Lose 30 lbs or your goal weight till summer!(Next Weigh In 3/8)

WEIGH INS!:

 

twinmama: Feb 2- 191.3.  Total weight loss for this challenge: -3.3 lbs

snowfence: March 1st  159 lbs . Total weight loss for challenge : 8 Lbs.

rachel206: Feb 2- 179.  Total weight loss in this challenge: 4.3 lbs

bluewater_jul77: Jan 12- 255.5 lbs

Jan 19-251 lbs 

talkdoc: Feb 2- 177.8.  Total weight loss in this challenge: +.8 lbs

lam7: Feb 2- 148 lbs.  Total weight loss for this challenge: 9 lbs

  

wlazyroo: Feb 2- 157 lbs.  Total weight loss for this challenge: +3 lbs

tickleteckla: 187 lbs

ennaerb1029: Feb 2- 153.2 lbs. Total weight loss for challenge: 3.1 lbs

smartgirl30: 248.4 lbs 

tickiicat: Feb 2- 132 lbs.  Total weight loss for challenge: 1 lb

mladdy: Feb 2- 201.5 lbs.  Total weight loss for challenge: 7.5 lbs

riabear: March 1- 162 lbs.  Total weight loss for challenge: 12 lbs

mewcheck: Feb 2- 201.5.  Total weight loss for this challenge: 1 lb

courtneyw: Feb 2- 324.1 lbs.  Total weight loss for challenge: 12.3 lbs

browneyes1: March 1- 171.5 lbs.  Total weight loss for challenge: 1.0 lbs

meww: March 1- 157.0 lbs Total weight loss for challenge: 3 lbs

letsgetitstarted: March 1st: 183 lbs . Total weight loss for challenge : +2 lbs

waterwalker: Jan 12- 199 lbs 

Jan 19- 196 lbs 

Jan 26- 194.8 lbs 

moraima107: Jan 12- 170 lbs

     Jan 19- 170 lbs 

karmavb30: Jan 12- 179 lbs

    Jan 19- 180 lbs 

cynthia334: 192 lbs 

Jan 19- 188.8 lbs 

celestialwreckage: Feb 2- 264.8.   Total weight loss for challenge: 24.4 lbs

Jan 19-285.4 lbs

bub55: March 1st: 229.  Total weight loss for challenge: 3lbs.

leahhh: Jan 12- 140.2 lbs

          Jan 19- 142.2 lbs 

 Jan 26- 139 lbs 

 

lisseth83 - March 1st  129.2 lbs . Total weight loss for challenge : 8.6 Lbs.

Well I guess it's my turn now! I was 335 when I started on Tuesday I believe and I did really well that day and the next dya but Thursday and Friday i didn't do so well and I didn't work out at all..I'm about to go jump on the scale now..wish me luck!

 

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Ok so my weight for today is...336.4lbs

Which means I gained 1.4lbs 

Can't say that I'm thrilled about that but i guess it could be worse considering what all I ate yesterday! I'm gonna really push it this week though! See you all next week! 

Hello All,

I started cc on the 2nd and had lost 2.5lbs over the week. Last night knowing I was going to start this I ate more than I should of and the scale showed a gain of a half a pound. That stinks.

I am a short person 5'1' and and today's weight is 173.5. CC says my calorie intake to lose 45lbs by June is 1450. I here you guys mentioning numbers under that. Should I be eating less. I am disappointed that I have only lost 2lbs in 10 days and really had worked at it. Occassionally I will eat in the 1600's but then exercise on the indoor bicycle for 30 minutes which says I burn 280 calories so it brings me back to my daily goal. Should I decrease my calories to lose more? At what point would I put my body in starvation mode because I don't want to do that?

Any suggestions. Thx

Browneyes -

Your calorie intake sounds about right to me.  I am 5'9" and I am at 184 lbs.  CC has told me to eat 1500 calories a day for a 1.5 weekly weight loss to eventually get down to 149.

As horrible as it is, the slower you lose the weight the less likely you are to gain it back!  A 1-2 lb weight loss a week is what most people should shoot for, unless they have a very large amount of weight to lose (which you do not)!

Hope that helps!

Original Post by browneyes1:

Hello All,

I started cc on the 2nd and had lost 2.5lbs over the week.

CC says my calorie intake to lose 45lbs by June is 1450. I here you guys mentioning numbers under that. Should I be eating less.

Should I decrease my calories to lose more? At what point would I put my body in starvation mode because I don't want to do that?

Any suggestions. Thx

 Browneyes-   A 2.5 lb. loss is great!  What I noticed is that the Eat Meter number that CC put in for me is only a deficient of 631 compared to my sedentary Burn Meter number.  It's safe for me to eat 369 fewer calories than that (1000 cal deficient) as long as I don't exercise at all that day.

Please remember that if you do exercise, you need to use the new Burn Meter number and subtract 1000 cals.  This is the very least amount of calories you need to eat to ensure your body doesn't go into starvation mode.

I hope this helps! 

Starting weight, Jan 5: 161.6

Current weight: 159.4

Goal Weight: 131.6

Overall goal weight: 105

 

I've started tracking my calorie deficits in my LJ, because I was slacking off for awhile there.  Now I can be sure to hit at least 3500 deficit per week. 

Starting weight = 142

Current weight = 142

Goal for next week = 140

Overall Goal = 120

 

Time to start working harder, methinks! I am going to the gym more regularly now, so that should help, and my last exam of the season is on thurs, so I can concentrate a bit more!

Ally 

hi,

I want to join as well.

Height 5'1"

weight 180 lbs

target weight 130 lbs

please share the tips/diet plans/workout plans.

I do not seem to be loosing anything and it has been 20 days i m going to the gym and i am dieting. 

 

Great job everyone so far!  Here's how I've done - started last week at 210.5, down to 206.5 this morning.  I'm assuming most of it is water weight, as my defecit has only been about 400-600 calories daily.  I've been drinking about 5 pints of water everyday, and have taken a nice 45 minute walk every night (except last night).

I also think I'm coming down with a cold, and haven't had much of an appetite since Thursday night.  Yesterday I only ate about 1000 calories total, and crashed into bed as soon as I came home from work.  I've got some chicken penicillin (aka soup) on the stove.  I'm hoping to feel better by Monday!

Original Post by waterwalker:

Original Post by xqueenofheartsx:

..gah

two days of bingeing in a row :/

this really stinks... dont even want to weigh in tomorrow.  i need to stop doing this =( 

Hi there xqueenofheartsx:

I admire your transparency. Continue to communicate with us on the board. As we all know I had a horrrific week and it took tears, reaching out, praying and everthing else I had to not binge. I pushed pass the pain. It was REALLY REALLY hard but because of YOU, yeah You and all the other members on this board, you each held my hand and my head up. I made it. Now that doesn't mean I ate heaIlthy...heck no...but I didn't binge. I told on myself. I asked for help. That's huge. So my two-cents keep talking to us.. trust us...we'll support ya. We got your back!!! Because of the support I received this week my down in the dumps of despair party only lasted for two days instead of two weeks. Big improvement. I could not have made it without you good kind people. I am back in stride again. I went to my network meetings, made new friends, got job interviews in the wings next week, even ate some good food and took a light walk. Hey it means so much just to know you have someone to talk with who understands. Anyways hang on keep talk'in and never give up.

 Wow.. you are truly an amazing person.  you just gave me all the inspiration i need.  keep your head up high i'm sure there will be other oppurtunities for you :) better ones..

 

i weighed in at 145.9 today.  I know its all the retention from the sodium and food that i ate, and that most of it will go away.  but still its not nice to see the scale high.  anyways ill update the first post later tonight, to remove some of the people that arnt posting at all, and add the weight! 

i did it!!! i finally went on the treadmill & burned 250 calories!!! i know that's not much, but it was 33 minutes. maybe i can actually kick myself back into gear :D

i actually WANT to walk again, but we're probably gonna go shopping :(

i hate binges!!! that IS the bad thing about them, too... that once you start, it's really hard to stop! and mine normally last for a few days, at least.

i finally had some vegetables today, too :D

Well done everyone!

Today's Weight: 179.6 - lost 1.4 lbs! I didn't lose much but I am delighted to have broken the 180 barrier! Woohoo! YAY! etc.!!!!!!

My Walk at Home DVD arrived yesterday. I was out all day today, so I haven't had time to try it yet, but I'll let you know how it goes. I've been good with what I am eating, but do not exercise regularly, and know I need to start if am to keep up the weight loss. I joined CC last November and have lost 10.4lbs since then. Slow and steady, that's me!

melonhoney - hope you are feeling better soon.

Take care all!

Hi Everybody:

 Great job everyone. Unfortunately my numbers are up by 2.6 but I thinks its because of my salt intake, water weight gain because of my monthly friend. But I learned a lot about myself this week. I learned its oaky to ask for my help. No matter what- its okay to take care of myself first. And finally push and press pass the hard stuff in life which will always be. I can't stop being good to myself because the world or my circumstances dictates otherwise. This is going to take some practice. Gotta run for now.  I am refusing to be down and I'm pressing on and pressing in my numbers on the scale are gonna change to 150.

 So my numbers starting out 195 and now are 199 wow I hate that scale. Its more than I thought. I will weigh myself again in the morning. But at least now I know its all about staying true to myself and taking care of myself no matter what.

 Talk with you later.

How are you guys quoting each other when posting? You know so the little box appears around the person message you are commenting too.

Browneyes, you have you use the about.com version of cc rather then the classic version to quote people.  Go to cc.about.com. (this is how i think its done..never learned how to do it on the classic)

Ok so i feel like I need to share this with you all since I just discovered this about myself.

