Take the DIS WISH challenge here

[tksbaskets]

I'm 24 and have a few health problems. I have lost 55 pounds over the past 2 years and would like to loose a lot more.

What a great start to a healthier you! Slow and steady wins the race. My weigh in is Thursday and I hope that there is less of me. Keep up the good work!

 

[Greenepona]

I would like to get back on the WISH Wagon! I am going to try to lose weight by drinking my way up to 3L water a day, and eating 2 sensible meals a day, which I will cook for my self and freeze once a week. My biggest challenge is breakfast, because I am indecisive and picky when it comes to that meal. Once I obtain a new bike (mine was stolen) I plan to ride my bike whenever possible to work myself up to being ready for my Disney trip with my BF in less than 2 months!

 

[plutogal]

Happy to have found this thread. I was looking for some motivation! I'm a Disney runner and I'm trying to improve my diet and add strength training to my life! i'm 25 and I'm trying to lose some weight before my wedding in Feb!!

 

[maggie madere]

I'm 37, DH is 36. I am 322 (down from a recent high of 345) and DH is 283 (down from a recent high of 295). We are eating healthyer and going to the gym 5-6 days a week. 3-4 days of weight training and an hour or more of cardio a day. We are going to WDW after Thanksgiving with y 18 month old nephew and I would love to be able to do a week without an ECV! DH has an ambitious goal of being under 250. I'm shooting for 290.

 

[LJSRDH]

Hi all!

I think this is so cool! Thank you for posting (originally in 2003! crikey!)

I recently moved to NYC and am very active. I seem to love foods that keep the pounds stuck to me in not so great places. I'd like to lose 25-30 lbs and weight train since I do more cardio than anything!

Best of luck to all and I can't wait to see what's next!

Laura--new Dis-er, former lurker!

 

[poochie]

Count me in. After I check my BP at the local DS, it was way beyond the hypertension. I even double checked it and went to another site to check again. Yes, I am twice the woman I used to be.


So, as of July 19th, I made a commitment to myself. Workout every morning, try to eat better (no easy task when my DH loves the non healthy foods. ) But he is trying. We stopped the unhealthy snacks he was always buying. We have not made any fried foods which he so loves. Lots of fish, and chicken, along with whole wheat breads and pastas. Try shopping for foods with low sodium. That is also a major chore.

So each morning at 5:30 am I get up and do the Denise Austin Pilates for every body DVD. Let me tell you it is not as easy as it looks. But I am getting better at it. Anyone use her DVD's to reach their goals? Only missed once due to my DD who just had her baby needed me to go over and help her due to her not doing well and needed my help that day.

I even worked out the day the baby was born, Since they were picking me up at 4:30 am I got up at 3:15am. Talk about commitment.

At this point I have lost 15 lbs. Just another 50lbs to go.

Wish me luck. They frustrating part is the first 5 lbs went so fast. The next 10 took weeks.

But I have a goal.

 

[LJSRDH]

I'm in too! I work at a university in NYC and with the new semester starting, I'm starting this too. I'm also going to TRY to at least train for the Princess 5K. I'd like to do the half-marathon....we'll see!

 

[Clochette nordique]

May 2011 will be our first Disney experience. 8 days at the Poly and then 4 day cruise on the Dream. And for the first time, I will have to push DD11, whether in a special need stroller or in a wheelchair. With her cerebral palsy and her autism, she just cannot walk that much 8 days in a row in this kind of a crowd.

Well, my other dream is to lose back these 20 pounds that keep coming back.

What I find so difficult, is that "it's not that much, what do I have to complain anyway?". So since it's the third time I will do it, I feel so unmotivated, that I don't know how to take it anymore. It's kind of: "Well, I'm 48 after all, and I'm only 136 pounds (on a 5' 3" small frame), so why bother, this time?"

IT'S JUST THAT I, MYSELF, FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, 20 pounds LIGHTER! It is also a lot easier to train and to figure skate and jump, 20 pounds lighter, even more at my age! And since I train so much, I still look a lot better, 20 pounds lighter. But mostly, it's a health reason: I live with both hypoglycemia, hypothyroid and some sort of myopathy, so I'm better keep these pounds off as long as possible. Because in times of unbalanced hormonal health crisis, I put on a pound a week. That's a lot, in a year. So, I'm better work on prevention than work my ... off to go back to a healthier weight, again. Last time my hormones went crazy, when I put 30 pounds in less than 25 weeks , I was already on a strict organic-food-no-sugar-lots-of-veggies-and-protein-diet-to-support-the-training, but it happened at the same time that I injured myself warming up 2 minutes before a skating competition. (Luckily, it was my first ever injury.) But it kept me from burning the pounds the hormones were putting on. And writing this, I realize I'm still angry at the fact that I took 30 pounds on organic food!

