Summer 2009 WILL Be Different Challenge!

I haven't been to the gym, but I have been drinking 10-12 cups of water a day. What does that translate into in litres?
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Thank you! I almost got up off of my butt last night and did a Jillian workout on Exercise On Demand (free exercise programs offered by Time Warner cable!!!!! so much awesomeness! Bob AND Jillian both have workouts on there!), but then I was freezing in my apartment and fell asleep on the couch buried under 27 blankets!

Aside from that, I tried a bag of steamer veggies like they did on the Biggest Loser last week (I did the broccoli and cheese combo) and it was SO YUM and SO FILLING! And today, I had a bowl of chicken noodle soup (before now I would have eaten the whole can) and a slice of wheat bread with a little bit of soy butter on it, and I ate it slowly and sat back and relaxed and waited to feel full. About 10 minutes after I finished eating, there it was, that delicious FULL BELLY FEELING!!! Instead of feeling like I gorged myself endlessly. It was really and truly wonderful. :laugh:

Good Afternoon Everyone, You can call me Natty

I've read everyones post and I very excited about this group. I'm totally JOINING!!!
Today is my 1st day on this site....
I Love the challenges you've laid out and i like the whole bathing suit idea.

My birthday is coming up in May and I feel that a lighter sexier figure is the best B-day gift to myself!!

I don't own a scale but according to the last time i weighed myself i estimate that I'm around 180 lbs.

Starting weight: 180
Goal weight: 120ish.

According to this site I'm Obese and am a runner up for health complications (NOT GOOD:sad: )

Anyways i can relate .... I just made a trip to visit my family on the Island and i swear i was the biggest chick on the whole Island)

I used to be energetic and always played sports (Total tom boy) I don't know what happened.

a few years ago i met my ITALIAN boyfriend and it been all down hill from there weight wise
I've gained 60 lbs since I've been with him and i INTEND on loosing ALL of it!!!

We both decided that were tired of being overweight and unhappy with our bodies, Its a joint decision to live a more healthier LIFE STYLE.

On the weekend we went out and did our grocery shop... (ALL healthy food) Veggies and fish...

***Hey girls if your looking for something new to try i suggest a new type of fish (fish stake, shrimp, salmon) Also what we decided to do is start drinking skim milk and Soya milk)

*** It took me awhile to find a brand of Soya milk i liked but (Silk & Natura) are my favorites try it in the chocolate flavor!! you can't deny yourself all luxuries :happy:

*** Love veggies and fruit.... try 'star fruit' its delicious , kiwi's awesome, snow or sugar snap peas (raw) a great snack.

*** My bf and I are going to try one of the cabbage soup diets (healthy soup) so I'll let you know how it goes.

*** So I'll be trying new foods constantly and I've already had about a liter of water today (1 more to go)!! ~ I've been to the washroom 10x today... LOL:laugh: ~

*** I'm going to have to start walking more but we have an elliptical machine at home I'll give a try we also recently got a Wii so i plan on starting to use that for cardio activities.

Well Ladies everyone sounds like their doing great KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!
WE'LL DO THIS WITH EACH OTHERS SUPPORT and that stupid bathing suit pic:grumble:

T.T.F.N (Ta Ta For Now)
Have a great Day!!

and remember SPRING IS COMING -THANK GOD!

where are all my challenge buddies, how are you getting on? :flowerforyou:

i have done 2 litres of water today, only burned 250 calories this morning, i have to do my evening exercise yet!

keep at it guys, 2 more days until weigh in! :drinker:

Only 2 days!?! :noway:

"Anyways i can relate .... I just made a trip to visit my family on the Island and i swear i was the biggest chick on the whole Island)"

Hello Natty,

I can also relate to that as well, last September I had a family reunion and I was the biggest girl in the family (and there are 5 of us). I was even bigger than my mother. Boy .....I wish that I never had family pictures taken. I have a picture of me from that reunion that I keep out in the open for motivation to watch my portions and to get my *kitten* moving.

:drinker: I almost got my water intake in for today...still a couple of hours before going to bed...so I should be will over the 8 cups(2 litres):drinker:

I had a kickboxing class tonight....during that time we did 20 minutes of HARD CORE ABS....I kickboxing....it is so much more fun than running for 20-30 minutes and 60 minutes of strenght training.

Question:

Can someone give me a good name of a heart rate monitor along with the a calorie burn function. Is it in form of a watch or something that you clip on your pants or shirt

thanks..and see you all on Thursday night for our first weigh in...keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

Hi I didn't sign in yesterday.:sad: I did horrible this past weekend ate horrible my son has ulcerative colitis and he was very sick. I sat with him Monday so his wife could go to her new job. Today is a new day I went back on full throddle and will do better the rest of this week. Drank all my water today.:drinker:

Question:

Can someone give me a good name of a heart rate monitor along with the a calorie burn function. Is it in form of a watch or something that you clip on your pants or shirt

thanks..and see you all on Thursday night for our first weigh in...keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

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I just bought a Polar F6 based on all the positive reviews people on these boards gave it. I bought it at lunch today so today was the first day i used it...pretty easy to set up (minimal swearing by me as I set it up :laugh: )...and it was comfortable to wear (there's a watch and a chest strap)....


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Also, I'm doing pilates tonight with a new instructor, and I have 647 calories left for my dinner/nighttime snack. I'm on my 6th cup of water for the day, too. (1.419 529 419 liter) lol

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Hi everyone - I'm new to MFP and love your challenge, so I'll be posting my progress each Thursday along with everyone else.

Thanks realta for getting the thread going,

I had a pretty good day in regards to eating within my calories, drinking my water (got all 8 glasses in) and exercise. I did 1 hour on my Wii Fit board.....I worked of my anger from work today.......at one point today I felt like throwing the F***** printer out the window. I feel so much more relax now that I did some yoga and boxing on the Wii....
Must go to bed now...I'll be weighing in around 8:30pm tomorrow

Good Luck to everyone!! I will be waiting to read everyones progress tomorrow night.

If we are all going to have a picture taken in our best swimming suit this summer, we should have an ab exercise challenge (maybe 5 to 10 minutes each night or every second night) I hoping that my swimming suit will be a two piece...I have NEVER worn one before. :glasses:

Count me in! Every little bit of accountability helps.

Current weight 198.7
Goal weight = 188.7 (1 lb per week)


Oops...I just realized that this was started about 2 weeks ago. Hope you don't mind if I join this motley crew!

For those who dont know ive been really sick off and on since nov. with my stomach well it finally was getting better and the night before had to go to the hospital cause i was really sick again spent all day on the couch. Doc says with meds im taking not to drink alot of fluids dont know sounds weird to me but ok and to take it easy. Im still going to be with you guys but take it down a noch With that being said

last week 144.6
this week 142.8

loss 1.8 im so close to getting out of the 140's i cant wait! All the time thats were i get stuck.wow i just realized i passed my 10 pound mark as well! Go me , hope everyone else had a good week.

Whoo Hoo, I want to join this group. What a fantastic idea!!! My start weight is 160 lbs.

I was away on holiday last week so I didn't see this thread. My husband and I went to Austria. He loves to downhill ski and I agreed to go to ski school. I made it through one day and strained a tendon in one of my knees. I didn't even know I was hurt at the time! It will be 4-5 weeks before I'm back to normal so this group will help keep me motivated as I can't do any lower body exercises besides a slow walk.

Realta my husband and I celebrated our first anniversary the day after you and your hubby.