I remember last year this awesome idea and I'm still behind you 100% Saiyu!! I don't think I'll be able to do DDR since I only have an xbox 360 and no funds to get new games/equipment, but I'm gonna use marching band and biking as my method since that's my big two things that I do a lot. My goal is 25 pounds by my birthday then (April 8), so I won't be that far behind you.

Best of luck to everyone!

Post edited 8:51 pm – December 22, 2009 by sykopathicfairy

As soon as my kids return to school  I am going to kick off with a 2-week super strict diet. Its what my fav radio show host Jason Ellis uses when he kicks off training for a new MMA match. He and his wife are very fit and healthy. He gives steps to keep your weight and diet healthy after the 2-week start on is website.

All protein can be paired with eating fresh celery, tomato, peppers, and/or onion. beverages are limited to water and black coffee

breakfast – 3 egg whites or a bowl of plain oatmeal

snakc- 1/2 apple

lunch – 1 can of tuna

snack 1/2 apple

dinner – grilled chicken breast

It sounds harsh but these are foods I love to eat anyways. Limiting my portions will be difficult and going 2 weeks without breads and pastas will be the most difficult. But this diet gives your body only what it needs and nothing else. You will lose 20-30 lbs if you behave

Afterwards my husband and I have taken a few ideas to follow up with. Like, you should only eat whole wheat pastas and breads, NO POP, NO FAST FOOD, your protein intake should be about the size of your hand matched with twice as many HEALTHY carbs, square meals ( a meat a starch and a veggie ) and since quick and easy has been a habit of ours, we will make several healthy meals on the weekend and freeze them for on the go moments during the week. And we are going to take the weekends off to indulge lol

As far as exercise I dont have a Wii or DDR, so not sure I count in the competition aspect. But I am going to use my Netflix instants to workout in several different ways. My fav would have to be yoga. I do it in that one hour I have when my husband has left for work and the kids are not home yet. Its perfet for destressing and getting my body ready for something more vigorous in the months to come.

My goal is 50 lbs.

edit- reasons to lose weight. I am a tall big boned girl to begin with. at my lowest weight and lookin like I was starving I was 170 lbs. I am now almost 250lbs and still carrying baby weight from my 9 year old daughter lol So I have just fallen into the lull of life and stopped caring much about my appearence. this past year my husband and I have agreed that 30 isnt that old and theres no reason to feel 40!! Time to get sexy!!

P.S. along with the weight loss I have promised not to cut more than an inch at a time off my hair til next school year begins. I think I may even throw in NO HAIR DYE (OMG).  

I was thinking the same thing. I normally would have missed it cuz I dont own a PS3 and dont check those posts.

Post edited 8:53 pm – December 23, 2009 by Cherith

Went ahead and renamed and moved this post to the Lounge.  :)

But by doing so managed to split the first post from Saiyu and everyone else.  So, please go over and reply to the new/old one in the Lounge, and I'll close this one down.