Lose 10lbs in August Challenge

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  • ADTeachTX
    ADTeachTX Posts: 204 Member
    I'm in. Let's keep each other motivated!
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  • Where do I see the purple team spreadsheet?
  • Selin4
    Selin4 Posts: 15
    Forgot to add in my starting weight which is 184lb
  • road2peachtree
    road2peachtree Posts: 294 Member
    I'm in! 246lbs and im ready to shed it. Ugh! Lol
  • Today is day 1! SOOO excited about this challenge! :) Go BLUE!
  • I think it will be a good idea to start 3 new topic's - 1 for each team - so we can chat amongst our fellow team members, offer support advice etc?

    Would the team captains need to start these up?
  • I think it will be a good idea to start 3 new topic's - 1 for each team - so we can chat amongst our fellow team members, offer support advice etc?

    Would the team captains need to start these up?

    Great idea...Love it!!!
  • plantgrrl
    plantgrrl Posts: 436 Member
    Go Red! Sending my friend request now!
  • SommerJo
    SommerJo Posts: 258 Member
    Good Morning!!!!!

    Trying to keep up with posts -- some of the questions I've seen ....

    Where's the Blue Team Leader?? she's on a cruise -- she'll be back in a couple of days and she'll get thru everyone's requests and messages and have everything posted for us!!

    Seperate forums -- this is a great idea. And you don't need to wait on one of us to do it -- but I would ask that you post a link to the forums for each teams so people here know where to go to hang out with their team. And so we don't have a million purple team forums going lol.

    The Purple Team's spreadsheet -- was posted a few pages back. I don't know how to do the google spreadsheet -- so look for the SUPER LONG post. I still have new members to add -- and some weights to update since some people have been kickin some booty over the weekend!!! I'll get to those after work since the spreadsheet is on the computer at home :)

    :drinker: AND NOW........DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!!! THIS WEEK'S MINI CHALLENGE!!!!:drinker:

    This is for all team members...RED, BLUE, and PURPLE.....

    This week -- we are challenging you to BURN AN EXTRA 500 CALORIES/DAY!!!! :noway: We don't care how you do it -- walking, running, cleaning, or dancing -- what ever you do. The way we understand the calorie deficit here is that it's set up to lose weight without exercise.

    We want to bump that up a notch -- THIS IS A CHALLENGE RIGHT???!!! :bigsmile:

    If we burn 500 calories a day = 3,500 calories per week -- that's gonna = 1 lb. :love:

    Use your HRM -- your machines -- or the data base of exercises to calculate your calories burned. You don't have to burn them all at once -- although I've heard it's recommended that 30 straight minutes of exercise per day is good for you :)

    This is on your honor -- we're not going to troll your exercise diaries to make sure you do it. :glasses: But I want to guys to report with your weights on Friday -- the total number of calories you burned for the week. Your exercise diary will help you calculate that :)

    Thanks to everyone for participating -- I can't wait to see what Friday brings for all of us.

    Best of luck to RED AND BLUE
    But we all know that
    PURPLE RULES!!!!!

    (lol go easy on me guys - it's Monday morning lol)
  • I would love to join the Purple team if it's not too late!!!
  • SommerJo
    SommerJo Posts: 258 Member
    I would love to join the Purple team if it's not too late!!!

    It's never too late!!! Send me a friend request with your starting weight and I'll add you :)

    Easy Peasy!!! Then on Friday -- send me your new weight.

    We'll post the charts -- or their links -- here.... along with mini challenges.
  • samvanz
    samvanz Posts: 122 Member
    Wow, 500cals/day! That's heaps! But it's going to be super-effective toward getting up to that 10 lbs by the end of August!
    Looks like I'll have to pull my finger out and start dedicating some real time to exercise.
  • ansy96
    ansy96 Posts: 55
    i wanna join the purple team. hope it's not too late :)
  • kdm97
    kdm97 Posts: 111
    Day 1 of the challenge and I'm ready!!!! GO Red Team!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy:
  • toofat2toofit
    toofat2toofit Posts: 68 Member
    So excited about this challenge.....GO PURPLE TEAM!!!
  • sveltelady
    sveltelady Posts: 33 Member
    Go RED! I am so ready for this challenge, I work well with a team and it is good to have one again. One of my goals this month is to post something, anything, in this forum every day. I have MS and this month is going to be big on medical treatments which involve steroids, I need this support....soooo here we go Day 1!!!
  • kell_riley
    kell_riley Posts: 312
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305137-loose-10lbs-in-august-red-team-support

    RED TEAM, I've started a support group for us! Come chat and motivate if you'd like!?

    GO REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • beaglenutty
    beaglenutty Posts: 160 Member
    Wooohooo 500 calorie burn here I come!!! I got around 200 so far I'll get it done by the end ofthe day:)
  • Yeah! First challenge on mfp and I'm pumped <3
  • mandemonious
    mandemonious Posts: 217 Member
    I'm in. Message sent :)
  • Sending a request and message to Jrdoty8986. So excited!
  • Choltor
    Choltor Posts: 65 Member
    This will be my first big goal since surgery, and I'm really looking forward to getting back on the bike! Let's get this thing going!
  • Hi! I'm brand new, totally psyched, and looking forward to this challenge!:smile:
  • penny_eclipse
    penny_eclipse Posts: 524 Member
    Oooh this sounds fun!
    Sent a request to Jrdoty8986
  • ansy96
    ansy96 Posts: 55
    sent a request to SommerJo :)
  • dannonrn
    dannonrn Posts: 4 Member
    Im excitted about the mini challenge. I did a 400 calorie hike this AM and was going to call that good. But now...... Im going to go get that extra 100 calories.
  • blueviolet20
    blueviolet20 Posts: 317 Member
    I like this challenge. It'll get me to start exercising again!
  • equinehugger3
    equinehugger3 Posts: 75 Member
    Yay! I'm so excited! :D GO BLUE! :bigsmile: :P
  • sparetirebegone
    sparetirebegone Posts: 92 Member
    500 calories a day? I got this!! Go purple!!!!!!!!!!
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