mandimoore617 Member

I'm 5'3, 24 years old, and started out at 241. I'm at 197 now. My goal is 140-150.

I've lost almost 40 lbs and I've done it by eating healthier and exercising my butt off (literally). No gimmicks here.

I like #3!

195.6 on Friday. I'm bouncing around between these few pounds because I'm honestly not as strict with myself. Damn holidays!! I've GOT to get back on track. At least I'm still exercising, so it's taking off the extra calories I'm eating & letting me maintain.

Okay everyone, I'm finishing off the invites now & then we'll move all chat & weigh-ins and everything into the group. If you have issues getting to the group or you don't receive your invite, please send me a message! I'm sorry for the delay, I was caring for two 2-year-olds yesterday (mine and the one I babysit) and…

~~~~~~ Everyone before this post should have gotten an invite. If not, please let me know! :-) ~~~~~~~~ * Sign ups are still open til sometime tomorrow!

Great job!! I'm a SAHM too (my son is 2 1/2) and I gained 35 lbs during my pregnancy... went from 215 to 250! And I'm only 5'3. It took me til NOW to reach under 200 (195.6 as of this morning) and I think you are an inspiration!

Everyone up to here should have received an invite already. If not, please let me know.

I'm standing at 196.5 today, which means I've gained about a pound from all the Thanksgiving goodies! At least we're now out of leftovers so I can get back on track. I'd like to see 194 by Christmas.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/406325-december-weight-loss-challenge-open-for-sign-ups-til-dec-1s The link above goes to December's thread. Note that I will be doing things a bit differently for December to see how it goes.

This. PLUS, if you let yourself have small treats through the week & just take those calories into account, you don't need the binge day to keep from feeling deprived. The binge day will just set back your progress every week.

@ the fitness center @ my apartment complex, there is this guy who sits up there at night & lifts weights. BUT, he'll do a set of 10 reps of something, then just SIT THERE for like 10 minutes before doing another set! And by "set", I mean on just one or two machines. And he plays his iPod without headphones, so we are all…

(wrong board)

Up to 198.6 (a 3 lb gain from last week!), but I think it's due to TOM!

MFP starting weight ~ 228.8 (10/29/2011) Starting weight for challenge ~ 225.6 (10/31/2011) Today's Date ~ 11/18/2011 Today's weight ~ 198.6 (+3 from last week, due to TOM) Goal weight for challenge ~ 197 Your personal goal ~ 1000 minutes of exercise this month How you are doing on your personal goal ~ 530 out of 1000 done!

If speaking to someone else about my boyfriend, it's "Let me talk to Eric". When speaking to each other, it's a term of endearment (pick one, I'm sure we've used it), very rarely each other's names. It just sounds weird now to use each other's names. Normally it's Honey, Baby, Sweetie, or Momma/Daddy. YES!! If my son is…

SW for challenge 214.6 CW 195.6 I've reached ONEderland, now I'm just striving to keep going down thru all the holidays! LOL

I will update the spreadsheet tomorrow!

Been super busy & didn't post my check in on Friday ( I did weight then though, so this is for Friday )! Starting weight for challenge - 199.0 Today's Date - 11/11 (my weigh day, not *today*) Today's weight - 195.6 Goal weight for challenge - 197 Your personal goal - 1000 exercise minutes in November How you are doing on…

I crochet. :-)

I do it on a treadmill, so the distance thing wouldn't work for me I don't think.

I got my HRM at Academy Sports but you can get them cheaper on Amazon I believe! Just be sure it does calories burned or it won't do any good. LOL

YES!! I haven't found one though... if there is one, let me know. LOL

Thanks, I do have a Polar HRM, but it's busted. :-( So I have to get a new one, but I'm broke til Christmas. And unfortunately, it busted before I even tried out C25k, so no idea what I've been burning this whole time. I just have been going with what MFP says & I started logging on dailymile today and saw the big…

caloriecount says 311 for "jogging - general" for 30 minutes. Ugh. I'm definitely getting a new HRM after Christmas!! If I average the three sources (MFP, caloriecount, and dailymile), I get 330. Think I might go with that...

I was just wondering about sizing this morning! I started out at 241.2 and I never wore jeans so I don't know what my jean size was. (I stayed in my maternity stuff - ick). When I finally bought jeans...I was at 227.8 and in a 16/18. I'm now at 195.6 and STILL in a 16/18?!?! And I've lost 15 inches overall! I think it's…

Agreed.

Gold's Gym has Body Pump classes.... I've thought about trying a class when I join the gym in January, but I don't know if I'm up for it! On machines, I usually go with 25 lbs but with dumbells, I only have 5lbs. I also don't know for sure that I'll join Gold's... I may be joining Sportplex...

==================== Spreadsheet Updated ==================== If I screwed up anywhere, let me know!

You're on page 2 of the spreadsheet (it's in alphabetical order). If you'll click on the L-Z tab at the bottom left corner, you'll see yourself in row #16. :-) Hope this helps!