200+ Pushin' For Less Cushion!

akasullengal

It's time for a new 6-week challenge for our group. A few things for people hopping on this thread:

-We always welcome new members. Some of us have been here for over a year and a half, while others just joined us for our last challenge. Just introduce yourself, tell us a little about yourself, and hop into conversation!
-Each challenge we post our weights between Friday and Monday mornings and I'll post a chart each Monday evening with how everyone did and this week's biggest loser.
-As this is a new challenge, please post your starting weight (unless I already have it from this week's weigh-in), and any goals you have for yourself this challenge

And now for the results of our 200+ Slimmin' Down in Spring Challenge. I'm posting the results a bit different than normal because there's more information:
NAME
Starting Challenge Weight/ Last Week's Weight/ This Week's Weight
Week's loss: Pounds Lost, Percentage Lost
Challenge Loss: Pounds Lost, Percentage Lost

See my next reply, cause I want to be able to edit this in case I screw something up in the process..

akasullengal

The results:

KRISTINA
182.4 / 179.8 / 178.4
week: -1.4, 0.78%
Challenge: -4.0, 2.19%

VICTORIA
192 / 191.75 / 190
Week: -1.75, 0.91%
Challenge: -2.0, 1.04%

KENDAL
passed the past several weeks, so I didn't calculate. I'm going to need a starting weight for you at some point

LACEY
206.6 / PASS / 208.4
Week: passed last week
Challenge: +1.8 (not really fair, cause you just got back from a trip.. that'll melt back off again)

AMY
211.2 / 204 / 203
Week: -1.0, 0.49%
Challenge: -8.2, 3.88%

KAREN
255 / 257.5 / PASS
Week: pass
Challenge: +2.5

SARAHTHES
241 / 231.2 / 229
Week: -2.2, 0.95%
Challenge: -12.0, 4.98%

BLESSEDMOMMY2
231 / 212 / 210
Week: -2.0, 0.94%
Challenge: -21.0, 9.09%

WICHELLE:
218 / 220 / ?
Week: didn't weigh in
Challenge: +2.0

JAMIELR84
247 / 230 / 230
Week: 0
Challenge: -17.0, 6.88%

SUZIE
191 / 184.6 / 183.4
Week: -1.2, 0.75%
Challenge: -7.6, 3.98%

AMBER
237.5 / 239 / 238
Week: -1.0, 0.42%
Challenge: +0.5

NOELLE
213 / 203 / 201
Week: -2.0, 0.99%
Challenge: -12, 5.63%

ANDREA
260 / 255 / 252.2
Week: -2.8, 1.1%
Challenge: -7.8, 3%

KERRY
225.1 / 216.4 / 212.2
Week: -4.2, 1.94%
Challenge: -12.9, 5.73%

WICHELLE
218 / 220 / 215
Week: -5.0, 2.27%
Challenge: -3.0, 1.38%

AND THE WINNERS (or shall I say, losers?) ARE......

For this past week,
In both pounds lost and percentage weight lost, with 4.2 lost, and a 1.94% of her body weight lost is KERRY!!! :drinker:

AND..... for the whole last challenge... we had several really big losers... SO proud of everyone. We had some major losses among you, and some of you are so close to ONEderland, and you will definitely hit it this challenge...

With the most weight lost in pounds, as well as percentage weight lost is BLESSEDMOMMY!!! With an ASTOUNDING 21 pounds lost, and losing 9.09% of her body weight!! :noway: Amazing!

Great job everyone. Seriously. All of you are such inspirations. Looking forward to seeing all of your goals for this upcoming challenge.

akasullengal

Finished INSANITY as planned. I think I recovered with my eating today after going out for brunch. Here's my log for the day... though I'm sure there's more calories eaten than logged... just probably that brunch was more caloric than logged...

1405 eaten / 831 exercise calories (yeah under 11min mile!) / 626 left over

My goals for this challenge:
-Continue with INSANITY through the end
-Continue to train for my half-marathon
-Post at least once here daily (can miss a day if out of town)
-Post my food intake/burned every day for accountability to myself and you
-Weigh under 170. UBER lofty goal for me, but if I stay on track, it's possible.

WIChelle

Hi! Sorry I missed the last weigh in deadline! Weight today 215. The last week has been a big dud with way to many me appt. More wed. Yippee ~ not really a yipee but i dont know how to post a growl!

My goal is 6 lbs and exercise goal is on hold until I find what is up medically

akasullengal

wichelle, thanks for checking in. I edited the chart to include you now.

kmturtle3

Just bumping so I don't lose it. Nice job everyone!!!

KendalBeee

ok those of you who have an itouch/iphone/ipad thing. I got the mfp app but now its showing up in some "health" folder and I don't know how to take the shortcut out. help!

Laceylala

Hey everyone! Pushin for less Cushion woooo!!! This challenge ends May 8th..42 days.

Goals:
1. Log all food and be a bit lofty with cals so I don't underestimate.
2. Get in 63 miles of cardio...treadmill, elliptical, bike, etc. That works out to 1.5 miles per day.
3. Get minimum 500 calorie deficit overall per day.
4. Lose 1 lbs per week.

Laceylala

As of right now, I've burned 2405 cals and eaten 1835 cals after my snack in a while, for a 570 deficit. Tomorrow I will post the final numbers.


I didn't get to the gym today. I stayed home and cleaned for a good three hours and then took my dog to the vet. He's been coughing and gagging for over a month now. Two hours later...Turns out he has congestive heart failure. He is 12 and has been slowing down, but I've had him since he was 4 weeks old, he's been with me through all the boys...lol. So we're pretty sad here tonight. The vet put him on some meds for a month to see if it helps him out. If it does he could live for up to two years. If they don't work, then anywhere between one month to two years. Ouch. He has had a heart murmur since birth so..yeah.


Anyways, I feel like i did pretty good on the food front today and didn't want to blow it with my food choices tonight after I got back from the vet. I am seriously really hoping that this bodymedia fit will give me the overall picture I need to keep up with my motivation.

Laceylala

ok those of you who have an itouch/iphone/ipad thing. I got the mfp app but now its showing up in some "health" folder and I don't know how to take the shortcut out. help!

Um.. I don't have a health folder on mine. Yet. Plug it into your itunes and do it on the syncing pages where you can move the icons around.

Laceylala

Effing double posts.

Purplebunnysarah

Woohoo way to go everyone! Y'all did great!

Lacey: That sucks about your dog . I hope the meds work out and you get a couple more years with your furry friend.

Anyway, my goals for the challenge:

1. Get to 220 lbs or less (my birthday is right before the end of the challenge so the timing is nice) OR fit into the new workout clothes I bought last weekend (size 1X).
2. Work out at least 2 hours/week combined cardio & resistance training
3. Finish my current program with no missed workouts
4. Start a new program or redo the same one but at a higher intensity level

hkallembach

My Goals:

-Every time I am at work I have to work out at LEAST 30 minutes
-Log food the second it touches my lips (ok, not the EXACT second but you get the point!)
-Do not get mad when the scale isn't in my favor
-Weigh myself at least 3x's per week
-By the end of this challenge move my daily calorie allowance (I think that's what it called) down to 2200
-Be in the mid 250's for my weight
-Realize that I burn calories just sleeping, walking, sitting, etc. even though I don't have a machine to tell me how much I burn

*sorry I have a lot of goals but this is the only way I'll be accountable*

-Post on here at least twice/week but read posts daily
-Feel confident for prom!

All right my starting weight (as of yesterday morning) is 261.0

~*Hailie*~

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dixiegal2484

bump. will post tomorrow.

anvy0530

Hello Ladies! Check in for Monday: 3225 Cals burned (the most I've burned in one day since I got my BMF)/ I ate 1992 calories for a calorie deficit of 1233. Way to go Spring Cleaning!!!

