The fun's over! It's time for an Easter (Sunday, March 31) Challenge!

[Lynn49]

Count me in, too, Holly!! I do mini-challenges all the time for myself...and they do work, but the best part is the confidence you gain meeting those goals!
My beautiful RAVENS won last night, but truth be told, I was so nervous in that last quarter, when our DD called to see how I was doing (the 49-ers were catching up!), my hubby told her I "was hiding". I couldn't watch!! So I played a game on the computer until my hubby yelled up, "Ravens win!!" OMG, I cried, and cried...so happy!! It makes it easier to go back on my diet this morning, not being depressed about the outcome of the game!

So! Back on the wagon...goodbye chicken wings, nachos!!!

[Lynn49]

I have the gastro now, I thought I would not get it but Kevin and my mom have it and ofcourse who cleans up the mess, guess it was inevitable.


My dad moves to the rehab home today, so he will start to feel better. Hospitals are depressing when all you want to do is start to feel better. This place is a 5 minute drive from us so much better than the 45 minutes to get downtown to the hospital everyday.

Oh, good grief, what next?! Sorry to hear that, Patty....but happy that your Dad will be out of the hospital and closer to you.
Have a good week, Hon....

[hollyquaiscer]

Patty, that's all you need right now. Thank goodness your dad is being moved and will be so much closer to you. I hope you get back on track real soon. Have a wonderful Monday hun

[hollyquaiscer]

OK, so far we have: Abby, Lynn, Patty & kw01ai I'll add more if any more of you choose to join. For my part, I'm challenging myself to maintain my current weight until at least the end of February, and for some of you, you know how hard this can be for me. We can do it, together we can do anything.

[Patty Smyth]

Morning all, it's Monday, the game is over and it's time to start anew! There are 24 days left this month, I would like to challenge you all to lose 4 pounds in those 24 days....are you up for it, can you do it? I have faith in you all! Let me know if your in and I will keep track of the pounds and who the people are. I love mini challenges, I do them all the time for myself and I find they really help out. When you meet that goal, you make another, and before you know it, a year has passed and you've done it, your reached the big goal. But they always say baby steps...so who's in???

Well since 1lb a week is my long term goal I am up for this mini challenge. I am also closing in on another goal which is my pre-baby weight. Yes my baby is 7 years old now . Shows how much of a slacker I am. I had lost 65lbs before having her then got pregnant, then got injured for 2 years could not exercise like before and then just pretty much gave up. So that goal is now 18 lbs away.

[Lynn49]

18lbs from your goal, Patty?!!!
Lordy, I wish I were that close!!!
Good luck to us!

[Abby5]

Patty I hope you feel better!
I am with Lynn ..I have 30lbs to go till my goal 18lbs sounds so much better

[Patty Smyth]

18lbs from your goal, Patty?!!!
Lordy, I wish I were that close!!!
Good luck to us!

No, no, no 18 lbs is my first goal. Once I hit that then the next goal is 16 lbs. Then after that I re-evaluate and see howmuchmore I want to lose. lol

[Granger]

Holly I am in for the mini. I only have 8 lbs to lose and I am so focused on the 8 that it is making it hard. 1 lbs a week. No pop, chips or chocolate candy either over the weekend. Yay!

[Lynn49]

No, no, no 18 lbs is my first goal. Once I hit that then the next goal is 16 lbs. Then after that I re-evaluate and see howmuchmore I want to lose. lol

Whew....oh goodie, much better! Errrr...what I mean is....we're in the same boat....

[i_forget]

I am back in starting tomorrow.
I know why my body has been hating me for the past little while and am taking the necessary supplements.

[hollyquaiscer]

I've added you 2 as well. I find that small goals are easier to attain and keep us motivated much more that trying to reach a huge goal all at once. I have a tendency to give up, probably to easily if I can't reach a goal quickly. I love it Patty that you have split your weigh loss goal up. I also hope that things will settle down a bit for you and you are able to get a few really good nights sleep. It will do wonders for you. Hope everyone has a really great day today.

[Abby5]

Really bad night....not eating...just life

[Patty Smyth]

Really bad night....not eating...just life

I hear you, my mom has been really bad the last couple of days, I dread sundown now. Last night she did not sleep much so today she woke up very confused, doens't recognise the house. Thought she had taken too many pills(she cannot get to them thankfully). It's gonna be a long day. At least we all seem to be over the gastro. Kids are back at school and on the mend. Mine seems to have lasted 24 hours only.

[Patty Smyth]

HOWEVER, with all these challenges we have to remember our goals. We can't use these life speedbumps as an excuse to give up on us. That is what I used to do, now I am still #1 in my mind even though I have 5 others to take care of. If it were not for this new lifediet I would be in my grave probably.