200+ Summer Meltdown!
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Hello all! It's time for a new 6-week challenge to begin with our group!
Some general info:
-This challenge lasts 6 weeks
-We weigh in Fridays-Monday mornings, please post to the thread
-I'll post everyone's weights by Tuesday and announce the week's biggest loser!
-Some of us have been together for over a year and a half!
-We always welcome new members. We just ask that you introduce yourself, tell us a little about you, goals, etc. And just right into the conversation
-Let us know what your goals are for this challenge. They don't have to be weight-related.
My next post will be the final chart for "Pushin' for Less Cushion" challenge. If you're a returning member, I'll use your final weight for that challenge as starting weight for this one.
Some general info:
-This challenge lasts 6 weeks
-We weigh in Fridays-Monday mornings, please post to the thread
-I'll post everyone's weights by Tuesday and announce the week's biggest loser!
-Some of us have been together for over a year and a half!
-We always welcome new members. We just ask that you introduce yourself, tell us a little about you, goals, etc. And just right into the conversation
-Let us know what your goals are for this challenge. They don't have to be weight-related.
My next post will be the final chart for "Pushin' for Less Cushion" challenge. If you're a returning member, I'll use your final weight for that challenge as starting weight for this one.
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Our final weigh ins for our "Pushin' For Less Cushion" Challenge:
Name/Starting Challenge Weight/ Last weeks' Weight / Final Weight (Week's Loss) (Challenge's Loss) (% Weight Lost)
Kristina / 178.4 / PASS / 177.6 (-) (-0.8) (0.45%)
Victoria / 191.75 / 187 / 188 (+1) (-3.75) (1.96%)
Kendal / 216.2 / 220.8 / 218.8 (-2.0) (+2.6)
Lacey / 208.4 / PASS / 208.6 (-) (+0.2)
Amy / 203 / 200.4 / 199.2 (-1.2) (-3.8) (1.87%) <--- Welcome to ONEderland this challenge!
Sarah / 229 / 219.8 / 218.2 (-1.6) (-10.8) (4.72%)
Suzie / 183.4 / 179.2 / 177.8 (-1.4) (-5.6) (3.05%)
Amber / 238 / 240 / 238 (-2.0) (0) (0%)
Noelle / 201 / 196 / 195 (-1.0) (-6.0) (2.99%) <--- Welcome to ONEderland this challenge!
Andrea / 252.2 / 259 / ???
Kerry / 212.2 / 198.1 / 197.2 (-0.9) (-15) (7.07%) <--- Welcome to ONEderland this challenge!
Hailie / 261 / 259 / 259 (0) (-2.0) (0.77%)
Annette / 189 / 184 / 185 (+1) (-4.0) (2.12%)
Karen / 239.6 / 231.2 / 229 (-2.2) (-10.6) (4.42%)
Crystal / 243 / 230 / 229 (-1.0) (-14.0) (5.76%)
I apologize if I missed anyone!
This week's winner? Karen with 2.2 pounds lost!
The challenge winner? We had three lose enough weight to get under 200 pounds! And had several people lose a lot of weight this challenge!
The winner with the most weight AND percentage lost this challenge was Kerry with a whopping 15 pounds lost and 7.07% of her bodyweight lost. IMPRESSIVE! Let's give her all a hand!
Note: if you did not participate in the last thread, please comment with your name and starting weight in your intro, so I know to add you to the new chart0 -
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it starts now! This is week one of the challenge. Our first weigh in will be between Friday and Monday this week.0 -
So an update on my end, as I didn't respond to the other challenge thread.
I bit the bullet and stepped on the scale this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see that I really hadn't gained weight. I hadn't lost weight, but I was prepared to see a 180something back on the scale, and I was 177.6. Whew. I started off the last challenge strong and then fell off the wagon, so this is a chance to restart again.
My goals for this challenge:
-Log ALL my food again
-Post my daily calorie intake/burns
-Post in the thread at least once a day, even if it's just to say I'm lurking, unless I let people know beforehand I'll be out of town.
-Weight goal: 171 (that's one pound a week). I'd REALLY like to get under 168 (finally under obese BMI, but that would be pushing it)
-Exercise goals:
-run my half marathon on 6/5
-restart the INSANITY program the week after my half-marathon
So update on the date front? I think it went okay. He's a nice guy. A bit socially awkward, but then again, it's hard because who knows how awkward I am.. and it's also the first date, so I give both of us slack. It was a mix of me thinking, "yeah, this isn't going to work" and "Hmm... perhaps there's something there." I sort of left it with thinking, I'd do a second date, but if that didn't happen, I'd be fine with it. I just felt good biting the bullet and getting my booty out there again. We basically left it as we'd talk on the phone again soon, but who knows. I'll keep you all in the loop. I need to be a bit more proactive on the dating front. I've basically only been letting people contact me, but I haven't been the assertive one at all. I need to start doing that.0 -
I wanna join the Summer Meltdown! What do I need to do? Is there a group or something I need to join? I'm your pretty typical young professional. I work about 70 hours a week with one day off, so I'm trying to remember what it was like in college, working out EVERY day. I'm just trying to find the balance of work/gym/eat/cook. My goal would be to drop at least 15 pounds by the end (hopefully not absolute end) of summer, shed body fat and learn to stay in my calorie range! Since I made it a goal to lose weight, I'm down 7 pounds (before I started this site) so 15 more should do it!0
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Hey there! I would love to join your challenge!
-My CW is 175.2. Goal is to be around 145.
-I've lost 28 pounds since January.
-I have done almost all of Jillian Michaels workouts and I love her but I needed a change SO. . .
-I started Insanity this week. And it is properly named. KILLER!
-In 6 weeks:
I would love STILL be doing Insanity (there will be a few weeks to go after that!),
be under 170,
have started Couch to 5K training,
have signed up for a 5K
AND be in a size 12!
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Hi! Would love to be part of this. It helps to have a group to keep motivated and accountable. Horrible word, but it helps to know I have to share progress!
Currently 226.6, started this round of weightloss after getting up to 241. My heaviest was 267, shrunk to 193 with a crazy restricted diet, joined the corporate world and ballooned back up! Hoping to make a real change this time with counting calories. it's so important to know I can eat what I want and not get chided if I put an apple in my mouth (the sugar! gasp! *sarcasm*)
At the end of six weeks, I'd love to be down to 215.0 -
Kristina: WTG on the first date! It's awesome that you got out there out of your comfort zone. Thanks for posting the chart from the last challenge. I can't believe I only lost 3 pounds during the last challenge!
Kerry: WTG with your kick @ss weight loss during the last challenge!!! I wanna be like you!!!!
My goals for this challenge:
*Lose 9 pounds - get down to 190 (I KNOW that's pushing it but I've had such a poor showing this past 6 weeks that I feel that my body HAS to start dropping weight again- it OWES me that much, dammit!!!)
*Finish off the last 2 weeks of Insanity and start up Asylum
*Track my food over the weekend and keep it reasonable
Welcome to all the new challengers!! We love having some new blood around here!0 -
Whoops, follow directions... My name is Nava!0
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Welcome all the new participants!
Nava- Welcome! Crazy restrictive diets work.. but only in the short-term. Take it slow, and it's more likely to stay off!
bwildered- Welcome as well! Great job on all the weight loss so far. Very impressive! You've got quite some exercise goals! A few people in this group (including myself) have done c25k, and also some have done INSANITY, so if you have specific questions, ask away!
texastae1010 & osucristina: Welcome! Can you tell us more about yourself? What's your goals for this challenge? What's your challenge starting weight?
Amy: pssh. 3 pounds? Let's talk about my 0.8. *facepalm*0 -
Welcome to all the new faces!!! Congrats to all that lost on the last challenge. Is anyone a fax repair person on the side? Mine is possessed today - rebooting without sending the fax, rebooting with incoming calls, and then working at other times... Im ready to pull my hair out. I'm off to see my last client and hope to catch up with everyone and post goals later tonight.
Exercise for the day is done with 30 min of low impact aerobics.
Thanks Kristina for posting the chart and new thread. Glad you dipped your foot in the water and got that first date out of the way. I'm really going to be living vicariously through you and your adventures.0 -
My CW is 213.6. Goal is to be around 199.
