I am in, and readjusting my expectations.

My summer challenge, which I called "Find My Waist" was to lose 14 lbs over 90 days and 2 inches on my waist. I did not make the mark. Here is what I did accomplish: lost ~5lbs and 1.25 inches.

So I will make Nov 1st goal, of which I will fold in this September challenge, and I will call it "Wear the Dress." I have a knit wrap dress that ties at the waist. I have never worn it without a jacket (to conceal mid-drift rolls). My rolls have shrunk, but they need to shrink more for a near smooth fit I can feel comfortable in without a jacket. To do this I think will take 9 lbs and another 1.5 inches off my waist.

I'm in! If I add muscle I may gain - although I've said that for months. I'll go by the tape measurer and use the body fat machine at work.

I'm starting T25 on the 9th. (anyone want to join me?)

Nancy

You got this! Congrats on the inches and pounds lost.

In!
I'm pondering the best approach (for me).
I'm starting a lifting program, so as to maintain my muscle and build some strength.
Considering buying a food scale to be more accurate with my diet.
Hoping to continue getting in several exercise sessions throughout the day, which may be a challenge now that harvest will be starting around my house in September (harder to take the usual route with all the harvesting equipment out there).


****NOTE THAT YOU CAN CHECK YOUR BODYFAT ONLINE using
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/ OR http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/ OR some other online calculator of your choice!:happy:

I'm in. Maybe I will lose the 2 and KEEP it lost! So sick of losing he same 2 pounds for the last month!!!

I'm in. I have been struggling, so I want to include a concrete goal too. So I want to commit to getting 20 min of exercise 5 days a week.

Lelah

I would love to lose another 2% BF this month!!

SW: 132.6
BF% 26.57

I'm in... now that I've been cleared for activity by my orthopaedist, I can finally get something done hopefully!

Starting at 163.4 as of this morning... 2 lbs is my goal, though I'd love to shoot for 4 lbs. I'm also shooting for 10,000 steps per day on my FitBit and at least 30 mins exercise each day. I got my 30 in this morning at physical therapy, but I'll go do cardio later also!

Good luck everyone! WE GOT THIS!!

I'm also in for the challenge. I weighed in at 175 for two mornings in a row now so I guess that I can accept that as my starting weight. Good luck everyone!!!! :flowerforyou:

I'm going to check-in with bodyfat calculations and weight on Saturday. Let's get this ball rolling!
Game plan for me, keep up with HIIT training and a weight training program. Keep logging those calories, and keep them under 2000, preferable 1700-1800.
How about you?

weigh-in day and I am down 1 pound. :happy:

Congrats to you both!! I forgot to mention that ~ it's weigh-in day for me, too and I am down 1/2 pound :happy:

MinMin, I got curious about how many pounds I needed to lose to achieve my BF% goal, so I looked around and found this calculator. I cannot confirm it's accuracy, but my result seemed realistic.

Here's the link: http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/body-fat-weight-calculator.php

Bike ride 45min 270 cals




I'll check it out Brie!

Hey, I loved that link. My goal weight would be 157.5, that's a loss of 4.5 lbs on the scale. The other calculator link I posted includes body measurements. I'll play around with that calculator as well.

So figuring out my 2%BF equates to a loss of 4.5lbs. Of course, that will all be fat, if I lose 2% on the bf tester, not just 4.5lbs on the scale.
Anyway, 2% is what I am going for.

So 4.5lbs of fat is 3600cals X 4.5 = -16,200 calories
If I burn 12,000 cals exercising and I have an average 300cals deficit per day this month (-6300cals) then -16,200 and -6300 is 22,500 calories burned.:smokin:

Can I expect this math to result in at least 4.5lbs of fat burned off of my body? LOL
How do you like my fun word problem.:laugh: I'm going to give this a go!!:drinker: