Vacation Goal

I have sixteen weeks until my summer vacation. We’re going on a family trip. It will be June. It will be very hot. There will be swimsuits and shorts. At the beginning of this I was thinking 2 pounds a week weight loss would be reasonable with an occasional 3 pound a week bonus because I was also building up this muscle mass. The muscle mass turns me in a blast furnace of fat. I’d be 40 pounds down by vacation for sure.

I haven’t exercised since mid-January. Since the second week of January I have lost 6-7 pounds and gained 2-3 then lost 2… so applying my higher math skills that means I’ve lost 5 pounds in like 5 weeks. Which making me so fru… wait.

5 pounds in 5 weeks.

Looking at by itself on that line up there makes me feel not so bad. Maybe it even makes the corner of my lips turn up a little bit. It’s not an accomplish to elicit a fist pumping YES but a little smile is okay. And if I’m going to attempt to stick with this it looks like I’m going to lose, gain a little, lose a little, gain, lose a little.

But if I could lose a pound a week from now until my vacation I could have a 20 pound weightloss for my vacation. I hate to even let myself hope that I could be 20 down by vacation. It won’t be beach body time but maybe I won’t feel like a beach ball. I’d be down a size.

I’m afraid to hope for this 16 pounds in 16 weeks.

Any thoughts about how far we’ve all come?

Plus here’s the week’s goal: Reduce soda pop from 2 a-day-to…1.5-a-day. One a day’s too drastic AND stay on target to lose 1 more little itty bitty hardly going to notice it pound.

Can we make this a goal post??   ( :

I have 15 weeks until my bf and I fly out for our Christmas gift trip to Los Angeles and Las Vegas! 

I'd love to be at my goal of 150 by then, but since that is 30ish lbs more than right now, I'd settle for 165!

I think your goal is do-able too.  ( :

I guess it should be!

 okay... 15 pounds for both of us.

Anyone else?

Oh sign me up.  I could use the motivation. My goal will be 20 pounds in 16 weeks or around there :)

Ooh - my goal is to lose another 39 by December  - we are going to DisneyWorld and I want to be able to walk all day long without aching, sore feet. I did this on our first trip, when I weighed a lot less.

I plan to weigh 135 when we go!

10 pounds down since January 13, 39 pounds to go!

I want to do this too!  My vacation is only in 3.5 weeks and I would like to lose 4.2 lbs (I've lost 7 since I started in January).  I'm going to Hawaii so I'll need to be bathing suit ready!  My longer term goal is 140 by my 26th birthday in about 16 weeks.  That will be a total of 22 lbs.  I look forward to motovating each other.  Right now my motovation is the itty bitty 2 peice bathing suit in my closet... I try it on at night when I'm feeling like an unhealthy snack.

Good timing - today is day one of "I'm going to lose 15 pounds in 10 weeks".  I've lost close to 40 pounds since August but have been "maintaining" for a few months now.  Decided yesterday it was time to actually start losing weight again!  After that, I'll have another 15 pound gola, and than another......

One of these days I'd love to bare my midriff in public but I can't really ever see it happening!

Caro

bare my midriff in public has happened only one summer in all my 30 years...   last time I got down to 150, I suntanned in a bikini.  Mind you, not swimming or in broad public, just laying in my backyard, but I felt hot.

I like having people to chat with who are working towards a specific goal too!  ( :

How about those vacation goals, girls>?????   ( : 

I'm in on a vacation goal!!  Need 15 off by May (hubby's bday and weekend trip with friends), want 25 off by July(week long beach vacation)!!

In 12 weeks (May 18th), I am renting a Beach House in Santa Cruz, Ca for a week and I want to lose 15 lbs by then.  That is 1.25 lbs per week and certainly an achievable goal.  I am going to have to kick it in gear because seem to have stopped losing weight as soon as  I figured out how to use the eat and burn meters. 

This will have to be achieved with MORE EXERCISE and bit of TWEAKING of my caloric intake, which has not been BAD but could be way better. 

 

Everyone has such cool vacation plans.  ( :

Can;t you just feel the sun and sand????   I can NOT wait!

I ran 3.5 miles today with the doggie.  Having a cup of coffe now and will be having delicious, homemade chicken enchilada soup for lunch soon.   ( ; 

We're off on a 7-day cruise May 3, and I want to have lost at least a few more pounds by then ..... wouldn't that be delightful?

