Memorial Day Weight Loss CHALLENGE!!!!!

I was sick this weekend lost a lot of weight (8 pounds) 8 pounds of water weight!?

I will probably weigh myself tomorrow morning after a day of feeling better. Hopefully it did not all come back, but sources tell me that it will. :sad:

I can take advantage and just eat well and hopefully it will not come all back.

But I am still working on my goal. if I can loose 12 pounds in 6 weeks, I'll be so freakin happy. I'm going to try to get the weight off the first of May so I can prepare and buy clothing for Memorial Day!

Weekly check in

Starting weight 200
Weight loss this week 1 lb
Total loss 6 lbs
Weigh in 194 lbs

Starting weight: 193
Goal by Memorial Day (eight weeks) 180
Goal per week: 1.5
Lbs lost this week: 0
Lbs lost total: 0

Let the games begin!!

Wrong way.:blushing:
Todays weight 184
Last weigh in 179
Challenge start weight 182 (Jan 1st weight 186)
Goal weight by Memorial 172 (Goal weight by my birthday in October 150!)

Pounds lost this week: pounds gained :sad:
Pounds lost since starting challenge: 3, but then I put them all back on, and then some.


I was on vacation for 9 days, and as if it's not hard enough to stay on track while away from home, I was so sick with a miserable cough/cold that wiped away all of my energy! Instead of my usual 60-90 minutes of tough cardio everyday, I only did 30 minutes walks each day. And ate a less than ideal diet.
I know I didn't try hard enough to eat good food, and now I'm going to pay for it. But I'm back on track and going to keep trying to reach my goal weight, even it it takes me a year!

Starting weight: 156.5
Goal by Memorial Day (nine weeks) 136
Goal per week: 2.2
Lbs lost this week: 3.5
Lbs lost total: 3.5

I had a good week. I hope everyone else is haveing a good week too:happy:

okay I'm using yesterdays weigh in weight because I am retaining in a big way today!

175.5
starting challange weight 176.
lost during the challange .5 lbs (not bad as it was a killer week! )

gonna have to step things up though!

hugs and good luck all!
Ali

Starting weight:191
Current weight: 180
Goal weight: 145
Goal weight by memorial day: 163
Goal weight loss a week: 2 lbs
Pounds lost this week: 2
pounds lost total: 11!!

What is a reverse crunch?

Okay, I'm in. This site is really motivating me, and I must admit THAT is not easy to do, considering I have been yo-yo dieting for 20 years. This is IT though! No more messin' around. I'm gettin' serious!

Current weight: 217
Goal weight: 150
Goal for Memorial Day: 195
Weight loss: 1 1/2 pounds per week (very doable!)

I'm also going to look into the blah to babe section. I love these kind of things! I bought a heart rate monitor and my husband and I have started wogging (walk/jog). It beeps at me to tell me when to speed up and slow down. My own personal trainer! We've wogged 3 days in a row now and I'm so motivated!!

I have 2 quick questions. Would somebody please answer them for me:
1) If I'm exercising, am I supposed to eat all of my calories, plus the exercise ones? I get 1,250 calories but whenever I put in my exercise amounts, it raises my calorie needs. How do I lose weight then??
2) I'm new to all of this posting stuff. How can I view replies to just my posts??

Thanks for all the great support. You are all wonderful!!

What is a reverse crunch?

It is when you are lying on your back and instead of lifting your chest off the floor - you bend your knees and lift your pelvis off the floor .... it targets your lower abs. Very good to do .... I usually do my regular crunches, reverse crunches and then my obliques (love handles) - which is when you .... for example .... bring your right elbow to your left knee (twisting your upper body).

Hard to explain with words - I'm sure you could do a search on the internet and find pics.