December Challenge
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valleygirl74 wrote: »River_Goddess wrote: »valleygirl74 wrote: »Thank you so much! Wouldn't that be just the best Christmas present to be under 200? You know, I should be able to give that to myself! I think that I can give it a dedicated try!
It's the personal accountability and private reality that ultimately helps us make real changes. I hope.;) Like golf. You play with other people but really you play against yourself.
My brother is a stay at home father of twins. He has gained a serious amount of weight in the last 10 years. I know that it bothers him in many ways. My son is an active 25 year old. He has about 20 pounds to lose. I was trying to make it light and fun - to prod them into seriously getting away from the sugar, junk food, snacks and the bread. Hopefully, if they do it and start feeling better, they will realize how terrible sugar and excessive carbs make one feel.
I have a lot of weight to lose. True. But feeling so much better when off carbs is the real blessing for me. That said, I know that if I looked better and was more active, I'd have a better day to day life.
Does that make sense? Anyway, I appreciate your comments. Let's do this thing!
We think you are awesome now, feeling better is a bonus of course but you mustn't feel you don't look great now, all loosing weight will do is make you look even better because you will feel more confident but don't forget that you are just great now at this very moment
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RecipeScrapper wrote: »Starting WT this challenge: 317.2
12/3 - 317 - Lost 0.2 Not much, but going in the right direction.
It certainly is and what is important is that it isn't a gain!2 -
MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »chinatowninchina wrote: »MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »I'm in for some December accountability! My goals are:
☆get my water in
☆follow whatever exercise plan the trainer and I set up this morning
☆blow the dust off my running shoes and get back at it
☆keep my macros in check and be as far south of 200 as I can be by Christmas Eve. I'd like to start 2018 under 200#.
12/03: 199.3
Welcome to the Challenge. Nicely in Onederland, congratulations!
Thank you! Don't blink though, I've been bouncing over and under like a yo-yo for a year!!!
And this time you are going to stay under and under and under!!
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FancyPantsFran wrote: »Happy December.. Newbie to Keto so I thought this would be a great place to start
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Lots of support here and fun! Good luck this week.0 -
I am just starting with keto and I would love to join this challenge
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spalm18240 wrote: »I am just starting with keto and I would love to join this challenge
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Looking forward to losing with this group!!
Welcome! This group is the best! Very encouraging! Let's do this!0 -
chinatowninchina wrote: »MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »chinatowninchina wrote: »MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »I'm in for some December accountability! My goals are:
☆get my water in
☆follow whatever exercise plan the trainer and I set up this morning
☆blow the dust off my running shoes and get back at it
☆keep my macros in check and be as far south of 200 as I can be by Christmas Eve. I'd like to start 2018 under 200#.
12/03: 199.3
Welcome to the Challenge. Nicely in Onederland, congratulations!
Thank you! Don't blink though, I've been bouncing over and under like a yo-yo for a year!!!
And this time you are going to stay under and under and under!!
From your lips ti God's ears!! Or the scale's ears maybe...
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Okay, off to a good December start. I'm not necessarily looking for a loss, I'll take it, but I'll be happy with maintenance. Is that a copout?
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@Marcelynh - Your challenge is YOUR challenge. Whatever you need to set your goal as is what this challenge is FOR YOU... It's never a copout to make progress. And anyone who doesn't think that maintenance is progress really isn't paying attention to the big picture. Maintaining is so much harder that losing weight! Good luck.1 -
valleygirl74 wrote: »12/1 213.8 - new scale.
12/3 213
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Over Thanksgiving, I shook hands with my son (25yrs) that we'd both lose 10 pounds by Christmas. Mostly, he was just trying to see how much that I actually weighed. Still my little scalawag, that one. I explained that it had to be on the Honor System. (Always "The Mom") Then, my brother in LA expressed interest in getting in on our little wager. There are no winnings except the loss of 10 pounds of fat. I'll take it!
So, do you think that I can do that? That's 22 days. Yikes. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to try very hard! Even if I don't succeed. I am on it! Anyone out there is welcome to get in on our nerdy little challenge!
@valleygirl74 - Even if you don't make that aggressive of a goal (losing that fast just to lose, and not losing in a maintainable way is never a win to me), each ounce and pound you lose will be it's own WIN! 1 -
Hi gang. This sounds like a wonderful group to participate in. I’m in! I have been on keto for three years. I started it therapeutically to control my epilepsy and have been seizure free since the minute I was in ketosis. I have also lost about 90 lbs and gained over 20 lbs of muscle. I have a DEXA scan every year so I am pretty accurate8
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New to the forum and first challenge here. I've lost 49 lb.s so far this year, mostly since early August. I'm trying to hit 265 by the end of the month.
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Hi gang. This sounds like a wonderful group to participate in. I’m in! I have been on keto for three years. I started it therapeutically to control my epilepsy and have been seizure free since the minute I was in ketosis. I have also lost about 90 lbs and gained over 20 lbs of muscle. I have a DEXA scan every year so I am pretty accurate
Wow, I've always wondered how true the other( non-weight loss) benefits are with the keto diet. So impressed!2 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »Okay, off to a good December start. I'm not necessarily looking for a loss, I'll take it, but I'll be happy with maintenance. Is that a copout?
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@Marcelynh - Your challenge is YOUR challenge. Whatever you need to set your goal as is what this challenge is FOR YOU... It's never a copout to make progress. And anyone who doesn't think that maintenance is progress really isn't paying attention to the big picture. Maintaining is so much harder that losing weight! Good luck.
I'm glad you said this! I don't think some people realize how much of a balancing act maintenance is, and how different it is for each person.3 -
Hi gang. This sounds like a wonderful group to participate in. I’m in! I have been on keto for three years. I started it therapeutically to control my epilepsy and have been seizure free since the minute I was in ketosis. I have also lost about 90 lbs and gained over 20 lbs of muscle. I have a DEXA scan every year so I am pretty accurate
That's amazing!! I'm happy to read a success story that's health related in this way.4 -
Hit my first benchmark this week! Down over 25 lbs! I feel like I'm going to make it to goal this time. Keto is the way to go.
Ok December, next stop, One-derland!!!
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SW- 237.8
End of Nov. 215.2
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Hi.. I want to join.. very inspirational
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Woah, I just realized that today's loss puts me over half way to goal! I started with 130 lbs to lose, and am over halfway there (in under six months!!) Keto is amazing.10
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Hi gang. This sounds like a wonderful group to participate in. I’m in! I have been on keto for three years. I started it therapeutically to control my epilepsy and have been seizure free since the minute I was in ketosis. I have also lost about 90 lbs and gained over 20 lbs of muscle. I have a DEXA scan every year so I am pretty accurate
How amazing. I've heard that Keto works for epilepsy but you are the first person I've 'spoken' to who has had this experience. I'm also looking at the stuff about Keto and cancer which looks really interesting. I'm so glad for you. It must have made the most tremendous to your life. Congratulations. 3 -
Greetings all. Just my news for the day........yesterday I put on a big saucepan of water and sugar to boil before I went over to my daughter's to look after the baby for a while. I wanted it to cool while I was out so I could use it when I got home to make Limoncello.
mmmm I didn't switch the damn thing off. Kitchen range cooker and extractor area totally burnt out, smoke damage throughout the whole three floors of the house, with the living room off the kitchen looking like it is a coal mine.
Moral; always check every thing before you leave the house and close all the doors not just at night. (and maybe don't make Limoncello!)
The Firemen and women were wonderful. Currently staying at our daughter's until the insurance people get in contact and decide what should happen.
The good thing: we arrived home in time to stop the whole place going up, we were apparently 40 minutes or so off this happening which is scary to put it mildly oh and my scales are probably ok!
What an idiot I am, so stupid to have done this but at least only physical things damaged and we're fine.2 -
Omg, @chinatowninchina, thank God it wasn't worse, everyone is ok. Things can be replaced. You, not so much. This being a keto forum, you'll understand when I say sugar really is the devil...2
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My challenge is to lose 100lbs
Highest weight 244lbs
SW 07/06/17 222 lbs keto
CW 185 lbs
GW 144 lbs
11/26 187lbs
12/3 185 lbs
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2018 I WILL GET TO GOAL
100lbs to lose
Lost 59 lbs
To Lose 41lbs
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MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »Omg, @chinatowninchina, thank God it wasn't worse, everyone is ok. Things can be replaced. You, not so much. This being a keto forum, you'll understand when I say sugar really is the devil...
