New weight loss challenge?

[ellidew]

I totally missed the Labor Day weight loss challenge! I wish i had known it was here. Is anyone going to start a new one? Maybe a Halloween weight loss challenge or something? I could totally use the support. I just started LA Weight Loss yesterday. I am cautiously optimistic and could use the cheerleading! Plus, if i obsess about it then i will more likely succeed. I need to be with other obsessers!

[TX Sweetheart]

I'd love to have another challenge!! I royally sucked at the Labor Day challenge, but would like to start again LOL

[catch]

I'd love a challenge! I think Halloween would be great, gives us about 7 weeks. I just started WW (again :rolleyes: ) and need constant motivation. So sign me up :D

[amberfiddles]

count me in :)

i just started ww & need mucho motivation!

[boilermaker]

The first one helped me, so I am definitely up for continuing it. If Mom2Cole doesn't start one up this week, I'm game to start it.

[ellidew]

Great! I am glad others are interested. I didn't want to start it and step on someone else's toes. Maybe we should start a group thread?

I started LA weight loss yesterday. I don't know how i am going to do on it but it cost a ton of money so i am hoping the 1 on 1 meetings 3 times a week will help.

Here's an entry from my journal this morning:
I started LA weight loss yesterday. I am cautiously optimistic. It cost a small fortune. $175 down and $40 something a month for 8 months but hopefully i will see results. Lord knows i need to. I am too embarassed to even admit to what i weigh but at this point 199 is looking pretty darn good! I don't even understand how i went from 200 to where i am. I joined a gym and hired a personal trainer twice a week and don't eat all that bad and BOOM i am 20 lbs heavier! How can that be?? I am beginning to think that there is something wrong that i am gaining so much weight so fast! It doesn't make much sense really. I have had my thyroid checked, diabetes, etc... and i don't have any of those. What the heck could it be? Well, tonight i have to check in at the center and find out what the next step of the plan is... hopefully it includes carbs! Yesterday and today i am in the "fast forward" stage which means unlimited proteins and green vegetables but virtually no sugar or carbs and limited salt (mortons lite salt). Although i will admit i had a cookie in the middle of the night. I felt so guilty afterwards. I have had a headache since yesterday and i suppose it is just because of the lack of carbs. I am a vegetarian for gods sake... you take out carbs and there is virtually nothing left! Admittedly i have been struggling. I was trying to think of something i could make with no sugar or carbs and didn't come with salt in it. Nothing! that is what i came up with. Can't make a soup because the broth comes with salt in it. Can't make a meatloaf because you put oatmeal in it. Can't make meatballs because that needs cranberry sauce (fruit-sugar-carbs) can't make filled peppers because you use rice (carb) and tomato sauce (comes with salt in it). I was at a loss. So, i made fake chicken and put a little light mayo in it (2 tbsp per my allowance) and made some green beans. I was bored half way through and gave up on it. ick. Which is probably why i had the cookie later on. The worst diet is the one where you can't eat anything you like. Luckily i start a different phase tonight and hopefully i wont have to endure the lack of food for too much longer. Anything would be better! I will be pissed if i find out that carbs and sugars are cut out indefinitely because that is not a diet befitting a vegetarian. I will raise hell!

Dh and i were going to take a cruise in november but it has been cancelled since the boat embarked out of new orleans and i doubt there is a port and FEMA has taken over the boat. I was having horrible feelings about being comfortable anyway, finding clothes, having to wear a swim suit, etc... Because i am so uncomfortable we are going to postpone the cruise until next year sometime. I am hoping to do it at the beginning of the year but who knows. At this point i would be happy to see a picture of myself and not feel disgusted! So there's my story. I have about 70 lbs to lose. According to LAWL i should reach my goal around the first week of May 2006. I sure hope so!

[catch]

ellidew, good luck with LAWL. I've been struggling with WW for years and considered joining LAWL but the cost made me hold off. I know my SIL lost 30 pounds in a few months in time for her wedding last year and she looked great.

[ellidew]

Thanks catch! I am hopeful. That and meeting with a personal trainer 2 times a week may be the key. I hope so anyway!

Well, I went to my meeting last night and thankfully the food world has been reopened to me! yay! The best i can gather is that i am basically on a no sugar low salt diet using all raw foods (fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables). I was also happy to see that i lost between 3-4 lbs over the weekend especially since we travelled out of town. I was really careful about what i ate and we did quite a bit of walking. Apparently i wasn't supposed to lose in the first phase but I was weighed in last thursday and didn't officially start the first phase until tuesday because of our trip. I could've just been retaining water or something too.

Food wise I am supposed to get the following every day:

2 proteins
4 vegetables
3 fruits
2 starches
1 dairy
1 fat
2 LA Lites (soy protein products - chocolate bars, shakes, biscotti, etc... that i buy at the center)

Truthfully i am sort of shocked at the amount of food i am supposed to eat. I guess you always relate diet to starving?

I planned my menu for today and it looks like this:

Breakfast:
f- 1 small apple
p- 1.5 tbsp peanut butter
s- 1 slice light wheat bread
d- Yogurt

Snack:
LA Lite

Lunch:
P- Vegetarian Meat Crumbles
s- 1/3 cup brown rice
v- 1/2 cup no salt added tomato sauce
f- 1/2 cup raspberries 1/2 cup blueberries

Snack:
LA Lite

Dinner:
Eating at in laws so who the heck knows! I will have to see what they made and then choose wisely then maybe come home and eat? Dh and i talked about this last night b/c we eat with them once a week. I didn't really want to tell anyone (offline) that i joined... because i am afraid of failing and having everyone know! Pathetic, huh?

Condiments: (up to 3 a day)
5 sprays I can't believe it's not butter
2 tbsp. fat free cool whip

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I am going to check to see if anyone has started a new challenge and if not i am going to start one. I will put a link in here when it's done.

[ellidew]

Halloween Weight Loss Challenge! NEW THREAD OPEN! (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=6236)