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Nir
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Posted: 4 July 2010 12:55 pm |
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It's almost time for the next challenge, everyone!
Here are the guidelines for the Summer weight loss challenge (similar to those of the previous ones):- The challenge will run from Monday July 5th through Tuesday August 31st
- You may join the challenge at any time beginning July 5th, and late-comers are most welcome. You can even join the challenge in August.
- To join the challenge, post your height, starting weight and goal weight.
You may choose any goal you like. But if your goal is to lose more than 16 pounds during the challenge period -- more than two pounds a week -- please explain why you think your goal is realistic.
This website is dedicate to healthy, common sense, lasting weight loss, and does not support crash diets which do not have realistic expectations of producing long-term results.
For more information, please see the Tutorial and the forum topic The Most Likely Reason Your Diet Will Fail.
Your height will be used to display your BMI. Disclosing your height is optional but as incentive to share your height with us, unless told your height I'll just assume you are 5' (1.52m).
- Pick a day for your weekly weigh-in, and stick to it a closely as you can. Then post your current weight each week -- or as often as you would like!
You may wish to read: How Often Should You Weigh Yourself
Those who are not losing weight, and those who are gaining, will receive praise for continuing to participate. It's so easy to run and hide! We've all been there ourselves.
We also know that by participating, they are very likely doing better than they otherwise would be.
- The results will be updated every Tuesday (or more often) and posted right here just below these instructions, so they will always be easy to find.
We want the challenge stats to be realistic and reflect active challenge members, so anyone not posting for two consecutive weeks will be dropped from the list. But they will be put right back on the next week should they post again.
If you need to withdraw from the challenge, please have the courtesy to post a farewell note or send me a Private Message (PM). Your name will be removed.
- You are encouraged to share how you are doing during the challenge, and especially to give each other support. However, to make it easier for me to find your weekly weight, please make sure your weight stands out.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to post them or send me a PM.
Wishing you success and happiness!
Nir
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tourproven
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Posted: 4 July 2010 02:09 pm |
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- Start weight = 205.0
- Goal weight = 189.0
- Height = 6'2"
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Gink
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:49 pm |
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Start 181
Goal 170
Height 5'9"
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artistjohn
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Posted: 4 July 2010 05:04 pm |
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Start 207.2
Goal 198.2
Height 6’ 2”
I fly to Canada on the 23rd August for RV trip in the Rockies, so 22nd will be my last weigh in.
Thanks again Nir for your efforts.
Last edited on 4 July 2010 05:06 pm by artistjohn
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Tess
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Posted: 4 July 2010 05:05 pm |
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Starting weight: 186.8
Goal weight: 170
Height: 5'6"
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Hiker
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Posted: 4 July 2010 06:04 pm |
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Nir, you are incredible to keep running these things, I know it is appreciated.
I'm in, after falling off abysmally in the last challenge I need to get back into this.
Height 5'3"
Starting weight--130.9
Goal--125
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BJD74
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Posted: 4 July 2010 06:45 pm |
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IM IN! HAPPY 4TH!
STARTING WEIGHT 156.3
END GOAL WEIGHT 152
HEIGHT 5'5"
AGE 35!
WEIGH INS ON THURSDAYS
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mavrick1183
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Posted: 4 July 2010 06:53 pm |
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lets do this
height 5ft 11in
starting weight 302.6
goal weight 282.00
Last edited on 4 July 2010 06:54 pm by mavrick1183
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NineChoirs
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Posted: 4 July 2010 08:24 pm |
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Start Weight: 179.4
Goal Weight: 163
Height: 5' 4"
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Aimless
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Posted: 4 July 2010 09:03 pm |
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I definitely want to join this next challenge :)
Height: 5' 3" [63"]
Starting weight: 129.8lb
Goal weight: 120lb
Seems like a big goal this time, but I suppose I'm in this challenge from the start. I'm definitely going to have to get a bit more aggressive on the exercise front. Potentially I could only be two challenges away from reaching my long term goal weight, why does that scare me. Hah!
