Lose 10 lbs by JULY 4th, 2008!

EDITED::::   I am changing the post title to reflect our new goal date and thanking all who participated and asked me to keep this awesome post going!!!!!    ( :

xoxoxoxox   love you, girls!


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I was given the ultimate gift for Xmas --- a vacation to LA and Vegas.
I want to lose 10 lbs before we fly out on May 24th.
Weekly weigh ins?
Motivating friends???
Anyone?
: D   I know I am sure going to try hard as my goal is to buy and WEAR a bathing suit in public without a t-shirt or shorts. 

Join Me??   ( ;

you know what would be delicious?! I have yet to try it but keep dreaming about it... lol... 100 cal pack lorna doones dipped in the yoplait light *not sure if the make it in the n'fit* lemon creme pie flavor... YUM!!! it'd be about 200 cals, but I'm figuring it would be pretty filling... and eating that as a snack definitely depends on how much room you have in your cals..

ANYONE UP FOR A MINI CHALLENGE?
No bad carbs (wheat product that is not 100% whole grain) or processed sugars (ie.. chocolate... lol) for the next 8 weeks?? I don't really eat a lot of these things in the first place so I want to try cutting them in these 8 weeks... Leftover chocolate eggs are being moved to the freezer.... tonight :) The only sugar I'm going to use is my 2 tsp in my coffee (2x a day) and my 1 tsp in my oatmeal.. so 5 tsps a day... good? If I nix the 2tsp in my coffee, I may use sf vanilla creamer.. I know, not much better, but I have to tame the bitterness of the coffee just a bit..

olivia- WAY TO GET PAST 180! keep up the awesome work!

Hooray olivia - that is such a great milestone to hit, I am proud of you! 

Wow - Krrpt - that's a pretty rough challenge, I am not sure if I could pull that one off... Maybe I am too weak....

congrats on getting past the 180 mark! way to go!!

how about limited carbs/sugars? :)

Frozen oranges?  OK..do you just throw em in the freezer whole or peel them and quarter them first??

And the banana--you freeze slices or how do you do it??

The white cheddar cheese its would ruin me...Any crackers are a risk-but I have been good with reduced fat Triscuits.

I like to snack on almonds or sunflower seeds but I measure them out first and don't allow seconds.

baby spinach salad!!!

I would like to say that I think after 14 weeks I am FINALLY getting my period and will therefore be more likely to reach my goal!  yessssss

OMG! Who  new Olivia was a snack genius! I have printed the list it will go on my shopping list today, too bad I didn't see it last night. I just ate a sandwich and went to bed! Pudding,Jello,Ice cream, hot choc all sugur free I am so looking forward to it. I have to stay away from the 100 cal packs I am trying to stay away from  HFCS as much as poss. Those are not my friends. But the popcorn may take the place of my other fav...by now everyone knows my secret lol.

BTW krrpt although I am checking for HFCS in my ingredients I don't think I can cut sugar all together just yet.

I am back down to 221 so we will see tomm.

Zena thanks for the froz banana thought! 

Froze banana -

You can cut it into slices (before you freeze it) to nibble on or just peel it and chuck it in the freezer and eat it like a 'popsicle'! Yummy!

valandra- how exciting! you'll definitely reach those goals!

awaresmom- that's awesome that you're watching out for the HFCS.. I did the same thing a few months ago and am very happy :) the only thing I have a lot of trouble with is salad dressing... it's in every salad dressing... ever.. lol

Whats HFCS??

High fructose corn syrup you would be surprised its in every thing i bought some 100% wheat bread and it was one of the 1st 5 ingredients so be careful. This stuff is bad for you.  

Oi! Hey all! Is it too late to join?!?! I would love to lose 10 pounds by May 24th! I am going to Dublin at the middle of June and my ultimate goal is to lose 20 pounds by June 17th. So I am in! I will post my weight tomorrow morning first thing. I'll have to play catsup with you guys! Thanks for this. I really needed some motivation and diet buddies to hold me accountable. I have been down recently about the whole weight loss thing and this is great!

Should we also keep up with measurements too? I know sometimes the scale doesn't move, but the measurements do! I'm gonna post my inch losses too. That way you still feel like you are accomplishing something!

Cheers!

welcome to new girls!  ( :

YUM to Lorna Doones with anything, k

I can;t say none of those thngs.  I am with krrpt -- limited?  ( :

Resisting a cadbury egg.  I tried to distract myself with carrots dipped in salsa...

 

Happy Thursday all!

Don't feel bad I am trying to resist this snicker's candy bar that my friend was trying to be nice and bought me.... Ugh!  I got a banana and string cheese, wish me luck! 

WTG Olivia!!  I love when I break the barrier and go down to the next set of tens.  Its like my mini goals I give myself to see the end of so-called decade, lol. 

krrpt -- Good challenge and hard!  Well I guess I will have to start for dinner since I had tacos for lunch. :)  Its amazing what has hfcs in it though.  We started really looking at it in the ingredients for the kids stuff and it just blows my mind how prolific it is, and in stuff that its just unnecessary.

stay strong girls :) I don't know about you but eating candy makes me ravenous about an hour later.. so save yourself the present and future calories and stick to the food your body will actually use :)

can we challenge ourselves to have only one serving of bad carbs or sugar a day?? I'm going to avoid the carbs and put sugar in my coffee and oatmeal.. period :) how about everyone else? how are you going to dominate this challenge? like I said.. leftover chocolates from Easter are going to the freezer tonight :)

FYI... I buy Roman Meal 100% whole wheat bread and it's 70 cals per slice and NO hfcs!! :) I was seriously standing in front of the bread isle reading labels for about 20 minutes trying to find a bread with no HFCS... and there are 3 kinds of Roman Meal breads... 2 I think are whole grain so make sure you get the whole WHEAT b/c I think the other 2 have hfcs :)

You ladies are awesome! I just wanted to say that!

I have started adding a few of you as friends, so I expect for you to be reeming me all the time! LOL I will def be on your pages with advice/words of encouragement.

I told my bf what the deal was and he said "Yeah! Let's do it!" I was like, "You're doing this with me?!" and he said "Hell yeah!"

Yay! for wonderful, amazing bfs! And Yay! for wonderful, amazing, BEAUTIFUL  women to do this with!

Oh and just so I can get it off my chest, I hate work lunches! Had Mexican food today! Blah! But I ate chicken and drank water so hopefully it wasn't too bad! Will have to take a walk around the building for extra effort.

katie- ditto to everything you just said! my bf keeps saying he wants to do all this stuff and he is now taking really small baby steps :) I think I'm finally influencing him :) and I hate work lunches too.. I always say no thanks, I have my own lunch :) no one gets offended or anything.. I used to take some leftovers home to pretend I was going to give it to my b/f, but I'm not going to do that anymore :)