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Start Weight: 197.0 (Jan 2014) Challenge Start Weight: 157.8 Challenge Goal Weight: 150.0 Weigh-in #1: 158.0 Weigh-in #2: 159.8 Weigh-in #3: 160.0 A positive thought I had this week was: An actual thought I had while out at restaurant "Huh, none of these high calorie items actually sound good." In my old life I would have…

I'll give it a whirl. I'm usually doing good if I get in 6 a day. That is on top of one cup of coffee in the morning and a lot of times one cup of tea in the evening.

Start Weight: 197.0 (Jan 2014) Challenge Start Weight: 157.8 Challenge Goal Weight: 150.0 Weigh-in #1: 158.0 Weigh-in #2: 159.8 A positive thought I had this week was: So glad to be working out again. Comments: I'm up again and I really don't know why. I'll buckle down on my logging and see if I was just slacking. We've…

Start Weight: 197.0 (Jan 2014) Challenge Start Weight: 157.8 Challenge Goal Weight: 150.0 Weigh-in #1: 158.0 I'm up a smidge but I am so sore from not working out for a few weeks. I know it's water weight. Here's to a successful week. :) A positive thought I had this week was: Back home and ready to get back to work A…

Mine tends to be evening so if I don't have any calories left I usually make a nice cup of tea. Extra fluids and filling. I'll add jumping jacks to my cup of tea. :)

Week 1 Start Weight: 197.2 (January 2014) Challenge Start Weight: 157.8 Challenge Goal Weight: 150.0 I assume I'm still the same weight. I'm still putting out a family fire but should be back to normal Sunday. I'm being very hopeful with my challenge goal weight. I'm looking at the last 10-12 pounds so I'm not sure how…

Thank you for taking up the reins. I've been dealing with some family "fires" so I didn't even see Jessica's post until today! I would very much like to continue with y'all. :smile:

Week 12 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 (vacation bloat) Week #6: 161.8 Week #7: 161.4 Week #8: 161.0 Week #9: 159.8 Week #10: 158.4 Week #11: 157.8 Week #12: 157.8 I'm just using the same weight cause I had to make an…

I'm currently reading "The Gratitude Diaries" and going to be starting this soon myself. :)

Week 11 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 (vacation bloat) Week #6: 161.8 Week #7: 161.4 Week #8: 161.0 Week #9: 159.8 Week #10: 158.4 Week #11: 157.8 A positive thought I had this week was: No matter if I meet my goal I'm still…

Week 10 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 (vacation bloat) Week #6: 161.8 Week #7: 161.4 Week #8: 161.0 Week #9: 159.8 Week #10: 158.4 My most effective workout this week was: Still doing the usual but I'm now doing PT twice a…

Week 9 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 (vacation bloat) Week #6: 161.8 Week #7: 161.4 Week #8: 161.0 Week #9: 159.8 Apparently eating back some of my exercise calories was a good plan because 1.2lbs gone AND I'm at a brand new…

Week 8 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 Week #6: 161.8 Week #7: 161.4 Week #8: 161.0 Slow and steady wins the race. I decided last week to eat back some of my exercise calories because I'm really struggling with hunger. I'm…

Oh man do I need this extra push this week. I'll give it a whirl.

Well, I may not reach my 155 goal by the end of this challenge but I WILL achieve it this year (hoping by my birthday mid April). All that being said, I feel successful because I have lost and kept off 35lbs. I log every day, the good, bad and the ugly. The only time I don't is vacation because well, it's vacation! I move…

Week 7 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 Week #6: 161.8 Week #7: 161.4 I've decided to eat back half my exercise calories and see what happens. Can't slow down things any more than it is right now!

Week 6 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 Week #6: 161.8 WooHoo, almost back to pre-vacation weight! A positive thought I had this week was: I CAN do this! A healthy snack/meal I chose this week was: Chicken Taco Soup, very filling…

Better late than never. :smile: Week 5 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Week #4: Vacation Week #5: 163.0 A positive thought I had this week was: I ROCKED my bikini and have no regrets! A healthy snack/meal I chose this week was: Back to normal life so back to…

Week 3 Starting Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Week #1: 163.2 Week #2: 161.0 Week #3: 160.8 Almost forgot to weigh in! Leaving for vacation right after work so today is short and sweet. Next week I may not be able to check in for two reasons. One-I'll be on vacation and won't have a scale. Two-I will have very…

Me too! I'm averaging about 11-12lbs a year loss. Hoping for the same this year. :blush:

This is heresy! I make room for a glass of wine almost nightly.

Week 2 Start Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Weigh-in #1: 163.2 Weigh-in #2: 161.0 A positive thought I had this week was: I'm way stronger than I give myself credit for. A healthy snack/meal I chose this week was: Zoodles. We've discovered we really like these in place of pasta. My most effective workout this…

Today I feel accomplished. Hubby and I went to our first sip and paint last night and I really like our pictures! It was a nice night out and I can't wait to do it again next month. It's amazing that they're the same picture but look so different.

Today I feel: relieved. I was stressing about my weight so I took my measurements and have lost an inch off my waist since my last measurement. I know I've been killing my workouts but the scale doesn't! Two weeks til bikini time.

Today I feel:. Determined I have a lot on my "To Do" list and I WILL get through it all.

Today I am feeling: Satisfied I am feeling this way because: My eating may not have been on point but I wrote it down and got a LOT done today. Laundry, painted an interior door, meal planned, cleaned house and got my workout in. Shelly

Week 1 Start Weight: 162.2 Challenge Goal Weight: 155 Weigh-in #1: 163.2 I have absolutely no idea why I'm up. I've been honest in my logging and ate at a deficit. I have upped my workouts again so maybe it's just water in my sore muscles. *shrug* A positive thought I had this week was: We go on vacation at the end of the…

I have the Fitbit Charge 2 and I love it. I've had it for almost a year with no issues. Well that's not completely true. I somehow managed to crack the screen but I bought some screen protectors and it's still chugging along with the crack in it. :smile:

Name: Shelly Occupation: Receptionist for an Optometrist Age: 50 Height: 5'3" Starting Weight: (beginning of your weight loss journey or ‘as of today’) 162.2 as of today (197 beginning) Challenge Goal Weight: (at the end of 12 weeks) 155 Ultimate Goal Weight: (at the end of your weight loss journey) Still not sure, playing…

BTW, the new name is AWESOME!