March 2009 Weight Loss Challenge - 49.2 lbs Total Loss!

[Lesli54]

Everyone is looking for new fun and challenging ways to lose weight, so why not do it in small goals? Before you know it the small goals will add up to big gains......er, losses.

On this thread I will track your weight loss goals for March along with your actual losses. Just post your goal, then as you lose weight come back here and report the amount you have lost. Each Wednesday, I will update this original post to reflect everyone's losses, so that you can see the progress we are making together!

As you lose weight, your name will be color coded accordingly.
0 - 2.5 lbs in pink
2.6 - 5 lbs in pale green
5.1 - 7.5 lbs in light blue
7.6 - 10 lbs in plum
Over 10 lbs in magenta

So time to get out there and start losing, one pound at a time! Let's see how much we can lose as a team.


Participants Progress (actual lbs/goal):
aspen37 8/12
bouncycat 0/10
dis2cruise 5.6/5
disneygals 6/6
goldcupmom 0/5
Lesli54 3.4/10
OKWAnneMarie 0/5
paintnolish 4/10
patita71 3/8
ski mom 3.4/7
SnowWtch 0/5
SoonipiLady 3.8/10
SpaceMtnFan 11/14
wezee 1/4

As a team we have lost a total of 49.2 lbs in March! WTG!

 

[Lesli54]

My goals is to lose 10 lbs in March!

 

[OKWAnneMarie]

OK, I'm in. I want to lose 5 pounds by March 31st.

 

[dis2cruise]

I would love to lose 5 lbs!!!

cheryl

 

[ski_mom]

This is the first time I've joined a challenge. I'm doing WW with my sister and our weigh in day is Tuesday. I've been going since the end of October and lost 28.2 pounds. I keep telling myself that is great, but sometimes it seems discouraging because I have so much more to lose. When I looked back though, I've basically lost an average of 7 pounds per month so I guess that's not too bad considering that Thanksgiving and Christmas were both in there.

Anyway, I didn't mean to get longwinded with my post, but I'd love to put myself in and would love to lose 7 pounds. I'm going to try to make it my goal each month and go from there. It's definately doable!

So, put my down for 7 pounds by the end of the month!

Becky

 

[bouncycat]

I'm in!!! I wanna lose about 10 lbs before March 31st!! I'm at 168 now as of yesterday, and got back on my Alli!! good luck everyone!!

 

[Lesli54]

It's great to see that others are willing to do this one small goal at a time!

Hey, ski mom, you are doing great. Don't beat yourself up too much because you have made great progress. Remember you didn't gain weight overnight and the best way to keep it off in the long run is to lose it over time. 7 lbs a month is a very healthy loss.

Here's to everyone reaching their goals this month!

 

[SnowWtch]

This is my first time as well and I'd like to try to lose 5 lbs this month. It's going to be really hard but I'd like to start small again.

 

[SoonipiLady]

I'd like to lose 10 lbs by the 31st! It is ambitious since I bake for a living and waitress 2 nights a week, but I think I can do it!

Karen

 

[wezee]

Oh please can I join. I have had a few pounds creep back, in the last few months and my munching has been out of control. The Dis challenges really helped me stay on track in the past, but since I hit goal, I haven't felt I was really eligible for to join.....but now......

I have gained 6 lbs. since Christmas, and need to get back on track. I would love to loose 4 lbs. this month.

I try to watch my WW points and exercise 4-5 days a week, but I would love to hear any diet or exercise tips that you all could share.

 

[bouncycat]

Well, we have been walking in the evenings for exercise, DH is military, and is getting stationed down at a Law Enforcement team in Miami in July, so he has to be REALLY fit, so we both go out walking at night, helps BOTH of us, and he keeps me going at a very fast pace. We've been doing a mile in right around 20 minutes. So if we can do that at least 4 times a week, and I can stay on my Alli and eat good, then I can do it! I'm motovated to help DH, and in turn he's helping me. I would LOVE to be around 125lbs, but will be happy at 135. Which means around 35lbs total to lose. My motovation, well, I got a closet full of size 12s, that I can't fit into, and my 14's are starting to get worn out, so I REALLY don't want to go out and buy more big pants, so drop about 10 lbs will get me back into the 12's, I think! So keep on and we can all do this together!!

