My name is Marie and having Internet problems so will be sweet and short

Marie

Hello All!!! I am super excited to be invited in!!!!

Ok.. 6 weeks... I am starting around 175. ( I will weigh myself in the morning.) I really prefer a low carb lifestyle. It's kinda nuts, but I can stay below 40 NET carbs a day when I try. I am a born carnivore I was doing the 30DS until the feeling came back in my cervical nerves. I have cervical spondi-something and am having the nerves fried by radio frequency this Friday. C2 - C7. I should be able to start the 30 days that has been stunted off and on for about 3 months around the 15th of May, but I will make an effort to get something in before there.

I have a meeting in 5 minutes, but cannot wait to get back to read all about everyone. I have been in a funk since right before Easter when the pain started getting beyond uncomfortable. This is exactly what I needed. I love being competitive and having teammates to help call me out on the bad days and cheer me on in the good times!

My name is Sondra. Well I have been fighting the same 3 pounds off and then on again with out changing anything much so I am looking forward to the challenge. More exercise and less carbs. I have about 15 pounds to go total. I would be happy to lose 6 in the next six weeks. Just need to find my Atkins book for the meal plans.

Good afternoon ladies,

Damunchi, are you doing net carbs or gross? I am going to try to stay between 30 - 50 net carbs.

I am super excited to see our great group coming together.

I will be back in abit to catch up as I must go show an apartment, then I have a client coming in at 1:30.

ARE YOU READY TO LOSE???? We are going to rock this place over the next 6 weeks... wooohooo

Hi, I'm Kay, will be 61 July 1st. I'll be going to the beach June 16th and I plan on losing those last 10 pounds before then so this challenge is perfect.

I am pre-diabetic and am taking metformin ER. Hopefully if I get the rest of this weight off my doctor will take me off of it. I try to keep my carbs below 100 per day. Need someone to tell me if the carbs on MFP are net or gross? I try and eat Primal as much as possible.

I'm Renee. 42 yoa. Mom of 4 girls (the baby is 13) and Granny of a 3 yr old boy and almost 7 mth old girl. I have been overweight almost my entire life. On one diet or another most of the time. This is the first year I have really gotten serious. I started at 250. Today I am at 231. My cousin had great success with the 17 day diet (another form of a low carb program that slowly adds carbs) so I am going to try it starting Sunday. I have to wait to buy groceries til then. I tried Atkins and my kidneys couldnt handle it. I am diabetic, have battled cardiomyopathy and CHF, high blood pressure, and bad feet. All of which I am on meds for. All of which I am hoping weight loss will take care of. This journey with supportive people sounds like what I need!

Thanks for the invite! My name is Tracy, l currently weigh 217 and am looking to lose about 70 lbs. I've been having a hard time trying to keep the weight off. I'm 41 and I have PCOS. I know that low carb works well for me, but I need to do it in a way that I can keep it up for life. I always start out great, then go back to eating carbs. My body is so sensitive to carbs that any sugar at all causes me to gain weight. I tried the 4hour body diet (hoping that a cheat day would help me stick to low carb) but my body just held onto the calories I ate on my cheat day. ugh!

So, I've been tweaking the carbs and exercise trying to find the magic number for my body and my sanity. So far, I'm maintaining, but really want to lose. I've upped my calorie intake, purchased a Fitbit pedometer and I am monitoring EVERYTHING! every bite, every sip, and every step. I'm hoping to see that scale start to move soon.

My motto: NO EXCUSES!!!!

Hello everyone. Happy to meet everyone. My name is Susan. Married 41 yrs this Oct. I Have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. I work as a mammographer. ( I do mammograms) My starting weight is 142... My goal is 130. Cause I'm only 5'3". I'm doing net carbs. Trying to stay under 20 carbs.

FIRESWAN: This is a lifting day for me - so I did my UBWO (upper body workout) and then did 35 mins on the treadmill Hill Profile. My fitbit says I've climbed 13 floors already, which is odd - I didn't think it would count the hill profile as floors climbed? Oh well, I'm not complaining! I didn't make my 10,000 steps goal yesterday - but I'm almost half way there already today!

To all of you - I think I have identified a trigger food that I am sensitive to. I LOVE banana with PB. I mean LOVE IT. I could eat it six times a day. High in carbs, though, because of the natural sugar. For a while there last month I was having it as a snack at least once a day - sometimes twice a day.

Now, even though I ate this snack, I still stayed within my calorie limits at a 500-cal a day deficit - and I GAINED. Not a lot, just a few pounds. I got out of the mood for my fav snack, stopped eating it, and dropped those few pounds. Here it is a month later, and I'm trying to follow my EFL eating plan, which means 5-6 small meals a day - and I had this snack once on Monday, and twice yesterday - and got on the scale this morning and I've gained 3 pounds since Saturday morning.

I KNOW this is water weight from this sensitivity I have - not sure if the sensitivity is to the banana or the PB or the combination of both. But as sad as this makes me, I am going to have to swear off my absolute FAVORITE thing to eat. Dammit. Intellectually I know this is what I need to do, but man it makes me sad. Why is it that we get so attached to things? <sigh>

So that's my revelation for the day.....

Ladies, please post what way of eating (WOE'ing) you plan to follow so we can help keep you accountable over the next 6 weeks.
Post if you are incorporating exercise too.

Some of us will have limits and that's ok but let's do our best to do something even if it is sitting in our chair doing leg swings!!! Movement is movemeng and it burns calories!

Yesterday, my carb intake was 60 gross and 41 net so I am right on target...wooohoo

Res, glad you were able to figure out a trigger food. Weird it causes you to gain. As you lose, maybe you will be able to include bananas and PB as a special treat!

Girl, you and Fireswan have your exercise on! I am NOT a morning person so the thought of exercising when I get up, does NOT enter my mind...LOL

Damunchi, today is a new day and a new start!!!! Keep moving forward and getting right back in the game and you will be a winner!!!

Res, glad you were able to figure out a trigger food. Weird it causes you to gain. As you lose, maybe you will be able to include bananas and PB as a special treat!

Girl, you and Fireswan have your exercise on! I am NOT a morning person so the thought of exercising when I get up, does NOT enter my mind...LOL

A part of me loves the early morning workouts - and a part of me hates them with a passion. So far the "love" part is winning, LOL!

I have made general references to my WOE but I will describe it in a bit more detail....

I am following Eating For Life by Bill Phillips - and also doing his Transformation Challenge from his book "Transformation" - which includes strength training 3 days and cardio the other 3 days a week.

EFL promotes 5-6 "meals" a day - which actually can meet 6 meals, or 3 regular meals (with a protein and carb at each one) and 3 replacement shakes, etc. I am trying to keep my carbs under 150 a day,which really isn't LC, but I hope to get that down under 100 - and my goal is absolutely no white bread, white rice, or white sugar - no sugar at all, really. I make my own protein/replacement shakes cuz I'm cheap, LOL.

I am actually doing cardio 6 days a week and strength training 3 days a week because I am training for a Warrior Dash I've signed up for in July. That is a 5K "run" through the woods and there are obstacles - walls to climb, mud to crawl through, tires to bounce through - you get the idea. I won't be running it, I'll be walking it.

I don't run.........well, I do, but only if something really BIG is chasing me. Walking is just fine for me!

My name is Shauna. I am trying to lose around 50lbs. I would love to join in on this "low carb" thing with you all! I'm going to just follow Atkins and start on stage 1. Good luck everyone!!

Ladies, my computer at home is acting up sooo it may be tomorrow while I am at work before I can check back in.

Have a LOSERS day and before you take the next bite, "HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALTHY?"