"12 Weeks Weightloss Challenge" All Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to all Newbies!
I would like to congratulate all those who have lost and I see some of you are really burning it up! I have even seen some setting goals for January 2016! WOW! I am so impressed with all of you. This challenge will of course continue every 12 weeks and the start will be different for everyone because it is an open challenge. I want to encourage all of you to post any helpful advise you would like to share that has helped you on your journey.
Before you know it, we will be heading into all the wonderful holidays that comes way to quick. So why not let this be the year that we are a head of game and ready for all the parties. Sticking with our goals will ensure much success. I will be coming up with some new ideas for motivation and encouragement, great work I am proud of you all.

Izzy

The concept of intermittent fasting is simple: Alternate days of eating normally with modified fasting days on which you eat just 500 calories—and watch the pounds drop off. The reality is a bit more daunting. Will I be able to subsist every other day on the same number of calories that a miniature poodle does?


The research on intermittent fasting—along with the stories of people who've tried it and swear by it. Over the past decade, researchers looked at more than 600 people in eight clinical trials of alternate-day fasting, and found that obese people reliably lose weight at a very safe rate—about 2 to 3 pounds a week. Equally promising, they discovered that measures of cholesterol, triglycerides, inflammation, and blood sugar improve when people fast on alternate days. The results were impressive.

One of the reasons periodic fasting works so well is because it's particularly helpful in burning fat. Your body typically chews through its glucose—or sugar—stores in 10-ish hours; once the glucose in your liver is depleted, your hungry tissue is forced to utilize fat for fuel. The upshot: With on-and-off deprivation, you lose over 90% of the weight from fat—a good 15% higher than with typical diets—and just 10% from muscle. What's more, since it allows you to hang on to muscle, it doesn't seem to cause the usual diet-related plunge in metabolism.

"This Diet Can Lead To Weight Loss, Sharpen Your Brain, And Extend Your Life" Ptn

Terrie you are doing great and being a big girl makes you that more beautiful and you CAN pull off carrying more weight. We are all here to help motivate you and appreciate your input.

"Write down your challenges and obstacles. Then do some problem-solving and come up with specific strategies to help deal with them. The more honest you are with yourself, both in recognizing your obstacles and coming up with realistic strategies, the greater the likelihood you'll succeed."— Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H.

Skipping Breakfast

You know that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, but with so many other tasks competing for your attention, you may decide you don’t have time to eat. When you skip meals, your metabolism begins to slow, plus breakfast gives you that boost of energy you need to take on your day. Without this fuel, chances are, you’ll just overeat later. A new study of Chinese schoolchildren found that those who skipped breakfast gained significantly more weight over a two-year period than those who ate a morning meal.

The Fix: Have ready healthy breakfast foods you can consume on the run, Crandall says. If you’re rushed, try easy items such as whole fruit, yogurt, homemade cereal bars, and smoothies. PS

Have a healthy great week end all.

Meghan you are doing fine, remember muscle weighs more than fat. All the exercising you are doing you are building muscle. Measure yourself each week and see what happens and be patient.