Weight Loss Challenge for August! (OPEN)

SayRah

Starting Weight: 151
August Goal Weight: 146
Personal Challenge: Start exercising more; I've gotten horribly lazy about that

Jamcnair

SW (not 100% sure, need to get a good scale): 137-138
GW for August: 132
Personal Challenge: Continue drinking at LEAST 32 oz of water a day, get in at LEAST 30min of exercise 3 x a week

vjohnso3

For those of you that are allowed 1200 calories/day : do you always eat back all of your exercise calories? I generally work out 6 days/week and according to my HRM I usually burn 500-600. Therefore, I'm only netting about 600 calories per day. I know that you're SUPPOSED to eat these back and never go under 1200 but it just seems so hard to eat 1800 calories a day and feel good about it! Does anyone else deal with this?! How do you handle it?

tinymite1

Thanks for starting this I think my goal weight for August is probably high reaching since I tend to lose weight really slowly. Hoping to start 30 day shred today. I have a weird work schedule that sometimes makes working out hard (12 hour shifts means after being on your feet all day means being exhausted when you get home ...)

HW=141
CW= 141
GW= 120
Goal for august= 136

heather62803

For those of you that are allowed 1200 calories/day : do you always eat back all of your exercise calories? I generally work out 6 days/week and according to my HRM I usually burn 500-600. Therefore, I'm only netting about 600 calories per day. I know that you're SUPPOSED to eat these back and never go under 1200 but it just seems so hard to eat 1800 calories a day and feel good about it! Does anyone else deal with this?! How do you handle it?

Some do, some don't - you have to find out what works for your body. I personally eat some of my calories back, especially if I'm hungry, but I rarely eat all of them. I think of my calories more as a range - I try to stick between 1200 and 1400 and that seems to work for me.

mandimoore617

For those of you that are allowed 1200 calories/day : do you always eat back all of your exercise calories? I generally work out 6 days/week and according to my HRM I usually burn 500-600. Therefore, I'm only netting about 600 calories per day. I know that you're SUPPOSED to eat these back and never go under 1200 but it just seems so hard to eat 1800 calories a day and feel good about it! Does anyone else deal with this?! How do you handle it?

Eh. I do if I'm hungry but I don't if I'm not. I think a day or two per week with net calories being like 600-800 isn't a big deal and isn't enough to throw your body into starvation mode. Other days, I'll net 1200 or even 1300 and not fret because I know my *average* net is close to the 1200 mark.

Alissa_Sal

For those of you that are allowed 1200 calories/day : do you always eat back all of your exercise calories? I generally work out 6 days/week and according to my HRM I usually burn 500-600. Therefore, I'm only netting about 600 calories per day. I know that you're SUPPOSED to eat these back and never go under 1200 but it just seems so hard to eat 1800 calories a day and feel good about it! Does anyone else deal with this?! How do you handle it?

I eat mine. That's like one of my main motivators to work out in the first place, just so I can eat the extra calories. LOL!!!

ETA: Forgot to do my own check in! I am doing well. Yesterday I stayed within my calorie range (just barely - 22 calories to spare- lol) and I got in a total of 60 minutes of walking and did a half an hour of strength training. Wednesdays are my weigh in day, and I am down 3.8 lbs from my first weigh in last week, which was a little surprising. Although it shouldn't be, I always drop weight really fast in the first week or two, and then it slows down to a crawl, which is fine.

heather_elise85

I'll join : )
a little bit about me. i started mfp in January.. i lost 14lbs and 12in from then until May. then my husband got hurt at work, we were low on cash and our food choices suffered and i had to give up my gym membership. i started summer classes and they were a accelerated courses for 8 weeks so i had no time but to study and i stay at home with my almost 2 year old. its been a tough 10 weeks. but here i am - clean slate. we are taking a vacation on the 20th to visit family in los angeles and i would love to be as close to 140 as possible. i started p90x yesterday!


