alicia163425 Member

My husband and I are atheist so we had a day of house cleaning and I made New York strip with broccoli and sweet potatoes for dinner. The steak turned out delicious

Original starting weight - 278.6 on 2/18/18 April starting weight - 264.2 April goal - 256.2 Ultimate goal - 135 April 1- 264.2 April 8 - April 15 - April 22 - April 29 - Total loss for April :-

Is there a thread that explains what the challenges are or are these posted as we go along? Just curious, this is my first group

Hello! I’m Alicia. I am 29 and live in Wisconsin. I am a RN working in the anticoagulation Clinic. I am also going back to school. I am married to a wonderful man who is also losing weight with me. My goal is to lose 20 pounds at least during this challenge. My end goal is to lose 145 pounds. I have been overweight my…

My dad had this habit of driving on the very side of the road, very often past the sideline almost to the ditch. I thought that in order to drive, the driver had to do really difficult math problems to keep the car in the correct spot because just watching the road wasn’t accurate (judging from my dads habit of driving in…

@Clever_User_Name I laughed out loud imagining this!

SW: 278.6 on February 18 CW:266.4 on March 25th Short term goal: under 250 by the end of May Long term goal: about 140 pounds (I honestly have no idea what this would even look like on me. I have been big my whole life) I’m 5’4” so this is still at the top of my BMI so we will see. I’m breaking my weight loss into 10 %…

Way to go! My best friend and her husband went out to dinner and sent me pictures of the cheese curds and wings they ordered. Yet I still carried on making my pork chops and broccoli

I have them at least once a week usually twice!

No I haven’t seen a place to upload a picture when entering recipes unfortunately

Homemade sriracha shrimp ramen. About 350 calories per serving and I planned for 2!

@rheddmobile that’s what I was afraid of haha. I see all these posts of people saying how much they love exercise. And yes there are some active things I enjoy but I’m not sure I’m going to be in the absolutely love exercise club. I’ll just keep plugging along

Thanks everyone! I was basically sedentary and started out with 3 days a week of the 30 day shred and have been doing this regularly now for 4 weeks. My plan is add a 45 minute cardio session once per week in April and then in May add another to the week. I’d like to go to classes like Zumba or something but I’m super…

I would own a bakery and create beautiful pastries, cakes and cookies. I love baking, and since I can’t eat most of my creations it would be nice to have a business where I could do it.

I have like goal seasons I am aiming for but no particular dates really. I do hope to lose 30-40 pounds by Rockfest this year in July which I think is doable but we will see. I think for me it’s more important to reward myself for my consistency than being under a certain weight by a certain time. I’d just do what you…

I guess the reason I set it for that is because I used to work in the hospital and was on my feet for 12-16 hours a day and when I moved to the clinic it was a huge change. I don’t just sit all day but I am at my computer charting a lot. If I am not seeing patients I am not doing a lot of moving because I am constantly on…

@Tacklewasher that list was so helpful :D

Just one gain?? That’s amazing! So were you constantly below your calorie goal or did you go over ever? What do you do for workouts?

@bikecheryl wow that is super impressive!!! I don’t see a single gain in there!! Amazing

@cherrybomb333 have you started doing the gauntlet?? I am super interested in this!!

I have been overweight my whole life. Last year my husband and I tried to get pregnant and we weren’t able to so that’s when I realized it was my weight that was the probable issue. I got off track when my dad passed away in September but I restarted in February.

So I set up a reward roster for every 10% that I lose. My first 10% is a pedicure, second is an hour massage, third is haircut with highlights and styling, fourth is buying a personal trainer for a month. 5th is a fancy date night with my husband where we go to an expensive restaurant and maybe a play of some sort. 6th is…

@kimny72 I have over 130 pounds to lose so that’s why I am doing the 2 pounds a week loss. But thank you for making me feel a little better about eating over my calories. Tomorrow is a new day

Do you still lose weight at a good rate?

This is what MFP recommended for me because I have a desk job and I am 5’4”. I have it set to lose 2 pounds per week. I strength train 3 days per week but have not figured out how to track this reliably so no I have not been eating my calories back. I do fitness videos that have a wide variety of strength moves so it’s…

Yesterday when I had a terrible craving for a culvers burger, I sat down and wrote all the reasons I wanted to lose weight. It helped distract me and helped me focus on the big picture. Also if you have a sweet tooth just buy those fun sized candy bars to give you just a little bit of sweetness. That’s what works for me…

Me. Looking to lose around 130.

It’s hard for me not to want to weigh every day but when I do, it can be disheartening to see the scale go up due to fluid levels. Yesterday I was 267.6 and didn’t drink nearly enough water and has some popcorn so my weight this morning was 268.8. Now I know that I didn’t gain this weight overnight and it’s just fluid but…

Chips in all forms. I love salty snacks and if I have any bags of chips in the house I can’t stop. So I don’t buy them anymore. Today was rough so I popped some popcorn.

Yes these kinds of situations are very hurtful. Even well meaning people can be hurtful. I had a patient who made a bracelet for the nurse that worked with her that day. It happened to be me and she looked sad and said, “I am so sorry. I am used to working with the skinny girls so this probably won’t fit” she didn’t mean…