Thanksgiving Challenge!!

EGGNOG
Help, I love eggnog more than life itself! The holiday's are coming, we have to be ready!



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I'm in! Especially starting Monday when I get back from my race!!!!

Height: 5'10" (large, athletic frame)

Current: 165 (size 10)
Halloween: 160
Thanksgiving: 155
Christmas: 153
Maintain between 150-155!!!

I just went and looked at your profile cause I was curious what a person would look like at a size 10 and 165 at 5'10
I am 5'9 and right now I weigh 195 and I am a size 14-16 my goal is to be 165 but I think I might need to get to the 155 my dr wants me to get to if that is a good weight for your height. I do think a size 10 looks great if those are recent pictures of you I have not been a size 10 since I was 10:laugh: well that might be off a little. I have been as big as 263 and I have been losing over the last year I am so tired of being "fat" I want to be healthy. I am getting there!!! I am not stopping till I get there!!! I have not been under 200 pounds since before i got pregnant with my first child and she is now 18. I finally got under 200 two weeks ago

Thank you for the inspiration

I have not been under 200 pounds since before i got pregnant with my first child and she is now 18. I finally got under 200 two weeks ago

Monica that is awesome! I can't wait to be under 200 again!

ok...so I messed up this past weekend. I thought I could control myself in Las Vegas celebrating my 30th bday. I was so wrong...buffets, drinks, too much of everything. I am now starting back from square one. I might have to change my goal from 13lbs to 10lbs. That might still be too over-ambitious. I will try for it...we will see.

Wish me luck

ok, guys, i've already posted that i want to be apart of this challenge, but today i got a phone call from my wedding photographer, who also happens to be an old boss/friend, and he wants to do some engagement photos this Oct. or Nov.!!!!! Yikes!!!:frown:

So now more than ever this challenge is going to help, although i think i need to step it up a notch and try and get down to 144 by Halloween, then try and be at 138 by thanksgiving! AAAGGHHH So much work ahead! Help keep me motivated people i'm going to need lots of support!

Thanks!
Laura

I am a professional photographer and I know that if you let your photographer know your concerns they can pose you in some very flattering poses. Wear solid colors and long sleeves. Make sure you are comfortable in your outfit and try on your undergarments you are going to wear (look for bulges) If you feel good it will show in your photos. If all else fails...photoshop is an amazing tool! I have taken out love handles,flattened bellies and minimized hips. And yes,it's true......EVERY WOMAN IN A MAGAZINE IS RETOUCHED...EVEN THE SKINNY ONES! Have fun.:flowerforyou:

ok, guys, i've already posted that i want to be apart of this challenge, but today i got a phone call from my wedding photographer, who also happens to be an old boss/friend, and he wants to do some engagement photos this Oct. or Nov.!!!!! Yikes!!!:frown:

So now more than ever this challenge is going to help, although i think i need to step it up a notch and try and get down to 144 by Halloween, then try and be at 138 by thanksgiving! AAAGGHHH So much work ahead! Help keep me motivated people i'm going to need lots of support!

Thanks!
Laura

I am a professional photographer and I know that if you let your photographer know your concerns they can pose you in some very flattering poses. Wear solid colors and long sleeves. Make sure you are comfortable in your outfit and try on your undergarments you are going to wear (look for bulges) If you feel good it will show in your photos. If all else fails...photoshop is an amazing tool! I have taken out love handles,flattened bellies and minimized hips. And yes,it's true......EVERY WOMAN IN A MAGAZINE IS RETOUCHED...EVEN THE SKINNY ONES! Have fun.:flowerforyou:

Thanks cinnamongrl33!
I'm a professional photographer too! So ya, i know the pics will look good, but you're right i need to "feel" good about them and i'll look good in them. (I love photoshop too!!! It's the best little tool out there!!!)

I haven't been doing very well this week, actually i've done quite terrible. i did really good last week (exercise and eating right), but didn't lose anything, I got frustrated b/c i've been at this weight FOREVER.:explode: so this week i just didn't have any motivation. I haven't exercised once, i've eaten terrible, and i've had a few beers this week, where i usually wait till the weekend. And my job sucks, they took away my overtime and that's an extra $200/week for me to pay bills, so now i have no idea what i'm going to do. So overall this week has been a real downer! But next week is always another week. I'd start everything again tomorrow, but still....have NO motivation.

But thru all of this, i've only gained 2lbs. And really i vary b/w 150-152 any given week, so it hasn't been that bad.
-Laura

Yeah I am so excited I weighed in today and dropped 3lbs! That makes me so happy. I have 7 more to go to accomplish my Thanksgiving goal. It really helps keep you motivated when you lose the weight it makes me feel great and I don't want to stop.

Starting weight-153.4
10/17/08-150.4
Thanksgiving goal-143

I am in need of some serious motivation. I think I have binged every day this week. Sunday was my first official splurge day since starting this weight loss journey, but the splurge never ended...it was never intentional to let that one day turn into a week but it somehow just happened...now I know that I am not yet strong enough to do splurge days...I am never going to reach my Thanksgiving goal at this rate, and I am desperately hoping that I won't show a gain tomorrow morning on the scale...I just need to get ahold of myself and remind myself why I started this in the first place. Tomorrow is the beginning of a new week and a new commitment to doing this right...I CAN'T do what I did this week again...

I am in need of some serious motivation. I think I have binged every day this week. Sunday was my first official splurge day since starting this weight loss journey, but the splurge never ended...it was never intentional to let that one day turn into a week but it somehow just happened...now I know that I am not yet strong enough to do splurge days...I am never going to reach my Thanksgiving goal at this rate, and I am desperately hoping that I won't show a gain tomorrow morning on the scale...I just need to get ahold of myself and remind myself why I started this in the first place. Tomorrow is the beginning of a new week and a new commitment to doing this right...I CAN'T do what I did this week again...

Somehow, by a miracle of God, I lost 3 pounds this week...don't know how...but I did...yay!

Weigh in tomorrow! I'm really nervous - had a bad eating week! :ohwell: Hopefully my workouts will payoff! Wish me luck.


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:happy: count me in....
this is a great site, very helpful....

Its ok that it went up. everyone is allowed to slip everyonce in awhile. So get motivated and continue on, you can do it!!!



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You go !!!! Hope everyone is doing good. Still sick this week but im trying ,dont want to loose anymore time every day wasted is not good.






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