Thanks again Nir for arranging these :)
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Tontus
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Posted: 5 July 2010 06:17 am |
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Start : 172.6
Height : 72"
Goal : 160
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highlymotivated21
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Posted: 5 July 2010 06:58 pm |
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Start weight: 164.0
Goal weight: 154.0
Height: 5'5"
I'm trying to lose this weight for me,myself,and I. I want to be healthier and have more energy. Thanks for the challenge i will be starting tomorrow,July6,2010,
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MichelleP
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Posted: 6 July 2010 12:37 am |
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Start weight = 165
Goal weight = 155
Height = 5'8"
Will weigh in on Mondays.
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Nir
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Posted: 6 July 2010 08:11 am |
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Height 5'6" Start Weight (yesterday) 52.39kg = 115.4lb Goal Weight 117.4lb i.e. 2lb gain. Any more than a 4-5lb gain over this challenge period and I'm going to panic.
On September 1st 2009 I was 50.75kg = 111.8lb and wanted to increase by 1lb/month and according to those plans I would have been 12lb heavier at 123.8lb (that isn't going to happen and in fact an 8.4lb gain over 2 months would mostly be fat anyhow)
Here is a graph showing that I've essentially made very little progress in the weight-gain department over the first half of 2010
Here is a graph showing how my calorie intake has varied over those six months
Game plan is to continue to increase daily calories by 25 every 7 days (today Tuesday I'm increasing from 2,400 to 2,425) there is also a possibility I will stop counting the calories in certain foods but still count the calories in other foods, if this happens then my calorie increases will in fact be more steep, if as a result I gain weight at a faster rate than I would like, I might bring down the target number for the foods that I am counting. I will do my best not to over-react if this is where I'm headed.
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kelleyray44
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Posted: 6 July 2010 01:48 pm |
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Ok - here we go again! My weight is 168 - goal weight is 155! 
I had my height wrong last time - lol!
Height is 69.5
Hoping this one is more successful than the last!!!
Good luck everyone!
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BlackDiamond
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Posted: 6 July 2010 02:14 pm |
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Weight- 206.4
Height- 5'6
Goal- 199
I'm ready for a new challenge :D
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preeti
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Posted: 6 July 2010 02:55 pm |
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Start weight-139
goal weight -132
height-67
I am making small goal at this time so it could be achievable.
Nir, I think I have hit a plateau , I am kinda stuck at 139-140. Please help me further with your advice how to start it again. Thanks for help and these challenges, these keep me going!!
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tourproven
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Posted: 6 July 2010 03:35 pm |
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Nir wrote: ...Game plan is to continue to increase daily calories by 25 every 7 days (today Tuesday I'm increasing from 2,400 to 2,425)...
This seems a bit exacting? I don't get it. 25 calories is like a single peanut or something like that. I could add 1000 calories to a single meal at any given time, as could anyone here I would assume. What are you actually doing with these +/- an ounce at a time stuff? The physics charts shown are magnified to show a weight range that is extremely minute, and is most likely a simple correlation to your bathroom schedule. Just an observation stemming from a complete non-understanding....sorry if I'm out of line.
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FuFu53
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Posted: 7 July 2010 02:07 am |
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Start weight 227
Goal 220
Height 5'2"
keeping my weight in day on Monday
Last edited on 7 July 2010 02:09 am by FuFu53
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thescout75
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Posted: 7 July 2010 08:26 pm |
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Hi everyone! I'm brand new to this...hopefully this challenge will prove to be good motivation for me. Good luck, everyone!
Start Weight: 197.2
Goal Weight: 181.2
Height: 5'10"
Oh yeah, and I'll be weighing in on Wednesdays.Last edited on 7 July 2010 08:30 pm by thescout75
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Nir
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Posted: 7 July 2010 10:29 pm |
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tourproven wrote: Nir wrote: ...Game plan is to continue to increase daily calories by 25 every 7 days (today Tuesday I'm increasing from 2,400 to 2,425)...
