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greentea
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Posted: 2 March 2008 02:23 pm |
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Hi Peter
I read the tutorial months ago. I am very familiar with the site. According to all statistics I should eat around 1295 calories.I will try (no, WILL) eat 1200 with a little extra room for more and hope to lose 2 pounds per week which will bring me to about 16 lbs in 8 weeks. I hope I hope. I walk every day 1 mile and burn about 100 calories. I am going to concentrate on just moving briskly everyday for about an hour. I have tried this diet and exercise plan so many times but failed. I am going to use this challenge to finally do it and with the cruise week coming up I just cringe at the thought of packing on more pounds, so I have no choice...this has got to be it. Hope springs eternal!
Thanks Peter
Greentea
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cornishkez
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Posted: 2 March 2008 04:07 pm |
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| Hi Monkey/Peter. Right start weight is anhd goal weight is . So a target of 1 stone to lose. Its ambitios, but definately achievable.
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ktqt
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:50 am |
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This is my first challenge! I think it will keep me motivated.
Starting weight: 125.5 lbs
Goal weight for challenge: 120 lbs
Ultimate goal weight: 112 lbs
Wish me luck! I kept my goal small because I find I lose weight very slowly at this point.
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AubreyEagle
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Posted: 3 March 2008 02:00 am |
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SW = 227
Challenge SW = 149.6 lbs
Challenge Goal = 137.6 lbs (12 loss)
Looking forward to the journey & the challenge! Lots of exercise & a food diary are my tricks.
Gin 
Ticker info: Starting weight 160.6 lbs in 01/08 for New Year Challenge...
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ChunchieA
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Posted: 3 March 2008 02:33 am |
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Hello
This is the my first day reporting in on the new challenge - I did not make my goal for the New Year - New You challenge but it was not realistic for me so I am glad to continue on my quest. My initial weight was 128 and I was hoping to reach 117lbs by 2/29 - however I weighed in at 123 today so here I am. My goal is still the same - but I have less to lose - 6 pounds by the end of this challenge.
I am going to attach my ticker - when I get it off of my old challenge forum.
Let the Spring Fling begin!!!
Chunchie A
Last edited on 3 March 2008 02:46 am by ChunchieA
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Seabiscuit
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Posted: 3 March 2008 02:33 am |
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SW = 155+/- 5
Goal for challenge = 145+/-5
Can I do this withouth messing up your stats? My weight bounces so much (even when I am drinking water and cutting salts) each month that I don't even consider a loss on the scale real until it exceeds 5 lbs, taken in the morning.
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Babyjune
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:50 am |
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My starting weight is 143.5
My goal weight is 133.5
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chinkiri
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Posted: 3 March 2008 05:53 am |
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Here goes, more realistic this time, I hope:
Starting weight 64 kg = 141.1 lbs
Target weight: 60 kg = 132.3 lbs
Aim to lose: 4 kg = 8.8lbs.
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Theresa
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Posted: 3 March 2008 07:14 am |
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I truly believe that 2lbs a week is realistic if I stay focused and I do need to challenge myself. So starting weight is 198lbs My goal weight is 180lbs for the 5th May.  May we all strive to reach our goals. Thanks Monkey809. It's what I continuously need.
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artistjohn
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Posted: 3 March 2008 09:24 am |
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Artist john start 197Lbs
Goal 189Lbs
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norelfarms
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Posted: 3 March 2008 10:05 am |
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Yeah! A new challenge.
Start weight 176.
Goal weight 165.
Norelfarms
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missfit
Senior Member
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Posted: 3 March 2008 11:38 am |
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Alright here it goes:
current weight-153 lbs goal weight- 143 lbs #'s to lose-10 lbs.
My game plan is to keep a food diary and stay positive. Good luck everyone!
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TigerLilly
New Member
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Posted: 3 March 2008 12:15 pm |
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My current weight: 142.5
Goal weight: 138
Tigerlilly
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jjodii
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Posted: 3 March 2008 12:23 pm |
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Well, make room for the heavy weight...
I have to weigh in at 270. I guess I gained a little water weight since last week.
My goal is going to be 250.
Thanks for starting this new challenge, Monkey (jealous that you weigh less than the amount I have to lose... ) LOL!
Good luck and God bless to everyone!
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kendra
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Posted: 3 March 2008 12:38 pm |
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Here is my starting weight
.......Kendra
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Maggie
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:04 pm |
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Starting weight 191
Goal weight 186
Thanks Monkey for starting this challenge.
Maggie
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alleyne
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:14 pm |
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Well I am up by 4lbs this week.
Current Weight - 192
Weight Goal for challenge - 180
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Patchers
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:17 pm |
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Starting weight 288
Goal weight 276.
276 you might ask? That would represent a weight loss of 31 pounds since New Years which would be a 10 percent loss of my total weight. I read or heard somewhere that losing just 10 % of your weight decreases my health risk.
Thanks for running the challenge.
Onward to Spring!
Patchers
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alleyne
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:17 pm |
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let me try this again
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Tratra
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:18 pm |
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I'm hoping this will get me back on track!
Start weight: 145
Goal weight: 135
Thanks for starting this challenge!
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monkey809
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:23 pm |
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I glad so many people are joining this challenge. I have some real motivation now. I have an embaressing story to tell you guys.
Yesteday when I was out and about at a huge public park event, I bent over to fix a kite and I hear "rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiippppppppp" my pants split. I am just so overweight that now my clothes can't withstand my expanding body! I am now really motivated with the embaressing moment and helping to run this challenge with Bert. I know I can do it. I have finally decided, I am truly tired of being overweight and I am really going to do something about it!!! I really hope this motivation lasts!
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CodeMonkey
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Posted: 3 March 2008 02:18 pm |
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Y'know, at first I decided to skip this challenge because I did so poorly on the last two. After reading the positive posts here I figured I better bite the bullet and try again. I really shouldn't give up.
So, here I am again. I weighed myself this morning at 231 I think (I can't remember, my weight fluxuates so much between 230 and 235). My goal is to lose 2 pounds per week so at the end of March I hope to lose 16 pounds and weigh 215 pounds.
I'm going to go back to posting my food intake, steps and excercise on my diary here. Lets see if that helps me achieve my goal.Last edited on 3 March 2008 02:19 pm by CodeMonkey
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 3 March 2008 02:37 pm |
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Thanks, Monkey, for sharing your "ripped" story. I have a lot of clothes in my closet that I can't wear right now. I guess I not only need to lose a few pounds, but figure out how to do a "reallocation" of the rest of the pounds. Hmmmm.........wouldn't it be nice if we could do a "cut and paste" on our bodies? 
Starting weight: 125.5
Goal weight: 122
A loss of 3.5 pounds doesn't sound like much of a challenge, but that's what I missed the yellow line by in the last go-round. This time, it's really baby steps! Additionally, losing a lot of weight has never been my problem, BUT keeping to a healthy diet, rather than a binge and starve routine, has been a trial for most of my life.
Good luck to everyone taking part. Off we go...............
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pbf4326e
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Posted: 3 March 2008 03:29 pm |
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spbeef wrote: Ok....starting weight is 67kg (148.89lb) - by May 5th I aim to be down to 60.5kg (134.5lb). Best of luck to everyone!!!
spbeef,
Since you've calculated kg to lb I'm going to round up for the list if that's ok with you.
I'll list you as 149 LBs with a goal of 135 lbs. Will that work for you?
Bert
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pbf4326e
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Posted: 3 March 2008 03:33 pm |
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Seabiscuit wrote: SW = 155+/- 5
Goal for challenge = 145+/-5
Can I do this withouth messing up your stats? My weight bounces so much (even when I am drinking water and cutting salts) each month that I don't even consider a loss on the scale real until it exceeds 5 lbs, taken in the morning.
H Seabiscuit,
I'm going to list you as 155 start and 145 as the goal to keep it easy if that's ok with you.
I'm doing this in conjunction with Monkey809 so if you could highlight your numbers in red it would help us to pick them out. These old eyes don't see as well as they used to.
Thanks,
Bert
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DeterminedGal
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Posted: 3 March 2008 03:36 pm |
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Alright, DG reporting in. Starting weight 200. Goal for this challenge is 180. I'm still sticking with my 10# per month.
Thanks for doing this, monkey!
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monkey809
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Posted: 3 March 2008 03:59 pm |
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| DG, I am happy to help. You did a great job with the New years challenge. Unfortunatley, I got lazy. Bert and I will do our best to keep everything updated!!
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marmot
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:00 pm |
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| I would like to be in on this challenge too. Starting weight is 195. My goal for this challenge is 189.
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monkey809
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:02 pm |
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| So I am curious. What is everyone's plan of attack on loosing weight this challenge. I just don't know what to do. Right now I am trying the no-low carb thing. I am thinking about doing that for 2 weeks and then slowly eating a few carbs and excercising. I know I loose quite a bit when I do the no carb thing.
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pbf4326e
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:08 pm |
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monkey809 wrote: So I am curious. What is everyone's plan of attack on loosing weight this challenge. I just don't know what to do. Right now I am trying the no-low carb thing. I am thinking about doing that for 2 weeks and then slowly eating a few carbs and excercising. I know I loose quite a bit when I do the no carb thing.
I'm doing what's been working since July. I'm eating between 1200 and 1500 calories a day. I'm eating lean meats, eggs, fruit for between meal snacks, oatmeal, whole wheat English muffins (Weight Watchers), veggies and plenty of exercise. For example, I didn't work out Sunday as I was at church most of the day so today I did 52 minutes on the stationary bike at a average speed of 35 kilometers (can't change it to mph). Tomorrow I'll do 30-40 min. and lift weights. I'll alternate this and take a break Friday.
I'm averaging 2 lbs a week and that's working pretty well.
Oh, I also drink a gallon of water each day.
Bert
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meteorites49
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:12 pm |
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My starting weight is at 130. I think 1.5 pounds per week really is do-able if I stay focused, so my goal is 116.5.
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GolfBrew
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:54 pm |
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I'm in! Starting at 189, Goal Weight for challenge of 175!
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vgreet
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Posted: 3 March 2008 05:03 pm |
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I'm in today I'm at 156. But I have been sick and I need to rebuild some muscle, so I'm going to look at getting down to 145 by the end of the challenge.
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 3 March 2008 05:37 pm |
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Please click on the Help link for help with tickers!
Peter
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missfit
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Posted: 3 March 2008 06:44 pm |
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just wanted to get ticker up:
Last edited on 3 March 2008 06:45 pm by missfit
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Javan
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Posted: 3 March 2008 06:46 pm |
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Im signing up for this challenge as well.
Here is my goal:
175 lbs. by 5/3/08
Current Weight: 186 lbs, 03-03-08
Last edited on 3 March 2008 06:49 pm by Javan
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ribble
Senior Member
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Posted: 3 March 2008 07:19 pm |
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Well here goes.
Start Weigh 170 lbs (OK I celebrated sort off having got so light after the New year Challenge).
Target Weight 160lbs
Target loss 10lbs
Last edited on 3 March 2008 07:20 pm by ribble
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pbf4326e
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Posted: 3 March 2008 07:39 pm |
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Monkey,
You know with all the correspondence going back and forth today I don't know if I listed my current and goal.
3/3/08 - 218 bls
Goal - 202
16 lbs.
Thanks,
Bert
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EmyW(KS)
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| Location: | Kansas USA |
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Posted: 3 March 2008 07:50 pm |
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What I do (that has gotten me from 202 last Aug to 158 now)...
Food: 4-6 'meals' a day. Around 1300-1600 calories. Tons of fruit and veggies. Very little red meat. No soda or other sugary drinks. I don't eat or drink anything with either high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils in it. I've switched to mostly organic foods as well. Not really to help with weight loss but to be healthier overall.
Exercise: weights 3x a week. 3 sets full body each time. Cardio 30-60 minutes 6-7 days a week plus my Tae Kwon Do class 2-3 times a week.
It's been working so far so I'm sticking to my routine.
Emily W (KS)
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2bhealthy
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:09 am |
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Im so excited for the new challenge I lost 9 pounds in the new years so im shooting for 7 pounds in this one to bring me to 136. Im going to use my same ticker from the last challenge so I keeping getting inspired by my loss.
Thanks for starting this up for us!
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healthyme
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:18 am |
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Start: 3/3/08 236
Goal 216
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CCKat
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:52 am |
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COUNT ME IN......
Starting weight 138 GOAL: 133
CCKat
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hoofprints
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Posted: 4 March 2008 02:16 am |
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Okay my beginning weight is 204 lbs...
