Lose 40lbs by Christmas

My name is Rebecca and I am from Texas. I need to lose 40lbs by Christmas. My husband and I are trying to get pregnant and my doc told me that it is best for me to lose the weight.

Starting weight: 210
Goal weight: 170
Plans on how to get there: work out 5 days a week/ givew up soft drinks and drink lots of water/ eat healthy

By biggest down fall is lunch.... I find it so hard for me to stick to my plan at lunch..... Oh and also social eating. If everybody is eating bad then I eat bad... I can use some help and support from anybody out there. HELP ME!!!!

I have gained 8 since the beginning of summer and really need this challenge to stay on track! I am all in 100%!
So:
Starting weight: 185.5
Goal weight 145!

That would put me 20 from where I want to finish!
I plan on exercising an hour a day, 6 days a week.
I also will maintain 1400 calories!!

This week wasn't a good week for me. :-( I actually gained 1.3lbs putting me to 219.5. :sad: I am going to work my butt off this coming weekend and next week and I'm going to come with better results.

Congrats to all the ladies that lost this week!! :happy:

Brooke....I share in your results. I gained 1 pound this week. It was very discouraging because I place alot of value of success on the number on the scale. I felt like a looser...but then I just started thinking...I didn't put on my weight in one week....and I can't expect to loose it on one week either. I love your positivity and resolve - you WILL do it this week...we both will...I just wish I could loose it like a guy...lol...my husband sneezes and drops 5 pounds...lol!

So this is my post...I gained one..ugh! New Current is 199

Had a good first week, I stayed under calorie goal everyday.

SW-9/5--190
CW-9/9--188.4
Lost 1.6lbs

SW: 163
CW:160
GW:123

I eat 900 cal/day @ max sometimes less (like today 550) and do 60 mins of exercise 4 times/ week (ballet 1 day and cheer practice 3 days) *I lost one pound in one day (between yesterday afternoon and today)*

I am in! my weight on friday was 213.4 to be 173 aqt Christmas would be amazing! My sister, mother and son are all challenging each other to drop 30 in 90 so this would help me be the biggest loser at our Christmas gathering and give me bragging rights!

I will get on the exercise bike 5 days a week for an hour and do strength moves with weights while on the bike! Yoga 30 minutes a day every day and restarting the 30 day shred program! Starting right now!

My goal was to lose 20lbs by Christmas, but now I am totally in for losing 40lbs.
WE CAN DO IT! :-)

I wanna join too please!! :-)

My start weight 236 :-(

But to be under 200 would be AMAZING to me, I dont think I was born that size!

Goal weight (for xmas) 196!!! Woo Hoo!!

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Is it too late to join? I really want a Christmas challenge group. SW weight is 196.2lb.. Would LOVE to be in the 150s by Christmas.. That would be the best Christmas gift ever! Feel free to add me. Always looking for like-minded motivational friends

I want to join too.

Starting weight 212.5
Goal Weight 175
Total to loose 37

I had issues in the past of getting obsessive with charting and planning. I stopped dieting 6 years ago and oddly enough I have stayed within 8 pounds of 212 for 6 years. But now It's time to bring it down, then have 6 or more years around 175 : )

For me its about balance.

- I'll eat what I want when I want (within reason) planning only so I have the food in the house.

- If one day is way out of range, the next day should be a slightly less calorie day and increase exercise exertion (not extra time)

- Before I actually drift into the kitchen, I will have a good idea about what I am getting (no window shopping for "what could I have")

- I won't schedule or week of salads or eat food that I don't like because its healthy or lower calorie.

- I will do 1 hr of exercise a day (5-6 days a week) from the following group (as I get board of doing the same thing all the time and it prevents me from injuring myself because of repetition.):

Swim (That's only 40 minutes, but awesome workout)
Bike (stationary or on the road)
Step Aerobics
Water Aerobics
Walk
Olyptical
Skiing
Zumba
Xbox Dancepad
Wii Fit
Walking the stairs up and down during work breaks
(My ultimate goal is to every year on 9/11 do the 81 flights of stairs the firefighters had to climb. In honor of the firefighters that died.
tried this year, made it to 35 flights and super sore 2 days later!)

- Use myFitnessPal to track daily. Love the bar code scanner on the iphone. Makes it super easy for most entries.
- Pray to stay on track and thankful to be on track, pray to work through / discover what I perceive as hunger when I am not.
- Only talk about my weight loss with you guys. Let people discover on their own I am shrinking ; )


Well I will keep you posted and I will print this off to keep me honest. I hope the weight will come off by Christmas, but I won't put that kinda pressure on myself anymore.

I would love to join I started at 210lbs originally I am down to 191.8 (todays weight) ..

Start Weight 191.8
After this Challenge 151.8
Final Goal 110-135 wherever I look best in my healthy range

I am sticking to my calories while drinking Shakeology for 2 meals a day , Couch to 5 K and rotating walking,Turbo Jam, or Insanity on my rest days. I am only on Week One Day Two

I also drink all my water avoid all "soda" ... and am trying to figure out the rest of this diet stuff

As of today 09/17/11 I am 184.6 (down 7.2lbs) my challenge goal weight is 151.8

I started 30day shred 2 days ago and will continue to walk/run and throw in a different video workout a few days a week I am still on no soda(regular or diet) and staying within my calorie range .. I will eat my excerise calories back one day a week but not every day since I am really obese and need to lose the weight !! Hope everyone else is doing GREAT !!

Had a bad weekend no exercise and lots of eating! Boo!! but just done 2.5mile running in half an hour which I am happy about! Also bought 30DS DVD! I will be a super model! :-)

This group isn't as active as I hoped it would be. :ohwell: