VERTICAL CHALLENGERS! Home to all shorties out there. (OPEN)

Challengers!

Oct. 14th is the last day for the challenge. Be sure to update your weight loss progress and for any new members that may have missed the comments on providing your information, please follow the link below. Our next challenge will begin after our first challnege completion. Provide informtion you feel comfortable sharing. If you are participating highlight your name in blue and if you are not highlight in purple. Good luck as the challenge closes. I have seen some incredible weight loss amongst the group and can't wait to see the finally numbers!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlcJqG9B3Q27dFRGRTRYMHNoQ3U2R2FRbnpoeDItcHc&hl=en_US#gid=0

You're not alone at all! In my situation it doesn't help at all that life is just pounding us right now. Actually, life has been pounding us since I got pregnant with DD#1. I cheated yesterday (twice) and today once and I need to stop before I get sick. It's not just cheating on my weight loss diet but also my Ulcerative Colitis diet as well. I was ok this morning but will probably be a mess tomorrow. Sigh...

I just look at my girls and remind myself over and over that I do NOT want them to have real memories of me looking like this. Pictures, ok, I can't get rid of every picture of them with me when they were babies... but I can make their actual memories of me be ones of a healthy mommy.

PS - can I just point out that you have lost 24 pounds which is freaking AWESOME!

Hello all! Sorry been very busy as it is now my busy time at work (until Feb/March ). How did everyone do this month and what is the challenge for next month?

I'm also almost done with 30DS. I'm on Day 3/Level 3 and am anxious to see the results! Also would like some suggestions for other DVDs to complement my cardio (I run about an hour or so 4 days a week).

I'm also happy to announce I've reached my ultimate goal weight range, but still want those pesky 3 "vanity" pounds!

I just joined the spreadsheet. I'm excited to see what next month's challenge will be.

A little background: I'm a 30 year-old mother of two beautiful girls, ages 9 and 5. I'm married to a guy who tries hard, but isn't always that supportive. My weight has gone up and down my whole adult life. I've had body image issues since I was about 6, though. I was always told I was the "fat kid" in my class; looking back at pictures, there was no way I would be considered fat! Intellectually I know that, but I still deal with a distorted image of myself.

This summer I reached an all-time non-pregnant weight and almost cried right there on the scale. I've tried and tried and nothing seemed to work. My mom introduced me to MFP toward the end of August. I've logged in every day since and have managed to lose about 17 pounds (I lost a little before starting MFP). I'd really like to get healthy and be able to provide a good example for my two little girls. I don't ever want them to deal with the image issues I have, but I want them to be healthy. *sigh* Quite the balancing act.

Hello everyone!

Welcome new members! I've seen some anticipation for the next challenge. Some people may be happier with this challenge given that it does not involve pounds lost :happy: Since it is difficult to get those pesky lbs off of our lovely bodies. Our next challenge will begin Saturday Oct. 15th (in order to give everyone ample time to update their lbs lost and become informed of the next challenge).

The challenge will include exercise minutes and water. Members must complete 150 minutes a week. In retrospect, that would be about 30 minutes split into 5 days. You can count anything you FEEL is exercise and split it into however minutes you'd like, so long as by the end of the week it totals 150 minutes.

In addition, there will be a daily challenge of drinking 8 glasses of that H2O. As always, you are more than welcome to drink more water and exercise more. This time around you would have to log in your progress every week with the update being each Saturday. If you have any questions feel free to ask me or any other of our lovely Co-Leaders. We are happy to help. Remember the challenge begins Oct. 15th and ends Nov. 15th. Good luck with the last two days remaining of our challenge and for some last day :drinker: .

Go VERTICAL CHALLENGERS!

So excited about exercise minutes. Didn't so well in last challenge.

Glad your excited!

Thanks laloquita21 for showing me this page,and challenge. I'm so excited to start.
SW 336
CW 298
GW 130 lbs.
Ht. 5'0"
Goal 288 11/14/11 :flowerforyou:

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I would also love my daughter to see a thinner me.
And 24 pounds seems like a lot, but it really isn't that much when there is just SO MUCH to loose!
I think I need to stop using pinterest.... every other picture is a yummy dish.

24lbs is a significant weight loss! Please believe in yourself. You deserve to be thinner and healthy and you can do it!

One challenge done. I'm ready for the next!!! Exercise has always been harder for me then just restricting calories...so it will be a challenge...BRING IT ON!

Yippie! I'm glad you guys are liking the challenge!

thought i best drop a line, ive been updating the spreadsheet but never get time to post, im joining the exercise/water challenge esp as i forget to drink water during the weekends. yaaay

Good morning and happy weigh in to all the short ladies out there!

SW: 204.2 (this challenge)
CW: 197.6
GW: 125
Lost: 6.6lbs.!!!!!!!!

I'm ready for the new challenge and can't wait to get started!

I lost 5.8 lbs during the first challenge!! I am really excited, especially since my birthday was last weekend, and I definitely celebrated :bigsmile:

I am excited for the new challenge. I do great with my water during the week (usually 80-96 oz a day), but I tend to forget to drink it on the weekends. This challenge will be a great reminder to do that!!

Hope you all have a great Friday!!!

Excited by this new challenge. The exercise and water goals are minimum ones I have for myself already so it will be great to have more accountabilty.
I am impressed by some of the weight loss I have seen on this thread. It has become challenging to lose weight now that I am near my goal weight.

Woohoo! I braved the scale yesterday and am now at 130.8! I was starting to get discouraged because I felt like nothing was happening! So excited!! I will definitely keep at it!!!

I lost 5.4 lbs this challenge! WOO HOO!

I'm ready for the next challenge