-To track all my food and not to let the weekends get away from me not sure why but those seem to be the times where everything gets tossed to the side probably because my husband is home and he is a snacker and fit not fair lol
-I am doing Turbo Fire also adding in the Chalean Extreme as I the cardio but I need to pump some iron lol
-In 6 weeks:
I want to have lost about 15lbs maybe even more at my weight it might pour off quickly who knows
I want to have completed 6 weeks of Turbo Fire and CLX and to have taken my 30-day pics and measurements and see a difference
To only have one “cheat” meal or snack a week and not to let it take over an entire day or weekend or week lol
To have finished reading “Shrink Yourself Break Free From Emotional Eating” I am not a big self-help book fan but I think this book is speaking to me as it hits nerves to read it and I have to set it down and process the information
Oh and my name is Tae Hi all0 -
Hi to all the new people! Hope you ladies stick around. :flowerforyou:
UGH for gaining this challenge. :frown:
But holy cow Kerry and Crystal!! Yall are weight loss machines! And congrats to ALL the ladies who made it to ONEderland! (I'm actually VERY jealous right now. :grumble: )
I'm going to make a goal and stick with it. 5 pounds lost by the end of this challenge. Thats HUGE for me as I've been stuck since December. I think its more of a mental thing for me than a physical thing. If I don't lose 5lb, then I need to see significant inches lost. (ie, 2-3" from my waist/hips/belly area at least)0 -
Wow I actually gained weight this last time. FM.
Okay, I was going to wait, but I'm ordering P90X today. Bloody hell. I probably won't see a weight drop with the program, but I can't seem to get that right anyways. Even though I haven't lost any freaking weight since the beginning of the year, I did manage to lose a pant size..almost two. I am very close to 16's. So inches is good with me.
OFFICIALLY ORDERED...here we go.
I have to think about what I want to get done this challenge..really think about it.
Victoria- you know how I'd fix that fax machine? Two words. Office. Space.
Check out programs that allows you to scan and fax from your computer. They is the bomb.
Thanks Kristina for keeping the charts up.
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Yay, I found the new thread!!
Goals for this time around:
-To get more regular with my exercise! I'm sporadic at best! Granted I have 5 more weeks of kids' doing sports & about 2 weeks til the house closes, but then remodeling & moving can count as exercise, right?
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-Not splurge quite so often! I've been bad the past few weeks! Been eating out & not fixing food that will keep me healthier! (Yes, I know, special circumstances with flooding, but still!)
-Do more toning exercises...I'm getting in the cardio, sporadic as it is, but I need to do something with the stuff left behind!
OK, that's good.)
Welcome to all newcomers! This thread & those on it are more than wonderful! They listen to me complain about real life, not just the weight loss stuff!)
Kristina-you got through the hardest part! The FIRST one! Now the fun begins! No more stress over the 1st! Woo hoo! :-)
Victoria-I agree with Lacey, computer programs are nice...less messy! No ink, paper, cartridges, etc. And harder to lose them, as they're stored on the PC! Plus you don't have to scan them if you need to save them! Space saver!)
Lacey-I'm going to have to try P90X, esp if it's easier on the knees. I need the toning! I've got a friend at work that tells me P90 (no X) is still a good toning workout & I might find it cheaper, so I may go that route. Maybe we can compare notes! :-)
Congrats Kerry!! Woo hoo on 15lbs!! And I'm with Kendal-congrats on the onederlanders, but still jealous! I've got such a long way til I get there!
OK, back to work *yawn* It's one of those days where this stuff is just mind numbing!
*YAY!!* Just talked to hubby!! Water down another 3 inches!! In my home by tomorrow night, Thursday night at the latest! Woo hoo!!!0 -
*YAY!!* Just talked to hubby!! Water down another 3 inches!! In my home by tomorrow night, Thursday night at the latest! Woo hoo!!!
that's great Karen!!!0 -
count me in for this challenge folks CW 259lbs, 1st GW is 248lbs after that we will see0
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Just posting quickly to subscribe to the new challenge. I'll update with goals etc when I get home from work. Congrats on the great losses everyone!0
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Well done to all who stuck to thread and Kerry - share some of your secret - pleeeeeeeeease.
Kristina - thank you for doing chart and creating new thread - I must get out of the dark ages!!!! Very exciting re going on a date - as with Victoria I think I may do a bit of vicarious living.......
Kendal: You so make me smile - hope this six weeks sees some movement for you.
Lacey - good luck with P90X. How are your shins?
Amy - hope you feeling better soon. Very exciting about creating a herb garden - enjoy.
Victoria - boo to badly behaved machinery!!
Karen - hurrah on the house news.............
Goals for last time - Add picture - check; Talk to bods on thread - improving but all new ladies - welcome and be patient with me - am working on keeping up with the speed this thread moves; 3x exercise each week - check (very excited) More good days than bad - debatable but curently on 4/7good 1/7 bad.....Healthy food goals - mixture but improving AND I lost 4lbs - very, very excited about this. Thank you all xxx
Goals for next six weeks:
Log - on daily basis - good vs bad day tally.
'Win' the string challenge.....
Create a tummy toning routine and implement.
Improve responding on thread......
Scared to add a weight goal - so not going to commit however, I would love to weigh 180, we'll see, not a goal, no need to sabotage, not a goal, no need to sabotage, not a goal.............0 -
Kristina, how is the Insanity program? Just curious since I see a lot of talk about it around here. I'm basically working out 4 times a week (trying to), weights and cardio two days a week, and just cardio the other two days.
Doing weights seems to make the extra lbs. come off slower, but I can see it in the clothes.0 -
Ok going to do this again half my post got eaten lol and I have no idea how to edit on here I have looked lol
Ok lol apparently I felt like I didn’t need to do this part earlier not really knew I wanted to be a part of this but wanted to think about my goals
Ok I used to weigh about 320+ I knew I was heavier but umm that was the last time I got on the scale…I have lost over 110+lbs already (well let’s be honest I have probably lost hundreds of pounds as well have the same 5-10lbs over and over) I had gotten down to 180 and now bounced back up to 215ish area how I don’t know well I do know I moved, got married, no longer work, and the same umpfh to get it all off seemed to run away…oddly would think I have all this free time I could be doing nothing else but thinking of me but nope for some reason not happening lol…so I am taking that back and giving it my all in the next six 6 weeks we go home early July so even more motivation
My CW is 213.6. Goal is to be around 199.
-To track all my food and not to let the weekends get away from me not sure why but those seem to be the times where everything gets tossed to the side probably because my husband is home and he is a snacker and fit not fair lol
-I am doing Turbo Fire also adding in the Chalean Extreme as I the cardio but I need to pump some iron lol
-In 6 weeks:
I want to have lost about 15lbs maybe even more at my weight it might pour off quickly who knows
I want to have completed 6 weeks of Turbo Fire and CLX and to have taken my 30-day pics and measurements and see a difference
To only have one “cheat” meal or snack a week and not to let it take over an entire day or weekend or week lol
To have finished reading “Shrink Yourself Break Free From Emotional Eating” I am not a big self-help book fan but I think this book is speaking to me as it hits nerves to read it and I have to set it down and process the information
Oh and my name is Tae Hi all0 -
hey everyone! Karen kindly directed me here and i have to say im so up for the challenge. i have four weeks until i head to america to be a camp counsellor, so getting weight off before then is extremely important, and the last two weeks of the challenge will be...well..a challenge,, to see how well i can cope in america eating camp food and exercising!
Ive been on a diet for as long as i can remember, and before that i overate. Ive been down all the bad routes and ended in some pretty silly situations which have made my relationship with food very difficult. However, im at a point in my life where its coming off whether it likes it or not.
Im not sure about goals for the challenge as im not used to sticking to low calories and working out, but i started couch to 5k today.
So for the challenge i hope to be down say 10lb, so 196 to 186, and to have stuck to the c25k and be walking everyday. Not much to ask! ha!
hello to everyone and good luck! im very excited to motivate and be motivated we can do it 0 -
Ok more about me:
My name is Cristina. My starting weight for the challenge is ::jumps on scale:: 159.8.
I'd like to drop 15 pounds by at least the end of summer.
I'd like to lower my body fat percentage and get in the low but healthy range of my BMI.
I'd also like to go back to exercising regularly. Like the air I breathe regularly.
I'd like to despise the taste of pizza. And queso. (haha)
I'd also like to remember to check back in this thread for updates!!0 -
Hi everyone!
My name is Renee and I'll be back with my goals later...
SW = 215.2
CW = (as of last saturday) - 209.6
I guess we'll have a new starting weight this weekend, or will I use last weekend's weight??
Anyway, I will post again later!!0 -
Bump! I am in such a better mood this challenge! Family life is all sorted out. I am at work right now (teaching swimming lessons to little children and MFP don't mix well) therefore I'll write my goals up tonight!
Kristina: I've lost weight since the end of our last challenge...what my starting weight be what I post this weekend or my previous weight from the end of last challenge? I am a bit confused!
Amy: Hahahaha, I LOVE how you put we always welcome new blood! Btw, adorable picture!!!!!!
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Hailie- I'm taking the last weigh in you did for the last challenge of 259 as your starting one for this one. Yes, it's been a few days probably since you weighed in, but as this week's weigh in starts in just a few days, it averages out.
Nava- I like INSANITY. I was trying to do it and train for a half-marathon at the same time, which I was actually keeping up with for about 3 weeks until I went on a couple of trips and fell off the wagon with it. As my mileage running is pretty high at the moment, it's not practical for me, so I'm restarting from the beginning of the program once my half is over. It's a major sweat-inducing workout. It's mostly cardio. You do get some strength movement from some core stuff, but it's primarily cardio and a lot of jumping, so if you have bad knees, it might not be the best. It's pretty intense, but just in the few weeks I was doing it, my clothes were getting looser.
So back to logging tomorrow morning for me. I only ran about 2 miles on Monday, as I was running with Emma and she was getting pretty hot. Running tomorrow 8 miles. I have mixed feelings about this. I need to do a longer run, as I've been out of it, but I'm running with a group again, and I hope it doesn't turn into a Pittsburgh run again, where, if you all remember, I was begged into running with my 2 co-workers and they proceeded to leave me in the dust. If it was just with one, it isn't bad, cause she's a bit faster than me, but it pushes me. We're running with my co-worker's "man-friend", as she calls him, and he's faster than both of us, so it could be, once again, I get left in the dust, wishing I brought my headphones. I talked to my friend about this, and she's like No! Of course we'll go as slow as you need. I'm unconvinced.
This weekend's long run is 12 miles. As I missed last week's 10 miler, the longest run I've done for this training session has been 8, so that's quite a jump. I might do 11. We'll see. Parents come on Friday for a long weekend. Yay!0 -
Congrats to to all.. Great losses:flowerforyou:
Welcome to Onderland Amy, Noelle & Kerry:drinker: So excited for you!!!!
Karen - you are a weight loss zombie:) Yay for the great loss.
Welcome to the newcomers.. the gals are incredible & you will really like being here. :flowerforyou:
And OMG the thread is already moving sooo fast:)
I am still on my crazy work, evening & weekend seminar bit & am getting to being a bit irritable. I think it has to do with not getting enough veggies & fruits in.. so I do not eat.. I do make healthier choices, but am not satisfied so am starting to get cranky & am scared that I will just start eating junk:sad: Also not getting enough exercise is starting to annoy me:noway:
It is rather interesting to notice now.. how the healthy eating with water intake & exercise actually helps you regulate your body, energy & moods so much.
I love you all soo much & THANK you for being you:)
My Goals:
- diligent food tracking
- exercise 3+ times a week, also add in a few zumba/Jazzercise classes in there
- eat as many fruits & veggies I can
- Increase my water intake
- coming here as much as I can
- weight loss of 1.5 lb/week - shoot for 170 lbs goal:)
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Gracie has pneumonia in one of her lungs and a mild ear infection in her right ear. No wonder she's been so miserable this past week. Poor kid. We will keep her home the rest of the week if we can and hope that the amoxacillin does the trick. The bad thing is that strong medicine totally screws up her flora and fauna which leads sometimes to worse ear infection in her ears and upset stomach for weeks on end, so I will be stopping at Whole Foods in Portland this weekend to pick up some digestive enzymes and acidophilus pills for her to make sure the rest of her body stays heatlhy.
It looks to be another long night tonight. I hate losing sleep. I really do. I become one cranky *kitten* when I don't sleep well. Like instantly.
Tonight I think I will try to remember to do some stretching a couple times and maybe get a walk in? But the main thing, my hands anf feet are a freaking MESS. So I am going to give myself a manicure and pedicure and Gracie too I bet...and paint my toes so I can wear a dress to the baby shower this weekend.
I had a BAD lunch. And I'm still very full so no dinner tonight. Which is okay.
I was reading through one of the P90X threads and people were talking about eating 2400 calories and eating like 200 grams per day of protein!! How do you eat that much protein?? I get why you need to eat quite a bit doing the program, muscle confusion, etc. need lots of protein to repair muscles and all..but WOW. Wow. I see nuts in my future. Lots of nuts. He he.:bigsmile:0
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