20 pounds by Easter challenge

Good morning, challengers and welcome new folks! Happy Saturday!

As Barbie said, this is the place to come for support. Barbie, I would love to be in your line dancing class. I have thought about signing up for one as they are offered here. I used to do Zumba on the floor, but had to switch to doing in the water because the floor was too hard on my knees. I love to dance, and it is the perfect exercise!

Marie, we will get there...slow and steady.

Today and Sunday are rest days for me and my body is glad. 300+ minutes in 5 days is enough. Come Monday, I'll be renewed and refreshed.

Have a wonderful, productive, and mindful day, all.
Stay strong!

Tomorrow is our 41st anniversary. Since the Boys play tomorrow we are getting out today. No real plans just escape...lol hope everyone has a great day

Good morning friends and encouragers! Happy Saturday...weigh in day for me. Mixed feelings about how it might go. Didn't over indulge this week but didn't consistently track either. Steps not hitting my goal but still more than I use to do. Still happy with my progress so far - as long as I stay in Onederland I will be totally satisfied. No matter what!

Momma - just a thought on your plateau, maybe your body has gotten use to what you are eating - the amount and the calorie levels, so maybe something different in your meals will kick your metabolism back into gear. Our bodies become accustom to our intake and goes to sleep. Those weeks that I thought I ate too much because I chose to deviate from my normal lunches were the weeks I lost. Maybe I wasn't eating enough? But I am very proud of you for sticking to your plan and being patient.
(*) Barbie - I agree that partnering up with others is such a help in this journey and that is why I love WW and this site - such a mass of support! I need to find a partner (s) for my exercising. Gyms are not for me but would love to have a walking buddy to help keep me accountable.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Alice

Good morning everyone today is my weigh in day and I'm kinda excited about it. I am noticing that my clothes are fitting differently and I even had to ask my hubby to buy me new scrubs for my birthday because I only had one pair left. The battles of weight loss lol. I hope everyone ishaving a great day and a small maybe useful tip. If u are struggling with meal ideas or snack ideas i went to pintrest and got some great ideas one fun healthy meals to eat and good ways to orange my foods so I don't go rummaging through all the food and just rummage through my food. Hope this helps some people. Have a great healthy day everyone.

Ok I'm in. I'm getting married May 1st and have 20 pounds to lose...I need someone to check on me and make me accountable lol. I'm 5'6 and weigh 166. I'm ready !

So i weighed in and am down 0.4lbs. I guess a little loss is better than no loss super excited my new CW IS 174.8 and my starting weight here was 175.4 keep up the great work everyone my GW is 155

Update on WI - down 0.2. A loss is a loss and it means I have lost 17 out the last 18 weeks! Woooohooo!
Alice

Alice, if I counted on a walking partner to keep me walking, I'd never get out. I have friends to walk with but we walk no more than once a week. Sometimes I can't even count on the dogs so I have an mp3 player and ear buds so I can listen to music or interesting podcasts while I walk and walk whenever I get the chance.

Today my favorite walking friend was available so we walked and talked for over an hour in the drizzle in the my neighborhood. We stayed close to home in case it started to rain so we'd be able to get indoors quickly.

In awhile a friend is coming over to watch the Seahawks game. I'll ride my exercise bike and knit for part of the game.

Barbie

Oh.. I never said where I was from. I am in Palmdale CA. The high desert. It's cold to me but you all would probably consider it fall weather 66 degrees. Sometimes it gets down into the 30s at night but that's about it.

Anyway next we I'm starting a cleanse. I hope I can stick to it. I plan to not eat meat, sugar, white flour or any processed foods for 21 days. I'll try to share any good recipes I find.

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congrats on your ,4 lost. it will all ad up you must belong to WW. My daughter has her WW today. Waiting to hear from her. I am life time member of WW. But never been on any of their new programs points and etc. Good job keep it up.

No not part of weight watchers all I am really doing is portion control and working out. I am really trying to succeed in this weight loss thing and for me if I take a bunch of stuff away from myself I will fail so instead of having 4 pieces of pizza I have one. I measure everything out and if I hit my calories I am done unless it is like 2 o clock in the afternoon though I have never done that lol. I'm not on any certain diet just eating healthier based off of MFP and making sure I workout more regularly I have lost 11.8 total doing this but am noticing a plateau starting to happen so I am going to have to change some things go up here soon I just picked Saturdays cause I always work Saturdays and I use my work scale because that is the scale that I started using when my group of friends started our weight loss journey on the 1st of Dec.