1 pound a week & 60 min a day workout (CLOSED)

Hi everyone!

My name is Jenna, I'm 33. I am a work at home, married mom of 3. (I have 4, but one has lived with his grandparents for so long that I don't feel it's my right to call him mine). I have always been overweight, but in the past 5 years I have become obese. I have some medical issues and the medication that I had to be put on made me the heaviest I have ever been. I have been off all medication for the past 12 weeks (minus a migraine med) and have been managing okay up until this past week. The heat has been horrible and had put my body into a downward spiral. So please bare with me until we find a happy medium with it.

I have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, that I must be able to control for another year on my own, without medication, before my doctor will, for lack of a better word, undiagnose me with it. I have fibromyalgia, seasonal affective disorder, IBS, arthritis, and severe migraines. Oh, and some moderate to severe vitamin deficiencies.

I started hitting the gym and watching what I eat 12 weeks ago and have been able to stay off all of my medication, minus my migraine meds. So although it has been a long journey, it has felt great! This week has been hard, being in my first real fibro flare up without medication because of stress and the excessive heat here in Ohio.... I haven't been able to work out for 3 days because of one thing or another and I can really feel it. I did buy a Yoga DVD though and I am hoping that will help me on these days that I hurt to move.

My Inspirations, I can't just pick one.... if my eyes are open, I have inspirations all around me.

I look forward to being part of this group and talking to you all.

SW: 280
CW: 262
1st GW :180 (then I will decide if I want to be smaller)

Hello all.

My name is Jennifer. I am married, mother of 3 (13,8 & 3) and I run an in home daycare. I turn 34 this August and I live in Iowa. We moved here almost 4 years ago with my company, but then decided to stay home and do daycare once my son was born. We lived in Colorado before and I was born in Texas.

My husband and I are ex military, so we use to be in shape, my av weight then was 140. Since getting out & having kids I find it harder to stay in shape. I have done several diets in the past. It would work and then I would get pregnant again. MFP journey officially started May 23 (hubby set up my profile beginning of the year, but I wasn't ready) I hit 186lbs & put my foot down... no more.

I have a Kidney disease so really need to watch my sodium levels. This is a challenge as well as drinking enough water. I do find I feel better now that I am losing weight & inches. My kidneys don't hurt my back as much, and I don't get as much heartburn as before. My disease causes cysts to grow on and throughout my kidneys, making them quite large... 3 times their normal size currently. My goal is to be as lean & fit as possible so that as they continue to grow, I don't look 9 months pregnant. My mom also had this disease & she looked pregnant for quite some time. They ended up removing 1 kidney because they were so large. She had dropped from a size 14 to a size 8 just from that. Her removed kidney was about the size of a footbal, just for some perspective. Imagine having 2 footballs in your belly.

Unfortunately, the disease took my mom at an early age, only 54... and her mom at 54 before that as well. I hope to do anything & everything I can to be as healthy as possible. I don't know if it will help at all, but it's worth the chance. I hope to see my kids grown with their own families. I hope to be around for longer if possible.

SW 186
CW 172.6
GW 135

Best of luck to everyone. Feel free to friend me as well. LOVE this site. I am on daily & really love the motivation I can give & receive.

hi everyone!

My name is Ashley. I'm 21 years old and a mechanical engineering student. I've never been considered over weight, but when my BMI started pushing the upper boundary of the "healthy" range I knew I needed to start cutting back. I've also never had a great body image so finally taking control about getting my weight down was a big help. In high school I played soccer and lacrosse, so my over-consumption of calories was not apparent until I started college. It wasnt until joining MFP that I realized just how excessive my portions of food had been and have been working on shrinking my stomach and training myself to eat standard portion sizes. I've been doing MFP for about 6 months now and have lost 14 pounds so far.

SW: 146
CW: 132 (what I weighed at my hs graduation!)
GW: 125

Since I dont play sports like I did in hs i figure it's ok to weigh less because I wont have those bulky sports muscles anymore. I'm also 5'5"

Hi everyone! Thanks Veronica for starting this challenge. It really provides so much motivation for everyone and it's fun to meet new people all around the world.

My name is Sharon. I'm 47, married and a mother of 2 (19 y/o daughter and 17 y/o son). I work as a paralegal and live in Arizona. My least 2 favorite months of the year: July and August

I was very thin growing up but, just like Jamie, I gained a lot of weight during my pregnancies and didn't lose much of it afterward. I'm a little over 5'7" and when my husband and I first met, I weighed 125. Last year, I hit my highest at 250 lbs. I had gained an entire person! I was also diagnosed with diabetes.

