January 3-month Challenge, to start on 1/7/2011 (Friday)
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I'm with you on the weekly challenges. I need to start working out more seriously. I didn't gain much of anything this week but i know the reason that I didn't lose was because I was on vacation and pretty much took 3 days off this past weekend. We need to get back in gear for sure ladies, we all know we can do this!
I'd hate to see things drop off for everyone in the last half of our challenge so we need to figure something out. This is my favorite challenge and everyone on here has been so supportive and motivating for me.
Is everyone up for starting weekly challenges? I think they should be exercise based for sure.0 -
Three Month goal: 135
Week 1 (1/7) - 145.6
Week 2 (1/14) - 145.8
Week 3 (1/21) - 146.8
Week 4 (1/28) - 146.2
Week 5 (2/4) - 145
Week 6 (2/11) - 144
Week 7 (2/18) - 146
Week 8 (2/25) -
Week 9 (3/4) -
Week 10 (3/11 )-
Week 11 (3/18) -
Week 12 and the END (3/25) -
Up and down...up and down! Grrrrrr! I keep telling myself if I just stick with this I will get the results!! I know with P90X I am building muscle...but I have only lost 2 1/2 inches in 4 weeks! I am going to try to get more cardio in addition to the regular workouts and see if that makes a difference next week. Just gotta keep going!!0 -
Hi everyone - I'm very happy to announce I've lost another pound! And more importantly, I'm back in the 160's! I haven't been there in almost 3 years!
In non scale victories... I have a pair of pants that I used to wear when I was at my thinnest. I use these pants to gauge my weight loss. Two months ago I couldn't even get them up over my thighs. About a week ago I tried them on and could get them up over my thighs, but couldn't get them buttoned at all. Well this morning I was finally able to button them! They are still too tight to wear out, but just the fact that I could get them buttoned has put a permanent smile on my face!
Three Month goal: 155
Week 1 (1/7) - 175
Week 2 (1/14) - 173.6
Week 3 (1/21) - 171.4
Week 4 (1/28) - 171.2
Week 5 (2/4) - 172.4
Week 6 (2/11) - 170.0
Week 7 (2/18) - 169.0
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Week 9 (3/4) -
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hmmm...seems like it's been a tough week for a lot of people. I wonder if Valentine's day has thrown everyone off? I know I splurged a little that day...
I would be up for having mini challenges for this group. I like the idea of setting goals for # of minutes worked out, or number of calories burned exercising.
I think we are all just reaching the doldrums of weight loss and need something to kick start us again! We've been at this for a while now and I know there are days I just want to say "forget it" and stuff my face with ice cream and cake. But we have to stay focused! And more importantly, we have to remember we're all here for each other!0 -
woooo 154 today!0
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Hello Everyone :bigsmile:
The scale moved for me this week...an entire 0.4 lbs....!!!!
Three Month goal: 140
Week 1 (1/7) - 153.8
Week 2 (1/14) - 153.8
Week 3 (1/21) - 151.6
Week 4 (1/28) - 151.6
Week 5 (2/4) - 150.2
Week 6 (2/11) - 149.6
Week 7 (2/18) - 149.2
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Week 9 (3/4) -
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SW: 158
CW: 149.2
GW: 135
Gret job everyone...keep striving to reach your goals!0 -
Slow and steady... a pound down not up - it's a good thing!
looking at my goal... not so good on the exercise. Does 3 hours cleaning my son's bedroom count? I did move furniture and a lot of other stuff.
Three Month goal: lose 15 pounds, more importantly exercise 3X a week!
Week 1 (1/7) - 187.5
Week 2 (1/14) - 185.0
Week 3 (1/21) - 182.5
Week 4 (1/28) - 182.5
Week 5 (2/4) - 182.0
Week 6 (2/11) - 180.5
Week 7 (2/18) - 179.5
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I am getting so close to my goal!!! I got on the scale this morning and was SOOO excited to get below 130 (barely) but still under
I had a set back last week and gained 2 lbs. I think this made me work twice as hard this week! Every one needs to keep their heads up and keep working hard. The most important concept I have learned on this web site is you are going to get discouraged and have set backs! This is life and how you bounce back is what matters! We all can do this! Lets kick the next 5 weeks in the *kitten* and say hello to our goal weights!! WE CAN AND WILL DO THIS!!!!!!
Three Month Goal: 125 lbs!
Week 1 (1/7) - 135
Week 2 (1/14) - 134
Week 3 (1/21) - 132
Week 4 (1/28) - 131
Week 5 (2/4) - 130
Week 6 (2/11) - 132
Week 7 (2/18) - 129.5
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I lost the0.7 i gained lastweek so i'm back to my week 5 weight of 144.9. It;s a bit discouraging because i wanted to lose more, but i guess i'm back on track.
Week 1 (1/7) -)- 154.3
Week 2 (1/14) - Goal- 152.1/ 148.8!!!
Week 3 (1/21) - goal- 149.9/ 148.8
Week 4 (1/28) - goal- 147.7 /146.7 (66.7kgs)
Week 5 (2/4) - goal-145.5 / 144.9 (65.9 kgs)!!
Week 6 (2/11) - goal-143.3/145.6 (66.2 kgs)
Week 7 (2/18) - goal-141.1/ current 144.9 (65.9)
Week 8 (2/25) - goal-138.9
Week 9 (3/4) - goal-136.7
Week 10 (3/11 )- goal-134.5
Week 11 (3/18) - goal-133.5
Week 12 and the END (3/25) 132 (60kgs)0 -
Maybe we do need a weekly challenge. I think my personal challenge for this week will be to complete my food diary every day. I have been lousy at doing it. But one thing for sure is that I record everything that I eat. EVERYTHING!! I am always honest about it. I'd only be hurting myself if I wasn't. We all make excuses for our gains but we should also be celebrating our losses no matter how small they are. We will all reach our goals eventually as long as we stick toghether and KEEP MOTIVATED.
GREAT JOB to those that lost this week and for those of us that gained CHIN UP we can do this!! I'm here for you all.0 -
SW-230
Week 1 (1/7) - 229
Week 2 (1/14) - 228
Week 3 (1/21) - 226
Week 4 (1/28) - 225
Week 5 (2/4) - 223.8
Week 6 (2/11) - 223
Week 7 (2/18) - 221.6
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I was really hoping to be close to one-derland by the end of this but it isn't looking so great. I am just happy the numbers keep coming down for now. I have been trying to step up the exercise lately. I am really trying not to go over but I am eating my exercise calories. I was going over pretty often until the last few days. Not always by a ton but enough to make my weight loss more at 1 lb per week instead of 2 like I have put in!0 -
down 3lbs this week...at this rate i might get to my week 12 goal of 160!
Week 1 (1/7) - 182
Week 2 (1/14) - 178
Week 3 (1/21) - 175
Week 4 (1/28) - 174
Week 5 (2/4) - 171
Week 6 (2/11) - 170
Week 7 (2/18) - 167
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Week 9 (3/4) -
Week 10 (3/11 )-
Week 11 (3/18) -
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I agree with the suggested weekly challenge! It doesn't have to be something big.I'm all for it!0
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I agree with the weekly challenge, i think we need to shake things up a bit!
We need to remember though, that we are on week 7 now! That's 35 days of making better choices, exercising and losing weight
We're still doing well for logging into mfp, even if we aren't seeing those numbers that we were on the first few weeks.
I've decided to set my aim high for this week. I want to lose at least 1.5 pounds this week. It's going to be TOUGH, i just flew out to indonesia for a few days, and most food choices are out of my control and i don't have my exercise dvds and treadmill :S Then on tuesday i'm back off to Melbourne and moving into a new house. AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I'm not stess-eating anymore so i really need to find another place to take out this stress!0 -
You're moving to Melbourne? That's where I am hehe
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You're moving to Melbourne? That's where I am hehe 0
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Yeah i go to uni there and i love it I decided to move there after never even stepping into the place before as i'd heard such great things about it, it's a beautiful city. 0
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Well, here it is ladies.. Our group averaged 14 pounds lost this week. That is it. Unfortunately 15 people haven't responded to me with their weights or responded to my messages; and 7 haven't responded to just this week so I put them in as a maintain for week 7. I guess this happens as the weeks go on but it my first time participating in, or organizing any type of 'challenge.' It's just a tad discouraging. I know I am not the best role model because I have gained 2.2 pounds in the last 2 weeks. We have gotta step it up ladies!!
Here is the spreadsheet:
Top three "losers" for the week were:
1. barbaralee
2. heatsy
3. mom2boys2011
I agree about having a mini-challenge.. GREAT IDEA! I have one going with a guy that I am friends with who isn't in the challenge. We talked about doing "who can burn more in the week, Mon-Sun".. Maybe we can modify that for the group.. How about if we ALL STRIVE FOR 500 CALS burned a day... SO 2000 Mon-Thurs and we weight in Friday..
I am open to doing multiple little challenges.. water, under cals, etc? What else do you guys think?!?!0 -
I agree we need to kick it up. We've accomplished alot but a mini challenge would, perhaps, add a little extra motivation. I'm up for anything, calories burned per week, water consumption, calories under, whatever works for everyone else.0
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Now that my temp job is done, I am game for a mini challenge on burning calories. And the water thing. So, should we shoot for 500 calories per day from tomorrow (Sunday) through Thursday? And 8 cups of straight water? Anybody want to do that?0
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that sounds GREAT! 500 calories and at least 64 ounces of water!! I am personally going to aim to be UNDER my cals every day. Usually I even out for the week but that's because I go over some and am under some.
1. 500 calories burned Sun-Thursday or Mon-Thursday
2. 64+ ounces of water a day
3. Under your calorie goal every day
How does this sound ladies!!! Every day we post 1, 2, and 3 and what we did exactly like:
(example):
1. spinning class 600 calories
2. 80 ounces water
3. 1199 net calories!
SOUNDS IDEAL!0 -
I agree about having a mini-challenge.. GREAT IDEA! I have one going with a guy that I am friends with who isn't in the challenge. We talked about doing "who can burn more in the week, Mon-Sun".. Maybe we can modify that for the group.. How about if we ALL STRIVE FOR 500 CALS burned a day... SO 2000 Mon-Thurs and we weight in Friday..
