I am not sure what is happening…when I try to post to the forum, my username is not showing up, so I can’t post to the challenge I started! I have been having trouble here for a few days (not able to leave comments, things like that). If you are in the Move It or Lose It Challenge, please be patient! I’m trying to get there! If I need to, I’ll start another account and username and see if that works.
Hello again, just wanted to post a reminder that the Move It or Lose It Challenge starts this Sunday, November 8th! It’s a very simple and fun challenge.
Here’s the link again:
Hey, with the holidays coming up, we can all use all the motivation and support we can get, right? So click the link, head over to the forum, and join me in a challenge. It only runs one week at a time, so if you don’t like it, you aren’t committed to a long challenge. It also means that each week is a new beginning to do even better!
Last week I talked myself out of trying a kickboxing class at a community center right down the street from where I live. I convinced myself I don’t have the money right now, I can do workouts at home, blah blah, but I REALLY wanted to try it. So last night I went to take the free trial class.
I loved it! The instructor is intense and energetic and tough as nails. She worked hard along with us and wandered the room to check people’s form. I got a big head when she said my knee lifts were really good :) It made me work all the harder, just knowing she noticed how hard I was working out!
It was awesome to see so many different people, all different weights, all different sizes, all different fitness levels, working out together. It was a bigger class than I thought it would be. I loved, loved, loved it.
Needless to say, I will be going back for more! Another good thing is, kickboxing will force me to eat better. Too much junk food in my belly yesterday made me feel kinda sick. I will have to eat very clean to get through a workout like that!
I’m so excited to have found that class. I have to wait until Tuesday to go back! It’s only twice a week. I’m looking forward to it already.
I felt so motivated this morning, I decided to start a new challenge over on the forum! It’s called the MOVE IT or LOSE IT challenge. I robbed the idea from another weight loss suupport site, but I really like it and wanted to share it here.
All you do is give yourself points for the exercise you do each day. The challenge runs one week at a time, so you can join any time and get a new start each week! Here is the link:
Hope a few of you will join me! It’s a simple, fun challenge that doesn’t take much time but can be quite motivating to work out 
After work yesterday, I worked out as promised, 45 minutes of weight training I also posted my plan for the rest of this week and my plan for reaching goal weight by mid-March.I feel on fire! It is great to have a road map and a solid idea of where I’m going and how to get there. After struggling all week, and feeling down, I feel hopeful again, excited, ready to rock!
I weigh in on Saturdays, and after pigging out and doing terribly all week, there is a good chance I will have a gain on Saturday, no matter how hard I work today and tomorrow. I am prepared for that and am reminding myself that it’s not an excuse to pig out these last 2 days of the week and make things even worse. That stupid mindset is what got me overweight in the first place, so it belongs in the trash!
I love this site and want to explore everything, from the challenges and the forum and everyone’s blogs. I hope everyone wakes up with the attitude that today is a new day and a new start, a chance to do it right today and treat yourself to a good day.
I love to plan, chart, keep statistics, and give myself a road map. So this afternoon I scribbled out some guidelines to help me reach my goal weight and figure out how I will get there.
Starting at 164 pounds (assuming I don’t have a gain at weigh-in on Saturday), I have 34 pounds to lose to get down to 130. At a safe and steady 2 pounds per week, it will take me about 18 weeks. Eighteen weeks from now is around March 13.
So there you have it…sometime in mid-March, if I stay consistent, I should be at or really close to my goal weight!
For the rest of this week, to help me get back on track, my goals are to:
1. Exercise at least 45 minutes per day. (I started this today and did 45 minutes of weight training this evening.)
2. No more soda from right this very second until after Saturday’s weigh-in!
3. Keep a food diary, for all meals, each day. No matter what. I need to track what I am eating and drinking to rein it back in.
After weigh-in on Saturday, I will make a new weight chart with weekly goals, all the way through March, to help me stay motivated and on track. I will also make a list of my rewards for each 10 pounds lost :) Something to look forward to and work toward.
I plan to strength train at least 3 days per week; cardio the other days of the week; and work my abs on strength training days.
Whew! My brain is burning :) It’s exciting to think that in 4 or 5 months, I can be right where I want to be. I just need to stay focused and keep moving toward my goals and be willing to put into this what it will take to get what I want!
Hello! I am new here and really hoping to find the support (and tough love) I need to get my butt in gear. Here’s my stats: I am starting at 164 pounds and want to get down to 130 pounds. I was down to 156, then lost my grip and quickly gained 8 pounds back. I don’t want to gain back any more! I worked too hard to lose those pounds. And I don’t want the blasted things back!
I’m not sure what happens. I just sometimes feel sad and hopeless, and it makes it hard to really believe I can do this.
I don’t believe in feeling sorry for myself or wallowing around whining about wanting to be thin while I shove fistfuls of junk food into my mouth though! I want to be strong and fit. I want to like how I look and how I feel. I want to be the person I know I can be, if I put my mind to it and stick to it.
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