Merry Christmas to Yourself Challenge (Page 14)

My wife bought one and I gained 12 pounds.....

oh man - quite the shocker eh? nasty new accuracies! 

CONGRATULATIONS ~ That is awesome!!!  Feels really good when you reach these mini goals, doesn't it?!

Great job, way to go!

9/15 - 143.5
9/22 - 144.5
9/29 - 144.5
10/6 - 142.5
10/13 - 142.0
10/20 - 139.5
10/27 - 139.5
11/3 - 137.5

11/10 - 137.0...going in the right direction...

Is your avatar pic taken at the Grand Canyon?  If so, my hubby and I have the exact same pic ~ well, with us in it instead of you two!

Last week 193

Today (Sunday 11/16) 191!

I am amazed.  I lost 2 and I've not done that since I started I don't believe.  Hopefully I will keep it up.  Look to get below 190 before Thanksgiving.

Hi!

First off, Cori way to go!!!!!!!  I know what it is to be stuck at weights.  Bleah.  It can be soo frustrating and discouraging. Congrats! Yay!

Here are my weights: 

Monday, September 10, 2008:  155

Monday, September 17, 2008:  152.5

Yay!  This is somewhat surprising because I have been in a rest and recovery phase since getting the runner's knee last week.  This weekend at the gym I only worked out 2.5 hours - no cardio - just pilates and weights.  Really amazing.  Usually my gym is at least 8 hours on the weekends.

 (And this morning I didn't go either.... I got up with my exhausted body and thought, "no way!"

I overtrained all summer and now it's catching up to me.  Plus I was stressed out - I had two biopsies this year - one about two weeks ago when I went to a pre-triathlon physical and my doctor said she found a "lump" in my breast 2 cm big!  I went to an emergency mammogram/emergency sonogram and then two days later - an emergency biopsy.  Imagine the stress!  Then four days later doctor called and said it was just a hard lump of "disintegrating fat."  Yay - thank God!  But I was REALLY stressed out and worked out like a banshee all throughout that mess.  I even worked out the morning of the biopsy.  I just kept thinking about Lance Armstrong -  "if he can do it, I can too."  Thank God it was benign!

But now - I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired.

Rest and recovery for me!  Funny, I hadn't read much about rest and recovery until I joined these forums. Hm...

with care - and congratulations everyone !  (And now there is no way I am buying a new scale.)  :=)

Danett

11/17 - 214 - Bad news from Dr office - Vitamin D deficiency - only 14 instead of normal 50.

• 11/17 182

My off season is officially over and I managed to get through it without a weight gain,now I can focus on my workouts and not so much on calorie count.

I am still working on ideas for a healthy Thanksgiving dinner that I will make, can everyone share thier ideas or plans?So far I have desert decided(sweet potato Cheesecake)!

Good to hear you are o.k.! It is a very scary deal, I hope things get better!

Last Week (11/10): 301.7 

Current: 297.8

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Goal Weight:  285

Cory- CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Yes, you can do it!

Danett- Glad the biopsy came out ok! Congrats on the weight loss!!

Keep up the good work everyone!!!

Weigh in:

10/27- 127

11/3- 125.8

11/10- 127.2

11/17- 126.2

I'm starting marathon training today, so hopefully the increased workouts will help get rid of some body fat

Sorry about the vit D deficiency. What was the drs recommendation?

9/22       237.0 lbs                                                   
9/29       234.5 lbs                                 
10/6       234.0 lbs                                                   
10/13     230.5 lbs                                                   
10/20     231.0 lbs
10/27     229.0 lbs
11/3       225.0 lbs
11/10     226.0 lbs
11/17     225.0 lbs   

I've been "off the wagon" for the past two weeks, but apparently there's no damage done - just a delay in reaching my goal of 220 pounds by Christmas.

Congrats on getting through the off season with no weight gain! I'm not much help for Thanksgiving ideas. I'm just going with a traditional Thanksgiving and try not to eat too much of it. My family would throw a fit if I tried to make a HEALTHY Thanksgiving

October 25 - 155 lbs

Ocober 27 - 152 lbs and 35% body fat

November 2 - 149 and 34% body fat

November 10 -  149 and 34% body fat

November 17 - 152 and 33% body fat

Hmm.  Wrong direction.  I achieved my goal of cutting back daily calories through Thursday of last week, and then I went out of town only to be sleep deprived, stressed, and exposed to constantly available baked goods and coffee.  I fell flat on my face.

SO, now, my goal is about 1500-1800 calories per day depending on my workouts and getting a handle on the weekends.

11/17/2008 213.5  -- Finally some improvement, breaking through the 215 plateau! 

Ok... that's a recipe I need!  Sounds delicious!