I am open to doing multiple little challenges.. water, under cals, etc? What else do you guys think?!?!
I only burn around 300 calories per workout cause I have a hard time getting more than 30 minutes to myself but I will try to push myself harder during those 30 minutes. My jog has increased through this challenge from a 4 to a 5 on the treadmill!!! Maybe I can find ways throughout the day to get more burned calories....any ideas?0 -
I love the mini challenge idea! I think it will help a lot of us (me for sure) stay focused and if we accomplish the daily goals, we are bound to achieve long term success (the whole reason we are all here). LETS DO THIS!!!!0
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I'm all for the mini challenge! I won't be able to work out on Monday much (10 hour shift boo) but I'll do as much as I can 0
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that sounds GREAT! 500 calories and at least 64 ounces of water!! I am personally going to aim to be UNDER my cals every day. Usually I even out for the week but that's because I go over some and am under some.
1. 500 calories burned Sun-Thursday or Mon-Thursday
2. 64+ ounces of water a day
3. Under your calorie goal every day
How does this sound ladies!!! Every day we post 1, 2, and 3 and what we did exactly like:
(example):
1. spinning class 600 calories
2. 80 ounces water
3. 1199 net calories!
SOUNDS IDEAL!
Why don't we just set a weekly calorie goal instead of a daily since all of us can't get to the gym everyday or may have trouble burning a certain amount each day. We could keep it at 2000 like Kerri said, but let it be a challenge to burn 2000 each week before our Friday weigh-ins. That way it could be more tailored to each persons schedule.
The rest of it looks great though and I think its a good idea to post what we've done each day to make sure we're accountable.0 -
that sounds GREAT! 500 calories and at least 64 ounces of water!! I am personally going to aim to be UNDER my cals every day. Usually I even out for the week but that's because I go over some and am under some.
1. 500 calories burned Sun-Thursday or Mon-Thursday
2. 64+ ounces of water a day
3. Under your calorie goal every day
How does this sound ladies!!! Every day we post 1, 2, and 3 and what we did exactly like:
(example):
1. spinning class 600 calories
2. 80 ounces water
3. 1199 net calories!
SOUNDS IDEAL!
Why don't we just set a weekly calorie goal instead of a daily since all of us can't get to the gym everyday or may have trouble burning a certain amount each day. We could keep it at 2000 like Kerri said, but let it be a challenge to burn 2000 each week before our Friday weigh-ins. That way it could be more tailored to each persons schedule.
The rest of it looks great though and I think its a good idea to post what we've done each day to make sure we're accountable.
I'm with you guys!!
I have been plateauing now for a good three weeks and it is seriously p*ssing me off. On a happier note I do appear to have gotten smaller eventhough I'm not lighter... I defintely don't drink enough water through the day so I will def being doing that. And being very very strict with logging absolutely everything.... And ramping up the exercise, I'm changing jobs after this week and so have had a stupid amount of work stuff on for the past few weeks, will have two weeks holiday time after that and I'm determined to burn a lot of calories in those 14d!!0 -
I love the idea of the mini challenge. I have been losing steadily but definitely haven't been pushing myself as hard as I can. Hopefully this will give me the extra motivation to get the 8 lbs off to get to my 3 month goal!0
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that sounds GREAT! 500 calories and at least 64 ounces of water!! I am personally going to aim to be UNDER my cals every day. Usually I even out for the week but that's because I go over some and am under some.
1. 500 calories burned Sun-Thursday or Mon-Thursday
2. 64+ ounces of water a day
3. Under your calorie goal every day
How does this sound ladies!!! Every day we post 1, 2, and 3 and what we did exactly like:
(example):
1. spinning class 600 calories
2. 80 ounces water
3. 1199 net calories!
SOUNDS IDEAL!
Why don't we just set a weekly calorie goal instead of a daily since all of us can't get to the gym everyday or may have trouble burning a certain amount each day. We could keep it at 2000 like Kerri said, but let it be a challenge to burn 2000 each week before our Friday weigh-ins. That way it could be more tailored to each persons schedule.
The rest of it looks great though and I think its a good idea to post what we've done each day to make sure we're accountable.
I like the idea of the weekly calorie goal too. I HATE EXERCISE but I think this is totally doable. I never log my exercise because I really don't do much but if you look at the exercise database we burn calories just doing everyday household stuff. Start logging that stuff and I'll bet we'll be shocked.
I will also be faithful with my food diary. I logged everything I ate yesterday and most of it was junk. I still logged every morsel.0 -
Great ideas guys!!
2000 cals burned for the week sounds better than 500 a day, so everyone can do it their own way.
************So starting Monday come on here to post how much you worked out, your water consumed and if you met or were under your calorie goal!! 0 -
Great ideas guys!!
2000 cals burned for the week sounds better than 500 a day, so everyone can do it their own way.
************So starting Monday come on here to post how much you worked out, your water consumed and if you met or were under your calorie goal!!
So is it 2000cals burned Monday to Friday or Friday to Friday?
Can I post what I will have done today?0
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