This week's stats

Yay! Congrats all!! We all did pretty well this week!! Now, let's all try to kick Sam's butt!! :) He is beating us all!! No, but really, good job Sam! I am proud of all of us for sticking with it!! Cheers!

Finding that motivation

I kinda wanted to share my opinion for helping some people find their motivation to stick with the weightloss challenge. I think you need to find a motivator. Its okay if your motivation is a vacation, new clothes, a new job, health benefits, yadda yadda... choose what motivates you the most and focus on that. For me, the best motivational tool I have is my best friend Jeremy. We have a common goal, and when one of us is feeling discouraged, we lift eachother up. I would suggest confiding in someone within your household. When your friends and family are on board and willing to help and keep you encouraged, it makes a world of difference.

For me, when I just feel crummy and don't want to make dinner or lunch, Jeremy steps in and just does it. We have not eaten out lately and it's paid off. I've noticed that some of us are having a hard time doing a weightloss regime because of the lack of money to buy the "correct" groceries. Dont fret about that!! You can still eat low calorie on a very strict diet. What works for me or Jeremy or Sam or Amy is different from Ange or Ben or Rod or Vennette. On a tight budget still eat what you need, but eat less of it. Have one serving, instead of two.

I have a hard time with the word "diet". I think what would be a better word would be " life change". Because we are teaching ourselves the right way to live... lower calories, more exercise, self discipline... its not what a "diet" entails. I want us all to challenge ourselves in the weeks to come. Lets think about changing our perspectives about food. We eat to live, not live to eat! Lets tell ourselves everyday "I am amazing. I am doing what is best for my body. I am in charge of myself."

Self motivation is an incredible tool, but by gaining the compassion and help of family and friends; I know we can all do this!! I support everyone! And if you are feeling discouraged, just remember we are re-teaching our bodies and minds how to get healthy and stay healthy!!

Cheers!

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Only 65 days left in the year!

Hi everyone!

Since no one else is posting, so I guess I will.  October is almost over!  That means you only have two months to lose 10% of your body weight.  That is really not a whole lot of time, but definitely still do-able!  I want to encourage everyone to remove any obstacles that stand in your way.  Think about what is holding you back and remove it from your life (if you can).  If your obstacle can not be removed (eg spouse, parties, temptations, etc) then you will have to figure out how to live with it.

Something that has really helped keep me motivated is starting a streak.   This may be # of days you did well on your specific diet or days you worked out.  Think how great you will feel if by the end of the year you have a 64 day streak of some sort.

Only 2 more days till weigh-in.  Kick it in gear!     

Pic from last Saturday's Zion Hike.  Ben, Shannon, Pat, and I (Berkely was on my back) hiked majority of Angel's Landing.  It was a killer! Thanks for packing the camera Pat!

Best.Workout.Song.Ever

Barbara Streisand by Duck sauce!!

Haven't worked out to it yet? I dare you!! You will love it!

And p.s. thanks a lot Sam. You introduced me to this song!

Cheers.

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Why do you want to lose weight?

As we move into Week 3, are you feeling motivated or discouraged? I was thinking today that it would be important for all of us to really be thinking about why we want to lose weight.

For me, I was just tired of talking about losing 30 pounds, but never really doing anything about it. When we came up with the 12 week challenge I really liked the idea of losing this weight before the end of the year. I am sure it has been my new years resolution for like 6-7 years now. On December 31, I want to be able to say that I accomplished what I set out to do.

Another reason why I also am wanting to lose weight is that I am not getting any younger and working with the elderly reminds me, on a daily basis, how important it is to take care of yourself. Before you know it, you will be 60. For me I want to enjoy retirement. I want to play with my kids and grand-kids and travel the world. I dont want to restrict myself by dealing with health issues that are a consequence of poor decisions that I made years prior.

What is your motivation? Post in the comments below.

Cheese

It looks like that lady is holding a big blob of fried cheese

5 pounds of Fat

This was from Jeremy in an email. Okay, I know, look past the crazy lady, but look at the 5 pounds of fat she is holding. Imagine, as a group, we've lost about 31 pounds at last weigh in. That's 6 times the amount of fat this lady is holding. 

5 pounds of fat

Now imagine a 5 lb bag of potatoes. Now imagine carrying 6 of those bags...

Imagine how great we will feel when all this fat comes off of our bodies! It is pretty impressive!

punch myself in the face

Hey everyone

I just thought I would punch myself in the face and give myself a bloody nose that way I can lose 1/2 a pound like Desire........ha ha ha ha ha ouch ouch ouch. Just kidding but that is hilarious.

So I just caught up with everyones personal blogs ( Sam, Desire and Amy) looking good everyone. I personally will not be doing a personal blog as of now because I have no idea how to do it, maybe in the future, eh. But for now this works I hope. I am going to make it a habit of posting every Sunday after weighing in, but I wanted to let you all know that I am keeping track of my daily intake, weekly measurements and weights See all you who are going on the hike tomorrow.

Love you all
Ange

Random...

Woke up this morning, weighed... alright that was good.

Got a bloody nose... weighed again... lost .5 lb! hahaha! Had to share!

Cheers,
Des