LOSE 50+ pounds by July 1st CHALLENGE!!! PART 2

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  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
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    A great piece from Tyler over at 344pounds.com just after he pigged out for superbowl sunday, that I thought I would share:

    "One meal doesn’t derail a weight loss journey and neither does a Super Bowl. You don’t want to look for excuses to pig out and to eat whatever you want, but again, this is a lifestyle, not a diet. The free birthday cake at your office for the co-worker you’ve never liked isn’t an excuse to pig out, but the Super Bowl can be, if you’d like. So can the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and out on the lake on Memorial Day.

    There are over 52 weeks in a year and Super Bowl Sunday is one day out of those 52 weeks. Even if you stop counting calories on every post office holiday throughout the year (what I mentioned above, plus some), plus 30 more random days (a whole month!) throughout the year, you’d be “cheating” 41 days a year.

    That still means by any standards you’d be eating and living “well,” healthy, whatever you want to call it, most of the time — about 325 days a year. If you could manage to do this, you’d slowly lose weight and improve your health. And, if you could manage to count our calories even more days, you’d lose even more weight.

    Unfortunately, most people don’t try to be healthy 325 days. Instead, we all try to make a commitment to be healthy and lose weight 365 days a year by being perfect boys and girls with our grilled chicken and salads, then when the Super Bowl comes around we think we failed when we have some hot wings.

    Super Bowl Sunday isn’t a failure. It’s just the first day out of 41. Just make sure that you don’t make today day number two and you’ll be just fine."
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  • upnorthtim
    upnorthtim Posts: 376 Member
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    Going out of town again this weekend so I'm posting early.....
    Start - 245
    Today - 227.5
    Another good week! Good luck everybody!
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,023 Member
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    just checking in
    weigh in 200.6 I gained .4 lbs this week. so close to onderland grrrrr
    next week I will make it, I just need to up my exercise

    Have a great week everyone
  • KLJ456
    KLJ456 Posts: 25 Member
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    Screen name: KLJ456
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 197.5
    8th Jan 2011: 196.2
    15th Jan 2011: 195.5
    22th Jan 2011: 193.2
    29th Jan 2011: 192.7
    5th Feb 2011: 188.1
    12 Feb 2011: 185.5
    19th Feb 2011: 185.0
    Lost in this challenge: 12.5
    Goal by July 1st, 2011: 149
    Pounds left to reach 7/1/11 goal: 36

    Last week was a big weight loss week so I am happy with .5 this week (means I maintained last week's loss plus some).
  • julieoem
    julieoem Posts: 37 Member
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    Checking in!

    julieoem
    1-1-11 228
    1-8-11 225
    1-15-11 222
    1-22-11 221
    1-29-11 220
    2-5-11 218
    2-12-11 214
    2-19-11 213 <<<TODAY

    Lost this week.....1 pound this week...but I will take it!!! I can DEFINATELY see inches, especially in my waist lost...time for new pants!! :)
    Lost in this challenge....15 pounds
    My goal for July 1st, 2011.......178 pounds!!!
    Pounds left to go in the challenge......35 pounds
    19 more weigh ins to go!!!!

    Good luck this week for everyone!!! And CONGRATULATIONS for hanging in there another week!!!! Especially for those of you that really struggled to stay on track....you can do it...just keep on MOVING!!!!!!!

    Hugs to everyone!!!!
  • mkingraham
    mkingraham Posts: 445 Member
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    SW 246
    CW 228
    GW for Challenge 196

    Another pound down this week which is good considering it was TOM
  • hessond
    hessond Posts: 224 Member
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    Yay!! Finally back down to my pre-holiday weight. Hopefully, I can be a little more consistent going forward.

    1/1/11 200
    1/7/11 197.5
    1/15/11 195.5
    1/22/11 196
    1/29/11 197
    2/5/11 194.5
    2/12/11 194
    2/19/11 192

    8 lbs loss so far; 42 left to go.
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
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    SW 364
    CW 352

    4 pounds gained this week! :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

    12 pounds lost so far!:heart::heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

    38 pounds to go!!:flowerforyou:

    I did too much celebrating last weekend but I did get back on track this past week because I had gained more than 4 pounds initially. YAY! We are not perfect and gaining is part of the process. I learn much each time I gain. Consistency not perfection is the key. Next week I will shoot for getting back to 348.

