I thought for fun I would post a questionnaire just to get to know some of you better.
1. What was your highest weight, what do you weigh right now and what is your goal weight?
2. What is your #1 motivation for losing weight?
3. Have you always been overweight?
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going?
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight?
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey?
7. What is your favorite exercise?
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey?
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most?
10. What is your strategy for losing weight?
You can answer all of the questions or any of them you want to. I look forward to learning something new about each one of you.
1. 201 was highest not preggo, 157 now, goal 140
ReplyDelete2. #1 motivator is being a good role model for my son
3. I was never "skinny" but I wasnt as overweight as I thought I was growing up.
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going? Knowing how I felt heavy
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight? SHOPPING and going into maintenence instead of losing mode
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey? Yes tons!
7. What is your favorite exercise? RUNNING
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey? One day one experience at a time
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most? Going out to eat and wine
10. What is your strategy for losing weight? Modified weight watchers and lots of exercise!
Here are my answers to my questionnaire. If I'm going to ask more about you then I should tell about myself to thats only fair.
ReplyDelete1. Highest weight-290 lbs
Weight right now- 231 lbs
Goal weight- 147 lbs
2. My number one motivation for losing weight is finding happiness in myself.
3. I have pretty much been overweight my whole life except for maybe a couple years in my late 20's.
4. Reading other peoples blogs and the support I receive on here keeps me going plus I'm dedicated to not giving up.
5. I definitely look forward to going clothes shopping.
6. I have a few supporters like my kids and other bloggers on here.
7. Walking is my favorite exercise.
8. Most important thing I have learned is to never give up, I'm worth doing this for.
9. The one thing I have given up I miss the most is chocolate but I will survive.
10. My weight loss strategy is eating a balanced diet, low sugar, low sodium, low carbs, and plenty of exercise.
1. My highest weight was 263lbs, I am currently sitting at 220.5lbs, and would love to be 150lbs.
ReplyDelete2. I want to be healthier. not be looked at differently because I am obese. To love who I see in the mirror like I did when I was younger!
3. I have always been heavy, then I took a crash diet and was taking pills like candy lost a ton, and gained it all back plus some!
4. Reading blog posts! Going through stores and seeing cute cute clothes that I want so bad. Having my support system telling me "I can do it!" And so then, I have to show them I can!
5. My husband being able to sweep me off my feet! Going shopping for a ton of new clothes. And of course being able to play sports with my friends and family again!
6. From most people. I turn to the blog world a lot more because everyone is SO much more inspiring and uplifting!
7. Walking. I love the fresh air and the chance to just clear my head and enjoy being outdoors!
8. That as long as I stay on track and committed I CAN do this!! I will do this!!
9. Pasta!! Pizza!! Donuts!! lol
10. Watching my food intake, increasing my water and veggie intake and working out right after eating to get my heart rate up to get my body started on processing the food!! :D
1. 262, 218, 160
ReplyDelete2. To live life to the fullest since Polar can't
3. No, only after I retired from sports
4. Polar's memory, and guilt
5. Skinny jeans and high heels
6. Husband
7. Elliptical
8. Eating healthy doesn't have to suck completely
9. Cheese
10. Medifast-low cal/carb/fat diet (about 1000/day) and exercise
Polar's Mom
www.polarspage.blogspot.com
1. Only me, my doctor and my wife know where I started from. My goal weight is somewhere between 200 - 220 lbs.
ReplyDelete2. My motivation is being able to do things that I used to, but more importantly being able to play and do things with my son.
3. Always. Since childhood.
4. My son and my wife. The most important things in my life.
5. Shopping in a regular size store and Cowboy boots with a new belt and buckle ( not that I am a cowboy, but I have always wanted some).
6. Lots of support. My family, extended family, friends, doctors and dieticians.
7. Slowly becoming weights.
8. Portion Control.
9. Coffee and Chicken Wings.
10. Gastric ByPass.
1. 227, 205, 135
ReplyDelete2. To live a healthier life to the fullest and be a role model for my son
3. Most of my life
4. Looking for peer support this time, setting goals and pictures
5. Training for a marathon
6. Yes from select family members, my gym and fellow bloggers
7. Just started kick boxing and loving it
8. Eating the right foods, naturally is the best plan for life
9. Red wine
10. 1300 calories a day watching fat, carb and protein %’s, water and daily exercise
great idea!
Ohhhhhh! Can i re-post this????