Ok I've always considered myself fat..but I wasn't one of those "fat people" who had a deep psychological reason behind their overweightness. I just figured I was just an overeater because I love food and I love to cook. Well...I was watching America's Next Top Model a few hours ago and Tyra was having a one-on-one with the models and asking them personal questions and such..anyways..I started to ask myself those same questions for some reason and I started to realize the reason I am overweight and why I subconsciously sabotage my weightloss efforts even though consciously I am trying to loose the weight. The reason is because I don't want to let it go. I realized I started over eating back in Elementary school when I was teased on alot and that's when I turned to making food and my love for cooking developed. Well as my love for food grew..so did my waistline. So by the time I go to middle school and the real teasing began..somehow...I always brushed off the teasing...whenever someone would say something I would ignore them...and subconsciously I was using my weight as a barrier against other people. The more weight I gained the more comfortable I was with myself and the more fearless and outgoing and self-confident I became because I had a "I don't care what other people say or think about me" attitude. By the time high school started...everyone loved that personality trait that I had..I was the only freshmen who had the balls to stand up for myself and for other people and all of a sudden people loved me and I then gained the two greatest friends ever!

 Anyways...well then I started trying to loose weight because I was feeling embarrassed going out to eat and to the movies with my friends because they are all super skinny and athletic..but it seemed like every time I started a diet..the first day would go great and the then days that followed would be horrible because I would allow myself to give into temptation. Well tonight I realized the reason was because I didn't want to allow myself to be vulnerable to attacks again...for some reason I believed that if I lost my "barrier" that I would loose my confidence and everything else that made me "me" and what made people like me so much. As soon as I realized that I started crying..I started asking myself why I would think such a thing..and now that I realize it..I know it's true. I look at myself now sitting at the computer..when I'm not typing I ALWAYS have my arms folded UNDER my stomach..like I'm hugging it for security!  I'm about to turn 18 on Tuesday and what better birthday present to give myself than the knowledge to know what my problem is and the tools and confidence to face them. I START NOW! I know I gained 1.4lbs this week..but I guarantee you all that next week you will see a major difference!

 Thank you if you actually took the time for reading all this. I hope this somehow helps other people realize what their underlining issue really is!

Well, i have been on this diet for about 2 weeks.

 

Current Weight: 170lbs 

Weight as of today : 170lbs 

 

Apparently i have been eating the wrong amount of calories, which was 1,500 calories, i was suppose to be eating 1,200 calories, maybe next week i will do better.Congratulations to those who lost weight and  the ones who didn't next week you will do better

Original Post by courtneyw:

...for some reason I believed that if I lost my "barrier" that I would loose my confidence and everything else that made me "me" and what made people like me so much.

court - CONGRATULATIONS!  what am important realization to come to in your life.  you're afraid to lose the weight because you're afraid you'll lose your identity.

your weight doesn't dictate your personality - you'll still be the same out-going, intelligent young man that you are now after the weight comes off.  you'll be able to add 'healthy' to your list of positive traits.

i'm so proud of you.  remind yourself of this revelation often (write a note to yourself & read it when you need to).

best wishes to you on this journey!  HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY ON TUESDAY!!! 

kathleen

i used to be like that, too. i used to "hide" in my own weight. it really doesn't matter, though. when you suddenly believed in yourself & had the nerve to be proud of who you were, that's when people started liking you more, right? BECAUSE you liked yourself more :D

and believe me, you will love yourself soooooo much more when you start losing some weight!!! you will feel better all over!!! you will be more energetic & you will be able to squeeze into places where you never could before!!!

i never cared what people thought about me, though, not really. i am doing this for myself. i'm the one that i have to live with & i'm gonna do this!

also, don't deny yourself of the "temptations". whatever YOUR personal temptations are. i still have mine!!! i've lost 52 pounds as of today (since 9/4!!!) & i've done it by eating chocolate, chips, candy, etc!!! i don't just eat junk though. i try really hard to work it into my daily calorie intake & hopefully also get an "A" for the day & if it doesn't fit, maybe i'll have it tomorrow instead... LOL except for my daily tiny piece of dark chocolate...

anyway, if i couldn't have the foods i love, i could NEVER have lasted even ONE day on this. the key is moderation. if you deny, deny, deny, eventually you will binge instead & that would be soooo much worse, wouldn't it?

i hope this helps & i hope you understand what i'm saying. i don't eat that much junk... but it's here... it's always here for me & if i start feeling deprived, all i have to do is look around. mostly the junk just sits here. one serving is pretty small...

PLEASE everyone!!! don't all start eating junk food now!!! (unless you already do) and if you do, just a little... and maybe at least exercise during commercials if you don't exercise at all. that's a good start :D you'll feel much more energetic & soon you'll want to do more!

... i hope this doesn't sound stupid ...

I was unable to get online yesterday, but I did weigh in..

Last Week: 179

This Week: 179

Last week I was trying to follow my "calorie deficit" according to my burn meter and what I ate. I think that I may have been eating too much to lose anything. So this week, I am going to try something different. This is the 2nd week in a row that I have not lost anything. I haven't gained, which is great, BUT I want to lose!!!

See ya next week!

I was also unable to post yesterday, but here are my stats:

 

start: 139

goal: 120

current: 139

 

I was a bad week and I lost eating self-control at the end. But at least there was no gain, right? Here's hoping for a losing week.