15 points

For this challenge I've started a separate thread to give everyone space. This may take some time so copy and paste the headings into a post and edit it as you think of things to add.




3 new habits you've adopted

3 foods you can't PEP without

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

3 milestones on your journey so far

3 new habits you’ve adopted
1. Fruit for break
2. Gym in the evenings
3. Making more dinners instead of eating take away


3 foods you can’t PEP without
1. Mushrooms!!
2. Pasta
3. Chicken


3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going
1. To feel healthier and fitter
2. To increase chances of having kids in the future
3. To prove to myself I can do it

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon
1. Still to fit into my size 12 next jeans - not long now!
2. Dug out an old winter coat this morning which I can now fasten!
3. Got my old size 12 work trousers back last week after them being in the basement for a year!!



3 milestones on your journey so far
1. Getting under 12 stone for the first time in a year!
2. Being able to complete all my gym classes and still want to do more
3. Compliements from various ppl and my bf being proud and calling me skinny!!

Good challenge bookhunter

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3 new habits you’ve adopted


1. running regluarly
2. walking everywhere
3. Cooking healthy food for the family

3 foods you can’t PEP without

1. Mushrooms
2. WW chicken Curry
3. Vimto ice lollies



3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. This forum
2. friendly competition with collegue
3. feeling like a new me

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon


1. Size 10 jeans now fit
2. New next dress will soon fit
3. New next skirt suit fits pefectly

3 milestones on your journey so far

1. Hitting The 2 stone mark felt fantastic
2. Clearing out all size 14 and 16 clothes
3. Entering a 10k (5th sept!!)



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3 new habits you’ve adopted



1.Writing everything down
2.Going to Zumba class twice a week
3.Cookign instead if eating take away

3 foods you can’t PEP without

1.Fruit
2.Chicken
3.pasta

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going
1.Fitting for a bridesmaids dress for my sisters wedding
2.Too look good and feel healthier
3.Trying for a family
3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon



1.would like to fit a size 14 trousers ( there hanging on wardrobe now)
2.would like to fit into my wedding dress again
3.Be a size 16 bridesmaids dress
3 milestones on your journey so far


1.Starting back at class
2.
3.



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3 new habits you’ve adopted

1. Cooking healthy meals instead of convenience food
2. Being organised when it comes to food (not grabbing lunch in canteen and takeaway for dinner)
3. Exercising - walking, zumba classes, exercise bike etc


3 foods you can’t PEP without

1. Chicken
2. Rice/Pasta
3. No check soup


3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. 40th Birthday (refuse to be fat n forty)
2. This Forum and all you guys
3. Clothes shopping (fed up not finding anything due to my size)


3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. Size 16 jeans will soon fit comfortably
2. New Warehouse Coat
3. Leather jacket from Oasis (my favourite, but its a wee bit tight just now)


3 milestones on your journey so far

1. Re-joining class last Monday
2. Joining Zumba classes
3. First weigh-in

3 new habit

1) Planning evening meals for the week, and write a shopping list.
2) Started jogging (kills me, but I'll get there)
3) Trying new recipes from the PEP book ( Recently made Thai Curry)

3 foods

1) Chocolate (as long as it's counted)
2) Chicken
3) Salmon

3 reasons to motivate me

1) Feel fitter and healtheir
2) Wear trendy clothes
3) Hopefully get married and have kids, To be a slim bride and have energy to play with my kids.


3 items of clothing

1) Size 14 jeans comfortably (still tight)
2) White trousers
3) All the clothes I have bought as incentives in various sizes!!!


3 milestones

1) only 1lb to go for a stone lost
2) Being able to jog without stopping for 3.5miles and including hills. At the start I couldn't even jog to the end of the road without stopping!!
3) Realising that I can lose weight, it just takes time.

3 new habits you've adopted

1. having breakfast every day
2. drinking water
3. walking more

3 foods you can't PEP without

1. frozen yogurts
2. Prawns
3. soup

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. photo's (not a pretty sight)
2. not fitting into clothes
3. feeling unhealthy

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. I can now fit into all my size 12's
2. have a black figure hugging dress, size 10 would love to fit into
3. my old jeans nearly there!!

3 milestones on your journey so far

1. 7lb lost (achieved)
2. to be under 9 stone (3.5 lbs to go)
3. to be happy with my weight

3 new habits you've adopted

1. Decide the weeks menu before weekly shop
2. keep a tally everyday of the checks I have as I go through the day
3. Measure and weigh everything

3 foods you can't PEP without

1. fruit
2. ready-prepared sald veg
3. mini meuller rice

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. Ellen- my friend at work and my mentor
2. team challenge mates
3. my granddaughters first communion next May

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. Summer dress fits better
2. bought smaller size skirt and it fits
3. new jeans still to fit into

3 milestones on your journey so far

1. dropping a size
2. 10 pounds off
3. almost in a new decade of kg's

3 new habits you've adopted

1. Not having to finish something if I open it
2. Exercise and lots of it
3. Writing everything down - even when I'm being bad as it normally puts me back on the straight and narrow

3 foods you can't PEP without

1. Funsize malteasers and curly wurlys
2. Fruit
3. Low fat cheese

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. 23 stone plus is not a fun place to be! I want to be healthy and fit
2. My fiance and I would like to have children sometime soon
3. The forum definitely keeps me motivated

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. My next jeans - I want to fit into these!
2. My work trousers - have too pairs lurking in the wardrobe that a wore a few time before I grew back out of them
3. I'd like to buy a really nice little-black-dress that makes me feel great and the few I've seen don't fit me yet

3 milestones on your journey so far

1. Being able to shop in the 'normal' section in shops not just the plus size bit
2. Being able to exercise (and get up the stairs to my top floor flat) without feeling I am going to pass out
3. Having the confidence to ask my now fiance out on a first date

3 new habits you’ve adopted
1. not having crisps every day and having fruit instead
2. walking briskly and much further than I used to
3. Making a lot more food from scratch - a lot less processed food & takeaway

3 foods you can't PEP without
1. Boursin Light
2. Butternut Squash
3. SF jelly

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going
1. my 'fat' picture
2. to have a sleeker figure
3. To fit into a gorgeous skirt (that I hope will actually be too big for me when i have got where i want to be)

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon
1. My gorgeous skirt that I bought knowing it was too small lol
2. My favourite jammies
3. Size 16 jeans

3 milestones on your journey so far
1. Getting my BMI under 30
2. Losing almost 2 stone (half of my target)
3. Compliments from friends, family & colleagues - my favourite being 'Holy S**t - thats some dedication!'


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3 new habits you've adopted

1. Orange juice for breakfast (and no more kitkats)
2. Packing lunch and snacks for work
3. Coming on here most days (even when it's not going well)

3 foods you can't PEP without

1. Chopped tomatoes
2. Yoghurt fruit flakes (can't think what I ever did without them)
3. Tinned apples and pears

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. Wanted to run. I've now completed a 5K and a 10K and want to go further.
2. Want to help my asthma
3. My nieces - now I can not only run around with them but our new favourite activity when I spend the day with them is Wii Fit

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. Per Una size 12 skirt. Took me a year to fit into. I loved it when I saw it but they only had a 12 and it took me starting running again to get there.
2. Per Una turquoise trousers - would be great to fit into them before winter.
3. My size 10 running trousers - they make me feel like a real runner and fitting into them the second time around was amazing.

3 milestones on your journey so far

1. Completing the Abbey Dash 10 K and reaching 84kg the first time
2. Getting back down to 84kg and under it
3. Starting half marathon training (this may be paused but I'm not going to let it stop me making progress)

3 new habits you've adopted

1. i eat more fruit
2. posting on here
3. cooking from scratch

3 foods you can't PEP without

1. tinned tomatoes
2. mullerlight
3. mince

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. seeing fat photos
2. turning 30
3. the thought of more fat photos....

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. be comfy in size 14's (am between 14's & 16's)
2. my holiday clothes
3. a dress in size 12 that i've never worn...

3 milestones on your journey so far

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3 new habits you've adopted

1. writing everything down
2. thinking before I reach for the crisps/biscuit tin "do I really need/want that"
3. drinking water when feel like snacking

3 foods you can't PEP without

1. free soup
2. tins of tomotoes
3. sugar free jelly

3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. clothes were getting too tight and I refuse to buy bigger
2. health
3. feel good hormones are keeping me going (exercise is helping )

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. size 14 jeans
2. dress I wore 3 years ago when half pound from target
3. blouses - would be nice to get out the t-shirt rut!

3 milestones on your journey so far

1. planning everything
2. being more motivated
3. exercising everyday - every little helps.

Hope I've completed this challenge right! xxxx

3 new habits you've adopted

1. Eat more Veg
2. Write everything down
3. Dont go completely bananas after weigh in




3 foods you can't PEP without

1. Tuna
2. Low fat salad dressing
3. Backed potatoes



3 reasons that motivated you to start or keep you going

1. After my husband left me for someone else it was time to llok after myself for a change, its my time now
2. How much better i feel already and looking fowred to beingmore health and nice clothes
3. Thinking of my beloved first husband and how proud of me he would be

3 items of clothing you can fit into now or want to fit into soon

1. want to fit into a pair of black jeans i bought a few year ago which have a big red rose on the pocket
2. A purple winter jacket which i could never button even when i bought it for a weeding i can button it no problem and fits me
3. My swimsuit although i dont look great i wore it twice to the swimming the first in 5 years


3 milestones on your journey so far

1. first mining target of 18st 7 i am now 17st 2 my next mini tagret is under 17st so not long to go
3. Going swimming for the first time in 5 years
3. being able to play with my 2 nephews and niece with out to much puffing and panting( believe it or not i was playing football with them last week)


This post has been edited by Bookhunter: Aug 18 2010, 09:30 AM

Katie




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BUMP x

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We should bump this up at the end of Jan, there's bound to be things to add by then xx