Food Diary?

Do any of you record what you eat in a food diary? I know you're supposed to, and I understand why it's a good thing, but I can't keep it up. Tell me how you do it successfully!!!!

Day One - Bye-bye Diet Coke!

My trainer said that people lose weight faster if they give up diet drinks and concentrate on water and unsweetened tea. I was pretty good with this in LBD Round Two, but I'm back on my Diet Coke kick. But as of today - no more! At work I have a big pitcher of water with slices of lemon and cucumber, mint leaves and grated ginger. Everyone is jealous!

We welcome one more

Welcome, Cat (I hope I got your name right)!

What if you're on vacation and it's a weigh-in Tuesday?

Here's what I recommend: just take a "0" for the week you're not able to report in. You have to enter SOMEthing in the spreadsheet for it to work. I think that's the cleanest and easiest thing to do.

Does anyone have a different suggestion?

One More Participant - Yay, VICKI

Vicki decided to join Round Three... good job!

It's the weekend!

OK, it's the weekend before I have to weigh in for the "baseline" number. Should I be good? Or should I eat whatever I want?

For Round Two, I followed the Flat Belly Diet pretty much to the letter. And I kind of got used to eating accordingly - smaller portions, 3 meals and one snack, and a "good fat" with each meal (meaning: olive oil, olives, dark chocolate, nuts, or avocados). OK, now I've saved you from buying the yellow books. Anyway, no, I don't even want to be bad and eat lots of stuff. I am planning to drink wine tonight at a potluck dinner, so I'll adjust my calories accordingly. And I'll workout longer tomorrow.

What about you? Are you doing anything to prepare before this challenge starts?

Welcome three more friends!

Pat, Antoinette and Renee have decided to join our little challenge. The pot is growing larger!!!! Cash is such a great incentive, yes? Not to mention better health, more energy, smaller clothes...

Psyched

Thanks Marianne - - this is just the extra push I needed to get motivated!
Watch out ladies - - I'm in this to win this! :>)

Who's in so far...

Come join us!!!

Cheryl
Marianne
Mary
Marybeth
Maureen
Nicole
Stacie
Valorie
Yvonne

Welcome to LBD3!!!

Hello ladies!

Are you ready for this? Round Three of our Little Black Dress Challenge begins on Tuesday 28 July. I will facilitate this round and want to provide details in advance of our first weigh-in.

Entry fee is $25.

At week 12, there will be cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners who have lost the largest percentages of body weight:

- 1st place = 60% of pool

- 2nd place = 25% of pool

- 3rd place = 15% of pool

We will report only our WEEKLY percentage of weight loss (not the number of pounds lost), except for the last week when we will report the cumulative percentage. Attached is the updated spreadsheet for your personal use. Each Tuesday you can send me your percentage and I will post results to a blog (currently under construction – more to come!).

Please find a scale on 28 July and weigh yourself. Put that number in the red box of the spreadsheet. Then each of the following Tuesdays (beginning 4 Aug.) return to the same scale, at the same time of day, and weigh yourself again. Put that number in the pink boxes and the spreadsheet should take care of the rest. Use only whole numbers, not decimals.

If you are participating in Round Three, please send your entry fee to me at the address I sent via email.