DIS 'WISH' Challenge UPDATE Clipart example added!

[Tinkbell]

Hi! I've been watching you all from afar since you started the WISH board. I didn't want to post here until I knew I was ready to start. Well, I'm ready now. I started WW yesterday. I have some co-workers who were very successful with the program and have kept the weight off for a few years now. WW is really making me think about food choices. I also am getting back into an exercise routine. Anyways, you guys are great and very inspiring. Keep up the great work, everyone.

 

[bigsis1970]

Hi - I am Michelle and doing the 6 week body make over program .. I started the program last Monday 7/21/03 and at my weigh in yesterday I had lost 9 pounds.. I have a goal of 60 pounds to loose by my next trip Oct 2004 .. I hope to be around to help support and get some on those rough just want to eat all the carbs I can days.. Michelle

 

[CathyCanada]

Welcome to Tabitha, lulu71, Tinkbell and Michelle! We're glad that you took the plunge and decided to join us!!

It took me a while to do it too, but once I did it, I was glad I did!

Good to have you with us!!!
Cathy

 

[Dreamer04]

Hi all.. I've been reading the posts and you guys really pump me up! I would like to lose 50 lbs by my next Wonder cruise in Jan '04. The Atkins plan doesn't really interest me, nor does Weight Watchers. I am thinking about the South Beach plan. It is hard and I feel alone. I am glad I found this board! Any tips or guidance is fully needed and appreciated!!

 

[DISNEYFANRI]

Hi reamer - I'm a new WISHer msself and wanted to let you know that the support you get here is phenomenal!! Take your time and pick the plan that is right for you.

Welcome and best of luck.....

 

[Mommy Poppins]

I thought I had posted to this thread a while back, but I just went thru the whole thread--and apparently I didn't!! <smacking self on forehead>!!

Anyway, I started Atkins on Sunday 7/27. I have a lot of weight to lose, and am hoping that Atkins works as well for me as it has for a lot of you! Still learning what I can and can't eat and trying to remember what has carbs and how many. Hopefully it will all sink in soon. Yesterday (Day 3) was a pretty yucky day--I felt awful. Today seems to be a little better.

Thanks for all the encouragement. This thread is fantastic!!

 

[forest]

Mommy Poppins - I started (restarted actually after vacation, etc) Atkins 7/27 also and 4 times a week workout! Yesterday was my worst day today better in a few more days your hunger will reduce and you'll feel better. I , too, think this board is a great inspiration!! Good luck and keep posting!! I will be here when I can to help support you!!
Maureen

 

[Dreamer04]

Thanks, Paula I am starting out by cutting out the "junk" ie..cakes, candy, and ice cream. Also, I am adding green salads and veggies (I usually only eat corn). And I am walking to the store instead of driving.

 

[curlyq]

First time poster and I've been reading all of these wonderful and supportive posts. I would like to become a WISH member too. I've been on Atkins for about 6 weeks and have lost 17 lbs so far. It's great to see how many others are trying it too. This is one diet that I am able to stick with. I work out with weights every other day(usually) with my husband and try to go for long walks with the family. I tell them we are practicing for our Disney trip in October, the Magic eastern cruise 10/18 and then a week in Magic Kingdom, but the real reason is that it's just not that much fun walking alone. I'd like to lose about 60 more pounds but would be very happy with 30 more by our trip. Has anybody stayed faithful with Atkins, blown it for their trip, and been able to get back on?

 

[Jakesmom1]

Ok, I have been on Atkins now for about 12 days and I have lost 8 lbs. Im Kind of sad because many people at work are on it and have lost a lot more quicker then I seem to be. I am being very faithful to it, Im not cheating and Im still not losing like they are.

Im not giving up though, I plan to keep on going, I really wanted to lose about 20 lbs by WDW but now I think I will be lucky if I lose 15.

Would love to walk at night, but really too hot, come to think of it would be like practice for Disney!

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

Aloha!

I've lost 15 lbs and it took me 5 MONTHS! Atkins website says slower loss is better and everyone is different. AND...inches are just as important as pounds (you may be losing inches. Are you measuring?)