ReplyDelete1. Highest- 288, now- 256, and goal- i still haven't decided but i'm thinking 145-160
2. I want to be the real me, not this fat person that's on the outside. I want to be able to live my life, to be able to travel, and not get so tired all of the time.
3. No. I stopped competitively swimming in 2003, and i've slowly been putting the weight on. IN 2006 i lost 30 pounds, and then gained it all back and then some.
4. Knowing that this is something i want to do and can do for myself, and my #fitblog family
5. NEW WARDROBE! BEING IN SHAPE! PLAYING ULTIMATE FRISBEE AND NOT DYING!
6. OH heck yes. I could not do it without help and support!
7. Bike riding, cajun dancing.
8. Never to give up, no matter what happens. Even if i gain, don't quit. Keep on working hard. And i have to believe in myself and love myself, or no one else will!
9. Those damned Carbs and sweets. I'm not supposed to have any. But sometimes i mess up, and have some. Then it's not so good.
10. Exercise and Ideal Protein-- http://www.idealprotein.com/ipcl_caen.asp?no=142
1. What was your highest weight, what do you weigh right now and what is your goal weight?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what my goal weight is though it should be somewhere between 117 and 146..I would guess I'll settle at around 125 or so. My starting weight was 393.6, and I'm down about 112 pounds so that puts me around 28 1 right now. I still have a long way to go, but I'm so getting there. :)
2. What is your #1 motivation for losing weight?
I want to feel good and be the best version of myself..and I want to feel pretty by society's standards...just being honest..
3. Have you always been overweight? Nah..I've always kind of thought of myself that way, but looking back in photos there was a brief time when I was really..and I was cuter than I realized..
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going?
I think about the end result..and how much easier it is to move now..how I don't get winded going up a flight of steps, etc. I love this too much to give it back.
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight?
I look forward to living life free of obesity!
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey?
I do..from my family, my friends, my blogging buddies, etc.
7. What is your favorite exercise?
My favorite cardio exercise is on the elliptical, and my favorite weight exercise is a side lunge with a shoulder raise. I feel like a rock star when I do that.
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey?
I've learned that I can do whatever the heck I want to do. It's so awesome to realize that I feel so much better than I ever knew I could.
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most?
I haven't given anything up. Nothing is off-limits, and I believe that's why I've been so successful in losing the first 112 pounds.
10. What is your strategy for losing weight?
I eat healthy foods most of the time, but I eat everything in moderation..I track it in a food journal, and I exercise 5-6 days per week.
Thanks for asking these questions! I'm so proud of each of us for answering them!
I just posted this on my blog too...http:www.alltheweigh.com! Just saying...
ReplyDelete1. 195, 188, 130
ReplyDelete2. To be happy in clothes and live the active lifestyle I crave.
3. Except for about 2 years in high school, I have always been overweight.
4. My goals and ideas of the future
5. Shopping, mirrors
6. My boyfriend and my blog
7. Running and Snowboarding- TIE
8. I really do have the self control to say no to my cravings, if I want to.
9. I haven't really given anything up- just huge portions. And I suppose in a way I do miss that- it was 'pleasant' to shovel in food like that, I can honestly say. Satisfying is maybe a better word.
10. My strategy is; 5 X per week gym for cardio and weights, 5 X per week running, 3 X per week fitness class, and only one snack between reasonable meals. Sometimes I hit all of that exercise, sometimes not, but shooting for a frequency like that helps me get in more than I would if I had a reasonable goal.
1. My highest know weight was 315 pounds, but this time around,my scales said E when I weighed and they only go to 305, so who knows what I weighed.
ReplyDelete2. I am motivated by the fact that I now have a family that is counting on me to get them to a place that they are secure and know that I will always be there for them to keep them that way. This all started with a vision of me being buried at an early age and my Kathy having to start over with someone who doesn't love her like I do.
3. I have been at least some overweight most of my life. I had periods of being a more normal weight, but I never knew I was not fat, in my head, I was always fat and so I never went into a I have to maintain this weight mode. I will be more self aware this time around and I will use all my resources to keep myself healthy.
4. this time around I have not really felt the "i want to give up" bug. I have had rough times in which I wanted to eat for the emotional reasons, but I have never said, yeah this sux, I am done.
5. I honestly don't know what I look forward to on the goal weight thing. I guess knowing that I will be able to move even better at 197 than I can now at my present weight. It is in my head that by the time I lose another 50 pounds, that my jogging will be alot easier, so I guess that is my what i look forward to.
