SCHMOOZE & LOSE II - FINISHED Sept 5

Need extra help and support? Join me in the battle to lose those pounds! No goal weights for this group…just a determination to lose.Post your weigh-in on THURSDAY, FRIDAY or SATURDAY!!!YOU CHOOSE!!

GET INVOLVED!!!  Each Sunday we will be presenting a mini-challenge for all participants to take part in. You might have to post your favorite snack under 100 calories or tell everyone the nicest compliment you have recieved so far.  Message me with your ideas and recieve honorable mention as the week's BIGGEST SCHMOOZER!

This group is all about keeping that postitive attitude throughout your journey. It doesn't matter if you are just starting out or are maintaining, everyone needs someone to lean on now and then. So SCHMOOZE & LOSE with your friends and stay motivated!

WHAT TO EXPECT (GUIDELINES):

1. This is a 10 week motivational group. If you feel you cannot endure the full 10 weeks, message me and let me know I don't hound you.
2. You must post a Start and Finish weight. If you're not up to posting your weight on certain weeks, that's fine. This is all about staying motivated. 
3. Mini-challenges will be posted on Sunday. We hope that everyone will take part, but if you don't, there is no pressure. We're here to support you on this journey.
4. Feel free to use this group as a place to express yourself -  fears, frustrations, worries, goals, triumphs, successes. We are here to support and motivate one another, whether you're doing great or stuggling.

START     June 25-27:
Week 1.   July 2 - 4:
Week 2.   July 9-11:
Week 3.   July 16-18:
Week 4.   July 23-25:
Week 5.   July 30-Aug1:     SIGN UPS NOW CLOSED
Week 6.   Aug 6-8:
Week 7.   Aug 13-15:
Week 8.   Aug 20-22:
Week 9.   Aug 27-29:
FINISH.   Sept 3-5:

NAME.........................START.........CU RRENT.......LOSS    
2bslimmer...................212.0..........20 8.0............4.0
acomley11..................243.5...........24 1.6...........1.9
aeetheri.....................156.0........... 154.2............1.8
afined........................167.6.......... ..166.3...........1.3
aimeelerue.................150.0...........15 1.0............ **
allyson613..................171.0...........1 68.2............2.8
angie952....................194.0...........1 79.0............15.0
augette......................242.5........... 244.0............. **
bella952.....................139.0........... 139.2............. **
bubbles556................190.5............19 0.0............0.5
clinder.........................215.8........ ...207.8............8.0
comomo72..................226.0...........223 .4.............2.6
crazypotato98............148.25.........144.0 .............4.25
emilie_f.......................
findingmeagain2009...183.0...........176.0... ..........7.0
fridaynext...................
fsi0918.......................175.2.......... ..169.8.............5.4
girlfighting27..............155.0............ 155.4............. **
gram-gram.................131.2............12 8.0.............3.2
harrys_angel..............240.0
hedtil..........................121.0........ ....118.0.............3.0
hlthygrl25...................146.0
hswee6473................149.5............147 .4............2.1
ilovebeading..............247.0.............2 39.8............7.2
inikaliciousi.................217.6.......... ..203.5.............14.1
jbunte........................160.0.......... ..156.3.............3.7
jellybelly7...................186.0
jes1776......................140.6........... 139.4.............1.2
jessifm........................182.0......... ..184.0............. **
jojs16.........................160.0......... ..156.6..............3.4
kaseysmommy............229.6...........224.2. .............5.4
kellybeanpp................231.0
kokorozashi................184.1..........183 .6..............0.5
laneybug30................193.8...........192 .2..............1.6
lilygirl1970..................175.4.......... .165.8..............9.6
limerick37....................237.0.......... 216.0..............21.0
linzylu411...................145.0........... 145.0..............0.0
litebeer1960..............152.0............15 4.4.............. **
littomisshaylo.............263.4............2 55.8..............7.6
lmy2301.....................200.0............ 198.0..............2.0
lomae.........................239.0.......... ..234.0..............5.0
lr_mnl.........................152.6......... ...150.8.............1.8
lsam31.......................197.2
lunatiq.......................
luny_luna...................163.0............ .159.0............4.0
marlyken....................195.0............ .182.5............12.5
mccash.......................350.0
mdstall.......................154.3.......... ...151.8............2.5
meltydawn.................186.0.............1 84.0............2.0
merimeriqcontrary......137.0
minda_spk.................235.0
missjaylene13............202.0............201 .8............0.2
mmh29.......................193.2............ 195............... **
nberry1984................268.0............25 7.4............10.6
nocciola125................140.0
ocean_girl88..............146.0............14 1.4............4.6
ojfranklin....................192.0
Opulent_creationz.....195.4
pmarps......................232.5............ 237.0........... **
pochahontas.............224.5............223. 0............1.5
qualquun...................165.5
ranchobernardo........165.5............171.2. ........... **
ranyave.....................195.0...........1 84.0............11.0
redneckwife123001...220.0...........218.0.... ........2.0
rebelrower.................128.0..........119 .4.............8.6
rsk414.......................177.2........... 174.0............3.2
rocconess13..............230.0...........222. 0............8.0
roxiegirl42.................210.0............ 186.0...........24.0
rufus_k......................159.5........... .156.0...........3.5
sadinplaid..................205.0............ 191.0...........14.0
shanasedai................200.0............18 4.3...........15.7
shaye1984................245.0
southernstar1976.....259.8............256.8.. .........3.0
sugarmuffin414.........128.0
sunshine25...............176.0............174 .9...........1.1
supertemptdonna......167.0
susiesher...................158.5...........1 52.0...........6.5
sweetoniongal...........
thatgirldina................207.5............ 201.5..........6.0
tp_junk......................149.6........... .151.6.......... **
trcyh..........................265.0......... ...264.4...........0.6
unique1193...............143.0
vaiolet.......................156.7
vettiez.......................
vfh8404.....................178.8...........1 73.6..........5.20
victory0322...............271.0............26 0.6.........10.4
xcathyxx....................182.0............ 180.0.........2.0
xoxo..........................178.0
zarinan......................178.5........... .166.0.........12.5

