20 pounds by Easter challenge
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Happy Monday fellow losers!
Becky- thoughts go out to you and your son. I hope his finger turns out ok.
Stephanie - I hope you're sin geeks better and you all can go on your trip.
The scales are down! I'm not sure how much though as last week when I had a gain after working so hard I didn't write that number anywhere. but I have gotten past 210 which is a number I haven't been able to beat all month! I'm so excited think I may avoid weighing myself every day from now on. It makes me so inconsistent in everything when I watch the scale so closely. I did a lot if things this week as far as walking around fairs ab and shows and such. will have to find some more active things to do this week. And I'm definitely going to keep drinking my fruit water. if I work really hard this week I wonder if I'll get really close to my Easter goal. I have 5.6 lbs to go. I beat I could do two or three.
Sw 223
cw 208.6
Egw 203
ugw 135
Off to work. I'm working in retail and that definitely helps me get moving around. Probably the best weight Loss blessing so far is getting this job.
Jordan
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Good morning, everyone! Happy last week of the challenge, and I am amazed at all the losses we've seen so far
Becky, so glad the news looks good for your son. Two years ago, my son had a motorcycle accident and nearly lost his middle finger after skidding through a field with the handlebar pressing down on his hand the whole way. The tendon was severed and the skin pretty much gone. He had a wonderful hand surgeon who repaired the tendon etc, but they were worried that with so much debris embedded that they could not get to, he might have to have the amputation. God was with us, and he was able to keep it. He lost just half the tip, and has complete use of it. I will pray your son has the same wonderful outcome.
Rachel, I am wishing you joy when you try on those jeans and they FIT!
Welcome Vicky and AgentOrange! Glad you're here, and hope you'll join us for the Fourth of July challenge
Janice, belated Happy Birthday! I haven't been on for a few days - you miss SO much if you miss a day...we went for our stay at the casino and about 6pm I started getting a fever and every bone in my body was aching. It was a terrible night and my husband wanted to take me to the ER but I said no. Took two showers to bring the fever down, and luckily had Motrin to take, but this weekend has been no fun. The fever came and went all day Saturday and the bone aches were constant. Feeling better this morning, TTL.
Off to work - stay strong and healthy this week!
Belinda0 -
Good morning, losers! Happy Monday and last week of challenge!! I hope everyone is doing well and are happy that you have made it this far in your commitment to better health! I know I am! Our challenge will end next Monday, April 6th. You can give me your total pounds lost as early as Friday, April 3rd. Our new thread 20 Pounds by the 4th of July, will begin Monday, April 6th, and I will post the total pounds lost on that thread Tuesday, April 7th. Please post your total pounds lost on THIS thread OR send me a private message. Vicky...it's okay..today is a new day. This is a lifestyle and potlucks happen. Do not beat yourself up! Janice..Glad you enjoyed yourself with family! Marie..gonna try the glitter signs..thanks!
Have a great day, challengers!
Let's finish strong!!
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That looks great, Marie!
I'm still working on it.0 -
I did it!! Just wanted one that had 4th of July in it!!!
Thanks, Marie! You Rock!!
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On our way out of town for a funeral so I will not get to do my routine exercise etc. for today.
Hope everyone has a great Monday.
Not feeling like I will see happy scales tomorrow!!!
Nancy
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So does that Connie.Great0
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Connie, thanks for the encouragement. I started fresh this morning and have eaten well and did a spin class and walked 2 miles. Just hope the sugar intake last evening does not make me crave junk this afternoon. Just going to stay busy and in control.
Good luck everyone with the last week of our Easter challenge. I will not make 20 because I started late but at least I have lost.0 -
We're all in the last week push to meet our goals for Easter. I went up 1.5 three days ago and am just hanging there. Hopefully it'll be willing to drop off so I can still claim my 10 lbs. If not, I'll just keep working at it.
Good luck to everyone! Safe travels to all who are on the road or in the air!
Ellen0 -
That is the spirit Ellen.
Marie0 -
Happy Monday everyone I've been MIA posting here for a couple of weeks unfortunately. I need to catch up on everyone! Last weekend we went out for a couple of small meals and I inadvertently tripled my sodium intake on Saturday
. Woke up Sunday morning swollen up like a puffer fish and 6 LBS up on the scales!!!! Needless to say, no weigh in for me last week LOL. Today I'm down 1 for the past two weeks so it looks like I'm now a member of the half pound a week club, but that's okay with me. With less than 10 to go I knew it was coming....... I'm down a total of 18 for the challenge (21 overall) but I'm doubtful I'll get two pounds this last week HAHAHA.
Happy Birthday to everyone I missed.....and congratulations to everyone on their losses! I out it in my reminder to weigh on Sunday! I'm excited to see our total
I'll get caught up with you all soon
All my best, Tami0 -
Great work Tami0
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hi all,
my blender that I have had for the last 20 years just decided it was done!! I have been using it so much the last month. if you have and blender and like it, can you tell me what kind it is? I am in the market!! thanks.
stephanie
The blender I have is an Oster - 12 speed. i like it and make all my smoothies in it. I also have a bullet but use that on my boat.vicky1947mfp wrote: »Just got home from our Palm Sunday potluck dinner at church. I did so BAD! I have not eaten that much in almost two months
I have to get back on track tomorrow since I do not like this feeling of feeling so full. I know I will always have issues with food. Just have to start over in the morning.
