Take the DIS WISH challenge here

[solar]

Hi - new to the WISH threads, but not to DISboards.

I'm in the process of losing weight and doing the c25k training. Excited to continue the journey and getting to know others on the WISH team

All you need to do is post your intention to take the challenge here on this thread. That’s all there is to it. You don’t have to tell us your size or weight but I would appreciate it if you would tell us your plan for achieving better health.

I'm currently on a doctor supervised plan -- and walking/running 3x a week with the c25k program. I had a little more than 100 pounds to lose, and I've lost 11 -- 96 pounds to goal! A long way, but i'm taking it in small increments, 10 pounds at a time in my sites so i don't get overwhelmed.

 

[tmbcole]

I would like to join the WISH team. Thanks for having me on the team. I'm not on the team to lose weight but my challenge is to become healthier and get in better shape. I am a beginning runner and I've done several 5K's including the ESPN The Weekend in 2009. My ultimate goal is to significantly lower my cholesterol. I plan to work harder with my running and hopefully make it to a 1/2 marathon by this time next year, eat smarter, etc. Wish me luck.

 

[kiteri]

Count me in!

I am going to Disney in May of 2010. I know the weather will be HOT and I want to wear tank tops and go swimming at the water parks.

I need to shed some pounds to do it.

My recumbent bike is coming Wednesday, and my early Christmas present to myself is the Ally McBeal series on DVD to watch while I ride the bike. Five season worth ought to help me shed some pounds!

 

[KimRaye]

Onward and Downward! Weigh to Go!

 

[tksbaskets]

Hi - new to the WISH threads, but not to DISboards.

I'm in the process of losing weight and doing the c25k training. Excited to continue the journey and getting to know others on the WISH team



I'm currently on a doctor supervised plan -- and walking/running 3x a week with the c25k program. I had a little more than 100 pounds to lose, and I've lost 11 -- 96 pounds to goal! A long way, but i'm taking it in small increments, 10 pounds at a time in my sites so i don't get overwhelmed.

Good for you!! I am currently in my second week of Weight Watchers on my journey to a healthier me. My trip to Disney Land is in a little over a month so that will be a challenge I need to plan for.

 

[disneyfan19712006]

I need to lose 80 lbs. I have been inspired by others on the boards to take on the challange of making myself helathier so I can see my granddaughters grow up.

I will be walking and taking a better interest in nutrition.

 

[myelton01]

Count me in! I'm "Walking to Disney". Well, I sould say I'm walking to Port Canaveral and home again since I have 22 months before my cruise. I'm also trying to stop smoking. That's going to be my hardest thing, I've even started a journal but that doesn't seem to be a thing that is going to work for me. :S

 

[GorshGoofy]

Count me in! I'm "Walking to Disney". Well, I sould say I'm walking to Port Canaveral and home again since I have 22 months before my cruise. I'm also trying to stop smoking. That's going to be my hardest thing, I've even started a journal but that doesn't seem to be a thing that is going to work for me. :S

Good luck!! Here's some to help you along the way!!!

 

[PennyLou]

Hello, I'd like to join the W.I.S.H challange

I'm hoping to lose 30lbs and run my frist 1/2 Marathon at Disney in Jan 2011

 

[brerrabbit]

I posted this on the Community Board in response to someone who was wanting to loose 40 pounds. I think it is probably more relevant over here. Given I am walking a lot I thought what the heck I would join the challenge and maybe find more motivation, as if I really need anymore than I have.


I have dieted off and on for many years and had great success only to give it away by gaining it all back.

That all changed pretty dramatically for me on December 28, 2009. After eating dinner at our favorite Chinese place I went home with what I thought was indigestion. An hour later the pain was worse and I was on the way to the emergency room. After an EKG, a nitroglycerin patch and 4 childrens aspirin the Doctor said he did not think it was my heart but wanted to keep me over night for observation and do a stress test in the morning. After a sleepless night in a hospital room I asked the nurse if they had scheduled the stress test because I was on vacation till January 4th and wanted to get out of there as soon as I could. Her response changed my life forever, she said, your not going home, your going to ICU, you had a heart attack.

Well a bunch of needles, IV's, pills, and a heart cathiter later I was laying in a bed in ICU trying to come to grips with the fact that at the age of 50 I had had a heart attack. Fortunately it was mild and did little if any damage and other than the one artery that was clogged the others looked good.

So I have embarked on not a diet, but rather a lifestyle change. I am quick to point out to all my friends, family and coworkers that I am not on a diet, but rather have change my lifestyle. Since then I have lost 25 pounds, which is a lot but more an indication to me of how bad I was eating rather than being unhealthy by losing to much to fast. I eat virtully no fat, very little sodium, and portions are now more reasonable. I walk, have a stair stepper and a weight machine that have had the dust knocked off them and get a lot more use these days.