    Congrats to all of you who are contining the challenge!! Keep up the good work! You can do this!

    Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!:flowerforyou:
  • elf618
    elf618 Posts: 317 Member
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    SW 1/1/01 200.0
    CW 2/19/11 191.2
    GW 7/1/11 150.0

    8.8 down
    41.2 to go
  • carlamorris
    carlamorris Posts: 29 Member
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    211 this week . 11 lbs lost so far!


    update for this week: i loged my food every day this week :bigsmile: so thats a improvement . i was not able to make it to the gym alot this week but today i made myself get in there and work my butt off .

    hope everyone had a good week , and if you did not tomorrow is a new week so start fresh .:happy:
  • 2LiveAgain
    2LiveAgain Posts: 72
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    Hey everyone, checking in, lost another pound!


    1/1/11 -344.8
    2/12/11 -338.8
    2/19/11 -337.8

    42 pounds to go to reach 50
  • dmmarie21
    dmmarie21 Posts: 254 Member
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    Wow, it's been a rough week. Gained 3 lbs.
    Oh well, better luck next week!

    SW: 226
    CW: 219
    GW: 165
  • 2Young4This
    2Young4This Posts: 172 Member
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    Hey everyone,

    Checking in for another week.

    Screen Name: 2Young4This
    Starting Weight (On January 1st 2011): 157.8
    8th Jan 2011: 157.2
    15th Jan 2011: 153.6
    22nd Jan 2011: 151
    29th Jan 2011: 151
    5th Feb 2011: 148.2
    12th Feb 2011: 148.4
    19th Feb 2011: 146.4
    Lost in this challenge: 11.4
    Goal by Jul 1st, 2011: 119 (27.4 to go)

    I worked out that we have done 7 out of the 26 weeks on this or 27% - so to stay on track we should have lost 27% of our goal for the challenge. I worked out that I have lost 29% of my goal for July so I'm quite pleased. What % of your goal have you guys lost? Might help us to stay/get motivated.
  • TattooedMommy427
    TattooedMommy427 Posts: 283 Member
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    2.6 lbs lost this week!
  • patricac
    patricac Posts: 255 Member
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    Checking in, down 0.4 this week.

    SW: 189.8
    CW: 183.6
  • MericoX
    MericoX Posts: 199 Member
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    Gained 2 pounds this week, damn Valentines day and sodium is all out of whack, and TOM is visiting.

    37 pounds to go.
  • BigBoneSista
    BigBoneSista Posts: 2,389 Member
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    Hi all. I hope everyone's doing well with their healthy journey. I'm still not able to weigh in until March 1st. I can say that I've lost 4 inches in my waist!! WoooHooo!!

    SW: 236
    CW: 227 (last weigh in Jan 29th)
    GW:180

    47 lbs to go...hopefully less than that!!
  • jkc2222
    jkc2222 Posts: 18 Member
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    1/1/11 197
    1/8/11 194
    1/15/11 191
    1/22/11 188
    1/29/11 187
    2/5/11 185
    2/12/11 184
    2/19/11 183

    36 to go! :D
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
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    I worked out that we have done 7 out of the 26 weeks on this or 27% - so to stay on track we should have lost 27% of our goal for the challenge. I worked out that I have lost 29% of my goal for July so I'm quite pleased. What % of your goal have you guys lost? Might help us to stay/get motivated.

    I have lost 24% of my goal so I have a little catching up to do. This is not bad but it gives me an idea of where I am at and I will take it for sure.

    If I had not gained 4 pounds this week I would have been at 32%. Thanks for telling us to figure this out! If anyone needs to figure this out easily, please see below link!
    http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/3percent.htm
  • laDOLCEvita7
    laDOLCEvita7 Posts: 191
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    yesterday i weighed in at 209

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