Welcome to our new week! And a new challenge!

Janine, Blue, MaryKay and Me! On your mark, get set, LOOSE!

Here it goes:

One Point each day for the following:

Water: 64+ oz
Exercise: 20 minutes
Food: 100% - You declare your food plan
Personal Goal: You also declare what you are doing, can change daily if needed
Posting: Just let us know that you are there and how you are doing!

I would also like to start keeping a total of the weight that we have lost since we have started this little thread. SO, Please keep a total of that as well. Please also only update that weekly with an official weight in.

Here is a templet to cut and paste to your post:

Water:
Exercise:
Food:
Personal Goal:
Posting:

Daily Total:
Running Total:

Weight lost:

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178/156*/150/140
*started LCE

Howdy!

What a great day for a challenge. I forgot and ate a cookie...so I will not get my food point today! Bummer! I have to get to it and exercise before the day is over. Went to a great Japanese restaurant for lunch with some friends. I had an awesome garlic fish and a sashimi (raw fish salad)..which was great!

I am eating Phase II, but decided to go back to Phase I starting Tuesday. I have one month before I come home to the States for a visit...I had better get down now before I go and see all of my high school friends.

Phase I eating will also be my personal goal. That will give me 2 points to keep me on target.

Water: 1
Exercise:0
Food: 0
Personal Goal: 1
Posting: 1

Daily Total:3
Running Total:3

Weight lost:

I'll update this post when my day is over and y'alls is just starting!
Holly

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178/156*/150/140
*started LCE

hi, all. I really need this challengeto keep me honest. 2 b-day parties this weekend and I just lost it. I am committing to starting at the beginning or Induction/Stage I level today. so far, so good- but my trouble zone is the evening snacks. did well with the exercise today, though.

Water: 68
Exercise:1 - (did a 30 min stability ball tape + took the kids on a 1 1/2 hour nature walk)
Food:1 no cheats, but maybe a bit high on the "legal" stuff
Personal Goal: 1 start Stage 1/Induction level and stick to it for the week
Posting:1

Daily Total:5
Running Total:5

Weight lost: 0
Janine
189/189/165

Water: 1 -70 so far
Exercise: 1 - 15 min eliptical, 1 hour weight circuit training
Food: 1 - on plan (more carb and cals than usual, but that is my goal)
Personal Goal: 1 - increase carb/cals
Posting: 1

Daily Total: 5
Running Total: 5

Weight lost: only weighing once a week. lost 1.5 since the last time I checked.

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Mary Kay 1/1/04 - 232
5/19/08 (5/23/08) - sw226/(cw222)/mg210/fg160

Water:60
Exercise:half mile in ten
Food:stuck to it today except for a couple hard pretzels
Personal Goal: not to cheat
Posting:

Daily Total:
Running Total:

Weight lost: none

Well I cleaned most of my garage today too...does that count?? Dont think I want to do the points at this time, just getting thru the day is enough counting for me...LOL
It makes me feel good to know that we are all trying so hard. Lets all have a great week!!! Kisses to all (lowcarb of course)

Grab a can of green beans at night, hit em with some garlic and olive oil and its a great snack, to eat cold. Or heat em up and they are just a s good.

Try it! Cant hurt and no sugar or flour!!!

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180/174/140

Howdy!
8/24

Water:1
Exercise:1
Food:1
Personal Goal:1
Posting:1

Daily Total:5 YEAH!!!
Running Total:8

Wow! My first perfect day for a long time. My friends brought me a plate of brownies. I sent my 9 year old to wrap them up and put them into the refridge and then feed the boys crackers with their tuna and I picked up the bag of crumbs and dumped them in the garbage.

I am really proud of myself. I am ready to go for another day!

Janine! I am glad that this is helping!

MaryKay! Doing a huge happy dance for you getting a perfect day on Monday!

Blue! One day at a time is fine with me...That is what it takes sometimes!

I am in the process of buying a home long distance. The offer went in tonight and I should know about the time that I wake up tomorrow. That is a little un-nerving. Husband is not too excited about buying sight-un-seen, but this is my hometown and the home is only two blocks from my parent's home. I have walked these neighborhoods for years and know that it is a great deal. I just pray that we get it!

Have a great day! Be a looser!

Holly

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178/156*/150/140
*started LCE

Hi, all.
Hope your tuesday is going well. Is it really Tuesday already? DS starts 1st grade on thursday, eek. where did the summer go?
Holly, good luck with the house. I know that is stressful . We have been working on getting a house built for months. they finally got the foundation dug on Friday, so here we go. I guess. Still have contract details to finalize and then get this place ready to sell... so having you guys around for support while I stress about every little thing is going to be a good thing. THANK YOU!!!
Way to go MaryKay! You are an inspriration to me. I figure I have to keep up with you. You've been so good on the exercise front. got me out to do a strength class this morning.