Here's my goals for this Challenge:
* Lose 10 pounds (get to 193). I always set my challenge weight loss goal to something like lose 12 pounds and I have yet to get to it so I am reigning it in a bit to make it more achievable.
*Keep active during the weekends. I'm great during the week but my calorie burn dips way down on the weekends when I just slug around.
*Log everything. All of it. All of the time. No excuses!!!

Hailie: I think you've got great goals and I KNOW you'll feel awesome at prom if you keep going the way you're going.

Sarah: Yay for new workout clothes!!!!

Lacey: I cannot express how sad I am for you and your dog. I hope the meds help him out. I'm proud of you for making good food choices after such a stressful vet appointment. I'm sure that was really hard. I like your goal of 63 miles of cardio - u rock!

Kendal: I don't have any weird folders on my iPhone. I think you should do what Lacey said and sync your iPd to your computer and then rearrange your icons that way.

WIChelle: I hope everything is ok with you!

Kristina: Hells yeah for your Uber-fast run yesterday!!! You rock!!!!

Well, there were some SERIOUS losers here during the last challenge. I'm hoping I can absorb some of your weight-loss mojo for this challenge!! Keep at it girls! You rock!

pinbotchick

Love everyone's goals!!!! WTG on the run Kristina!!! Sorry about your pup Lacey...

My goals:

1) complete my 1/2 marathon run April 17th
2) cont to log and post cals everyday...
3) lose 8 pounds to get back to my lowest weight of 182
4) try to burn 2500 cal on weekend days (I'm normally a slug on weekends)
5) aim to average an hour of exercise a day

On this note, I'll post my cals for Monday 2527 burned and 2920 consumed... I will say my frigging food scale freaked out so I had to guess at some numbers and tried to go the high side... A new one is on the way. I did manage a total of 55 min of exercise - all low impact aerobics.

kmturtle3

I'm liking everyone's goals! Yay new challenge!

My goals:

1. P90X 6 days a week with some sort of additional cardio on the strength days
2. Pre-planning meals even on the weekends to keep myself accountable for cals... plus logging of course
3. Find ONEderland. Its 12.2 pounds. Which is probably a little lofty of me, but I WANT IT. So bad.

I'd like to add some sort of running goal into this, but I just did P90X for the first time this morning (chest/back/ab ripper) and am a little nervous about kicking my own butt too much. I really need to get a HRM... I have no idea how to log my calorie burn from this morning and its frustrating. Did I burn 300 cals? 500 cals? 700 cals? Everyone is so different! GRR.

Ok, I need food. Talk to you gals later. Oh and yesterday for calories I was at a goal of 1800/577 burned/ 7 left over. Ha! Just made it! Going out for lunch really threw my day off.

KendalBeee

Kristina, you're right about me needing to weigh in for the beginning of the challenge so I hopped on the scale this morning. 216.2. To be honest, I was scared that I was still around 217-218 like I have been for months, so I was happy to see that tiny loss. (Plus the fact that I haven't worked out in a couple days and I couldn't stop eating yesterday.) I didn't work out last night cause I got my iTouch so I spent all night messing with it. Had to download iTunes and update the software on the itouch before I could do anything....that took a while.

I had to delete the MFP app and reinstall it to get it out of that "health" folder.

My Goals:
-Continue to give my all during my P90X workouts
-Walk Lexi as much as possible when it gets warmer- two workouts a day will only do me good

anyways, I need to get some work done now

noelle55165

Ladies,

I wish you could hear the chants and cheers that go through my head while I read posts. They just don't translate to text. Just know that I am a cheerleader at heart and I'm sending you mental *pom poms*.

Question. Hailie said one of her goals is to weigh herself 3x/week. And I've notice others do the same. Do you find that beneficial? I have the thoguht that I don't worry about the daily ups and downs. I hop on the scale on Sat or Sun morning before breakfast. Thoughts?

