Anyone up for a new challenge?

Now that spring break is finally over, I can get around to sticking to my plan, and hopefully getting to my initial goal weight of 150 pounds by summer! (I'm at about 162 right now....)

Does anyone want to do some sort of challenge, or just be a food-buddy with me? I'd appreciate some company in my weight-loss plan please.

Challenge:

Ultimately, set a goal amount of weight to lose by... May 15th (we can extend this if anyone wants to, as the date approaches).  Depending on how needy/active you want to be, decide how often you want to check in (once a week, once a day, etc. I'll probably check in more closely to once a day).  We will reach this weight goal by May 15th by setting smaller, non-weight related (but certainly health related) goals as often as we check in. Weigh in no more than once a week.

i spoke too soon about not binging, and had a really awful night and then next day of terrible eating.

I'm back on track now though.

weighed in: 139 today (up 1 lb from last week), but my period FINALLY came so I should lose a couple lbs of water weight in the next week (crossing fingers).

Week goals:
5 workouts
minimum 200 deficit

sweatpantssundays- don't get discouraged! I have had many a day like that... in fact, I basically had a small binge last night as well, although calorie wise, it wasn't bad at all... (4 pieces of light bread with butter = 200 calories + some chocolate at 170 calories = 370 calories, which is practically a late night snack, except when it comes to intention.)

beaglated- i wouldn't really recommend toast for breakfast, although it might be a nice complimentary side dish.  I'm just saying, it never fills me up.  Fruit, on the other hand, is a must! Where did you get it into your head not to eat fruit?!

So, I'm not quite sure where I stand, weight wise, this week.  Tuesday, my normal weigh-in day, saw me at 161.5, up a pound from last week, which is actually expected for how much I fell off the wagon from thursday through sunday.  However, today my scale read 160, so I'll just count that as a good omen.

This week is full of challenges for me.  My parents are coming in on Thursday, so this means eating out a lot.  There will also be a banquet on Saturday night, and a nice big breakfast on sunday morning, in addition to drinking on Saturday.  *sigh* My goal is to not go overboard, and keep a deficit until thursday rolls around at least!

aunty36 - i hear jillian's 30 day shred is super intense.  good for you and good luck with exams and with your workouts.

beaglated - no fruit?!  I agree with tyrdrop wholeheartedly.  fruit is yummy and is difficult to binge on bc its so filling (water, fiber, and vitamins!).  don't fear fruit.  on the other hand, I too am a fiend for toast.  if you do decide to try it, make sure to have whole wheat and enjoy it slowly.

tyrdrop - thanks for the encouragement.  I seem to have really good days and then really bad days.  It's hard for me to be consistently good.  I like that you agree with my basing the term "binge" on intention rather than intake.  lots of people on cc are very hung up on the numbers when it comes to defining a binge.
good luck this week, and have fun at all of your events.  Enjoy the good company liberally and the good food in moderation.  Eat slowly and talk a lot!

Good luck everyone.

Hmm...looks like the 2 lbs i lost during the weekend was water which seems to have come back...bk tostrtng wght of 146......must be doing something wrong.not loosing any weight  even with 1300-1400 calorie intake and burning 700 cals in the gym....goin to strt weight training soon, so tht might help....hopefully....and going to examine my diet again.....

Tyrdrop and SweatyPants: Do Fruit Loops count? <just kidding>

Regarding the fruit-less diet... in doing a low-carb diet, I tend to focus on veggies in preference to fruit. A couple reasons (1) Fruit is easy and I needed to learn to eat veggies --w/o being smothered in cheese--for better long-term eating changes. (2) For me, both binges and migraines are triggered by sugar swings. Fruit was just hard to fit into the initial parts of the diet. Celery, oz for oz, has one sixth the sugar of an apple; 2 oz of multi-grain bread has more fiber than an apple.

But now I want to get more healhy carbs back in. So whole grain toast with my egg-white-n-veggie breakfast, and fruit (with protein) during the day, yay!

Hey everyone. This is just a quick check-in. 2 exams coming up this week so it has been crazy studying. I don't think I am being as effective at it b/c I am not sleeping so well due to exam-related anxiety....*sigh*

Oh well. It will soon be over.

On a more positive note, I am up to level 3 on the 30 day shred. sweatpantsundays, the workout is indeed challenging, but I figure that I can do anything for 20 minutes. I have only missed one day so far (due to studying) and on other days, if I don't do it, I sub with something else - maybe yoga or another strength training DVD.

For some reason, I decided to do a home body fat test and result of that have made me even more aware that losing weight is okay for me as long as it is along accompanied by a loss of INCHES.