TOTAL LOSS TO DATE:  322.15 pounds

WEEK 10: MEASUREMENTS & HOW DO YOU FEEL? http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-aug-sept-ft142539-39#793 

WEEK 9: THE POWER OF PROTEIN http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-aug-closed-ft142539-36#734

WEEK 8: WATER YOU WAITING FOR??? http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-aug-closed-ft142539-34#700
WEEK 7: CHANGE VS TRANSITION http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-aug-closed-ft142539-32#653
WEEK 6: MIND OVER MATTER http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-july-aug-ft142539-30#611
WEEK 5: MY REWARD http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-july-aug-ft142539-27#550
WEEK 4: LET'S GET PHYSICAL http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-july-closed-ft142539-23#473
WEEK 3: SUPER SUPPERS http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-july-closed-ft142539-20#403
WEEK 2: MY FOOD WEAKNESS http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-july-closed-ft142539-13#276
WEEK 1: MEASUREMENTS, THE BEST THINGS ABOUT ME & WEAR IT WITH PRIDE http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-i i-week-june-july-ft142539-8#164

For more info, check out the original Schmooze & Lose Group: http://caloriecount.about.com/schmooze-lose-w eek-june-closed-ft135821

I am so totally lost when it comes to refined sugar!! Licorice, jellybeans, life savers, wine gums, yummy, sweet satisfaction...mmmmm! I tell myself it's low fat so it's not so bad...but I also know that refined sugar is fat cell filler. Why do I eat it when I KNOW I shouldn't??? I just don't know.

How do I avoid it? I don't. I try not to buy it 'cause when it is in the house I just can't resisit it. I can't pass on any tips or tricks on avoiding it 'cause it calls my name when I'm lying in bed at night....I think about it when I am at work, sucking back the sweetness while watching TV later that night....planning out my next sugar indulgence.....

AAAAH! It is my worst enemy! The only thing that has ever worked is a promise - I NEVER break my promises and do not make them lightly. They say it takes 2 weeks to break a habit, so I am pledging:

"I, Lilygirl, do hereby promise not to eat candies of any kind for 2 weeks until July19, 2009."

i have a couple of food weeknesses!

pasta..all pasta,cheese sause tomatoe sauce,pesto,butter hand me pasta and ill eat my weight in it!

oddly enough iv been eating alot of nutella chocolate spread,befor my diet i din like it but its the only chocolate sorse in my house so iv been eating table spoons of it,95 cal per spoon!

alcohol is a hudge weekness for me,the drinking age in ireland is 18 and i find myself drinking at least 1 can of cider a day! i know crazy!i would like to put that as my pleadge but im going to oxygen which is this big festival on thursday..so thats not gonna happen!

