Christmas Challenge 2011-Chit Chat

I'm still here! I'm discouraged that it's coming off so slowly, but still keeping at it! I want to get to the "healthy" mark by Christmas, so I have a lot of work to do! I'm SO close to the 30 lbs mark & being in the 160s...I think once I hit that, it will really motivate me to keep going. Losing weight is a LOT of work...I swear I will NEVER put it back on!

I have been watching your story and encouraged how you keep at it!!

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

Week 5 (10/23)- 221
Week 6 (10/30)- 219 (-2)
Week 7 (11/6)- 219 (-0) (-2)
Week 8 (11/13)- 216 (-3) Bought Wii Fit Plus to help bump up through the holidays!
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!
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I'm back again as well. I had missed logging the last two Sundays as I was on vacation in St Lucia (have updated the spreadsheet now, however). I weighed when I got back from St Lucia and am at 137.4 from 132.8. 4.6lbs up, yikes! Maybe some is water weight? I'm back on the wagon now though and still determined to get down before Christmas but so frustrating...

Three weeks at 168.5lbs. I'm not doing anything different. Still exercising a lot and under calorie goal. I've lowered my target to 1.5lb to see if the extra calories help. I wanted to be 161 for Christmas. Not sure if that will happen now.

I too am back. I have to be accountable for my actions and just say that I haven't been tracking my food. I have been good about exercize and kind of watching what I eat, but as the numbers show, that combination does NOT equal losing weight. The last week or so, getting off track had really got me down, but I decided that it's OK that I won't make my original goal for Christmas. I need to do the best I can from here on out, so I've regrouped, modified my Christmas goal with the idea that there are still 5 weeks left, so I can still lose about 10 pounds if I really focus.

Every other time I have ever tried to lose weight I would have given up at this very moment. The moment when it starts getting hard, but knowing that I committed to this challenge and that there is that spreadsheet with my name on it and several empty spaces (now filled in) made me come back and remember why I started all this.

So, thank you for keeping me accountable, and to everyone else who as struggle these last few weeks, keep at it. Remember why you started this JOURNEY, and refocus yourself on those reasons.

Have a great Sunday everyone!

SW (9/18)- 250.8

Week 1 (9/25)- 249.4
Week 2 (10/2)- 249.0
Week 3 (10/9)- 248.0
Week 4 (10/16)- 247.2
Week 5 (10/23)- 247.2
Week 6 (10/30)- 246.0
Week 7 (11/6)- 247.0
Week 8 (11/13)- 245.4
Week 9 (11/20)- 245.0
Week 10 (11/27)-
Week 11 (12/4)-
Week 12 (12/11)-
Week 13 (12/18)-
Week 14 (12/25)-

Goal weight- 215lbs by Christmas!
NWG (non weight goal)- Exercise while watching The Biggest Loser this season!

I have reached my goal (yay!) but am going to continue working at it and see where I end up!

Happy Sunday everyone!

Congrats!!! Goal completed a month early!!

Still no change for me this week. Got 5 weeks left. I'm going to try to make the most of it. No way to meet my goal though.

I've plateaued and don't think I'll make my goal. I've adjusted my settings to lose 1/2 lb per week which won't get me to 140 by Christmas but at least I'll stop getting so frustrated and going way over my calories. I'll get there

In other news, I was admiring myself this morning! I look gooood haha.

Congrats to Katia & Batgirl for making their goals! WOO HOO!!!!

Bluerose, I'm sorry you've been stressed out. I hope it will get better!

As of today, I am FINALLY at my halfway mark to my ultimate goal! I'm pretty excited. If tomorrow's weigh in is similar to today, I will still have 7 lbs to make it to my goal for the challenge. It is doable, but it is getting really hard for me to drop 2 lbs a week. My settings tell me I can only lose 1.7 or so max a week, & everything has definitely slowed down the last month. But I will try my best!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I still have another Thanksgiving dinner today & tomorrow! We used to do 3 in one day, but they spread it out for us this year so we won't be as worn out. It's good that we will be able to enjoy each one & not have to rush off, but BAD that that's 3 separate days that I know I will probably not stay in my calories!