September Calorie Counters Challenge! - MiniMins.com

Mixxi · 1st September, 2008

Tis that time again to renew the thread. Hope everyone did a lot better than I did last month!!

I'm optimistic though that this will be a good month for me and others as August is often a time where people are on holiday, break from work etc where it's easy to over induldge. Well that's my theory anyway....

Just post how much weight you're hoping to lose this month and update us with your progress!

Mixxi - 6 lbs

MzMonday · 1st September, 2008

Current weight: 211 pounds
Goal for October: 205lbs (-6lbs)

I am hoping for more around an 8lb loss, but any loss is a good loss and 6lbs seems less daunting. Also I am going to require myself to walk at least 30 minutes per day, along with 1 piece of fruit and 1 serving dark green veggies per day (I'll work my way to two fruit and four veggie eventually - baby steps, I eat very poorly right now)

dani_doot · 1st September, 2008

Current weight : 154lbs
Goal for September 30th (holiday) : 146 (-8lbs)

i am hoping for a little bit more weightloss that 8lbs, but i know that 2lbs a week is achievable.

MzMonday · 2nd September, 2008

How is everyone holding up? Doing well here as day 3 nears it's end; still need to make it through dinner and the rest of the evening, but I think I can manage. Everything is all planned out.

Mixxi · 2nd September, 2008

I think I'm getting back into it now

we'll see if I'm going the right way when I weigh on Monday.
Well done MzMonday.. the first few days are always the hardest I find.

MzMonday · 3rd September, 2008

Day #4 and I made it through lunch ~ dodged free pizza in the lunch room and I am feeling proud of myself

Surprisingly I feel great, more energetic, even. It may be all in my head, the burst of enthusiams that comes with starting a new project; but I am hoping it's just a result of eating healthier (I won't say healthy as I am not yet eating completely healthy - but I am doing a LOT better).

MzMonday · 8th September, 2008

Start weight: 211 pounds
New Goal for October: 200lbs (-11lbs)

I am guessing that water weight mostly contributed to the number below, I guess I need to reset my goal for October, though. Setting it down to 200lbs. That would be really nice!

Now that week #2 has started I am adding to my weekly goals. I am still aiming daily for at least ...
30 minutes walking
1 piece of fruit
1 serving dark green veggies
...and now I am adding: 5 minutes on the elliptical 4 times per week - so a total of 20 mins per week.

Week 1 (Sept 8th): 205lbs (-6lbs)

Week 2 (Sept 15th):
Week 3 (Sept 22nd):
Week 4 (Sept 29th):

MzMonday · 11th September, 2008

How is everyone holding up? Going strong in September?

Doing pretty good here, had sunset blvd (fast food) yesterday for lunch with some colleagues, calculated to about 700 calories (!); way too much for one meal, but I managed to stay within my limit for the day. Could have been worse, though, McDonald's would have been about 1200 calories for a similar meal

.

It's almost the weekend...oh how I long to sleep in to 10!

Austineer · 11th September, 2008

Hi everyone,

I've started calorie counting as of yesterday - so I guess I'm eleven days behind everyone in the monthly challenge!

I weighed myself last night for the first time in years - I weigh 224 lbs, which was a bit of a shock.

No cakes for me at work now (argghhh! I work in a garage and customers are always bringing us doughnuts).

I'm really looking forward to making a change to my life. I'm hoping for 2lb per week weight loss, anything else is a bonus. I have tickets to a concert in seven weeks time and I'll be seeing a load of old friends there - and I want to have some visible weight loss by then! And anything I can get rid of before my 30th birthday in 3-and-a-bit weeks time will be a bonus

MzMonday · 11th September, 2008

Welcome

Making the change is exciting and it's a good feeling. It has it's challenging days, but you won't regret your decision once you start looking and feeling better. For me I haven't noticed that I look different, but I do feel better. More able, if that makes sense.

2lbs a week is very reasonable if you are combining both diet and exercise. Are you planning on using food focus or anything like that to assist?

Austineer · 12th September, 2008

Hi MzMonday,

I've started using Food Focus and am finding it very user friendly - it's taking the guesswork out of things!

munkypooh · 12th September, 2008

Hiya,

I'm calorie counting again after a bit of a gain over summer

( I can't think why?

)

My target is 9lbs this month.

I've already lost 2.5lbs.

Today my sore throat and headcold has turned into not being able to keep anything but a few dry cornflakes down, so I'm having a bit of trouble sticking to my regular diet!

Hopefully I'll be on the mend and back to the gym soon

Good Luck to everyone else on the thread!

MzMonday · 12th September, 2008

The summer with all of the vacations, warm weather, icecream...yeah, I can imagine it's a tough time of year to stick it out.