Your starting weight for August - 160 on 8/1/11
Your personal goal for August - as close to 140 as possible - i gained 13lbs really fast so i expect it to be a lot of water weight. i expect it to go quick!
Your personal self-challenge for August - work out every day!

vjohnso3

@Alissa_Sal - I know that everyone's bodies are different, but do you find that you still lose weight when you eat all of your calories back?

clioandboy

Hello, not too late to join I hope? I have been going over the same ground this year and my weight is creeping up again I was 125 in December was 136.6 this morning and that's with me having already scratched back some.... I have a fantastic group of mfpals and I think here could help me with accountability.... I hope anyway coz i am a master of procrastination when I am in the mindset and a total amazon at other times lol!!!!
So my starting weight - going to go back to aug 1st 138

August 31 goal 130

Objective 1 no alcohol
Objective 2 complete JM30Day Shred, day 10 level 1 done today
Objective 3 at least 30 mins of walking/cardio per day too

Good luck everyone! I am Debbie by the way! Will follow your prioress and post on the 8th week 1 results.

audradanielle

Starting weight for August: 147
Personal goal for August: 140
Personal self challenge for August: Adding the 30 Shred to my weekly workout routine for some variety-10 days on each level. Starting today, I'll be finished on September 1st : )

KayteeBear

So today is my first official day since I only joined it yesterday...(yesterday was a fairly good day).

My weigh in days will be Sunday or Monday I think. need to stick with doing it once a week. My weight changes so much in a day (one day woke up around 135, went to bed around 140, and woke up around 135 again lol)

My day has just started and I'm planning on doing Ripped in 30 Level 1. I'm just doing those for fun. Yesterday I did ChaLEAN Xtreme Burn it Off and now I need to throw some weights in for today. And maybe later I might talk my friend into walking out to our friends' farm (about a 10 mile walk and then we go swimming i their pool!!!)

Alissa_Sal

@Alissa_Sal - I know that everyone's bodies are different, but do you find that you still lose weight when you eat all of your calories back?

Yes. Last summer I lost 20 lbs in about 3 months (too bad I stopped taking care of my health and didn't maintain it...but that's another story...) When I did it, I was eating about 1600-1800 calories just based on how much I was working out.

This time, I have only been back at it a week, but I have been eating around 1500 calories (based on how much I work out - I'm a little less active than I was able to be last summer) and I lost almost 4 lbs last week.

I don't expect to keep losing 4 lbs a week (and I wouldn't want to - my goal is the recommended 1-2 per week) after the first week or two, but I do expect that if things go the way they went when I was losing weight last year that I will probably continue to lose 1 or 2 lbs per week by eating all of my exercise calories.

My philosophy is that we can do this the Easy Way or the Hard Way. For me personally, the Hard Way is eating 1200 calories a day. Eat like 2 slices of wheat bread and an apple and you've eaten a fourth of your calories for the day! I can't live like that, I go nuts. The Easy Way is to work out, and thereby "earn" (and eat) enough calories to make the whole thing workable. For 1500 calories a day I don't feel like I'm dieting, I'm just making healthier choices. At 1800 calories a day I was eating a scoop of Baskin Robbins every night (and still losing weight!) For me, it's all about finding something that I can live with. I can live with working out most days, but only if it means I get to eat well too.

amymaree1010

So yesterday was an alright day but i supposed in order to stay on track i should give myself some mini goals....

1. no alcohol (saturday nights out with the girls will have me being desi driver)
2. no chocolate or lollies or any thing along those lines
3. exercise 4-5 times a week (the days that i am at home and not at University - so Thursday and Friday will be off and any on those days will be a bonus - Wednesday workout when ever possible)
4. green tea and water as much as possible

more to come i suppose.....

xo

nikkijune1811

SW as of 08/01: 129
Goal for Aug: 121
Self-Challenge: Get my act together! Don't go over my calories, cut out sweets/junk food, eat less processed foods, excercise EVERY DAY

afitchpatrick

STARTING WEIGHT 161
GOAL WEIGHT 155-157
SELF CHALLANGE EXERCISE AT LEAST 4X WEEK AND STAY UNDER OR AT MY CALORIE COUNT EVERY DAY.
HELLO EVERYONE GOOD LUCK TO ALL THIS MONTH. IF U HAVENT TRIED IT YOU SHOULD TRY JILLIAN MICHAELS 30 DAY SHRED I'M ON LEVEL ONE DAY 7 AND LET ME TELL U IT WILL GIVE U A GOOD WORKOUT IN 30 MINS.

konniepalmer

I am so excited to join this challenge! Thanks for starting it!
HW 241.2 (June 2009)

SW 185.8 (April, 2011)

CW 155.8 (Aug 1, 2011)

GW1 145.8 (for Aug. 2011)

GW2 125 (Oct , 31,2011)

Self goal.. to speed walk 2-3 miles a day.