Here is my progress for today and I'll edit/ update it this evening.

Water:1 (stopped counting at 70 oz)
Exercise:1
Food: 1
Personal Goal: 1
Posting:1

Daily Total:5
Running Total:10

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Janine
189/182/165

Look at those perfect scores! WAY TO GO! You two are doing great. I also noticed that Janine has 4 pounds gone forever! Big huge Happy Dance.

(I'll Explain the "Happy Dance"...my best friend, at my last base, and I lost a grundle of weight together and everytime I would loose, she had this funky dance she would do for me and just make me laugh...so imagine "soon-to-be" little o'le me doing the funkiest dance I can because I am so happy that you are a looser!)

Water: 1
Exercise: 1
Food: 0**
Personal Goal: 0**
Posting:1

Daily Total:3
Running Total:11

Weight lost: 3.5 Doing my own Happy Dance!

**I ate one chopstick full of noodles at a noodle party with my kids, even though I would like to reward myself for not eating the brownies and cookies, or other things that were staring at me, my goal was 100% and I thought that I should not eat it and then did it anyway!

Have to run save my DH!

Holly

P.S. No news on the house! Drat!

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178/156*/150/140
*started LCE

Tuesday 8/24


Water: 1 - over 100 oz
Exercise: - didn't make water aerobics, some health concerns
Food: - just wrong all day
Personal Goal: - didn't get veggies in like I should
Posting: 1 - I showed up

Daily Total: 2
Running Total: 7

I'm not tracking my weight right now, just to frustrating.
Had a bad day, starting out with the morning - just had a shake for breakfast, and then didn't get anything until later - but then I had crashed and was just looking for food to calm down my system.
Haven't been grocery shopping, out of veggies.

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Mary Kay 1/1/04 - 232
5/19/08 (5/23/08) - sw226/(cw222)/mg210/fg160

Hey folks didnt have time to check in yesterday but had a terrific day!
Water: I Gallon
Exercise:10 mins on treadmill did a half mile, fifty pulls on health rider (stamina sucks) ten minute on gazelle
Food:no slips!!!!!!!
Personal Goal:no slipping
Posting:2

Daily Total:
Running Total:

Weight lost:still 180

You are all doing so well, nice to be part of a group of loosers!!!
A very real friend of mine has joined the LCing scene recently, stop by and say Hi to "notstevehowe" we talk about our weight all the time.

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180/174/140

Look out I hit the scale and am jumping up and down (if you are near you could be hit with loose body parts!) Down to 177!!!!!! I was so motivated that I exercised my but off (dont I wish) Have to go to the store ran out of lettuce.

Water:Its morning so I have only had about a quart so far
Exercise:Treadmill for a quarter mile about five minutes. 60 pulls on health rider at more resistance. 25 minutes on gazelle. Dumbells for ten sets of ten reps at 5 lbs each.
twelve minutes of step and asst aerobics. After that I am starving but will behave. Going to buy the book today have been winging it.
Food:No slips!
Personal Goal:No slippage again today!
Posting:3

Daily Total:
Running Total:

Weight lost:down 3 from 180 to 177

Hi Ladies just was reading all the posts to get my motivation for tommorow, I did eat some pretzels tonight, but no bread or macaroni!!! picked up the book too! You are truly inspiring and I appreciate each of you and your spirit.Wanna post pictures? Nah not yet.

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Repeat after me...There's no place like home.
180/174/140

Wednesday 8/25


Water: 1 - over 100 oz
Exercise: 1 - Ballys lower body workout/elliptical
Food: .5 - good, but a little higher calories than I would have liked
Personal Goal: 1 - had a big salad for lunch, cucumbers for dinner
Posting: 1 - I showed up

Daily Total: 4.5
Running Total: 11.5

did okay, but grazed all day - low carb foods, but too much high calories (hit 2000, but that is high for me)

Got to the grocery and stocked up on veggies, but haven't 'readied' them yet.
Did load DietPower, and played around with that last night. It really answers a lot of the ongoing questions I have had for awhile. Gonna use that little tool for quite a while.

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Mary Kay 1/1/04 - 232
5/19/08 (5/23/08) - sw226/(cw222)/mg210/fg160

Here is my stuff for Wed.

Water: 1
Exercise: 1 (30 min Pilates tape, really need to get some cardio in here. I proud of my self for doing "something" everyday even though I only made it to the gym once so far this week).
Food: .5 (I'm going with MaryKay on this one. No real "cheats" on high carb stuff, but too many nuts)
Personal Goal: 0
Posting:0

Daily Total:2.5
Running Total:12.5

Weight lost: 5, I think scale says 184.5 this morning.
Off to get DS up for the first day of 1st Grade. I'll check in for today later.
Have a good day, all. We started so well, lets get the enthusiasm back and finish off a good week.

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Janine
189/182/165