300+ Countdown to Jan 1, 2009 !

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      We share a long journey.
      January 1, 2009 is coming ... IS HERE ! 
      What progress we'll make ... WE'VE MADE !
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~ THE 2008 300+ COUNTDOWN CLUB ~
      Counting down to JAN 1, 2009!
 1. Post your 1st of month weigh in.
 2. Check your updated number below.
 3. Let me know of any corrections.

.......................... GROUP WEIGHT LOSS ..........................
SW: 320.0   JAN 1st 2009 185.0     Lost  135.0  bigbrett22
SW: 340.0   JAN 1st 2009 173.0     Lost  167.0  danielle_20077
SW: 343.0   JAN 1st 2009 275.0     Lost    68.0  denise07
SW: 326.0   JAN 1st 2009 280.0     Lost    38.0  freethrowtommy 
SW: 354.0   JAN 1st 2009 328.0     Lost    26.0  humorpam
SW: 329.0   JAN 1st 2009 295.0     Lost    34.0  korali
SW: 329.0   JAN 1st 2009 221.0     Lost  108.0  laurabow
SW: 370.0   JAN 1st 2009 286.0     Lost    84.0  mnic
SW: 442.2   JAN 1st 2009 392.0     Lost    50.2  mwiowa
SW: 325.0   JAN 1st 2009 267.0     Lost    58.0  punkrockriot
SW: 315.0   JAN 1st 2009 226.0     Lost  100.0  renaer14
SW: 317.0   JAN 1st 2009 311.0     Lost      6.0  shnitzel (tracy)
SW: 465.0   JAN 1st 2009 220.8     Lost  244.0  sun123
SW: 385.0   JAN 1st 2009 336.8     Lost    52.0  sunnyone24
SW: 305.0   JAN 1st 2009 234.5     Lost    70.5  Tina_4792
SW: 367.0   JAN 1st 2009 299.0     Lost    69.4  topeze
SW: 576.0   JAN 1st 2009 447.0     Lost  129.0  velvetkiss 
SW: 325.0   JAN 1st 2009 255.0     Lost    70.0  watchmeshine82
SW: 355.0   JAN 1st 2009 287.0     Lost    68.0  wobbley
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Does THIS count as exercise?

MOLLY

Aovermy,

That's incredible, good for you, you've really come a long way.  Yes we are the wonderful "heart of Illinios", lol. I'm so glad you mentioned biking in Iowa made me think about going to the country to ride my bike. My grandparents live in Brimfield, it's a tiny town about 20 min away, they have a great black top road all around the outside of the town, about 2 miles, that would be so perfect to get started biking on; that is one of my challenges. I have pretty good stamina when it comes to walking, but I need to biuld up my strength for biking, running, and stairs. I hope to do it all without feeling like I'm going to have a heart attache.     

Molly, that is too funny!  Cant imagine whats going through their minds.

my june 1st weigh in was 256.8.  sigh.  slowing down now!

Hey watchmeshine82, we're really close to the same weight i'm hovering around 160 right now. We can do it together. Good luck!

Ang

Ditto- also a similar weight to you girls at 259. There must be some kind of sticking point at 260 lol.

I'm sorry, I totally forgot to report my June 1st weight, which was 328. That is a 7 pound loss for last month. Yay! I am pleased. Of course, I would like for it to be more, but I will gladly take it! Sorry that I am late in reporting Jayne.

Molly that was cute! Those are going to be 2 healthy kitties.

Laurabow,

LOL, that's funny there must really be something with 260. I can't weight to get below that 260 mark. I'm kind of taking it 10lbs. at a time. I think my mind is already past the 260 mark it wants to see the 240's. I will be thrilled to see the 250's this month though. One step at a time is the best thing. Good luck lady's! Before we know it we won't be anywhere near 260.

Ang  

Yay Pam - you've written about turning things around and have done a great job with it!  To the 260 gals, sounds like a plateau number so hoping June does the trick to kick things off for you.

Already at my first June weigh in and though losses were dragging more than they typically do late month, came in with an even better than average kick off at 306.1.  Very happy but since thats actually below instead of the usual 1.5-2 lb above my home scale, wondering about the clinic weigh in.  Have accepted enough higher weighins there than home though so Im taking this one! 

Bumped me from behind to ahead of schedule so cracking through 300s for my 1 year 06/28 seeming possible again.

BTW

We've both lost and gained a few members over the months and hoping to see more June 1 weighin updates but with us facing our halfway point next weighin (not that I wont continue with a 2008-2009 thread), must say really hoping to see as many of you as possible cross into the new year with our successes! 

I see our January numbers, where we've come from and how we've pressed foward and am so proud of our group!

So today was my official weekly weigh in. I weighed in at 264. Down 8lbs. from when I first signed up. Which is good,but a little frustrating I saw 262 earlier this week. I've been in the 260's for what seems like forever. I keep fluctuating, I don't understand what makes you gain and lose like 10 lbs. in a matter of days. I don't drastically change my diet at all. I have been staying around 1400-1500 calories a day, walk about 2-3 miles a day, light weight lifting, and lots of water. What part of that would make me fluctuate so much? Its all a bit confusing. I wish you're body could talk to you, lol. Wouldn't that just make life so much easier.    &nbs p;

My scale does the same and it is weird to get that low weight that doesnt exactly stick around til your weigh in day eventhough you kind of know you havent 'gained' weight and have been behaving.  I finally gotten used to it, not having a home scale very long and even knowing it may be off but in my favor, actually enjoy them.  I think its a combo of body flucuation with the imperfection of scales too.

Had a sad dressing room day looking for bras that finally resulted in victory but a bit of an emotional day which Im fine with since I came out successful despite it looking hopeless there for a while.  My clothes are so loose, Im probably the only one who can tell but it does wonders for the self confidence.

Lots of shopping walking and hoping for somemore today!

It's so rewarding to feel the change in your clothes. It makes the weight loss feel real. I love to the numbers go down, but until you feel your clothes getting loser it never quite registers that you're getting smaller.

Those darn dressing room fiascoes, not looking forward to getting new clothes any time soon. I'm going to let my clothes fall off before I put myself through that.

That's awsome, you were successful that's what's important, focus on the positive! 

Brownies baking for a funeral (that sounds weird, for afterwards get together).  So used to never having such temptations around but weighed myself to reinforce being behaved. 

Still steady dropping - early month still so appreciating it before my late month TOM stall.  Getting closer to 300 and anticipating that cross over to a 200 number to pop up.

My Sunday walk turned out to be the Titantic experience of walking. First, I fell. Fortunately I wasn't hurt, I just scraped up my thighs above both knees and my upper arm near the shoulder. It was embarassing because there was a police officer right there and he saw the whole embarassing thing. He waited till I righted myself to go on in order to make sure I was OK. That was nice of him.

The funny thing is, I fell right in front of a hospital. And the reason I fell is the ramp part of the sidewalk (where you cross the street) is uneven by about an inch and my foot got caught. I would think, accross the street being a hospital, that people would be using wheelchairs all the time there and that it would be a rough ride for a wheel chair.

So anyway, I picked myself up and decided to endure and keep going (we were about 25-30% done with the route by that time). At about 60% of the route done, it started raining! At around 80% it stopped sprinkling and started downpouring complete with thunder and lightning. We were soaked and wretched by the time we got home!

The falling sounds the worst - I think to walk out in the heat, I would have to wait until the pouring rain started.  Ive gotten into the habit of Walmart walking - like but mall but with the help of a cart.  Great that you didnt twist anything but sounds painful still.

Made brownies for after a funeral I attended.  I was concerned but eventhough there a favorite, they still dont smell that great cooking so I was spared.  Im not a big cake fan but its tough if I smell one baking.  I was so strick, wiping batter off my hands .  Didnt even want to consider the slippery slope of just a lick or just a crumb. 

Sun-Good job keeping control! What a great idea weighing yourself before any temptation became to strong. I will remember that. The switch over from 300 to 200 is so thrilling. It's awesome, you're so close. You are amazing:) .

 aovermy-Ouch that sounds painful good for you for picking yourself up and continuing, and even after it started raining. This is some whether huh. It's been really weird raining off and on, at least today it is cooling off. We had two tornado's touch down here, thank goodness it wasn't to close to where I am at.

 

I weighed myself this morning, 261, I was thrilled down three pounds since Saturday. I can't wait to shed myself of the 260's. I can really tell the difference this has helped with my energy level. I am allot more active even if it is just deep cleaning my apartment, or taking the stairs at work. My mom said she was noticing a difference in my stomach. Me and my mom have been fighting the long fight against fat for along time together. I have told her allot about this and she has started paying attention to her calories the last 2 days. Yesterday she told me she had figured up she ate 1500 calories before 1pm, I about died. She's diabetic and playing with allot of meds. She lost allot of weight last summer and just about got off all of them, and now she's been sliding for the last few months, it half pushes me even harder because I don't want to have to fight diabetes, but also it makes me worried about her health getting even worse. I'm very opinionated with my mom and that pushes her to go the opposite way sometimes, so I have kept my mouth shut and just expressed how happy I was with counting my calories and CC, and have been answering any questions she asks. Seems like she may be jumping on board soon though, all on her own. Very excited to have her join me in this journey and to see us both succeed together. Crossing fingers and staying positive:) .  

Wow sun, way to go!!!  You are exactly where I would like to be...although, I have a ways to go.  As long as I get there by Christmas, all's good.  And I can't imagine refraining from the brownies.  Sat is always my cheat day, so that's when I try to make higher cal things.  Yum.  Sorry to hear about the funeral though.

Aovermy, I'd have given up instead of kept going.  So good job with completing your walk.

Renaer, it's cool that mom is joining you in this.  It's so much easier when you aren't doing it alone.  I know just having all of you on here helps so much.  It's helps having to show my weight on here too...although until I started this, hubby had no idea how much I weighed, but there are a bunch of you who can just look and see it.  I have another group I joined that is women in their 20s with a lot to lose like us.  I find that it helps in general to have groups that get the need to lose a LOT while also joking about everything.  They have little challenges too, which I find motivates me to meet them...like the work out challenge. 

But it's been an alright month so far for me.  I'm really frustrated with work which leads me to not want to do other things like work out.  I'm aiming for every other day on my elliptical and weight training, but I also have to log 15 hours by the end of the month for that group!!  But, I've been pretty good with foods lately, so I'm still doing alright.

Rainy day and opened all the windows, loving the cool breezes while they last!  I was thinking the same thing about that walk - I would have felt like I was being tested to continue on. 

Im with you on the group thing Liza! In the past when Ive fallen off the wagon, extremely long periods (years) have passed with much weight gain occurring so keeping in threads like this have kept prior slips from escalating into huge weight gain.  I also keep up with two threads - its like double assurance.  With your job, I would think its great to know that you have your better eating, healthy exercise and weight loss as a positive in your life.

I could so relate to your comments renaer about energy. For me, exercise is movement like you mentioned - cleaning or shopping, from a prior stagnant life these are new to me.  A while back it was eliminating sit breaks Walmart shopping.  Now Im finding I can spend periods of shopping standing erect rather than always supporting myself on the cart.  That loss since Saturday sounds encouraging - love those 'bumps'.  BTW think its great how you are influencing your mom!  I imagine how strongly you want to relay to her what youve discovered but sounds like you found the soft approach she's receptive to.  I share your desire to come on strong but patience wth her will help as your mom finds her way.

Bring on July 1 weigh-in!  Our half year mark and ready take advantage of everything we can accomplish this month :D.