Weight-Loss 4 Week Get-Ready-for-Summer Challenge Chat Thread

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Blancita

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For those of you who joined the 4 Week Get-Ready-for-Summer Challenge, here is where we will chat, brag about our successes, motivate others, and get support when we're feeling bingy or cravy. Its very helpful to hear such mundane things as what you ate that day and what exercise you did. To most this would be boring information, but to us, its highly motivating! Looking forward to shedding a few pounds by mid-June. Let's do this together!

:seeya:
 
Here's a link to the points thread, please enter your points there by Monday night of each week.

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/club...ummer-challenge-points-thread.html#post604287

Anyone interested in doing a pool for this challenge? We can all put in $10 or $20 and the person with the highest points who joined the pool gets the whole thing (or shares if there's a tie). You could mail checks to me by the end of the first week and I will not deposit them until the end. I'll then send the winner a check for the total. I'm a licensed attorney so wouldn't be risking my career over a couple of dollars..so you can trust me.
 
Well - I am never going to win the challenge. It will be a struggle for me to not have an end weight higher than my start weight!!!!! If I get any weight loss it will be small compared to what I used to lose in four weeks.

I have no idea what my goal weight will be but know that it is so close it is silly. I have been hovering around in this weight range since last summer so am counting the time as good practice for maintenance and not wasted time... It would be nice to finally say that I have got to where I want to be though.

I hope that everyone is having a GREAT first day of this challenge.

It is the middle of Monday afternoon here in England. So far today I have walked 7.25 miles on the treadmill at 4.0 mph. I also walked just over 2 miles outdoors - at approx 3mph and have done a keep fit class. My keep fit class (with aerobics, ST with resistance bands, mat exercises) was supposed to be 1hr15mins long - but I will count it as an hour to allow for admin etc.

That means that I have done
1hr 50 on treadmill
40 mins out walking
1 hr keep fit.

I am up to 3hrs 30 in exercise for today then. Not as much walking as I was doing during the bulk of my weightloss - but pretty good just the same.

So far my eating is controlled and healthy.
 
Awesome Margaret!

For this challenge I plan on starting to log my calories again, which I've done off and on for years now. Now I'm using the Lose It! program on my Ipod Touch.

I hit 146 about 10 days ago, but today I'm back up to freakin 150 lbs! I did go out to eat yesterday so my good day on Friday was nixed and I regained the pound I had lost. So I am at a real high, that I haven't seen since I lost my pregnancy weight. This is dangerous! So I'd be very pleased if I reached 145 lbs by the end as that would be a new low and I feel right now I'm retaining a ton of water.

Will report back later on my eating and exercise.
 
I've started out eating well, measuring my cereal, milk etc. Getting in the exercise is going to be the hard part until I can figure out how to get the fricking back wheels of May's stroller attached. Dh and I both worked at it yesterday, but I don't think the part that came with it is correct b/c it doesn't seem to fit. :cuss: Anyway, with a newborn to keep me occupied, my basement and exercise bike covered in drywall dust for another week, and my gym now a 20min drive away since we moved...I'm feeling the pressure. Ha! Okay, I'll stop whining now and figure out a way to get this exercise in. Does housework count if you do it more often than you normally would so you get more exercise?? :D I'll start vacuuming everyday if so. :rofl:
 
No cleaning to count as exercise. How about popping in a work-out DVD Kimberley? I'm sure the baby would be highly entertained..
 
This is just so I can keep track of my stuff. I'm not sure where else to put it, hehehe.

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Week 1

Monday
GOAL: Biceps/Back 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Biceps/Back 30min. MyFitnessCouch (Yoga) 15min.

Tuesday
GOAL: Chest/Shoulders 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Chest/Shoulders 25min. MyFitnessCouch (Flexibility) 15min. Crunches 5min.

Wednesday
GOAL: Triceps/Legs 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Triceps/Legs 30min. MyFitnessCouch (Flexibility) 15min.

Thursday
GOAL: Biceps/Back 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Biceps/Back 30min.

Friday
GOAL: Walk 30min.
ACTUAL: MyFitnessCouch 15min (Flexibility). Walk 45min.

Saturday
GOAL: Chest/Shoulders 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Chest/Shoulders 30min.

Sunday
GOAL: Triceps/Legs 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Triceps/Legs 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min (Flexibility).

GOAL total: 5 hours.
ACTUAL total: 5 hours.

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Week 2

Monday
GOAL: Biceps/Back 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL: Biceps/Back 30min. MyFitnessCouch (Flexibility) 15min.

Tuesday
GOAL: Chest/Shoulders 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL:

Wednesday
GOAL: Triceps/Legs 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL:

Thursday
GOAL: Biceps/Back 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL:

Friday
GOAL: Walk 30min.
ACTUAL:

Saturday
GOAL: Chest/Shoulders 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL:

Sunday
GOAL: Triceps/Legs 30min. MyFitnessCouch 15min.
ACTUAL:

GOAL total:
ACTUAL total:
 
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*Good-Luck to All!*

:seeya:

I have had a slow start today bc of an 'out-of-nowhere' allergy attack..LMBO..

