Take the DIS WISH challenge here

[ocd4disney]

HI everybody!
I would like to join wish. I started WW online about a week and a half ago and i have lost 10.8 pounds. I think I have lost this much too fast, but I am sure my weight loss will slow down. I am not starving (well there have been a few moments of hunger) and I am using all the points on my plan. I want to lose about 60 more total. I have been cooking ww recipes which are actually really good. My dh and I are going to WDW in December so I want to lose as much of the 60 pounds I need to lose as possible.
I am so glad to find a support group.

 

[VSL]

I'd love to join in

 

[Dyerneeds]

Hey all! I am keypooh90, and am 16 years old. I am trying again to get healthy. I currently weigh 275 pounds, have stage 2 hypertenison, high cholesterol, and are at risk for type 2 diabetes. I hope to eat healthier and exersise in time for my tenth grade year. In order to reach my ldeal range of 109-132 lbs I need to lose at least 150 lbs.

If you need support, we're here.
I'm quite a bit older than you, but I know how tough it is when you are a teen.
Are you following a health plan on your own or one provided by a doctor?

Good luck to you kiddo.

 

[AmberLuvsWDW]

Hi! I just found DIS last week and I started going to Slim and Tone last Monday. Tonight I found WISH. I think this will be a great motivator. I was in pretty good shape (never "thin" but solid) until about 3 years ago. I am only 25 and I'm at about 200lbs. I NEED to lose the 50 pounds I gained in those 3 years. I am already starting to watch my meal portions and fat and calorie intake, and I think S & T is going to be a great exercise plan. Has anyone else had success with that program?

Good luck to everyone!

 

[Kerri]

It will be awesome to have a great support group to be inspired by!

I just re-started e-diets and will work out on my stepper at home. I'd like to be close to my goal weight by my 40th birthday (7-10-2007) and this change of eating habits and working out is my birthday gift to myself! (It's easy to let taking care of ourselves slide further and further down our list of priorities, when we are all so busy taking care of everyone, and everything, else.)

Like Winksst, I'm not "going public" with my plans, either. So, thanks for being here.

 

[MinnieGirl33]

Count me in!

Started WW yesterday.

Hoping to lose 20 pounds that I gained when I quit smoking almost 2 yrs. ago!

 

[monymony3471]

Hi. I'm in.

Back on the beach. My goal is 50 pounds. I've lost 40, think I gained 10 back. I really need to buy new batteries for my scale......

My family will walk in the evenings together. I hope to lose at least 25 by the time we go back to WDW in late November.

 

[pospisil]

Count me in! DS4 is running me ragged, and I feel soooooo bad telling him "You go ahead, Mom's gonna rest here a minute." We're going back to WDW in 2008 (isn't that a long, long time from now?) and I'd like to be a normal size before we go. I hardly exercise at all, but I started walking in the evenings last week. I have also cut out my Dr Pepper every day, and only have one a week now. I want to start small this time. I usually try to make a huge, life-changing weight-loss attempt, and always fail miserably. Wish me luck!

 

[chatchdvc]

I'm in too, please.
I was going strong this past spring, but slacked off and I've gained back nearly all of the weight I lost.
Re-joined WW online this week.
I have new motivation, I'm going back to WDW next month, and
I'm hoping the pictures from this trip will have a slightly thinner me in them.

 

[dwheatl]

Just consider the last time you lost the weight as practice. Now you have a better idea of what works and what doesn't. I'm off with my DH to lead a retreat on marriage preparation. There are always way too many goodies. Maybe by posting now, I'll be able to stay strong through the weekend. Good luck to all!

 

[chatchdvc]

Thanks dwheatl !

It seems I've been practicing for years! I'll get it right one of these days.

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Count me in too please!
I have been doing So beach for the past 5 days and have lost 5 lbs! so my goal starting from today is 50 more lbs. I would LOVE to lose it by Christmas, but if I don't lose it 'til Easter that's fine too, as long as I LOSE it!

 

[anewvance]

Count me in on the WISH challenge. I need to lose 60lbs and plan to do it by eating better and exercise. Thanks for the opportunity to join, this will help motivate me!

 

[wisbucky]

Hi everyone

I’m doing the Atkins diet. I am on week four and have only lost 7 pound. Those pounds were lost in the first ten days. Since then I have lost not a pound more and I certainly am getting frustrated. I use the Atkins advantage shakes for lunch. Morning I have omelet or just scrambled eggs. For supper I make it meat, a low carb veggie and water. Once in a while I will do a salad. I do drink coffee with caffeine in. I also take calcium tablets, garlic pill and flaxseed oil every day. Can anyone help me out as to why I am getting nowhere? Im am so frustrated I am ready to quit.

