WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[ibcycling]

Mtbdarby - Where on earth do you work where you can just strip down to your skivvies and hop on the shipping scale? Sounds like fun!

I was wondering the same thing so we both read it wrong.

Love the dog pic you have for your avatar! I love watching the ugly dog contest. They're so ugly they're cute. LOL

Lora

[five one]

Just wanted you all to know that this group has helped me already. Some fiend brought in leftover Halloween candy today. The file cabinet where the food always ends up is near my cubicle. I have walked by it at least a dozen times during the course of my day and haven't been tempted to take one even once - mainly because I'm holding myself accountable to all of you. So, thanks for keeping me in line today!

Now, if I can just hang onto that frame of mind when I get home at 6:00 and start dinner. That's my period of mindless eating. A cracker here, a handful of raisins there. Next thing you know I've consumed a meals-worth of calories before sitting down to dinner. Argh !

Hope everyone had a good day.

[Blueberry]

And I passed the Starburst. Wish I could say I did yesterday, but I gave in to temptation... At least I did well today. And I will do well tomorrow...

CA

[CLM]

I'm in! I'm new to TE. This is my first post. My starting weight is 160.5.

[horsemom]

Ok, I too was too shy to post my stats, but really, get over it girl!! (talking to myself, of course!)

Weight 171.5
chest 39
waist 34
hips 39
thigh 24

Laura

[snowtulip]

Wow, first day at it and I sucked. Stopped at Starbucks for hot chocolate and banana loaf for breakfast (since I've been sick, thought I deserved it, talk about emotional eating). Then inadvertently ate 3 mini snickers at work from the candy bowl. And I didn't exercise since I still felt sluggish (maybe I haven't been sick all week, but coming down from a sugar rush )

They always say writing down what you eat is enlightening, tomorrow will be better, having to come clean here is going to be helpful.

Good luck to everyone else!

[Veronica]

I did not eat any candy. Even better, I did not eat any of my own cookies that I brought to the meeting to share.

V.

[kelownagirl]

I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.
I will not eat any of my son's halloween candy tonight.

I just ate a bowl of peaches instead. Just have to get through 3 more hours. I can do it.

[Susan126]

I'm in . . . I want to lose 13 stubborn pounds. I currently weigh 138 pounds. I would love to get back to 120 but would settle for 125!

Grrrrrrrr

Kelownagirl . . . I've been eating Halloween candy all week as a snack with my lunch! I took the left over Halloween candy to work to get rid of it but low and behold I've been eating it too! Yea, out of the house but not out of my mouth!

I need more will power!

So I'm in!

[Kano]

I'm on this challenge!

Been reading through the thread, and it makes for interesting reading. More in a moment

Canuck, of COURSE you can follow a diet plan while you're not exercising! In a way, it's easier than if you are exercising. Things to consider -- don't skip meals, do small, frequent feedings, and don't skimp on protein -- you have body parts healing, and they're going to need some!

So, back to interesting!

I'm reading through here, noting that as the collective we are posting our starting stats, the collective we are making comments about our own, personal stats. Nobody has said anything positive about their numbers.

It makes me a little bit sad --

Others of us would be THRILLED with those numbers, believe me!


So, here are MY stats, and dammit, lousy as they may sound, I'm PROUD of them!

Yesterday morning, I weighed in at 177 pounds, nekkid, on my home scale. As long as I keep it in the exact same spot on my bathroom floor, it's consistent, but it weighs four pounds heavier than my doctor's scale, which is a more accurate one than I have, and this means I now weigh a paltry 173 pounds.

I'm 64 inches tall.

As of yesterday, for the first time since about 1990, I am OVERWEIGHT! And yes, that's a GOOD thing!

Measurements --
bust 38
waist 34
hips 41
thighs 25-ish


Everything in my closet, except the new ski jacket and the warmer bike clothes, is too big these days, and proud as I am to be where I've worked my butt off to get, I'm up for the task of another ten or more by year end, and I'm really looking forward to it all falling off!

Karen in Boise

[GLC1968]

Good for you, Karen! You should be proud!!

Solobiker - how tall are you? Your measurements are very close to mine, so I was just curious what else we had in common.

I'm very proud to say that since the bag of candy corn I bought in September, I have not eaten a single solitary piece of halloween candy!
Go me.

[kelownagirl]

Well Kano, I can definitely be positive because I'm nearing the end of this journey. Here's where I started, and here's where I am now, more than a year later btw.

height 5'3" most of my life 105-115 lbs.

weight: 141 - 120
bust: 38.5 - 35
waist: 33.5 - 28
belly: 37 - 34
hips: 41 - 36
upper thigh: 22.5 - 20
calf: 14 - 14
pant size: 12 - 4

My advice is don't expect miracles 2 lbs a week is ok in the beginning but overall it's more realistic to lose a pound a week. And try to change your eating habits, not just "diet". And when you fall off wagon, just get back on - 15 minutes later, or 15 days later. And I have learned that I can only "maintain" my weight by diet alone, or exercise alone - to lose, I have to do both. But that might just be me. YMMV.