Losing weight for Mickey

[dec2009mama]

Great job to those who have lost weight so far!
I have started tracking my food intake (about 75% of the time) on my fitness pal and it is hard getting used to consuming 1200 cal a day!

How is everyone else feeling? hungry like me?

 

[Ellsbells]

Hi everyone I love this idea.
I was already on a diet before I knew I was going to Disney but know I am going in June I won't to look at my Disney pics this time round and be a little more happier when looking at them! Also I want to surprise my family who I wont have seen in 22 months!
Name: Elie
Age: 20
Location: Chicago
Type of diet: Calorie watching
Excercise: Gym everyday. PT session 2x a week
Start date of diet: 09/03/2012
Goal: 160
Weight at start of diet: 245
Weight loss to date: 214

I read through a lot of the post well done everyone

 

[Jacindyyy]

Great job to those who have lost weight so far!
I have started tracking my food intake (about 75% of the time) on my fitness pal and it is hard getting used to consuming 1200 cal a day!

How is everyone else feeling? hungry like me?

I'm using my fitness pal too. I've been using it a few months now so I'm getting used to the 1200 calorie a day limit so much that some days I don't even reach it!
I've lost 6 kilos (around 13.4 pounds) so far and leave for the States in 4 weeks. Hoping to knock off a couple more kilos by then!

 

[KristiKat]

Great job to those who have lost weight so far!
I have started tracking my food intake (about 75% of the time) on my fitness pal and it is hard getting used to consuming 1200 cal a day!

How is everyone else feeling? hungry like me?

The 1200 calories can be a killer some days. It was hard to get used to at first but I do much better now and find I don't get as hungry. Today was an off day for me. I had to work out of town and was on the road a lot so didn't stick with the 1200 calories. I did notice that I filled up fast and ended up not eating all my meals. Getting back on track after Thanksgiving was hard as well.

 

[AllisonK]

So I just found this thread. I started losing weight last fall with the goal to lose some weight for my Disney trip back in January, actually, and I've definitely kept it going and am still losing, so I figured I'd join in.

Name: Allison
Age: 23, but was 22 when I started
Type of diet: Portion control
Exercise: Gym 3-4x per week, I aim for 4, though
Date started: Mid-November 2011
Starting weight: 215
Goal: 155 (I'm only 5'4" but have always been solid with muscular legs and big bones, so I'm taking that into account and I think 155 is a reasonable goal)
Current weight: 180, dropped 2 sizes in jeans, 3 in dress pants, 1 in shirts (I am very broad - I have linebacker shoulders haha)

I love junk food. It's hard. And I'm a really picky eater - I'm not big into salads and such. I've learned to love Weight Watchers meals and get them on sale to bring to work for dinner. Although since I was transferred to a different office in February it's MUCH easier to bring my dinner now as we have a working microwave and an actual refrigerator, which we didn't have in my old office. I say that if I work 22 shifts in a month, I bring my dinner 21 of them (or, I'm lucky in that I still live at home and 5 minutes from work so once in a while if my mother cooks she will bring me whatever she and my dad are eating).

 

[Jacindyyy]

At 6.7 kilos now. 3.3 more would be great by the time I leave in a little over 3 weeks but will be hard. So just aiming for 2.

 

[aml3679]

I have decided to sign up for Weight Watchers!

My husband and I have a 12 day trip planned next December. I am a Type 2 Diabetic and I have arthritis which has been acting up because it is so cold out.

I currently weigh 222 and would like to weigh 150 by next December.

 

[KristiKat]

Found out the other day that our scale is wrong. Got a new one. Bad news is I weigh more than I thought. I still lost those 8 lbs but started at a higher weight than I originally thought which is just a bit discouraging. Guess I need to change my stats a little and begin a new.

Name: Kristi
Age: 35
Start weight: 167
Goal weight: 130
Diet: Nutrisystem
Exercise: Walk whenever I can. Work a minimum of 45 hours a week and two kids, hard to have a routine.

 

[Jacindyyy]

Now have lost a little over 7 kilos. (About 15.6 pounds). Slowly getting there!

 

[JennyLynn21]

My husband & I have been talking about possibly going to WDW in December of 2013. I use to be more comfortable with my size but within the past 5 months or so I've gotten more curves then this girl would like. I'm a small person, and have a petite curvy type figure, but with all the extra weight there is not many places to put it, and I've gotten uncomfortable in my own skin!!

Name : Jenny
Age : 24
Weight: 148 (the most I've ever weighed)
height: 5'2
goal weight: 130 - 135. I am a curvy girl and don't want to lose all of my curves.. just the ones around my belly!

I am going to try to eliminate pop from my diet, and 'junk food'. Also try to eat breakfast in the mornings, so by lunch im not starving. Sometimes I am so hungry I just grab the first snack I see. I do have a gym membership which I use to visit regularly but I kind of fell out of that schedule.

My husband has a never ending pit of a stomach and does not gain a pound!! Soo annoying.

Wish me luck

 

[Bnb0627]

Found this thread, hoping it helps motivate me!! In 2011 I lost 37lbs in 3-4 months and unfortunately I have put back on about 20lbs in 2012. I really miss all the energy I had when I was making better food choices and exercising. We have a trip planned for April 29th 2013 and I would really like to be in better shape.

Age: 29 Height: 5'3
Start/Current Weight: 188
Vacation Goal Weight: 150
Overall Goal Weight: 130
Diet: Low Carb, smaller portions, cut out pasta, bread, soda, junk food
Exercise: Ughhhh if I have to lol. I have P90X that has been sitting in a box since February. Won't start that until January it requires too much time and December is a busy month I sometimes work 16hr days!!!