I woke up sneezing and blowing my nose..

Ahhhhh, Texas Spring... :ack2:

Tryin' ta shake it off. ;)

*Best Wishes Y'all!*

Wish I had the money for the pool!
I could sure use the winnings!! hahahaha!

:hug2:
 
(My weigh-in days have been on Wed.)

Weighed In for the challenge and I'm 189.8 which blows my mind bc I still have 3 days left of :flame: tom... LOL

:seeya:
 
Blancita said:
No cleaning to count as exercise. How about popping in a work-out DVD Kimberley? I'm sure the baby would be highly entertained..
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All my workout dvds are at my parents house. However, I finally got the stroller sorted out, so we will be walking. :)
 
This morning I woke up early and went on at least an hour bike ride. I didnt really keep track too much. But according to my HRM I have burned 1396 calories over the past 5 hours so far :)
 
An intention of Wild Vulpix to have less than 1300 calories a day sounds a bit low to me. I am sure that she will lose weight well and quickly on more calories than that. It can be really hard to hit nutritional targets regarding protein, fibre, calcium and assorted vitamins etc on less than 1300 calories. If you aim for too low a number you can set yourself up for feeling deprived or feeling a failure when you exceed your calorie limit or miss healthy target levels for the above.
 
Kimberly - it is great that the stroller is sorted out. You will be out walking with May all the time now. It will be a great opportunity to show her off to everyone who lives nearby.
 
I'm so glad to be starting this challenge. I've been slacking on my workouts and diet. I havent been going overboard but it's been a little hard to controll myself and the quality of my calories havent been the best.
Today I did 20 minutes on my treadmill on its highest incline this morning. Then 25 minutes doing a work out DVD this afternoon... thats the most i've done in one day in a long time. And i didnt even know about the challange yet so thats a good sign lol. Maybe i'll do the same tomorrow and maybe a 20 minute yoga session for good measure :D
 
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An intention of Wild Vulpix to have less than 1300 calories a day sounds a bit low to me. I am sure that she will lose weight well and quickly on more calories than that. It can be really hard to hit nutritional targets regarding protein, fibre, calcium and assorted vitamins etc on less than 1300 calories. If you aim for too low a number you can set yourself up for feeling deprived or feeling a failure when you exceed your calorie limit or miss healthy target levels for the above.
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Oh don't worry, I've had this all figured out for a while :) My BMR, plus activity level, is only 1500! I'm a real shortie (5'), so apparently I don't get to eat as much as those taller girls. Wah!
 
So do we post daily on what type and how long we exercised?

Monday:
6:15 a.m. boxing class 1 hour (sweated A LOT)
6:00 p.m. Personal Trainer (Rock body, intervals and weights) 1 hour

I have made myself eat today so actually I did pretty well there.

Special K 90 calorie cereal bar before morning workout.
Fresh Fruit mix -1/2 apples, red grapes, canalope and honey dew after workout.
Whey protien drink after workout.

1 oz almonds for snack and the other 1/2 of the fruit.

Tuna fish with 1 T of low cal mayo and mustard on one piece of whole wheat bread.

Dinner - small center cut pork chop 1/2 cup of wild rice, 1/2 a tomato and a wedge of lettuce with low fat honey mustard dressing (1 T).

Sugar free 40 calorie fudge bar.

Tracy
 
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Today
1hr of weight room
1hr of soccer
30mins of running
30mins of lifting weights, crunches , and similar stuff.
and going to lift some more weights , stretching ,crunches, etc. for another hour later on tonight.

Eating around 1400calories a day.
 
Blancita said:
Here's a link to the points thread, please enter your points there by Monday night of each week.

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/club...ummer-challenge-points-thread.html#post604287

Anyone interested in doing a pool for this challenge? We can all put in $10 or $20 and the person with the highest points who joined the pool gets the whole thing (or shares if there's a tie). You could mail checks to me by the end of the first week and I will not deposit them until the end. I'll then send the winner a check for the total. I'm a licensed attorney so wouldn't be risking my career over a couple of dollars..so you can trust me.
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I would totally pool 10 or 20 even tho I wont win:)

Claud are we not writing down what our weekly focus are like last time?

Meaning Im focusing on smoothies adn fruit and no pop kinda thing...
 
Feel free to post about anything you want, including of course your exercise and food and what your dieting plans and goals are. I'm going to do my best to post a report about each of the 28 challenge days in the hopes it will keep me in line and accountable. I have a tendency to be bad for a few days after about 5 to 6 days. Will add up my cals and be back to report.. Shiat, its only a damn month! Can't we all just be good for a straight 28 days?? I question my own commitment but will try to feed off of yours.
 
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