The weight has really bothered me physically and mentally making me a very unhappy person. Who knew that all I had to do was exercise and eat properly!

I have a trip planned in September with my 2 sister to go to Maui. I'm really excited and looking forward to it.

My husband and I go to the gym 5 - 6 days a week. He is very supportive and I couldn't have done this with him.

Good luck everyone with the challenge.

Hi, my name is Brenda and I live in Colorado. I just turned 43 and work for a finance company (which means lots of stress and lots of sitting). I have been with my boyfriend for 15 years and we have three wonderful furry four-legged kids (Basset Hounds).

All of my family is fairly healthy and average weight, but I've been overweight my entire adulthood.

After the trauma of suddenly losing my father to a heart attack while we were all camping in the mountains, I let grief take over and hit an all time high weight of 323. It was the gift of a plane ticket that freaked me out, and mortified that I might have to buy a second plane ticket, I started doing Weight Watchers online. I lost at total of 123 lbs. I was able to break below 200 lbs for ONE day, but since then I slowly gained 30lbs.

Part of that weight gain was the new Weight Watcher Points Plus program. I lost 125 lbs on the old Weight Watchers program. They converted to the Points Plus program, and I gained weight almost immediately. The old way worked well for me, but you no longer can access that info online.

The other problem has to do with running. I started running last year and I love it. However, my hunger patterns has changed. I seem to no longer have control of my self control. And as I've gained weight, my running has suffered and my times have slowed.

I have a sister who is a marathon runner, and she has decided I need to run a half marathon. I just wanted to increase my times on 5k's.

I'm running another 5k tomorrow morning (July 23) - wish me luck!!!!

Morning ladies.

I enrolled in Kosama. It is a total body transformation class here in Iowa. It uses Kickboxing, kettlebells, upper/ lower body, core work, plyometrics (guessing a fancy word for aerobics) circuit & yoga. It is 6 days a week, 1 hr each class. I started last monday & just finished my first week. I missed Kickboxing due to a massive sinus headache, but the rest of the week was good. I plan on doing this as well as walking to reach my 60 minutes a day.

I find it frustrating that I didn't gain this weight all overnight. However, now that I am eating healthy, all it takes is 1 or 2 days of eating the way I use to (not even binging, but just eating 1 or 2 meals like I use to) and I gain weight. Last friday I was at 170.4. I ate good sat until dinner when we went out to dinner & I splurged a little. Then Sunday I was good except for lunch. I even walked 100 minutes... and I still gained almost 5 pounds & still have not lost it all.

I feel like my body is a safe keeping a secret locked inside. I hope to learn my body's combination to weight loss success.

Hello, my name is Nichole and I live in Michigan. The state with only two seasons: hot or cold! I am the mother of two teenagers and I just turned the big 4-Oh. I joined mfp because I wanted to lose 40 lbs by the time I turned 40. I didn't quit make it so I had to re-evaluate my goals. I decided that if I lose a pound a week for the entire year that I could lose a whooping 50+ lbs.
This group is just right for me...no competition. Just a lot of support & motivation. Hey we didn't get to this weight over night. I understand it's going to take some time and I am commited to doing it the right way...slow and steady!

Hi all! Sorry to just now post, but my internet was funky all weekend (as were my eating habits!). I'm Leslie--a single, 29 year-old Coordinator of Writing in Richmond, KY. I lost about 35 pounds and have kept it off for over 2 years now. I would, however, like to lose another 20-25 pounds. As I lose wieght, I feel good, but I think I'm a little scared of the changes as I end up eating and gaining it back. Last week, for instance, I was down 4 pounds from my starting weight. I lost focus and let myself have late-night Mexican binges and worked out very little during the week. This morning, I was back up 1.5.

I'm hoping this accountability to and support from the group will help me stay motivated.

July 25th: 154.5

Good luck today!

Happy Monday

Starting MFP: 186
Current weight: 169 - woohoo... just reached the 160's
Goal weight: 135
Challenge goal: 165

25th July FIRST DAY : 169 lbs
1st August
8th August
15th August
22nd August FINAL DAY

I got my 60 minutes in first thing this morning - Plyometrics, it's like circuit training but with reps of aerobics

Good luck everyone

Morning everyone! Thanks for the birthday wishes! I had a good birthday, but after all the celebrating, I'm ready to get back on track!

July 25th: 219

Morning everyone!! This is gonna be a tough week for me. I have a Final tonight, my birthday tomorrow, and a Final on Thursday. Here's hoping I can stay on track.

Starting weight: 220
Current weight: 213
Goal weight: 185
Challenge goal: 205

Didn't exercise all weekend.... but I probably could have cut some time away to. Must try to be more diligent.