CHALLENGE!!! 4/10-8/31 Who Can Reach Their Goal?!?!?!

Our loyal little group consists of these wonderful ladies, who are dedicated to moving forward with a healthier, more vital lifestyle.

• pinkpinkotter (a.k.a Pink)
  
• aperfectblink (a.k.a. Blink)
• ocean_girl88 (a.k.a. Surfer)
• loveitmm (a.k.a. Love)
• moonlight_liz (a.k.a. Liz)
  

and a few other ladies that are not mentioned who are just as important.

since when did I become surfer?!  ahaha I love it.  I had surfing lessons once when I was studying in Australia...getting my ass owned by the pacific ocean (and a permenant battle scar) was the outcome.  good times.  at least my surf instructor was hot (jailbait though unfortunately).

So I'm still trying out this whole maintenance thing for a while to see how it goes.  I think it's been fairly successful at boosting the metabolism cause no matter how much I drink (water of course..at least 2 L), I'm ALWAYS hungry it seems.  I eat 1800 cals and I'm still starving.  I'm thinking I'll do this for a week or so and then go back to ~1300-1400 for a little and see what happens.  I'm thinking maybe the reason I stopped losing was because maybe I wasn't eating enough?  I don't know. 

How's everyone else's week going?

yay new thread! i like surfer too. 

my week is fine so far, recovering from the weekend, as usual. i'm trying to motivate myself to go to the park and lay out but i'm really lazy and i don't have class today. i want to be a couch potato. hope everyone is doing well! 

I'm here as well!!!! Yay! Though I miss our old thread already :( . Today I'm eating turkey club panini's.... and they're SOOOOOO delicious!!! there's a BIT of mayo with pesto seasoning in it on there... but it's just scraped across the bun instead of  lathered on... so I think it's ok :) .  However at the cash there was grab and go cookies... and I did... oops. But I'm working out tonight... so I'll just have to work extra hard!!! :D

Wonderful, we are all here!!!

Surfer- Lol I wondered if you had a preference or if you just wanted to continue being called "ocean" =0) I thought "Surfer" would do as a stand in until you came into one you liked.

Blink- Everyone deserves a lazy day. Take it and drink it in. Let the laziness consume you =0P. I know this Saturday. Is MINE. I plan to veg out and watch Lifetime or something.

Pink- I can't imagine the unpleasantries of having to eat a dry sandwich. I see no reason why you should give it a second thought. As for the cookies... it was maybe 90 calories, right? It's not as though you ate a slice of cake or a whole chocolate bar or anything. I truly believe that if we allow ourselves small indulgences we'll get on better. As long as we don't eat empty calories and over indulge, I see no reason why we shouldn't leave 150-200 calories just for indulgences.

I found a new indulgence that is acceptable I think.  I take special K crackers (about a handful),  and put four cubes of 2% cheese on them and melt them... it tastes so bad for you. I also invested in some Haag and Daas ( I think that's how you spell it.) Sugar free "Orchard Peach" Sorbet. DELICIOUS!!!.... However.... do not get Breyers yogurt blend of cappuccino and dark chocolate chip....It's... EXTREMELY creamy. Very hard to swallow. I picked up some more Special K Fruit and Yogurt and another batch of bananas(Breakfast today) and I am drinking strictly water or Sparkling water. I am still taking the water pills, I truly believe that sometimes my body may need help getting rid of all the water retention. I will take them for one week and see how it goes. I read online and our bodies retain seven pounds alone of water weight simply from all the sodium we consume. I think my seeing how much that effects me and seeing what it really does to my body will help me cut the salt down a bit more easily.

I am still having trouble shaking this. I have read that the after effects of Food Poisoning are suppose to linger, but my goodness. I am STILL SOOOO tired. My stomache is still sensitive and I still have horrible headaches. I have had just enough energy each evening to play with my little boy, clean up and do some floor exercises. It's not like me to be so tired. Anyway, I need some cheese for my whine, lol. Gotta get back to the grind, I'll be checking in off and on today!!! Have a good day ladies!!!

just went to the motivation forum on accident... teehee. 

liz, i am so sorry you're still feeling bad! that sounds like no fun.. :( 

alright, i need some advice. well not necessarily advice i guess, just opinions. does water really matter that much? like if i drink more water, will i see the weight loss more on the scale? i am a diet coke addict and i know that i don't get as much water as i'm supposed to. its just hard for me to drink it i guess, i find water terribly boring unless i'm hungover as *. what do y'all think?

you know the standard drink 8oz of water a day blink??? What they don't tell you is that you need 8oz of water a day on TOP of any pop or caffeine your'e drinking... the water in that does not count. So I would say it's very important.

