Hi balancedwalker

Thanks for inviting me...I am a little struggling at this point of the journey as I am feeling more comfortable in my new body so I tend to eat more...I want to go back on track and make people like me work together to get re-motivated to do this...
Where do we start? Maybe talk about our issues and objectives?

I personally have another 4-5kg to hit healthy BMI and another 8kg to hit my final goal...I started cheating a lot lately because I guess I get so many compliments on my new body and how good I look etc and people even tell me not to lose more...But I know I am not done yet...My goal is to do it the same way I was doing it before and shredding 3-4 lbs every week, and staying easily under my calories objective!!!

How about you?

Hi enoliaa, welcome! Great idea to use this as a venue to discuss our goals from the start. It's almost like that point where you get comfortable and rake in compliments while getting lax on habits is destined to happen. I too noticed that happening once I hit my halfway mark. Needless to say, with over 55 lbs still to lose, it wasn't anywhere close to a good time to be relaxing and settling in to old habits. Staying mindful and reminding yourself of the goals and ideas that have motivated you so far can be really powerful!

balancedwalker: It's really sobering how one event and the subsequent fallout can set us back. I'm really glad to see you're back and that your determination is strong! The same strengths that helped you knock out those 52 lbs will be very handy this time around.

As far as my issues and objectives go, I have a couple of things I'd like to accomplish before our 100 days are up:
I'm currently at about 220 and have 40 lbs left to lose before reaching my 180 lb goal (the maximum I can be with a healthy BMI).

Recently I set some smaller monthly goals to motivate me to keep losing through the end of the year. I'm aiming to lose at least 6 lbs a month through the end of December, which will leave me at 200 or less if reached consistently.

I've also been expanding my goals to other areas of life. By the end of the year I'd like to establish better spending habits to enable my husband and I to put aside more money to move away from Long Island. I came here for college and stayed for my first job, and this place makes me miserable. I grew up in western New York in the country and find this place so overwhelming. In the past it's reduced me to anxiety attacks and feeling depressed - now I'm just frustrated and want out. I work in the field as a social worker, so 650 miles/month of driving for work isn't helping. I'm not an angry person, but I feel like I'm becoming one here...such a terrible feeling!

I'm currently making more of an effort to feed my interest in learning and trying new things. I've been getting myself to the library in my free time and watching new movies and reading lots of books. I was in a bit of a rut with my free time, basically coming home and watching TV all night besides work, gym, and cooking. I want to keep up this habit of getting new media and ideas worked in to my life on a regular basis.

My last big goal for this challenge is to get back in to making more home-cooked meals. While I'm doing a good job at keeping my calories under and meeting macros, my husband and I have been relying a lot on convenience foods for meals. It ends up being expensive and my sodium intake is higher than I'd like. I love cooking and know how to cook, I just need to get back in to the swing of it being a habit. Now that our work schedules are settled again, this should be more manageable. I'll probably start my aiming to do homemade a few times a week and gradually increasing, which worked for getting my butt to the gym.

My biggest goal for this challenge is to get down to the 150s. I'm only 13lbs away from my original goal of 150lbs, and I would love to meet it. With all the holidays and celebrations, I have been WAY too lax with my calories and exercise. I need to get back into it 100%. Thank you for inviting me, let's do this together!

my goal for this challenge as it stands is 14lb, a pound a week give or take. and i will be happy.
However i am going on holiday in october, ive just got to remember healthy choices healthy choices and not to drink to much. Maybe ill have to try running on the beach.

Ok I'm in. I've always found having targets works well for me. So my aim....

I'm Sarah and I'd always hovered around the higher side of my ideal weight range until about 2 years ago. Suddenly weight started piling on. So now I'm at the point of trying to lose 50lb's to get back to the weight I was back then. I was diagnosed with underactive thyroid about a year ago so that works against me but I'm determined to keep pushing myself to lose the weight, get fitter and tone up. I was motivated last year to lose the weight for my wedding in May, but didn't achieve my goal. So now I'm determined I won't fail again.

Hello everyone..... My goal for the next 100 days is to drop 15 lbs. I have been up and down with my current weight about a year now and it's time to get moving back down. I look forward to this challenge and hope to share and receive a lot of good tips for achieving better health..... Happy Friday:)

Hello All.

