Posts by cassie_bee

Im definitely up for this-I really need some motivating!

Current stats: 5'9, 160lbs. Ultimate goal weight is 140, but I'd love to hit 150 by Xmas. I've already lost 18lbs but it just gets harder and harder the more weight I lose.

Original Post by icecream18:

If you could lose weight anywhere on your body where would it be: HIPS! And thighs.

What is your favorite weight loss breakfast: Bowl of All-Bran and a Banana, or Oatmeal.

What is your favorite weight loss lunch: Chicken, lettuce and Salad cream sandwich with a packet of 90kcal Snack-a-Jacks.

What is your favorite weight loss dinner: Roasted vegetables with Feta Cheese.

What is your weight loss dessert: Mixture of fruit with low-fat Vanilla yogurt.

What are your snacks and how many do you eat (times a day): Tablespoon of Peanut Butter and/or fruit!

What is your indulgent dessert: Homemade Apple Crumble-not seriously unhealthy but quite high cal/sugar.

What are the few things that you avoid: I try to avoid chocolate as much as possible, really CANNOT control myself around the stuff!

What is your favorite workout: elliptical: just bought an at home machine and love to work out whilst watching tv!

How do you stay motivated: I have mini-goals/targets which help to keep me on track as well as

a constantly updated list of why I would like to lose weight!

 

220lbs-ish...? Is there a prize?

Original Post by icecream18:

Favorite Thing to Mix with Chocolate Chips: Mint Ice cream ;-)

Favorite Fruit: Apples and Bananas-cannot choose!

Nutella or Peanut Butter: Peanut Butter

Favorite Vegetable: Sweet Potato

Cream Cheese or Butter: Cream Cheese

Chips Ahoy or Oreo: Oreo

Favorite Type of Pancake (plain, blueberry, chocolate chip, etc): Lemon and Sugar

Favorite Food to Waste Calories On: Sea Salt and Black Pepper Kettle Chips (I figure they're not ALL bad...)

Favorite Halloween Candy: Don't really have one: but I do love squashes!

Hot Chocolate or Apple Cider: Definitely Hot Chocolate, Apple Cider makes me feel siiiick..

Favorite Type of Cereal: Odd choice, but I LOVE All-Bran with ice cold milk!

Hot Dogs or Bratwurst: Hot Dogs!

Favorite Type of Chip: Salt and Vinegar

Favorite Flavor and Brand of Ice Cream: Ben and Jerry's 'Dublin Mudslide' had it once about three years ago: haven't found it since! if anyone knows where to get it Ill be eternally grateful ;-)

Worst Binge or High Calorie Food (that you love): Chocolate! Specifically Lindt, Thorntons or Terry's Chocolate Orange! Weirdly though, I rarely have them, so that when I do I reeeeeally enjoy them. At the moment Im abstaining from chocolate, so that at Xmas I can eat all my seasonal favourites, then its back to none until easter! I know this doesn't work for everyone, but when I have chocolate, I can't stop, so i might as well make it an occasion! hahaha

Original Post by megs890:

I'm going to the gym today to weigh in! Promise! Haha.. :)

haha, don't worry about it, Im only updating on sundays (which for convenience' sake is going to be my new weigh-in day!), so technically as long as you weigh in before every sunday it doesn't matter if its mon, tues, weds...etc-you get the idea!

Congrats on the losses everyone! Hope I have as good news to report on sunday! :-S

cassie xx

pixiegwen: SW: 255, CW: 29/10: 237.6 (-17.4lbs)

NY Goal: 20lbs (217)

cassie_bee: SW: 175, CW: 30/10: 160 (-15lbs)

Xmas Goal: 15lbs (145) 

azule08: SW: 189, CW: 30/10: 178 (-11lbs)

Xmas Goal: 18lbs (160)

craigversion2: SW: 235, CW: 28/10: 215.6, 03/11: 216.1 (-18.7lbs)