It appears so!!!!
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chinatowninchina wrote: »Greetings all. Just my news for the day........yesterday I put on a big saucepan of water and sugar to boil before I went over to my daughter's to look after the baby for a while. I wanted it to cool while I was out so I could use it when I got home to make Limoncello.
mmmm I didn't switch the damn thing off. Kitchen range cooker and extractor area totally burnt out, smoke damage throughout the whole three floors of the house, with the living room off the kitchen looking like it is a coal mine.
Moral; always check every thing before you leave the house and close all the doors not just at night. (and maybe don't make Limoncello!)
The Firemen and women were wonderful. Currently staying at our daughter's until the insurance people get in contact and decide what should happen.
The good thing: we arrived home in time to stop the whole place going up, we were apparently 40 minutes or so off this happening which is scary to put it mildly oh and my scales are probably ok!
What an idiot I am, so stupid to have done this but at least only physical things damaged and we're fine.
Oh no! I'm so sorry! Thank God you are all ok!0 -
chinatowninchina wrote: »Greetings all. Just my news for the day........yesterday I put on a big saucepan of water and sugar to boil before I went over to my daughter's to look after the baby for a while. I wanted it to cool while I was out so I could use it when I got home to make Limoncello.
mmmm I didn't switch the damn thing off. Kitchen range cooker and extractor area totally burnt out, smoke damage throughout the whole three floors of the house, with the living room off the kitchen looking like it is a coal mine.
Moral; always check every thing before you leave the house and close all the doors not just at night. (and maybe don't make Limoncello!)
The Firemen and women were wonderful. Currently staying at our daughter's until the insurance people get in contact and decide what should happen.
The good thing: we arrived home in time to stop the whole place going up, we were apparently 40 minutes or so off this happening which is scary to put it mildly oh and my scales are probably ok!
What an idiot I am, so stupid to have done this but at least only physical things damaged and we're fine.
@chinatowninchina - Please please please understand that with a huge cortisol and adrenaline dump like that, your scales are likely to play silly buggers for a few days or a week... Please ignore the scale chaos that may or may not ensue...
I'm so glad that it is just physical things damaged and that everyone is fine, but I'm still so sorry for this headache!! (HUGS)0 -
@chinatowninchina That's insane! I'm glad you're all okay. Hopefully insurance will take take care of things quickly.1
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SW: 296
Last weigh in since Joining: 12/01: 287 (-9lbs total)
12/05: 283.6 -3.4lbs (-12.4 lbs total) Totally forgot to weigh on the 3rd.2 -
@chinatowninchina - OMGosh, that is very jolting! I'm glad to hear you're okay!
I tried to make limoncello once and managed to make it way too strong- all the recipients of the little bottles got plastered. They asked me not to make it again! LOL.
I'll keep a thought for you- that's a pretty big deal to go through emotionally!0 -
Dear me, @chinatowninchina . Glad all are OK. Bummer about the damage. Hope all is "painless" with insurance and home restorations.0
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TheMerryMermaid wrote: »@chinatowninchina - OMGosh, that is very jolting! I'm glad to hear you're okay!
I tried to make limoncello once and managed to make it way too strong- all the recipients of the little bottles got plastered. They asked me not to make it again! LOL.
I'll keep a thought for you- that's a pretty big deal to go through emotionally!
My sister in law did the same thing, people still asking her to do it again! Thanks for the wishes 1 -
I just joined the Keto group today and would love to join the December Challenge if it's not too late.
My husband & I started a Ketogenic cleanse on Oct. 4th. I'm doing this to help with arthritis and inflammation, as well as weight loss. Hubby is doing this for his diabetes. Things are going really good!
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@chinatowninchina I'm so sorry to hear about the fire. I'm glad that you're alright and hopefully insurance will take care of things quickly. Hugs.1