Ok here are my goals
1. Keep losing. I'm not really bothered how much per week just as long as I continue to shrink.
2. Exercise at least 3 days per week. I want to develop the habit of moving. (I am going to track this Sunday to Saturday and let you know what I do and for how long.)
3. Start the Couch 2 5K. When it's slightly above freezing. (It has been snowing again. Blah. How do you run outside and suck all that cold, cold air into your lungs? Ouch! Really! I want to know.)

And that's me. **Go us, go us** Shake our groove things **Go Us**

HAve a great Tuesday

emourato

Hi Ladiesss!!!

I weighed myself on Saturday and was at 198.9 a 3-pound loss... I weighed myself this morning and I'm at 200.0...a 1-pound loss. What the heckkkk?! :noway:
I hate TOM.. so frikken annoying!!! I'm in pain and eating everything in sight.. Can't wait for it to be over! LOL:sad:

Well then.. My Goals
*189 by end of 6-weeks.. I want to be at least under the 190!!
*Start Coach to 5k.
*Be signed up for a 5k.

Good luck ladies!!!:drinker:

akasullengal

Noelle, I think people have different philosophies about weighing in. Some like to do so once a week, some more often. I personally step on the scale almost daily for a few reasons. It keeps me accountable to myself. I start to stay away from the scale when I'm not eating as well because I don't want to see the number. Also, because weight does fluctuate day to day, I don't stress out if I'm up a couple of pounds a day, because obviously that's not possible, and I know it's salt, TOM, etc. that's causing it. I also now know more what sort of eating or circumstances will cause a jump. I'm always up at least 2-3 during that special time of the month. If I only weighed in once a week, I would be afraid I was weighing in on an off day, and the scale isn't reflective of my real weight I've been at most of the week. That's just my thing though.

So I have some good and some guilty news. Firstly, I stepped on the scale this morning and I was 177.2--- wowsas-- down 1.2 from yesterday. Me likey! I'll just be happy if I keep that or lose a bit more by weigh in next week. Now that I'm losing a bit more consistently again, it reminds me about how I was losing when I first started. I would seem to drop all the weight I would for the week in 1-2 days and then maintain that lose for the rest of the week. Weird, I know.

Now for the guilty news... I passed by and then into a Dunkin Donuts. I know I know! I've been so good. Damn that sweet sweet, well sweetness was so alluring. I might have gotten a few donuts. *looks down in shame* but I didn't eat a whole one of any of them, but it probably averaged out to about 2 whole donuts. Ugh... that's like close to 700 calories wasted! See, this is why I try not to eat that crap. It's so many calories for so little amount of food. That can be 2 meals for me normally. Ugh. Well, I threw the rest of them away and I'm back on track for the rest of the day. My only saving grace is that I have both a run and an INSANITY workout this afternoon, both will be major calorie burners, and if I keep myself in check the rest of the day, I should be under calories--- barely.

emourato

I feel your pain.. I had ice cream last night :-/.. but I figure I got it out of the way and now I can just work hard for the rest of the week. LOL.!

hkallembach

Amy: THANKS!!

My reason for being friends with ms. scale (yes, my scale is a female because she is pink! Hahaha, and I hate the color pink!) a few times a week is because I like to see my progress. It also helps me feel accountable.

This is going to sound really strange but.................
This morning I weighed myself and I'm at 260.4! HOLY BUCKETS! I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS LIGHT SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL!! *twirls and jumps up and down* Hahahaha, this morning I was so happy I wanted to dance around the house naked (good thing I live out in the country so nobody would see). I was so out of it this morning from being overjoyed I put deodorant on my toothbrush, let me tell it didn't leave my mouth minty fresh. Also, I almost ran into a locker this morning because I was day dreaming about 250's. It's so close, I can feel it!

