I got off my lazy ass and went to the gym tonight. I’m going to make a good effort to eat at least 3 healthy meals a day and do some sort of physical activity at least 4 days a week.
We’re going to have to get into those swim suits pretty soon, and 10 less pounds would look much better.
Bruce_Daddy: March 29, 196 lbs.
Sure, I’m in.
I need something to motivate me. I sure haven’t been able to rely on my own willpower. I’ve been a slug all winter and I’m probably now in the worst shape I’ve been in in a few years.
This is a great coincidence because I was just about to log off and head down to the basement to work out – for the first time in about a month, when I last tried to start up again. I’m hoping I stick to it this time.
Bottle of Smoke: March 29, 195 lbs.
I’ll tell you if I’m in on May 1.
Count me in. Seems like as good a motivator as any, and I’ve definitely added quite a few pounds this past winter.
picker: March 29th, 225 pounds
I’m in starting today. Nothing like more public shame to get me motivated.
My sister and a friend of hers and I are having a contest. The person who loses 35 pounds first can demand the other two get their pictures taken in a bikini and give them to the winner. Part of the rule is that the losers have to get the film developed at an on-site photo lab and pick up the pictures in person.
This contest started in January and I’ve lost 7 pounds. PANIC
How about weekly weigh-ins?
Goodbye salt and vinegar chips, goodbye wing night, goodbye Texas weiners, goodbye pasta three times a week.
Hello slender.
Can’t find the scale, but I’m probably up to 230, 235 maybe (good thing I’m tall). All of it right in the middle of the strike zone. I’ll get myself down to 215 by 4/30 for this challenge.
I’ll join. I’m a little modest about posting my weight though. I just had a baby and I am eager to trim down again.
Watching the rest of you succeed will give me incentive. I’ll tell the truth whether I make any headway or not, I promise. 
LolaBaby,
I’m not going to say my weight either, I’ll just say if I’m up or down for the week and for the total.
Since we’re saying goodbye to bad food… Goodbye Hot Tamales… Bon Voyage everything peanut butter and chocolate.
Hello my waist!
Ten pounds is perfect. I have to lose ten pounds to get back down to my running weight.
Star Was: March 29 - 174 lbs.
in.
limited time frame - definite goal…plus, I’m in training again (yeah right) I can do this.
What the heck, I’ll give it a bash.
The struggle for me is that I’m very busy at work so we generally order in pizza/thai/other megacaloric crap in the evenings. It will take great willpower to order the token healthy foods off the Domino’s menu…
snorlax: March 30 - 204 lbs.
Count me in!!
Torie
April 29th 230 pounds! 
Pretty ashamed of that number!
Bruce_Daddy and I repersenting the weight loss ability of da 864!!!
:raises fist:
We should do that. Apr 30th is on Friday, so let’s do it on Fridays.
Count me in; I’ll weigh in this evening.
I need to lose my spare tyre by November or sooner as I’ll be treading the boards again.
I’m in. Heck, why not. I do this every April.
Checking in at 5’10" and 185 currently. Don’t expect to lose any height though.
My method: 1500 cals a day instead of the 2200 - 2600 I eat in the winter.
Just some friendly advice for someone who has already done this (also, go here):
Eat 11X your body weight in calories daily, try to keep the amount of protein and carbohydrates roughly even and break it up in to at least four, if not five or six small meals daily.
I’m in.
I’ve been trying to lose 20 pounds since January, and have only succeeded in losing 6. I’m extremely frustrated and disheartened over my lack of success and keep trying different things. It should NOT be this difficult to drop a pound or two a week. I should be down to the last couple pounds by now. At least I keep trying.
I’m walking 30 minutes a day, then doing 40 minutes of yoga, 5 days a week. Dig many holes in garden on weekends.
Anyway, I’m all for a Doper weight loss support network. Perhaps you all can help me ferret out what I’m doing wrong, although it seems like I’m doing everything right. I’d be happy to help anyone else I can, however I can.
Dogzilla: 132 pounds on 3.30.04. Goal weight: 117 pounds by Memorial Day Weekend (bikini time). I’m barely 5’ 2" with shoes on!
P.S. My weekly weigh ins happen at the grocery store when I get groceries, which is usually on a weekend. I will post on Fridays whatever my weight was on the previous Sunday. (This heathen shops when everyone else is at church to avoid long checkout lines.)
I’m in, absolutely. My Lenten and New Year’s promises were to get to the gym regularly, but work and school have been kicking my ass. There’s no motivation like the threat of public humiliation!
I’ll weigh in tomorrow.
Fine, just fine. I need to lose ten or fifteen pounds by june (I’m 5’ 8" and 145, yikes!), so maybe this will motivate me to exercise. You guys have to promise to be very mean to me if I don’t post a loss more than two weeks in a row. Fear of meaness is a good motivator for me. Also, if any of you could possibly lose more quickly than I, that should work my competitive streak.
Do the three pounds I’ve already lost count? You’re supposed to say no, and then point out how you’ve lost four pounds during the time it took you to post. A harsh-sounding accent and a riding crop wouldn’t hurt either.
Dogzilla, six pounds is pretty good! It took time to put it on and consistent steady loss is the good kind, no giant weight drops for smart dieters. Think how that’s actually a decent chunk of your overall body weight, see? Are you eating enough? Sometimes if you go too low in calories, you can cause problems. Hidden fats sneaking in? Snacking here and there?
Okay, I’m in. I’ve swollen to 266 pounds at 6’ 4" barefoot. I must do something.