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Well, today is my birthday and I was looking forward to seeing a great number of the scale. I have been working out hard and have severely restricted my carb intake. Unfortunately, it appears that my nemesis has won this week's battle. Wednesday 11/21?/12 143.4 lbs Wednesday 11/28/12 139.8 lbs (down 3.6 lbs) Wednesday…

Hi Gang, This week was the first full week of my new carb light adventure... I truly miss them but hopefully it is helping! We'll see how the scale is affected on Wednesday morning. Here's my update: 1. I worked out five of the seven days for a total calorie burn of 3551 (just above the KB 3500 level but not to my 110%…

Hi All, This week I worked out 5 of the 7 days burning 3575 calories (a teeny bit over the 3500 KB goal but not quite reaching my 3850 goal). I stayed within my calorie intake limits 5 of the 7 days (the days I worked out) but stayed with the overall weekly goal. I am looking forward to a light work week this week and…

Hi All, Here's my update covering the past week: 1. I stayed within my calorie intake every day. 2. I worked out 5 of the 7 days totaling 4210 calories burned. Hopefully I'll see some positive movement on the scale later this week! Cheers, Heather

That's fantastic, Roger! Does this mean you only have 1 pound left to lose over the next 6 weeks?! You have done so well that I was beginning to think I'd have to change your nickname to the Incredible Shrinking Man if you lost much more! Here's my update for the week: I worked out every day this week and burned 3854…

Hey All, I'm heading to Hawaii today but wanted to report my weight update for the week: Wednesday 10/17: 142.8 lb (no loss from previous week) Wednesday 10/24: 142.6 lb (a ridiculous 0.2 lb loss) So essentially no change again this week. My KB scale weight did change: from 146.3 to 145.5 but that previous weight was a big…

Here's my delayed report as well: 1. I completed my nutrition log every day last week and was under my calories all but one day (the day I had an all-day meeting in L.A. and couldn't fit in any exercise; so I went 35 calories over); I was under my calorie goal for the week . 2. I burned 3864 calories throughout the week…

Hi All, I pledged to report my weight loss progress every week so here are my updates: Wednesday 10/10: 142.8 pounds (which was 1.2 pound loss from the previous week's 144.0, which had been a plateau weight for a week) Wednesday 10/17: 142.8 pounds (NO loss from the previous week) So NO change in my personal scale this…

Hey Gang, Sorry for the delayed report; it's been a doozy of a couple of weeks. Not an excuse, just an explanation. Last week I didn't see any change in the scale, which was very frustrating. This week I saw a slight dip but not as much as I anticipated given the plateau of the previous week. Wednesday 10/3/12: 144.0, same…

Hi All, Sorry that I'm a bit behind in my reporting... Here goes: 1. I completed my nutritional log each day and stayed within my weekly calorie intake allowance (I was within my daily limits all but one day this week). 2. I burned 3588 calories this week. That is less than the 110% (3850 calories) I pledged to do... I…

Thanks for the encouragement, Thin Man! I really hope I can maintain this rate... it is a higher loss per week than I held regularly in either of the previous challenges. But I have increased my calorie burn per week by at least 500 these past two weeks so I know what I need to do. Of course, I will need to continue…

Ok, here we go... Like The Thin Man, I also pledged to weigh myself and keep accountable to you all. Here's my data: Start of 90 Days: weight = 147.0 lbs., need to lose 20.0 lbs to reach my goal Wednesday, 9/19/12: weight = 145.6, 1.4 lb loss since beginning of Ultra Challenge Wednesday, 9.26.12: weight = 144.0, 1.6 lb…

NO wine! Zowee - that's commitment!! ;) What a great list of goals, Lynn. I look forward to supporting you through this challenge and to seeing your weekly updates/progress on our Sunday accountability check-ins as you conquer these goals. And, of course, I am always happy to hike with you! I have NO doubts that you will…

Welcome, Linda! It's a pleasure to "meet" you. Cheers, Heather

Awesome! Welcome, Nari. It was nice meeting you at the last running clinic. I hope you'll add your 90 Day goals to our pledge thread. Happy to have you join the team! Cheers, Heather

Sharon from KB turned me on to the Gardein chickenless chicken products. I particularly love the Mandarin Orange Chicken (without the mandarin orange sauce). My go-to meal when I'm not in the mood to cook is oven baked sweet potato fries and some of the M.O.C. pieces. I like to peel & slice up a sweet potato, spray it with…

Ok, here we go... I weighed in this morning and, thankfully, had a loss. 9/19/12 145.6 pounds (a loss of 1.4 pounds from my previous weigh-in of 147 pounds) My end goal is a 20 pound loss in the 90 days for a final weight of 127 pounds (which should put me in the upper portion of the "healthy weight" range on the BMI…

I'm thrilled to have you join the team, Clare!! Cheers,, Heather

Hehe, I knew you loved his hat and would favor the reference!! And completely appreciate that you know Nick Charles wasn't The Thin Man. I'm planning to weigh in tomorrow morning. Cross your fingers; so far my "scale peeking" hasn't proved positive this week.... Heather

Here are my reports for Week 1 (ending 9/16): - Total calorie burn for the week: 4022 calories (above the 3850 weekly goal!) - Food log completed and within goal - My September fitness event will be next Sunday: The "She Is Beautiful" 5k race! Cheers, Heather

Awesome, Roger!

Wahoo! I'm in as well! Are you gonna add your goals to the Pledge thread?

For this 90 Day Challenge, I pledge to: 1. Stay with my calorie allowance on myfitnesspal, 2. Burn at least 3850 calories/week (to give it "110%" as proposed by Roger), and 3. Participate in at least three organized fitness events (e.g, races) during the challenge's time frame. My goal is to lose 20 pounds by the end of…