Thanksgiving Challenge

[Beastlover]

Hey all you "Gobble Up Success" Thanksgiving Challengers!!! I have put together all of the participants-let me know if I missed you, or if you are jumping in!! I put your "fine-tuned" goals in also, I feel it helps to keep you focused on the prize!!

Beastlover 10 pounds. That will give me my 50 pound clippie, and bring me to 158 pounds.

honeymo78 13 more lbs putting me at 180

catherine 10 lbs

IrishAngel 5 pounds-going to the David Bowie in concert in Dublin on the 23rd November

WDWLVR 10 lbs by then and have a 25 lb clippie

Cinmell 10 lbs

Mommyflower 5 pounds before Thanksgiving. We are going to MIL in Virginia Beach for Thanksgiving and leaving from there to go to WDW

PAdisMOM 7 pounds

mowsie dreamer 10 pounds

Amelia 10 pounds

LuvTigger 10 pounds

Obsessed w/Disney in OH 10 more pounds by Thanksgiving. It's my birthday(yep--I'm a turkey this year!) and we leave for WDW 2 days later

twotoohappy 5 pounds

PartyofSix 5 pounds

MelanieC 9 or 10lbs loss

ead79 5 pounds

disneyfan551 10 lbs. We will be leaving for WDW the next day

kayeandjim00 5 lbs!

mum4jenn 8 more pounds

ADisneyMom 10 by Thanksgiving

JoshMom5 5 lbs by Thanksgiving

lulu201 10 lbs. by Thanksgiving

Imhall2000 6 pounds

tiggerlover 5 pounds

DoeWDW 2 pounds

AprilN 10 pounds

Jess5150 10 pounds

sadeeyore 7 pounds

tlgoblue 8 pounds for a goal of 140 pounds

afsi3838 10 pounds

Claire4dpins 8 pounds

AlisonB 8 pounds

WDWnutze 7.5 pounds

Cheryl N. WI 5 pounds

minniecarousel 6 pounds

firecracker 6 pounds

Squitty 6 pounds

BethR 5 pounds

JustMe28 10 pounds

Auntmeme 9 pounds

Looks like we have some cool clipart to with our goals!!! Let's try to post our check ins Thursday to Thursday, being as the TOT will end on this Friday, and Turkey day is on a....lets see...OH yeah! A Thursday!! But check in whenever you weigh in to share your success!!!

Maybe we can put our heads together on ways to avoid giving in to all of the treats the season brings to us! Also, whatever plan you are on, maybe we can put some recipes together?

Talk to you soon!! Have a great Halloween!!

 

[MelanieC]

I am glad you could decifer what I meant. I think I was very vague and wishy washy in my goal since I go to Disney in two weeks. I really don't think I will see that much of a loss, but who knows. I have two more weigh in's before I go.


Good luck everyone & wish me luck in keeping my gaining under control.

Melanie

 

[lmhall2000]

I've been swamped with catching up after a 3 week bout with icky sickness...so I've missed the Turkey train- can I jump on???? I'm hoping to be 183 by TrickOrTreat on Friday so with only 24 days to Turkey day by then I'll conservatively shoot for 177 by Turkey day and hopefully 175 by then end of November. So put me down for 6 pounds by Turkey Day! I'm back to my marathon training of 4 mile walks 6x a week and forgoing all the Halloween candy- non will pass these lips!!! Thanks for organizing this!
Tara

 

[mowsie dreamer]

Great job putting this together, Michelle!! We're gonna be plucking those pounds away just like they were turkey feathers!!

 

[tiggerlover]

I would like to join in too, if it isn't too late. My goal by Thanksgiving is to lose 5 more pounds. I took me two months to lose the last 5 pounds, so I am hoping I can get with it and lose the next five in half the time.

 

[DoeWDW]

Can I join in if my goal is only 2 pounds??

I'm getting close to my final goal weight and every pound is gonna be tough from here on out.

I'm starting at 134 and I want to be at 132 by Thanksgiving. That will get me to my 10 pound clippie and will keep me on track for my final goal of 127 by my 40th birthday in February.

 

[catherine]

Hi Beastlover, can I please change my turkey goal to 10lbs. When I originally stated my goal I didn't realise that we were starting at the end of this week. My goal is to get my 50lb clippie by Thanksgiving, as I have just lost 3lbs this week to get me the 40lb clippie I now only need to lose 10lbs to achieve my goal.

 

[Beastlover]

I'm so excited....

Imhall2000, tiggerlover, DoeWDW: I will add yours!
catherine: you and I are on the same mission--let's go for it!!

Mowsie Dreamer: I love that phrase..."plucking those pounds away just like they were turkey feathers"

Have a great evening everybody!!!

 

[AprilN]

I'd like to join the challenge as well... especially since I've already set a Thanksgiving goal anyway. My goal is to have 10 more pounds gone. This is based on last week's weigh-in (when I made my Halloween goal), so I'm already 1/10 for this challenge!

Thanks for organizing this effort! I'm also interested in some healthier recipes for Turkey Day, especially desserts like pumpkin pie.

Have a great evening, one and all!

 

[Jess5150]

I would like to do the Thanksgiving challenge. I want to lose 10 pounds by then.

 

[sadeeyore]

Can I join in to please? I want to aim at 7lb for the Thanksgiving challenge. This would really help towards getting to ONDERland for Christmas
Helen

 

[Beastlover]

sadeeyore-I will add you for 7 pounds--you can do this!! We will beat that Turkey!!!

 

[Beastlover]

WOW!! Let's give ourselves a hug!! I have added up how much we want to lose by Thanksgiving--226 pounds!! That's a lot of turkeys!! (I may re-add though, I have a kitten that is hogging my keyboard and insisting I pet her!! )

Anyway, I will try to keep track as we go along to see how much the group has lost!!

It's not too late to jump in!! I am ready to "gobble up success" with our Thanksgiving Challenge!!

warble warble warble....

 

[tlgoblue]

Count me in!
I am shooting for an 8 pound loss, which should put me at 140, IF I hit my 148 goal for holloween. Oh heck, I'm just shooting for 140 by Thanksgiving. Thanks for the challenge!

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[Beastlover]

Great to see you tlgoblue--I added you for 8 pounds and 140 sounds like a great number!!

Our total to lose has come to 234 pounds!! twotoohappy has a great idea (from the TOT thread) we should keep track of how much we have lost!!

 

[afsi3838]

can i hop on too? I'd like my goal at 10 lbs by thanksgiving. i'm on a rush i've decided to start my whish challenge today and i'm all about "baby steps" to my goal of 20 lbs. going to WDW in january and i want to be able to walk around without feeling out of breath or tired......Here goes

 

[Beastlover]

afsi3838 I have you down for 10 pounds!!! Welcome!!! You have pushed our tally to 244 pounds we want to lose!!

WOO_HOO!!!!

 

[Claire4dpins]

Hi Everyone

I would like to sign up for the challenge - I thought I was too late but I see others are still joining!
One confession - I am not 100% sure when Thanksgiving is - Ill-Informed Brit - but I think it is 20th November three weeks today??!!?

Edited:
Oh dear, I was wrong then - AlisonB has posted - 'Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2003) is November 27th' - for me, thanks Alison!
As it is four weeks until Thanksgiving I hope for 8lb by then!
Thanks,
Claire

 

[PAdisMOM]

I'm going to change my goal from 5 pounds to 7 pounds because I gained 2 pounds since I first set my goal.

 

[AlisonB]

Claire,

I just had to do a Google Search to find out when Thanksgiving is!

This is what I found:

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2003) is November 27th.

So, can I jump on board also please?

I'll set myself 8 lbs to lose please!