Anyways I should probably get off the computer and get back to writing my English paper. It's not like I'm on Facebook or anything so I shouldn't get in trouble.

~*Hailie*~


Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods

p.s. I always forget to put my ticker on my posts but I think I figured out how to make it automatically show up!

Laceylala

Morning all...Thanks for the kind words about my dog.
Final numbers for yesterday: 2871 burned/1835 eaten/1036 deficit. No freaking wonder i wasn't losing weight. I am I seriously not eating enough or what? I am so confused. I guess this thing will at least let me play with the numbers and see what works best for me. Ga!

This is my first day back at work with the BMF and I am interested to see how many cals I will burn today. I am going to sync at work in the morning and right befor I go home to work out for the night and thats it.

As for weighing yourself each day. I've stayed away from the scale but once a week but am considering weighing myself every other day for a while to see how that helps. Maybe it will help me. Who knows.



Hailie - YEAY! You ARE so CLOSE!!!

Kristina and Emourato - icecream is my weakness food. Donuts are a second, thank GOD that I rarely ever see them.

Noelle - good goals!

Kendall - I think it was a good choice to weigh yourself for the challenge start.

Saranthes - good job on starting a new or upping the intensity so your body doesn't get used to anything!!

Amy - I have a hard time with activity on the weekends too...I even thought about setting a specific weekend goal this challenge to see if helped or not.

Victoria - your marathon is coming!! Are you excited?

Kerry - I don't blame you for hesitating to add anything else to your exercise schedule.

anvy0530

Hailie: How freaking cool are you?!?!?! Congrats on getting into the 260's!! BTW, I have TOTALLY danced around my room naked filled with joy from a weight loss victory - so I feel you on that, girl! Awesome!

Kristina: Everyone has lapses. You are successfully and consistently losing weight though, so it's good your reigned it in. With your workouts today, you'll be fine - I'm sure it won't make a difference in the "big picture".

emourato: I feel your TOM pain. I bloat up during my TOM and gain a couple pounds that week but I don't let it freak me out cuz I know it's not "real" weight gain. The cravings, however, occur for me the week before my TOM. I am just a ravenous salt and chocolate inhaling tornado.

Noelle: I, too, weight myself every day. I'm like Kristina, I do it to keep me on track. I don't let it set the tone for my day. I just watch for trends and don't freak out if there's a sudden jump up of a pound or 2 and I can usually find the reason behind that jump if I cross-reference with my food log. Salt bloats me like whoa.

Kendal: I'm glad you saw a loss, just keep doing the P90X and I KNOW you'll get a bigger loss sooner rather than later. You're doing great!

Kerry: P90X is a major Butt-kicker!! Congrats on starting it! I also plan all my dinners out every week. I think it's fun. I like cooking and trying new recipes. I've gotten into a vegan trend with dinners lately partially due to a chef friend of mine going vegan for Lent and wanting to compare recipes. I am finding that I like vegan food a lot more than I thought I would!! Yay for meal planning!!!

Victoria: I am ALSO a slug on weekends. I'm right there with you shooting to move more on weekends!! We can do it!!!!

Today has been a good day. I did my dog walk and then Zumba and started some Spring Cleaning on the boy's room but totally lost interest. I'll pick it back up tomorrow, I guess. We were invited over to a nice lady's house in our village this afternoon. I normally run into her on our dog walks (her dog & my dog play together a lot out in the woods) and she wanted Gabriel to come by and meet/play with her 7 year old son. So we walked (a 10 minute walk - not too bad at all) over to their house and enjoyed a visit out on her deck in the beautiful sun. It was 60 degrees and gorgeous today. We had a lovely visit (I had some German marble cake but it totally fit into my calories and how the hell could I say no to it when she specifically baked it today for ME?!?!) and Gabe finally has a friend in the same town as us (it only took a freakin' year!). The trees are all starting to bloom around here so I'm pretty sure that winter's over - finally. Hope everyone is having a great one!

anvy0530

Lacey: You must have been posting at the same time as me! HI! I think playing around with your BMF will help you figure out if you need to eat more or not. I'm currently trying to keep my calorie deficit at about 1000 calories a day (per what the BMF site says will help me lost 2 pounds a week) but there are some days it's a bit more and some it's a bit less due to the exercise. I'm just hoping that it mostly evens out over the week.

emourato

LOL I just realized I never told you guys my name.. Eunice! Nice to meet you alllllll!!!