:) I totally didn't go to the gym yesterday... I was BEATTTTTTT. I find I eat if i'm bored. All the time. I'm not hungry... just bored. blahhhhh. And it sucks now because my new hours are 9-5... but then my fiance doesn't get hime until 7:30... so from 5-7:30 there is just boredommmmm... and I don't live anywhere close to ppl I know or things to do... sad days. I'm still beat today *had 9 hours of sleep... but restless sleep*... but have every intention of going to the gym!!!

Hi Everyone,

I am new to this site, and wanted to know if I could joing your challenge that you have...?

Welcome Jaya. Do you pronounce it "ya-ya"? Any and all participants are welcome and will be happily recieved. What are your goals, where are you now, and how far have you come? Strengths, weaknesses, trials and successes are all a part of this little "speak-easy'. We all speak freely and without hesitation. Any and all questions and thoughts will be turned over and commented on with constructive critisism, but without judgement. We all motivate, and even pick each other up from time to time. We were a thread in the "motivation" section but we were prevailed upon to move to a more appropriate subject.  This is to any and all newcomers. I have no doubt that Pink, Blink, and Surfer will all give you warm welcomes, as well as our other leading ladies who haven't found their ways to the new thread.

Hello all, it is Sunday. It has not been a good weekend, at all. I won't go into details as they are tedious and tiring. However, I wanted to pop in and check on you guys as you make your ways to Monday and I hope you are all doing well. I will give my weigh in tomorrow, I hope it brings good news.

I have had a VERY bad week. I did not get back on the wagon at all. I even missed one workout session. It's been a trying week though.. tiring as well. I'm lacking motivation and the will right now. I think I've just given up until monday. New week... new start... new problems instead of old ones lol. Let's hope I haven't done serious damage this week though. *sighs*

yeah my weekend sucked too...well food-wise at least.  It was the huge day-long campus-wide party yesterday.  So that meant lots and lots of food and lots and lots of booze.  Plus I'm retaining H2O like crazy b/c it's TTOM any day now.  I'm not expecting much from weigh in tomorrow.

Here's to a brand new week!!

Hey Everyone...I guess I'll start the weigh in

SW:  155

Weight 4/27:  150.5

CW:  149.5

GW:  135

Weight loss this week:  1 pound

Amount left to lose:  14.5

Weight loss so far:  5.5

So yay!!! I'm finally in the 140s - just barely, but I'm taking it as a victory.  We'll see how next week goes, I have a wedding cake testing on Friday....yummy...

Hope everyone had a nice weekend, talk to you girls soon!

booooooo.... i went back up to 215. i think i'm retaining something... because i didn't cheat THAT bad to gain 5 pounds in a few days. I'll proally be back to 210 by the weekend.... but i can never get under 209... i exercise and exercise and eat healthy... though a bit more than i should... but i still can't get under 209. booooooo.

so i've fallen... but i'm back with my personal trainer tonight... i'll see what he says... and hopefully i'll get back up there

Original Post by pinkpinkotter:

booooooo.... i went back up to 215. i think i'm retaining something... because i didn't cheat THAT bad to gain 5 pounds in a few days. I'll proally be back to 210 by the weekend.... but i can never get under 209... i exercise and exercise and eat healthy... though a bit more than i should... but i still can't get under 209. booooooo.

so i've fallen... but i'm back with my personal trainer tonight... i'll see what he says... and hopefully i'll get back up there

 Maybe you are eating foods high in sodium and just retaining a lot of water weight?  Are you sure you are eating enough calories with the amount you work out?  or maybe it that TOM? (always a woman's best friend when trying to lose weight)

Everyone hits a plateau...You'll break through it...Just don't give up!

Aww, Pink, honey don't feel bad. We all have bad times. Really. Don't feel bad. I'm a whopping 151. I had a really....... really...... bad..... weekend, an honest to goodness family crisis and I honestly did not care what went in my mouth. I was so stressed, and tired, and just plain upset that I just didn't even think. I'm taking some water pills to get the extra off and I am back on track this week. Sparkling water, 2% cheese, grapes, and lean pockets on the menu.

