BOO BLAST

I'm in!
Start weight- 215
10/3- 213
10/10- 211
10/17- 209
10/24-207
10/31- 205

Plus, i hope to complete my 5 workouts each week...slow and steady, right??

can i join, please? it would be really, really great to get support and feedback like this. we can help each other! i really need to kick my butt into gear!!

*food goal: give up the excuses and not binge for 4 weeks straight, say NO to extra food offerings from my family
*exercise goal: focused workouts 5x a week, begin strength training, walk instead of using public transportation when possible
*weight goal: lose 4 kg by Oct. 31st (~8.8 lbs.)

**i live in europe and am disappointed with kilograms - pounds are faster to drop!!*
10.3 - 0.5 down from current (as of Sept. 26th)
10.10 - 1 kg down
10.17 - 1 kg down
10.24 - 1 kg down
10.31 - 0.5 kg down

how do you guys feel about proposing an award to ourselves if we accomplish our goal(s)? My reward is a new pair of shoes - but not until then !!

I'm in! I need a new challenge... I've really been slacking lately. Thanks, Gameset!

My overall goal will be to lose 6 lbs. by 10/31... that will bring my total weight loss to 26 lbs.

My mini goals for this week....
~log all food... I haven't been keeping track the past two weeks
~drink at least 64 oz. of water
~workout 4 times (walking, tennis, strength training)
~lose 1 lb.

I will check in next week to let you all know if I accomplished these goals and to set my goals for the next week. I need to think about them.

:drinker: Good luck, Boo Blasters! :drinker:

OK I am in. I would like to lose 5 pounds by Halloween.

Goals:
To get back on track with eating and logging everything.
Start jogging again on the days I work
Doing some kind of cardio for 15 mins on my off days

week 1 -- 152 pounds

Ok, so its Thursday and it been a reallly rough week...i am a college student and have only had time to work out once since Sun I am going today and tomorrow and Sat, so I will make 4 for the week but I already missed one of my goals (workout 5 times a week)...

I would like to join! I sure need a double whammy of motivation and between this and the Turbo Jam group...this may just be it.

Here are my goals:

Start weight 198.2 (9/27/08)

week 1 10/3: 1.5 lb and 4 workouts this week
week 2 10/10: 2 lb and 5 workouts this week
week 3 10/17: 2 lb and 5 workouts this week
week 4 10/24: 2 lb and 5 workouts this week
week 5 10/31: 2 lb and 5 workouts this week

I do have two food related goals: 1) Get all of my water in each day. 2) I also need to remind myself to stay away from Halloween candy. My hubby can do the shopping for Trick or Treaters and I will just remove myself from any temptations. I hope.

Week one results:
I weighed myself when I got up and am the exact same weight :sad:
I worked out five times.
Aside from the candy corn slip, I did fine wih my food.
I have been getting all of my water in.
Hoping for better scale results next week.

gameset - good job on reaching your goal weight! and great job with the food!!

spiral - don't worry about staying the same, at least it was not an increase!

i had a TERRIBLE weekend as far as food goes. i was sick and on the couch watching tv alll weekend which made me feel very alone and sad. it made me want to go home very, very much. i to sweden to go to school about 4 months ago and sometimes i wonder if it was a mistake. i left the perfect boyfriend, friends, mom, and brothers back in the states. i love it here and my work is great and it is really good to see my family again (my mom is from sweden), but sometimes i get very sad and lonely and turn to food for comfort. and they have really good food here in sweden. i tell myself that all would not be the same anyway in the states because what i really miss is my college life, but it is hard to see it that way sometimes. thus, when i get sad/sick/lonely it can spiral out of control.

so this weekend was very bad bingeing-wise for me. i didnt even binge on like bad food because i did not feel up to walking to the store, i just binged on what i could. ugh. i was so good all last week, too! i am very disappointed in myself.

i am determined to do this, though, so this is a new week for me. i decided to change my weigh-in days from fridays to mondays to (hopefully) keep myself on-track over the weekends. so my next check-in date is next monday (13.10).

Goals for this week:
1. No bingeing for 7 days straight.
2. No junk food - one bite usually leads to much more!
3. Do cardio workouts every day with strength training on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Happy blasting! I hope everyone had a good weekend. :flowerforyou:
~Ingrid

Hey guys!! So last week went very well for me so I was happy but the scale did not change so I am super bummed about that. I did not do so good on Thursday. I was at a conference and we had all kinds of free food, which I stayed pretty much away from like the plague, but drank WAY TOO MUCH. It is always dangerous when people are buying you drink after drink! So I need to work on controlling that. I have a night out with friends on Wednesday and Friday so I hope to have more self-control. I am still in the college mode where you drink as much as possible in one time :blushing: . BUT I have now gone 8 whole days without bingeing (on food) and have had no chocolate!

Goals for this week:
*Perhaps actually drop some weight.
*Continue not bingeing.
*Work on portion control.
*Eat more slowly.
*Workout every day.
*Limit myself to TWO drinks when I go out.

Spiral - don't worry about your week. The beauty is that you can start again today! You will do great!

Best of luck to everyone! Hope everyone had a super fabulous weekend. Cheers to meeting goals :drinker: .

Hey guys!! So last week went very well EXCEPT for Saturday and Sunday. I binged both days (much worse on Sunday - even things I am forbidden to eat because of Celiac disease) for no apparent reason (was reading a good book, surrounded by family, ate really good dinners both nights... seems to cover the usual reasons). And after going 12 days without a binge! UGH! So needless to say, I am extremely disappointed in my eating for those days.

But on a better note I did go to the gym every day with cardio each day and strength training 4 days. I even took a spinning class which I loved! And I only had 1 drink the whole week even though I went out 2 nights! I had to give people all kinds of excuses ("I have already had like 6!") because they were quite concerned. It was strange to not be drinking, but doable.

So how is my progress? Well my clothes feel better and I feel fitter but would you believe that I am TERRIFIED to get on the scale? I mean seriously scared, which is ridiculous. I just hate knowing that those stupid numbers can make me feel completely terrible, even if I have done well. Evil.

Goals for this week:
*Get on the scale on Friday. No fear!
*Workout every day with spinning 3 days and strength training 4 days.
*Don't binge, including the weekend. New strategy: if I feel the urge to binge I must do 20 push-ups and 50 sit-ups beforehand. If I still want to binge, I write in my journal.
*NOT record my food for the week. I know, members are gasping all over the place, but part of my problem is an unhealthy preoccupation with food. Even when I binge I torture myself with counting every calorie. What is the point of counting calories if you just go over them anyway? So just for the week I am going to instead eat when I'm hungry and just until I am full and write how I feel about my food choices at the end of each day with a brief summary of what I ate and how I could improve.
*No sweets or junk. I feel so much better when I stay away from the stuff!

How is everyone doing? Everyone ready for the final 2 weeks or so? How do you guys feel about following this up with a Thanksgiving challenge? I really like having the support here. I want to look my best when I visit the States on December 10th!

Happy Tuesday!! :flowerforyou: