Anybody else having a go at weight loss for the new year?

Picture-Perfect · Guru

Anybody else having a go at weight loss for the new year?

muffy · Guru

I am starting jan 15. I am heading to Ohio to visit my parents Jan 8-15, and I want to eat cheesecake factory without guilt. Then it's on the wagon to lose the last of the cate weight and tone!

FoxyRoxy · Guru

I' here! I'm starting on Monday. Our christmas are the longest so we celebrate three kings day on jan 6. But my thinking is that there will always be something so that's why i'm strating on monday. So i'm eating today and tomorrow at my mom's... You can only imagine!!!

So I'm preparing for a big headache on monday... MF here we go!!!!

tammy · Senior Member

I have gained 25 pounds since my dad died (3 months ago). I really, really want to get that off. It took me ALL of 2010 to lose it and just a few months to gain it back. Ugh !!!

A friend and I walked/jogged the 2010 Disney 1/2 marathon and my goal is to run it this year.

apies · Guru

i'm definitely in.

i'm up 10 pounds from the holidays. boo.

i'm on the wagon again on monday.

MFP girls, i hope i'm not the only one there on monday!

CoffeeQueen · Guru

I am back in! I feel so bloated, blah.

I will be dragging arse this week.

mctex · Guru

Yeah, me.

I've mostly maintained through the move... I'm up about 5 lbs off my low, I think.

I'd like to take the rest of this off.

Sara · Guru

good luck girls!!

i am sure you will all do just fine with the support of one another. :)

Supafly · Guru

I know I am not really "supposed" to at this point, but I would really like to stay on track, eat healthy, get exercise and hopefully shed a few. With where I am starting, I don't see how it could hurt, and I have read that overweight women don't really need to gain anyway.

Not that I would be unhealthy about it-I just want to try and get the crap out of my diet (a little tough since today crackers were about all I could stomach until dinnertime) and keep active.

But obviously I won't be on the same track at the rest of you. Still-I need the motivation!!!!

Did you all find that exercise helped with MS? It would be awesome if it did.

crystal · Guru

i'm up about 8 lbs from before thanksgiving cry

totally pissing me off! so, yes, i will be making changes. although, it is more that i will get back to my normal eating because i *usually* eat healthy. the holidays have just been harsh to me this year ;) but, i want to try to be better about getting my exercise in because i have barely been working out since we moved.

beckhamgirls · Senior Member

Like Laura, I'm not necessarily dieting because I'm prego, but I have a goal of NOT gaining as much weight with this pregnancy. With Mary Beth I gained app. 50lbs, 10 of those lbs. never went away. With Katie I gained 50+lbs., 10 of those never went away. So basically before this pregnancy I was already up 20lbs. since I started having kids. (I'm only 5'1").

I do not want to gain another 50lbs and keep 10 around! I have a tendency to eat whatever I fancy while I'm pregnant...it's actually one of my favorite parts. disbelief

I'd like to keep my total weight gain to 30lbs. or less. I'm also trying to eat better so that hopefully I don't have the blood pressure issues this time.

Cuppycake · Guru

I'm in. I'm actually looking at Medifast stuff in another tab and came to MS to read the reviews of the food. Joe's cousin just offended me (unintentionally) a few hours ago that gave me the kick in the ass I needed.

Picture-Perfect · Guru

I'm so glad to see all of you!

Rox, just take some advil and drink a coke zero. I had a pretty bad headache at work this afternoon and that fixed me right up, glad we are doing mf together!

Tammy i'm so sorry about your dad, I hope your finding some healing.

So April and Melissa are you both still doing medifast?

Tex, that's actually pretty awesome maintainance, I did zero maintaining. I ran right back to my old ways and my old weight came right back lol, i'm actually in a pretty decent place about it, really excited to be through my first day back on plan!

Supa and Barbie glad to see you, it's tough when eating for two, man I loved eating for two. Sometimes I wish I was prego so I could do that again. Ok that's bad, not a good influence ;)

Crystal i'm really looking forward to exercising again! I"m going to get through my first week on mf then hit the gym again, I was actually really enjoying it before I crashed off the wagon.

