*THANKSGIVING WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE*

I know the group weighs in Wednesdays but I had already started with a monday weigh in so here are my stats.

I weighed in this morning and got the best birthday present ever (yep todays my b-day! <grin>). I am at 167.2 down almost 3 pounds this week. I wasn't perfect but whatever I am doing is working <grin>

I started 30 day shred and am loving now just have to keep it all going...

Hope everyone has a great week.

Sorry I forgot to post last week.. my starting weight was 196.6 and I am down to 193.6 as of today!

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I can't speak for everyone but my feeling is always the more the merrier on this journey!! Welcome and good luck meeting your goals!!

You would just need to post your starting weight your current weight and your goals. Then come back each week and tell us how you did (or more often for support or congrats!).

OK, I'm in then, if OK with everyone else.

I'm 5'4" and currently weigh 165ish. It seems to vary a little b/c it's not a digital scale and hard to read, but that's what I'm going to go with. My goal is 143 pounds and if I can do that by Nov 24th (my 40th birthday), that would be fantastic, but I'll be realistic and settle for 150.

I'm a working mom of 3 active boys (ages 3, 6, and 7). I just started the p90x exercise program last month. Seeing results in fitness but not in weight as my eating hasn't been consistently good. my history is I do well for a few days and then not so well or get tired by the evening and don't pay that much attention to what I eat. Plus I find it is sometimes a hassle to enter what I eat, especially if I cook something as II tend to be a "throw stuff together and see what works cook". So I'm hoping to stay simple. I'd love to stick with mostly fruits & veggies and protein. I'm drinking a protein shake after my workout and I think that helps curb my appetite for awhile and then a protein bar for a snack in the afternoon (mostly for convenience). My biggest downfall is carbs. I love sugary things (like gummy bears) and chips/popcorn/cereal/rice/potatoes, most of which isn't the most nutritional and I can eat a lot. Problem is that my family likes to eat those things so temptation can be hard to resist. Any advice?

OK, I'm in then, if OK with everyone else.

I'm 5'4" and currently weigh 165ish. It seems to vary a little b/c it's not a digital scale and hard to read, but that's what I'm going to go with. My goal is 143 pounds and if I can do that by Nov 24th (my 40th birthday), that would be fantastic, but I'll be realistic and settle for 150.

I'm a working mom of 3 active boys (ages 3, 6, and 7). I just started the p90x exercise program last month. Seeing results in fitness but not in weight as my eating hasn't been consistently good. my history is I do well for a few days and then not so well or get tired by the evening and don't pay that much attention to what I eat. Plus I find it is sometimes a hassle to enter what I eat, especially if I cook something as II tend to be a "throw stuff together and see what works cook". So I'm hoping to stay simple. I'd love to stick with mostly fruits & veggies and protein. I'm drinking a protein shake after my workout and I think that helps curb my appetite for awhile and then a protein bar for a snack in the afternoon (mostly for convenience). My biggest downfall is carbs. I love sugary things (like gummy bears) and chips/popcorn/cereal/rice/potatoes, most of which isn't the most nutritional and I can eat a lot. Problem is that my family likes to eat those things so temptation can be hard to resist. Any advice?

Welcome! I don't know if this will be any help but here's what I did a lot when my kids were little--in fact I still do this a lot--I use a slow cooker. I set it up in the morning and supper is ready that evening! There are LOTS of great easy and healthy recipes here under the recipes board and elsewhere on the web.

As for carbs--try whole grain pasta and cereals, brown rice and have potatoes just once in a while. Popcorn is actually a whole grain so as long as you don't drown it in butter or load it up with salt there's nothing wrong with having it once in a while as a snack.

I also try to be sure to include an evening snack in my calorie count for the day and that seems to help.

That's all I can think of for now. It's a start, at least.

I am super nervous about weighing in on Wednesday ... I haven't eaten wrong, in fact I am really within my calorie boundaries. I have been working out like crazy and eating most of my exercise calories (being careful to subtract the sitting on my "*kitten*" calories from the total burned) My HRM registers that since I got it I should be at least 1 pound down but I have also been somewhat constipated. Yep, I am drinking a lot of water (avg 21 glasses per day, 8 oz measured) and I have plenty of fiber in my diet. My boss gave me something to take tonight before bed and I hope it works. I am starting to feel crampy and really don't want to resort to an enema or anything like that.

So I am nervous that when I weight it's going to show a GAIN LOL ... okay not really LOL as in happy LOL as in, nervous LOL *sigh*

Hoping you lose this week...but if you dont ....there is comfort in the knowledge that you did everything right!
BTW..how do you managae to drink that much water?? I am sure I would drown trying to keep all that water down :drinker:

Thanks Lois and Ellis: regarding water: I work out too so it's not too hard to drink that water and it is also the only thing I drink (other then coffee in the morning) In fact, looking at the time, I am already behind in today's drinking LOL.

I did take magnesium last night but not sure if that's going to work today. I also drank water with benefiber (ooooo forgot that's 2 glasses ... have to log that so I am NOT behind LOL). I hope this works. Going to do the magnesium again tonight and drink some hot water with lemon today. It's really a matter of comfort at this point. Toward the end of my cardio workout yesterday I started to cramp up. I didn't really give it my all yesterday was just feeling "weighed down" ... so we shall see. I am going to not let tomorrow's number discourage me (if it's higher or the same) I will continue on and make some adjustments.

Everyone is so supportive xoxox