Team Uk October10

Hey I just found this topic, so thought I'd join! I see some of my friends are already here

I live in Surbiton, Surrey. I'm originally from Canada but moved here 11 years ago due to work, and now married to a local bloke. I love living in the U.K. and consider myself half-British now, I have dual nationality.

I've been on MFP since mid-July. My goal was to lose the stubborn last 10 pounds, after having lost about 30 pounds about 5 years ago. I've almost reached my goal, only 1 pound to go! :happy:

I've got a demanding job and I commute to Reading (over an hour each way most days :sad: ) But I've been determined to get in at least 30 minutes of exercise everyday and not go crazy sitting in my car or at a desk all day, which has happened in the past, and led to me being very unhappy, comfort eating, and losing motivation to have any sort of fitness regime. I'll never let that happen again!

I love the outdoors, and on the weekends we go out to the Leatherhead/Dorking area and do some biking and running. We even did our first adventure race this year which was so much fun! We try to do a race every other month: either a 10K or adventure race. It's keeps us on our toes with training!

I'm focusing on getting lean and do strength training a couple of times a week, but I need to do more. I'm just maintaining right now rather than losing body fat. Trying to find the balance between putting too much pressure on myself with my work schedule, but still getting some training in everyday.

My goal this month is to reach my goal weight, and maintain. We're going to Egypt in a couple of weeks and I'd be thrilled to maintain my weight whilst we're away! I plan on exercising whilst we're away. It's part of my daily routine now and I don't consider it a chore: I put on my music and the 30 minutes just flies by!

Well that's me, will check in and let you know how it goes! Thanks for having me :happy:

Well a successful September that saw my 9lb target actually be 13lbs, so I'll add a bit on this month and go for a 10lb loss for October - backdated to the 1st, so that means I need to get to 109lbs lost. Already lost a pound of it anyway, so decent month so far!

I'm now 5lbs off my "Wedding Goal" which isn't due until 12th November, so hopefully should hit that around the middle of October instead! Might update that goal at that point to 16st7lb, but let see how it looks at the time.

Bought my first size "L" clothing yesterday, a far cry from XXXXL of a year ago. Oh and I hit 100lbs lost this morning :drinker:

I'm def. here. Would like to lose 3lb this month, think I can do it (maybe ). I've bought yet another DVD to give me a change in routine and I'm now able to run for 30 mins without a break Yeah! Just need to go faster now to make it a 5K.

Hi everyone

Just a quick check in for now. It's been a difficult couple of weeks and I didn't achieve my goal for September - ended up 2lbs short of where I wanted to be. Am now 15lbs away from my final goal which I'd love to hit by Xmas so goal for October is 5lbs (which I hope to repeat in Nov and Dec). Hope to get more organised with my cooking and get more exercise in this week if all the drama stops.

Hope you're all ok x

tagging for later.

Im motivated by the weight being lost!!

Hopefully motivated enough to motivate and dicipline myself Im off to the Philippines in 6 weeks and want to loose some weight by then... I resisted the chocolates at work last night so thats a start. Will weigh myself tomorrow after a week :ohwell:

start preparing for the NY marathon which I will be running next November xxx

Good luck with that BeeBee - do you run in general? Could you advise me on how to start? I've never been a runner but feel the need to do *something* after a good friend of mine died of cancer last week. Think a sponsored run of some description would give me something to aim for and feel like I'm doing something even though I can't bring her back.

Thanks hon. Will endeavour to do a short run in the next few days and see how I get on!

Hellooooooooooo everyone! im around... Thanks James for posting this new topic!

How are you all?

Im on day 7 of no Chocolate/cake/sweets/icecream... and so far so good!! Next goal is to reach next friday without having any!

Skin is clearing up a treat now im using a new cleansing/toning/moisturising routine yey!

Much love x x x x

Coming in late, but only just found this thread and am a Brit too, so thought I'd join this little island among the Americans (lovely though they are!)

I've been on MFP since the end of August, and have lost 10lbs so far. I'd like to set myself a goal of losing 6lbs this month (I think that's realistic, although I want to say 8lbs!) I weigh on a Friday, so not done an October weight-in yet. (well, unless you count the few hours of October last Friday morning).

I'm finding MFP so so useful -- that little App on my phone is the key for me.

Please feel free to friend me -- I like having a fitness/weight-loss-dedicated friend feed, and it stops me from oversharing on facebook ;-)

Glad to hear everyone is doing so well. Today marked the end of the first 6 weeks of my training and start of the next 6 before holiday! We did the run I did initially in 30 minutes and i am pleased to say that today i completed it in 19 xxx

Hello - tagging for later.

I'm running my half marathon tomorrow....aaaggghhh!

Erika

Lee - glad you found somewhere to live and are on the mend! xxx

Erica - good luck for the half marathon today! xxx

Yvonne - good luck with the press up challenge! xxx

Hope that everyone else is having a good weekend xxx

Good morning everyone, :flowerforyou:

I hope you are all ok? Small victory for me today.. gone 11 days without chocolate, sweets or biscuits.. im VERY VERY proud of myself..:bigsmile:

This next bit might sound strange, but hang in there it will make sense in the end...

Basically, as of the 1st October it matched the equivilant of January 1st..Which was the begining of my weight loss journey for my birthday.. Now it might sounds strange but i decided to mimick what i did back in January this month.. So no Chocolate, Sweets or Biscuits. I hit a goal weight of 9stone 10 on 14th Febuary (Valentines day) which in my head will be the 14th November.. thats my mini goal. after i reach that i would like to get down to 9stone 6.. which i will achieve by December 25th... Christmas! wooot

I hope this has made a little bit of sense to you, it does to me.. and i think thats why im so determined this time.. Already lost 3lbs since starting this 2 weeks ago.. so im pretty happy right now! Cant wait to say GOODBYE 10Stone... and HELLO 9Stone region!! :laugh:

Erika, how did the marathon go? I have missed talking to you.. hope all is well?

Lee... OMG its been a while since i last spoke to you, sounds like your getting things back on track after some time away.. this happened to me as well.. i wasnt focusing on being too healthy after my holiday which lead to bouts of binging... erghh.. anywhoo i cut that out and feel a whole lot better thank god!

Played my usual game of football last night, so 7 of us turn up (meant to be five a side) and start warming up.. This random guy approaches our team lead and asks if his team can join us... No Word Of A Lie.. about 15 guys walk towards our pitch.. i was like a girl in a candy shop... Soooo many cute guys!! haha... We ended up having an awsome game... the score in the end was 3-4 to the other team... BUT I SCORED.. I was soo chuffed! haha.. 2 girls and the rest blokes! Nice!! :-) Ohh and i also got knocked over and completely fell on my *kitten*! lol!:laugh:

Any whoo enough about me... what have you all been up to over this weekend?

Katherine xx xx

Lee... OMG its been a while since i last spoke to you, sounds like your getting things back on track after some time away.. this happened to me as well.. i wasnt focusing on being too healthy after my holiday which lead to bouts of binging... erghh.. anywhoo i cut that out and feel a whole lot better thank god!

Aye, it's been quite a while hun! Yeah, everything is fitting into place nicely. Could do with a holiday myself though!! :frown:

Sounds like you're getting into the swing of things weight wise approaching xmas. Hope everything goes well for you! :happy: