Laboring Towards Labor Day (CLOSED GRP)
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::::::Team Orange:::
7/04/11 132.1
7/11/11 132.7
7/18/11 130.7 Yay!!! I hit my pre-vacation weight!! Next week it's the 120s!
7/25/11 129.2 --> finally the 120s!
8/01/11 127.9
8/08/11 126.1 My week of hard work paid off!
8/15/11
8/22/11
8/29/11
9/05/11 GW: 123.1
Looks like a better week shaping up than last week. Way to re-commit everybody!0 -
First and foremost I need to apologize to my teammates. I have not been a good supporter or held myself accountable to you and I am very sorry. That all changes today! I've lost focus and I'm the only one who hurts from that and I'm done hurting myself. I've outlined my short term goals in a blog if you'd like to read it: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Gerkenstein/view/re-focus-134401. Next week I WILL record a loss and I WILL be a good teammate!
Starting Weight: 268.2
Goal Weight: 265
7/04: 268.2
7/11: 268.2
7/18: 268.2
7/25: 272.2
8/01: 271.4 Not a big loss, but regardless it's a loss so I'm happy to see it. Working out today for the first time in a few weeks. That should definitely help drop these pounds, but it doesn't look like I'll reach my goal of 256 by Labor Day. Disappointed in myself.
8/08: 274.2
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05: GOAL 2650 -
i posted on my own wall this am but am going to repost here to recommit to myself, my team and my group....
"Making a statement to start the week: Last week was my 1st week back from vacation and it took me a few days to get back into my exercise schedule which in turn made me eat more than I should I have. This is a new week. I need to get serious again about both. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you see things, this only works for me when I am on with both parts. When I slip on either food or exercise the other is right behind. I know we all step backwards every once in while and it's part of the process BUT in order to reach my birthday goal I will completely and totally need to kick it into high gear all the way thru October. I can be in the 150s by then I'm just going to have to work harder due to a little gain and the "slip". No worries though, I've got this. It's what I have been working towards for over 3 1/2 years. Thank you to old friends and new for you support. I have said it before and I'll say it again I'm sure, you have made the difference for ME on this journey."
so it looks like more than halfway thru our challenge a few of us are re-committing to reach our goals regardless of when we get there.....i have not weighed today for this week but will when i get home (i am better mid day before dinner due to my water pill/bp medicine)...i am going to record the weight on MFP as i know i am not still 174 which is what it shows as my current weight from july......
on another note as of right now orange and teal are 100% reported and we still need weights from the other 4 teams...so please get me your weights today and i'll update it tonight and post the chart tomorrow.....0 -
I'm weighing in, I had a sucessful week. :bigsmile: Congrats to EVERYONE that has had a loss this week! Will catch up later.
7/04: 163.8
7/11: 162.4
7/18: 162.2
7/25: 163.6
8/01: 165
8/08: 161.4
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05:
Goal 152.80 -
Way to go Jorden... looks like you really worked on your commitment this week. Congrats to everyone else on their great work this week!0
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Still staying steady. :sad:
No gain, no loss.... 222 for me.
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need weights from:
red team
sho_barnes (sho)
kcthatsme (kristen)
ysamatar (yasmin)
blue team
sonnut (sonja)
purple team
bluiz13 (denise)
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Starting Weight: 160.2
Goal Weight: 151.2
7/05: 160.2
7/12: 159.4
7/19: 158.0
7/26: 157.0
8/02: 155.6
8/09: 153.8
8/16:
8/23:
8/30:
9/05:0 -
I'm really at a complete loss this week. Up exactly two pounds. I'm not sure how it is even physically possible. If we play by the numbers, I should've been down .9 lbs. I'm trying really hard not to get crazy about this but it's about to make me flip my wig. All I can think is that because I've upped my strength training that I'm retaining water.
So Team Green, you can feel free to kick me off the team because I am going to be a major weak link until I get this banana figured out.
7/1/11 196.9
7/11/2011 198.9
7/15/2011 198.9
7/22/2011 198.4
7/29/11 196.9
8/5/11 198.9
I'm not exactly much help here either....shirley has been kicking it every week just about.
So proud of her!!! but kick you off the team??? Noooooooo THATS NOT what team members do!!! We stick TOGETHER!!! You'll figure it out..and until then we will be there rooting for ya!!!! (*(*( HUGS )*)*) 0 -
Starting Weight: 175
Goal Weight: 166
7/02: 175
7/11: 174
7/18: 176
7/25: 176 (vacation)
8/01: 176 (back from vacation)
8/08: 183.8 - time to face the music. Need to work really hard if I have any shot of even getting close to my goal of 166 by labor day.
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05: GOAL 1660 -
7/01: 161.something
7/11: 164.4 (sorry team)
7/18: 164.0
7/25: 164.8
8/01: 165 (it's hard to post this weight, I'd much rather just lie! lol..sorry team. frown I'm clearly the weak link here.....)
8/08: 164.6
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
9/05: GOAL 150
Not everything I was hoping for, but a step in the right direction regardless! Super busy day yesterday...sorry for the late post!
GO BLUE!!!0 -
Starting Weight: 160.2
Goal Weight: 151.2
7/05: 160.2
7/12: 159.4
7/19: 158.0
7/26: 157.0
8/02: 155.6
8/09: 153.8
8/16:
8/23:
8/30:
9/05:
You sure are rocking this challenge! Way to go girlie!!!0 -
Excellent loss this week Jorden! You're really rocking it!0
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happy Monday
SW....196.1
7/11....Carry over Vacation
7/18.....197.1 Sorry ladies +1
7/25....196.1
8/1.....195.8
8/8....196.4 blah I blame TOM. should be a better week. did zumba and monday and I plan on getting on my bike as soon as I am off the computer. Starting this week I will be doing Zumba 3 days a week.
come on purple lets get moving....0 -
We are all improving our lives here, making changes....good changes....it takes time and commitment and we are succeeding in this daily. This is not a two week diet.....its a life change and every week will be different. Focus on doing and feeling better, not just on the weight. I go up and down monthly yet I can run three miles, run up steps I would wheeze after, and over all just feel better. We are on a journey with friends. What better way to live the rest of our lives with people who understand us and are cheering us on even when we fall off our path. Heres my hand. I'll help you if you stumble. Lets go!!!
Labor Day may be approaching and may past but what we have accomplished will last much longer!!!
Have a awesomely fit day!!0 -
LadyPersia - You are so right! - "We are on a journey with friends. What better way to live the rest of our lives than with people who understand us and are cheering us on even when we fall off our path. Here's my hand. I'll help you if you stumble. Let's go!!!"0
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this week's biggest loser was vkpmusic with 2.59% weight loss
this week's team biggest loser was the blue team with .96% weight loss
the overall biggest loser to date is bifdiehl with 4.54% weight loss
the overall team biggest loser to date is the orange team with 2.32%
the group has lost 47.20lbs in the last 5weeks equaling 1.16% loss
i did not get weights from sho or yasmin from the red team....
here's the chart...
corrected chart and info - thanks jklm for finding my mistake...0 -
i promise my purple team to have a loss next week....i was logging maintain while on vacation and after and now it was time to face the music...i am up wayyyyy above where i was when we started the damn challenge but i am going to work my *kitten* off for the next 4 weeks and do my absolute best to get as close to my labor day goal as possible...AND then from there i'm just going to keep on going to my birthday goal.....no adjusting goals.....just work harder to achieve them....i'm sorry to my team and i know we can do better.....thanks for doing this with me girls.....it keeps me on track....0
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LadyPersia: Thanks for the support and you are so right. This is a journey and life style change.
The word diet has totally gone out of my vocabulary. We are all struggling together.
We will do this no matter what happens.
I just want to thank Denise for doing this and it has really kept me accountable knowing I have to give my
weight every week. Just like Weight Watchers you weigh in every week. It has really kept me going and
motivated. Thanks for all your hard work on those charts it is really impressive when I look at it.
Let's go people we have only few weeks to go before LABOR DAY. I know I will continue after this doing
whatever challenge comes around. :bigsmile:0 -
Hooray to my blue team - we are finally getting our butts in gear and it paid off this week! WooHoo Blue!!!!
Congrats to everyone else who lost this week too! Everyone is doing good - and even if not, don't be hard on yourself, you can get yourself back into gear! You just need the willpower and commitment to do so - we still have 4 weeks left - let's all go kick some butt!!!0 -
Go RED TEAM!
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Starting Weight: 173
Goal Weight: 155
7/05: 173
7/11: 171.0
7/18:170.0
7/25:170.0
8/02:171.8
8/09 171.4
8/16
8/23
8/30
9/05
.4 loss! You will think you will lose so much weight after fasting 16 hours, I guess not. I'm observing fasting for the whole month of August from 4:00am to 8:00pm nothing to eat and drink in between. So no exercise for me as I have to conserve my energy during the day time. I cancelled my session with the trainer yesterday as i could barely walk. So Good luck to my team mates and the rest of the group.0 -
Hooray to my blue team - we are finally getting our butts in gear and it paid off this week! WooHoo Blue!!!!
