10 pounds by the middle of August? Who's up for it? ----GROUP CLOSED!

I started calorie count in November of 2007, since then I lost 22 pounds. But...I gained 2-3 back and I never reached my goal of 145. Right now I am 155-156. I began this journey at 175, 5'8". So who's ready to lose the last 10 with me??

 

We will have weekly weigh-ins on Friday mornings and post them in this thread, tell how we feel, if we are struggling, etc.

We need support!!

Original Post by cassie718:

How does everyone feel about this weeks weigh in?? I'm curious, cause i'm not feeling all that great...I feel bloated, fat, ugly gahhhh weight loss is quite a journey

 I"m feeling okay about this weigh in. I had been teetering b/w 180 and 183 for a couple weeks, but finally landed at a solid 180. i had been hoping to see 179, but I know that will come in time. I dont' feel great, but that's cuz I haven't been eating great. I'll be in LA from sun-tues, so I know that's going ot be posing a challenge to my weight loss goals, but I'll have time to work out while my fiance is at his conference, so i just have to be sure to do that!

here's to next week being better!!!

Couldn't post yesterday, but here's my weigh in for this week..

SW: around 153

7/11: 152

I coach gymnastics Saturday mornings and I stayed after today and had a real good workout, maybe this will be a good week!

keep it up everyone!

Well I'm up for it. I'll weigh in this next fri (except i'm starting my period thurs so i'm sure with water weight the numbers will be disappointing). 

SW/CW: 115

GW: 105

 

Hi guys............I think I'm a lot older than the rest of you, but happy to join in. In just one week I'm down three lbs. which is fast for an old fart in her 50's. It is sooooooooo much harder to lose as you age, but I'm not giving up. Start weight is 175.5

Hey! Starting weight is 165.5! As I said, I'll be gone next Friday, I suppose my goal is 155 by mid-august...

I'm having a hard time staying motivated... any suggestions guys?

 

I'm also having a hard time staying motivated.  The temperature suddenly dropped and all I want to do is curl up in bed with a cup of hot chocolate.

I'm having the hardest time movitating too!!!!  Especially on the weekends, it's so easy to just spend the day doing nothing.  I have a pool, so I've been trying to swim, but I end up just kind of floating around instead.

I need some way to make myself go to the gym after work.  Most days I just feel so tired, I want to go home and put my pjs on instead!  And going before work is not an option - my commute is almost an hour and I'd need to leave my house way too early if I were going to make the work out worth it!

I'm hoping that just having to post my weight every week will help me get moving.  I'm also going to try and get my husband to start going to the gym (he needs to loose a couple pounds too!) and am hoping that having a workout buddy will make a difference.

I'm kind of in your situation too.  My commute to work is about 40 minutes and I'm not exactly a morning person so going before work is out of the question! 

I realized that if I just decide I'm going after work, half the time I end up getting home with the intention of changing and heading to the gym, and I end up getting distracted with other things and not going.  So what helped me was to start bringing my stuff for the gym to work with me so I don't need to make the trip home in between.  Forces me to go and saves on gas!!

Have to share a little success/motivator... I was working out yesterday and I had already done my time on the eliptical and weights/abs and all that, then I planned on running for 10 minutes and heading home but when I was running I felt really good so I ended up running for almost 30 miuntes instead! wooo!  Keep up the good work everyone!

#100 cassie718 Jul 12 2008 04:49 How does everyone feel about this weeks weigh in?? I'm curious, cause i'm not feeling all that great...I feel bloated, fat, ugly gahhhh weight loss is quite a journey

^^^ I forgot how to quote :P

I feel okay about it, I mean, I've gone up today, but I'm sure thats sodium, water weight. Not had the most healthy weekend!

The weigt will come off :D

I'm dreading friday though, LOL.

Dmarie, that's great that you could stay on so long!

I'm not feeling very confident about going down much by mid-Aug.  But one day at a time and I am COMMITTED to hitting the gym today.

oh i almost forgot to post he update. so here it is

CW july 9:  199

GW by Aug 15: 189

Jul 11: 203 (this is thr weigh of july 12 morning, i was away on july 11)

 

(today, ie july 15, i am 202. it is not easy but i am NOT giving up)

Hi,

I have been very busy and did not post on Friday, I took my weight though..

Start Weight: 145

Current Weight: 144

GW by Aug 14, 135

Good luck for tomorrow's weigh-in everyone!

THANK YOU RENEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I'LL NEED IT!

7/11/08: 142.8

7/18/08: 142.6 - So yeah, pretty much haven't changed but at least I've not gone up.

7/25/08:

8/1/08:

8/8/08:

8/15/08:

7/11:  115.5

7/18:  113

I know its mostly water weight but hell i'm happy!

Challenge SW 188.6

7/11/08: 187.8 - LOST .8 lbs since I joined this challenge (But lost 3 lbs total since last Friday!)

7/18/08: 186.0 - LOST 1.8

7/25/08: 184.6 - Lost 1.4

8/1/08:

8/8/08:

8/15/08:

Lost to date: 4/10

So last week: 134

Today: 133.5 ~ oh well at least it's not going up!  I'm pretty sure I've hit an ugly plateau.  I realized that I've been at this general weight since late June.  I've been reading threads about plateaus and most of them say to eat more, but that is an idea that's very hard to entertain at this point.  Not sure what I'm going to do.  Any suggestions?

alyssa & southern ~ great job on the loss!  I'm so jealous!

lozz ~ hang in there girl!  baby steps are better than nothing at all!

 

SW: 153

7/11: 152

7/18: 150... slowly but surely!

Have a good weekend everyone, keep with it!

renee!

yes! eat more! i remember the week i only lost .5 lbs and i was so disappointed.  i upped my calories to 1200, spread across the day and since then i've lost almost 3 pounds!  the weight loss is definitely slower but that means that you will be able to KEEP IT OFF!