Well here it is a New Year! Others elsewhere have mentioned that they refuse to allow some arbitrary date dictate their actions.
I, on the other hand, say that we embrace the arbitrariness of the date - we can arbitrarily make up our own rules.
And so I intend to take my successes forward with me and leave my non-successes behind in the old-year.
In any case, a new Year is here, make the best of it. A wish of a safe, prosperous and happy New Year to all.
Good luck losing!
I decided to start the year off right by becoming captain of a Lighten Up Iowa corporate team. I figure the peer pressure and need to be a role model will help me stay on course, at least for the 100 days of the competition.
The competition actually starts on January 16th, but a week of holiday indulgence convinces me that starting today is a good idea. I said goodbye to pizza and red wine last night in a moving ceremony.
Statistics: Female, 46 yo, married with no kids and a husband who wants to lose 35 lbs as well. Body type best described as sturdy. 5’5", optimum weight for build 125-135 lbs. I’ll post my start weight when I remember to weigh in, but my fat jeans are feeling tight, so I’ll hazard a guess of 185-190.
Goal: to reach and maintain the weight on my driver’s license from the year I was married (16.5 years ago)
Distance to Goal: way longer than it ought to be, but I would like to be at least halfway there by my planned vacation in June and 75% to goal by my next birthday in August.
Chosen Method: South Beach Diet (both for the weight loss and to avoid future heart problems that run in the family). Daily treadmill and 3X weekly weights until weather is good enough to add weekly hiking.
I’ll be stopping in weekly with progress reports and amusing and/or encouraging stories from the teams here at work. We have two teams competing against each other as well as competing against teams from other companies. We get a lot of tips and support from the organization, as well as some fun-sounding events. I’ve heard good things about it, but this is the first place I’ve worked that fielded a team so I’m interested to see how it all works.
Good Luck to everyone in 2008!
I’m a bit afraid to weigh in this week, as last week I did a bit too much on the Chex mix and cookies.
My father and sister talked me into going to the Y with them two days last week. It was fun playing with heavier weights than normal. I did flyes with 25 pounds instead of 10. Two days in a row. Yes, I ended up really sore. And I played with a treadmill a bit. Getting up to 5.5 mph really got my heart racing.
The holiday overindulging finally got to me and I weighed in at 148.6 last week. I resolved to get serious about dieting again after our big company dinner last Friday and I’m already down three pounds, so I must have been carrying some water weight there too.
Welcome, Mrs. Cake and Happy New Year everyone!
I’m waiting until Wednesday to weigh in, to give things time to settle down.
From Christmas through this past Saturday, I was having a run of days where I was starving every time I turned around. If the past is a good indicator, I’ve been losing weight. I always get starving like that when I’m dropping the pounds.
But then, yesterday morning, I woke up around 6 with the kidney type pain. For most of the day, the Darvocet I have at home was managing the pain, but I wasn’t hungry at all, and only ate because I knew I had to. By 5:30PM, though, the Darvocet wasn’t cutting it anymore, I had a fever, and it was time for the ER. Thankfully, there’s no stone, only infection. They gave me IV Toradol in the hospital, and prescriptions for antibiotics, Peridium (for “urinary discomfort”) and stronger pain meds. So today, the pain has been managed better, so my appetite is better.
Still, these things always screw with my weight.
I’ll weigh in Wednesday morning and see what’s going on. Meantime, I’ve had to move all my rings over one finger, as I was in danger of losing them! 
Welcome, Mrs. Cake!
Hi Weight Loss Club! I’d like to join you this year if that’s OK. I need to really buckle down and get serious about losing some weight. What do I need to post about my stats and goals?
Count me in. It’s been a bad couple of weeks here in Amishland and I really need to get back on track.
I guess my post in last month’s thread counts as my official weigh in for December: 239. I fell off the workout horse - and never really got a good footing on an eating better horse - about halfway through the month and I was very up and down after that. But now I’m back on - and yesterday I weighed in at 236.2. That’s the lowest since… probably early 2007. So I didn’t quite make 10 pounds, but almost 3 is pretty good for as hard as I didn’t work.