NY Goal: 15.6lbs (200)

gimpy03: SW:286, CW: 29/10: 264 (-22lbs)

NY Goal: 14/19lbs (250/245)

nanny317: SW: 265.5,  CW: 30/10: 244.8 (-21.7lbs)

NY Goal: 15/20lbs (220/215)

bittenkittenx: SW: 158, CW: 30/10: 153.8 (-4.2lbs)

Xmas/NY Goal: 

megs890: SW: 145, CW: 31/10: 141 (-4lbs)

Xmas/NY Goal: 14lbs (127)

brnyrbr: SW: 257, CW: 02/11: 257 (-0lbs)

NY Goal: 12lbs (245)

slanie: SW: 163, CW: 02/11: 161 (-2lbs)

NY Goal: 11lbs (150)

tina_4: SW: 135, CW: 02/11: 135 (-0lbs)

Xmas Goal: 15lbs (120)

jen_2525: SW: 167, CW: 03/11: 162 (-5lbs)

NY Goal: 12lbs (150)

pinktulip92: SW: 187.5, CW: 03/11: 181 (-6.5lbs)

NY Goal: 16lbs (165)

Welcome to all the new members and hope everyones doing ok! I had a baaaaaad day yesterday, went out for dinner and had a 'gourmet burger' with chips and a salad, followed by a chocolate brownie sundae...not good!

BUT, I have been plateauing for WEEKS now at 160lbs, so I've upped my calories in the last few days to try and get things moving again. Granted, a burger and sundae probably weren't the best idea, but it was delicious... ;-)

EDIT: All mistakes fixed, whoops! And well done Craig, if I only gain half a pound during my bday Ill be ecstatic!! ;-)

All updated ;-)

pixiegwen: SW: 255, CW: 29/10: 237.6 (-17.4lbs)

NY Goal: 20lbs (217)

cassie_bee: SW: 175, CW: 30/10: 160 (-15lbs)

Xmas Goal: 15lbs (145)

azule08: SW: 189, CW: 30/10: 178 (-11lbs)

Xmas Goal: 18lbs (160)

craigversion2: SW: 235, CW: 28/10: 215.6 (-19.4lbs)

NY Goal: 15.6lbs (200)

gimpy03: SW:286, CW: 29/10: 264 (-22lbs)

NY Goal: 14/19lbs (250/245)

nanny317: SW: 265.5,  CW: 30/10: 234.8 (-21.7lbs)

NY Goal: 15/20lbs (220/215)

bittenkittenx: SW: 158, CW: 30/10: 153.8 (-4.2lbs)

Xmas/NY Goal: 

megs890: SW: ??, CW: 31/10: 141

Xmas/NY Goal: 14lbs (127)

Collective loss: 110.7lbs (a small person!)

Hey guys! I thought I'd take responsibility for keeping a record of the collective losses this time around, if no-one minds? It'll help me to keep on track/accountable if Im the unofficial group secretary! haha!

Here's the starting statistics, for everyone who's shown interest in the new challenge: if Ive left anyone off, just post your details and Ill update!

pixiegwen: SW: 255, CW: 29/10: 237.6 (-17.4lbs)

NY Goal: 20lbs (217)

cassie_bee: SW: 175, CW: 30/10: 160 (-15lbs)

Xmas Goal: 15lbs (145)

azule08: SW: 189, CW: 30/10: 178 (-11lbs)

Xmas Goal: 18lbs (160)

craigversion2: SW: 235, CW: 28/10: 215.6 (-19.4lbs)

Xmas/NY Goal: 

gimpy03: SW:286, CW: 29/10: 264 (-22lbs)

NY Goal: 14/19lbs (250/245)

bittenkittenx: SW: 158, CW: 30/10: 153.8 (-4.2lbs)

Xmas/NY Goal: 

megs890: SW: ??, CW: 31/10: 141

Xmas/NY Goal: 14lbs (127)

AYE!!

