The Pants Challenge!!

[corinnak]

Are your pants too tight? Mine are. And I am going to USE that to my advantage!

Whether you have fallen off track and your clothes are binding a little or you want a little more incentive to get that next size down to fit, grab a pair of your pants that are too tight and join us! It doesn't matter what size they are, but just make sure it is the next size down from what fits you comfortably now. I am right in between 16 and 14 and I desperately want the 14's to be the ones I'm wearing at the end of the month for my Tower of Terror 13K race trip!

So pick out your pants, choose a reasonable time goal or an event in the near future at which you want your pants to fit and help yourself to the "Pants" clippie! Join us in re-committing to owning that smaller size!

 

[kimwim8]

Oh, I am SO in!!

Thanks so much, Corinna for starting this challenge!! This is gonna help me get back on track and back into my shorts for my WDW trip coming up in 4.5 weeks!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

im in!!! i need to get my pants a bit looser...or even back into the size 8s i want to be in!

 

[corinnak]

This isn't necessarily going to be easy. I'm so HUNGRY today! What methods are you ladies going to use to get those pants fitting? These are the things I am considering:

Diet improvement? - for me,get back to following WW more stringently. I am hampered by that site being down today.

Upping the cardio? More frequent weight training?

Is it really possible to make this happen in 3 weeks? I hope so.

 

[kimwim8]

Ok, I officially start tomorrow. (man, I hate saying that). For me, it helps to be at work when I start, so that I get on a roll (without all of the "home" temptations).

But here's my plan:

I'm going back to the core eating plan that the nutritionist gave me almost 2 years ago. High protein, low sugar, low carb. (exciting, huh? ). I'll be VERY hungry the first few days, but if I can get through that...then I'll be fine. In order to get rid of the initial "bloat" I'll be drinking my green tea twice a day plus 80-100 oz. of water per day. After the first week, I'll probably cut back the green tea to once a day and then once every other day (since it's a natural blood thinner).

What I'm worried about with this is my hair loss. That was one of my main issues when I was seeing the nutritionist. I need to get the hair/nail vitamins and get started on them right away.

Ok, enough about me. Here goes.......

(good luck guys!)

 

[lil mermaid]

I love this challenge! I really really want to fit into my jeans again. I would love to have the size 8's in my closet fit me when I go back home to Boston for Thanksgiving. I would love it if the 6's would fit, lol but I will settle for the 8's.

Okay, I feel stupid. I want the clippie but I don't know how to get it into my signature. Can someone clue me in?

 

[kimwim8]

I love this challenge! I really really want to fit into my jeans again. I would love to have the size 8's in my closet fit me when I go back home to Boston for Thanksgiving. I would love it if the 6's would fit, lol but I will settle for the 8's.

Okay, I feel stupid. I want the clippie but I don't know how to get it into my signature. Can someone clue me in?

Welcome lil mermaid!

If you right click on the picture and highlight/copy the url, then you paste it into your signature and add

to the end of the url. That shoudl work.

 

[katerkat]

I'm in! Mine are brown pants, the best brown pants ever. Last year, I switched pants with my sister - I gave her all my size 6-8s and she gave me all her 12s. Evil sister. I want those brown pants back and I'm almost there. I'm flying to Jersey in a month and I'm taking those pants back!! (To be fair, I'm getting her pants tailored so they will fit both of us and she can have any of hers back as well.)

I need to get back into my South Beach - low carb, right carb, etc. And drinking water again - I've been slacking a lot. And more cardio, especially since I'm training for the ToT!

I'm not sure how it will work... Unfortunately my tummy is at the point where there's not really a lot of "fat" - just loose skin from having a baby stretch everything out! So even though I'm fitting into some smaller sizes, I'm not fitting well into them, which is depressing. At least when I weighed more, I had that as an excuse when stuff didn't fit well.

 

[corinnak]

Fantastic! I feel the momentum building around here!

To make it easy to add the clippie, you can just paste this into your signature under User CP:

[@URL="http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=21191518#post21191518"][@IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/corinnak/bluepants3.jpg[/IMG] [/URL]

Just delete the two @ signs in the brackets and it should work. Or does that make it more complicated?

This has the graphic and it links to this page, so - ultra cool, right? Well, I thought so anyhow.

 

[chamonix]

Here's a recent photo of me wearing my "before" pants, LOL. Just a little inspiration that seemed well suited for this thread/challenge! I'm not quite at my goal yet, so I think I will join you--I have lost a lot, but still have a couple pants sizes to go.

 

[lil mermaid]

Fantastic! I feel the momentum building around here!

To make it easy to add the clippie, you can just paste this into your signature under User CP:

[@URL="http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=21191518#post21191518"][@IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/corinnak/bluepants3.jpg[/IMG] [/URL]

Just delete the two @ signs in the brackets and it should work. Or does that make it more complicated?

This has the graphic and it links to this page, so - ultra cool, right? Well, I thought so anyhow.

Thanks for your help guys - I am clueless!

 

[lil mermaid]

I'm not sure how it will work... Unfortunately my tummy is at the point where there's not really a lot of "fat" - just loose skin from having a baby stretch everything out! So even though I'm fitting into some smaller sizes, I'm not fitting well into them, which is depressing. At least when I weighed more, I had that as an excuse when stuff didn't fit well.

I think I know what you are talking about - that thing that you can tuck into your pants?? I call it "the shelf."

I am starting to work out on the Pilates reformer - I am hoping it helps with that, but it may be a lost cause...

 

[lil mermaid]

Here's a recent photo of me wearing my "before" pants, LOL. Just a little inspiration that seemed well suited for this thread/challenge! I'm not quite at my goal yet, so I think I will join you--I have lost a lot, but still have a couple pants sizes to go.

Wow - that is awesome! Congratulations. You look great!

 

[corinnak]

What an amazing photo, chamonix! That's got to be an amazing feeling. Glad to have you with us!

 

[bailey2007]

I would like to join this. I am also part of the October weight loss challenge and the 2007 weight loss challenge. I need all of the motivation that I can get! I have been following WW but lately have been sliding right off the program and can't seem to get back on. Maybe this will work- I am also a size 16 who longs to fit into all of the size 14s that I still own.

 

[corinnak]

Come sit over here by me, Bailey2007! We can do it - I know we can!!! You know what is silly? I still have the 18's in the house as well. I've gone up and down too many times, but I probably really should send all but one pair away, shouldn't I?


My newest wacky tactic - I was looking at November's Prevention magazine which claimed to have a workout to "firm up fast." Now I am not one to go for the get slim quick schemes and scams, but this is a cool little workout using exercise bands (I just bought one last week, coincidentally to help with a particular stretch for my hamstrings!). They tested five ways of getting strong: weights, resistance bands, Pilates, yoga and body-weight moves like push-ups on 18 sedentary women and found that the bands had a clear advantage over other methods because the women using the bands exercised more. This is a SMALL sample size, obviously, but they say you can see results in less than a month, and even tantalize me with the offer to "make zipping you your skinny jeans a breeze in just 3 weeks" Well, perfect, cause that is just what I want! I will keep you posted....I start tomorrow, as I did weights at the gym yesterday.

 

[corinnak]

OK - I suck because I didn't do that band workout yesterday. However, I ROCK because I ran over 7 miles yesterday!

Maybe it wasn't the smartest move, but I am donating blood today, and wanted to get my LONG run for the week done before I did that.

My pants are feeling better each day. This morning, they buttoned prety easily and the overhang is SO much less than it was. I don't know if they have stretched because I have been trying them on fairly frequently or if I really am that much LESS, but I guess I will take what I can get. I'd better wash them, though - they still have the tags on.

Thanks for jumping onboard this challenge, everyone! It helps so much knowing that I'm not alone in striving for THE PANTS.

 

[lil mermaid]

OK - I suck because I didn't do that band workout yesterday. However, I ROCK because I ran over 7 miles yesterday!

Maybe it wasn't the smartest move, but I am donating blood today, and wanted to get my LONG run for the week done before I did that.

My pants are feeling better each day. This morning, they buttoned prety easily and the overhang is SO much less than it was. I don't know if they have stretched because I have been trying them on fairly frequently or if I really am that much LESS, but I guess I will take what I can get. I'd better wash them, though - they still have the tags on.

Thanks for jumping onboard this challenge, everyone! It helps so much knowing that I'm not alone in striving for THE PANTS.

You do rock....7 miles? Holy smokes. I can barely do 3.

Okay, so I can get into the size 8 jeans - but it is NOT a pretty sight. Too tight, but I can get them on, zip them up and everything. I have decided that I am going to try them on every Thursday.

 

[kimwim8]

Holy cow, girl. (not holy cowgirl ). That is an AWESOME run!! And you do completely ROCK! I'd say after a run like that, skipping the band workout is totally acceptable.

Great job with the pants! I'm sure you're not stretching them out just by putting them on. Maybe if you were doing squats and waist bends or something.

Lil Mermaid - great job for you too!! I think trying on the pants once a week is a great way to track your progress.

I wore a pair of 6's today to work that are definitely cut WAY TOO slim. I have some 4's that fit better than these. But they buttoned & zipped easily so I put them on. I do have a bit of a muffin top going on..but I wore a blousy shirt.

Corinna - You're the best. Thank you SO much for starting this challenge. It's absolutely what I needed, in order to mix things up.

 

[OKWAnneMarie]

Here's a recent photo of me wearing my "before" pants, LOL. Just a little inspiration that seemed well suited for this thread/challenge! I'm not quite at my goal yet, so I think I will join you--I have lost a lot, but still have a couple pants sizes to go.

What a WONDERFUL picture!!! You are an inspiration.