MzMonday · 13th September, 2008

I went to the movies today and I had a kid size popcorn. I was so tempted to get one of those giant snickers bars but I went with a snickers mini I had brought from home instead. Surprisingly I didn't feel like I was missing out...much

My hubby had a big popcorn and a magnum chocolate icecream on a stick. Oh boy was that tough to sit next to.

The movie was "Hellboy II", much better than the first one, for anyone interested

48 hours until the next weigh in for yours truly.

MzMonday · 15th September, 2008

Start weight: 211 pounds
New Goal for October: 200lbs (-11lbs)

Week #3 has officially started and I am still feeling good.
30 minutes walking
1 piece of fruit
1 serving dark green veggies
10 minutes on the elliptical 4 times per week
adding: 15 minutes speed walking 5 times per week & another 5 minutes, making a total of 10 minutes 4 times per week.
Week 1 (Sept 8th): 205lbs (-6lbs)

Week 2 (Sept 15th): 203lbs (-2lbs this week)
Week 3 (Sept 22nd):
Week 4 (Sept 29th):

1st September, 2008	#1 (permalink)
Mixxi Regular Member Mixxi's Profile Albums Mixxi's Photo Gallery Join Date: 22nd June, 2008 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 70 My Mood: Rep Power: 1 Diet: Calorie counting	September Calorie Counters Challenge! Tis that time again to renew the thread. Hope everyone did a lot better than I did last month!! I'm optimistic though that this will be a good month for me and others as August is often a time where people are on holiday, break from work etc where it's easy to over induldge. Well that's my theory anyway.... Just post how much weight you're hoping to lose this month and update us with your progress! Mixxi - 6 lbs __________________ Goals: Get to 10 stone by Nov 8th (my 18th) ~ DONE! 9 stone 7 pounds by Nov 8th ~ DONE! 9 stone by Xmas

1st September, 2008	#2 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	Current weight: 211 pounds Goal for October: 205lbs (-6lbs) I am hoping for more around an 8lb loss, but any loss is a good loss and 6lbs seems less daunting. Also I am going to require myself to walk at least 30 minutes per day, along with 1 piece of fruit and 1 serving dark green veggies per day (I'll work my way to two fruit and four veggie eventually - baby steps, I eat very poorly right now) __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas Last edited by MzMonday : 8th September, 2008 at 02:31 PM.

1st September, 2008	#3 (permalink)
dani_doot Regular Member dani_doot's Profile Albums dani_doot's Photo Gallery Join Date: 11th August, 2008 Posts: 77 My Mood: Rep Power: 3	Current weight : 154lbs Goal for September 30th (holiday) : 146 (-8lbs) i am hoping for a little bit more weightloss that 8lbs, but i know that 2lbs a week is achievable. __________________

2nd September, 2008	#4 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	How is everyone holding up? Doing well here as day 3 nears it's end; still need to make it through dinner and the rest of the evening, but I think I can manage. Everything is all planned out. __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas

2nd September, 2008	#5 (permalink)
Mixxi Regular Member Mixxi's Profile Albums Mixxi's Photo Gallery Join Date: 22nd June, 2008 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 70 My Mood: Rep Power: 1 Diet: Calorie counting	I think I'm getting back into it now we'll see if I'm going the right way when I weigh on Monday. Well done MzMonday.. the first few days are always the hardest I find. __________________ Goals: Get to 10 stone by Nov 8th (my 18th) ~ DONE! 9 stone 7 pounds by Nov 8th ~ DONE! 9 stone by Xmas

3rd September, 2008	#6 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	Day #4 and I made it through lunch ~ dodged free pizza in the lunch room and I am feeling proud of myself Surprisingly I feel great, more energetic, even. It may be all in my head, the burst of enthusiams that comes with starting a new project; but I am hoping it's just a result of eating healthier (I won't say healthy as I am not yet eating completely healthy - but I am doing a LOT better). __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas

8th September, 2008	#7 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	Start weight: 211 pounds New Goal for October: 200lbs (-11lbs) I am guessing that water weight mostly contributed to the number below, I guess I need to reset my goal for October, though. Setting it down to 200lbs. That would be really nice! Now that week #2 has started I am adding to my weekly goals. I am still aiming daily for at least ... 30 minutes walking 1 piece of fruit 1 serving dark green veggies ...and now I am adding: 5 minutes on the elliptical 4 times per week - so a total of 20 mins per week. Week 1 (Sept 8th): 205lbs (-6lbs) Week 2 (Sept 15th): Week 3 (Sept 22nd): Week 4 (Sept 29th): __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas Last edited by MzMonday : 11th September, 2008 at 08:09 AM. Reason: adding my second week goal onto the others.

