Healthy for the Holidays Challenge - 9/06 - 11/22

hi guys,

thank you Helen for the awesome chart!

I think my trigger foods are ice cream and anything with carbs. I tend to get really bloated when I eat alot of carbs, so keeping low carbs like 100 or so works for me. What helps me is to buy the ice cream that are already portioned out like a mini bar, so I only eat that. I had a nice day at church today then to visit my mom.

Tomorrow the plan is to kick it hard with my workouts and get my momentum but, which I had lost with 3 days of exercise resting. But....I've been eating on track, and hoping for a good loss this week.

Have a great day, all!

My trigger food is PASTA. My goal this week is to only eat PASTA 1 or 2 times instead of 5 or 6. I have not been doing much in the way of exercise over the past 5 weeks. My goal this week is to start tomorrow (Sunday) and exercise at least 30 minutes everyday. It was so nice here in Indiana today so it has put me in the mood to start exercising again. I guess you can say I have taken a little (5 week) break. Each week over the past 5 when I weigh in I have either gained a little or lost a little but nothing BIG so hopefully my little break will pay off and I can start fresh tomorrow. Have a great week everyone.

Okay, well it's the end of the week. I never posted my trigger food, so I will now. I don't have just one trigger food. I have a whole plethora, from pizza and grilled cheese sandwiches to Mama's cooking. I slave everyday trying not to overindulge. Luckily my mama lives an hour and a half away, so I don't have to worry about her food unless I'm there. This week has been really rough for me. It was homecoming week at school as well as the last week before fall break, plus my college classes started back up. I didn't plan like I was suppose to. I had the new personal pan pizza at school on Thursday. My parents came into town that night, and we went out to eat at Chili's where I had the loaded potato soup (another trigger) and a shrimp taco. I took those leftovers for lunch on Friday. Went to a reunion on Saturday (trigger foods galore!). And ended the week at the GA National Fair yesterday (pizza again along with real coke and a candy apple). So needless-to-say, I also had an epic fail this week! I'm leaving for a trip with my daughters to North Carolina tomorrow. It'll just be me and my girls, so I'll do some better managing my food. And I plan on doing some hiking along with my regular exercise routine.

Through it all though I still managed to lose another pound! I'm weighing in today because I'll be out of town tomorrow. So my results now look like this:

SW: 186.6
Week 1: 183.6
Week 2: 180.2
Week 3: 179.4
Week 4: 178.6
Week 5: 177.0
Week 6: 176.0
GW: 171

All I can say is "Thank God for my increased metabolism with my weight training!"

I just took all my fat clothes to St. Vinnie's after clearing out my closet. I'm NEVER going back to those sizes, and I now know how to stay out of them.

I was hoping to break into the 140's this week, but I don't think it's gonna happen. We'll see tomorrow morning.

I had a better day today...after a very rough weekend. My body just feels so out of sync. I felt extremely tired and very hungry most of the time. I think I am getting a period after almost 6 months of no periods (I am 55 and ready for it to stop) and I feel like the Pillsbury Doughboy. I am nervous about the weigh in in the morning but I will do it and keep going. Hopefully my body will do what it needs to do.

It's that time of the week... Here goes:


SW: 135.0
Week 1: 136.5
Week 2: 134.0
Week 3: 132.5
Week 4: 134.0
Week 5: 131.5
Week 6: 130.0

GW: 129

I will most certainly take a 1.5 lb loss. I hope it doesn't catch up to me this week, now that I'm no longer crazily running around a huge hospital every day. Good luck to everyone today!

Checking in:

Last week: 146.8
This week: 145.4 Down 1.4 pounds

Good luck everyone!!!

I stayed the same this week at 186.0!

For this weeks challenges
Exercise at least 45 minutes 6 days a week and drink at least 10 cups of water every day . Water is something i have a problem with at times but im going to push myself to drink it this week !
Also share your weight loss journey also how far you have come .
I will start with my journey .
I seen pictures of myself and my neices at christmas of last year and i was not happy at all . I descided then that i had to do something and had descided that this year 2011 was going to be to take care of myself . A friend of mine told me the middle of January about myfitnesspal she was like its free and she was joining also . So here i am and i am 50 pounds lighter and feel so much better so much happier . I have quite a ways to go but i am excited to be on this journey !

Checking in:

CW: 175.4 down almost .6 lb.
Trigger foods: I stayed away from my sweets for most of the week. Saturday we ate two meals at church and they had some sinful desserts that I couldn't avoid completely. I did have a chocolate chip cookie for lunch and a couple creamy chocolaty desserts for dinner. A few months ago I would have had a piece of everything.:laugh:
Exercise: I tried to take the stairs a couple times at work throughout the week but that was forgotten by Wednesday. I did start the C25K program though and I'm really excited to be doing that. I've never thought of myself as a runner but I think I can actually do this.

Opal

hi all,

I'm happy to say I did really well last week.

My previous weight was 188.4,
and this week I weighed in at: 185.4


Woot, woot! so excited. cheers to a new week and staying focused, just looking at the goal and we can do this guys!

Just a quick weigh-in! CW-209.8!! Down a little over 2 pounds!:drinker:

The same as last week. It's better than going backwards again i suppose. I never posted my trigger food so i suppose it's biscuits. I cant have just one of them so i try to keep them out of the house.

I lost 2 pounds this week!! This puts me at 10 pounds overall that I have lost since starting my journey. I was really focused last week. I know my trigger foods are sweets so I completely avoided them! I did not have one sweet all week! (that is HUGE for me) During the week I logged every morsel that went into my body and for the weekend I backed off a little from logging ( i am rarely home during the weekend with football games (I have younger siblings) and watching my niece.) I am feeling amazing and even though I had plans last night I got on the treadmill right when I got home from work and did a 40 minute run then took a quick shower and went and did my plans. I have to make working out a priority.

This week: 175

Goal for next week:
My husband will be gone this weekend so I really want to work out both Saturday and Sunday. I have a few plans but I think I can get it done. I want another 2 on the scale!!

Checking in!

9/6 SW: 196.0
9/13 WK1: 193.4
9/20 WK2: 194.2
9/27 WK3: 193.4
10/4 WK4: 193.8
10/11 WK5: 192.6
10/18 WK6: 191.4

SO close to getting in the yellow!!! Just 0.1 lbs away!!! Now I have to lose 0.9 lbs this week to break into the yellow next week.

I would love, love, love to lose 1.5 lbs by next Tuesday and break into the 180s. My personal goal for the week -- lose 1.5 lbs to get into the yellow and the 180s. Double bonus!!!

I'm down 1 more pound this week. I was really hoping to break into the 130's this week, so I'm a little disappointed, but at least the scale is still moving.