This is a marathon-not a sprint!
Vicky - Hang in there, we all have those moments of over eating. Next time you have a pot luck.
Go all around the table first and look at everything. Then go back and only eat what you want.
Then stop and do not go back. I have pot luck dinners all summer at our sailing club. A real challenge for me, but I have learned over the years.
Shirley
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Happy Monday, I weighed today and only up about 2 lbs, and I'm sure its got to do with sodium. Not as bad as I expected.
Connie-it was nice seeing my sisters, I dont see them as much as I should.
Belinda-thank you for belated birthday wishes, sorry you felt bad all weekend, glad your feeling better.
It looks like there are alot of people who are going to reach their goals for the challenge, yay.0 -
Shirley keep us infomrd outbout new and be your first grandbaby.
marie0 -
Shirley-good advice. Hope I do not have a potluck any time soon but if I do, I will use your strategy.
I have done well today. Before MFP, I would have said to heck with it and just forgot about getting back to my healthy eating. It helps that my sister and I have a little competition going with our weight loss!
It is so funny-she and I weigh the same but her pants size is 3 sizes smaller than mine.0 -
Hi there,
I'm officially in Colorado and my son is much better! I went grocery shopping and there is a scale in my room!! Now all I need to do is workout and eat healthy!!!
Happy Monday!!
Stephanie0 -
Not a good day for me and I took a nose dive with food!!!
Returned to comfort food.
Hope I will have a better day tomorrow.
Nancy0 -
Hi there,
I'm officially in Colorado and my son is much better! I went grocery shopping and there is a scale in my room!! Now all I need to do is workout and eat healthy!!!
Happy Monday!!
Stephanie
glad you can keep in touch with us.
have fun. glad your son is feeling better now.
marie
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Nancy hate to admit it I taoo took a nose dive. Those days has got to stop. Don't even know what made me do it. I guess we are only human.
marie0 -
Hi everyone. Yesterday was really crazy for me so I didn't get my weigh in posted.
SW 294
CW 271 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
GW (by June 12) 230-240
Today I feel like crap. My guts are in a big turmoil. So I looked at my stats for the week. Maybe my feeling so icky might have to do with the fact I am 9940 calories below my goal for the week. So today I ate "junk" just to get some calories in me. I had a pbj sandwich with a little bag of chips for lunch. I felt so bad I didn't even want to go swimming for fear of not making it out of the pool into the restroom in time. But on a high note. We are having chicken noodle soup for dinner. It is a very nasty day here today. Pouring rain and 40+ mph winds. Perfect for soup. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back to "normal". Then again maybe the icky is a side effect of my antibiotics. At least the sinus infection is way better. I'm not snoring anymore and my throat isn't sore anymore from drainage either. So at least it isn't "all in my head anymore"
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Nancy and Marie..it's okay..tomorrow is another day. Whatever you ate today may be enough to shake things up a bit. Drink plenty of water tomorrow to flush the sodium.
Stephanie..enjoy your vaycay!0 -
SeeAhtter787 wrote: »Hi everyone. Yesterday was really crazy for me so I didn't get my weigh in posted.
SW 294
CW 271 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
GW (by June 12) 230-240
Today I feel like crap. My guts are in a big turmoil. So I looked at my stats for the week. Maybe my feeling so icky might have to do with the fact I am 9940 calories below my goal for the week. So today I ate "junk" just to get some calories in me. I had a pbj sandwich with a little bag of chips for lunch. I felt so bad I didn't even want to go swimming for fear of not making it out of the pool into the restroom in time. But on a high note. We are having chicken noodle soup for dinner. It is a very nasty day here today. Pouring rain and 40+ mph winds. Perfect for soup. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back to "normal". Then again maybe the icky is a side effect of my antibiotics. At least the sinus infection is way better. I'm not snoring anymore and my throat isn't sore anymore from drainage either. So at least it isn't "all in my head anymore"
Esther
Esther I have a lot of gut problems if I eat Gluten so I had to get off o it. it . I sure is a relieff.got so bad I hated to go to the store. now being gluten free No problems Besides we are making a trip next week. I had a bowl of home made soup for my dinner. Questions when you make soup with potatos can you freeze it. My potatoes tasted sort of weird.
marie
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Caliecat
I don't know about freezing the potatoes. I never put spuds in my soup except clam chowder. I never had problems with spuds in my chowder. I know my trouble isn't gluten. I'm not sure if it was from eating a lot less or from the crap that is going around town. There is a 24-48 hour bug going around that isn't the nicest. Im hoping the soup will help me feel better. And in my book chicken soup is comfort food. At least it is healthy.0 -
Thank you!!!Rachel, I am wishing you joy when you try on those jeans and they FIT!Belinda
Now I just need to find them again.
I hope you feel better very soon!
