Posts by crothwell

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Yeah, I can't really remember how I did it either! I keep trying to diet, and it hasn't been working. I think my main problem though is that I haven't been counting calories, but when I lost weight before I was counting calories religiously (and also I think I was more motivated then!). So now I'm trying to log everything I eat. Hopefully it will work!

Congratulations Dacia! That's fantastic! 

October 5: 132
October 12: 132.4
October 19: 131.6
October 26: 132.2
November 2: 131

Total loss: 1 pound

So I lost a whopping 1 pound for the month! I was happy, though, to see that I was down to 131 this morning. At least it's something.

Congratulations to all the other brides - I enjoyed doing the challenge with you! 

Great job Grandma Sue and Dacia on the one pound weight loss - that's awesome!

Dacia, I'm fine with having the challenge go until November 2nd. And I definitely think that we should do a holiday challenge... that would help motivate us to not over indulge.

So I just checked and my goal was to be at 127 by November 2nd... but since I've only lost .4 pounds that would be 4.6 pounds that I would need to lose in the next 2 weeks, and that's probably not going to happen. So my new goal will be 130 by November 2nd... just 1.6 pounds.

I'd say, figure out how much one piece of cake is, and take 1/10 of that. And that will probably be a very generous estimate.

So I know that all cakes have different nutritional values, but a sara lee white iced cake is 310, so a bite would probably be about 31 calories.

Hi! I know I'm a little late, but could I still join? I need all of the motivation I can get to lose my last 12 pounds! I'm going to make my goal for this challenge 9.6 pounds, although I ultimately want to get down to 120.

Age: 21

Sex: F

Height: 5'4

Current weight: 132.4

Goal weight: 123

Dacia,

Yeah, I was actually really surprised, because I haven't lost much weight lately... but maybe I'm still losing it, but the scale isn't reflecting my loss! Or something...

As for the final day of the challenge... I'm fine with the 2nd, 9th, or the 16th. We could even push it through the end of November and make it a 2 month holiday challenge. If eveyone wants to extend it, I'm going to adjust my weight goal. Does anyone else have a preference?  

Grandma Sue, thank you for the encouragement! I am getting married June 21, 2008, so my wedding is less than 9 months from now. I think my wedding still being far off makes it a little harder to stay focused, because I still have a while to lose the weight. However, I do want to finish my weightloss early, so that I don't have to worry about it as much when it closer to the wedding date (also, I want to reach my target weight by the time of my dress fitting). 

As for my first weigh-in:

I am 5'4" and weigh 132 as of this morning. Since June, I have lost 17 pounds, and I want to lose 12 more. My weight loss goal for the month of October will be 5 pounds. I hope I can do this!!! By the way, I think that the last day for this challenge should be Nov. 2 so that we have a full 4 weeks.

October 5: 132

November 2 goal weight: 127 

My sister goes to USC too - the gym is awesome! Anyway, I'm a senior in college, and my life is actually so hectic right now that I basically don't have any time to do things other than go to class and do school work (yes, I'm slacking right now!) So I haven't been exercising either.

But I would say, if possible, move on campus or closer to school. It will save you time and make school a lot more fun. I live only 20 minutes from my campus, but I'm moving closer because even the drive as it is now is a hassle.

Hey everyone,

I'm 5'4"

Highest weight: 153 (about 1.5 years ago)

Lowest: 109 (sophomore year in high school - took dieting too far)

Current: 132.

My goal is 120 for my wedding in June, but hopefully I will reach my goal a few months before then for my dress fitting.