I didn't reach my end of the year goal, but I'm ok with it. Since the end of January I lost a 142lbs, today I weigh 206, started at 348. I was hoping to weigh 188 by Christmas but I hope to be some where in the 190's by then. But I will enjoy the holiday. Hope all of you had a good year and can't wait to see what 2012 will bring.

Hello everyone:

Well, I would have to say that I didnt reach my goal for this year. I started my weight lose in September but I have only been on MFP for a little over a month, so I feel that 2012 will be a great year because of the support and food tracker on here. It will allow me to have better results. The end of this year has been hard with different stresses in my life and I have had to work through them and figure out how to NOT stress eat! I wanted to weigh 16 lbs less by Christmas!
2012 I am going to continue to work on figuring out the reasons why I gained the weight that I did so I will be successful in the future and gaining more endurance while jogging so I can run in a marathon. I will run in honor of my Babcia(grandmother). This is a big goal for me.

I will say that I did accomplish my goal of kicking my sida habit though! Yah me! IThis was a big one. Also, creating a new yearning for new, good, healthy foods VS the typical sweets and bad foods that I previously wanted.

So, in all I did not accomplish my weight goal but I did accomplish others, so I would say I have succeeded.

O' I would like to be at least 66 pounds lighter by Christmas next year! I believe it is very attainable!


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Hi everyone. I'm just joining MFP but have been working on losing weight for the past 18 months. My journey is slow, but at least it's heading in the right direction!

My goal for 2012 is to lose 30 pounds. It may not sound like much, but at my rate of loss, I need to be realistic so I don't get discouraged. I've decided that reaching my goal weight may take 3 years, but every month I'm closer to getting there!

I started MFP two months ago and lost 20.6 pounds. When I started MFP my husband told me that this is a bad time to start a diet right before the holidays and that I should wait until the new year. That is why i have the saying in my profile. I am happy that i started at the end of october and have already lost 20.6 pounds. This is much better than starting the new year with 100 pounds to lose and the unknowing of if it is going to work or not. I'm 20 pounds closer to my weight goal and 16 pounds from onederland. I have reached my goal for the weight loss, but have not reached my goal for exercise. I'm doing better but was hoping to be doing much better by this time. I reached my goal of journaling my food every day. I have not reached my goal even one day of 8 glasses of water per day. My goal for 2012 is to keep doing what I'm doing right now but add exercise and drinking water. I've decided to be happy if i lose one pound per week and not let this bother me. My goal is to be in onederland in 16 weeks or by the end of April. I want to lose 52 pounds in the next year, that would be 72 pounds counting what i already lost bringing me to 154 pounds next christmas eve. What a wonderful gift to give myself next christmas. This christma I gave myself a 20 pounds loss and a new beginning.

After having written the last note, I thought of a tiny goal i was hoping to achieve before the end of the year. I wanted to lose 10 lbs and guess what! I did it! My first ten pounds are history. The new year is going to see a whole lot less of me! Just had to share.

I didn't make an end-of-the-year goal, at least not for the actual end of year. My goal is to lose 100 pounds in a year, which I'm almost a quarter of the way there in 3 months.. so right on track! I'm looking forward to getting back on track after the Christmas weight gain and weight hover. I won't call it a plateau, just a general disinclination to move past 263.