Can you LOSE 50+ pounds by July 1st? CHALLENGE!!!

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  • kellis2010
    kellis2010 Posts: 9
    sorry - i do not know why my ticker is posting twice!:blushing:
  • elf618
    elf618 Posts: 317 Member
    Didn't see your message, but I did get my 500+ cal burn today...did zumba class then ran 20min and walked 15 on the treadmill :)
  • laDOLCEvita7
    laDOLCEvita7 Posts: 191
    Also one more thing. For anyone that is still kinda having a hard time believing that they can do this. I recommend you to go to www.redbookmag.com/bodytool and upload a photo of yourself (in order for it to work you must have a full body photo and just you in the photo, if other people are in the photo it will not know who to take the weight off of, if its just your face, it wll take too much off), no one sees this its just for you. Set your current weight and height, then scroll the bar down to how much you want to lose. Then print the pic. It will give you motivation and show you what you will look like at that weight. I have a pic I did and scrolled it to 145 pounds and I carry it in my food journal. And trust me when I say when you see a thin version of you in a picture, it will be the biggest motivation. Then you will believe in yourself that you can do this.
  • hmfishy
    hmfishy Posts: 22 Member
    Screen Name: hmfishy
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 240 lbs
    Goal by July 1st, 2011 (can be more than 50 lbs, whatever you wish for): 190 lbs
    Why do you want to lose 50+ pounds?: to feel good about myself, to be a better role model for my kids, to prove I can do it
    What are your eating and exercise plans to lose 50+ pounds?: reduce calories, work out 3 times a week minimum. To log in every day and track my calories, as well as weekly weigh-in to track my progress.
  • DawniesLife
    DawniesLife Posts: 157
    I have come up with an idea. The 1st week of weight loss is a cake walk. The 2nd week most people have a tougher time. What if we go ahead and start preparing for that second week, next saturdays weigh in? My challenge, which you can choose to accept if you want, if you do not want to do it you dont have to or if for medical reasons you can't do it, I understand no matter what. But I will put myself on a challenge from Saturday 1/8/11 to Friday 1/14/11 to burn 3,500 calories total for the week! By burning 3,500 calories and staying within your calorie limit, drinking your recommended daily water, you are almost guaranteeing yourself to lose a pound of fat next week. Any burn counts. If you go to the store and you are walking and shopping for an hour look up how much that is on MFP and write down on a peice of paper to keep track. Even though you can burn calories by sleeping, that doesnt count. You have to physically be moving your body for your calories burn to count. You can do 500 calories burned, 7 days this week. Or you can do 700 calories for 5 days and skip two days. The choice is completely yours. You can even do the 700 calories broken up to 350 a.m workout and 350 pm workout. So whos in on the challenge?

    I am totally up to it!!!! What a fantastic idea to help motivate everyone to get up and moving and to get the weight off! I love this group - so motivating!
  • 2Young4This
    2Young4This Posts: 172 Member
    Disappointing weigh in but TOTM and know I'm holding lots of water. Still really gutted.

    Screen Name: 2Young4This
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 157.8
    8th Jan 2011: 157.2
    Goal by July 1st, 2011 (can be more than 50 lbs, whatever you wish for): 110
  • xweerachceex
    xweerachceex Posts: 85
    Weighed in this morning on a home scale a loose of 2 and a half pounds :smile: not bad for what I've been doing!!!!! Love it at least I'm on track to loose 2 pounds a week minimum foe this challenge it's getting stepped up this week for next weeks weigh in!

