10 or less to lose - CLOSED GROUP!

Hey all, I'm looking for others with similar goals (not stats, anybody who's 10 or less from their goal) so we can keep each other company for the last leg of the weight-loss extravaganza. A small group would be great fun! (Let's keep it to just the first 10 or so who join - if I even get that many takers!)

My stats:

Age: 22

Height: 5'0

CW: 107-110 (morning-evening)

Goal Weight: 98-101

Well, I'm gettin back on board this week, or at least attempting to. Not expecting to lose since ttom is next week but maybe I can keep from gaining. I took Hydroxycut before so I know how it works I didn't have any problems with it before, I haven't picked any up yet this week.

I hope you enjoy your date Vege I love picnics I even take em by myself sometimes.

107.8 this morning --- yay. That makes me feel a lot better. At least it resembles where I was when this damn thing got started. I hope it's real and not dehydration or something. Either way, it makes me feel better -- because I am shallow.

amayou -- you and me both - let's buckle down this week, eh?

Shallow is not the end of the world!

I am trying to buckle down too.  Meal plan for today -

Breakfast - rice Krispies w/ skim milk

Snack - Kashi granola bar

Lunch - Lentil salad (lentils, a bit of rice, grated carrot with lemon juice and spices) + nectarine

Snack - grapes, cheese and crackers

Dinner - salad with a few nuts and cheese

I was thinking I'd be craving my morning snack but it's 10:30 and I'm not even hungry yet, so this week of buckling down may not be that bad.

Honestly, I know that it's because the boiling hot weather is killing my appetite AND I just got a good review at work and I'm happy about that so not stress-eating.

There is a conspiracy in my office. I say I'm buckling down, and someone brings in a mud pie. I had about 1.5 inch slice, and resisted having another before I left the office yesterday thinking it will surely be gone by today, it wasn't I had another tiny slice this morning, what kind of breakfast is that .

On top of that I'm giving blood today so I won't be working out. Oh yeah and there's the company BBQ today. I think I'm just gonna focus on keeping my carbs super low today. I'm off to grab a couple of boiled eggs yay for protein.

And one more thing (I'm sure these all sound like sad excuses) TOTM is next week so I'm not expecting any loss of weight

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Sometimes those little things in life all just hit you at the same time.  One day of bad eating just means it'll take you one day longer.  Good luck at the bbq (and WAY TO GO for giving blood!  That is such an awesome thing to do!!!)

My iron was too low , thats weird I have always been able to give blood. Even though today isn't an official work out day I think I may go do a light work out, I'm tryin out LA fitness and there were some cutie pies there I could check out while I burn some calories. Or maybe I'll walk up to the store, either way I'm doing something today.

I can't donate blood due to low iron as well :(

Definitely do something today!  Walk or work out, just be active!  It has cooled off here so I will try to do the same (I did get to the gym yesterday, woo-hoo).

Hey guys!!

Re: donating blood  -- I also can't donate as I have a blood disorder :( Nobody wants blood with kamikaze red blood cells. :P

OMG, though -- I am *so* proud of myself today. I ate ONE serving of the most amazing macaroni and cheese ever. One reasonable size serving -- go me! It wasn't easy, but it was so worth it. I also kept it to 2 beers -- which is good for me, lol!

I'm actually at around 1600 for the day - yay! Plus I went to combat and my burn meter says I burned a little over 2000.

*does the snoopy dance*

I've never not been able to give blood before so that was odd, but I took my vitamin today. I did a 30 minute walk around my apt complex I live in Atlanta, very hilly and about 90 degrees then I did 5 minutes on the stair stepper.

Good job on showing restraint Septi.

Today I'm supposed to head back to the gym, yay. I think I'm gonna try the Body Works plus Abs, class today.

Hurray Septi!

And wow, Amayou, lots of activity in there!

I can't wait for the class tonight it'll be my first at this particular gym, hopefully I'll be lil sore (I like feelin a lil sore, makes me feel like I did something).

I wonder how many calories flirting burns lol

Lots if you really put your hips into it :)

septi: i can't donate blood either! at least not currently. (cause of anti-malaria jabs). anyway, keep at it! you go girl!

whoa amayou! new ab photos? they look fab! you'll probably gain a little water weight when your muscles are sore and repairing themselves. I'm trying to tell myself that the pound i gained this morning was from weights training q:

Thanks doedoe, I needed to convince myself that my efforts are not in vain.

So I went to the class and was a couple minutes late, the room was packed but I managed to squeeze into a little area in the back. That woman kicked my butt, I mean I was moaning and groaning it was tough. Can't wait to go again. I guess I'll be joining LA Fitness this week.

The abs sure are looking great Amayou!  I LOVE that moaning groaning ass-kicked feeling after a great workout, wish there was something like that in my neighbourhood.  But I have packed my gym clothes and will be heading over after work to try to get to that level on my own.  It's just so much more motivating sometimes when there's a scary instructor telling you to move.

Yeah I love group exercising be it in an aerobics class or otherwise. I've never done spinning/cycling but I'm thinking about trying it one day this week. I'll go early this time though so I get a good spot.

your classes sound so exciting! (i've never been in an aerobics class before ^^|||)

weigh in for this week: 113lbs [on my home scale. hurhur] (*w*)v

the weight loss didn't actually register until like yesterday, when i was at the medical center in my university (getting medication for some skin infection)... every time you visit the clinic, they routinely take your weight.

Both times that i weighed in there, I had been 131.1lbs (i first had my weight taken when i entered university 2 years ago, and i had it taken again about 10 months ago when i was ill and visited the clinic.) So some part of me actually expected the scale to read 131.1lbs this time round, especially since my home scale has been certified to be whacked, and somewhat untrustworthy. So it was a real surprise when i realized that i'm 113.1lbs this time round (i had to check to make sure that my brain wasn't screwing with me, since it's the position of the numbers that had changed, and i'm mildly dyslexic.) Not to mention, I had my shoes on (cause the orderly said that i needn't bother with taking my shoes off--i had my shoes off both occasions when i weighed in at 131.1lbs! :3). Suddenly there's this bulb that finally went off in my head. Like: whoa, i really did lose weight after all...

Starting weight: 151

Last week: 145.8

This week: 146.6

I proabaly won't see my true weight until next weigh-in with TOTM coming next week. So I'll continue to work out and make an attempt to stay on track with my eating.