"I _cathy____, do hereby promise not to eat _nutella__ for ___2___ week(s) until July_19!____, 2009.

• My food weakness is ice cream.  I cannot have it in my place at all.  I used to have housemates in grad school and I would even binge on their ice cream if it was in the freezer - so embarrassing.  I can eat a half gallon in an evening - I have no limit when it comes to it. 
• I usually am at the grocery when the craving hits - thankfully today I went there and was strong enough not to buy it knowing it would be gone in a flash and I would still feel like I wanted it. It is not the greatest for me but I replace the essence of ice cream with sugar free chocolate pudding and whip cream. And I keep it to 120 calories.
• I, Cece, do hereby promise not to eat ice cream for 2 weeks until after July 19, 2009.

My food weakness is....FOOD! I love food all food any time any where! For purposes of the promise this week, I will pin point desserts. 

The way I stop myself from eating desserts is I NEVER buy them!  I never have it in the house.  Do keep to this I make sure to only grovery shop while I am already full.  I try to avoid places it will be, because I am not strong enough to resist...

Know your weaknesses...admit it to yourself...self awareness is key to staying strong.

I Marly Ann Kendrick, do hereby promise not to eat Desserts for 2 week(s) until July 19th, 2009.  

Have a good week guys...toot-a-loo!

My food weakness is absolutely ice cream!!

I've recently tried substituting frozen yogurt (tonight actually trying actual yogurt, frozen - I saw a commercial advertising freezing yoplait whips) or strawberry sorbet (homemade - I just bought an ice cream maker and its delicious!)

I, Joanna, do hereby promise not to eat ice cream for 2 weeks until after July 19, 2009.

i honestly have no idea what my food weakness is. i feel like the weakness in general is just the need to eat and it doesnt really matter what it is as long as i can eat.

but im going to say candy. that seems to be the major culprit. to avoid i try to just keep busy doing something else or chew sugarfree gum instead! usually i just give in though, sadly. i have had so much candy in the past few days i don't even want it anymore, so this should be easy. candy

I Danielle, do hereby promise not to eat candy for 2 week(s) until July 20, 2009.

Bleh, this has been a bad week for me. Lots of stress because we were hosting a big party for the 4th, lots of bad food in the house because of that and because no one else on the guest list was dieting.  I gave into temptation and ate three ribs... turns out that those ribs had about 700 calories! X_x I thought I was going to pass out when I looked that up.  How could three ribs carry that many calories?! Wow.

 I dropped down to 160 but after the fourth I rose up to 161. So my goal for the next week is to drop that pound.

 Since part of my biggest problems with dieting is binging on food after restricting myself from it I am not going to take up the chalenge and swear off any food for two weeks.  I know thats just going to set me up for obsession and failure. However if I do get a craving for one of my food weaknesses (Ice cream!) I will eat it in an appropriate portion, I will make sure that it doesn't throw me over my daily calorie limit and I will try to switch from the junk to a healthier choice if possible.  (Frozen yogurt maybe?)

So that's my oath for the next two weeks, hopefully I can keep doing it even after that.

I forgot to post my weight on Thursday but I DID weigh myself - I weigh 144 (down 2 pounds - but I'm sure this is just water weight because I didn't do any profound workouts or diet restriction this week)!

My splurge food is CHIPS. Anything salty. Tortilla chips, Baked Doritos... I can never stop at just one serving!  Also - Pizza.  I have to eat 3 slices (or more).  It's bad.

Week 1 149.5

Week 2 147.4

The past week has been crazy with the holiday weekend.  My weight has been all over the place, mostly due to increased sodium, the wieght I posted is the average (although it has been as high as 151).  My main splurge food has been brownies, with chocolae chips and walnuts.  If I only have a small one it's not so bad, 130 calories, but I have a really hard time only having one.

I, Heather, do hereby promise not to eat brownies for 2 week(s) until July 20, 2009.

Wow, this is ging to be really hard.

It's not been a good weekend!  Way too much food. Scales was back up to 244 this morning. I'm sure due to extra high sodium this weekend with cookouts and eating out plus lots of sweets.

I don't normally have a lot of sweets simply because I don't keep them in the house. But when they are in house I can't stop eating them until they are gone and this week has been bad.  My kids are both in 4-H and my son has 2 food projects he's working on  - 1 is baking a cake and the other is microwave bar cookies. Having only 1 wouldn't be too bad except that I can never seem to stop at just 1. It always seems to end up as 3 or 4 during the day. And this weekend has been no different with 3-4 sweets spread out over each day this weekend. No wonder the scale is up!!!

