOVE the team name!!!

    I first read that as "I have the corset and boobs". LOL! Your pirate costume sounds like a great idea!

    Ahaha, well the corset certainly helps enhance those!
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    Jsecret I love that you say Noon thirty! People always make fun of me for saying that and midnight thirty. I just like to make the differentiation between noon and midnight :)

    Kristin - don't let the minor weight gain get you down! My first month here I gained weight before I finally started really figuring stuff out!

    Adding the logo to my sig!!
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,064 Member
    I'd love to join.

    My current weight is 252.9, which is about what I was when I got married 10 years ago. When my husband and I started dating about 13 years ago, I was at my lowest adult weight of 167. Obviously my relationship has added to my life in some negative ways :laugh:.

    My current challenge is that my husband and I are out of the house for our hour commute to the office by 4:45. We don't get home until after 5 pm. Dinner is usually rushed (and if it's a healthy meal, we're not eating until close to 7pm) so I'm already working against my body. I try and take my dogs for a walk after dinner, but I have significant spinal degeneration and although I'm not in pain regularly anymore, I tend to get pain after exercise - except stretching - of any kind because the discs are so bad and I'm then out of commission for a week or more.
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    Hey to all! I started adding as many people as I can but I can send five requests in 10 minutes! If you didn't get one from me it's nothing personal but feel free to send me a friend invite too! Motivating others motivates me and having a strong support group is something I don't have offline!
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    I'd love to join.

    My current weight is 252.9, which is about what I was when I got married 10 years ago. When my husband and I started dating about 13 years ago, I was at my lowest adult weight of 167. Obviously my relationship has added to my life in some negative ways :laugh:.

    Way to take control! Welcome to H20! :D
  • bjshooter
    bjshooter Posts: 1,174 Member
    I have added you, I need all the support I can at the minute. Not only is today stop smoking day, its day one of the 30 day shred. Has anyone done this?
  • madhousenmich
    madhousenmich Posts: 45 Member
    Hi guys I am new to my fitness plan and I would like to join 20 by halloween.
    Mt name is Renee and I live in MIchigan, I am married mom of 3
    My starting weigjht is 218
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    I have added you, I need all the support I can at the minute. Not only is today stop smoking day, its day one of the 30 day shred. Has anyone done this?

    I've quit smoking recently too. I did it a bit ago because the guy I was interested in wouldn't date a smoker and then again about three weeks ago without really meaning to... I've had a few on and off but nothing really presses me to buy a pack, ya know? If you need help with quitting smoking I'm totally here for you. The habit is the hardest part! I used to smoke when I would read and I read a lot....
  • monkeyfood
    monkeyfood Posts: 106
    Welcome, Mandy! :D Congratulations on the weight loss so far! Excellent work!

    I love your icon pic by the way! You're totally a cutie!

    Thank you. Thats a really nice thing to say. :)
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