This seems a bit exacting? I don't get it. 25 calories is like a single peanut or something like that. I could add 1000 calories to a single meal at any given time, as could anyone here I would assume. What are you actually doing with these +/- an ounce at a time stuff? The physics charts shown are magnified to show a weight range that is extremely minute, and is most likely a simple correlation to your bathroom schedule. Just an observation stemming from a complete non-understanding....sorry if I'm out of line.
  Derek, I assume you're talking about someone accidentally and unintentionally adding 1000 calories to their daily consumption, to state the obvious this type of accident is easier to avoid if you eat certain types of food. So no, I don't tend to have these sorts of accidents.
My redskin peanuts are about 3 calories a piece so I get 8 of them for 24 calories. Or I can have 100g of raspberries, or 100g of raw chard etc. Though to be fair at this stage the extra calories are not affecting the nutrient-dense foods I eat during the main part of the day and indeed have the non-impact of an extra couple of dried dates etc.
The fluctuations do indeed show a period of relative weight stability. What is surprising is that this weight stability is in spite of calorie intake going up. No, I don't mean it going up by 25 calories - I mean it going up by 25 calories 17 or so times, from 2000 calories (in February) up to 2425. Does it really matter if I increased calories from 2000 to 2425 in one go or 17 little ones? the fact remains - I did the legwork (increasing calories) and yet my weight remains stable.
Not that I'm complaining!
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Nir
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Posted: 7 July 2010 10:46 pm |
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preeti wrote: Nir, I think I have hit a plateau , I am kinda stuck at 139-140. Please help me further with your advice how to start it again. Thanks for help and these challenges, these keep me going!!
The last bit of advice I thew your way was to make sure you were not eating 1200 calories but instead to eat around ~1450 and to create a deficit with activity.
So I guess the obvious first question is: what have you been doing over the last couple of months in terms of calorie intake and activity. What are you doing right now and how long have you been doing it?
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tourproven
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Posted: 8 July 2010 11:31 am |
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Nir wrote: What is surprising is that this weight stability is in spite of calorie intake going up. No, I don't mean it going up by 25 calories - I mean it going up by 25 calories 17 or so times, from 2000 calories (in February) up to 2425. Does it really matter if I increased calories from 2000 to 2425 in one go or 17 little ones? the fact remains - I did the legwork (increasing calories) and yet my weight remains stable.
I will admit, this is remarkable. Logic would dictate that you should be gaining nearly a pound a week going from 2000 cal to 2435 cal. I have to imagine that if you went from 2000 to 2425 instantly, you'd have seen weight gain. This is inspiring for those who want to be in maintenance mode, yet also be able to eat again without gaining. My only fear is I could never be as precise with counting calories as you are. Even when I'm counting calories, I'm not that precise. Is this maintenence mode of creeping up the calories safely what you were intending to do, or is this just some sort of experiment for NASA research?
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Nir
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Posted: 8 July 2010 11:51 am |
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I have been reading about muscle gain. Unless you are new to weight training, there are limits to how much muscle you can expect to gain in a given period. I assume that for me that upper limit is about 1lb per month. So if I jacked up my calories instantly by 1000 calories a day, that corresponds to a surplus of 30,000 a month with the expectation of gaining 8.5lb - yet only about 1lb of it will be muscle, the rest will be fat.
So I want to gain weight, but I want it to be muscle (or at worst 50% fat 50% muscle and I'll do a "cut" phase to strip out the fat later on)
Increasing slowly makes sense (a +100 increase should correspond to the required gain of 1lb over a period of 35 days). Incresing painfully slowly is just my cautious personality.
I do not view my precise calorie counting as a burden (if I don't have the time to weigh that brazil nut, maybe I don't have the time to eat it). I am however in contact with a health professional who thinks that my quality of life would benefit from not doing it.
