New You for the New Year Challenge- A 12 Week Personal Chall

I lost 4lbs this week. Unfortunately I have been really sick and all food (even talking or thinking about it) is making me nautious so I did not eat as I should have. So I expect it to come back on. Just more motivation to push through this week and do what I can to keep it off. I did at least 30 minutes of exercise each day.
1. I have not found myself losing motivation. There are days I do not want to work out, and on those days I will just watch what I eat. Tracking my food as become a habit and it not hard to do. I know that if I simply track everything I put in my mouth I will be successful and if I add in the extra workout time I will see bigger results and potentially faster results. I am so close to being under 200 lbs for the first time in years it keeps me going. I seem to set subconscious mini-goals that are in 5 or 10lb increments. These mini-goals are not set in stone, but each time I see that little extra weight gone I feel so much better.
In the beginning of my journey I did not have scale at home. We have an industrial scale in the back to weight pallets on and that was what I was using. I also would weigh myself at a friends house I was at on a regular basis. However, I was told her scale showed 5lbs heavier that the actual weight and discovered this was not true. This was a setback and upsetting but I knew that I needed to keep going for me and no one other than me can fix the issues at hand.
2. When I need support and motivation I go to my roommate. She is noticing all of my changes as I am. If she notices I have not worked out in a few days she will suggest we go for a walk/jog, do a video together, or play the Wii or X360-Kinnect. Anything to get me up and going. The other huge motivators are my MFP friends. If I'm having a bad day I have never been given anything but constructive criticism and positive comments. It helps to know that we are all in the same battle and in different point of the journey so there is the motivation from the people who are close to their goals and the ones you want to succeed because you're around the same point and those I support myself as they are just starting or have a longer journey than myself.

Keep up the great work everyone!! We can all do this!!! Just stay focused and think about how much happier and healthier we can be together at the end of this journey and beginning of our next journey to the new people we have become inside and out!!!

Hello Everyone!

I am doing well! I am still working on the water challenge, getting much easier/better.

As far as workouts, I bought the Zumba video game for the playstation move last week, so my challenge this week is to do AT LEAST a 20 minute routine everyday I don't have a full Zumba class to go to. I think that would kick start so more loss!

I missed a week too, but here I am! For my check-in, I lost 2.6 lbs this week! I am 2 lbs away from my goal weight.

1) What was your breaking point, your “ah-ha” moment, the point that made you sign up for MFP?

I was on MFP for a while but I refused to use the food diary. One day, after reading an article about surprising places where high-fructose corn syrup is used (yoplait light yogurt!!!) Did some more research about how the body processes that stuff. I started using the food diary and reading ALL labels. I have lost 19 pounds since that day.

2) The scale can be the devil (for me anyway… I REALLY hate it last week and this week) so lets focus on a NSV for this week. At the end of the week post all NSV’s that you have accomplished or felt for the week :

It's not the end of the week but I had a NSV...my Mii on the wii fit shrank when I weighed in this week. She jumped up and down, and turned around and checked out her butt. it was very exciting as I have had an overweight Mii as long as I have had the wii fit. (3 years)

pearlsgonewild - Congrats on being 2lbs from your goal and on your shrinking Mii! I can just imagine the dance she did.

Personal Challenge:
*I am doing Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 for the month of November. Should definitely burn at least 1,000 calories this week.
*I will focus on fruits, veggies, whole grains and fish this week for my meals, staying under my calorie goal.

Personal Reflection:
1) What was your breaking point, your “ah-ha” moment, the point that made you sign up for MFP?
A friend asked me to be in her wedding and when it came time to get the dress I couldn't believe I needed the size my measurements demanded. I had been in denial for so long, wearing clothing that was too tight. So instead of getting the correct size, I ordered my dress in a size I knew would not fit. It was stupid, but once it was done I had no choice but to try and lose the weight before the big day. I had friends who were on MFP and having great success so I joined and worked out everyday, ate clean and voila! managed to get into the dress by the big day. But more than that, I realized how out of shape I had been, how horribly my clothes fit before, that food that's good for you can taste good too and that I really can transform my body if I put the effort in.

2) The scale can be the devil (for me anyway… I REALLY hate it last week and this week) so lets focus on a NSV for this week. At the end of the week post all NSV’s that you have accomplished or felt for the week

I went to a Halloween party and saw friends I haven't seen in months. They all noticed I had lost weight and asked me what I'm doing. One guy even sent me a text message after the party to tell me I was looking good :-) The most amazing part is that it was TOM and I was feeling bloated ... but I guess my new tummy bloated is nothing compared to my pre-MFP tummy!

Progress: I've lost 4 pounds since I've joined! b(^o^)d

Personal Challenge:
*Eat CLEAN. noway Yep I said it. Eat as clean as you can fresh fruits, veggies, and meats. (This is going to be a tough one...)
*I'm going to try to go to the gym at least 3 times this week and burn at least 1000 calories in total.
*I'm going to try to drink at least 5 glasses of water every day.

Personal Reflection: This is a 2 part reflection week.
1) What was your breaking point, your “ah-ha” moment, the point that made you sign up for MFP?

There were actually three things that made me know that I had to sign up for MFP. One, I realized that walking up four flights of stairs killed me. And although stairs and me have never been best buddies, I knew that the progress I had made previously had all went poof. I really need to up my stamina. Two, my clothes aren't fitting so well... and I really don't want to buy a whole new wardrobe. >.<;; Three, my self confidence hasn't been so good since I put on more weight.


2) The scale can be the devil devil (for me anyway… I REALLY hate it last week and this week) so lets focus on a NSV for this week. At the end of the week post all NSV’s that you have accomplished or felt for the week

11/1: I burned over 300 calories today at the gym so I'm feeling pretty good about that.

Thanks Michelle for checking up on me!

Doing Turbo Fire for 10 days now.

Great job! How do you like Turbo Fire? I've been thinking about trying it.

Sorry I haven't been around. Modem issues & i've been helping out at my kids' school for several times in the last couple weeks. I've only lost .2 lbs since the beginning of the Challenge, but am down 25 lbs & 2 shirt sizes since late August.

I've been over 70 oz of water almost every day & have been faithful in my logging, even when I had to do it on my small & temperamental Palm Pre(I'm hoping to get my iPhone 4S next week).

I'll be around more, I promise!