My goal is going to be 189 by May 5th
I'm committed to walking a marathon Mother's day so I'll be walking to try and keep up with Determined GAL. At my goal for the end of May I will be thinner than I have been in 15 years..
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GolfBrew
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Posted: 4 March 2008 11:04 am |
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EmyW(KS) wrote: What I do (that has gotten me from 202 last Aug to 158 now)...
Food: 4-6 'meals' a day. Around 1300-1600 calories. Tons of fruit and veggies. Very little red meat. No soda or other sugary drinks. I don't eat or drink anything with either high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils in it. I've switched to mostly organic foods as well. Not really to help with weight loss but to be healthier overall.
Exercise: weights 3x a week. 3 sets full body each time. Cardio 30-60 minutes 6-7 days a week plus my Tae Kwon Do class 2-3 times a week.
It's been working so far so I'm sticking to my routine.
Emily W (KS)
Emily, very impressive!! No wonder that's working, you're doing what I'm trying to do, and then some! Nice work, keep it up!
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astralweeks
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Posted: 4 March 2008 12:07 pm |
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Okay, I'm here for another weight-loss challange! I fell just 1lb shy of the goal last challange, and I think my goal was a bit too high, so I will be a bit more reasonable for this challange and say my goal is to lose 10lbs in two months, which is reasonable I think!
Starting weight: 200
Starting weight for challange: 142
Goal weight: 132
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monkey809
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:21 pm |
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| You now what really gets me down. I have been wearing the same clothes for the last 2-3 years. I bought them when I was thinner and now that I am larger, my jeans are always tight, my shirts are kinda short and I just look stupid. I don't want to buy new clothes until I am thin again, but I am so sick of sitting at my desk with my pants so tight, it is uncomfotable. It makes me so mad that I just give up feeling that I will never be thin...
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kendra
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:26 pm |
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monkey809 wrote: You now what really gets me down. I have been wearing the same clothes for the last 2-3 years. I bought them when I was thinner and now that I am larger, my jeans are always tight, my shirts are kinda short and I just look stupid. I don't want to buy new clothes until I am thin again, but I am so sick of sitting at my desk with my pants so tight, it is uncomfotable. It makes me so mad that I just give up feeling that I will never be thin...
Oh no don't give up, it will get better, just keep a positive attitude......we are here for you...kendra
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pbf4326e
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:31 pm |
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monkey809 wrote: You now what really gets me down. I have been wearing the same clothes for the last 2-3 years. I bought them when I was thinner and now that I am larger, my jeans are always tight, my shirts are kinda short and I just look stupid. I don't want to buy new clothes until I am thin again, but I am so sick of sitting at my desk with my pants so tight, it is uncomfotable. It makes me so mad that I just give up feeling that I will never be thin...
Monkey,
I know what you mean. I've had to bite the bullet more than once over the last 8 months to buy new clothes. I didn't have any, with the exception of some shirts, and it makes me mad that I've spent money but I have to do it all over again as what I have now is getting loose. I know; it's a good problem to have but a costly one. I'm trying to buy on the cheap.
Check out Good Will stores in your area. You can get some decent things that could fit and it's not too expensive. Look for the BoGos in your deparment stores too.
Bert
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monkey809
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:31 pm |
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thank you Kendra. I was thinking of just getting a pair of black track pants or something and wearing those. Luckily my office has no dress code so jeans, flip flops, anything goes.
You know what else I was thinking that may help motivate people! Post a before and after picture. Of course right now we would be posting our before pictures. Then at the end of the challenge let's post our after pictures. Then we all can see the difference and how hard we have worked to loose weight. I don't have a good pic yet, but I will take one and post it.
Last edited on 4 March 2008 01:52 pm by monkey809
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kendra
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Posted: 4 March 2008 01:40 pm |
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monkey809 wrote: thank you Kendra. I was thinking of just getting a pair of black track pants or something and wearing those. Luckily my office has no dress code so jeans, flip flops, anything goes. I just hate spending money.
I do know what you mean, I have had the tight pant prob, exspecially in my legs, I hate to spend money knowing that I'm going to lose or gain weight, just keep your head up. remember we are all in this together.....kendra
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