No More Excuses - Week One

Forgot to include that my cals are set at 1600/day. I'm kind of afraid to lower that amount b/c of the many many times that I seem to fail at just keeping the 1600. I workout 3x a week, 1.5 hours each time

Welcome everyone! Nice to meet you all :flowerforyou:

cah0806 I think Sunday weigh in sounds good (scary but good incentive to stay on track through the weekend) and I am definitely keen for challenges. I like your sugestion that we each take turns.

Will i go. its time for a change, i need to lose this weight for myself. I know now that after I make myself happy others around me will be more happy. :flowerforyou:

Hello everyone!! I'm Angel, I'm a SAHM of 3. I have an 8 and 5 year old and I just had a baby 4 months ago. Right now I am set to eat about 1200 cals a day. I exercise 6 days a week for about 45 min each day. I am currently weighing in at 124lbs and I would like to drop 9 more. I normally do Jillians 30 day shred and get on my elliptical. I get bored easily so now I'm going to start the P90X and see how that goes. Looking forward to chatting with everybody

Hi there:happy:
I would love to join this.
I am 23 year old Navy Wife and mom to two beautiful girls under the age of 2 ( Diver's curse). My youngest is going to be 3 months on the 14th.
Here is my secret. I had gastric bypass. I weighed about 260 (max) and lost 120 lbs. Then I met my husband and got comfortable and had two kids. Now I weigh 186. I refuse to be one of those patients who had gastric bypass and gain their weight back. I am better than that. There is no excuse for me to not lose weight. i have a gym mebership with child care and a husband who supports me 100%. I have all the tools it's just using them right.

Hey Everyone,

I LOVE the group name, No More Excuses...awesome job.

That's pretty much exactly what I feel.

I live in small town TX, I'm a student, I spend a lot of time with fam.

I have 6 classes left at a community college and then have plans to transfer to A&M. I've been over weight about my entire life, mainly due to bad eating habits.

My family *was* also overweight as well, and we tried a lot of different diets and lifestyle changes but after not seeing results, we'd often just quit.

This sounds crazy, but I never understood what was the "magic pill," for loosing weight. It wasn't till around 7 months ago that I actually understood the concept about creating the "calorie deficit." I realized my attempts in the past, failed because even though I may have been eating healthier, I was still eating too much.

Fast forward today, I'm a serial calorie counter. Everything I eat GETS logged in FitnessPal.

I fell off the wagon, a few months ago, but no more excuses this time. My younger bro, started his program right about when I got off mine and he lost 50+ lbs. Major motivation for me to do it too.

I WANT to be in shape before I transfer schools, I feel it's a point in my life where my life really begins and I'm not doing it FAT!

Last Sunday I weighted 192, THIS Sunday I hope to say goodbye to the 190's forever. My short term goal is to be in the 170's before New Year.

I workout 7x a week, 50 mins: 20 Stair Master/15 Arc Trainer/15 Cross Trainer Elliptical.

I feel like I'm going to DIE everytime, lol. But after every workout, I'm still HERE.

Good Luck All - Lets DO this!

Hey Amanda, thanks!

And yeah, challenges sound good.

Just a suggestion, maybe for the first week we can all aim to loose 1%?

I'm 192, so I'd aim for 1.92 MINIMUM weight loss.

Maybe that's too easy of a challenge?

And on someone keeping weekly totals for the group, sounds good. If anyone needs help with anything, etc. Let me know, this is the first time joining support group online for me.

I'll check the board in the morning - Samantha

We could do a "weigh" in on Sunday and start the 1% challenge there!

We can also do fitness challenges like 20 push ups for three out of 7 days... or something of that nature.

What does everyone think?

Weigh in Sunday and starting the challenge then suits me. I currently weigh 80kg (176 pounds, sorry but I think in Metric) so would have to lose 0.8kg or 1.7pounds. My goal is 1pound a week but I am willing to work extra hard next week to try and make it!

Amanda: thanks for offering to tally

TNT: Push up challenge sounds good. I know some people find them hard so we could make it any kind of pushups - full, knee or wall ones depending on where people are at. I think I could just squeeze out 20 knee ones :laugh:

Tammy I just started Couch 2 5 km too! How are you finding it? I have never been a runner either but am actually looking forward to W1D3 tomorrow!

Hi All; I got a little behind the eight ball yesterday in not responding but here I am!!!!

I am Ann, a 48 yr old working mother of 5. Our kids are Eric 28, who is an airline pilot, Tom 27, works for Safeway, Rita, 23 is in numerous pageants and married to an "army man", Colby, 19 in college, and Trevor, 13 who is a very active 8th grader! All of our kids have had us chasing them in sports (football, basketball, and track), music both vocal and instrumental, knowlege bowl, drama, student council activities as well as NHS and NJHS activites. Needless to say I don't have a whole lot of free time but I do manage to work in my love of baton twirling. I am an active coach and judge for the United States Twirling Association and love the sport. I used to have a team of 30 girls but because of my kids' schedules had to cut way back but still have weekly lessons and competitions 4 times a year.

My husband and I love to do anything outdoors. He has a Softail that we love to ride.

I am the General Manager for a water augmentation group here in the Arkansas basin of South East Colorado.

Enough about that.....I have been a life member with WW but have managed to gain everything I lost. This is my quest....."get it off and keep it off". I am on 1200 calories a day and try to work out 3 times a week. I have found simply cutting down on snacks and eating smaller portions is the best thing that helps me. I LOVE cheese but yet it is the one thing I think I really need to watch. The 2% works well for me but I still like the other as well.

I always liked the "accountability factor" of WW. That is what I need the most in order to keep me going. Writing down everything that goes in my mouth helps be as well.

I'm really looking forward to being in the group so that we can all support each other!

Ann

So send me your weights on Sunday morning and I will post them Sunday afternoon after I get home from church and feed the family. It will be fun, thanks!