Stephanie, you have all the tools for success! Keep using them and you'll feel so good about yourself when you get home.
Esther: Get some crystalized ginger chunks(you can even pretend it's candy ), or some Yogi brand ginger tea. Ginger is very soothing for the stomach. Hope you feel better tomorrow!
So yesterday I got a new pair of jeans, out of my closet! A new, with-tags pair of Levi's that my sister gave me probably 6 years ago. They're a size 13 Juniors. They're a bit loose in the butt and legs, but I don't care, jeans that fit! Woo! Late last year when I had to go out and get a bigger pair of jeans because my others didn't fit anymore, I tried on some Juniors jeans. At that time I was a size 17 in Juniors, so I'm down 2 sizes, yay! I tend to get ladies jeans these days though, since they actually fit sometimes.
I was a size 9-11 in Juniors back in the day, and I thought I was so fat then, haha.
I have 9 homework assignments to do this week, so hopefully I won't get myself too stressed out about it. My in-laws are doing Easter on Saturday, so my Easter weigh-in will be Saturday morning instead of Sunday. I don't want the copious amount of deviled-eggs consumed on Saturday to affect my weigh-in.
I got myself of bag of jelly beans yesterday, and I'm going to eat them with reckless abandon this weekend, haha. I fully plan to go over on calories this weekend, and then back to usual on Monday. I'll probably inadvertently do much better than planned when it comes to "overdoing it". I'm already aware of the fact that I don't want to drink sodas and junk at my in-laws. I'll be picking up a couple bottle of seltzer water and adding some calorie-free flavor squirts to it(better than diet soda, in my opinion).
If I can get all my homework completed by Friday, I'll be a happy camper! I'm feeling good about this week, and I'm really looking forward to getting to weigh-in on Friday and Saturday.
I hope everybody has a fulfilling day tomorrow. If you find yourself looking down a slippery-slope, just keep this in mind, don't you want to feel good about yourself? You deserve to. Don't punish yourself. Be your biggest champion.
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Good morning everyone! Of course my scales would run out of battery right before the end of the challenge so I have to pick up new batteries this afternoon. I went to hot yoga this morning, which was really challenging but very enjoyable! Definitely a great way to start the morning though and doing something healthy in the morning helps set me up with a good mindset for eating well during the day.
I hope everyone has a great Tuesday!
Sophie0 -
Good morning, Losers! Happy Tuesday!
Ray...shopping in your closet is very rewarding!
Sparkle..exercise is always a good start to the day! Glad you enjoyed it.
I am still hovering above the same numbers on the scale, but I will forge ahead. I definitely need this monthly list of "reasons" to keep on keeping on.. It's been a long month, and here we are on the last day of March. I think we should evaluate our successes this month WITHOUT using the scale as a measure. Hmmmm....what criteria should we use, then?
How many days did you log in?
How many days did you plan and complete your food plan?
How many days did you move your body in some form or fashion?
How many times did you choose something healthier than you would have a month ago?
How many times did you choose a different place to eat out based on better choices offered?How many times did you pass up something in the grocery store that you would have normally picked up?
How many times did you go to bed without the bloat, and the promise to yourself that you would do better tomorrow?
How many times did you wake up feeling optimistic and energized about the day ahead because yesterday you ate right and moved your body?
I am sure you can add more to this list, and I hope you will. We cannot let the scale dictate our success. This is our lifestyle and we will never be perfect, but we must continue to live it the best way we know how to be healthy and fit.
Have a great day, losers!
Stay strong! Connie 0 -
Good morning! Just popping in quick before school. out has been an absolutely crazy week. hopefully it'll let up soon but I have been all over the place abd getting in kids of walking. Definitely feeling the fatigue today so outside I'd walking at school think I'm going to give body a littLe break and not overt do it with zumba tonight.
Everyone us doing so great! I can't wait to see all the totals. Sorry I've been mia and my posts are so sorry and to the point lately.
Jordan0 -
Good morning, everyone! Happy last week of the challenge, and I am amazed at all the losses we've seen so far
Becky, so glad the news looks good for your son. Two years ago, my son had a motorcycle accident and nearly lost his middle finger after skidding through a field with the handlebar pressing down on his hand the whole way. The tendon was severed and the skin pretty much gone. He had a wonderful hand surgeon who repaired the tendon etc, but they were worried that with so much debris embedded that they could not get to, he might have to have the amputation. God was with us, and he was able to keep it. He lost just half the tip, and has complete use of it. I will pray your son has the same wonderful outcome.
Belinda
Thank you for sharing the story of your son and how well he did in the end! We are very hopeful for a good outcome. He texted me this morning and said he thinks it may be turning a little pink. He sees the surgeon again tomorrow and I'm excited to possibly hear good news. :-)
Thank you, everyone for your well wishes for my son
I love reading everyone's posts and Connie, I love the fourth of July image! I'm really hoping for better overall success with the next challenge. I know I could have done so much better on this challenge than I have. I'm a little fearful of my final weigh in, but I will just face it and move on from there. :-)
Have a great day, everyone!0
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