*Snowflakes to Sunshine Challenge* : Discussion Week #1

I am definately motivated!! I would give anything to get into a bikini this summer!! on another note I weighed myself this morning(I know its not weigh in day) but i did anyway and I shouldnt have because I was up 2lbs from friday I dont even know how that is possible i mean I did take a two day break to eat over cals and no exercise to try to trick my body into losing more weight this week but I gained!? I mean I didnt go over calories yesterday and I worked out. Today I am waaaaay under calories and I worked out even more this morning. I am really hoping it was just water weight this morning!! Good luck everybody!! Keep on moving at counting those calories!! WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Everything going great !! I wanted to know if anyone know what I can do to curve my appetite? OTHER THAN taking a pill.

Fiber!!! anything high in fiber will keep you full a lot longer after eating it!!!

Hi there,

Any room for one more, sounds like somewhere I need to be....it is freezing outside and cannot wait for sunshine!

What do I need to know?

Shawnarose

Ok...here goes! Tonight I'm starting the Insanity workout to keep me on track with this challenge. I'm excited and scared, but I've pushed myself beyond what I thought I could do playing basketball, so I'm just going to have to do it again!

I'm a caseworker with a pretty big caseload and I find it hard to think straight or stay friendly with irate clients when I'm not eating enough, so I'm going to go nuts with exercise so I can at least eat 1,400 calories a day.

Thank you guys for sharing your stories. It really helps that we're not alone on this journey and that you guys keep posting tips and reminders. (Like drinking lots of water, I always forget to do that!)

Stay strong everyone and let's look forward to a productive week! :-D

So far, so good! I'm watching what I eat and I'm making an effort to get in a daily workout. Next week I begin my last semester of school and I'm worried about my eating habits. I'm surrounded by fast food but instead of taking that route, I plan to make a list of healthy food that I can pack for lunch. In the past when I have tried losing weight, I had a habit of getting on the scale at least two times a day and then I would get disappointed when seeing the results so that would throw me way of track. I don't plan to do the weekly weigh in, I'll weigh in at three weeks instead.

Good luck to everyone!

I'm not exactly sure what the challenge is, but I'm guessing it is something like loseing 40 lbs in 5 months (I don't have snowflakes where I live, but I got the main jist). I'm in, and weighed this morning at 217. that makes 177 the goal for the end of the challenge. Okay, I'm on it!!

Everything going great !! I wanted to know if anyone know what I can do to curve my appetite? OTHER THAN taking a pill.

What are your calories set at? Can you make your diary public so we can see what you are eating? My only suggestion would be to plan your meals, Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Supper and Snack. Drink your water. Make sure you aren't eating empty calories that aren't making you full, carrot sticks, hummus, crackers, fruit, yogurt with granola, chicken, tuna, turkey, eggs, oatmeal, veggies. No pill need you just need to find what works for you! You can do it girl!

WOW! We are going to keep each other busy reading for the next 5 mos. LOL

My struggle is not having the right food on hand $ was tight this week to get everything that I need. I think I'm going to look back at my old food diaries and see what I was eating in the past year. I have been hungry the past few days. I'm also trying to get my sodium back in check. I did a lot better today with it. I have been better at drinking water too. I was struggling with this before we started.

I know that losing 40 lbs is doable considering that I lost half of the weight I need to in May 2010. So by June I should be almost to goal weight.

I think it is great that everyone is doing this. As we go on we will remember everyone. The only thing I'm finding hard is keeping track of the posts. Just a suggestion but do you think it would be better if we just had 1 discussion board going instead of change every week. We could have the Week weigh in # so it is easier for Krys_T to keep track of? It is hard to go back and find something that you are looking for when you can't remember what posted it was on. I think it takes like 500 posts before a discussion board is locked and an new one is then automatically start a new post part 2. Just a thought Krys_T what do you think this is your baby!

Off to go read the boy a book, get the reach of my exercise in, make the kids lunch, finish laundry and get ready for bed. Night all!

I'm feeling great! I think that tracking the food takes the place of eating more in some ways. After work was a little hard because I was so tired and hungry that I was tempted to order out. I got out my foods that I was supposed to eat, though, and a big salad with my meal helped. We can all do this! I'm really looking forward to being a few sizes smaller in the Spring!

Everything going great !! I wanted to know if anyone know what I can do to curve my appetite? OTHER THAN taking a pill.

1. Drinking lots of water (especially when that hunger strikes)
2. Distracting yourself with an activity that keeps your hands occupied
3. Brush your teeth
4. Chew gum
5. get on the message boards & read this thread for inspiration
6. Go in the room of your home as far from the kitchen as possible
7. keep vegetable soup on hand (the kind without starchy potatoes, peas, corn) - this can be low cal & filling
8. Have a cup of herbal tea
9. Call a friend for a chat - you can't eat while you're talking

hmmm, those are the first ideas that came to mind