Fit for Fall Challenge - 6/20 - 9/05

Well I hate to even post this but here goes....

SW-155
CW- 157

I guess all the exercise I got this weekend was not enough to counter all the eating and drinking out I did for my birthday. I know this has to be mostly water weight, though. I weighed myself on Sat. and was 153.8 and I know I didn't eat poorly enough to gain that much! Well, back on track today with lots of water and veggies to flush out the system.

I hope I'm not too late to start the challenge. My weight is up this week but I plan on getting back to it this week: here goes

SW (6/27) 164

GW : 155 by 09/05

1st week weigh-in:

SW: 161.5
CW: 160

I lost 0.5 lbs : ( I was active most days of the week. Drank tons of diet soda instead of water and generally stayed under my cals. Guess I need to ramp up the activity and make some adjustments in my diet. Trying hard not to be discouraged! Keeping in mind that this is a journey, not a race, but for an instant gratification person like me, that isn't easy.

Hoping to report better results next week!

1st week weigh-in:

SW: 186
CW: 186.9
NSV: Completed week 1 of C25K!

Gained almost a pound, but I just got a new scale and I took Sunday as my "maintence" calorie day - a lot of which I ate at night. So I'm not letting the weight gain get me down.

My new challenge for the week - 20 pushups daily (this will take all day, I'm at 4 so far).

SW: 246
CW: 248.75
GW: 235
NSV: Maintain 246 thru 7/16 (Sister's wedding) and reevaluate NSVs after that.

GAINED 2.75

My birthday was this past weekend and I celebrated with all my favorites. I had a great time so I'm ok with it. Kicking it up a notch this week to move back to 246.

@ MamaDee2 - that is an AMAZING loss for 1 week! Holy schnikeys!!!! You go, girl!

@ islander22 - the excel flle will be maintained by myself & koeniginhla


Welcome to the newest members of the challenge!!! :flowerforyou:

At the top of page 10 I have a posting that summarizes the format of the challenge
At the top of page 16 I have a posting that provides the Google Doc link (copy/paste into your web browser) that contains the excel file to track everyone's progress

Thanks for joining!

Thank you so much for putting together the excel file! It's going to be really cool to see how the group does overall!

1st week weigh-in:
SW-151.4
CW-151.4
Oh well I am happy that I didn't gain!!This is a new week and I am going to try and lose 1-2 pounds!

Hi! I only took my Week 1 weight yesterday, and it's still about the same today.
So CW: 156.
Well done to everyone sticking at this for a week! I can tell this is going to be a great motivator for me. Thanks to the moderators for all your hard work!

Perfect timing on the challenge ideas as usual with this group! Since I'm off the running for the time being I have to find something else to do anyways and this will help me focus. For this week I'm going to do the Self magazine Your Best Body Fast workouts. There are 8 total on Hulu and I just put them all in my queue.

Oh I NEVER thought to check hulu, I've been using netflix instant. What a good idea. I'm going to go check that out, as netflix (last I looked) only has 3 self workouts...

Hi,
I'd really love to join you, even though I'm a week late. Here is my info:
CW (6/26): 155
GW (9/05): 146
NSV: lower my BP by 5 points
Thanks for posting this!

Lisa

That's a great NSV!! My favorite success stories on here are when people post about going to the doctor after 6 months (or however long) on MFP, and have normalized their blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. and are able to come off their meds. That seems to be a really rewarding outcome of this whole process.

@ CalieI KNEW the doctor in the house was going to love that one when I read it.
Great NSV Lisa - there's nothing more important than your health!

SW (6/20): 164.5 GW: 158
CW (6/28: 164

Like Jess, I am battling TOM. I feel the bloat everywhere. On Thursday the scale was reading 163, but weigh-in today had me higher again b/c of the water retention (from TOM and yesterday's beer intake I suppose). Not worried about 164, just makes me want to push a little harder so that smaller number comes back next week.

As one of my NSVs is to not weigh everyday (which ironically isn't a true NSV b/c it's about the scale). I can't get back on the scale until Friday. I better be good so I can do the happy dance (just like Ailene :drinker: ) after weigh in.

Last week's goals: 4/7 working out with weights. 7/7 water

This week's goal: found a great looking recipe on cookinglight.com for cold quinoa salad, and I haven't had quinoa (for those unfamiliar: It's a high protein grain) in ages. Got some at the grocery store, can't wait to make it tonite as a side. Also made a HUGE asian chicken salad for lunches this week. Lots of protein AND fiber!

I know I am a week late but I would love to join this group.

SW 244
CW 181
GW 150

My goal is to lose 20 pounds during the challenge. Todays weight is 181 goal for challenge 161. I also want to shave time off my trail race in August. I would like to beat my March race time by at least 5 minutes.

Here's my weigh-in:

SW: 143.5
Week 1: 142.0

GW: 135.5

Good job to everyone this week for just coming back here and checking in, regardless of the number on the scale. Keep up the good work.

SW: 133
CW: 132.5

Lost .5 lbs

I got the 10 cups of water in most days and tried to add more weight to my workouts. I also worked out 5/7 days last week which is a NSV for me since I usually give up if I am a little sore instead of pushing through so I'm feeling pretty proud of myself.

Week 1 weigh in: 247.0
Drank all my water and worked out with weights most days of work out, unless I was just running (doing the c25k and just couldn't stomach the additional weight)