 

[anewvance]

Hmm, with the low amount of carbs you are getting, I can't imagine why you aren't losing more weight. I lost 80lbs on atkins in a matter of 4 months... I was very strict on my carbs and if I got to a week and noticed I hadn't lost, I would review the week and see if I added something that could be a staller and would cut it out and would start loosing weight again.

If I had the patience to do atkins again that's how I would be losing my weight. But it got so hard to have to MAKE every meal, I was getting annoyed. You couldn't go to the cabinet and just pull anything out to snack on for the most part. And I got tired of meat! LoL.

So my suggestion is to look at what you are eating. There are certain things that one person can tolerate and still lose weight and somethings that they call stallers... might be low in carbs but something about it just doesn't sit right and you don't lose the weight as quick.

 

[wisbucky]

Hmm, with the low amount of carbs you are getting, I can't imagine why you aren't losing more weight. I lost 80lbs on atkins in a matter of 4 months... I was very strict on my carbs and if I got to a week and noticed I hadn't lost, I would review the week and see if I added something that could be a staller and would cut it out and would start loosing weight again.

If I had the patience to do atkins again that's how I would be losing my weight. But it got so hard to have to MAKE every meal, I was getting annoyed. You couldn't go to the cabinet and just pull anything out to snack on for the most part. And I got tired of meat! LoL.

So my suggestion is to look at what you are eating. There are certain things that one person can tolerate and still lose weight and somethings that they call stallers... might be low in carbs but something about it just doesn't sit right and you don't lose the weight as quick.

The biggest frustrating part about it all is that I really havent changed much. I do eat cottage cheese once in a while and I started that two one half weeks ago. But I dont eat it every night. Once or twice a week. I cut it out for 6 days and still lost nothing. I dont know if drinking more water would help.

 

[MouseTriper]

Hello Everyone...a new "WISHer" here. My name is Beth and I desperately want to lose 50 pounds. My husband and I are taking our 2 year old daughter to WDW in December and I want to lose as much of it as I can by then. I am new to the DISboards and just found this thread tonight. I would love to make some new friends on here who I can share my ups/downs with. Working out is hard enough but doing it alone is even worse. A little encouragement goes a long way. So...come on everyone who is in the same boat as me....we CAN DO IT!!! (smiles)

 

[Winksst]

I haven't checked in for while...I've dropped 12 pounds since joining here WW and 6 since joining WISH. Five more pounds and I'll reach my 1st WW goal of 17 lbs!!!

Off to get my new banner....

 

[disneychickforever]

wanting to join. I am need to lose weight for personal and health reasons, since both diabetes and heart problems run in my family.

My goal is to be down to 180 by next summer.....didn't weigh myself so I don't know how much that is yet, but that's my goal...

 

[DISNEYLOVER70]

My daughter and I are going to try to start "eating healthy" together, as a team. My daughter is 13 and I beleive she weighs about 185 pounds, she doesn't want me to know her weight, but when I took her to the doctor for a broken toe, they weighed her and I snuck a peak without her knowing. She is at a very tender age right now and it has been the source of a lot of stress for her. My son is 9 and can eat anything he wants, he is very active, plays baseball, soccer, basketball, wrestling........... and it frustrates her that he can eat all he wants and stay thin. She has high 90's in school, including 99 in science and 98 in math, she is a great kid, but honestly she is very lazy. I take responsibility for most of that because I do not make her move.

I am 36 years old. I weighed in at 148 pounds this morning. My heaviest. My doctor says I should weigh between 128-135. Unfortunately, my taste buds are fussy (like my daughters). We eat meat and potatoes with some vegetables. Soda is an issue for us. Mountain Dew is an addiction that I have passed on to my poor daughter......... AWFUL i know........ But i did stop buying it when I get groceries and she has been drinking a lot of bottled water for the past couple months. But it hasn't made an effect on her weight thus far. I need motivation for her AND me. I am the mother buying the groceries, and I can control what she takes in, so that is my goal here. We are going to Disney May 3 - 10 2006. We have 282 days to "get healthier" and hopefully lose some weight in that process........... W.I.S.H me luck everyone ! If she will let me, I will try to post some pics of the two of us for a "starting point"..........

I thought about joining a weight watchers group or something similiar but she is very modest when it comes to her weight and I think the DIS W.I.S.H. boards just might be the answer for her, and me hopefully !

Good luck to all of you.............