1st January 2010 Weight Loss Challenge!

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  • NCHICK80
    NCHICK80 Posts: 35
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    Name: Nicole :tongue:
    Starting weight 237:grumble:
    Weight 230:noway:
    Goal Weight 170:smile:
    Hobbies. reading, watching movies, playing pool, cooking, hangout out w. boyfriend
    shopping, decorating,
    GOAL: want to be 199 by NEW YEARS EVE........:drinker:
    Hope i can still join, i have never join anything on this site before, nor really any site so I am not sure what to do? Do I add you all as my friends or come back to this blog weekly????
  • afergason
    afergason Posts: 14 Member
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    Name - Audrey
    Start Weight - 275 (highest was 305)
    Goal Weight - 195
    Hobbies - Just completed week 3 of the couch to 5k program.
    Interesting Fact About Yourself - Approaching my 1st year anniversary in October.
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
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    welcome everyone! have you all checked in with your weight for this week :flowerforyou:

    when we are all ready next thursday i will update the list of members and whoever is first alphabetically will be in charge of the challenge for the week :heart:

    this weeks challenge is not to overdue it at the weekend, we should still count our calories, drink our water and be active at the weekends too :drinker:

    Well so far I've run 3 miles and spent the morning getting my oil changed and working in the lab, and I'm about to go lift. So far I haven't done any sort of celebrating for the football game!
  • lisawest
    lisawest Posts: 798 Member
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    week 1: 200:happy:
    I haven't been at 200 since before my first child!
  • Shanta1983
    Shanta1983 Posts: 1,228 Member
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    Update
    Shanta
    S.W 225lbs
    C.W 176lbs

    And the last week of this year I suppose to be only 4lbs away from my goal weight thats nothing Im blow that under the water :happy: :laugh:
  • mnichol
    mnichol Posts: 642
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    Hey! I don't join these things normally, but recently I sort of 'fell off' a bit and wasn't really tracking my progress (or, regress?) until I realized that my tummy was looking poojey and my weight had slowly and steadily increased from 125.6 to 136.4 lbs :noway: from May to August. I am down to about 134 (on my TOM right now). Are we doing inches lost as well? I think that would give us a more inclusive look at our progress.

    So here's the other stuff

    Starting Weight: 134.6
    January 1st Goal Weight: 124.6 (8.5 if I lose 1/2 lb a week, but I'll round up to an even 10 to challenge myself :wink: )
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 118 (or 19% body fat)
    Inches Goal: 1-2 inches off the following: abdomen, butt, inner thigh
    Hobbies: designing and implementing workout programs, hiking, reading, finding obscure music artists
    Interesting Fact: I'm the first in my family to pursue a PhD


    I'd like to jump on board as well...but i've only got about 5 lbs i'd like to get off. So measuring is what i'd like to do since i've been lifting weights.


    Start: 140
    Jan 1st 135

    waist: 29 in
    hips: 38 in
    thighs: 20 in
  • oEmmao
    oEmmao Posts: 466 Member
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    afergason
    dixiegal2484
    francis_adriro
    klaflamme
    learning2fly4
    Leela1
    lisawest
    Lyndo
    mnichol
    NCHICK80
    lizagna
    oEmmao
    phetzgetfit
    romero2006da
    Shanta1983
    songbyrdsweet
    tttthumper

    welcome everyone, here is our list of challengers so far! how was everyone's weekend? i was working for most of it, hoping to get a long swim in tomorrow afternoon

    :heart:
  • francis_adriro
    francis_adriro Posts: 57
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    Hello All.
    My weekend was really relaxing, I take the weekends as rest time from working out. I have been working out at home since my daughter was sick and there for couldn't make it to the gym. Today however, is my first day back at the gym, and I'm pretty excited about going. I'm 11 pounds from my Jan 1st goal weight, and I can see it soooo close. I need to stay focused and not feel like I'm able to "cheat", I can't afford that just yet.
    Hope everyone else had a great Labor Day Weekend :smile:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
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    I was doing GREAT until Saturday night...we went to a friend's house and I went crazy on some homemade yeast rolls. :love: Then Sunday I took my first day off in like two weeks...I keep meaning to take days off and then I get involved in some activity and end up forgetting to rest. Tiring. :yawn: But I'm back to it today, did a short but very intense lifting session for about 25 minutes and then an hour of BodyStep tonight. Tomorrow I'm getting out for a morning run! :smile:
  • oEmmao
    oEmmao Posts: 466 Member
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    There are No second helpings in Life

    Author: Janice Elizabeth Small

    {mosgoogle} It's so easy to put your life on hold until you lose weight.
    It's easy to say "I'll do that once I've lost a few pounds" or
    "I couldn't do that I'm too fat".

    But you only have one life - there are no second helpings. So
    you owe it to yourself to live your life in the present and to
    live it to the full.

    Going for whatever you want now, rather than waiting until you
    are slim, can even help you lose weight.

    How so?

    1. It distracts you from eating

    If you're busy working to achieve something, it keeps your mind
    occupied with activities other than food.

