Week 3, "H20" Lose 20 Pounds by Halloween Challenge.

Weigh in day is Sunday for me and hoping, hoping, hoping that the weight loss I saw on Wed. will either stay the same or go DOWN!!!! Excited about this challenge because it will push me and I am so glad I read this post because I am feeling unmotivated today! Now I guess I will get up and go walk 3 miles like I should have done already! Good luck with your weigh in's everyone! :flowerforyou:

Week three is horrible for me. I didn't have money for groceries and I was out of the house for 18 hours a day so I pretty much had to eat what was on hand. I went from doing good on a low-carb low-cal to just trying to work out enough to balance everything.

I gained three pounds.

This weekend will be spent reflecting, regaining inspiration and most importantly - GROCERY SHOPPING. I'm considering just going full on atkins because it has worked wonders on both my father and my grandmother (my grandmother especially - she's allergic to most fruits and some vegetables). I will do thorough research and get my act together.

This morning when I got off the scale I went so far as to put on my gym clothes before I just sat down and started crying. I started feeling the familiar twang of emotional eating and instead of going straight for the fat stuff I managed to get some of the low calorie cucumber pasta salad I made for a pot luck tonight. It filled me up and stayed under 400 calories. I ended up shutting down physically and emotionally before I finally had to leave for work.

On the bright side - I brought my gym bag with me to work and now that I'm feeling more revved and inspired again I will be going to the gym after work. I won't be drinking at the potluck tonight so nothing is going to keep me from going this weekend either. I know that by Monday I will be full force back in effect.

I can do this guys. We can ALL do this! I don't care how horrible today is, it can only get better!

Week three is horrible for me. I didn't have money for groceries and I was out of the house for 18 hours a day so I pretty much had to eat what was on hand. I went from doing good on a low-carb low-cal to just trying to work out enough to balance everything.

I gained three pounds.

This weekend will be spent reflecting, regaining inspiration and most importantly - GROCERY SHOPPING. I'm considering just going full on atkins because it has worked wonders on both my father and my grandmother (my grandmother especially - she's allergic to most fruits and some vegetables). I will do thorough research and get my act together.

This morning when I got off the scale I went so far as to put on my gym clothes before I just sat down and started crying. I started feeling the familiar twang of emotional eating and instead of going straight for the fat stuff I managed to get some of the low calorie cucumber pasta salad I made for a pot luck tonight. It filled me up and stayed under 400 calories. I ended up shutting down physically and emotionally before I finally had to leave for work.

On the bright side - I brought my gym bag with me to work and now that I'm feeling more revved and inspired again I will be going to the gym after work. I won't be drinking at the potluck tonight so nothing is going to keep me from going this weekend either. I know that by Monday I will be full force back in effect.

I can do this guys. We can ALL do this! I don't care how horrible today is, it can only get better!

Sorry your week was so rough.*hugs* I know it sucks to work so hard and not get the results you wanted. But you are definitely on the right track! Keep it up!! We can totally do this!!! Hope your day and your weekend are spectacular!! (^_^)

Hey everyone.... I didn't weigh in today...probably will on Mon since that is my previous weigh in day. So glad to be part of the group...it really does keep me accountable!
Have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend! I will be at work...nursing never sleeps!

Hey all did a weigh in today and happy to say I lost 2 pounds. Hope next week is good also. Wishing everyone all the best from New Mexico.

Also - I'm posting the current weigh-in log in a couple minutes. I've included those who have posted their week 3 weigh-ins on the document. Let me know if you see any problems/omissions.

I'm just now finding this group, but I would love to join in and give it my best shot to loose around 20 lbs by Halloween. My birthday is October 26th - so it would also be the best birthday present to myself. I tried to lose for the past year but I'm about where I started last year. I didn't weigh in this morning, so I will weigh myself tomorrow. So a year later, here I am.....still trying to get this ball rolling. I figure I've got a year under my belt where I could see what works AND what does NOT work.

Totally forgot to post my weigh in!
H20 Start
W1:245.4
W2:241.4
W3:238.8
Everyone is doing so awesome! (^_^)

just came across and like the idea of your challenge. autumn is a favorite time of year for me. will keep up with your posts and best of luck to everyone!

yay, Elm!! Glad to see you here!! Autumn is my fave too! I'm still on vacay, and my scale batteries are dead, but I will weigh in either Tue or Wed. XoxoxoX Bru

Hi all!!!! I am so excited! :happy: Good News: I am down 3 lbs!! (yeah!!! doing the Snoopy happy dance) So now I'm I have 17 lbs left to go!!! Yahoooo! I tried the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred last night and much to my surprise I actually enjoyed it. So if I continue with that program and making correct food choices, perhaps I really can do this. I'm just now starting to believe in myself. I think I can I think I can I think I can...............

ThekitSune6 your right it can and will get better you can do this and great job taking your gym clothes to work. I know what you mean when you dont have the right food in the house it really does make it hard. So glad your geeting that out the way this weekend!! Here's to a great week:drinker:

I did so well during week two. My starting weight for this challenge was 172 during the first week and 169 during the second so a 3 pound loss. Week 3 however is not going to be so great and I weigh in tomorrow morning. I ran my usual three miles everyday and strength trained every other day, however, I had two days where I just was out of control food wise! I ate heatlhy foods but I consumed too much to where the calorie count became unhealthy. At the end of those days I felt so defeated! Not a good feeling at all when progress is moving in the wrong direction!

I am starting to feel like losing 20 pounds in less than two months is not going to happen for me but then I try to stay positive and realize that even if I lose only half of that, ten pounds in two months is still a great accomplisment! So either way it is a win win situation.

Well, here is to the good kick in the butt that I need to get my eating habits in check this week and to wishing all of you a great third week!! Maybe at the end of this journey we will be able to reward ourselves with a piece of halloween candy and not feel guilty about it! Or better yet, maybe two!!!

I completely understand what you're saying. When I started the challenge I was 332 then 327 then 329 then 331, now this morning I'm 328.6. It's very fustrating when you're trying to lose weight and think you're eating right and exercising daily but the weight is just going up and down. Anyway, yesterday I got thinking maybe it wasn't how much I was eating but what I was eating so I looked at the past couple of weeks and it seemed like I was eating a lot of carbs, even though I've been measuring and have been at or under my cal intake for the day. So, I got on line and found a sight to plan my meals for me ( I think I need a little more help). So, again, with a little help and a new stratagy I'm off to start another week and hopefully it won't see my weight going up and down. I'm going to start my weight at 328.6 and go from there. I joined the challenge to lose 20 pounds and if I am lucky lose my own personal goal of 30 by Halloween, but like you said even if we/I lose only half that at least it's a loss.