    Thanx :flowerforyou:

    P.s Tom came again! Holding water weight so hopefully il see a huge lose next week to make up for the water weight this week
  • loulouBell72
    loulouBell72 Posts: 36 Member
    louloubell72
    starting weight: 210
    8th Jan weight: 209

    A lbs a lb :)

    Not sure why my ticker not changed :ohwell:
    Sorry, i will post again as i like to see the number go down :wink:
  • loulouBell72
    loulouBell72 Posts: 36 Member
    lost a pound please ticker!

    it says no :grumble:

    ha ha! worked it out :laugh:
  • sarahlasvegas
    sarahlasvegas Posts: 73 Member
    5 pounds for me :) - 1st week so I know its water weight but it's spuring me on to keep it up :)

    Screen Name: sarahlasvegas
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 229
    8th Jan 2011: 224
    Goal by July 1st, 2011 (can be more than 50 lbs, whatever you wish for): 179
  • mimi_i
    mimi_i Posts: 10 Member
    hey,

    i'ld to lose the 50lbs with you all.
    motivation: last year i lost 22 lbs but almost gained it all back because of a knee injuries so ild like to lose it back and if possible even more.
    i never did a group challenge,but who knows this might be just the thing i needed

    sw:198lbs( 8th jan)
    gw:160lbs

    im also in for the 3,500 calorie burning for this week.
  • mimi_i
    mimi_i Posts: 10 Member
    hey,

    i'ld to lose the 50lbs with you all.
    motivation: last year i lost 22 lbs but almost gained it all back because of a knee injuries so ild like to lose it back and if possible even more.
    i never did a group challenge,but who knows this might be just the thing i needed

    sw:198lbs( 8th jan)
    gw:160lbs

    im also in for the 3,500 calorie burning for this week.

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  • carlamorris
    carlamorris Posts: 29 Member
    Let's have a last chance workout tonight. Challenge yourself to burn 500 calories by midnight. You can do it all at once. Or break it up and do 250 calorie one hour, take a break come back and do the rest. However you want to do it. Let me know if you finished your challenge. Then reward yourself with something nice, but not with food. To lose 50 lbs by July 1st thats an average of 2 lbs a week until July 1st. Ask yourself do you think your on track for that? Everyone whatever you set your mind to that's what you will recieve. Im hitting the gym right after work. Ill be back to post tonight that I finished my 500 calories burned. Hope you all do too. :)


    yesterday i was able to spend two hours in the gym burning 1164 calories . I am down 2.6lb this week . YaY!

    Screen Name: carlamorris
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 222.0
    8th Jan 2011: 219.4
    Goal by July 1st, 2011 (can be more than 50 lbs, whatever you wish for): 170
  • EmmaR84
    EmmaR84 Posts: 103 Member
    I've just weighed in and I'm now 181lbs, that's a loss of 7lbs since 4th January :D
  • SimonsGirl
    SimonsGirl Posts: 91
    Screen Name: SimonsGirl
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 193 lbs
    Weight at 8th Jan 2011 : 189.4
    Goal by July 1st, 2011: 140lbs:happy:
  • laDOLCEvita7
    laDOLCEvita7 Posts: 191
    This morning I woke up like it was Christmas, I was so excited to weigh in! I got on the scale and it said 215 !!!! This is the lowest I have been since I was in my 1st trimaster of pregnancy in spring 2008. I have 5 lbs left of pregnancy weight then Im on my way to my ultimate goal. This week for eating I ate Lean cuisines often. Last month I did the "Flat Belly Diet" and dropped 11 pounds that month. Im thinking that I might be going back on that this week. But with the 3,500 challenge I know we will drop some heavy weight next week. Can you imagine if we lose our 50 pounds by June 1st? How great would it feel to tell people you got to the finish line a month early?? Have awesome week this week.

    Drinking extra water can relieve water bloat. Also I recommend doing the 4 day "Flat Belly Diet" jumpstart, that will help get rid of belly bloat and extra water weight. Also thank you carla for posting your 1100 burn. That motivates us that we all can do this. I love hearing stories of what people did to succeed. This week that's why I stressed promoting positivety. Reward yourself with something this week everyone. Just not with food. The reason I say that is because we all are trying to change our mindset. Food is suppose to keep us alive not be a treat or reward. Because most of us we used food as rewards for things in our lives and that is what has caused us to be here today. By changing the mindset that food is just for our energy and health, you will see the weight come off of you so fast you wont have time to blink!

    Weigh in everyone, the chart will be posted on MONDAY :)
  • baileyj33
    baileyj33 Posts: 18
    Just did my Saturday weigh in and I'm at 288.5 lbs, 3lbs lost since January 1st!!!
  • laDOLCEvita7
    laDOLCEvita7 Posts: 191
    If we lost 2 lbs everyweek by July 1st we would be at the 50 lbs lost. So anything you lose over 2 lbs every week, is just that little reminder that you will reach your goal faster than July 1st. I would love to be at 60 lbs lost before our deadline.
  • TattooedMommy427
    TattooedMommy427 Posts: 283 Member
    Weighing in. 185.6! Total of 2.4 lbs lost this week. ALSO, that makes me OVERWEIGHT and NOT OBESE!!
  • upnorthtim
    upnorthtim Posts: 376 Member
    OK it's Saturday! My weight today is 242.5 down 2.5 lbs...woohoo!
  • dom300186
    dom300186 Posts: 127 Member
    not bad for first week onwards and upwards.

    208 lbs sw 1/jan
    206 lbs 8/jan
  • kyleefreeman
    kyleefreeman Posts: 70 Member
    1/1/11-217 lbs

    1/8/11-211.8 lbs!! :happy:

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  • Christin09
    Christin09 Posts: 143 Member
    Ok great job everyone so far! My results:

    1/1. 205
    1/8. 201.9

    Good luck next week let's rock this :)
  • laDOLCEvita7
    laDOLCEvita7 Posts: 191
    Weighing in. 185.6! Total of 2.4 lbs lost this week. ALSO, that makes me OVERWEIGHT and NOT OBESE!!

    That is awesome. Keep up the great work.
  • marci_r2010
    marci_r2010 Posts: 61 Member
    Screen Name: marci_r2010
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 303
    Weigh in on 1/8/11: 301 (-2!!!!)
    Goal by July 1st, 2011 (can be more than 50 lbs, whatever you wish for): 253
    Why do you want to lose 50+ pounds?: I have been extremely overweight for too long. It affects everything.
    What are your eating and exercise plans to lose 50+ pounds?: No binge eating, calories in/calories out, tracking food and water intake, exercise 4-5x week.
  • mkingraham
    mkingraham Posts: 445 Member
    SW: 246 (Jan 1)
    CW: 236 (Jan 8)

    Oh HECK YEAH!!!!! 10 lbs down in a week!!! 1/5 of the way there already!
  • BigGail
    BigGail Posts: 465 Member
    Ok Hope I'm not too late to join as I've just seen this!

    Screen Name: BigGail
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 198.8
    Goal by July 1st, 2011 (can be more than 50 lbs, whatever you wish for): 154
    Why do you want to lose 50+ pounds?: To be withing a healthy weight range and feel on top form!
    What are your eating and exercise plans to lose 50+ pounds?: Stick with MFP (of course) I've just started C25K, and I'm either at the gym or doing a dvd every day.

    Weight at 8/1/2011: 197.2
  • shanellereena
    shanellereena Posts: 28
    Jan.1st: 210
    Jan.8th: 208

    2 pounds down! Next week is going to be even better!
  • 2LiveAgain
    2LiveAgain Posts: 72
    1/1/11- 344.8
    1/7/11- 343 Lost 1.8 pounds! Good job everybody!
  • Steffi330
    Steffi330 Posts: 109 Member
    I'm a little sad today but I'm not giving up. I believe my body was in startvation mode so I am trying to turn it around. I understand with that you could have some weight gain. I stayed under my calories goal all week and I exercised everyday. I started the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred on Thursday and I know I am working hard bc it hurts to sit down or stand up. I am going to keep on keeping on and I pray that my body recognizes the change soon and I see dramatic results all of a sudden.

    weight on 1/1 243
    weight on 1/8 245

    I gained 2 lbs this week but I'm not going to be discouraged. I can do this!
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