Hi, my name is Pam and I live in Orlando, Florida. I have been logging on daily on MFP since January 11, 2013. So far I have lost 60 lbs, but over the last couple of months I have not been as consident as I was for the first 6 months. I would like to get back on track and think that this challenge would be a good incentive for me.

Quick question: Is the calorie goal the one adjusted with exercise calories or the base one? My goal is 1600 calories, but I earn around 300 extra a day. I don't always eat back my exercise calories, but some days I do.

Good Morning everyone!

Thanks to my MFP friend, RaineyLaney, I found this challenge and was able to join, just in the nick of time. My name is Corri and I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am 48 and have struggled with my entire life. Since joining MPF in June I have lost a little over 30lbs. and I have another 100 to go. I haven't been diligent in exercising every day; this challenge is what I need to get back on track.

Good luck to everyone!

Hi Everybody,

My name is Karen and this will be my 3rd attempt at this challenge. I hope to make October the month I stick with it until the end.
My problem is never with logging but with overeating and lack of exercise.

I'm 53, retired and love to be in Nature. I signed up for nature walks at our local nature reserve so I always have that to look forward to on Tuesdays. My boyfriend and I are usually out walking on the weekends for at least an hour. I also love riding my bike, except when there's a headwind, then I'm a big baby. I live 50 min. away from a National Park where I love to go biking, walking & birding.

My starting weight for October is 227.8 lbs. I'm down 21 lb since I started on July 22/13 so I'm doing quite well, although not as well as I'd hoped.
My main downfall has been too many days of wild overeating.

I want to lose 100 lb total although my ticker reflects only the first half of my goal. It doesn't look like I have so far to go that way.

Here's to a stellar month of October! May we all survive the Challenge! :drinker:

Hello y'all! :-)
Hope it's okay to join at the end of October 1! I will try my very best to stay in challenge till Halloween!

Hi everybody!

My name is Carmen. I've been on MFP for a long time and have done well. I'm excited about this challenge. I have no doubt I'll be here at the end. This is my first challenge and am happy to see there are a lot of participants. Support and accountability are always a good thing.


Good Luck everyone!

Carmen, I love your ticker.

Thank you!! :-)

I am very exicted about this challenge. It feels like I'm not out there alone. Although I am new to My Fitness Pal, I am not new to wanting to lose weight. First day wasn't as difficult as I thought....I was able to stay within my calorie points and exercise. My personal goal with this challenge is to increase my exercise, I feel like that is a part of my weight loss plan that needs work!! :flowerforyou:

okay everyone,,, here is the first mini challenge for 7 days,
starting on the 4th till ending on the 10th,,
50 wall pushups every day, how you do them is up to you, who is in? post everyday with your other three yes's. this is not a must but does keep us on a toes, lol

push-ups.... ill have to pass on that one =P good luck to all who do it!

Oh kewl, I like this (mini-challenge inside the big challenge) Makes it more interesting ha ha.. Thanks margieparkins and you can count me in

hey guys, sorry i didnt want to stary a new thread for this but since its challenge related im writing hereforth,'

since starting the challenge and a few days before my sleeping patterns have been disturbed. i dont know if its just too much excitement about the challenge/MFP or something deeper. I usd to sleep 7-8 hours and now 5 =(

If you guys have any thoughts let me know.

Btw i dont feel tired or anything like that after my 5 hour sleeps too. I jst feel im not getting enough deep sleep and waking up at 3am is really creepy ........... lol apparently the devil's hour?? lol but thats the least of my worries.

I'm in for the 50 Wall Push Up Challenge.....Let's all Get-R-Done!!!

Just finished my wall push ups using proper breathing techniques too. Oh do I feel that in my upper arms. I have done pushups off floor, but never off the wall. It was different, but it works. Day one down and 6 more days to go.

Hi everyone,
Hope we all had a great week, I am so looking forward to the weekend.
I had an appointment today with my cardiologist, he was real please with my efforts (his words). Thought my exercising everyday was a very good thing. I still don't know if the Leslie Sansone Walking DVDs are low impact aerobics or general aerobics. So, if anyone does them please let me know what you think. He also thinks I should have lost more than the 6 pounds I've lost since I saw him last in July, so he is asking my primary care doctor to send me to a dietitian. Monday night I had an episode after dinner with friends and almost passed out again....I had a mini stroke in May of this year.... I have had a million test run and they all come back normal, so they don't know WHY I had the stroke. The next test is to wear a 30 day monitor, if that one comes back normal he thinks my problem is anxiety. LOL my girlfriend says it is just premenopausal since I am 51. Who knows all I know is I feel a million times better today than I did a year ago :bigsmile:
Have a great weekend my friends