10 down by Christmas-Team 7 (CLOSED GROUP)

Thanks for starting this off Neveah!!

Hey Team 7!

My name is Stephanie, and I'm 23. I'm from the suburbs of Chicago, which is where I currently live, but I also consider St. Louis, MO (where I went to college) and Camden, NJ/Philadelphia (where I did a two-year volunteer program) to be home.

I just joined MFP about a month ago. I joined after I started really trying to get my weight in check when i found out my bmi was pretty close to morbidly obese (yiiiikes!). I started the Couch to 5k program (on week 6 now!) and on their Facebook fan page is where I heard about MFP! I'm liking it a lot so far and really excited about this challenge (my first one!). My first major goal is to get down to 180 so that I'm in the overweight bmi category, and then make my way down to healthy . C25K has also opened my eyes to the world of running, and I'm hoping to get in the habit of signing up for a 5k every few months or so (my first one is on my birthday in a little less than a month... aka Thanksgiving this year haha).

Anyway, so glad to be on a team with all of you!! Let's do this!!

So great to read your stories We are gonna smash this challenge! I just know it :flowerforyou:

I don't know how to re-size pics so bear with me if they turn out huge I'm going to be mortified :embarassed: haha

There was a girl name Julie who was 23, 136lbs




She got diagnosed with an autoimmune problem and had to take a lot of steroids and other immune suppressants to control it. There were lots of side effects to these pills like hair thinning and weight gain. She shot up over 190lbs. Between the weigh gain and the hair and everything else her friends walked passed her in the street. They didn't recognise her :noway: At first it was just one or two and she thought, maybe they just didn't see me and then it became a regular occurrence.




She decided she wanted change because she wants to recognise herself in her reflection. She wants her friends to know who she is when they pass her in the street. So she started trying to take control back over her life. She successfully reasoned with her drs to try meds other than steroids and immune suppression (These are now reserved for attacks only). And she started working her *kitten* off to lose some pounds. So she got down to 182 and remembered the mfp app on her phone so she started using it.

Now she's nearly 27.


It's two steps forward and one step back a lot. I got down to 162 before but then something happened and I ended up back on high doses of steroids. 200mg injection 4 times a day aswell as about 40 tablets and its really hard to control the eating on those doses I would eat my own shoe. :laugh:

I spent 28 days in hospital from end Sept through to last Friday. I tell you sometimes I want to pull my hair out this back and forth business. After a few days at home I decided that I was going to do this because I want it. I want to take whatever I can back so I decided to start this challenge. When I hopped on the scales yd I weighed in at 169 so I gained 4 but it only makes me more determined to get those 4 back down. :laugh:


“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

Hey Everyone!

I'm Jayne, I'm 31 from Ohio, and have been on MFP since February. Ive lost 31 lbs since starting, and hopefully can drop a lot more before the years end. In June I found and fell in love with Crossfit, I am an avid walker of Quarter Marathons and managed to do a Warrior Dash in September. I am a food addict, and am combating that fact on a moment to moment basis. I love working out, and went from wanting to run a 5k or a Marathon to wanting to do Crossfit Games or the Heraean Games (its a Women's CrossFit Competition held every 4 years. Named after the Heraean Games held in Ancient Greece in honor of the Goddess Hera.) In September after only a few months of going to Crossfit, I was named the strongest woman at the box. I want to make prescribed weight first among the women (who are not trainers)

Weight fluctuates day to day so it's not usually a good idea to weigh yourself daily. (It can make some people lose confidence in their weight loss journey or create frustration when there really need not be). I weigh myself once a week - and in the morning before eating or drinking anything.

Hiya team 7... Nice to hear your stories, good luck to all of you with your weight loss, both in the group challenge and outside of that

I'm Rachel, I'm 23, from the Midlands in the UK... I started losing weight in March, just for myself really.. I lost 1lb under 2 stone between then and the end of May.. Did really well, loved the gym etc... I completely lost motivation over the summer- stopped logging, stopped going to the gym, and have basically put a stone back on... Since then I can't seem to shift a single pound I'm back at the gym but finding it hard to get my eating under control...

So I'm hoping having a set target for Christmas and being part of a group challenge will help motivate me!!

How's everyone doing with this week's challenge? Last night I got to the gym earlier so I could do 15 minutes on the treadmill before my spin class - it was mainly running, not walking, so slightly cheating, but I figured it still counts!!

Then today I'm not sitting in the office for my lunch-break - I'm going to have a walk round town - get at least my 15 minutes walking in, plus hopefully buy a nice coat for the winter months!!

And in answer to the 'how often do you weigh in' question - every day usually, I find the fluctuations interesting etc... It does make me a bit fed up though if I'm up randomly one morning... Although this week I'm not going to weigh until Friday, see if it has any affect on my motivation etc!!!

Hope everyone is having a lovely week, let's kick some *kitten* on Friday!! xx

Hmm..only lost 0.4lbs this week, but I lost a whole inch off of my waist and also an inch off of my thighs! ^-^ I think that's from all of the constant biking!! Hoping to lose a few more lbs next week.

Hmm..only lost 0.4lbs this week, but I lost a whole inch off of my waist and also an inch off of my thighs! ^-^ I think that's from all of the constant biking!! Hoping to lose a few more lbs next week.

I'd take inches over pounds any day! So congrats

I lost 3, but that's mainly due to TOM last week I think... But fingers crossed I can keep it up for next week too!!

Congrats to everyone on team 7, doesn't look like we've had any members put weight on, so we're doing amazingly x

WELL DONE TEAM 7 !!!!!!

You lost 19.4lbs and 1.01 % of your combined bodyweight

The average team lost: 14.85 lbs and 0.81% bodyweight

You guys kicked @ss!!!!!!

:drinker: Congrats my dear Team:happy: on kicking *kitten* on the first day of the challenge! We are at the second place as you all know!:flowerforyou:

My first week of the challenge was nice.I lost 3lbs:blushing: But second week had been a disaster thanks toTOM:sad: ..I've been eating lots of sweets:grumble: and haven't exercised since saturday:noway: But thankfully, I have not gained anything so far and have lost 1 pound..so that's kinda nice thinking the amount of food I have gobbled down..

Tomorrow is the weighing in day, so good luck ladies.. I know we'll rock!

You must have been influencing me :P i have done the exact same thing this week! and i have managed to lose a pound this week, i guess b/c despite the sweets i did my best to stay under my calorie goal. I am going to try and exercise today. but cramps are killing me...