20D by Halloween Challenge: WEEK THREE

Yay! Week 3 thread!

Well I posted this on my Tumblr page earlier this morning. Tumblr has a rep for having tons of thinspo and pro-ana blogs and I needed to address them and how seeing that distracted me.

Here it is since some of you don't have Tumblr:
So I started this about 2 months ago and is down almost 20 pounds and a dress size. Yes I am very proud of myself but there was a time in which I thought I would never lose the weight.

About a week or 2 ago, I hit my first plateau. I went from losing 2 pounds a week to only .5 pounds. I didn’t know what was going on. I was working out, drinking plenty of water, the works.

And thing 2 things hit me: I was eating WAY TOO LITTLE (even after exercise) and spending too much time looking at pro-ana/endos blogs. My net calories was no more than 1000 calories a day, which is causing me to slow down my weight loss. So I decided to do this: change my calorie goals on My Fitness Pal from 1200 net calories to 1700 net calories and stop looking at those blogs. Since then the weight loss happened again and is back on track. Since then I’ve been getting my net calories up between 1250-1400 net calories after exercise (or 1800-2200 calories altogether). I also decided that (screw) the whole “I can’t eat this or that” (BS) most pro-ana blogs promote. If I want pie, I’m gonna eat pie. If I want chocolate, I’m gonna have chocolate. Okay not the healthiest of choices to have once in a while, but it’s better than to constantly starve myself and eat only a carrot or only 2 pieces of grapefruit and expect to lose weight. So I’m gonna say this loud and clear, “having one piece of pie does not make me a failure” and I rather eat anything and be satisfied than to starve and be hard on myself.

I’ve been saying from the very beginning, I’m losing this for myself and for my health, not for some silly thigh gap or to impress a boy or icky collarbones. If it means it’s gonna be a slow process, then by all means, bring it on. I rather lose in a turtle’s pace and be toned than lose in a rabbit’s pace and have tons of loose skin! I hope this helps anyone who needs some sort of motivation.

Oh and I went on a shopping spree and fit into a size 14 Calvin Klein dress! I didn't buy the dress but at least it shows progress.

Thought I was going to have a good week, but actually gained 1.2 lbs despite exercise, healthy choices, and drinking tons of water. I tracked everything, even gave up drinking diet soft drinks (just was drinking water, Crystal Light, tea, coffee), and did some sort of physical activity every single day. I gained weight and lost 0 inches anywhere.

I was highly frustrated....and now today has made it worse!

Whenever it's a holiday at work, we all pitch in and bring in food and have a big old party. I started inputting what I had eaten and I'm in the ballpark of 1000 calories OVER for the day and got so mad I gave up. I feel so bloated and miserable. Every time I do well for a while, something like this totally sabotages me.

Are you about to get your period?!

Glad to see week 3 post. I keep losing a pound or two but gaining it back so I'm still at 0 lbs lost. This weekend for me was not the best but I could have been soooo much worse so not beating myself up too much. This week I will have to work harder. Still doing C25K and 30DS. May increase the cardio this week as well. Still just taking it one day at a time. Wishing everyone a great productive fitness week.

Week two, though I started late with it, ended with two days of 30DS and 2 days of C25K... so I feel I ended the week better than I began it. I can't wait until tomorrow to do my C25K day 3. This challenge is exciting to me!

I lost 27 lbs before hitting a plateau for 4 weeks. That's when I ran across this challenge. The goal, 2 lbs per week, was the same as my original goal but b/c I was now 8 lbs away from my goal - even if I lost 2, I didn't put one in the "win" column, I still considered myself a failure. While my story may sound silly, I feel as if many of you are beating yourselves up for your own silly reasons. Let’s look at the big picture! I love the story of Thomas Edison. He failed more than 1,000 times when trying to create the light bulb. When asked about it, Edison allegedly said, "I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb." The idea is that -- even if you try and fail, it doesn't mean that you didn't learn something.
And I whole heartedly agree w/JackeeW. If you have a bad week, you could just quit.. but all of us are on here venting about are bad week so at least we haven’t quit!! We’re not even half way through this challenge! Let’s see how much weight loss butt we can kick!!

Hello everyone!
Glad week 2 is over! I didnt weigh myself this week because I just didnt want to see the results of being away for 4 days. All i got to do was walk.
Hoping to step it up this week I can barely walk my calves are so sore!! How can I get rid of this?

Go week three!!!

I finally have time to get online!! I have been up, down and all around this week. I ended up lossing 1.6 lbs though. I purchased Zumba and have done it for two days until I hurt my achillies tendon. I have been resting it for a couple days of hiking this weekend. Hopefully I can get back on track and stop the craziness!!

I know everyone says to only weigh in once a week. But I find that if I only weigh in once a week, I go crazy! If I *thought* I was doing good & the scale disagrees, I get really down on myself.. If the scale is good, I feel like I can sneak some bad food in at the beginning of the week & lose it before the next weigh in.. But if I weigh in every day, I see the consequences (positive or negative) the next day & it keeps me focused on what I’m putting in my mouth. I don’t record my weight every day. I only update MFP one day a week on my official weigh in date. But weighing myself everyday makes me excited to pass on eating garbage b/c I wonder if I’ll see any difference tomorrow (I use an electronic scale that measures to the tenth of a pound.) While it’s GREAT to see big drops on the scale, I think it’s fun to see little bumps every day that teach you how your body loses weight. I’ve learned a lot about myself in the last 4.5 months w/MFP!!

It's official... I'm addicted to Dance Central! I know DC2 is coming out next month but I wanna get it!

Anyway, so far so good. However, my arms are sore from the previous 2 days of weights. Dancing to "Poker Face" in hard doesn't lessen the pain! :P

It's official... I'm addicted to Dance Central! I know DC2 is coming out next month but I wanna get it!

Anyway, so far so good. However, my arms are sore from the previous 2 days of weights. Dancing to "Poker Face" in hard doesn't lessen the pain! :P

I need to look into this game, switch it up with Zumba.