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September 2013 Fitness Challenge

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  • mycrazy8splus1
    mycrazy8splus1 Posts: 1,558 Member
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    weigh-in day and I am down 1 pound. :smile: :happy: :love:
  • TheMMan
    TheMMan Posts: 124 Member
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    So far I've lost 1.5 pounds. We'll see how I do over the weekend.
  • Brie4me
    Brie4me Posts: 238
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    Congrats to you both!! I forgot to mention that ~ it's weigh-in day for me, too and I am down 1/2 pound :happy:
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Awesome Brie!

    Okay, check-in as promised,
    At the gym I weighed 162lbs
    BF% 29.9
    Do you think I can lower it to 27.9% in three weeks? I'd like to!
    I'm going to keep track of cals burned again:

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  • Brie4me
    Brie4me Posts: 238
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    MinMin, I got curious about how many pounds I needed to lose to achieve my BF% goal, so I looked around and found this calculator. I cannot confirm it's accuracy, but my result seemed realistic.

    Here's the link: http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/body-fat-weight-calculator.php
  • melkadee
    melkadee Posts: 5,598 Member
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    I lost 1.8 lbs. this week! Yay! :bigsmile:
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Bike ride 45min 270 cals

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    I'll check it out Brie!

    Hey, I loved that link. My goal weight would be 157.5, that's a loss of 4.5 lbs on the scale. The other calculator link I posted includes body measurements. I'll play around with that calculator as well.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    I lost 1.8 lbs. this week! Yay! :bigsmile:
    Yay for you Mel!!!
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    So figuring out my 2%BF equates to a loss of 4.5lbs. Of course, that will all be fat, if I lose 2% on the bf tester, not just 4.5lbs on the scale.
    Anyway, 2% is what I am going for.

    So 4.5lbs of fat is 3600cals X 4.5 = -16,200 calories
    If I burn 12,000 cals exercising and I have an average 300cals deficit per day this month (-6300cals) then -16,200 and -6300 is 22,500 calories burned.:smokin:

    Can I expect this math to result in at least 4.5lbs of fat burned off of my body? :love: LOL
    How do you like my fun word problem.:laugh: I'm going to give this a go!!:drinker:
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Biking and weights 1009 cals burned today

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  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Biking and strength training 679 cals

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  • nancybuss
    nancybuss Posts: 1,461 Member
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    I'm back. for now. My dad has been seriously ill so I've been out of town a Lot, and lots of bad eating.
    I will get all my measurements together and I'll use the handheld machine at work on the fat % in fact I will go do that at my next break!

    Congrats to those that have already seen some good losses!
  • melkadee
    melkadee Posts: 5,598 Member
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    Nancybuss, I am sorry to hear about your dad. Hang in there.
  • nancybuss
    nancybuss Posts: 1,461 Member
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    Thank Mel, and congrats on your 1.5 pound loss! :)

    I started Week 2 of T25. Did this workout a lot better than last week. yay!
  • rocky503
    rocky503 Posts: 430 Member
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    I'm in. Since I have a quality engineering background and am trained in Six Sigma, I'll be weighing daily and making a control chart. This accounts for "normal" variation in the measurement system which in this case is my body and the scale. The goal is to be out of the control limits at both the beginning and end of the months. SW, 171. I've been losing 3-4 lbs/month. Here we go!


    :huh: That is just too, too through...but good tracking
  • rocky503
    rocky503 Posts: 430 Member
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    I lost 1.8 lbs. this week! Yay! :bigsmile:


    That's great, keep it up girlfriend. :flowerforyou:
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Well, halfway+ thru the month and I have totally switched gears! I am not on track with my original plan at all. I started a weight training program, on week 1. How is everyone?
  • CTCMom2009
    CTCMom2009 Posts: 263 Member
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    I'm in... now that I've been cleared for activity by my orthopaedist, I can finally get something done hopefully!

    Starting at 163.4 as of this morning... 2 lbs is my goal, though I'd love to shoot for 4 lbs. I'm also shooting for 10,000 steps per day on my FitBit and at least 30 mins exercise each day. I got my 30 in this morning at physical therapy, but I'll go do cardio later also!

    Good luck everyone! WE GOT THIS!!

    OK, so this morning I was at 161.0 lbs. Hopefully the trend will continue!
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    ^^^Great job, CTCMom!
  • nancybuss
    nancybuss Posts: 1,461 Member
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    Yeah CTC!!!!!

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