20 lbs to go club!

Hey all u out there-- i have slowly been losing since january and am in need of more motivation! I am at 153 down from 185 and wanting to reach 135- roughly 20 pounds!

25 yrs- in 4 days

5'4

153

light exercise- trying to get in strength at least 30 X 3 days

breastfeeding - so im at like 1700-1800 cals

want to be 135  by christmas!

Who is with me??

lets do weigh in on fridays!

Hi Shauna! Count me in! I've joined these in the past and if ppl stay on, I find it so helpful! My stats are similar to yours :)

I'm 23 yrs..

5'4

140

I started CC at 163! So I consider myself 'half way there'.  I dont think I necessarily want to lose 20 pounds.. but my goal is 135-130 ish, I guess we'll see when I get there..

Weigh in Fridays is PERFECT!

yay -- i know peep rarely stick with it but im excited! good luck to us!

well i was at a low 152.8 then back gto 153.4 but i havent hit 154 so yay im fluctuating lower - before i would fluctuate to 155.8 so this is good!

hey i would love to join i am quite new i have started to lose weight very slowly at the beginning of the year started at 182 here are my stats

23 years old

5'7

148

Brisk walk 40 mins daily with the dog i try to do 30 mins hiit training on the rowing machine 6 times a week, toning and strength exercise 30 mins daily ( i have only started this a few weeks ago up until then i lonly walked the dog) i try to take in roughly 1300-1400 cals. I would love to get to 130 by christmas and tone up a lot as well friday weigh ins sound great

Can I join, too?

17 years old

5'3

148

Gym at least 2 times per week, walking the dog 30 min daily and fitness dance 1 hour on tuesdays.
Trying to stay under 1600cal.

I´d love to be in a group of people like me, I need support...

I am in.... I started in January at 181 and was 151 this morning. I would love to lose around 20 lbs by Christmas.

25 Years Old

5'2

151

I walk at least 30 minutes  5 times a week, and work out at a gym 3 times a week. Trying to stay around 1300 calories. Weigh in's on Fridays sound great!

awesome ladies- hopefully this group can help keep us motivated!!! all these summer bbq's are weakness for me! im  an over eater!!

what is your weakness?

hi shauna and all!

I am old.   gosh.  

anywho.... 

Olivia, 31, school teacher, getting out of a long term relationship = stress. 

I started at 230, am at 157 as of today, would love, love, love to lose 20 more....    BUT my original goal was 150. 

Exercise: DAILY.   I alternate riding a bike and running 35-40 minutes --with strength training every other day.  

Eating: shoot for 1600-1700 cals a day, I drink lots of water, but I also drink too much booze.  BOO --  I account for it in my cals, but that;s bad, right? 

Can I ask something?  what's your motivation?   for me it was turning 30 and realizing that life was passing me by, fat or not, and I wanted to NOT be fat anymore.........   I feel SO MUCH BETTER>>>>>>>>>> ;>>>>>      

my weakness is pure laziness especially when it comes to exercise i have to talk myself into doing it everyday and i now hang a bikini up in my gym to try and give me some motivation. also i just cant resist chocolate i need my fix daily at least now it is one or two squares not a huge bar i used to be an emotional eater

i try to pick up diff videos for working out bc i get so bored so easily. I hate working out and i only shoot for 30 min about 4 times a week honestly.

my motivation was after having baby #2 i didnt want to be the fat momma i wanted to be the hot mama that everyone looks at and is like - "u have kids?" but staying motivated is hard- everyone compliments me and it makes it harder to continue on so thats why i come back to this site and get motivation from all of u!

Good morning everyone!

Olivia- CONGRATS!!! You accomplished so much!!

My weakness is alcohol.. not daily, just on the weekends but it sucks.. I semi-stopped for 3 months, lost 20 some pounds and now, i've become less strict with myself, which means, the weekend totally negates me being good during the week.  I am setting a goal this weekend to not drink at all. 

My motivation is just being healthy and looking/feeling better about myself! plus, i love the compliments.. :)

So tomorrow is weigh in right?

i tackled my emotional eating by dealing with what was making me feel that way - for me i realised it was a bad relationship. Once i tackled that i found that i was still eating and binging a lot more than i should so i started by making very small changes such as not eating butter and only having 1 sugar instead of 2 in my tea. I also got myself a dog and went from never moving to walking for up to an hour a day. The weight loss has been slow but i never deprive myself ever. I have stopped eating fast food (at one point i was eating it at least 4 times a week) and treat myself to one very occassionally but daily i still eat chocolate if i want it now though i dont eat the whole bar just a few squares. As long as i keep in my calories i am happy i eat sensibly most of the time. It amazes me how easy it has been this time around (yes i have tried this before) i think because i am now not eating when things get me down and i made the changes gradually to start with. I know when i was depressed i ate, when i was happy i ate etc i just needed to realise my trigger or what started it all off in the first place. As i get closer to my goal i am very good with my eating habits because they are ones i want to keep for the rest of my life. I know now when things get tough food is not going to be the solution.

well said on the emo eating, sarah.  It;s all about small changes for me --  being more aware of WHY I am eating as well as WHAT>    ( :   and staying positive -- knowing that if I try, anything is possible. 

((((HUGS)))) 

OH and thanks, sweeteeth!   I have some more to go, things to work on, etc, but I feel a million times better.  Too bad the only compliments I get are from cool people at cc and my friends.  My soon to be ex never says a word.....   sad. 

i havent even been able to tackle emotional eating- when im mad i want sugar stuff- ice cream, cake, just a big piece of dark choc something.... and i still do it- but to ....

olivia- being stuck in a bad relationship is going to hinder weightloss if u are mad or sad u will eat bad and hopefully u will see happiness once u 2 break up bc when someone is bringing u down with them then they r just goin to depress u into more food! Find what makes u happy besides food- what hobbies are u into??

today is weigh in day!!!

so i hopped on my scale and usually do like 5 times- and the first 2-3 times was like 151.6 then from then on it was 152.8 :( - dam it . i never understand y my scale changes like that! but hey less then 153 cant complain i suppose!

maybe i was just producing more milk- lol! i am reducing cals down to 1650 now - i need to take advantage of bfing now before i stop end november and have to go to 1400 cals -- boo :(

HOW DID U DO??????

I agree with Shauna! Olivia, if he's not helping, then he's hurting you!  Emotional eating for me is a hinder too, but now, I try to make myself think, consciously, that I will feel worse eating and feel better if I go for a run or to the gym.  It somewhat helps.  :) 

Today's weigh in!

140.0!  I havent lost in 2 months, but I did some damage, I think I finally balanced it out.. hopefully its all downhill (on the scale of course) from now..

I need to get through the weekend without drinking!! yikes!  How did everyone else do??

i couldnt agree more emotional eating is hard but you can all get there :) results of my weigh in

146 woohoo thats 2 pounds lost its all this high intensity interval training i think thats doing it for me i can burn 800 cals in 30 mins on the rower. Its tough but worth it from the looks of it now another new week and feeling positive though i am having a few drinks tonight but hopefully that should not affect it too much