jacksprat Member

I hope I am not too late, I clicked on join and nothing seemed to happen. I am 255, ooh my goodness, I would love to be 205 by August 31st, my birthday is also in August and that would be an awesome gift to myself,

i stopped posting and to no surprise to anyone, I gained weight. I really want to lose so I am willing to try new things, new friends, and will do my part to support. I am focused to lose a good amount in the month of March. Can I get a challenge!!!!

I'll do it, tell us what the challenge is.

How is everyone doing with the pound a week. I did well in January. My wiehgt is moving up and down this past week or two but I am exercising more and drinking the water thanks to the daily challenges. My appetite is a problem lately too. I am not satisfied and I want sweets. But I am good about not indulging too much.

I did the squats, I did 2 sets of 20 then 2 sets of 10, wow, I love this.

I'm up for it, the water is really important, I am learning that.

Umer76 please don't get discouraged. I gave blood saturday morning, couldn't exercise. Today no excuse. But I am in for the long haul.

I did not do so well with this one, I'll try Wednesday's challenge.

I was wondering if anyone else has this problem, when I participate in the weekend challenge (twice so far) I weigh myself and have lost two to three pounds. It is exciting because I am working hard at this (right now). But come Monday morning my weight goes back up, sometimes more than it was on Friday. I am not…

I am trying, the water really helps, I went to a luncheon and because I drank two full glasses of water before the meal, I was able to skip dessert without much distress. That was huge for me. The squats are also a challenge but I will try my best. Good luck to all!

I burned 216 cal in 30 minutes of walking on the treadmill for a total of 809. If it were not for the challenge I would not have done it, thanks to all of you for the motivation.

I burned 593 calories, I walked for one hour and my pace was primarily between 3.8 and 4.5. I feel wonderfully exhausted vibrant at the same time. It feels good that I don't have a heavy challenge for tomorrow. I did not loose a full pound this week but I did loose.

I did it the exercise this morning, I have to say I was going to take a break today on the exercise until I saw the Thursday challenge. It was harder to get all the water in, I did it though, I should do that everyday, actually I think for my weight, I should be drinking more. You guys are great, you make me think I can…

I have bad knees, I will try, the challenge today wasn't so bad. All I can do is try.

I met the challenge, how interesting it is, I have not done squats in years, I have bad knees so I cannot guarantee you the best or even the correct form. But I did it. It was good for me and a challenge. My challenge for my self today was to walk on the treadmill for 4 miles inside one hour. My treadmill timer only goes…

Congrats, How did you do it, I was wondering what I was going to do when the challenge goal continues to go up, I got the sense that itwas pretty easy for you. So far, all of my exercise is on the treadmill. I could use some suggestions from others!!

I did 404 today, on the treadmill. Today was easier than yesterday, I started at 3.0 and went up to 4.5. The trick was I was not at 3.0 very long and I stayed at 4.0 the majority of the time and then 4.5 for about 10 minutes. All in all I spent 50 minutes including the warm up and cool down. I spent a total of 819…

Wow! you are not going to believe this, I was trying to do 1 hour on the treadmill to get a start on the weekend fitness challenge and the darn thing overheated. The machine, not me. I was on a roll too, thank God for this challenge, I did not think I was ready for that brisk a pace but I am soooooo ready. I am…

That's my idea as well. Get involved and it will be harder to just stop. There is power in numbers, right.

So how does this work, the challenge for calories burn?

No problem, congratulations on your 40lbs to date, I am excited, I only hope I can sustain....

You could make notes on your cell phone so you don't forget anything. I log in twice a day,

I set up the 2014 group, I was in last year and was fine for about 3 months, losing 13 pounds, for the life of me I don't remember what got me off track. But at the beginning of this year I thought of the difference it would be if I were celebrating the loss of 52 pounds instead of the gain of 7. So I lost 6 since the end…

Today is Saturday and I joined or should i say rejoined MFP on Monday. So I have not completed a week yet and can happily report that I am down 2 pounds. I have not posted my official weigh i won't do that until Monday, I am praying that this weekend will not throw me any curve balls that I cannot catch. i have to say that…

That is a good question. I try to cut back on thediet soda but sometimes, maybe twice a week, I have to give in. It just has to be one of my guilty pleasures.

My son is doing a wonderful job of helping me with my challenge and he prepared a bean salad that I am eating with my lunch. It is great. It has kidney beans, white beans, onions, tomato and green pepper. it taste like there might be wine in it also. It is really good. thanks for the tips,

I am in, I recommitted yesterday to refocus. I am currently 245...long way to go, but one day at a time.

I couldn't sleep so I rose at 4am. I got on the treadmill and walked for 30 minutes. I plan on having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast and a turkey sandwich for lunch. I will have strawberries for my mid day snack and a handful of nuts for the mid afternoon snack. I plan on drinking at least 4 glasses of…

I have 100 lbs to lose as well. I decided today to get it done because, like you, I kept deciding over and over that today was the day. then thenext day it was not. I would lose 5 or 10 and then gain it back. Each time I would make progress it seemed that my body took over and the cravings started until I got back to the…