11th September, 2008	#8 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	How is everyone holding up? Going strong in September? Doing pretty good here, had sunset blvd (fast food) yesterday for lunch with some colleagues, calculated to about 700 calories (!); way too much for one meal, but I managed to stay within my limit for the day. Could have been worse, though, McDonald's would have been about 1200 calories for a similar meal . It's almost the weekend...oh how I long to sleep in to 10! __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas

11th September, 2008	#9 (permalink)
Austineer Regular Member Austineer's Profile Albums Austineer's Photo Gallery Join Date: 10th September, 2008 Posts: 35 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 0 Diet: calorie counting	Hi everyone, I've started calorie counting as of yesterday - so I guess I'm eleven days behind everyone in the monthly challenge! I weighed myself last night for the first time in years - I weigh 224 lbs, which was a bit of a shock. No cakes for me at work now (argghhh! I work in a garage and customers are always bringing us doughnuts). I'm really looking forward to making a change to my life. I'm hoping for 2lb per week weight loss, anything else is a bonus. I have tickets to a concert in seven weeks time and I'll be seeing a load of old friends there - and I want to have some visible weight loss by then! And anything I can get rid of before my 30th birthday in 3-and-a-bit weeks time will be a bonus

11th September, 2008	#10 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	Welcome Making the change is exciting and it's a good feeling. It has it's challenging days, but you won't regret your decision once you start looking and feeling better. For me I haven't noticed that I look different, but I do feel better. More able, if that makes sense. 2lbs a week is very reasonable if you are combining both diet and exercise. Are you planning on using food focus or anything like that to assist? __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas

12th September, 2008	#11 (permalink)
Austineer Regular Member Austineer's Profile Albums Austineer's Photo Gallery Join Date: 10th September, 2008 Posts: 35 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 0 Diet: calorie counting	Hi MzMonday, I've started using Food Focus and am finding it very user friendly - it's taking the guesswork out of things! __________________ Start date 11/09/08 - 224lbs 1st week (-6lb) 2nd week (-4lb) 3rd week (-6lb) Brilliant!

12th September, 2008	#12 (permalink)
munkypooh Warning-Contains Nuts munkypooh's Profile Albums munkypooh's Photo Gallery Tetris Champion! Join Date: 14th February, 2008 Location: uk Posts: 685 My Mood: Rep Power: 17 Diet: Weight Watchers Height: 5' 5" Start Weight: 224lb Current Weight: 143lb Goal Weight: 126lb BMI Information: Current BMI: 23.8 Start BMI: 37.3 Goal BMI: 21 Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 81lb Weight to Lose: 17lb % Lost 36.16%	Hiya, I'm calorie counting again after a bit of a gain over summer ( I can't think why? ) My target is 9lbs this month. I've already lost 2.5lbs. Today my sore throat and headcold has turned into not being able to keep anything but a few dry cornflakes down, so I'm having a bit of trouble sticking to my regular diet! Hopefully I'll be on the mend and back to the gym soon Good Luck to everyone else on the thread! __________________ Long-term ticker (It's best not to ask how long this has taken !!) WeightWatchers, the final step! W1 -1.5 W2 -3.5 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10

12th September, 2008	#13 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	The summer with all of the vacations, warm weather, icecream...yeah, I can imagine it's a tough time of year to stick it out. __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas

13th September, 2008	#14 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	I went to the movies today and I had a kid size popcorn. I was so tempted to get one of those giant snickers bars but I went with a snickers mini I had brought from home instead. Surprisingly I didn't feel like I was missing out...much My hubby had a big popcorn and a magnum chocolate icecream on a stick. Oh boy was that tough to sit next to. The movie was "Hellboy II", much better than the first one, for anyone interested 48 hours until the next weigh in for yours truly. __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas

15th September, 2008	#15 (permalink)
MzMonday Likes to post MzMonday's Profile Albums MzMonday's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th August, 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 108 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Diet: Calorie Counting	Start weight: 211 pounds New Goal for October: 200lbs (-11lbs) Week #3 has officially started and I am still feeling good. 30 minutes walking 1 piece of fruit 1 serving dark green veggies 10 minutes on the elliptical 4 times per week adding: 15 minutes speed walking 5 times per week & another 5 minutes, making a total of 10 minutes 4 times per week. Week 1 (Sept 8th): 205lbs (-6lbs) Week 2 (Sept 15th): 203lbs (-2lbs this week) Week 3 (Sept 22nd): Week 4 (Sept 29th): __________________ Week 1/Sept 8th, 2008: 205lbs (6lb lost) Week 2/Sept 15th, 2008: 205lbs (2lb lost) Mini Weight Loss Goal: 185lbs (26lbs from start weight) by Christmas Last edited by MzMonday : 15th September, 2008 at 08:22 AM.

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