Lambert9

SW as of 08/01: 191
Goal for Aug: 171
Self-Challenge: Workout 6x a week, Only drink water and some no sugar tea, log everything I eat drink and activity!

I know my weight loss goal is steep but I really need to do this! I really would like to lose more than my goal. We will see....

Going on a cruise on Sept. 18 for anniversary! Thinking thin. Thanks for starting this. You rock!

PecanTanDiva

Yayyyyy this is my 1st Challenge

Starting Weight as of 08/03: 184
Personal Goal for Aug: 177
Personal Self-Challenge: Burn no less than 800 calories while working out 5 days a week, doing Nike training Club, C25K, & my 6 mile walk on Saturday's

FaithsVegWorkout

SW 8/3 187.6 & 29.3% bodyfat
Your personal goal for August: Just make sure I keep logging my food daily, exercise at least 5 days a week
Your personal self-challenge for August: I'm trying to extend each workout or intensify it just a little bit and burn more calories each time than the previous time. There is not a specific weight loss goal for August. My goal is consistency.

Oh, and thanks for this challenge. I've been trying to find one too.

chickenstrut

SW: 135.8
Goal for Aug: 133
Self-Challenge:
* keep weekends below or at maintenance calories
* at least 30 min cardio of some kind every day and 30-45 min strength training every other day

I was actually going to not weigh myself until next month, because I don't particularly have a very clear goal weight, but more like a fat loss or size goal and also because I am trying to focus on sticking to my plan rather than focusing on scale results, but I think this will work well as motivation so I'm in anyway

audradanielle

Can I just say I forgot how good of a workout the 30 Day Shred is?! Definitely worked up a sweat. Looking forward to toned arms!

ItsFinallyTime

Your starting weight for August : 136
Your personal goal for August : to finally be under 130!
Your personal self-challenge for August : stop have 3 weeks of PERFECT clean eating!(and not binge extremely hard afterwards!)

zoeypanther

sw: 258 lbs
gw: (ultimately) 135

for august i would love to be down to 230-235 but i will be working extra hard to get to 240 by the 22nd (first day back to school).

kimandkathess

Thanks for doing this. I am new here and was looking for a group to join.

Starting weight as of 8/3/11 = 195
Goal Weight by 8/31/11 = 188
Self Challenge: Workout everday for atleast 20 minutes and to stop eating so many snacks.

tanyaMax

Thanks for starting this thread :0) I would love to join

SW: 202
GW: 194
Challenge: I started the 30 Day shred yesterday.. so my personal challenge is to do that every day until the end of the month :0)

heather62803

Checking In ---

Day 3 went well, once again I met my goal of 10 cups of water, I also did 45 minutes of a higher intensity program on my stationary bike today for a burn of about 480 calories

That being said, I did eat more than I wanted to today - stress got the best of me - but I did end up staying under my calories for the day so all in all I guess the day was a success!!

Good Luck everyone on sticking with your August Goals!!

angelapiedmont

I have been away for a while,but after a weigh in at the doctor today I realized I need to make a change. I'm glad to have people to hold me accountable and offer support. Thanks, Angela

SW as of 08/01: 213
Goal for Aug: 203
Self-Challenge: Drink 6 glasses of water per day, and start working out on a regular basis.

LeonaWFU98

Checking in for today - day 3 - check!
Got in all my water and kept up with tracking...
Goal 2 for August is to start going back to the gym. That starts Monday. Trying to get myself psyched up for that...

I don't think I'd decided on an official weigh-in day yet, but I think I'm going to go with Friday. Then I have a whole week to get over anything awful that happens over the weekend

Hope everyone else had a great day!

julieannebyrom

I'm in if that's ok

SW:145
GW:138

30 day shred every day

I weighed in at 142.5 today and I started again on Monday at 145! And I'm hitting day 4 of the shred later on today. This group is great for motivation and support, thanks everyone!