Christmas Challenge 2011-Chit Chat

Well, first congratualtions on the weight lost already! I am new to the site, but not new to trying to lose weight. You fall of a vagon, you get up and keep going....It is not easy at all -but, from my experience, setting smaller goals helps.

I think any movement on your part, any exercise, including walking, will benefit your body. Perhaps you can try setting very small fitness goals and increase them? For instance - you can decide on certain days you will only walk 30 minutes. Just 30 minutes. On other days - you can do 45; and once a week - you can set a goal of walking for 1 hr.

I had to quit my gym membership - and made a decision to walk/run most days of t he week. i also do wall, table push-ups, and squats (yes, at work!). Every bit helps!

Also, I found of one the MFP member-written blogs highly beneficial; you might want to read a bit:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Lizzy_Sunflower



good luck!

Great job everyone!

Last week both of my grandparents passed away, so I missed weigh-in and I've only had a teensy loss since two weeks ago. It's been a long week, but I've been able to keep much better control of emotional eating and I'm ready to get back on track. My goal is still attainable, but I need to re-focus.

I'm so sorry to hear about your grandparents! My prayers are with you.

I've had a calorie-loaded week but in better news, I still feel some success - I've come to a realization that maybe it really did finally "click" for me and that I've now made a lifestyle change versus a temporary change of heart. I'm back here and STILL ready to tackle my weight loss head on. A short vacation didn't lead me to guilty feelings or giving up on weight loss altogether - for once, I feel like I can say that it hasn't set me back or put me off my game. I'll weigh in on the spread sheet first thing in the morning.

Yep, same as last week. So disappointed!!!! According to my calories & exercise, I should have lost, so i feel like I totally wasted a week! I'm off this week so I am hitting the gym every single day. Hopefully that will jump start something!

Congrats to everyone with losses! For the rest of us, hopefully next week will be better!

This happens to me allot... don't get discouraged. One day you are gonna step on the scale and be down 5 pounds at once! It's weird how it happens but it has happened to me several times. No loss for two weeks then 5 in one week. Keep ya head up,,, you got this!

Thanks, Cassandra! That makes me feel a lot better! I hope a see a good drop by the end of the week...I will keep working my butt off to give me the best possible chance of that happening! I hope you're having a good week!

I know it's not weigh in day but I just wanted to mention how proud I'm feeling of this group. So many people are working so hard to get healthy and change their lives, it's inspiring

Great job to everyone recording losses and hang in there for those who haven't lost!

132.8 this week (from 141.8 start!). 9lbs down through this challenge so far! It's amazing how accountability makes me more motivated, thanks guys:) It seems like I lose every other week but I'll take it!

Great job everyone!!!! I am in a pickle! I have lost weight but don't know how much! My scale is malfunctioning. It is really off! I've stepped on the scale at home about 3 different times in 30 sec. My scale read from 199 to 193 all in a matter of 30 sec (stepped on it back to back). I always keep it in the same spot and weigh at the same time of day. Now, the scales at my doctor's office and my gym both read 193 back to back. This is so frustrating!!!! My start weight is based on my scale.

Well, I had a fantastic week and looked all set to meet a pound down by today... and then yesterday happened. Actually, it started Friday night when I decided a on a rice/beef/butter/soy laden teppanyaki dinner of 1000 calories+. Not unexpectedly, the sodium (...and extra calories) stuck with me and I was that pound back up yesterday morning, but figured I'd drink plenty and it would probably be back down today. Which should have been the case, except I ended up eating over twice my calorie goal and now I'm .6 UP this week instead of a pound down. :sad:

My first thought was to not even post and just pretend it didn't happen, come back next week and hopefully be back down but I'm holding myself accountable for the first time in my life and ignoring it isn't an option. So I'll admit to my day and a half lapse in judgment, wait for the sodium to leave my body and hopefully take a little weight with it, and accept some of this increase is due to my bad habits.

On the bright side, I feel so sick to my stomach from all the fatty foods I ate yesterday I don't think sticking to my goal today and getting back on the wagon will be a problem :sick:

I'm back from Vegas and 2 weeks out from my 5 lb. gain while there!! I didn't feel defeated, I was just determined to get it off. I was also stuck with only 2 lbs. down weekly, which is great, except I have so much to lose and I wanted to see more weight loss. I reconfigured my calories and lost 5 lbs. this week!! I'm excited. Hopefully I will have the same success next week. Have a great week everyone!!

I'm in! Challenges help me to keep focus through a crazy time.

Week 5 (10/23)- 221
Week 6 (10/30)-
Week 7 (11/6)-
Week 8 (11/13)-
Week 9 (11/20)-
Week 10 (11/27)-
Week 11 (12/4)-
Week 12 (12/11)-
Week 13 (12/18)-
Week 14 (12/25)-

Goal weight- 209
NWG (non weight goal)- move more!

Down a pound! only 2 more to go to get back to where I was before TOM Gonna work it this week!

That's just great. I put it all back on except for a pound. :sad: I could make all the excuses in the world, but to be completely honest with myself, I made bad food choices and allowed a change up in my work schedule to get in the way of my work outs when I should have adjusted my fitness schedule to fit it in.

I never ceased to be amazed at how fast I can put the weight on when it takes me weeks to take it off. :grumble:

great job everyone! Even if you gained this past week, at least you are keeping yourself accountable by posting on the spreadsheet! That way, when you see the numbers go up, it motivates you to eat better this week. That is what happened to me, I was up by 3 pounds last week but on Sunday's weigh-in I had dropped almost 4!! Keep going strong and you WILL do it. After all, doign something is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than doing nothing!
Lots of hugs to you all.

132.8 this week (from 141.8 start!). 9lbs down through this challenge so far! It's amazing how accountability makes me more motivated, thanks guys:) It seems like I lose every other week but I'll take it!

great job! I don't know how you do it coz for me I can't seem to get more than a pound off me in a week - except for this past week when I dropped three
Keep up the good work!!

good week for me I am down 3.2 lbs!!!! wooohoooo:happy: