Take the DIS WISH challenge here

[SRUAlmn]

Today is day 12. I have lost 10.5 pounds so far. I have also been going to the gym 4-5 days/week and doing weight training and riding the bike for 6-8 miles. The other 2-3 days I have been doing stomach exercises and exercise band stuff at home. I know most of it was water weight, but I feel so good and I have not cheated and that is HUGE for me! Good Luck to everyone else too!

 

[bus driver lady]

Well...I fell off the bandwagon for a month or so and have not lost any more weight. In fact, I've been going back and forth with the same 10 pounds! Now's the time to get serious with only 6 weeks til our OKW vacation. My goal is 15-20 lbs. by then...and I WILL DO IT!

Good luck to everyone in meeting their goals and living healthy.

Suzy

 

[DisneyEnthusiastic]

My plan is to lose weight by exercising, watching my fat intake, and drinking lots of water!!

I hope I can stick to it!!

 

[Forever42]

I'm joining too! I posted a new thread in the Journals area.

I want to lose 40 lbs by the end of this year, by watching what I eat and exercising.

 

[barbeml]

Reading your incredible reviews in the Restaurants Forum gives me a vicarious eating thrill!

 

[Twinkles6892]

I actually want to weigh 80 pounds lighter, but I would be ok with 50. And be in a normal pants size (13 or under) Having issues in the weight department

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Well, I would like to lose about 90 lbs. but would probably also be fine w/between 60-70 lbs. I plan to start exercising and I have joined WW online. I also plan to keep a journal here on the WISH board. Wish me luck! And good luck to all of you too!

 

[eeyoreforever]

Hi everyone,
I have posted a couple of messages on the WISH board, but thought I would come here and "officially" take the challenge. I'm doing the WW plan for two weeks now and am down 5 pounds. I would like to lose a total of about 80 pounds, but like so many others, any weight loss will be nice. My mini goal is to look better by Christmas so I don't look like the blob in all of the pictures. I'm hoping to get to go to Disney again next summer and it would be great to be at or close to my goal by then. Last time we went to Blizzard Beach, I could barely make it to the top of the stairs on the slides without stopping several times to rest and catch my breath. Next time, I want to beat my kids to the top.

 

[dizcrazy]

Count me in! (Need all the support I can get!)

Hello Everyone! I would like to lose 20-30 lbs. I just re-joined WW and am trying to get back into "diet mode." Drinking my water, exercising, and eating less fat and sugars.

Good luck to all of us!

 

[jodikins]

Hello!! I'm new to the DIS boards and I love reading the W.I.S.H. board threads!

I just recently joined WW with my best friend yesterday and I am hoping that this time will be it. I'm hoping to shed the baby fat from 2 children and weight from many years of not taking care of my body. This is a life change...NOT A DIETNOT A DIET. I want to be a good role model for my children by eating healthy and exercising.

My first goal is to lose 10% of my weight and then take it step by step. I'm here to officially take the challenge.

 

[leahannpen]

Originally posted by jodikins
I just recently joined WW with my best friend, yesterday, and I am hoping that this time will be it.

(no guiness for a while! lol!)

We CAN and WILL do this together!

 

[Mr.BsMom]

Originally posted by eeyoreforever
... My mini goal is to look better by Christmas so I don't look like the blob in all of the pictures. I'm hoping to get to go to Disney again next summer and it would be great to be at or close to my goal by then....

This sounds like me! My ultimate goal is 60 pounds, but I know it will take a while. I really want to look and feel better by the time DH and I go on our 10th anniversary trip in December. Losing 30 lbs by then would put me at the exact weight I was when we got married. That would be great!

I started following WW (again ), and I joined Curves today. I can't wait to start seeing all those numbers (pounds & inches!)dropping!

 

[SRUAlmn]

Posting my weekly post here. Am I supposed to be posting it here, or somewhere else? I lost 16 pounds so far and counting

 

[Disneyfun2]

CONGRATS. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET PAST THE 10 LB MARK. I THINK I NEED TO DRINK MORE WATER AND WALK A LITTLE FURTHER.

 

[T16GEM]

i started to do WISH in June, I didn't know I had to tell you guys!! Oh well here we are then!
I shall be attending weight watchers each week and generally inproving my eating habits! I tend to eat far to much chocolate so that will be the first thing to go!

Yey!

 

[Nickunited]

Wow - this is a great thread. I would like to share my experience.

In March I decided that I want to lose weight. I was 195. Not happy with that. I now am pushing 165 and have gained an incredible amount of definition (I am Tone). Let me tell you how.

For starters I urge all not to trust the ATKINS, while it does work, Dr. Atkins admitted that you have to be on it for life. After you go back on carbs after the ATKINS DIET - the carbs come back onto you faster than previously. Not to Mention that Carbs are your energy for the day! CARBS ARE NOT THE ENEMY - THEY ARE THE ENERGY!

EXERCISE - I am an OBSESSED Weight Lifter but I wanted a Summer Body. How did I do it. Well, Cardio! I did a half hour every night of walking on the treadmill. I do 30 minutes on an incline at a nice walking speed.

Does not have to be the treadmill, can be at the park for a half hour or maybe even an hour. A nice walk for FAT BURNING PURPOSES. Running is not as effective for burning fat - its true - you want to walk! The most effective time to do your cardio is first thing in the morning. After Sleeping a long period of time - if you start cardio on an empty stomach you start burning BODY FAT faster as you do not have Carbs in your system.

Diet - Here is how I did it. I Do not eliminate Carbs, but moderate. I cut Fats. I use FAT FREE Salad dressing, I do not eat Junk Food. PLENTY OF WATER! Water is wonderful and it cleans out your system! If you must drink Soda - Drink Diet. I know Diet Coke is terrible but there is a large amount of Diet Soda's out there to chose from. Drinking Soda is a waster. For you Weight Watcher people out there - I beleive it is 8 points per can. SILLY! I also eat 5 or 6 meals a day. Smaller meals. This keeps the METABOLISM going and helps you burn fat more effectivly. My meals do have carbs and sometimes fats in them.

Mentality - Do not do this to impress a girl or guy. Do not do this to prove someone wrong. DO THIS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO THIS. Self motivation is the strongest friend.

Also, try and remember, you do not eat for comfort - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS COMFORT FOODS - You eat to keep your body going! If you need something to comfort you from a bad day - Try some cardio = )!

You can do WHATEVER you want with your weight - you just have to believe in yourself. Good Luck to all and for those who try what worked for me - PM me and I will be happy to help you!

 

[OhMari]

Hello,

I've been on the boards for over 4 years and I always saw the WISH sign on the bottom of posts. Then I saw there was a WISH posting board. It only took me 4 years to come over.

I need to loose 66 pounds. I have never lost weight in my entire life except in highschool when I went out for sports and went from 130 to 115. I was never home for supper and there was never any left overs so I never ate supper.

Anyone I weigh more than I did pregnant and I remember how hard it was in my last trimester, I couldn't walk up stairs without breathing hard.

Since May, I started going back to the YMCA . It took me 3 months to build my endurance up on the treadmill and eliptic trainer without passing out. Now I am taking step class again, it is 3 times a week, but I can only make it to 2.

I went to the Dr. a month ago and the scale said I gained 5 pounds, I official weighed 216 pounds ouch. I thought a strained some muscles in my back, but it ended up to be a bladder infection.

So 2 weeks went by and I excerised at class and walked every day and my scale at home says 209, so can I put 5 lb weigt loss on my signature.

I read in a magazine I think it was the Sunday Parade magazine that this guy was addicted to Chocolate Chip Cookies like some people are to alcohol. Yup that's me, see a chocolate chip cookie and will inhale.

I pretty much gave up diet soda, I drink water or low sugar juice. I basically stopped eating my chocolate chip cookies, plus other cookies, cake, brownies, chocolate and chips of any kind.

I just want to get this root-beer barrel body back down to 150.

Oh, I will get by with a little help from Wisher's. (Is anybody really out there).

 

[barbeml]

I'm here! Welcome--I am a very recent WISHer too. How does that weight sneak on? I have struggled all my life, but thought I had it under control for a good ten years. In my late 30s my metabolism turned on me again. No matter how little I eat or how many miles I walk, the scale does not seem to budge. I am concentrating on health, but I sure would like to be a size 10 again!

 

[SRUAlmn]

I thought I was told that if I posted here a little WISH thingie would be put in my signature. I have posted 3 times (I think) and have lost 16 pounds, but nothing has shown up. Do I need to do something else? Thanks

 

[TaraBelle1069]

I've lost 53 pounds so far since I started trying on January 20th of this year. My ultimate goal is 120 pounds (up from my original goal of 100 pounds). That's weight loss, not my goal weight!!

From this point, of starting WISH, I want to lose 37 more pounds by the time my first Disney cruise rolls around in November. I am doing this with Weight Watchers (following the plan...not attending until I'm closer to my goal...can't afford it). I'm also trying to walk at least three times a week.

Hoping to have all new photos with characters taken at Magic Kingdom and on cruise...to replace all those 'fat pictures' I have with the characters from past trips!

Tara