I want to lose another 15lbs by Xmas as a personal goal and it would be cool to just continue this thread!

Thanks for the responses! Im pretty sure then that it must only be temporary.

Hopefully it'll have levelled out by my next weigh-in! Thankyou for the reassurance, I knew by regularly reading these forums that I probably was being paranoid, its just that when you work so hard and you see these 'fluctuations' it is so disheartening. I just needed the reassurance/explaination to ensure I wouldn't spin off in the other direction!

lionpaw: I don't weigh every day, I weigh weekly, which is why I was so suprised by the change, especially as I was hoping to have lost! All I could pinpoint was the peanut butter I ate yesterday, but I guess I just shouldn't have read into it so much.

Hi, I'll join the group! Im trying to lose around 20lbs by Xmas/New Year so 10lbs would be a pretty good start. Im also 5'9 and my stats are:

SW: 175

CW: 160

GW: 140

Goal for Thanksgiving: 150

I also decided I wanted to get a haircut and colour when I hit 150: good motivation! What are you doing at the moment, just calorie counting, or exercising? Both? Im currently concentrating mostly on diet as I have a pretty active waitressing job, but the closer I get to my goal weight, the harder it gets so I'll probably have to add some actual exercising soon which is a bit daunting :-S

Morning everyone! Congratulations on your weightlosses!

As for me:

SW: 175

LWW: 161

CW: 160

So, lost a pound this week! I was initially disappointed that I hadn't made it into the 150's, but losing a pound is way better than plateauing or gaining and Im definitely happy with that!

Also, I've now lost a total of 15lbs in the Halloween challenge with 5lbs to go. I really don't think Im going to make a 5lb loss in one week, so again, Im just going to aim for 158, which is a 2lb loss in a week and completely acceptable!

I also assume next weeks weigh-in will take place on the 31st? So we have 8 days for that final push! 158, here I come!

Good luck everyone!

Hey everyone! Weighing in early this week cause Im working early tomorrow and won't have time. 

SW: 175

LWW: 164

CW: 161

So, I lost 3lbs! SUCH a relief, I felt so bloated and generally disgusting last week that it was nice to get back to normal and finally register a weight loss! I was hoping to hit 160 by this week, but hey, Im weighing in early and maybe I would have hit it tomorrow?! Either way, Im pretty happy with my loss and now Im going to aim to be in the 150's by next Friday!

14lbs down, 6lbs to go and 16 days left...

I've come to the conclusion that I probably won't hit 155-in a healthy way anyway- by Halloween, but as long as I can be firmly in the 150's-157/8 is going to be my adjusted target, then Im ecstatic!

Is everybody still up for an Xmas group? I don't think Ive ever been so consistently successful at losing weight healthily and I really think this group has helped me enormously!

Good luck for the upcoming week!

Original Post by brandi9285:

have you had a BIG loss week yet?...if not, you'll probably have one soon..that's what usually happens with me. i work hard for a few weeks-a month, then all of a sudden i'll lose like 5-6 pounds in a week and a half..good luck!

Im exactly the same! Ill plateau for a week or two, then all of a sudden Ill lose 3lbs over a weekend! Love it when that happens, but I still don't understand how?!

Hey guys, after my disappointing week last week, I have good news!

SW:175

LWW: 166

CW: 164

So I lost 2lbs! Yay! Im also over halfway to my Halloween goal-9lbs to go! Im getting a bit worried as to whether Im going to make it, as my weightloss is somewhat erratic at best, but Im going to try my hardest to get as close as possible. I guess by Halloween, even if I've only lost half, its still progress!

I also now have less than 25lbs to go until my ultimate goal, so Im definitely up for an Xmas group when we've completed this challenge!

Good luck everyone and keep at it!

P.S: To all the people who've disappeared from the group, if you're still there, come back! We still have four weeks till Halloween! And to everyone who's joined, congratulations so far, we're in the final month and all doing brilliantly, so lets keep it up!