Laceylala

Hi Eunice!!



My lunch was the bomb. Just thought I'd share that.

Seared tuna on lettuce with tomatoes, avocado and a ginger garlic dressing I threw together this morning. YUMMMM. And a piece of banana bread.

kmturtle3

Can I just say that I think avocados are the greatest food ever put on this earth? Seriously, I love them soo much. This morning for breakfast i chopped up avocado, tomato, basil, red pepper, and onion, sauteed it a little and ate it over a piece of toast with an egg. Yum. Plus it was a super welcome change from oatmeal, which is my go to breakfast when I'm in a rush.

For all of you who have done P90x, do you have a pull-up bar in your house? I don't have one, so I was either using weights or bands and feel like I didn't get what I should have out of the pull up portion.

Work has been ridiculous lately. We have new manager so, of course, a bunch of people have gotten fired, which in the end means that those of us left over end up having to pick up the slack for everyone else who is gone... which means pretty much every day I'm doing my job and the job of about 3 other people. I'm over it. :grumble:

Noelle, I don't weight myself daily. I did for a bit, but it psyches me out to see the scale fluctuate the way it does daily. I find that my mood is more positive if I just do it the same day every week. For me, then its a goal I work towards... I think about what I'm eating and how much I'm exercising because I know I'm gonna have to get on the scale on Friday and I want to be suprised and happy with the results. But I also totally understand everyone who weighs daily, and the benefits of being able to track in your foods what maybe made it spike. I think in the long run you just have to do what's going to be most motivational for you!

Kristina, how DARE you eat donuts?!?! Seriously, not a big deal... did you love them? Was it worth it? Are you still gonna be under cals for the day? If you can say yes to all of those, then I say so what. Especially since a splurge like that is so few and far between for you. My girlfriend that was over on Friday night brought us some sea salt brownie niblets that are AMAZING. And I've totally had some... I've just made sure to log them!

Hailie, YAY!!! :drinker: Congrats on being so close to the 250s! That is awesome, you'll be there before you know it! Just keep working hard!

emourato, TOM is the worst, for every reason possible. Its so hard not to feel bloated and awful and then there's the stupid emotions to go with it. I actually get really horrible migraines from it, so my doctor has me taking the pill for 3 months straight so I get to skip out on it more than most people.

Kendall, I'm happy you saw some loss since... I think weighing in was a really good idea, that way you have a starting point and a bar to hold yourself to... you gotta weigh yourself to push yourself to lose more!

Amy, your lunch sounds awesome... it also sounds like the weather is getting incredible out there! I'm jealous. That's very cool that Gabe has got a buddy to play with now... I'm sure he's pumped about that. Does Gabe speak German or is he learning? Are you going to be in Germany for a while or is it temporary?

Have a great rest of the day!

anvy0530

Kerry: Gabe is learning German very slowly with Rosetta Stone. I think that having a German friend will motivate him to pick it up a bit but I haven't really forced the German on him. We will be in Germany until somewhere around 2013 (so 2 more years) so it's pretty temporary. Although, the longest we've ever lived anywhere is 5 years so EVERYWHERE we go is pretty temporary. You're breakfast sounds sooooo good. I love avocado. I'm making guacamole tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to show a bit more restraint than last week.

Lacey: Your lunch sounds fabulous.

Eunice: Hiya!

Well, it's bedtime here. Hop you all have a wonderful day/night!

kmturtle3

Hi Eunice! :happy: