!College people looking to lose 20lbs for Christmas vacation!

Hey everyone! I'm Jackie and I'm in my first year as an art student. My goal right now is to lose 24 more pounds by December 23rd (family Christmas party)! That will put me at 199 pounds. I come from a huge family and I really want them all to see me in a new light. Plus, I want to look nice in our yearly picture for once!

Now who's with me? I want to do this with girls my age who are going through similar stresses at college.. So let's get this party started with our stats! I weigh in every Sunday so that's when I'll be updating Everyone is free to update whenever they want!

Age, Height, Pants size: 19 yrs, 5'7", size 16

Starting Weight: 280

Current Weight: 223

Christmas Goal: 199

Welcome Chels!

 

How is everyone doing? For some reason the scale just hasn't moved a bit this week. Maybe by Sunday I'll at least lose half a pound or something.. who knows!

I binged yesterday, i ate more than 2000 calories and i went to sleep really late and wole up at around 3pm today and weighed myself and it said i went down .2 oz. It's weird but i think it is cause i slept so much it was burning everything while i slept. So now i am back on track again and we'll see how i do today lol

I thought I'd update here because I am very very excited! As of today, I am 171.4, which is the lowest I've been pretty much ever. I think once about a year and a half ago I was this low for a couple of weeks while living in Holland (and trying to adjust to the food there), and then I started drinking a lot of beer, ha.

I went shopping and I fit quite comfortably into a size 12!!! (It was even big on the top!) I think the last time I wore a size 12 when I was about 10 or 11? I've ALWAYS been very overweight, and now I feel like things are finally coming together! :D

good news for this week!

SW: 172

LW: 158.7

TW: 155.8!

GW by Christmas: 140ish

Not too shabby if I do say so myself.  That's a 16.2 lb loss so far.  And my parents and friends are actually starting to notice!  Since they only see me in pictures I post on my blog (I'm studying in Australia right now), I don't always have pics/updates for a few weeks, and at my last posting they all commented on how great/trim I was looking!  Definately a boost of confidence to keep going.

Great job everyone!

That's so encouraging, ocean_girl88.  Keep up the great work!

I'm not losing anything, but I think I just need to up my protein and use it to replace some dry carbs.

Hey! I'm joining a little late but I need some serious motivation. This semester is kicking my butt! My names Jenna...

Age, Height, Pants Size: 21, 5'3, size 12

Starting Weight: 170

Current Weight: 170

Goal Weight: 155

I haven't worked out at all this semester because I literally DO NOT have time. I try to go for walks for breaks from homework though :)

I'm totally there. I seem to be losing about 10 pounds at a time and then maintaining, and this is my last go...

Age, Height, Pants Size: 20, 5'9", size 8/10


Starting Weight: 209


Current Weight: 157

Goal Weight: 145


Some advice: if you have a later class in the morning (10 or later), force your butt out of bed just a half hour earlier than usual and cram a few minutes in at the gym. It'll be hell for the first few days, but once you get used to it I found it made me more energized for the rest of the day and more likely to stick to my eating goals.

Just updating for the week...

I was down another half a pound yesterday morning to 152.1...but then I totally binged on tacos and soda with my BF last night, and now I'm up to exactly the same as Tuesday, 152.7.  Oh well, that'll teach me my lesson.  I'll try and be really good till sunday and weigh in again then, hopefully I'll be down again!

hey guys,

happy saturday. its so early why am i awake? well when i drink i have bad sleeps and well yesterday I went to a football game and indulged in a few too many beers. BAD I KNOW! but...drumrolll

last week: 146.1

this week: 143.00!!!! (after a three friggin week plateau)

its probably because im dehydrated from the alcohol but yahh go me! I hope everyone elses weeks are going well. Its so hard to not gorge on chocolate when im stressed with assignments but oh well.

 

I'm so glad everyone seems to be doing so well! Congrats to you all! I hope I have some good news next week :) I'm gonna be more strict!

And Welcome all new people! Good luck :D

Hey! I havn't updated but I havn't got anything really to update cause I've maintained my weight which is fine I know I'm trying that's all I care about. And everyone good job and I hope y'all aren't stressing your self to much and thankyou for our wonderful advice. I know I need to get more sleep but it's basically impossible... the only thing that keeps me going is exercise isn't that funny? If I exercise I don't get tired at the end of the day it GET's ME to the end of the day heh

Oh and LOL Jackattack about the pizza how do you train your body to do that?!?!?!?!

LOL I didn't do it on purpose! I just haven't eaten anything that greasy in MONTHS and my body was like "WTFFFF" :P

Never doin that again. I'll stick to healthier pizzas!

Age, Height, Pants size: 18 yrs, 5'7", size 8


Starting Weight: 148


Current Weight: 148


Christmas Goal: 135

I made it to Sunday! Today's weight is 151.  I think maybe this is cause I had a little to drink last night (I know, bad!) and am a little dehydrated...but I didn't drink all that much, and my super-high-tech scale that measures my body water percentage (I know, it's weird) says my hydration is OK, so I'll take it!  That means I'm down 3.5 pounds this week! Woot!  I haven't really started counting calories yet, just cut out all the junk...so I hope this continues!

Well it's my weigh in day and I didn't lose a freakin thing I'm really upset. I am going to eat more and go to the gym and see if that does anything, sigh.

i want to do this, but 20 pounds is a lot so any lost would be good enough.

currently 120 i think, hopefully it's no more than that and i want to get down to 100.

Hey, sorry I'm a little late joining but want to lose a stone before xmas!

Age, Height, Pants Size: 20, 5'2", size UK 8/10


Starting Weight: 168


Current Weight: 123

Goal Weight: 108

Hello all!

I must say that I cheated these last two days, but i got desperate...

Starting weight: 178

Starting this week: 158

Ending this week: 156

Goal: at least 8 more pounds before Christmas!

Good Luck everyone! Lets make this week even better.

 

Jackattack07... I hate limiting myself with food, I would rather bust my ... at a gym than only eating 1200 calories. It works for me.

Try it, and let us know if it works for you.