Sometime between now and then, I will probably have to go shopping for a new swimsuit, since I weigh 82 pounds less now than I did last year in May.

=^..^= MOLLY

I have vacation from work starting may 31st... although no plans to go anywhere yet.... I would like to loose 20ish by then... so far I am down 23 from January 6th,,,,, WOO HOOO... but by May I hope to have a bathing suit on for our new  yard we will be completing. Keep up the great work ladies for those of you who have lost or maintained a tremendous loss thus far... remember every lb is worth it ....

I like that thought --  i.e. keep on trucking, so to speak!   ( :

I feel so crazy good during and after a run, I am addicted I think!  Vacation, here I come!!!!

After reading everyone blogs, i can relate to you girls. I have a disney curise coming up in May for a week and i would love to wear a binki again, the last time i wore one was when i was in high school. i would love to lose about ten pounds. Now mind you i am only 4'11 and at the age of 24 (25 in one month) and i weight about 110, now on me when i gain weight it's like i gain about 50 pounds cause i am so tiny, i need help with staying on track for the next two months.  I want to go on the beach and actually feel comfortable in a bathing suit for once!!!!!!!! I am just so sick of my self. People always tell me that i don't need to lose weight, but i always tell them, that they don't see me naked  every morning. Well can someone please give me some support, i am deff, going to start counting calories and running again, i have noticed that seems to work the best with me. i have lost about 16 before the holidays and havn't lost any since then. Someone please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any tips?

WHat kind of tips are you looking for?  running, eating, motivation?  ( : I like to help --  I think getting healthy is about how you feel, not what other ppl think.  SO make yourself happy and forget about all the other weinies.  ( : 

Can I join the vacation goal club? haha I just started today.  Family vacation is in July~ including my older tinier sister.  She also recently had a baby and I don't want to look like I'm the one that just had the baby while she's back in her size 2!  I would like to lose 15 pounds to start.  This counter thing told me I need to lose about 45 but I need smaller goals to start, and feel like I would look like Kate Moss if I lost 45!   Let's keep each other motivated!

Hey Everyone!  I have been a member for a few months but only now had the courage to write in.  I too am trying to lose some weight before my cruise in August.  Last time we went on a cruise, I look back on pictures and cringe (what ever made me think I could wear a bikini!!!).  I want this time to be (look) different.  My cruise is Aug 17th but would like to be down to 135 at least 2 weeks before so that I can go shop for my new cruise clothes (hopefully new bikini).  So by my calculations, I have 22 weeks to lose 26 pounds.  It sounds really doable, but the truth is, I have been trying to lose the same 26 pounds for the last 2 years.  Everytime I start to lose, I feel like its a license to eat more to reward my self, thus the vicious cycle continues.  This time, I think will be different though.  I am going to continue to gain some strength and motivation from you guys!  Thanks!  Happy losing to everyone!

welcome to both spedteach and haiv (:   I am a teacher too, despite all the too fast typing typos.   ( :

That vicious cycle you mention--  lose, feel good, "reward yourself" i.e. sabotage yourself = my pattern always before. 

I found a mental outlook change to be key.  I found a regular cardio I can live with/ look forward to?  weird.   I do weight training.  I do not let myself get bored, and I realize food is not a reward.   Do you always celebrate with food?  I did -- no more...   ( :

Whatcha doing to get where you wanna go?  

Hi Olivia77!  I don't know where to go to add you as a friend (a little help? :-)  )

Well, you would think by the sound of it, I just lay around waiting for the fat to fall off (wouldn't that be heavenly....*sigh).  I actually am at the gym 5 to 6 times a week taking everything from barbell strength classes to master step class to total conditioning class.  I even do about 30 minutes of cardio before or after each class.  I think, ok I know, my problem is.....my husband!  hehehehe lol.  No, really, I tried to blame him since I put on my extra 30 lbs after I met him, but truly, I think I underestimate my food calories and getting old does not help.   I truly thought about trying that Alli stuff, but too cheap to spend the money right now.  Let me know how it works for the future spouse.  I am too cheap right now, but may be very desperate later.  I have even thought about Jenny craig.  Your thoughts?  Hate to cook, no time to cook.