On the upper hand of things, the face painting... was AWESOME!!! I am good at something!!! I mean I paint all the time as a hobby, and I love it, but that was the first time I had ever really face painted and I was pretty good at it!!! I will have to post a pic or two when I get them. It was amazing. All those people uniting to fight against a devastatingly relentless cause. Standing up to fight. Humanity at it's best.

My weigh in this day is dismal. But I refuse to give up.

I was 148 when I began this thread. I lost two pounds. Then gained them back plus some. I am now four pounds heavier than I was. I simply refuse to give up. I will not be a statistic in some book of overweight women who end up with diabetes or heart disease. I only have one chance to live my life the way I want to. My goal weight is 148. I think if I monitor, ever more closely, my weight I will be more careful. My weekness seems to be the weekends. I do not report frequently during the weekends, as I seem to cram everything that must be done in one week into two days.... not the best idea when you're suppose to be watching what you consume. I will check back in soon. Don't give up ladies. Someone once said, "you can only fail if you quit."

Hi Everyone,

This week I am ready to begin....I did terrible last week.... :( I am at 245 and I do not want to spend my whole entire summer at that weight. when I started using the calorie counter on here I relized I was maintaning my wieght. Today I kind of started off on the wrong foot though....hehe...but I am getting back on track.

I would like to get into onderland this year..... :)

Cheers~

Original Post by pinkpinkotter:

booooooo.... i went back up to 215. i think i'm retaining something... because i didn't cheat THAT bad to gain 5 pounds in a few days. I'll proally be back to 210 by the weekend.... but i can never get under 209... i exercise and exercise and eat healthy... though a bit more than i should... but i still can't get under 209. booooooo.

so i've fallen... but i'm back with my personal trainer tonight... i'll see what he says... and hopefully i'll get back up there

Hi Pink,

 I know how you feel.....but you know what the good thing is you have the support here, and you will acheive your goal. That is a positive that you got back up. That is so hard to do....keep going....

I think what I am going to do is cut out cheese for awhile because I heard that it does not really help you when you are trying to lose weight. I am letting my favorite foods off the menu ... Pasta, Bread, Cheese... that is going to be really hard, but I have to. I want to see if that is keeping my weight on or contributing to it... LOL......

Hello my darlings!!!

Oh I've been absolutely horrible. When it rains it pours on me!!! But enough of that. I have a date with the gym today and I intend to do a full hour and a half. 60 minutes of that (broken up of course) 20 on the bicycle and ten on my upper body. I'm STOKED.!!!!  I'm only taking in 1800 where I was taking in 2200. My indulgence for today is a small coke. Tomorrow it's going to be half a cup of peach sorbet. Yesterday it was half a brownie. I'm kicking *** and taking names.. Until I get beaten down again by all the mess that was going on. I'm not slowing down. I'm making small goals these days, I've disregarded my long term goal. For now I'm going pound for pound, still taking the water pills and I haven't stepped on a scale to see if they're helping but bm has increased three fold. Who knows. I've begun taking vitamins just in case while I'm on these water pills and I'm just PUMPED about getting a move on and getting these pounds off.  Updates says that carbs are bad, but I've given up sugar, loads of calories, chocolate, pizza... the list is endless. I'm keeping my carbs, if I have to run two hours a day. I'm not giving up .one.more.thing.  I will see you guys soon

Hi Moonlight,

I know what you mean when you say when it rains it pours. I went to the gym today at work and worked out for 30 minutes. I will be taking 2 more walks today 15 minutes each, so that I can put in an hour for today. I think it is great that you are keeping positive...just keep up the good work... you can do it.

My major goal is to lose 105 pounds total. But I am taking small goals at a time. I would like to lose 45 pounds by August 21rst. I know a weird date but my friends are getting married and I was invited and I want to pick out a cute dress to wear and be able to smile in again.....I cut out the pasta, bread, and cheese so far...and that is hard. I love soda and only allow myself one a day the rest is water with lemon.....the lemon totally helps make my water not seem so boring...I am still trying to get used to this tracker thing and didnt realize I was pigging out...lol...but now I have more control over what I eat when I count...it is great... Well talk to you all soon again ..... 

Cheers~