Merry Christmas to Yourself Challenge (Page 2)

Hi Kelly,

I also started with the hopes of losing 50 lbs and dong a tri.  I've currnetly lost 15 lbs and have competed 2 tris.  Lots of us are new here, but many others are very seasoned and full of helpful information.  Keep your training logs up to date, and we'll be here to motivate you and cheer you on!!!

Ditto...on the 50 lbs to lose and doing a tri...So far I have lost 15 as well and have done 1 tri...and I will do my first 5k in a few weeks (my first tri was a super sprint with a 2 mile run not a 5K)...You can certainly do it and the people on this site are great for giving encouragement and teaching you a lot about the sport! Good luck! 

Well, I am posting my starting weight today as I will be away on vacation next week. The holiday will be a challenge for me as I have just recently developed a routine of exercise that I have been enjoying. I will have to mix it up a bit and try and fit it in around the family.

Statring weight (for Monday) I am posting is 290lbs. I am at 291lbs at present but expect that this will continue to melt away. My target weight-loss is 2lb per week for the duration, giving me a Christmas target weight of 264lbs.

Wishing everyone the best of luck!

One stone is 14 pounds...    It's a measure of weight used in the British Isles.

The last challenge I was in was fairly informal--just set a goal and head toward it: give it your best shot and use the weekly weigh-ins to keep yourself accountable.  So, in my case, I'd like to break the 200 mark by New Year's.  That beings said, if I'm a pound or two off on New Year's day, I'll take where I'm at and be very happy about it.  

That's going to be my strategy on this challenge, too.  There may be a bad day here or there, but the weekly weigh-ins and the camaraderie of the rest of the group help minimize those slip-ups.

 Hope everyone has a good weekend... and get ready to post your starting weight on Monday!  Good luck, all!

I'm also in. 

Ideally I would like to lose 15 lbs but realistically I will settle for 10.

Starting weight as of this morning:  146 lbs.

Good morning,

My starting weight this morning is 173.4 lbs and by the end of the Challenge I would love to lose 14lbs but will prob be actually able to get 10 lbs down. Making my weight 163.4lbs. The lowest weight in the last 20 yrs. But I can not complain as I am down from a high of 269lbs just 3-4 yrs ago. Good luck everyone!

Here we go! My goal: I'd like to get down to 200 by New Year's day.

Starting weight:

9/22/2008:  227

Good luck, everybody!  Let's all help keep each other motivated and on the right track through the next few months...

Starting weight (last week): 214.4

 Weight 9/22/08: 212.6

 Goal: 200

Keep up the good work everyone! 

enders_shadow - 2008-09-22 8:33 AM Somehow I've managed to gain weight from last week...so I'm starting at a higher number than I'd like, but that just means more to lose, right? Today's weight: 149.4 Goal weight: 139 My Christmas present to myself is to get below 140.

That's very doable, just stick with us and hang in there--you'll get there.   By the way, AWESOME user name. The Ender & Bean novels are two of my favorite series of books.  My son's nickname was Bean (even before he was born). (Ok, I'm now officially outed as a science-fiction nerd... )

Hi. This is my first challenge.  Heck, this is my first post at BT.

I've went from complete inactivity (I was also a smoker) one year ago to the point where I (slowly) did my first sprint tri 3 weeks ago.  My goal has been to get healthier and lose weight.  I've been successful on the first but I still am about the same weight I was when I started, probably because my drastic change in activity level led to increased eating.  The good news is that I haven't GAINED any weight in the last year, which I had been doing steadily previously.  Though the weight has shifted and I'm getting more muscular, I'm still not losing so I hope that this helps me.

Starting Weight:

9/22 - 144.5

Goal Weight: 125

This is going to be a stretch for me, not only are the dreaded holidays during this period but I will be celebrating my birthday and my mom, dad, and sister's birthdays during in Oct-Dec.

My starting weight this morning:  140.6 lbs.

My goal weight is 125 lbs.

Ok this is my first challenge. As of today I'm down 22 pounds from march. I'd like to lose another 30, and maybe a little quicker!

 9/22 : 178

Goal for christmas: 160

Good luck to everyone!