Labour Day to Halloween 2015 Challenge

[Mermaid3011]

Hi everybody! This is a group with awesome people and we all have the same goals! We may have different ways to get there, so please keep the thread friendly so we can all enjoy the journey!

We are starting on Labour Day - September 4 and will be ending this challenge on Halloween October 31. 

I know you will all give your best - just remember: keep your goals achievable and HAVE FUN!!!

Looking forward to seeing you all succeed!

Birgit

[lusry]

Well, time to check in. This week was hard for me, with work, it was that time of the month, and family in town, so I wasn't expecting much loss, but I was expecting some! I gained a pound! I'm still on week 4 of the couch 2 5k, for some reason I've always struggled with this week. I'm on run 2 (of 3) so hopefully next week I'll be on to week 5. The city just built a biking and walking path to the french quarter that ends on my street, so I've been biking that too. It's about 3 miles one way, and it's all pretty flat and since it's brand new it's still in good condition. I'm also thinking of starting the fat smash diet with my neighbor. It's one of those pyramid diets that you start out eating only fruits and vegetables and then add back other foods over the course of 90 days.

SW: 185lbs - April 2015

CSW (challenge starting weight): 179.6lbs - 9/9

CW: 180.8lbs - 9/16

GW: 165lbs - 10/31

UGW: 120lbs

[Rhythm]

Checking in,

This week has been interesting. I was doing everything right until the weekend, when we went out with some friends for drinks, which I have not done for months, so I felt I could. I was not sure what it would do for my goal. That said, I did not lose anything the week before, so I felt it was important for my self-esteem to show some progress this week. So I did let myself party but stopped short of going too much over my calories limit and I am happy to say it paid off :). I am glad to see that I can still have fun every once in a while and show progress.

USW = 70kg

CW = 66.9kg (-0.5kg, or ~1lb)

GW = 61.8kg

UGW = ~53kg

Next week I am on vacation, so again I am hoping to be able to progress in my goal (since there will be lots of walking and I am hoping to get a workout or two in), while still letting myself try some genuine Chicago deep dish pizza!

[dancefoxtrot]

Hi Rhythm

I think 1 slice of Chicago deep dish is about 395 calories so have a nice salad with it.

Barb

[dancefoxtrot]

feel better awood.

Barb

[dancefoxtrot]

congrats, Kmme

you are on the edge of the 140's so hang in there.

Barbara 

[Rhythm]

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@dancefoxtrot wrote:

Hi Rhythm

I think 1 slice of Chicago deep dish is about 395 calories so have a nice salad with it.

Barb

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Thanks, that's good to know! 🙂

[dancefoxtrot]

sexiimomma

You are so smart to reverse that fatty liver as it is not good for liver function. 4 lbs in 4 days is surprising and may be water weight in part. Healthy eating will last a life time and soon your liver will be normal I bet.

Barb

[Bobbinyc]

Congrats to all who are working so hard and getting toward their goals. 

My body seems to be using the Rule of 3 - 3 seconds of bad eating to put on 3 pounds, and 3 weeks of hard work to take off 3 pounds!  But, I am slowly getting there.  And I mean sloowly.

[Sonpat]

Getting in a little late. Will post weight Monday which is my normal weigh in day!  Love to read, love my pets, love my grandkids!!!!

[JacquelineP]

Boy, @Bobbinyc,  I'm right with ya!  We'll get it, though, if we just don't quit!!!

[mhcks82]

Question. I can't find out how to set my weight loss goal. I did when I first got this but can't remember

[Runner021]

My current:195
Goal weight: 178

[Runner021]

I take Herbalife products and they have helped me along with eating properly and exercising. Lots and lots of running. I've dropped about 62 pounds at my lowest point of weight loss and I'm going for 35 more. Ideal weight is 150 and I'll go to 145. If anyone is interested in anything that I post please make me aware. Thank you.

[Runner021]

I hope this is The Right Place to post.
My current weight:195
My Goal Weight:178
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[Runner021]

Have like 2 bowls of salad with it. That's what I do when I go to a pizza buffet, once in a while.

[dancefoxtrot]

Hi Bobbinyc,

Love your humor. 3 and 3 rule=LOL. 

Well tomorrow is last 40 minute practice before the medal ball. Annoyed with my "teacher" for making the routines too short and easy. 1 minute 13 seconds for a He is stubborn but I need to get over my anger and dissatisfaction. I plan to ask him once again to add 17 minutes of dance to it with pivots and contra check. 

Hanging at 136.4 this AM but would love to see 135 on the scale tomorrow AM. Not that important though. Mainly I need to accept what is and dance my best and adjust my attitude for now. I'm thinking about switching to the coach that is 50 minutes away and dropping this more convenient 20 minutes away one due to the feeling that he wants to limit me. I hate the feeling of being underestimated and put in a small box, so to speak. A huge old issue for me. A need to be challenged, and to be learning and stretching to a higher level. 

Thanks for listening to my drama rant. Brother, as Eckhart Tolle says, just watch the drama arise and be the still presence. Hard to do for me but I'm working on it.  

Hope that you are doing well and enjoying the now. 

All the best,

Barbara 

[kmme]

Good Morning All ,

 Just wanted to say Thanks for the encouragement and congrats on breaking my plateau , it really means a lot and helps keep me motivated to know their are people out there that get the frustration..lol

Looking forward to next weeks weigh in ( I have officially broke into the 140s , hoping the weight will keep moving down now after that awful plateau!)

Have a great day everyone , keep working , together we will make our goals

Kim

[Jenna_smiles]

That's a lot of protein, @WAREAGLE05! How do you manage to make 45% of your intake protein? 

[Jenna_smiles]

Good job!! I know exactly how you feel about wanting to chuck the scale; whenever I do get on the scale, I close my eyes, say the serenity prayer, count to three, and then look down. It helps somehow! Lol 🙂 Congrats!!

[SarahM]

I have to say I love how positive this thread is!  I see a lot of support and encouragement going on here!  I recently switched from a more Paleo plan to a Clean Eating plan and I am kind of amazed at how I am feeling.  If you had asked me last week I would have told you that I felt great on Paleo and that I did not feel low on energy.  The problems I was having were that I was not getting my workouts in and that the weekends would roll arround and I would CHEAT!  (in capital letters!)  So, my daughter who eats clean (5 small meals, protien at every meal, nothing processed...)  encouraged me to give clean eating a go again.  So I started on Monday and I have to say, I feel ENERGIZED.  I have done all my workouts so far this week, and last night, when I usually sit down to watch TV I decided to get up and do some housework instead.  Weird.  I also, so far, don't feel cravy at all.  I have no real idea yet what my results on the scale will be, but I am going to keep paying attention and seeing how I feel.  

I also love the 3 - 3 rule!  I had to laugh at that one.  Just be glad its not the 3 - 10 rule!!!!!