Leah, I cannot recommend MF enough, even though i've gained weight back it's my fault you know? Definitely not a program flaw. I stopped exercising and starting eating. a lot. So no confusion for me why i'm back up. Suggestion for you, check your local Craigslist. I got two of my really big lots on CL, yes it can probably be a little iffy, but I feel like after meeting the ladies I bought from that it was safe and I got a really good deal and it allowed me to do the program for well over 10 weeks. I am not having any luck finding much on craigslist here. My what i'm calling excite order will be here on Monday, just some yummy stuff yes I said yummy to round out my supply.

-- Edited by Picture-Perfect on Saturday 1st of January 2011 10:19:12 PM

Picture-Perfect · Guru

muffy wrote:

I am starting jan 15. I am heading to Ohio to visit my parents Jan 8-15, and I want to eat cheesecake factory without guilt. Then it's on the wagon to lose the last of the cate weight and tone!

Oh how I adore Cheesecake Factory. Good for you for jumping back on the wagon!

Cuppycake · Guru

Good to know, girly! I'm so proud of all of you girls. You've really kicked serious amounts of azz.

CoffeeQueen · Guru

Amber, I lost 25lbs and came off before thanksgiving. I have done great, but the last 5 days I have been eatin and drinking like crazy. I scared to get on the scale. I was up maybe a few lbs the other day, but not too bad. I plan to go back on mf for a few weeks and then be done. I am exercising and eat well, so I want to do it short term to jump start me and then after a few weeks I will just to to eating smart.

I want to shed about 10-15 more and then I will be perfect for me. I feel good right now weight wise, but I am on the high end of a normal bmi.

Sonya · Guru

I'm back on the wagon as of Tuesday.

Should we do a weekly weigh in? Is Saturday the best day to post?

Chrissie · Guru

I'm definitely back on the wagon starting Monday.

We finished our first round(13weeks) of P90X about 2 weeks ago. That's the last time I excercised. I've also been eating like crap with holidays here.

We are starting a second round of P90x in the morning, and I'll also be going to the gym at lunch time for either eliptical, treadmill, bike, or stair machine.

Also, no more junk!! I'm usually really good at this part, but was extra bad with the holidays this year!

Dddiii · Guru

Definitely in!

This weight isn't budging. I can hardly look at pics from Christmas without wanting to build myself a cave to hide in.

My goal is to be at an acceptable weight by the Boston trip. I don't think I can lose it all by then, but I'm hoping to have made a big ol' dent!

Supafly · Guru

Tammy, I am so sorry about your dad. I hope you are on your way to finding peace with his passing. ((((HUGS))))

Amber-you are a bad influence!!! No talking about how much you enjoyed eating when pg!!!

Barbie-I hear you. I didn't gain a ton with my girls (21lbs with Anna and 23lbs with Kate), but I also started out high-I was 198 both times. Well, this time because of being on steroids and gaining a TON on them (50lbs the first round in 2008, and then 45lbs the second round this past year-and THAT was really controlling my intake), I am already starting at close to my delivery weight! I weighed this morning and was 219.8. Ouch. So I can not afford to gain a lot this time around. I am not feeling well, which sucks, but might help, lol. I made the mistake of eating an egg this morning, and now I keep burping and tasting it again and it is seriously making me want to vomit. I should have stuck with crackers. I had crackers yesterday and that went down fine. Or maybe I should eat apples. They sound pretty tasty. At any rate, I really don't want to make matters worse this go round. I needed to lose close to 60 pounds before I even had kids, so now I have more like 80 to lose-I don't want to add to that!!!!!! Not to mention it can't be healthy for the baby or help me with recovery. I am going to try and eat plenty of fruit and drink lots of water, and walk. I am hoping that getting some fresh air with help with the nausea too. How have you been feeling? Obviously I am not feeling great. But I guess I should be grateful on some level because at only 5.5 weeks, the nausea is a good sign, right? Still, it stinks.

Ladies-I know you all will do this!!! I am excited to see the pounds vanish, and for everyone to get to their goal!!! What are you all going to do for yourselves when you reach goals?