6. I do. I don't have as much at home as I would like, but I have my bloggy buddies, my co-workers, my ex co-workers, and several friends.
7. I think I like jogging and weight lifting in general about equally.
8. That I only THOUGHT I was happy when I ate junk food. I can honestly say I have never been happier than I am right now. I don't eat fast food enough to speak of and when I do, it is usually not really fast food, it is salads from fast food places, I don't eat pizza like it is an important food group and I no longer drink a gallon of diet soda a day. I eat lean meats and veggies, drink water like it is, well , water, and I have a happiness and clarity of mind like I have never realized before!
9. Maybe in the first month, I would have answered pizza, but I honestly don't have much of a craving for anything anymore. I have not actually given up anything, I just use portion control. If I truly want something, it can be built in but I have been able to replace the crud I used to eat with healthy choices and it has become a way of life.
10. I simply have put myself on the Calorie Bank and Trust plan. I limit my calories for the day, no going over, and no carry overs from the day before. As a result, I began to start making better choices for calorie values in food. I now am a moving around-aholic. I walk everyday but Friday, and I don't go then because I do a 5k on Saturday and Sunday mornings. I have been working on getting my walking/jogging 5k on Saturday down to the 40 minute range. I lift weights every morning Monday thru Thursday. My family has been hiking quite a bit here lately.
Thank you to all of you for such open and honest answers and Brittany of course you can repost this, post away.
ReplyDelete1. What was your highest weight, what do you weigh right now and what is your goal weight?
ReplyDeleteMy highest was at the end of my last pregnancy at 260, I am now about 240. I don't keep track of weight much, mainly inches. At a size six I weighed 165, that still sounds like a lot even though I was tiny, the scale is like a torture machine to me so I just go by my size usually. But I guess since at my smallest I was 165 that is my goal again.
2. What is your #1 motivation for losing weight?
To have the energy to enjoy my life with my family to the fullest! To have this burden lifted so I can focus all my energies on the more important things in life.
3. Have you always been overweight?
No, very fit until age 19, gained a little first year of marriage, I gained a bit first pregnancy, lost it then got preggo again, lost a child, got pregnant again and now I am where I am now at my largest save for the last pregnancy.
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going?
My favorite old clothes that I still have, my husband, kids, the memory of how great it felt to be fit and feel fabulous.
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight?
Feeling normal again and liking what I see when I get dressed in the morning.
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey?
Some. Not a ton.
7. What is your favorite exercise?
Exercise ball workouts, I love how it really gets my core burning fast.
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey?
That it is not about the weight but it is not not about the weight.
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most?
Soda, but I don't ever say I can never have one ever again, then I might binge on it! Don't wan that.
10. What is your strategy for losing weight?
Exercise and good home cooking. Healthy fats, good meat, lots of good, natural, food!
1. Highest weight: 315, Current weight: 274, Goal Weight: 155
ReplyDelete2. Besides being healthy, my motivation is to hopefully be able to have babies.
3. I was a normal skinny kid, until about 4th grade when my parents started having problems. Then I was only slightly overweight, until they separated in 9th grade, and I gained alot.
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going? That I want to have children mostly, and that I'm tired of looking at myself in the mirror with disgust.
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight? Shopping for clothes, and wearing a bikini!
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey? From a couple of key people, yes. The rest of my family are often unsupportive.
7. What is your favorite exercise? I don't like to exercise, so I would say i don't have a favorite. Though of all I do, the one I probably like mroe than the others is water aerobics.
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey? One meal at a time. I don't look to tomorrow, until I'm packing up my foods.
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most? I haven't given it up, but pasta. I don't eat the regular stuff any more, only whole wheat, and always small portions, and I often miss the large portions.
10. What is your strategy for losing weight?
Eat less, move more. Nuff said. :)
I got to thinking about all these things and…ended up making it my own blog :) here is the link: http://kyokocake.blogspot.com/2010/10/questions-and-refocusing.html
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ReplyDelete1. What was your highest weight, what do you weigh right now and what is your goal weight?
ReplyDeleteHighest weight -159.4lbs
Right now - 159.4lbs. Wow! I haven't weighted myself in a few weeks and I added another five pounds. All that denial. Okay. Time for change.
Goal weight: 133lbs
2. What is your #1 motivation for losing weight?
Fit into clothing that I own, but no longer fits. Feel good about myself.
3. Have you always been overweight?
No, normally on the skinny side. But over the past little while, I've gained a lot. I can't seem to stop myself from eating.
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going?
I've given up many times. When I don't give up it is the feeling of being fit.
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight?
Looking good in clothing and feeling great about how good I look.
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey?
I'm part of the Healthy You Challenge. I need to get back with that.
7. What is your favorite exercise?
Elliptical and Cross Trainer.
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey?
Not to give up.
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most?
Haven't given anything up yet, but I know I will miss chips. I'm an addict. It is my achilles heel. I keep making excuses. "This will be the last time"
10. What is your strategy for losing weight?
I'm starting the thirty day shred. Jillian Michaels would be an amazing personal trainer. Just enough meanness to her to keep me going.
Hello to the lovely Christina!
ReplyDelete1. Highest - 323
Now - 221.8
Goal - Between 180-190
I don't have a definite goal in mind. I just know that I don't want to maintain an unrealistic weight. I just want to be healthy!
2. To not have my mom's health problems. I already have high blood pressure and pray that I can drop enough weight to get this in check!
3. Except at birth.
4. Knowing there are people who look up to me, that many people out there have it worse and all the bloggers who inspire me!
5. Not having to shop at Lane Bryant ever again. Being able to walk in a normal store and try something on!
6. I have some amazing supporters!
7. Running and kettlebell workouts
8. Every day is a new one and it is up to me to make the right choices. But when I don't to own up to them and then move on.
9. I haven't given anything up. I eat most things within moderation. But I don't eat much pizza anymore. So Pizza. I believe you have to live the life you want and be able to maintain it. You can't cut everything. Trust me I tried it that way and it was a no win situation.
10. A balanced 1700 diet, exercise 6 days a week and a daily piece of chocolate for my sanity!
I loved this post so much that I decided to pass it on in my blog. Here's the link for my answers.
ReplyDeletehttp://mindingmyweigh.blogspot.com/2010/10/questions-answers.html
I decided to follow the trend of posting these and answering them on my own blog, so I thought I'd post a link to them. :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://rotundrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/10/dinner-questions-and-song.html
I love that everybody is getting involved in answering these questions and posted them to their own blog, the more the merrier.
ReplyDeletei posted it on my blog as well. great questionnaire by the way! http://flabtofab2010.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThank you solidice242, I'm glad you liked the questions.
ReplyDelete1. What was your highest weight, what do you weigh right now and what is your goal weight?
ReplyDeleteMy highest weight ever was 135kg. My weight (as of 27th Sept) was 104.7kg. I don't have a specific goal other than less than 80kg. It might go as low as less than 70kg, but i will decided when i am closer to this.
2. What is your #1 motivation for losing weight?
To be fit and healthy, so be happy within myself.
3. Have you always been overweight?
Yes, except for about 2 years in there somewhere
4. When you want to give up what inspires you to keep going?
my stubborn streak! The support and encouragement of my family & friends. Knowing that quitting will make me feel worse than pushing forward.
5. What is the #1 thing you look forward to when you hit your goal weight?
Sky diving (when i reach 90kg goal). being able to find clothes in 'normal' stores. Trying all the stuff i have put off cause i was too fat or too unfit.
6. Do you have support on your weight loss journey?
Yes - an unbelievable amount
7. What is your favorite exercise?
Hmm....... exercising with Trish and Ky. No matter what we do, we always have a laugh. yes the exercise itself is hard and can be painful, but we keep each other going and you don't mind so much.
8. What is the most important thing you have learned on your weight loss journey?
To ask for help. To tell your support group when you need to chat or really need someone to drag your arse out of bed for that walk. To confront and deal with your emotions, not hide them behind food.
9. What is one thing you have given up that you miss the most?
I try not to deny myself anything and by telling yourself 'no' i think you want it more. I have my no counting meal once a month, so if i am wanting a giant treat - i have it then. I also allow myself a littler treat once a week, and its funny cause since i started giving myself permission to do that, i rarely want to.
10. What is your strategy for losing weight?
Make exercise fun - it's not always about being the strongest or faster. its just about being active. I want to be an active person - so instead of meeting for a coffee and cake, i meet my friends for a walk. Don't do it alone - ask for help, you'll be surprised at the people who give it to you.
I love that so many people have participated in this questionnaire. I have seen my questionnaire on so many other blogs and thats so cool. I'm blessed to have found such a wonderful blogging community to be a part of. Thanks everyone.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed by your enthusiasm and high regard for the education that we are receiving !
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