Weekly Weigh-In and Goals

I am so excited about this blog starting and I am so excited to see such a good response to people who want to be involved!!

I am still trying to figure out what are going to be the “theme” posts each day (still open to ideas if you have any) but i know for sure that we will have a weekly weigh in post every Monday.  Please don’t jump ship if you are not comfortable with this.  It is strictly voluntary.  I will explain.

Face it.  If you want to lose weight then you really need to know how much you weigh and a goal of how much you want to lose.  You may be one who wants to keep this very private or you may be one who wants to share it with at least one person to act as an accountability partner.

I have found that it is best to only weigh yourself once a week…preferably the same time of day each week.  As women our weight is constantly fluctuating to some degree due to our monthly cycles, stress, water intake, etc…  You may find yourself getting frustrated if you try to weigh more than once a week because of  these fluctuations.

Since I am doing this post on Mondays then that may be the best day for you to weigh.  Monday mornings are my days to weigh.

As far as this post is concerned, you can simply use it as your reminder to weigh in, or you could take it a step further and share your weigh in with the group (info only, no names).  A lot of times people, especially women, can get good motivation if they hear of the success of other women.

And you only have to share with what you are comfortable sharing.  You may want to share your current weight and your target weight that you are striving to achieve.  Or you may only want to share how much weight you lost the past week.  It is strictly up to you how much you would like to share.

Also it’s a good idea to also do your body measurements at the same time this week as well.  Sometimes it seems that the weight loss may not be happening like you think…but there are changes going on in the inches…they are getting smaller! 

So the next thing to tackle is how do you share…here is what I think the best way to handle this will be…

First – if you are a subscriber to this blog and you are reading the posts through email then you just have to reply to the email with your information.  (if you are not a subscriber and would like to be just simply enter your email address in the top of the right hand column and click submit and follow the simple instructions to confirm your subscription – totally free if you are unfamiliar with blog subscriptions).   Yes I will know it is from you but I promise I will be the only one.  I will not share your name when sharing your response.

Another way you could respond with your information is to leave a comment on this blog post (if you are reading this post in Blogger).  Please know that you can leave an anonymous comment.  No one, including myself, will know your name on the comment.

On Tuesday mornings I will do a post that will list all of our weigh-ins from Monday. There will be no names mentioned on that post, just the statistics.  I have thought about this and was at first going to give the option of letting you leave your name if you wanted but I really thought that might hinder some people and I want everyone to be comfortable.  But, like I mentioned before, I really think we can be motivated if we can see the success of others so I would like to be able to encourage people to share their goals and successes!

I will tell you about my personal weight loss experience over the past 4 1/2 months.  As of the first of August 2009 I weighed in at 194 lbs.  This is the heaviest non-pregnancy weight I have ever been!  I knew something needed to be done so I got serious!  I am now at 160 lbs and 4 dress sizes smaller (went from a size 16 to a size 8)!!  I still have about 20 lbs I need to lose and am working now to really tone my body and get rid of my c-section belly!

So I am asking you now – what is your current weight and/or measurements  (if you want to share) and what is your goal you are wanting to achieve?  If you have already started your “diet” also feel free to share how many pounds you have lost so far.

Kellie

note: if you need to know how to get started with a diet then click here.

My Goals for This Blog

I thought I would start out this blog by telling yall my goals for this blog.  I would like this blog to be a place of motivation to help us lose weight together (hence the title of the blog).  I thought that we could share menu ideas, good recipe finds, good snack ideas, eating out strategies, etc. 

I thought we could have a weekly “weigh-in” post.  People who would like to share their weight at the beginning of the week could do so (but it would be strictly voluntary).  You could also use this post to share success stories or lessons learned for the week.

I thought I would periodically make a post where everyone could share their goals and then report on how they are doing on their goals (once again it would be strictly voluntary).

Those are my goals…but this blog is not just for me…it is for you too.  So I am now going to ask you – what would you like to see in this blog?  Leave a comment on this post and let me know (or if you are subscribing to this blog and reading this post in an email then you can just reply to the email).

Speaking of subscribing…in the top of the right hand column is a form to use if you want to subscribe to this blog.  You just simply type in your email address and click the submit button.  A confirm window will pop up.  Once you complete that screen you will receive a confirm email.  All you have to do is click on the link on that email and you will be confirmed.  Then you will receive all blog posts in an email (you will only receive an email once a day, only on days when a post has been made…if multiple posts are made in one day then you will receive one email with all posts).

If you are subscribing to the blog and reply to the email please let me know know if you want your reply shared with the rest of the group.  You have the option of having your reply shared with your name, or anonymously, or not at all (just kept private between you and me). 

So I hope everyone is excited about losing weight together!!  Please be sure to let me know what you would like to see in this blog!  I want this blog to be beneficial for everyone!!

Kellie