WORK IT!: The 2007 Labor Day Challenge Thread, Sign-up and Reporting

[annRN]

Re: WORK IT!: The 2007 Labor Day Challenge Thread, Sign-up and Reporting

Terry --- that must be it! Looks like I really wasn't paying too much attention to the show! I would stick to more eggs, personally, to make the soup more filling.

Emma --- oh my goodness! Five pounds already? That is absolutely fabulous! And your lowest weight ever? That must feel so great! Yay for you!

I think I am going to wait to measure until halfway through the challenge. So, I will measure on August 5th (since I weigh on Sundays) & then again on September 3rd.

[sensfan1960]

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Congratulations Emma!!! gosh your before and after pictures are amazing...you don't look like the same woman at all...you are truly a butterfly emerging from her cacoon...

Happy sunday guys!

Officially weighed in at 232 - my lowest weight ever as an adult! so very happy with that

So thats 5 pounds lost on the challenge please Julie! if you could add that to your chart!

not doing my inches yet, maybe next week!

Congrats everyone on your great losses so far!

[jeans]

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Wow, yay Emma! That's great :]

I'm down 4 pounds, at 216. I'm hoping to get down near 200 by the time my vacation rolls around (the first week of August)...I'm going to London and Paris! I'm going to try my darndest to stick to Atkins while I'm over there... anyone have any favorite dishes that are low-carb but still representative of the culture?

[tmn]

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GEEZ, Emma! Five pounds already?! WTG!!

And how cool is that getting to that lower weight! You gave me an idea for another mini-goal... Thanks!

[tmn]

Re: WORK IT!: The 2007 Labor Day Challenge Thread, Sign-up and Reporting

Wow, yay Emma! That's great :]

I'm down 4 pounds, at 216. I'm hoping to get down near 200 by the time my vacation rolls around (the first week of August)...I'm going to London and Paris! I'm going to try my darndest to stick to Atkins while I'm over there... anyone have any favorite dishes that are low-carb but still representative of the culture?

Whew, people are kicking asset here already! Fantastic, jeans!

[jeans]

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Thanks Terry! I started induction on the first day of this challenge, so the pounds are just slipping away so easily :]

[julirama723]

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Jeans, great job on the loss so far! I've got you down on the chart.

[annRN]

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Jeans -- four pounds?!?! Wow! Great job!

[grwnnsxy]

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Great job everyone so far on their losses!!! You guys are really setting the bar high. After reading through here a bit, I noticed that my goal is a bit on the high side, so I really have to step it up!!! ( bring out the BIG GUNS )Its along the right lines though, because I want to reach goal by my 23rd b-day on the 27th of September...I weigh in tomorrow.... so we'll see how it's coming!!

Here are the things I like about myself:

My strength- I did shotput and discus in high school, and I've always been really strong, even when I take a bit of time off. I smile to myself at the skinny girls at the gym who are struggling with the first plates and think " You may look thinner than me, but I'm stronger and my endurance is probably better" Can't wait to see results from this as the fat melts away (o and thanks to julirama for the advice about core workouts from the other thread!)

My lips: I have really shapely full lips and all my friends are jealous of them

My intellegence: I'm almost done with my masters ( WHOO HOO) Hoping to go back to school this fall with a whole new body!!!

[LooseShoes]

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Way to go, Jeans & Terry! We're all going to reach our goals if we keep it honest and keep on going.

Thanks so much, Julie, for starting this challenge up! I appreciate your work and caring enough for all of us to try to keep us on the straight and narrow. Together we'll do it!

[LooseShoes]

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I just read back, and Emma, WAY TO GO! That pixie of pain is doing it to you, too, isn't she? Keep it up, and I'm really happy for you!

[julirama723]

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Grwn, awesome! Yep, we've got some majorly high-bar-setters in this thread! But each person picked a goal that is individual to them. I get so happy when I see people dropping these pounds...I feel like I'm dropping them! I wish I were! My 10 pounds is going to be a long shot. Like, here-to-Jupiter long shot. But I'm still going to TRY!!!

I'm so glad to see another thrower! I, too threw shot and disc, and have always been built like a quarterhorse. I know what you mean about the gym. There are only a handful of women who even lift at my gym, and there have been many times when I've had to borrow the free weights from some Ah-nold wannabe, or I've even lifted heavier weights than the guys! It's an empowering feeling though.

Anyway, it's nice to "meet" you and find out a bit about you. I'm glad you've joined the challenge...let's melt those pounds away!

[Purple Rain]

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Congratulations to everyone who lost pounds and inches! You're doing Great!

[jeans]

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I feel so much love! I'm trying to weigh myself only once a day...but with all this water going right through me, I go to the bathroom a lot...and the scale is sitting right in front of me. "Weigh yourself, weigh yourself!" it says. I'm trying to refrain, and trying to weigh only once every couple days.

I'll re-measure next Sunday!

[harmony3098]

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yay emma, go emma, it's your birthday, let's party! yay jeans, go jeans, it's your birthday...congrats on your weight loss(es)!! i'm so happy for you both! (in case anyone is lost, it's not really their birthdays...it's an expression... ;-)