Congrats to everyone else who lost this week too! Everyone is doing good - and even if not, don't be hard on yourself, you can get yourself back into gear! You just need the willpower and commitment to do so - we still have 4 weeks left - let's all go kick some butt!!!
I agree 100 %!! WTG girls!!
Lets keep it on a roll BLUE team!!
Thanks Jennifer and Sonja for the support :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Destiny How's it going?0 -
YEAH! Does this mean I get to pick a challenge?
My challenge is two fold::
Everyone find/post a meaningful/inspirational site other than this one. I'll start with two.
www.greenmonstermovement.com Recipes for spinach and fruit shakes galore and it's what got me eating spinach. You wouldn't believe the energy...and nail and hair growth! I was challenged by a friend, who is a holistics consultant to try it. YUCK I thought...spinach and banana? But I tried it and LOVED it.
www.stumptuous.com Lady weight lifter with a blog. This woman is amazing!
2nd everyone SLOW DOWN (Gasp! I know, right?) SLOW DOWN for 5 or 10 min a day and think about all the wonderful ways you are blessed and all you have accomplished. :bigsmile:
THUS endeth the challenge0 -
Congrats Blue Team
Congrats Biggest Loser!!!
Congrats Teal team for kicking my butt when I need it
And Many Many Thanks to Denise!!!0 -
yes, i'm sorry i forgot to ask you to pick a challenge....thank you....blue team you guys can add to our challenges too since you're team won the week also....
my two recommended sites are....
http://www.skinnytaste.com/
this is great blog with amazing recipes that are healthy but flavorful.....
http://jog.fm/
this is a site that will help you pick music to set up your pace to walk/run/whatever....you can figure out which songs you want or should have in your play list to get you to a specific speed for your workouts....
http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/about/
one more cause this one is great too....recipes from a woman who has lost and kept off 135lbs...besides the amazing recipes she shares, i love her spirit when she writes....i wish i "knew" her.....YEAH! Does this mean I get to pick a challenge?
My challenge is two fold::
Everyone find/post a meaningful/inspirational site other than this one. I'll start with two.
www.greenmonstermovement.com Recipes for spinach and fruit shakes galore and it's what got me eating spinach. You wouldn't believe the energy...and nail and hair growth! I was challenged by a friend, who is a holistics consultant to try it. YUCK I thought...spinach and banana? But I tried it and LOVED it.
www.stumptuous.com Lady weight lifter with a blog. This woman is amazing!
2nd everyone SLOW DOWN (Gasp! I know, right?) SLOW DOWN for 5 or 10 min a day and think about all the wonderful ways you are blessed and all you have accomplished. :bigsmile:
THUS endeth the challenge0 -
OK, so honestly haven't checked it out yet, but going to be learning a lot more about it in the upcoming weeks with the program I am joining locally, so thought I'd go ahead and share it. Actually in my program, I will be receiving the book too... Tosca Reno's "Clean Eating", here's the website:
http://www.eatcleandiet.com/
Also a site to help track your exercise by type, distance and time - I found through another friend... www.dailymile.com
Thanks for this challenge - I find my 5-10 minutes when everyone else is sleeping, so much more peaceful then :happy:0 -
Valerie I like your 2 part challenge. (BTW Congrats on being the biggest loser this week! :drinker:)
Here is my contribution....
The site is new to me I was just added recently to their mailing list.
marksdaliyapple.com Mark Sisson's daily musings on health, nutrition, fitness, the health industry and the low-carb, paleo, Primal lifestyle.
prevention.com A good standard!
MFP is the BEST!
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My weight was a little down this morning so I'm cautiously optimistic this plateau is over. Is it boring for me to recommend active.com? I love it. I liked it on Facebook and I get awesome articles on my home page. The other is coolrunning.com. It's a great resource if you ever want to take up running.0
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Looks like the green team isn't going to have to kick me off after all....at least this week:)
I'm down four pounds...two of that is probably just water that bumped me up last week...but I swear I will take is where I can get it!!
7/1/11 196.9
7/11/2011 198.9
7/15/2011 198.9
7/22/2011 198.4
7/29/11 196.9
8/5/11 198.9
8/11/11 194.90 -
no one was every kicking you off silly girl lol....great job getting back on track this week...i'm really looking forward to posting my loss this week to as i went up last week too.....this week i'm down but i'm waiting until monday to report hoping it goes lower
Looks like the green team isn't going to have to kick me off after all....at least this week:)
I'm down four pounds...two of that is probably just water that bumped me up last week...but I swear I will take is where I can get it!!
7/1/11 196.9
7/11/2011 198.9
7/15/2011 198.9
7/22/2011 198.4
7/29/11 196.9
8/5/11 198.9
8/11/11 194.90
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