Calling All Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

2. Sierramoon - would you like to be my training buddy?

Thanks Nettie, I would love that!

Well, it is actually 2125 on 30/09/2011 so technically I am late for muster ... lol

But i am so ready for this (even managed 500+ cals twice this week). It will be a struggle for me to achieve this but I am ready to give it my very very best.

Stats are as of this morning ....

Weight: 83.2kg or 183.4 lbs
Measurements:
neck: 37cm or 14"
waist: 93cm or 36"
belly: 113cm or 44"
hips: 111cm or 43"
bum: 119cm or 47"

See, I've got great curves - just in all the wrong places!

I have picked a couple of extra measurements coz different people call the waist something different and I couldn't really find a definite way to determine exactly where to measure.... besides pretty obvious to me that belly (round the navel and my trouble spot), hips and bum (widest part) are the areas that I want to focus on. Also I wasn't sure how to report parts of inches so have just stuck to the nearest number..... I love metric so much easier!!! but i guess it is what you are used to.

A couple of questions .... no goal/challenge set for Sat and Sun. Are these rest days???? Personally, I will still be aiming for around 300cals on these days anyway. What will everyone else be doing. And I assume you still want these reported.

The no going over calories part - that is after we add back exercise cals isn't it?

And finally, I work in an office and am chained to my desk most of the day but do try to do regular little walks throughout the day around the office. To track these I wear a pedometre and have worked a basic conversion of 2500 steps per hour....is it cheating to add these into my cals for exercise each day? I track any other 'purposeful' exercise (such as 30 minute power walk at lunchtime and my other strength and cardio training separately too). Note: I have my MFP set to sedentary so get a very low cal allowance per day....

i am also limited in what exercise I can do due to injuries I got whilst in the Army but am doing as much as I can each day so my schedule will be pretty boring until I get a bit fitter.

Good luck all. I look forward to seeing the variety of exercises you come up with and will be stealing some ideas from y'all.

I am a little behind on joining for the Red October Burn, but definitely count me in for whatever is in store for November.

A little about me - Active duty AF of 15 years; married with 3 children.

I am currently deployed and will be returning home in about a week. This deployment has not been kind to my diet, and I also started a weight training routine. I started the deployment at 180 and am currently sitting at 192. I know that the added muscle accounts for some of the weight gain, but I still have more to lose.

USAF Active Duty. I want to get my 1.5 mile runtime down into 10s! eventually score a 100% on PTA! ADD ME