Weight-Loss NEW YEAR: 12 Week Biggest Loser Challenge!!

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So far I am doing great with the water. I have drank 60oz of the 132oz I need to drink each day.

Food wise, not so great. I had cookies and milk for breakfast and some crackers and cheeseball for lunch.

Getting ready to go to the gym in a little bit.
 
Boof.

OK. My computer is making me want to hurl it out the window, but for now - here is the Challenger Stats!!

P.S. keepitoff83, I still need your name!
P.P.S. skinnywishes, anna.banana, and whiskeytangofox had all said they wanted to be in the challenge, but have not given me their starting info yet! I sent them PM's and we'll see if they get back to me ASAP or not!!

Good Luck Challengers!! :auto:


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so how was day one for everyone? i unfortunately didnt get any exercising in as I wasn't feeling too well from last night. I definitely drank my water for the day! I really like this challenge b/c I am terrible about drinking water; I am usually drinking soda and coffee and today I didn't touch either b/c I was sipping on water all day! :)
 
I did great on the water, 140oz. I just used an old 20oz water bottle and kept refilling it. Easier for me to keep track of how much Im drinking. Unfortunately I also had 2 sodas and I had pizza for dinner. Got and hour in the gym though so I guess once I buckle down on my diet I will be good to go.
 
I think that the challenge for me with this challenge is that I usually drink more than my recommended water intake level (a favorable problem to have!), not that it's necessarily bad, but I don't want to go overboard either.

Today I drank 175.7oz of water, or 55.4% of my body weight in fl. ounces; the recommended ratio being 50%.
 
For day 1 I drank 128oz of water (1 gallon) did 2 hour on the stationary bike, and did Jillian Michaels 30 day shred...AND I ate well. Woohoo! Lets see if I can keep this up.
 
Doing OK with the water intake but horrible food wise. Overate like crazy for new years (drank like crazy too) and today I screwed up too :(, gah I don't know what's going on with me! I'm 135 now! I really need to start doing things the right way =/. Hopefully I'll do better tomorrow. Night everyone
 
Today was decent for me. I'm sposeta drink 135oz/day, and I'm sittin at 139 right now. Dannnng. I always drink lots of water, but when you actually pay attention to how much more you've gotta drink, its pretty surprising!
 
I always drink my water in half litre bottles and round up. At my recent weight 2 litres was enough to more than cover my requirement. My recent weight gain means that I have to drink over the 2 litre mark - so I increased it up to 2.5 litres.

I drank my 2.5 litres.

I normally get on the treadmill and do 6.5 miles each day since I went into maintenance. I was walking further what I was actively reducing - but always knew that if I cut my distances I would never be able to drive myself to increase my daily walking level back up...

I normally try to do my walk at 4.3mph - but had to do it at only 4.1mph because I have problems. My right shin has been giving me pain for the last 3 days and I have now developed a huge blister on my left heel. Unfortunately I have a lot of very hard skin on my heel and the blister is underneath it.

Walking at 4.1mph - it took me 98 minutes. It only takes me 94 minutes at my normal speed.

I havent managed to get on the treadmill yet for Saturday. I could hardly walk when I got up and had to soak it for an hour before I could try to burst the blister. I have done that now and bandaged the heel up. I will try to get on the treadmill soon and see what I can do. My walking is very central to my attempts to control my weight (I gain weight very easily) so hate to not get my walk done.

I have eaten a fair bit today already - but I think that it is emotionally based - because I have been feeling sorry for myself (about my blister)...
 
WARNING: Question about bodily fluids

Don't read any further if you have an inkling you might be easily disgusted.

I primarily drink water, as I was raised without soda in the home. Some days I'll sprinkle in herbal tee and a light beer. I'll have juice as a "treat" maybe once every 3 months.
I generally expect my urine to be clear throughout the day. I double check that what goes in comes out and am not disappointed. :) However, after 5-8 hours of sleep, I wake up in the AM, take my rightful place on the throne and notice the output is always a deep yellow. Every morning I'm dehydrated. Why is that?

Thought I'd pick your brains during water week.
 
bellyoff said:
Every morning I'm dehydrated. Why is that?
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Hmm, I'm not sure, but I have a few guesses. One could just simply be the fact that you aren't able to drink consistently throughout the night like you are during the day. Do you think that if you stopped drinking anything during the day for 8 hours that you would get the same result? For me, I probably would.

It could also mean that when you go to sleep your body is processing more liquid "waste" since your body is not being active and is not using it?

Like I said, I'm not sure, but those are my best guesses. It's common for the first morning urine to be the most "potent" ... that's why when women take pregnancy tests they're told they will get the most accurate results with the first morning urine because it is much less diluted.
 
Priti might know about the water thing. She is a doctor and might have the answer at the back of her mind when she sees the question...
 
Hi Plumphope!

I've not been a member long enough and it won't let me PM!

My starting weight is 213.2!!
Bought a brand new scale yesterday with a body fat analyser! Very exciting. Anyway, drank 2.5l yesterday but not up to my 3l. Am well on the way to drinking it today though as I have already drank 2!

As for the diet, have been ok foodwise but terrible exercise wise. I just bought new trainers but haven't actually gone for a run yet. Yesterday I was sleeping off the news years eve, and today I've basically run errands all day (getting washing machine parts (!), going to the launderette, bank, swapping gifts though I will go for a run later. I was very good today though as I had to run out to make the bank first thing and missed breakfast (stupid alarm!). I didn't eat anything when I was out - just drank water. Then came in and made my healthy lunch - only snacked on a clementine. Bought a food diary and everything today.

Watering away!
 
bellyoff said:
Don't read any further if you have an inkling you might be easily disgusted.

I primarily drink water, as I was raised without soda in the home. Some days I'll sprinkle in herbal tee and a light beer. I'll have juice as a "treat" maybe once every 3 months.
I generally expect my urine to be clear throughout the day. I double check that what goes in comes out and am not disappointed. :) However, after 5-8 hours of sleep, I wake up in the AM, take my rightful place on the throne and notice the output is always a deep yellow. Every morning I'm dehydrated. Why is that?

Thought I'd pick your brains during water week.
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99% likely b/c of "dehydration" since you haven't consumed any water overnight versus in the day when you are constantly drinking water. The only other thing that comes into my mind is a condition called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a VERY rare chronic conidition that causes breakdown of red blood cells only at night, causing dark urine in the morning. But this would have to be almost as dark as a coke :). So, I'm thinking....dehydration :)
 
keepitoff83 said:
99% likely b/c of "dehydration" since you haven't consumed any water overnight versus in the day when you are constantly drinking water. The only other thing that comes into my mind is a condition called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a VERY rare chronic conidition that causes breakdown of red blood cells only at night, causing dark urine in the morning. But this would have to be almost as dark as a coke :). So, I'm thinking....dehydration :)
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I thought that Priti would be able to come up with the answer... :)
 
Well - I have finally completed my Saturday 6.5 miles (split up into 1 mile chunks) walking at 4.1mph - it took me 98minutes of actual exercise time.

I am just hoping that my heel eases before tomorrow's walk...
 
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