Sunday Weigh In  (#3) !

> 5/15 Goal = 180. Progress: Lost 1.2 lbs week avg from 182.6 to 181.4. Averages are OK, but a lot of bouncing day to day - and TOTM coming.  My lowest weight this week was 180.5 which is halfway to my -31lb goal. It'll feel fabu if I get a below-180 weighing this week.

> Week's goal: move my carb/protein/fat ratios. Some change happened by adding complex carbs to my regular Pro/Fat breakfast and lunch: change from 40/26/34 to 45/24/31. I thought I get the fats lower but got messed up by a too-busy day at work, skipping lunch and hitting the vending machine for fruit/nut mix. Better than a Snickers bar tho!!!  (& I wasn't even really tempted by the Snickers either, wow!!)

> This week's goal - stick with playing with Carb/Protein/Fats

Hetall, does anyone have problems with drinking diet sodas? Sometimes after a (pretty rare) diet Dr. P, I wonder if I'm feeking hungier sooner. Coffee and tea don't bother me.

I weighed in at 137 today!  Back to my starting weight, but its down from the past few weeks, so I'm happy.
I'm very surprised though, because I just had the most unhealthy weekend of partying ever.  Oh well, that's my body for ya.

This week I will:
eat salad for at least one meal every day
exercise at least 4 times
do yoga at least once

on a whiny note - ughhhhhhhh why is this so slow and so difficult?  I've been at this for over a year (maybe even 2 years) now, and have made no real progress.  (I yoyo-ed a bit.)

ok, back to positive thinking!
lets work hard this week.

a little discouraged, I weighed in at 163, which is definitely up from last week.  It was pretty much due to overindulgence when the parentals were in town, from Thursday til Sunday, with a Tuesday stuck in there as well.  We're talking eating out breakfast lunch and dinner, etc.  *sigh*

Well, I guess I just gotta get up and do it again...

I weighed in bk to my starting weight too....on a gd note i started weight raining this week so hope to see some results.....and i went over the calorie limit on 2 days so guess tht explains the weight... on a gd note ive decided tht once i go below the 140 mark im goin to go shopping...more short term goals.....:)

sw: 135 March 27th

last time: 132

cw: 131 April 22

gw: 127

yay

so far so good

4 lbs lost 4 to go:)

great job gurl, you're almost there.

tyrdrop:  if you think about it, you only indulged for less than a week.  In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make too big of a dent in this project of ours.  I'm sure a lot of the gained weight is water.  be super good for this next week and you'll get back into the swing of things.

I've been super sick this whole week and haven't been eating well.  So I haven't stuck with any of my goals at all, but am still losing (bc I'm so incredibly busy with work, that I'm literally just dragging my sick body along through the week.)  I'm feeling better already though, so I'm going to try the same goals for next week.

sweatpantssunday: thanks! i hope i can reach the goal:)

tyrdrop: don't worry about it, you'll get back into it

it's been sooooo nice here lately giving me little reason not to go jogging which is great, my family has little reson not to join me also. can't wait for the next weigh in

Go Gurl! (sorry, couldn't resist);
Stick with us Tyrdrop! (need to think of a pun for that moniker...)

SweatyPants (whose name goes unchallenged as it may be too much information <wink>) - Hope you're feeling better - spring is nasty time to get sick especially if any pollen gets into it.

Had a couple eating out occasions this week. While I didn't go crazy, it did seem to hit my weight hard. Maybe it was just more salt from commercial food and picking up water with it. Anyhoo, not looking forward to weighing in tomorrow and figuring the weeks average. I've been out sweating in the garden burning off a few extra cals.

138.4 today
oy yes.  have been eating TERRIBLY this weekend.
stress + alcohol + sooooo much junk food (esp sweets)

goals for next week:
workout at least 4 times
do yoga at least once
salad at least once a day

Sunday Weigh In (on Wednesday) (#4) !

> 5/15 Goal = 180. Some progress: Lost 0.5 lbs week avg from 181.4 to 180.9. Still no daily weights below 180 which is kind of a mental line for me.

> Week's goal: move my carb/protein/fat ratios. Did well by adding complex carbs to my regular Protein/Fat breakfast and lunch: changes from C40/P26/F34 to 45/24/31 to 49/29/22 over last 2 weeks. But now I'm paranoid about the carbs since weight loss has really slowed without obvious reason (no binges, no TOTM, some water retention I think tho).

> This week's goal - Try to keep the Fat's number around 25, but get below 180.0!!!!