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Memorial Day Low Carb Weight Loss Challenge: Week 1

Citrislazer
Citrislazer Posts: 312 Member
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Week 1 runs from 3/10 to 3/16.

Optional mini challenge for the week: Don’t limit your challenges; challenge your limits this week! If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.

Anyone is welcome to join the challenge at any time. If you're not on the participant list below, please reply that you'd like to join and what you're percentage lost is this week compared to last week.

Current list of participant (percentages to come are based on starting weight and current weight):
Strawmama-
frob23-
lisajsund-
KarenisPaleo-
Figaver-
NewInnerStren-
Spottedkathy-
Citrislazer-
MelRC117-
Kergil-
ejdp254-
jmzz1-
17JayR-
Siggasvana-
karryann2008-
spottedkathy-
caitaurelius-
heatherdr-
TattooTwinset-
malou1985-
donnaamarie-

Formula for figuring % lost
1. starting weight - current weight
2. divide weight lost by starting weight
3. Mutliply by 100

I know that some of us weigh multiple times a week. Please post just one result for the list. But, feel free to post encouragement to others as many times as you want, tell us about your progress, or little victories.

Let's have fun! Start posting your progress! :happy:
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  • strawmama
    strawmama Posts: 623 Member
    I think I did the math right...13.99%
    Starting weight: 218
    Current weight: 187.5
  • Citrislazer
    Citrislazer Posts: 312 Member
    Opps, sorry strawmama. My mistake. I should have added in this post that starting weight for this challenge is last week's weight compared to this weeks weight. The challenge is based on weekly progress. I should have made that more clear. Otherwise your math is correct.
  • Madddonnnaaa
    Madddonnnaaa Posts: 9
    I would like to join!
  • strawmama
    strawmama Posts: 623 Member
    Okie dokie. That puts me at 0.42%.
  • karryann2008
    karryann2008 Posts: 140
    151.6lbs No change!!!
    so 0% change
  • pixelled
    pixelled Posts: 70 Member
    Starting weight (3/3/10): 142.0
    Current weight (3/10/14): 140.5
    Percentage lost: 1.05%
  • Citrislazer
    Citrislazer Posts: 312 Member
    Madddonnnaaa, go ahead and post your weekly progress for this week. I'll add you to the participant list next week. Not an admin, so I can't go back into an old post and edit it. :-/

    Karryann, maintaining is great too. I didn't lose a thing last week either. I'm sure you'll have something to report next week!

    WT2 strawmama and pixel! :-)
  • TattooTwinset
    TattooTwinset Posts: 271
    1.77%
  • Figaver
    Figaver Posts: 69 Member
    Start: 266.4
    Current: 261.6
    Loss: 4.8lbs

    1.8% change
  • TattooTwinset
    TattooTwinset Posts: 271
    Okay, just realized I didn't post correctly and it won't let me edit.
    Starting weight: 203.4 lbs
    Current weight (yesterday): 199.8 lbs
    Loss: 3.6 lbs
    1.77% change

    Sorry about that. :)
  • ejdp254
    ejdp254 Posts: 342 Member
    Not that impressive. - 0.8, hey ho :drinker:
  • Citrislazer
    Citrislazer Posts: 312 Member
    Woot! Great job so far everyone! Cheers! :drinker:
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,227 Member
    Might as well run this with my Tuesday numbers. That way I don't forget.

    Week ending March 4th: 79.4kg
    Week ending March 11th: 78.0kg

    Total loss: 1.75%

    Note: I realize that the weights above would give you 1.76% when directly divided, but those are the rounded average weight for each week. I am using the unrounded values for the actual percentage before I round to the amount of significant digits. Just trust me, this is right. This is not a normal percentage for me. My average weight loss is around 0.6-0.65kg a week... that would be about half this rate. I've just had one of those weeks where I stalled out for a while and then randomly dropped a huge amount on the scale and had it stay down.
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,227 Member
    Not that impressive. - 0.8, hey ho :drinker:

    Hey, don't say that! That's great. If you keep that rate you'll lose over 40% of your starting weight over a year. It's a great rate. My long-term weekly rate is very close to 0.77% and I am very pleased with that. It just so happened that we started this on a freak week for me. Next week, I expect to be right back around 0.8% or maybe less.
  • lisajsund
    lisajsund Posts: 366 Member
    Means that I've been off low carb for about three weeks, this was the challenge I needed.
    Next week I'll see a % loss, but for now - I rest in knowing that my weight from last Wednesday, was up on Monday by 3.5 pounds and back to the same weight this morning.

    This week - 0% loss.
    Goal for Memorial Day - 7.6% loss or greater from today.
    Weekly accountability will get me there - thanks for the challenge!
  • ejdp254
    ejdp254 Posts: 342 Member
    :flowerforyou: thanks - I know it's easy to say "I only lost....." but really a loss is a loss is a loss:smile:
  • caitaurelius
    caitaurelius Posts: 7 Member
    Not a great start!
    0.42%

    Bring on next week :happy:
  • strawmama
    strawmama Posts: 623 Member
    Not a great start!
    0.42%

    We're tied. Hey, a loss is a loss!!
  • spottedkathy
    spottedkathy Posts: 196 Member
    1.69%
  • Cathi888
    Cathi888 Posts: 37 Member
    I would like to join. Right now my loss is 0%.

    I am taking it, at least it is not a gain.

    This is a new group for me. So ready for a fresh new perspective.
  • foomsy
    foomsy Posts: 222 Member
    Hi there, i would like to join.


    8/3/14 Start weight 89.1kg

    Would the % loss formula be the same in KGs.
    Thanks
  • foomsy
    foomsy Posts: 222 Member
    PS: i weigh in on Saturday.
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,227 Member
    Hi there, i would like to join.


    8/3/14 Start weight 89.1kg

    Would the % loss formula be the same in KGs.
    Thanks

    Yes, the weight loss formula works the same. I weigh in kg. There's no need to change it to pounds.
  • MelRC117
    MelRC117 Posts: 911 Member
    Not that impressive. - 0.8, hey ho :drinker:
    I'm only at .99% but hey....8+.8+.8, etc until Memorial Day will really add up to big things!
  • Citrislazer
    Citrislazer Posts: 312 Member
    Finally, I get to post my progress for the week! 1.80% Woot! The week before though I stalled, so my weight loss this week was a little larger than normal.

    And I already challenged myself this week to try a new food, which was blackberries. They're now my 2nd favorite fruit behind strawberries. :-)
  • lisajsund
    lisajsund Posts: 366 Member
    Not a great start!
    0.42%

    We're tied. Hey, a loss is a loss!!

    You are both ahead of me!
  • malou1985
    malou1985 Posts: 138 Member
    I dont have a scale so i had to calculate mine today (bcuz i have a scale at work) and i lost 1.8 pounds so i lost 0.735%
  • 17JayR
    17JayR Posts: 77 Member
    1.16% :)
  • TattooTwinset
    TattooTwinset Posts: 271
    Weekly Check-in:

    Start Weight: 199.8 lbs
    Current Weight: 198.6 lbs
    Difference: 1.2 lbs
    1.2 /199.8 = .006
    .006 * 100= .6

    Total Percentage Lost: .6%

    YAY FOR LOSING!!!!!!!!!
  • TattooTwinset
    TattooTwinset Posts: 271
    Weekly Check-in 3/24/14:

    Start Weight: 198.6 lbs
    Current Weight: 197.4 lbs
    Difference: 1.2 lbs
    1.2/198.6= .00604
    .006* 100= .6

    Total Percentage Lost: .6%

    slow and steady!

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