 

[bouncycat]

So how is everyone doing? I'm doing great, haven't lost any, but haven't gained any either, just got the monthly "visitor" so that's probably the cause. I've been doing good on the diet, and the walking, I feel good. It does suck when your family is eating KFC, and you're eating a salad, but I tell myself it's worth it in the long run!! Keep it going!!! WE can do this!!

 

[wezee]

Aaarrgghhh! I have lost and gained the same few pounds every weekend for a month. DH works 2nd shift, so weekends are the only time we get to cook and eat together. I'm sure our passion for new recipes and wine tasting does not help the problem. So, once again I will try and stick to my workouts and count my WW pts. and lose those same blasted pounds by next weekend.
I will weighin on Wednesday and report in....but it may not be pretty! Congrats to all of you who have better weekend willpower than I do!

 

[Lesli54]

My weekends have not been great lately either. They have been busy and then I just don't eat on consistent basis which leads to the wrong foods by day's end.

I will weigh in as soon as I get my new scale, should be here soon. The old one fluctuates too much and that is after replacing batteries.

I need motivation to get a good exercise routine incorporated into my daily routine. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[paintnolish]

Add me please! I need to start shedding a few of those holiday pounds before summer. Put me down for 10. Good luck to everyone else!

 

[bouncycat]

I've been eating good, taking my alli, and walking, but the scale AIN'T MOVING!!! Making me crazy!! I want to see SOME results!!! I keep looking at these size 12's in my closet and want to get into them. I look at them EVERY DAY!!! That's my motovation....those pants! Gonna walk tonight, and helping DH quit smoking here very soon, he's going thru the military channel, so it takes a little bit....plus he's going to a VERY physically challenging Law Enforcement Job, so we're getting fit together!! He's giving up smoking, I'm giving up sweets!! It's been hard, ESPECIALLY last night, we went to get something to eat, him and ds got BURGER KING, I got a salad from Quizno's, I'm sitting in the car with the bag on my lap, smelling these burgers and fries!!! UG, Willpower was fading, and fast, but I stayed good!! Anyone else having willpower troubles? only thing keeping me good is the alli pills, I'm afraid of eating too much bad stuff!! I guess that's not such a bad thing!

 

[paintnolish]

I always have will power problems. It really stinks when people around you are eating all that yummy stuff when you've got a salad!
DH just brought home Girl Scout cookies. It is so hard to let the dcs have some after dinner. Ahh..the crinkle of the Thin Mint foil wrapper, the chocolatey goodness!

 

[bouncycat]

Oh My Paint!!! Cookies!! Luckily I don't want the "treatment effects" of the alli, so I'm being good, even the gals here at work are commenting cause I dont' want a cookie!! Scaring yourself with something like that does help, otherwise last night I woulda had the whole bag of fries GONE!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Wow, Lesli! I only realized this was here when I went to the first post & it wouldn't let me edit it.....I thought it was the exercise challenge!! Tells you how awake I am today!!

Anyway, count me in. I'll go from last Sat (when I finally got the Bugg running) and try for 5 lbs. A bit more than my 1.5 lbs/week I supposedly have it programmed for.

Thanks for doing this one! I thought about it, but figured the exercise thread was enough to manage.

 

[paintnolish]

Oh My Paint!!! Cookies!! Luckily I don't want the "treatment effects" of the alli, so I'm being good, even the gals here at work are commenting cause I dont' want a cookie!! Scaring yourself with something like that does help, otherwise last night I woulda had the whole bag of fries GONE!!

I have a friend who used Alli. She ate pepperoni pizza. Scared her into eating well! I'll spare the details!