I’ll go ahead and say my goal is to get and stay under 200 this year. I can probably do it sooner, but that obviously wouldn’t be a bad thing. I’ll stay conservative for now.
Welcome to the club. You can post anything here you like. We are just a support group where we share our experiences.
Welcome. You don’t need to post a thing, if you don’t want to.
I’m up, and I knew it was going to happen given the insanity the past couple of weeks. I begin 2008 at 170.5 due to not exercising, not watching what I eat, and working about double the hours I should be working.
I’ll just flash back to New Year’s day 2003 where I weighed around 260, and not complain.
Hi there, people! I’m going to join in. I hope this will motivate me, rather than just leave me chagrined for failing in public. I’ve been stuck at about 165 for the last couple years, after getting down from 210. My goal is to get to 150 by the start of June. If I figured it right, that would still leave me 15 pounds overweight (I’m 5’6"), but my cardiologist said not to go any lower till my next checkup (hence the June target). Ha, I don’t think it will be difficult to avoid going too low - that’s never been the problem. For the record, I just weighed myself (“not legal for trade”) at 167 about 4 hours ago.
Hi everybody. This is going to be my first year as part of the SDMB weight loss club. I have tried and failed at many diet and exercise programs over the years and have become super morbidly obese. Though I have been on the losing end of the spectrum for a few months I need to really ramp up the effort because I am just not healthy and I know it. So for what it is worth I weighed in this morning at 272 lbs, which is down from the 301 lbs I weighed in June but up from the 268 I weighed in at before the holidays. I am 5’5" and female. Here is to hoping for a healthier and sexier new year!
Welcome to all the newbies! May the camaraderie you find here aid you in your dieting goals.
Well, I was ambushed by an unexpected New Year’s Eve party last night at my sister’s house. I shouldn’t have gone since I’m not a very social person but there would be free food, which is another reason I shouldn’t have gone. But go I did. And I ate too much. Darn it!
Holidays, get thee behind me. I don’t need your stupid temptations but I am weak. Leave me alone and give me a chance to get back on the straight and narrow again!
I’m going to really, really try to be in the 130’s by the end of January.
I meant to add:
**Norinew, **I’m sorry you’ve got that infection. Geez, your body just won’t give you a break, will it? I’m glad it’s not a kidney stone again this time. Hugs to you!
Hi everybody… I’m back… again.
When we last spoke, I did three months of the Weight Watchers Core program and went from 181 to 170. Eight months later, I’m back to 179. It’s okay. I sort of plan to do this about once a year… get down a very reasonable amount. This year, I’d like to get down to 165. I think it’s perfectly doable, especially since I don’t have to waste time “figuring out” Core this time around.
Things that have happened to me since I was last on Core:
Phew. Here’s to a very, very boring 2008!
I am also doing weight watchers, though I am using the flex plan instead of the core plan. Has anyone else ever used their flex plan? If so, what were the biggest problems you encountered on their flex plan?
YAY!
I ran the Resolution Run today - 7 Kms - it took me about 45 mins and I thought I would have to take walk breaks but I RAN the WHOLE THING!
I bought a new book - the Eat Clean Cookbook - we are trying to eat “clean” and see if it eliminates my migraines. My hubby has balked at two changes so far, the skim milk (vs 1 %) and the Spelt Bread - but I still buy him a loaf of Rye.
I am not weighing in - I am going by size - so far I have dropped from a 13 to a 10 (sometimes an 8).
My goal is to look GOOOOOOD by my birthday - April 13th. I would like to be about a size 6, but we will see 
GO TEAM!
Time to do this again.
Jan. 2005 : 360
Jan. 2006 : 230
Jan. 2007 : 183
Jan. 2008 : 223
I will get back to my lowest weight (179) and then surpass it this year if it kills me.
Don’t let it kill you. Just do the right things and your body will respond.
I still need to set some hard goals for the year. I’m thinking 210 by Valentine’s day, 190 by my July vacation, and at my target weight in a year. That may not be possible, but at least it’s a goal.
And welcome to all the newbies! I hope to call you a bunch of losers really soon.
This will be my first year as well. A bunch of us are joining teams at work for Scaleback Alabama 2008 so I hope that will be a good motivator.