 

[mom2val]

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[KristiKat]

Update---

Start 11-4-11 weight 277
Today 12-15-12 weight 180
Goal somewhere @145 - 155

Counting calories, low fat, low carbs, nothing fried,

I have gone from tight size 3xl shirts to roomy size large. Pants have gone from size 26 to size 12/14. I have lost 10 inches from my waist!

Awesome! Your doing great!

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[melindae10]

I am joing in! We are leaving in 114 days and I am using Mickey as a movtivation to get me going!
Name: Melinda
Age: 33
Diet: Low Carb, Clean eating, sort of
Exercise: Cardio and strength training hoping to workout 8-10 times per week
Starting weight: 227
Goal Weight: 180, I would like to lose more after Disney, but this is my goal by the end of April

I have already lost 8 pounds in the last few months with just busting my butt in the gym but not really changing my eating. Now I plan on changing my eating! I have made the goal to not eat out until we get to Disney. Might be harder on my kids than me! Also plan on working out in the morning and then going back to the gym in the evenings with my husband, it really is the only way I can seem to get my body to shed weight...sigh! Let the adventure begin!

 

[disney212]

I fell off the wagon in September. I have suffered from many health issues the last 4 years and I had just given up hope after one wrong diagnosis after another! I decided yesterday that 2013 would be different. I got some vitamins and decided I may not be able to control everything that goes on with my body but that I am 100% sure I would feel better if I lost the weight. This is my final effort, if this doesn't work then I am resolved that I will have weight loss surgery as I am hoping that motivates me as I had 5 surgeries in 2012 and really don't want to have one in 2013! Here is wishing us ALL a HEALTHIER 2013!

Name: Lane
Re-starting weight: 245 (luckily I am did not gain any "extra" back when I fell off the wagon)
Pounds lost this week: 0 (just starting)
Total Pounds lost:0
Ultimate Goal: 160 by January 2014
Goal for October 2013 trip and DCL Cruise: 180
Age: 45
Plan: eat healthier and don't let not feeling well stop me from exercising

Any and all tips and encouragement are welcome!

 

[disney212]

I am joing in! We are leaving in 114 days and I am using Mickey as a movtivation to get me going!
Name: Melinda
Age: 33
Diet: Low Carb, Clean eating, sort of
Exercise: Cardio and strength training hoping to workout 8-10 times per week
Starting weight: 227
Goal Weight: 180, I would like to lose more after Disney, but this is my goal by the end of April

I have already lost 8 pounds in the last few months with just busting my butt in the gym but not really changing my eating. Now I plan on changing my eating! I have made the goal to not eat out until we get to Disney. Might be harder on my kids than me! Also plan on working out in the morning and then going back to the gym in the evenings with my husband, it really is the only way I can seem to get my body to shed weight...sigh! Let the adventure begin!

8 lbs is AWESOME! Keep up the good work! I am the same way in the fact I have to exercise to lose weight!

 

[disney212]

So I just found this thread. I started losing weight last fall with the goal to lose some weight for my Disney trip back in January, actually, and I've definitely kept it going and am still losing, so I figured I'd join in.

Name: Allison
Age: 23, but was 22 when I started
Type of diet: Portion control
Exercise: Gym 3-4x per week, I aim for 4, though
Date started: Mid-November 2011
Starting weight: 215
Goal: 155 (I'm only 5'4" but have always been solid with muscular legs and big bones, so I'm taking that into account and I think 155 is a reasonable goal)
Current weight: 180, dropped 2 sizes in jeans, 3 in dress pants, 1 in shirts (I am very broad - I have linebacker shoulders haha)

I love junk food. It's hard. And I'm a really picky eater - I'm not big into salads and such. I've learned to love Weight Watchers meals and get them on sale to bring to work for dinner. Although since I was transferred to a different office in February it's MUCH easier to bring my dinner now as we have a working microwave and an actual refrigerator, which we didn't have in my old office. I say that if I work 22 shifts in a month, I bring my dinner 21 of them (or, I'm lucky in that I still live at home and 5 minutes from work so once in a while if my mother cooks she will bring me whatever she and my dad are eating).

You post reminded me of myself on the big bone part! I just told the doctor last week that I have always been a big girl but big like "an Amazon" now I am big like "Roseanne". I thought he was going to die of laughter!

 

[disney212]

Update---

Start 11-4-11 weight 277
Today 12-15-12 weight 180
Goal somewhere @145 - 155

Counting calories, low fat, low carbs, nothing fried,

I have gone from tight size 3xl shirts to roomy size large. Pants have gone from size 26 to size 12/14. I have lost 10 inches from my waist!

all I can say is WOW!!! You rock!

 

[uagirl]

I'm in! The baby is 2 1/2, so I'm not sure I can get by with the baby weight excuse anymore. We would like to have another baby this year, so until I am pregnant, my goal is to drop some weight.

Name: Liz
Age: 31
Location: Alabama (Roll Tide!)
Type of diet: Calorie Counting, maybe Weight Watchers
Excercise: Walking at lunch, elliptical at night.
Start date of diet: 1/1/13
Goal: 140
Weight at start of diet: 160
Weight loss to date: 0

 

[erbeaman]

Name: Amanda
Age: 36
Location: Michigan
Type of diet: Weight Watchers online
Excercise: Aiming to walk 3-4 days a week (hoping to up it as it becomes routine)
Start date of diet: 1/1/13
Goal: 130
Weight at start of diet: 183
Weight loss to date: 0

I really, really want to go to WDW during F&W festival with DH for an anniversary celebration! I am going to book the trip soon, with the understanding that I'll cancel it if I am not close to my goal 45 days before the trip (within 10 lbs). I'm hoping the fear of canceling will be motivating enough