Summer Challenge 2010 Rules

Anyone wanting to participate in the challenge has until Monday to leave a comment and let me know you want to join.

Now for the rules of the challenge. 

RULES:

1. Post the Challenge sticker on your page and also at the head of your post when you do your weekly weigh ins.

2. Start your first post by stating what you would like to accomplish in the next 11 weeks during this challenge whether it be a weight goal or an exercise goal.

3. You must weigh in every Saturday with a picture of your scale reading that weeks weight.

Winner will be determined by who loses the most weight.

(Also, people who state a goal and meet it during the challenge will win something as well.)

PRIZE:

Winners will win a souvenir or something special from my trip to Arizona! If you're a winner and you have something in mind you would like from my trip let me know and I will try to make it happen for you.

Those are the rules for the challenge! 

Nothing too hard. I decided to do this challenge because I need to lose AT LEAST 20lbs before I go to Arizona so I can just fit into my cute clothes again. I also have a few other rules that I'm doing for myself for this challenge that I will post along with some pictures I made up to simulate me now and then me at my goal weight.

The picture on the left is me now at 210 and the one on the right is me at my goal 140. 

Now, I realize that I probably won't reach 140 before my trip in July but just to get into Onederland would be  awesome! I am looking forward to this challenge and I'm hoping I actually have people join the challenge and that I don't have to do it alone. Either way, I'm going to do it!

So here are some of the rules I'm setting for myself.

1. I have a goal to lose 20lbs at the minimum for this challenge.

2. I'm going to take pictures of my food, everything! 

(Yes, Tammy gave me this idea. I saw how well it worked for her so I am incorporating it into my challenge as well, for myself. If anyone else wants to do this feel free to but I know it will help me because I won't want to take pictures of bad foods to put on here.)

3. I will also post a picture of what my scale says each week. 

4. Even though I don't have a gym membership anymore, I'm going to start working out on Monday.

(Either on a friends buddy pass at the gym or around the neighborhood, there's quite a few hills in this neighborhood that I can take advantage of.)

5. I will be aiming for an hour of exercise daily.

(If I get in more then that's awesome, but I haven't worked out in a few months now so I'm starting with an hour as my goal.)

6. I will be counting my calories.

(I'm going to stay between 1500 and 1700 cals a day)

7. I will be cutting out ALL alcohol consumption for the next 11 weeks.

8. I will be drinking WATER WATER WATER!!!

(This is a really big thing for me because I am addicted to sweet tea!)

9. This is a big thing for me, so its going to be extremely hard to cut out of my diet but I'm going to do it. 

NO MORE POTATOES

(White starchy potatoes are not good for you and neither is adding cheese to them.)

SWEET POTATOES ARE FINE AND WILL BE ON MY DIET AS LONG AS THEY ARE PLAIN WITH NO BUTTER!!!

10. I will eat more fruits and veggies.

This goal is not just for the challenge but so that I can get in the habit of eating more fruits and veggies.

Well, there you have it!

I hope to get some people to join the challenge soon, look forward to seeing all of you succeed as well as myself.

One must eat to live and not live to eat.
       - Moliere

Kandice

Summer Challenge 2010

Ok so I said I was giving up BUT I am planning a trip to Arizona at the end of July and need to lose 20 lbs just to fit back into my current clothes!!! Insane I know. So I've made a banner as you can see..

I will post all the details of the challenge this weekend. I am jumping back on the wagon Monday and need all my supporters in order to do this. If you are interested in joining the challenge just post a comment here and I will let everyone know the details probably Saturday. Thanks to everybody who actually reads my blogs whether they be crazy or whatever. LOL.

Kandice

Stop Talkin All That Blah Blah Blah!

I'm suppose to be doing this Beach Challenge where I lose 10 lbs in 30 days and win a tacky beach souvenir but I haven't been doing so well on it, I'm almost back where I started.

I'm thinking about just giving up on losing weight, period. I mean my boyfriend likes me the way I am and diets or "lifestyle changes" and "healthy eating" are just boring to me. I only eat certain things and in order to lose weight I'd have to eat them everyday, who wants to eat the same thing ever dang day? Not me! I'm just very on the fence here and stressed and depressed and really don't know what to do....

I mean I LOVE to eat, which is how I got this big along with the help of the birth control shot, DEPO, and I don't know if I want to live like a rabbit just to be healthy. I'd lose what lil bit of booty I have if I lose the weight I want to lose so that is definitely a negative to this situation.

Confused very confused!

Not feelin this diet crap at all! I mean really, who came up with a diet anyways? Probably some doctor who put standards on what is and is not obese. How do they know what is really healthy? I don't have any medical problems and I'm just fine eating what I eat and maintaining my perfectly unhealthy weight.

I might not like shopping because clothes don't fit the way I want or they aren't the size I may want or as cute as I want but none of that matters to me at this moment. I'm happy with my boyfriend and focused on working, finally!

Well, I guess that's all for now. Toodles!

Kandice

Love this song!

I love this song, makes me not feel so bad about bein a big girl! I'm still really sick and since I pulled my back I haven't been able to exercise so I hope I have a decent loss next week.

So far today I've had:

Meal 1- Protein Shake( 1 scoop protein mix, 2 Tbs Peanut Butter, and 2 cups Vanilla Almond Milk) I love these shakes and they make you really full and keep you full.

Meal 2- Salad w/ lettuce, chicken strips, cheese, and ranch dressing.

Meal 3 will be some homemade BBQ Pork Tenderloin on a bun with a few chips.

My throat is pretty scratchy still so I'm not eating a lot bc it hurts my throat. Hopefully I'll feel better this week and can get in some exercise. I'm hoping to go to Macon Wednesday and if I do I won't be eating very good, its my boyfriends birthday.

I have to get my school work done before tonight so I'm going to get on it! I'll check in with everybody later this week!

Kandice

Snot for thought

Since I'm sick I figured I'd look up and see how many calories snot has in it; that seems to be most of what I'm ingesting more so than food. Well, nobody has an answer not even Web MD. I googled it and the question has been asked but nobody has a real answer. I need to know this so I can count every calorie whether it comes from my body or not. I did read though that little kids tend to pick and eat their boogers because your snot and boogers have something in it that is the same consistency as sugar in candies. Weird that our boogers have natural sugars in them but I can't find anything on calories. Yes, I'm aware that I come up with some odd posts but being sick makes you think about all the nasty in your body and stuff like that.

Oh and I weighed this morning and I'm down 3.5 lbs. Yay me!

Kandice

Pre- Weigh In

I had to take a peek at how much I was down so far this morning, couldn't wait til Friday, and its very good so far!!!

I can't wait to report on Friday!!

Absolute YUM!

Ok so I'm all about NOT depriving myself if I'm really craving something. I did just that, I ate a whole pint of Moose Tracks Ice cream. It was 760 cals, which is insane but I'm not going to fret over it. I'll just do better tomorrow. Nuff said. I will be down on the scale this week even if its only 1 pound. K. Just needed to post that splurge, so there it is. Tomorrow's a new day and we have to take things one day at a time. The End!

Kandice