I offer this story not to scare people but rather as a learning experience that while dieting is good, lifstyle changes are better. I have always been a big guy. I played football into college, I played Lacrosse, baseball, softball and was very active. My weight was all over the board and that took a toll on my heart. My wish for all of you is that you don't look at what your doing as a diet but rather a lifestyle change for the better. Proper eating, exercise, and all things in moderation is my new lifestyle. I hope you all do great things and meet and maintain your goals because if your like me,(and I'm sure you are because your posting on the DIS) you have alot more trips to WDW to take before I leave this world.

 

[KimRaye]

God Bless you brerrabbit! Thanks for sharing!

 

[myelton01]

Good luck!! Here's some to help you along the way!!!

awww! Thank you! DH has decided to do this with me so we have our current and target weights on our wipe and dry board and how much each of us need to lose as well as my miles for Walking to Disney (and home again) I'm very excited about this. Just need to find the Wii fit in stores here, which shouldn't be hard now that the holidays are over and I need a treadmill since right now the only places I have to walk are outside and I refuse to walk when it's -2 out with OUT windchill. lol At least this summer and fall I can get tons of walking in out at the park.

 

[julirina]

Hi all -- I'm new here. I'm a stay-at-home, homeschooling, homesteading (home a lot) mom in desperate need of a weight-loss kickstart! I've needed to lose the same 40 lbs for 10 years, and I get off to a great beginning and fizzle out after the first 5 lbs or so. Looking back on my 2008 pics from Disney made me realize that I'd really like to be in better shape for next time. I've started meds for a non-functioning thryroid which has increased my energy level dramatically, but I still can't get motivated to exercise. I just haven't found that thing that fits in with my busy-around-the-house lifestyle. Walking is ok but it's way too cold right now to take the baby in the stroller, and we live way too far from town to get to a gym/pool/Curves/whatever with any regularity. Our huge farmhouse-remodeling project has the whole family living in two rooms and there's nowhere to do an exercise video. Short of running up and down the stairs a hundred times a day, I feel a little stuck for ideas.

I'm working on eating less meat, less processed food and more nutritionally-dense foods right now. I'll tackle counting calories in the near future but I need to work on straightening out my habits first. I hope I can get some support and encouragement here!

 

[GorshGoofy]

awww! Thank you! DH has decided to do this with me so we have our current and target weights on our wipe and dry board and how much each of us need to lose as well as my miles for Walking to Disney (and home again) I'm very excited about this. Just need to find the Wii fit in stores here, which shouldn't be hard now that the holidays are over and I need a treadmill since right now the only places I have to walk are outside and I refuse to walk when it's -2 out with OUT windchill. lol At least this summer and fall I can get tons of walking in out at the park.

You are welcome! I've used the Wii fit. I want one!! I'm hoping to get a bike with a trainer I can use inside. Even though I live in the south I still don't like to get out in the cold. I've got to get more serious about health. I had a long talk with my doctor a couple of weeks ago. He was blunt!

I'm going back to WDW with my 18 year old daughter in December. I have to be able to keep up with her! I have 10 months to prepare!!

 

[Amy8888]

Oh my gosh, this is perfect.

I'm 34 and I have a 4 year old girl and a soon-to-be 3 year old boy, and I work full time. I have had a lifetime struggle with weight. I have won some battles and lost some, but I'm working to win the war! I lost 50+ pounds back in 2001 and kept it off for the most part until I got pregnant the first time. I thought I'd have no problem taking the baby weight off, but I was wrong. So I decided to get pregnant again right away and that just added more weight. And then my son was born and the real problems began!

I don't know what happened exactly, but I somehow managed to keep on gaining weight after he was born. After trying various weight loss plans for a couple of years, I re-joined Weight Watchers last summer. The day I joined, my weight was about as high (higher?) as the day my son was born! But as of last night I was down 26 pounds. Sadly, this is as much as I had lost as of Halloween of last year! I've just been gaining and losing the same 5 pounds for months, and that needs to stop. I need to see a true downward trend from here on out!

So, with the help of Weight Watchers my goal is to lose a total of 81 pounds. I have lost 26 pounds, so that leaves 55 more pounds to go. Our trip to Disney is (I just counted!) 18 weeks away, so I think I can reasonably lose about 38 pounds before then.

So...health? Yes, I do need this for my health. I am obese. By the time we go to Disney with the goal I've set, I would be in the overweight category. With my ultimate goal, I will be just in the healthy weight range for my height. My mom had open heart surgery when she was just 53. She smoked and was overweight (not obese), and I know heart disease is a health risk I face, especially if I don't lose weight.

I need this for my mental health as well. I RUN from cameras and honestly, that makes me sad. I have two great kids who are growing so quickly and I don't have pictures with them. I want to be able to take pictures with them and not want to hide the pictures as soon as I see them.

An acquaintance of mine from college just died of cancer. She left two young children. Even though I didn't know that woman very well, I can't get her out of my head. It just finally clicked for me, how lucky I am to have my health and to be here for my children, and how selfish I am if I don't really change my ways.

And finally, we are wanting a third baby. I'm getting up there in terms of maternal age so I need to be as healthy as possible before going into another pregnancy. So that is my ultimate goal, to get down to a healthy weight before becoming pregnant for a third and most likely final time. I want to enjoy pregnancy, not just be an exhausted, cranky mess the entire time because of constant aches and pains.

Sorry this got so long. I am happy to have had the chance to document it all!

 

[Magic Mom]

Hi, I'm making the commitment to start living healthier. My end goal is to look better and more importantly feel better. I would like to lose 45 pounds, but realistically, I think 35 is where my body will settle at. But before I worry about that, let's work on the first 10. I'm going to try Weight Watchers without the meetings. I did it with the meetings 2 years ago and lot 22 pounds, but stopped when I had some health issues and got depressed. I gained everything back. So here I am.

 

[brerrabbit]

Just checking in. It has been seven weeks since the "lifestyle" change and as of this mornings weigh in I have lost 35 pounds. That is 5 pounds a week over seven weeks. The good thing is that I have really started to accept my new way of eating and really am not craving anything. One day last week at work we had a lunch meeting and I forgot to ask for a different lunch and so I had to choose between brisket or link sausage for lunch. This after not eating any red meat since December. Other than the meat they had potato salad, beans, and sides like pickles and onions. I only ate, some brisket, bread, pickles and onions. I got pretty sick that night. Having cut my fat intake to next to nothing over the seven weeks, my system did not know how to deal with all the fat in the meat and it made me feel pretty bad.

I continue to work on my stair stepper and weight machine as well as all the massive chores my wife has lined up for me but really want to start walking and eventually running some. It's just that we are having the worst winter weather wise we have had in the area since I can remember. Cold and rainy just about every day. I can't wait for spring!

35 down 60 to go!

 

[vavalynn2]

I have been a disboard member for years and never was really sure what the WISH boards were all about... but I am very glad I found them.

I am making a commitment to living healthier.

I am 32 and very overweight. I have ignored this for some time. My husband loves to work out and I struggle to use the treadmill in our home! This makes it hard. He has a high metabolism and can eat anything he likes and I cannot. I love food and trying new recipes, but I need a lifestyle change for certain to become more healthy.

I would love to lose one pant size by the end of April (our trip to WDW) and 40lbs by years end.

We have some home gym equipment and I now have two Jillian Michaels's dvds, one biggest loser dvd and two yoga dvds.

I will no longer eat red meat, high fat and/or processed foods. I am taking the time to read labels and make things from scratch. Hopefully, this will help.

Thank you all for listening and having a space for me to publicly declare that I need to make a change and I need to stick to it.

Good luck and stay strong!

 

[MAKHayes-DisneyDiva]

I'm in! I just started a WISH journal, and it looks something like this. The journal says it all.
From 5K to 10K…I can do it! (I think.)

Me: I’m Michele, I’m 44, and I’ve run lots of 5K’s.

My Goals: My immediate goal is to move from being a 5K runner to a 10K runner. In the long run (get it? long run ) I’d love to run a half marathon, maybe even the Princess Half Marathon!

In my favor:
I know I can already run 5K.
I’d be happy if I dropped a few pounds, but I’m not battling a weight problem.

Obstacles:
I have asthma, and it seems to be getting worse.
I’m not overweight, but I’m curvy, and I don’t look like a runner.

Tools:
I got a pretty nice pair of Asics at Fleet Feet for Christmas. I was analyzed on a treadmill, and the shoes feel really good.
My husband got me a Garmin 305 for Christmas as well. Maybe it’s overkill for the level of running that I do, but it’s pretty cool and it would be helpful to know what my pace per mile is.
I bought a 10K audio personal training MP3 and put it on my ipod.

This week’s goal: I plan to run 3-4 times each week, starting this week. I typically run 2-3 times each week. So far I have run 3 times this week, and I plan to run tomorrow, Saturday, which means I will have reached my goal for the week!

Next week’s goals: I plan to continue to run 3-4 times per week, and I will begin listening to my Personal Running Trainer MP3 while running.
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[flipflopmom]

Officially posting! I just finished the Couch to 5K week 3, and decided to make the WISH boards official. I've lost 13 pounds in the last month, by literally getting off the couch and MOVING 6 days a week, and changing my diet. I've said goodbye to soft drinks, and I am trying to eat 200 cal mini meals throughout the day.. I would like to lose 30 additional pounds by June 20, but we will see. My immediate goal is 14 pounds in the next month, so the Wii fit no longer says I am obese!