TOPIC: Ready to Rock it! - 12 Week Challenge (CLOSED GRP)

Truthfully...I'm the queen of negative self talk...ask my husband (lol):) So I am going to try especially hard to focus on the positive self talk challenge! I think it is an excellent challenge and one that I know I need to do more of! Thanks so much. And to add a quote to the mix...

"It's Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been!" George Elliot

So Whatever It is You're Looking To Accomplish....Go For It....Cause It's Never To Late To Make A Change

Just looked at your progress pictures Roni. Amazing. What an awsome job you have done. I have yet to get brave enough to post pictures. But I enjoy looking at them to keep my motivation going. Like I said before awsome job. Regina

Fabulous job Deedsie! This is my third challenge with Kristen, so I've lost most of my weight through these challenges. In fact the Jan picture was only a few days into the first challenge. I find seeing everyone posting their losses really keeps me on track. I hope this doesn't sound mean but even the people who struggle keep me from getting down on myself when the numbers aren't what I expect. It let's me see that I'm not alone when I struggle.

Did my 20 minutes of jogging today and while it wasn't as hard as I psyched myself up for it to be it wasn't easy either but I got it done. And my husband just told me that he can tell that by the time I'm where I want to be weight wise that I'm going to have a sexy *kitten*. Haha He's been such a wonderful source of positive encouragement lately.

My husband keeps grabbing me. I told him, "promises, promises."

Yesterday instead of driving to my friend's place for a swim, I strapped my daughter into the stroller and C25K'd it enroute there. I knew I would have arrived before the 31 minutes, so I turned left instead of right, circled the block one more time before arriving at her place in perfect time. That pool felt aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing after that run. The run itself? Much slower than normal and I felt like Jello ... but I did it. I made a healthy choice, I followed through and I stuck with it. Afterward we briskly walked home giving us another 21 minutes of cardio (well, me ... she just rolled along!)

Little changes toward the bigger picture.

Congratulations on sticking with it!!!

GUYS! So for five weeks I weighed in the same and was feeling pretty stuck. During the weeks I would go up up up and then by mondays be back down but never lower. I tried eating less, exercising more, eating more, exercising less, and finally last week I got really frustrated and my husband took the batteries out of the scale. I had a great weekend with lots of family bike rides and we took our older girls to Seattle to see Les Miserables. On Monday I made my husband replace the batteries so I could weigh in, but it still read the same darn number.
But, this morning when I stood on the scale I was down from my stuck number 1.5 pounds!
VICTORY!
Thanks for cheering me on!

Awesome work!!!

Thank you for bcdpearce, shadowkitty and cuddlebug for correcting my thinking about my runs. You are right I am 2/3 of the way there and 2 miles is a wonderful thing by itself.

I'm not too bad on the negative talk. I have lots of practice with my daughter. She turns 1 Saturday and is in the 'into everything' stage. I try to keep things positive talking to her (let's close the drawer instead of don't open the drawer) I'm trying to let her explore and keep no and don't for the really important things (No, don't play with the oven, No don't pull the dogs lips).

The protien is harder for me. I realized when I started running I wasn't eating enough protien. It made me very tired and I struggled with it for a couple of weeks. I do greek yogurt and tuna fish during the day. I also changed my percentages so that I have a higher number to aim for. I don't make most days but the amount I do get is higher than it used to be.

Deedsie and Roni - thank you for sharing your progress pictures. I need to find some before and now pictures. Maybe that will help me see the changes. I know all my clothes are loose but I don't see the changes when I look in the mirror. I know I have lots of pictures because of my daughter. I just have to find ones that show me and her instead of me hiding behind her.

To make it easier for us, I'm FINALLY succumbing to the group idea. You will have your invite, in just a few minutes. I think it will help us be better organized so that it is easier to put our weigh ins one place, find the chart in another, post about our measurements elsewhere, etc.

Would ONE of you start a measurement topic there?

Thanks!

How does it being a group change things?

Easier to find the thread and it is much more organized.

All of you are so inspiring.

AmandaWarnerz--congratulations on finally getting that number lower. Maybe you just need to think about it less; maybe take the batteries out of the scale more often.

I struggle with getting my protein goal everyday. I eat a lot of fruit (basically no protein), I have Greek yogurt everyday so that helps a little. But I need low cost protein rich snack foods I can have at work.

I would much rather get my protein from actual food than from a powder or bar, but will if I have to.

Any suggestions???

try chicken, turkey, cheese, eggs even egg beaters, nuts....hope this helps :happy:

Where do we find group invites? I don't think I've had one

MFP will send you a notification if you receive an invite I think it shows up under requests.

Name/ real name: whallvr/Windy

Current Weight: 160
Challenge Goal Weight: 144

07/02: 159.5
07/09: 159
07/16: 159 On vacation
07/23:
08/06: <<<mini goal weight>>>
08/13:
08/20:
08/27:
09/03: <<<mini goal weight>>>
09/10:
09/17:
09/24:
10/01: <<<challenge goal weight>>>

Name/ real name: amazon75/Tamara

Current Weight: 249
Challenge Goal Weight: 219

07/02: 249
07/09: 244.2
07/16: 244.2
07/23:
08/06: <<<239>>>
08/13:
08/20:
08/27:
09/03: <<<229>>>
09/10:
09/17:
09/24:
10/01: <<<219>>>

No loss this week but now go gain. I'll take it.

KasandraKristine/ Kasandra

Current Weight: 170.0
Challenge Goal Weight: 154

07/02: 174.6
07/09: 170.0
07/16: 170.4 (vacation)
07/23:
07/30:
08/06: <<<mini goal weight>>>164
08/13:
08/20:
08/27:
09/03: <<<mini goal weight>>>158
09/10:
09/17:
09/24:
10/01: <<<challenge goal weight>>> 154