September/October weight loss challenge

[Possegal]

Hi, I'd like to join in, if it's OK to do so mid-challenge.

It is always OK to join in at any time! Welcome aboard.

[Aggie_Ama]

153.

My goal is still to be in the low 140's for my first marathon of the year on 11/20. I know from the past I lost very quick at the beginning, so I expect to slow down from 2-3 pounds a week soon. I did get into some smaller pants this week, that felt good!

[chryss]

144.2. Fluctuating like mad, having a cold etc.

I had my 6-week checkup today and am cleared for any and all activity I want to do (though I get occasional muscle pain where the surgery scar is, so it's not yet all back to normal).

[jobob]

After all the great reviews on this & other threads about the new Points Plus plan, I went ahead and joined Weight Watchers. I had pretty good success with it many moons ago with the old plan (online), but this time around I thought I'd give meetings a try.

I enjoyed the meeting I attended yesterday, and the leader is an absolute hoot.

And I do really like the new plan and it's emphasis on fresh fruits & vegetables. It's going to take a bit of adjusting; turns out yesterday I ate only 17 out of the 29 points allotted to me*. Um, ooops?

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Here's a fabulous recipe that I made for dinner last night, but instead of sweet potatoes I used butternut squash. And I used 1 tbsp cannola oil instead of 2 tbsp grapeseed oil. And I used curry powder instead of turmeric.

Cauliflower with Sweet Potatoes

Best I can figure, this comes out to about 1 point per (very large) serving. No wonder I went under my points total, heh ...


*I suppose next time I'm in danger of going under the daily points, I could have a beer (5 points; yes that's one of the first things I looked up )

Oh, and activity points. Goodness. I went out for a nearly 2-hr ride today and the system wanted to give me 17 actvity points. Hmmm. I plugged in 1 hr instead and gave myself 11 APs. And I should in theory use those today. Maybe I'll have a tiny bit of the incredible Rogue River Blue cheese we picked up during our trip to Ashland last week. Heh.

[jelee1311]

I'm at 188. This week has been hard, my hip and back has been sore a lot so still no riding. But I am becoming a good swimmer because I have to swim daily so I can function. Who knows maybe once I heal maybe I will do a tri???I think I have abs again, I can't see them yet but I know they are in there somewhere cuz they are sore today

[jelee1311]

Good job everyone! I'm impressed how many are doing this and reporting. The last challenge I did at work it was had to get people to report weekly even though they volutarily signed up for it. Thanks again Posse gal for the spreadsheet.

[Aggie_Ama]

Jobob- I find with the new program I do have more days I am under my points. Or I feel like I ate everything I saw and barely go over. At first I wasn't sure I liked it but I am having great success with it. I had lost a lot of weight on the old plan in 2003-2004 and kept myself down in maintenance although not as thin as I was. So I know it works and will help me get where I feel good about being.

I also try to keep my activity in check, the road biking seems extremely inflated. I usually just use the less than 12 mph setting online or perceived effort. And I swap those daily not bank them because that doesn't make sense to me. Good luck!

[carlotta]

180 for me this week.

Period week, and hoping/feeling that there's some water/bloat weight in there and it'll knock off a couple more pounds in a few days...