Because of my health condition, last spring, I accepted to participate in a medical 20 years study. According to them, I am overweight. My BMI is supposed to be under 25 and I scored 25,1. Just enough to have the nurse look at me and even though I wear "Size 6", tell me I was overweight and needed to loose weight. I was in shock , to say the least. I asked her to really take a good look at me. I asked to revise the score. And she counted again, and said again, that my BMI was 25,1 - so the table said I was overweight. I asked if "muscle" counted in the table and she repeated...

But this time, in my head, I hear that side of me saying: "Why do you make all that fuss for only 20 pounds, at your age?" And I'm back to square one. Never, ever, been that ambivalent about my weight.

So I hope, I wish, I visualize, I am doing my best every day. Starting today. One day at a time. This thread being my witness of both my ambivalence and my knowledge I have to do this one more time.

And I guess, this is when I have to let the pixie dust work!

 

[LJSRDH]

May 2011 will be our first Disney experience. 8 days at the Poly and then 4 day cruise on the Dream. And for the first time, I will have to push DD11, whether in a special need stroller or in a wheelchair. With her cerebral palsy and her autism, she just cannot walk that much 8 days in a row in this kind of a crowd.

Well, my other dream is to lose back these 20 pounds that keep coming back.

What I find so difficult, is that "it's not that much, what do I have to complain anyway?". So since it's the third time I will do it, I feel so unmotivated, that I don't know how to take it anymore. It's kind of: "Well, I'm 48 after all, and I'm only 136 pounds (on a 5' 3" small frame), so why bother, this time?"

IT'S JUST THAT I, MYSELF, FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, 20 pounds LIGHTER! It is also a lot easier to train and to figure skate and jump, 20 pounds lighter, even more at my age! And since I train so much, I still look a lot better, 20 pounds lighter. But mostly, it's a health reason: I live with both hypoglycemia, hypothyroid and some sort of myopathy, so I'm better keep these pounds off as long as possible. Because in times of unbalanced hormonal health crisis, I put on a pound a week. That's a lot, in a year. So, I'm better work on prevention than work my ... off to go back to a healthier weight, again. Last time my hormones went crazy, when I put 30 pounds in less than 25 weeks , I was already on a strict organic-food-no-sugar-lots-of-veggies-and-protein-diet-to-support-the-training, but it happened at the same time that I injured myself warming up 2 minutes before a skating competition. (Luckily, it was my first ever injury.) But it kept me from burning the pounds the hormones were putting on. And writing this, I realize I'm still angry at the fact that I took 30 pounds on organic food!

Because of my health condition, last spring, I accepted to participate in a medical 20 years study. According to them, I am overweight. My BMI is supposed to be under 25 and I scored 25,1. Just enough to have the nurse look at me and even though I wear "Size 6", tell me I was overweight and needed to loose weight. I was in shock , to say the least. I asked her to really take a good look at me. I asked to revise the score. And she counted again, and said again, that my BMI was 25,1 - so the table said I was overweight. I asked if "muscle" counted in the table and she repeated...

But this time, in my head, I hear that side of me saying: "Why do you make all that fuss for only 20 pounds, at your age?" And I'm back to square one. Never, ever, been that ambivalent about my weight.

So I hope, I wish, I visualize, I am doing my best every day. Starting today. One day at a time. This thread being my witness of both my ambivalence and my knowledge I have to do this one more time.

And I guess, this is when I have to let the pixie dust work!

Clochette....my very best to you and know that you are not alone! I a frustrated with our shared ambivalence. Sending pixie dust to you and your family for a spectacular trip!

 

[yeehaw]

Hi, I'm a Disney addict and new to the Dis boards, trying to get oriented! My goal is to be able to do the Princess 1/2 in 2012 (or the Wine and Dine 1/2 the same year) and to loose about 80 lbs. I'm trying to stay off the scale and focus more on the positive, namely that the sooner I can trot that 13 miles, the sooner my hubby has to take me back to Disney!

 

[Alexander2010]

I'm male, 5'7" and 225 and have yoyoed over the last 5 years. i find the biggest problem comes when we go to WDW for 7-10 days and the day driving to and the day driving home. we usually eat with DDP. and fast food on the way home. by the time i get home we have not worked out for over a week and a half. so that becomes two weeks, then a month and the next thing you know your back in WDW and you have put on 20-40 pounds heavier and fell like poo. then you come back home from that trip determined to loss the weight again.