    Have you ever been engaged in an activity where you were so
    absorbed you forgot to eat? People who live their lives
    following their passions and going for their goals have a lot
    more of those moments. It's called "being in the flow state" and
    in flow your thoughts are on anything but food!

    You know how it is when you're trying to lose weight - you feel
    hungry just because you're thinking about food all the time -
    what you can and can't eat, what you should and shouldn't have
    eaten at your last mealtime. If you have other things to keep
    your mind occupied, things you're 100% involved in, you'll be
    able to stick to your weight loss program more easily.

    2. It prevents self-sabotage

    If you're just a tiny bit scared that you're not cut out to
    achieve what you want to achieve in life, you may be using your
    weight as a form of protection. And you'll sabotage your weight
    loss efforts at every turn to keep those pounds so that you
    don't put yourself in the position of trying and failing. Your
    weight is an excuse to keep yourself within your comfort zone.
    It helps you justify sticking with what you know and are used to.

    If you recognise this in yourself, take just tiny steps towards
    your goal every day, tiny steps that don't seem difficult at
    all. You'll build your success little by little and gradually
    lose your fear and your weight.

    Start going for your goals and what could be more satisfying?
    You'll be losing weight and having a great time too. Life is not
    all about the number on the scales and your attempts to shift
    that dial don't have to be all consuming.

    You only have one life, so go for whatever it is you want!

    Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small

    http://www.diet.ie/fat-loss/444-there-are-no-second-helpings-in-life.html
  • leshawnturner
    leshawnturner Posts: 382
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    # Name -
    # Start Weight -
    # Goal Weight -
    # Hobbies -
    # Interesting Fact About Yourself -

    WELCOME TO THE GROUP EVERYONE! :heart:

    COUNT ME IN, COUNT ME IN!!!! I need something to help keep me accountable especially since I have been slipping with my eating!!!

    I'm Shawn
    SW 251 (highest 272):sad:
    GW 230 by New Year's Eve (final GW 160):heart::love:
    Hobbies: reading (mysteries, romance, poetry); sewing, cake decorating (oddly enough after I finish decorating the cake I can't eat it because I've been around it too long:bigsmile: :ohwell: ); writing
    Interesting fact about me: i'm legally deaf in my left ear and have a slight learning disorder but I have 2 post-grad degrees :bigsmile: :blushing:

    I'll weigh in on Thurs!!! Yeah!!!
  • krupa
    krupa Posts: 3
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    Hope its not too late to join. I will check-in with my weight this Thursday.

    Name - Krupa
    Current Weight - 140
    January 1st Goal - 125
    Final Goal - 115
    Hobbies - Reading, Travel
    Mom of a 5-yr old, working full time and doing part time MBA from a top-10 college ( read: no free time :-( )
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
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    Weigh in tomorrow!!! Everyone stay on track! :wink:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
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    Oh cool, I'm the first to check in! :bigsmile:

    SW: 134.6
    Week 1: 134.2 (-.4)
    Week 2: 132.6 (-2...2 lbs in two weeks, right on track for now!)

    Waist: 27.75 (-.25)
    Abdomen: 29.5
    Butt: 39
    Inner Thigh: 23.25 (-.25)
    Quadriceps: 20.5 (-.25)

    -.75 inches total!
  • krupa
    krupa Posts: 3
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    Check in today : 140 .

    Trying to keep on track.

    I spend about 4 hrs on elliptical per week and eat around 1200 cal / day. I have been at it for about 6 weeks now and lost about 5lbs.

    Trying to mix it up a bit. Just ordered the 30day shred from Amazon.

    Off to Disney world for a week next Friday. MUST RESIST, with the free dining plan :-(
  • JWalker514
    JWalker514 Posts: 87
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    Id love to join as well! Sorry Im late! I gotta get motivated again!!!

    # Name - Julie
    # Start Weight - 154
    # Goal Weight - 120
    # Hobbies - Playing with my baby boy, reading, scrapbooking
    # Interesting Fact About Yourself- I grew up on a farm in PA, was a little homebody til I met my husband, hes in the Marine Corps, so now I live wherever the military takes us. I miss my family like crazy when we are far away, but right now I am lucky and have my family close by. My husband is currently in Afghanistan and I wanna lose all my baby weight and have a rockin body when he gets home in Nov.
  • shelli1923
    shelli1923 Posts: 111 Member
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    Name: Shelley
    SW: (on 9/3 when challenge started I was 187)
    CW: 184.5
    GW: 125
    Hobbies: Playing with my baby, scrapbooking, walking trails with dogs
  • thumper44
    thumper44 Posts: 1,464 Member
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    This week 198.5.
  • Lrichert
    Lrichert Posts: 6
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    Great Inspiration.Keep it up , I am just starting and it is so hard because of my love for food. The clothes do not shrink that much and I am purchasing larger sized to cover up the stomach and butt areas. Good job!
  • learning2fly4
    learning2fly4 Posts: 303 Member
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    175 today...

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