*THANKSGIVING WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE*
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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*0 -
Sorry you arent feeling well Karen. I must admit, I've had that same issue at times during my weight loss. It will work itself out... no pun intended!!
I was reading a friends blog today. She has lost over 50 pounds and is almost half way to her goal. I want to share just a line or two from it......
I am the woman who cheerily poked fun at herself for years, who adopted the Popeye mantra of "I yam what I yam," because this defiant acceptance of what I had become kept the pain at bay. Discovering my power led me to a liberating discovery, that I am, in fact, whatever the hell I choose to be.0 -
Sorry you arent feeling well Karen. I must admit, I've had that same issue at times during my weight loss. It will work itself out... no pun intended!!
I was reading a friends blog today. She has lost over 50 pounds and is almost half way to her goal. I want to share just a line or two from it......
"I am the woman who cheerily poked fun at herself for years, who adopted the Popeye mantra of "I yam what I yam," because this defiant acceptance of what I had become kept the pain at bay. Discovering my power led me to a liberating discovery, that I am, in fact, whatever the hell I choose to be."0 -
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.0 -
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.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!0 -
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:0 -
Starting weight -272
Current weight- 270
Goal weight - 2470 -
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 xoxox0 -
SW -82 kilos
CW - 80 Kilos [0.5 kilos loss]
GW - 74 kilos0 -
I'm a little anxious about my weigh in tomorrow too (I read another post about this). I am pmsing and also started a low carb diet last Wednesday so I'm not sure what that'll look like on the scale. I also haven't been working out as much (still 3x a week so not terrible) because it's been scorching HOT here. But I will weigh in and report tomorrow. Best of luck to all you ladies
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I'm posting tonight because I have to be at work earlier than normal tomorrow and wont have time to get on the computer before I leave.... I had a great weigh-in today! I lost 4.7 pounds this week! Every now and then I need a number like that to keep my motivation up. This week I'm going to make more of an effort to do some kind of exercise every day. Now that I've got my food plan under control, I feel ready to take on my elliptical!
Only EIGHT weeks til Thanksgiving! Can you believe it?
SW: 206.9
CW: 200.7
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Is doing well with calorie counting and exercise. I'm looking forward to the weight to keep melting off! (One can hope! lol)0
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I have monday weigh ins as well. My Thanksgiving goal is 195. I'm 209 now. I think i can lose 14 pounds in 8 weeks.
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I'm posting tonight because I have to be at work earlier than normal tomorrow and wont have time to get on the computer before I leave.... I had a great weigh-in today! I lost 4.7 pounds this week! Every now and then I need a number like that to keep my motivation up. This week I'm going to make more of an effort to do some kind of exercise every day. Now that I've got my food plan under control, I feel ready to take on my elliptical!
Only EIGHT weeks til Thanksgiving! Can you believe it?
SW: 206.9
CW: 200.7
GW: 186.9
Yay! Well done!
Sadly, I have stayed the same. At least I haven't gained! I am now on day 3 of the 30DS. I am working up the muscle-capacity to get through another round of squats!0 -
cw: 260.2 down .4 pound. The scale is now at a snails pace. Any suggestions to help me break below 260?
total weight loss 8.8 pounds.0 -
currently 257, was 260 so i'm down 3 since last week.0
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Good morning.
At my weigh in the is morning I weighed 194.
I am not sure how much I lost from last week.
HOpe everyone has a nice week.0 -
Wednesday weigh-in results:
CW 296
-4 lbs
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! I'm only 1 pound away from my Dr. Oz Just 10 Pounds challenge goal! And then I'll start it all over again for another 10 pounds!0 -
Starting weight - 208.4
Current weight- 201.4
Goal weight - 194.1
-.7 from last week... not much movement but slow and steady wins the race0 -
so excited about today weigh in, i have done very good this past week i think. i decided to stop take the meridia that my doc prescribed me. It was causing constipation...well how do you loose weight if youre plugged up all the time, so i stopped taking it...i thinks that been by problem the whole time! I also recalculated my BMI and its down 1.1!!!!!! and my body fat % is down by 0.4!!
9/14 - 193.00 - uggggg....stupid picnic!
9/21 - 191.00 - i think i made up for that picnic! wahoo, very happy about this!
9/28 - 188.00- wahoo, im very excited about this one!0 -
I'm in the UK and British, but American husband & kids, and best friend from the States coming for TG week. I'm in! I'm going to set myself the goal of losing 11 lbs by then.0
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Hi everyone~
9/7/10 - 167.7
9/14/10 - 165.0
9/22/10 - 162.8
9/29/10 - 161.7
I missed my workout yesterday cuz of the flu (yuck). I am feeling better, but yet am being cautious about what I eat so it doesn't upset my stomach. I'm headed out of town today to go see Vince Gill in concert tonight!! WOO HOO!! Can't wait!
He's my fav!!
lol
Hopefully I can get a brisk 30 min. walk in today.
Have a great day everyone!!0 -
No change ... still 172.6 lbs. *sigh*0
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SW - 135
CW - 128.5
GW - 122 (Thanksgiving goal)
So I gained 1/2 a pound. Geez!!! I can't complain too much though because I skipped a few workouts and didn't make the best food choices all week, so I guess I'll take that 1/2 pound.
I am being more diligent this week with 30DS and I feel skinnier even if the scale isn't moving. . .I'm finally back into my smallest work pants, which is huge because I haven't put these on since before my pregnancy (which started roughly July 2009). I need to lose 3.5 pounds to be to pre-pregnancy weight. . .so I'm getting closer.
It looks like big losses for some of you this week - so WOO HOO to you!!! Keep up the good work. . .keeping my fingers crossed we all have a healthy, exercise filled week! :flowerforyou:0 -
Ladies,
Can I still join? I am just ending a work Biggest Looser Challenge today...last weigh in...8 week program and I lost 8.2 pounds...whoo hoo! I don't want to loose the momentum and need a challenge. Our weigh ins were on Wednesdays as well. Let me know how this is working, etc.
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Starting weight 190 6/12/10
Current weight 174 9/8/10
Check-in 174 9/15/10
Check-in 172 9/22/10
Check-in 171 9/29/10
Thanksgiving Goal weight 1630 -
216 was to start on this challenge
cw weight today
211.2
and my goal is to be under 2000 -
going the wrong way but will accept the .2 gain.
SW 169
LW 165
CW 165.2
March on....... congrats everyone!0 -
I'm disappointed. My weigh in today is 157, same as last week. So I'm ramping up the activities. Hopefully next week will be a better #!0
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