September Weight Loss Challenge
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Open to anybody who would like to lose a few pounds. It always helps if you know somebody else trying to get in shape!
Here's how it'll work:
On September 1st, post your starting weight and your goal weight for the month. Then on the 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th come back and post your current weight for those dates. If you can't post on those dates, no worries, post as close as you can.
I don't know what I weigh right now, but I have gained a few pounds this month and I'd like to lose 6 lbs. in September. I also want to get back into working out, I've been a complete slacker the month of August.
Here's how it'll work:
On September 1st, post your starting weight and your goal weight for the month. Then on the 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th come back and post your current weight for those dates. If you can't post on those dates, no worries, post as close as you can.
I don't know what I weigh right now, but I have gained a few pounds this month and I'd like to lose 6 lbs. in September. I also want to get back into working out, I've been a complete slacker the month of August.
I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
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How do I measure that?
my goal: lose some
I've decided to put on a good 20 lbs of muscle this year. Next summer I'll have ample ammunition to cut up again with.
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Me, too. I moved at the beginning of this month, so I haven't found a gym yet. There is one within walking distance, and September is my month to rawk back into shape!
kevinbeetle: "Yes. When her career washes up and her and Gavin move to Galveston, you will meet her at Hot Topic shopping for a Japanese cheerleader outfit.
Next!"
I'm up to the challenge...gotta lose a crapload of tonnage for my Dec trip to Hawai'i...like 60 pounds by Christmas...is that even possible? I gotta start walking everyday at work...and maybe some yogging, too.... Can't post on Sept 1 as I will be whooping it up in Seattle!! Yay...will post when I get back.. Cheers, everyone -- and good luck!
If anyone is interested, please join this new group!
http://www.peertrainer.com/TeamDetails.aspx?GroupID=36677
210 lbs now
by end of sept would like to be at 200...
and then keep going
Esther's here and she's sick?
hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
I'm in the same boat. I'm 6'0 and got myself up to about 185 when I was lifting and running 5 times a week. Now since I stopped I've lost 30 pounds and look like a twig. I eat all the time too. It's the most backwards, f'd up thing I've ever seen.
Actually let the games begin after this weekend because I'm going to a festival and there's no way I can stay healthy at that (unless I get in some tent sex).
By the way, I'm 11.5 stone now. Wanna get back to 11. I'll allow myself to be slightly over if it's muscle instead of fat.
How does a stone equate to a pound?
I'm leaving work right now, but I'll look it up when I get home.
put me down for 1.5 stones then
I have a friend who joined Weight Watchers at either the end of July or beginning of August. He has lost 26 pounds as of Sat. His wife lost 11.
Vedderfan10, if you are a guy, I would say you definitely can do it!
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
Phase 1=9 days
2 cups brown rice
4 egg whites
1 cup oatmeal
2 cups skim milk
unlimited fruits
unlimited veggies-however no white potatoes and no avacados:-(
beans (red, black, pinto, garbonzo etc)
1 cup of herbal tea
unlimited water but not flavored
NO coffee, soda or caffiene
NO Alcohol
NO Meat
No fast, fried food
No bread
try to do some sort of activity for 30 minutes a day.
I thought to myself there is no way I could do this without coffee. I am a stay at home mom full time and I work full time at night, until midnight. Seriously, somedays I pull a 21-22 hour day, multiple days in a row. But the 5th day, finally no more headaches, I no longer had all the mid day crashes, I broke my caffiene addiction!!! I also thought to myself there was no way I could find 30 minutes to exerise daily. You have so much energy just everything in your day becomes additional activity. You're doing that extra load of laundry, you're walking faster to the mailbox, your dancing more with your kids. By the 9th day I am starting to see a change in my body. I was impressed. I could feel muscle building to where there was fat before.
I decided to do an extra week of the first phase since the girl I was doing this with had a few rough days and I wanted to show her that I was committed to do this together.
But after the 9 days, you can move into Phase 2, which goes for 3 weeks.
now you can eat meat but don't eat the same meat twice in the same day. It has to be lean, so chicken no skin or bones, turkey skinless, boneless, 90% or 93% hamburger or ground sirlion, you get the idea....
still no fried foods of course
You can now add 1 10 oz cup of caffienated beverage
up to 2 cans of diet soda
you can back off on the 2 cups of brown rice to every other day if you want
still unlimited fruit and veggies.
In addition to the 4 egg whites you can add 1 whole egg
Still no white potatoes, no bread, still no alcohol.
I am still within the 2nd phase because I wanted to stay with her and honestly I love all the fruits and veggies, I never really missed eating meat. I feel great. I can not tell you how much energy I have. Phase 3 you can have alcohol! I do look forward to enjoying a beer soon! I love beer. But weight loss and being healthy is more important to me. I have 2 little kids that I just can't keep up with with all this extra on my frame.
So I will make Sept 1st my official weigh in day. If anyone wants more info on the diet I'm doing let me know and I forward the info that I have on it.
The Fat Smash Diet....I bought the book, but I keep thinking I'll never make it thru those first 9 days without coffee. Thanks for posting, I think I might give it a shot since you seem so happy with your results!
This should be a great motivator. I have started pilates and yoga and need to change my diet.
Looking forward to this challenge starting Saturday.
OK let's do it.
*Sprint intervals will produce 3x's as much metabolism increases in you (fat loss in general)...then will distance training.
i.e. - sprint/jog fast for one min. rest one min. then repeat (do a total of like 9 sprints or so)...as opposed to running at a moderate pace for 30 minutes....*
-you can do this w/ any cardio equipment....i.e. bike, elliptical, etc.-
the reason this works is because it shocks your body more...and forces it to change. your body is not FORCED to change its composition...if you are doing something your body has become used to doing and is equipt to do for 30 minutes.
-Big Fish
the 'sprinting theory' sounds interesting!! Maybe I'll try that!
Um... does anyone know how I can tighten up my thighs & belly...
without losing the lovely bits I've gained in the boob n bum area??
she lets go
Isn't that supposed to help lose weight,. ala Jared?
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
AHA! Gotcha! Well, just order it without cheese next time
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"