This time i'm determined to loss it again. I'm hoping staying in a DVC hotel i will take advantage of the gyms.

Here is to hoping i loss 50 pounds by Aug 2011!

 

[leanne11]

oh god.... getting ready to start... nov 2011 dis trip...most concern of mine.........want to look and feel comfortable w/ seat belt (plane)....
see other people slip it on and wow..... just want that....
just had a baby ...well he just turned 1 yr... so have belly baby fat to get rid of...need alot of help...encouragement...thanks...good luck to all....let me get my siggys set.......... need magic

 

[Michele1377]

Hi all - I've been lurking on the DIS boards since we came home from our Parks/Cruise vacation the end of August. I saw the Biggest Loser 2010 Challenge in a signature line on the cruise boards and was inspired to look for your group. Count me in - I will report my weight with the weigh in on Friday

Michele

 

[chwgmjay]

Hi. I'm 30, and have decided I for sure need to lose some weight. According to the charts, I need to lose about 100 lbs. When I was young, I was really thin, etc. Around the time I turned about... 19-20ish I started picking up bad eating habits. I work overnight in a rather stressful job. We get food discounts from local pizza joints, so I usually eat pizza or fast food pretty frequently. I like to walk, but haven't done it as much as I should lately. My goal right now is 15 lbs (hopefully before my trip to Disney World in December, where I'm sure I'll gain 1/2 of it back), and then I'll go from there, with the long term goal of the whole 100 lbs.

 

[tsme]

I need to lose 20lbs. I gained 20lb when I started homeschooling my children a couple of years ago, before that I was slim & in shape. I work out 4 days a week using weights & cardio. But my problem is food. I eat junk, lots of junk. My children won't eat diet food & I guess I just got tired/lazy of fixing multiple meals, so I eat junk instead.
But we're going to DW in 3 months & I'd like to not have to worry about fitting in clothes, jelly rolls popping over my waistband, & cringing when I look back at the pictures. So I'm in, I'm going to try.

Any advice on quick (I hate veggies) meals would be appreciated. Maybe I'll actually lose the excess with db's help.

 

[Dina Monster]

For me the challenge will be to continue to do races well into next year. I just started running for fun in September. I have to say for a 27 years old I'm very pleased with myself. I have been working out 4 to 5 times a week for the past 3 years. I eat healthy and try to cook home meals often. I eat around 4 to 5 meals a day all small portions mind you.

I want to continue to run and I want to hopefully attend a Group Fitness Instructor class next Feb. I also want to begin competing in fitness competitions next year. So that's 3 goals. Right now the running and the Group Fitness Instructor seem a little bit easier to achieve.

 

[jalferes]

I'm 54 and went from 211 to 154 as of this morning doing Atkins - so even if your old it can be done - I am 4 pounds from my goal and I just splurged and had a chocolate chip cookie because the Pats pulled it off - Can't wait for my next disney trip having so much energy and my back feeling so much better !!

 

[Smiling Tink]

Count me in! I need to lose 40 pounds. I would like to lose it by my birthday in September. I will start eating healthy, walking on my treadmill, doing the exercise videogames on XBox, and no longer sitting on my behind playing the "Ville" games on Facebook.

 

[Rora]

I'm in!!

I am currently 5'9" and 175 pounds. I used to be in the 140-145 range. College did me wrong and I haven't been kind to my body since.

Looking forward to getting in shape!

 

[ariamac]

7 weeks until we arrive in Disney World

... and so, I have 7 weeks to tone up! Well, I hope to get into the habit of a healthier lifestyle and maintain better eating habits and ACTUALLY use my gym membership!

I'm 5'4 1/2 and about 140lbs... my measurements are 36-30-39. I don't care much about the weight... just need to loose the flab and would love to get down to 35-27-38... so I want to lose about 5 inches.

As of tomorrow, I'll be starting the gym (again)... haven't gone in about 2-3 months, but I loved it when I went... it just got really cold and snowy and well, it's a lot more comfortable staying on the couch wrapped in a blanket

My eating habits have kinda taken a turn for the worse over the holidays because I did a lot of baking and, I love food.

I am going to control portion sizes and eat half of what BF eats... well, try to. I am going to cook more of my food instead of going out (that will save some extra $$$ too ).

Essentially, I'd like to fit into my clothing better, specifically a new dress I bought... once I lose some inches, it'll fit PERFECTLY!

Here's to being accountable!