Gopedjane

I found this topic and wanted to join in. I am almost 300lbs and joined Karate last October to help me be more active and help with weight loss. I'm not going to say it's easy because it's not but what is at this size. I agree with the people above who said find a dojo that fits with you and go from there. I did a trial membership with the club I'm with and fell in love. They feel like a family, are very supportive, never made me feel bad about myself and I love going. I find it very motivating to keep going. I make 3 classes a week most weeks.

Checking in for the start of week 3: Weight: holding at 166.4 lbs (however I am on a part of my cycle where I retain water and tend go up in water weight, so I won't know until the end of the week if I am down or not) Although, i don't feel bloated this cycle, which could be a benefit to my diet changes. Physical changes are showing in the mirror. Goals to complete Quest1. Do not binge (impulse buy a food item as the store and mindly eat in car) - PASS2. Exercise 3x per week - PASS - (changed goal)3. Continue with current positive diet changes, about 80% Paleo.- PASS

I mostly drink coffee black when I have it, a couple times a week I'll add in the sugar/cream as a treat. I had 2 coffees last week and I was fine. I went a naturopathic Dr. a couple of years a go and one of the things she asked me to do was to cut out coffee for the caffiene because my hormones are out of whack she said it was because my liver wasn't processing them out and that I should detox to give my liver some help. I am just worried that I will go back to having 3-5 coffees a day again. However, I did have 2 coffees last week and both times I was happy with the one and still chose to drink more tea. I used to drink double double, which is 2 creams and 2 sugars in my coffee. I switched to 2 creams and 1 sweetner, then 1 cream and 1 sugar, to black. To be honest if I put the cream in a coffee now I don't really like it that much, I can just taste cream and the flavour of the coffee doesn't blend in anymore. The thing about black coffee is that you will notice when the coffee is crap or not.

Good Luck! Get well soon. I've been meeting my most importand goals -- no binge eating and no dairy/grains. 90% I think I've been about 97% this week. I'm pretty happy with that. Food is my mental block and I can't believe how I don't have that without grains or dairy, I'm not sure if it is one or the other or the combination of both. Either way it's working for me.

Weighed myself today and down to 166.4. I have lost 10 lbs not counting calories but eliminating dairy and grains for 3 weeks. I haven't had any coffee either but I am nervous to add it back.

Dreampirate I am sorry to hear about your m-in-law thatis a tough time for sure. Focusing on your health while you are there could be very helpful to get through it. When my dad was sick I got up early and went for runs and it helped me clear my head and gave me more energy to get through the long days. Watching my foods was harder but it was something to distract me.

That's right N8 keep at it and you will get there. Please try to like yourself now and not just your future self. For me that shift in thinking really helped.

Week 2: Check in Weight: 168.2 >> 1.4 lbs. Goals to complete Quest1. Do not binge (impulse buy a food item as the store and mindly eat in car) - PASS2. Exercise 5x per week, 3 strength, 2 cardio - FAIL - Will give it another try this week.3. Continue with current positive diet changes, about 80% Paleo.- PASS I am especially pleased with 1&3, as the only non planned non Paleo foods I had was a handful of cheese popcorn, a tablespoon of bbq sauce on my chicken and a cup of salad with a bit of parm cheese on it with crunchy bits that were definitely not gluten free. Planned non paleo foods, about 5 baby red baby potatoes, 1 ear of corn. Also, one of the big things too that I found was that normally when going away for the weekend with the amount of food that we packed that was healthy and for meals, I would have panicked that we didn't have enough food and I'd be hungry all weekend and feeling deprived. I didn't feel panicked at the store and felt good that we had enough food for the weekend. Such a great feeling.

Okay, so I am checking in for Week 2. Wow time flies. Last week was a challenge for me time wise because I had a death in the family and family funeral to attend, worked late 3 nights to make up for the 2 days with the family, and then Saturday through Monday even I was up North as a small cabin on a lake with family for our long weekend we just here in ON Canada. Not sure if you fellow Canadians in other provinces had this civic holiday? With that said, I didn't meet my fitness goals for the week, however I did make my Food/Diet goals which is HUGE for me because it's always the toughest part for me. I am SO HAPPY about it.

Definitely head into the weekend with a game plan and you will follow it and be happy with yourself. Just make it reasonable because you know that you have the travel/catching up to do. For example plan for the group run, and if the group doesn't still go for a run and a couple other small acheivable goals, you want to set yourself up for success!

Have made great food choices through a difficult time, that is a true success. So far so good.

Good to see that everyone is doing well! I haven't logged in for a bit because I've been with my uncles funeral. It's done now and I am proud to say that during a very busy couple of days I made all good choices with food and I am incredibly proud of myself. Normally in this situation, I would have used it as an excuse to fall off the plan. Plus, my mom's place has only food that I can't eat and I planned and prepared for that and it is normally the key place of failure for me but I didn't fail. Yay. I joined the fb group and i think the twitter list, but I'm not quite sure how the twitter list works but I'll figure it out. I'm Stephanie McClure on there.

Thanks DreamPirate. 1.5 days down...40.5 to go.

I like how you're picking one element of Paleo to change to per challenge. What I noticed once I cut out grains from my diet, was that at first it wasn't easy I really wanted some but I stood firm and after a week I no longer craved/needed them I did when I was eating. I still sometimes want something but I don't feel like I need or nor obsess over it until I do eat. It can be there and I can just not eat it.

Wow, lot's of new folks joining. If you put your challenge thread in your signature we can pull it up so we can follow. I'm down with this, it's easy to filter on the hashtag and quick/easy to use.

Hey good luck on your goals! Like Earlsdottir said, it's good timing because settling in a job is normally where fitness falls off so it's good that you've got an early start and taking advantage of your time now.

Thanks! The food part is the hard part that is for sure. Sounds like rubbish_tiger is going to be a good teammate to have around. Good question! For me it is by the what I eat and also the decisions I make about food. It's going to take a lot of planning ahead. What I eat: Positive: Vegetables, Fruit, berries, nuts, lean meats, honey for sweetness, teasNegative: Dairy, grains, beer, sugarsWhat I buy: Positive: what's on my shopping listNegative: chocolate, cake, candy, pizza, muffins, chips, fast food (these are things I impulse buy and eat in the car)Decisions I make: Positive: have the single small glass of wine I planned on having or just the club soda because I already had wineNegative: peer pressured into having just one beer ( I am not sure why people just can't leave it be but I think people like you on their level, I may have to stop hanging out with some people during the challenge)

Day 1 is here and I'm all geared up. So far off to a good start, strength 1 completed and diet are good. I haven't been anywhere to test the binging but I don't think I would today.

Hey I love your goal! I finished a half marathon in March, well I did it in 2:36 so your race would have been closed but I'm slow. The race I was in was open for a quite a long time after that but I think they had walkers as well. 2:30 is a very doable finish. Anyway, one of the best experiences of my life. Thanks for creating the group.

Good Luck! Thanks for creating the challenge group! We are all going to be ready for the games after this 6 weeks.

Good luck! It's a good idea to track the exceptions because tracking everything get difficult.

You're doing great already! I can see the difference between your previous pictures and the ones from today. My cat does that to me too, I have to make the cat into the bed because she won't move.

Great thanks Halfie!

I have also learned that through this whole process that we are capable of so much more that we know. It's amazing and beautifule all at the same time.

Great Goals! How far is the tough mudder? I used the couch to 5K program to start my running career and I've now completed a half marathon, I'm not a fast runner by any means, my fastest 10k race was 1:05:21. However, I am amazed that I can even do that. Such a great feeling.