30-Day Challenge (Yes, meant to happen over the holidays!!)

BekahsLosing

BekahsLosing wrote: »

trigden1991 wrote: »

I started my contest prep on Monday and am down 11.2lbs since then. Do I win something?

Wow, this is my first shot hosting a community forum and there really are some *kitten* on here! I'm going to continue to ignore...

LOL!!! MFP just changed my swear word to "kittens"!! Love it!!!

TavistockToad

BekahsLosing wrote: »

trigden1991 wrote: »

I started my contest prep on Monday and am down 11.2lbs since then. Do I win something?

Wow, this is my first shot hosting a community forum and there really are some *kitten* on here! I'm going to continue to ignore...

correct

but there's also some really good advice, even if you might not want to hear it.

BekahsLosing

Well folks, it's Friday, November 4th -- Welcome to our "30-Day / 10lb Challenge" pre-challenge weigh-in!

Today is our pre-challenge weigh-in day. Post your starting weight here or on my private profile page (friend request me, I'll accept!) I will track our progress by collecting everyone's starting and ending weights so we can celebrate together!

My starting weight is 216 pounds.

For anyone who plans to join, or folks who are doing a similar challenge in solidarity, thank you for joining me! And thanks to any supporters too!

trigden1991

You started a "challenge" on a public forum that is encouraging people to lose weight at a rate faster than recommended. Some people (like the ones that have commented), feel that this is not healthy. You should note that these people are the ones with more insight/knowledge/training/experience than most on these forums.

Nads36

Hi Bekah...is it today we weigh in? I weigh 263lbs and hope to be 10lbs lighter on the 30 day challenge...making me 253lbs by the end of of the month. Anything else we have to do? Thanks...need to do this...I struggle to keep within my recommended calorie allowance!

Intentional_Me

This will not teach you the tools you need for long term success. I highly recommend eating at a deficit and logging with MFP regularly instead of doing a restrictive challenge with arbitrary rules. Down 70 pounds since April. Getting excited to set myself at 1.5 a week here in 15 pounds!!

BekahsLosing

Nads36 wrote: »

Hi Bekah...is it today we weigh in? I weigh 263lbs and hope to be 10lbs lighter on the 30 day challenge...making me 253lbs by the end of of the month. Anything else we have to do? Thanks...need to do this...I struggle to keep within my recommended calorie allowance!

Thanks yes! I left you a post directly on your profile page.

Regarding future communication, can you please correspond with me by posting messages directly to my profile page? Because MFP is kind of a clunky tool that seems like the easiest way to communicate here.

Regarding the challenge, I've made note of your starting weight and plan to track our collective progress so we can celebrate together at the end of 30-days...

Thank you for joining!

doittoitgirl

trigden1991 wrote: »

I started my contest prep on Monday and am down 11.2lbs since then. Do I win something?

trigden1991 wrote: »

This thread is so full of imminent failure it is unreal.

I get it, you've obviously been successful on your fitness journey. And you and I both know that crash diets and weight challenges probably aren't the most sustainable ways to lose weight long term. But what do you gain by coming in these forums and being condescending? Does it make you feel better making fun of people's struggles? Unless you have a shining gem of advice for the people here who are making an effort to better themselves, why don't you go take some more gym selfies and leave them alone huh?

trigden1991

doittoitgirl wrote: »

trigden1991 wrote: »

I started my contest prep on Monday and am down 11.2lbs since then. Do I win something?

trigden1991 wrote: »

This thread is so full of imminent failure it is unreal.

I get it, you've obviously been successful on your fitness journey. And you and I both know that crash diets and weight challenges probably aren't the most sustainable ways to lose weight long term. But what do you gain by coming in these forums and being condescending? Does it make you feel better making fun of people's struggles? Unless you have a shining gem of advice for the people here who are making an effort to better themselves, why don't you go take some more gym selfies and leave them alone huh?

My advice (and many other peoples) is to not undertake a challenge which is promoting unhealthy weight loss which has been seen on these forums time and time again. If you care to look in any other threads, you will see that I can offer a good insight and offer helpful advice.

I have not once made fun of people in this thread and your comment in bold is extremely immature and judgmental. My comment was somewhat in jest but was also to serve as a point that it is not hard to drop large amounts of weight quickly but it is not sustainable or is just water weight.

I have nothing but respect for people who are looking to improve themselves and it would be wise for people with less knowledge to absorb some information. We all start off with no information and knowledge and have to learn. My shining gem of advice is to set up a sustainable calorie deficit, weigh everything you consume and be consistent.

midsummer174627

Okay, I guess we were supposed to have weighed in on Friday: I'm pretty sure I weighed 147, which is two pounds less than on Monday. On one hand I'm trilled but on the other hand, my body fat has (according to my scale) gone up, and this diet is absolutely not sustainable for me. But I'm so close to my goal weight of 145 that I feel like I'll keep doing Whole 30 at least until I get down to that.