While I don't ban any food from my diet I will vow to cut back and control my servings. So I augette,do hereby promise not to eat more than 1 dessert / sweet treat per day for 1 week until July 12, 2009.

Once they have turned in their projects on Thursday afternoon I shouldn't have any problems but until that time I'm sure it will be a struggle. Luckily I'm back to work tomorrow which always helps with controling the urge to snack in general since I'm not around foods.

GROAN..I managed to get through one evening of TV without reaching for the candy dish...though I certainly thought about it a lot. I just kept telling myself that I wasn't hungry...and I'm not...I just eat those candies out of habit. It was a tough evening, but I feel kinda proud. Only 13 more to go. (sigh)

i am still at 200

my food weakness is fast food.  i get it bc its easy, and sometimes i just want to get away from work.  i need to do better at planning out lunches to take with me that i actually look forward to eating.

So- I Lindy, do hereby promise not to eat any fast food for 1 week, until July 12th!

eek!! i better go plan out my lunches now

Way to go Lily!  I got through the day without a soda, though I thought of it as well . . . even more so since I have extra cals to spend this evening.  At the worst point I decided to go for an extra walk instead.  And when I get back from a walk I always want water . . . not soda.  It worked! *pats self on back* :)

Eek -- sorry I'm late again. 

Weight for this week: 183.6

My food weakness: Pizza.

Dessert in general but since it's summer ice cream. I OD on light ice cream usually, I don't touch full fat because I know I want a huge quantity. Just talking about it right now makes me want a bowl or a cone!!!!!

I Christine , do hereby promise not to eat ice cream for 2 week(s) until July 19, 2009.

"I Debra, do hereby promise not to eat cookies of any kind for two weeks until July 19th, 2009.

I love cookies. Any kind at all. I just love them. They are so little, so I feel that it's okay if I pop a few in my mouth. I used to love to drink a large glass of milk and about 10 cookies. But no more, I might sneak a cookie or two now.

I can't buy them or even keep them in the house. I feel bad when company comes over and I can't even offer them a cookie, but I do explain why they are not kept in the house. Have to find a good receipe for cookies that are really really low in calories cause I will eat everyone I make.

Original Post by lilygirl1970:

Well, it's Sunday morning and everyone should be weighed in! Here's our Week 2 challenge courtesy of Angie952 our SCHMOOZER OF THE WEEK!!!

WEEK 3: MY FOOD WEAKNESSES Everyone has one bad food that they just can't resist. We eat too much of it or we eat it too often. We know it's not the healthiest choice but we love it so...

• What is your food weakness? 
• Tell us what you do when the craving hits. Share your special tips to avoid eating that desired food.
• Now pledge to all your Schmoozers that you will not eat this food for at least one  week:  "I ____(name)_____, do hereby promise not to eat ____(food)__ for ______ week(s) until July_____, 2009.

Weakness: Fish Tacos

Have something else Mexican that's better for me.

I, RanchoBernardo, do hereby pledge not to eat fish tacos for 1 week until July 12, 2009.

Sorry i'm late. My computer at home was not working.

Week 2 weight 257.8 =)

For me, my weekness is ice cream and well anything sweet.

I no longer buy them. When it hits really hard i'll use my next "snack" time for a granola bar.

I, Becky, do hereby promise not to eat ice cream or desserts for 2 week(s) until July 20, 2009.

My food weekness is sweet stuff and other people..  Anything sweet will kill me.  I made a cake and brownies this weekend and had ice cream in the house!  I can usually have this stuff around and it not bother me but, if it is around and other people are eating it then I "have" to eat it too!  I mean come on who can turn down a cute 5 year old when they say...Mamma do you want an ice cream sundae?  HAHAHA!!!

When it is a normal day at work and I get a sweet craving I usally leave my desk for about 5-10 min and go for a lil walk and that takes care of it.  At home I will start to clean something or pick up my cross stitch.

I will not pledge not to eat any food.  As soon as I do I want it.  And I don't want to eat it in front of people so I hide it and hoard it and eat way too much of it so I have to just restrict it.  So I am going to modify the pledge just a little bit:  I vfh8404, do hereby promise to eat only one sweet thing a day for 1 week until July 13, 2009.

Good luck all!!