Anyway, I think you are doing really well and if I haven't gotten discouraged yet, you can't either

Have fun looking forward to a great trip! Wish I was just going instead of just getting back

~aloharose~

 

[Peg]

I'm at 10 lbs!!! My first goal...On to the next..It has helped me to read how everyone else is doing, and how they are doing it! I know I don't post often but I'm really glad you guys are here!

Thanks
Peg

 

[plutosmyfav]

I am so excited to find this forum! I am planning a trip to WDW in Dec. I'm upset with myself that I am 30 lb heavier than I was for my trip last Dec. I went through some major life changes this year, including divorce.

I'm doing Atkins and want to lose the 30 by my Dec trip. I have a total of 80 to lose (sigh).

 

[Duggas]

Hi, this is my first ever post but I've been reading the boards for a few weeks now and I've been so impressed with the WISH boards and the support that people give everyone else that I thought I just have to join in. I'm starting tomorrow, Mon 4th Aug 03, but I'm not doing any specific plan. I've done Weight Watchers and Slimming World in the past but I've always put the weight back on. This time I want to eat healthily and exercise more so that it becomes a way of life rather than a diet. To get to my 'ideal' weight I would need to lose 80lbs but that seems so far away that I'm going to set myself mini goals. The first goal is to lose the 7lbs that I gained on holiday. My incentive for all of this, is a trip to WDW POR in 2005.

So, please help me in my goal and let me be a WISHer.

 

[Disney753]

I finnaly decided to jump on here as I have been reading the many of motivated responses. I started the Carbohyrate Addicts Diet in October 2003 and lost about 50 pounds by June 15. On that day I switched to Adkins and in the two week induction lost about 14 pounds. I continue on the induction now and try to stay under 20 carbs but have allowed myself some slack on party occasions. I really dont consider it cheating as I am aware I make that choice. I started at about 300 pounds but that is where my scale only went to so who knows it could have been more. Today I weigh 219 pounds and seem to lose about 2-3 pounds a week. I really don't exercise but do alot of gardening. I think if I did exercise I would probably loose faster. I only make short time goals now so my goal is 199 by October 1. Please add me to whatever on this board as I love the fact that I am in the company of such a large and sharing group. Another 10 pounds and I will be the lightest I have been in about 15 or so years. If I can offer any help on what I eat or answer any questions let me know. Its kind of funny but I dont really love or hate food anymore its no different than breathing its just routine now. Any yes there are sometimes I forget to eat a meal I guess I forgot I was hungry.

 

[califred]

I just decided to start posting here today..

I am on WW and have decided that I will be at my goal weight by my 30th birthday next May. I had a baby 10 months ago and am still hanging on to 12 baby pounds, and then would like to lose another 50-60, ending around 140-150, I don't know which will work out better since I've not been down that low since I had my first son 5 years ago.


My dh is a deployed Marine, he left in March and since then I have lost 15 pounds, 7 slowly on my own and 8 since mid -June on WW. I am thinking about reading Protein Power (similar to Atkins, but less severe) and starting that plan after my older son is back in school.


Nice to meet you all!!

Anna

OH and DIS753 CONGRATS!!!

 

[webray]

Hi Kelsie,

Is it too late to get a banner...I have lost 24 pounds now on Atkins, I am still in induction because I have at least 50 more pounds to go...maybe a little more depending on how I am looking when I get down there.

Thanks
Cheryl
webray@aol.com

 

[TandyR]

I am a WW lifetimer....I lost 75 lbs to get there. I was 10 lbs below my goal weight and because of stress eating a few months (a bunch of stressful things hit one right after the other). So I am right at my WW goal, but I like to back to were I was but for the last couple months I haven't been able to get myself back into the groove so I am comeing here for help. I started a thread called "WW Lifetimer looking for modivation" and the people there started a journal challange and right now we all are trying to just journal all this week. In a week we will change the challange to something else.

 

[bigsis1970]

Ok weigh in this AM said down 3 for this week so that is 12 in two weeks .. that sounds good to me.. I have to measure tonight when i get home.. Michelle

 

[Mommy Poppins]

Well, 1 week on Atkins and I've lost 3 lbs. Doesn't seem like a lot compared to what a lot of you are losing.