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tourproven
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Posted: 8 July 2010 12:30 pm |
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Nir-where did you come up with the muscle gain stat of 1 lb a month (just curious)? I read about bodybuilding quite a bit a while back and I was under the impression it was closer to 2 or even 2.5 lbs. Everywhere I read about it did also talk about 'newbie' gains which refers to startup bodybuilding that gets dramatic results right off the bat. I assume I'm out of the 'newbie' phase myself, but I didn't turn into Arnold Schwartzenegger or anything like that. My newbie gains were very conservative in my estimation.
As far as your calorie counting, I agree that it seems a bit obsessive/compulsive, however at least you have your sh*t together and know exactly what you are doing. I think the rest of us are kind of 'winging' it with bits of knowledge we have here and there...
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Nir
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Posted: 8 July 2010 01:22 pm |
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1)
For an alternative approach read suenos' diary, she obviously decided early on in her journey to find a solution that did not involve counting calories and it worked very well for her so clearly not everyone has to go down this particular cul-de-sac.
2)
Source http://www.leighpeele.com/a-realistic-look-at-goal-setting-muscle-gain-2
Men
Newbie: 1-2 Years of serious lifting = Roughly 1.5 pounds a month in muscle
Intermediate: 2-4 years of lifting = 0.5 pounds a month in muscle
Advanced: 4-plus years of lifting = 0.25 pounds a month in muscle
Women
Newbie: 1-6 months of serious lifting = Roughly .75 to 1 pounds a month in muscle
Newbie: 6-12 months = .5 pounds a month in muscle
Intermediate: 1-2 years of lifting = 0.3-0.4 pounds a month in muscle
Advanced: 4-plus years of lifting = 0.1- 0.2 pounds a month in muscle
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Maggie
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Posted: 8 July 2010 03:56 pm |
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Hi Nir
I would like to join the challenge again.
Starting weight 165.4
Goal weight 163
Height 61 inches
I will weigh in on Thursday.
Thanks again for running the challenges.
Cheerio
Maggie
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preeti
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Posted: 8 July 2010 04:13 pm |
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| Nir, from last 2 months I have been taking about 1400-1500 calories a day, the only thing for exercise I was doing was walking 2 times for 30 minutes and have stopped on it too , just because of laziness. The good thing was I didnt gained any weight and my cloths are fitting more good than before. But I am just not comfortable at this weight. i loved my body before and I want to achieve that. Please help. I drink 1-2 cans of zero coke everyday that I started about 6 weeks ago.
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Nir
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Posted: 8 July 2010 05:08 pm |
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If your unadjusted RMR is around 1450, you are burning 1700 calories on the days on which you are not exercising (and a bit more on the days when you go for your walks - see the activity calculators). Let's say you eat 1500 calories. Your deficit is 200. That should be enough to lose about 0.4lb a week or 1.7lb a month. If you think that this is too slow then please remember that the healthiest change you can make is to increase your activity. You can burn hundreds of extra calories (without the risk of screwing up your metabolism inherent in drastic calorie cutting) and you become fit etc.
However you might have a systematic error in the way you count your calories (or perhaps you have splurged every now and again which erases the deficit?)
So how about you try eating 100 calories less, for now - that'll be 1300-1400 and all things being the same, you should lose an extra 0.2lb a week or an extra 0.9lb a month - let's try for a month and see where we stand?
One point about patience: in the last challenge period you lost 5lb, that averages 2.5lb (in the ballpark of what I predicted, perhaps a little more than my prediction) so perhaps this shows the issue is with your expectations, not with anything going wrong. You're in for the long haul, this is for life.
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in_wonderland
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Posted: 8 July 2010 05:24 pm |
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I would like to Join
start 164.6
goal 154.0
height 5'3
weigh in on mondays
Last edited on 8 July 2010 05:24 pm by in_wonderland
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 9 July 2010 01:18 am |
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Thanks for another challenge!
height: 5'6"
start: 149
goal: 140
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TipsyToes
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Posted: 9 July 2010 12:50 pm |
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I think I'll join this!
Height: 5'3"
CW: 59kgs (130lb's I think...)
GW: 56kgs (122lb's)
Total loss: 8 lb's
I shall weigh in on Sunday's.
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Nir
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Posted: 9 July 2010 03:38 pm |
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TipsyToes wrote: GW: 56kgs (122lb's)
56/0.454=123.3lb. Shall I set that to be your goal? Or would you prefer 122lb (which is approximately 55.4kg)
By the way I also do kilograms at home but translate to pounds for the forum.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 11 July 2010 02:59 am |
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| I'm slightly early on my weigh in but....I'm so happy to report 146
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TipsyToes
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Posted: 12 July 2010 09:24 am |
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Nir wrote: TipsyToes wrote: GW: 56kgs (122lb's)
56/0.454=123.3lb. Shall I set that to be your goal? Or would you prefer 122lb (which is approximately 55.4kg)
By the way I also do kilograms at home but translate to pounds for the forum.
Uugh... I hate working out stuff in pounds... I'll go with 122lb's. It's a nicer sounding number. Sorry about that. I don't quite know how I got those numbers...
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Aimless
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Posted: 12 July 2010 09:48 am |
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128.2lb
I was going to weigh in on Tuesdays, and I probably will after this week. But I was so relieved to see a loss after last weeks mishaps I just had to report back today :)
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artistjohn
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Posted: 12 July 2010 10:36 am |
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| NO CHANGE
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NineChoirs
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Posted: 12 July 2010 04:49 pm |
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177.0 Loss of -2.4
I plan to make my weigh in days on Monday.
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in_wonderland
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Posted: 12 July 2010 08:12 pm |
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BJD74
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Posted: 12 July 2010 10:18 pm |
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wow Once, you are totally on fire! can i ask what got you on track and it making this such a rapid loss this time around? are you doing something different?
as for me, family here since last saturday, here thru this coming wednesday, food and habits have not been my norm, and my hubby and i just spent the weekend away, so we ate out for 3 meals....so though i am up i am not totally giving up, i will post this thursday regardless of the number because it is the right thing to do. I would like to be back at my start weight, but right now, it feels like its very far away. for now, i am just keeping on the work outs and trying not to overeat.
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NelleBelle
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Posted: 12 July 2010 11:45 pm |
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Hey Everyone! Ready for the new challenge! (I still am rooting for weight loss by Nude rec. week JK)
Height - 5'10.75
Starting Weight - 169.9
Goal Weight - 163 (I am setting a smaller goal this time)
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Tontus
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Posted: 13 July 2010 05:36 am |
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| 171.4 A bit of a let down since I spent the last 3 days of the week in the 169.x range. BF% holding steady at 15.0, so it's not all bad.
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Bridetobe
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Posted: 13 July 2010 07:16 am |
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Starting weight: 174
Height: 5'3"
Goal Weight: 160
Weigh-in Day: Tuesday
I'm getting married next June and need to jump start a year of weight loss and fitness.
Last edited on 13 July 2010 07:18 am by Bridetobe
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Hiker
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Posted: 13 July 2010 10:18 am |
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Current weight 132.
That is up 1.1 pounds from last week, not an auspicious start I must say. Well I must be doing something wrong so I guess I'd better pay closer attention. I want to get back to 125 and there is only one way to do it...a calorie deficit which I am clearly not doing. I need to pay closer attention.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 13 July 2010 11:30 am |
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| No change
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kelleyray44
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Posted: 13 July 2010 12:38 pm |
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No change  , but I've been sick... so I guess I'll take it.
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thescout75
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Posted: 13 July 2010 01:24 pm |
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| Here's my current weight for this week's weigh-in: 196.4
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tourproven
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Posted: 13 July 2010 02:32 pm |
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204.4
Not a big loss this week, however I look thinner! I can see it for myself in the mirror! I have definately made some progress with the inches.
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mavrick1183
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Posted: 13 July 2010 03:36 pm |
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| 301.8 its moving down so I guess thats all that matters .....
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FuFu53
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Posted: 13 July 2010 10:40 pm |
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228.2 up from vacation but I'm back on the right track now.
Vacation was very good.
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