The Over 50 (years not pounds) Weight Loss Challenge for Sept. 1

 

Hi Everyone, 

This forum is intended for folks over 50 years of age. Things tend to shift a bit for us "older" folks. 

 

Simply post your current weight  and then your goal of how many pounds you wish to lose by Sept.1 in the format below:

Current Weight:

Weight loss Goal (how many pounds you want to lose):

If everyone can sign in by Monday July 21 then I will set up a thread to do our weekly weigh-ins. It will be on Mondays as Sept 1 is a Monday. 

 

Okay let's help each other out. We can do this. 

 

 

 

 

 

current weight :236

weight loss goal : 15

Thanks for setting this up, Dee! I need the kick in the butt. I'm on day 2 of trying yet again...

Current weight 183 weight loss goal 10

I'll be away from home (yet again) for 12 days in August, so hopefully this is just what I need to stay on plan even when it's hard!

Thanks Dee! You ARE the woman!!!!

Current weight: 163

Goal by 9/1          - 8

thanks for the heads up in your comment.  I am in.  I goal to be down 10 lbs by Sept 1, which is also my oldest son's birthday.  Okay , my current weight is 227.  I will be 217 by 9-1-08.

 

Goal -10...

How to get there

1.  Log daily

2.  Drink lots of water and crystal light lemonade

3.  Add exercise daily..walks, treadmill, swim  minimum 5 days a week.

Specific and measurable

 

Question- are we going to have weekly check-ins or process dates every Sunday or Monday?  I think that would help keep me focused or refocus if I have a bad day.  Just a thought.  I like Mondays because weekends are not as structures as weekdays so that is where I tend to do my worst eating.  Maybe if I knew I had to be accountable on Monday, I would eat better on a the weekend.

Well, I'm sorry girls. I'm not starting this Monday out on an encouraging footing. I had a less-than-stellar weekend and in the last week I have lost ZERO/ZILCH/ZIP. ):

But, at least I'm here to account. And I'm gonna keep on trying!

Hope you all did better than I did!

blew it big today with my friends ben and jerry...over 2200 calories today.  Back to the drawing board

Sorry I am a day late. But I am in.

Current weight 182

Goal for Sept 1/08 - 10 pds

Sorry, I'm late! Can I still participate? 

Current Weight: 198.0

Weight loss Goal : 10 pounds....please

I've been stuck in the 198's for so long...need some encouragement.  Thank you!!!

Can I still sign up?

If so:

Current weight:  183 lbs

Weight loss goal:  15 lbs.

Thank You!

I'd like to join your challenge .  I just found this site and am starting my weight loss today (My clothes don't fit and I refuse to go up another size!) .  

Since I'm new here I'm not really sure how things work.  I did Biggest Loser website a few years ago and dropped 20 lbs, but the weight has crept back on.  It's amazing how things change over 50!  I was too skinny as a young woman and it was just as hard then to GAIN weight as it is to LOSE it now!!!!

My goal is 10 lbs by Sept 1. 

 

hey folks - follow this link to our "weigh- in" thread -- woohoo we are on our way!

The Over 50 ( years not pounds) Weight Loss Challenge - Weigh Ins Only

Dee,

Thanks for all your help getting me on board! Thought you and the others needed an explanation for my "skimpy" weight loss goal and wouldn't think I was a total slackard. Just coming back from a month long seige with a summer cold (or flu) and its accompying weight loss brought on by no appetite, little food consumption, dropping metabolism, etc. Expecting a re-emerging appetite bent on regaining all lost pounds but hoping to NOT gain them back and to add to that loss, I set as my goal to reach 225.

Also noticed some comments concerning Weight Watchers in back posts. My experience was that the weekly weigh-ins were highly motivating in keeping me on track. The value of the meetings themselves depended on the knpwledge and skill of the instructors conducting the meetings and on the determination of the people attending the meetings.. Where and when I was a member most instruction centered on keeping within your allowed "points" range by consuming whatever foods you wanted as long as their combined values stayed within your allowed number of points for the day.

The "points" a food contained was determined by its caloric content along with fiber and fat grams to a lesser extent. Little attention was given to a food's real nutritional value or to the benefits of exercise other than if you exercised for certain amounts of time you could have more points for the day or week. I noticed recently they have added some variations to their basic plan, but I feel that everything all comes down to the same thing that we all know: calories count and if we don't find and maintain that balance between consuming and expending most of us will spend our lives fighting to lose weight.

I use the points system but I make sure I am eating healthy and not just to stay or remain within my points range.  I make sure my day is very balanced.  I do understand what you are saying because if you do not balance things in the end you will gain it all back.  I try to treat it as a life change and this is how I will be eating or the rest of my life. However long that may be.

Oh and if it is alright I have to skip posting my weight on Monday I will be out of town for a week and there is no computer access.

Changling,

Agree with what you said!  Knowing others who are striving for the same goal as I will certainly give me encouragement during trying times when they arise.  Thanks in advance!

The WW I'm attending seems really supportive and focused on eating well.

Staying within the points is important but "how" is equally important. I think it's going to be good and least thats my sense of things now.

I like the point system because it is derived by a combination of calories, fibre and fat and to me this is where it really comes together for me in terms of "healthy" weight loss. Two items can have the same calories but very different point values because one is healthier then the other. For me - in the long run -- its understanding all the healthier options that will keep me going.

 

Ok I am back from my vacation and even though I watched what I ate most days I am up 3 pounds in two weeks.  It is very upsetting. Hopefully by Monday next week it will be off again.  I have 2 1/2 weeks before I go away again. I feel like I am yo yoing.

hey changling- welcome back!

hey those 3 pounds will come off -i know it's disheartening when you've worked so hard to get rid of them in the first place but - I was reading a few days ago - that when you move into a maintenance plan - there is a 5 pound span that is considered "normal" to maintain your weight -- so if you consider you were away and not doing your normal routine - you didn't do too bad.

take care

Dee

 

hi everyone!

I've just entered my first update on the other thread - and I am absolutely dee-lighted (pun intended)!  Thanks again Dee for letting me join you even though I was a couple of weeks late.  I've got some catching up to do!  I was pleased to read about the 5 pound span, it helps to know that.  Hope you all have a good week.  

Well I have 1 pound of those three to go and now we are going camping for two days.  I wonder if I should just duct tape my mouth shut, do you think that will help?  Then next week we have a group coming on Wednesday for a motorcycle event that will not end until Sunday.  I am doomed!