I invited MFP friend Susan to join. Her and I were the only two left at the end of a 30 day group where most people bailed after 2 weeks. I'm glad to share motivation and daily ups and downs with other motivated individuals. I hope everyone here accomplishes their goals and really embraces a healthier lifestyle.

I've been in the military 15 years. Part time and full time. I'm Full time currently. I think the military is the only thing that kept me somewhat in shape. Otherwise i might have completely let myself go. I gained a good amount of weight when my wife was pregnant and i was already heavier than i wanted to be. I think at my worst i was 185. My ideal weight when i was first in the army was 150 LBS. I ended up at 160 - 165 somewhere and just stayed there for years. I wasn't in shape. But i could do everything required. I had lost that motivation and dedication to fitness i once had.

I think most people know that Nutrition is 80% of the journey. It's hard saying no to delicious food even if you know it's bad for you. With the Holiday season approching it's going to be even harder fighting off temptations. I LOVE EGGNOG... It's probably my number one vise in the winter.

I also love hiking and other outdoor activities which are hard in NY Winters.

So i'll have to get creative. Find things to motivate myself. I will continue this fight until i've reached my goal. Then i'll start the next journey which will be maintaining that goal weight.

I want to be in the best shape of my life at 34.

Tomorrow is my warrior dash race. One of my fun events to keep me motivated.

Stay Motivated

Joe

Hi everyone and Happy Friday! I'm glad this challenge is here. I'm going on 5 weeks straight of counting calories and exercising regularly and have lost almost 20 pounds. Although I am trying to lose weight, and a lot of it, I'm not truly setting goals other than to eat healthier and be more active which in turn will lead to me losing weight. I personally find that if I set a goal and don't meet it I get downhearted and start to quit. I'm making a lifestyle change, not doing something short term. I am going to set a goal for this challenge to hold myself accountable but if I don't reach it at the end, and as long as the scale goes down, oh well. If not then I'm surely doing something wrong and my "healthy lifestyle" isn't working. We can help each through the entire thing. We've got this!

Hi there! Hope you don't mind me joining in

Working mom to a 2 yr old and a newborn. I'm on my maternity leave through the end of December... So this countdown is two gold for me haha! I would love to get to my short term goal by the new year, I've got 13 more lbs for that. Just started logging again today.

Would love some new friends, please feel free to add me. I've done MFP before, lost 45 lbs and got pregnant, then lost the baby weight and got pregnant again! Now I'm focusing on me and getting my body to the healthiest me I can be. Ultimately I was to lost 100 lbs from my heaviest, I'm 68 lbs away from that. I appreciate lots of support and team work.

Let's do this!

Hi everybody!

I am 27 and am originally from Western, NY but am now living near Pittsburgh, PA. I am not married and have no kids, just one Pit Bull/ Beagle mix puppy (5 months old).

I am really excited to join this group. I have led a few groups since joining MFP, but I get disheartened when people start dropping out and it definitely affects my motivation. My boyfriend and I are just finishing up the process of converting an extra bedroom into a gym in our house, so I am feeling really motivated and ready to shed these lbs. in 2014.

When I started MFP in February, I was 235, and I successfully lost 30lbs. My first goal was to get below 200, and it seems every time I get close, I end up gaining those last few lbs. back. So this remains my first goal, and from there another 20lbs by the end of the year. I am looking forward to gaining some fitness friends and sharing in each of your goals and triumphs

Hi all...

Too many weight loss stories to tell .

Basically lost 60 lbs 2008/2009 and kept it off for about 1 year. A job change x2 and I had gained all but 10 back. SO frustrating. So Im back and Im down 14 lbs.

My goal is to be out of the 200s. Which is 15 lbs. <<<< I cant believe I let myself creep back up this high.

Feel free to add me. Im always looking for more motivation

Hello! I'm in!

My short term goal is to lose 30 pounds in the next 100 days (I'm going to shoot for more, though) and eventually to get down to 150 which will probably take me a very long time to get there, but get there I will! I've done diets and stuff before but nothing that worked really well for me other than Atkins, which honestly was probably because I was eating less and exercising a LOT. But I started at my highest weight I've ever been and am excited to hit my mini-goals and then eventually my main goal!

Joined a Fall-Thanksgiving Challenge earlier this week.

This will be a nice compliment to that challenge and carry me through the end of the year.