December Weight Loss Challenge

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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    I'm getting a major high off circuit training to failure (every set..with no rest between sets). Strictly weights, no cardio, actually the weights become the cardio. It's savage, but it puts your metabolism through the roof. After about a month of 4 days a week your lungs begin to acclimatize, and it's the best of both worlds. Muscle retention + cardiovascular development. Diet can actually loosen up a bit, but still keep it clean, and make sure to get the carbs back into your muscles within the golden hour after working out. Within that period your muscles just soak em all up...no storage. I feel like I've opened the Pandora's box of fat burning.
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  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    I'm getting a major high off circuit training to failure (every set..with no rest between sets). Strictly weights, no cardio, actually the weights become the cardio. It's savage, but it puts your metabolism through the roof. After about a month of 4 days a week your lungs begin to acclimatize, and it's the best of both worlds. Muscle retention + cardiovascular development. Diet can actually loosen up a bit, but still keep it clean, and make sure to get the carbs back into your muscles within the golden hour after working out. Within that period your muscles just soak em all up...no storage. I feel like I've opened the Pandora's box of fat burning.

    That was my favorite kind of workout way back in high school. We might of done it slightly different. We would rotate machines and had 30 seconds between sets to get to the next station and get ready to go.

    I might try duplicating this at home with some ankle and wrist weights while doing calisthenics. I miss my muscles.
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  • turnedmyworldtoblack
    turnedmyworldtoblack Posts: 151
    I am so in, would love to lose this extra 10 lb's that my eternal love for beer has earned me around my waist.

    any ladies out there want to exchange pm's as a motivation tool? or am i a tool for asking that lol. I feel like that would keep me on pace... I know myself and 3 days in-- i'll stop checking in on the thread and find any reason not to do it.

    But as of right now I am in, and that means my own personal workout and choosing not to go eat out of boredom.
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    I'm in! Only instead of losing weight I want to maintain my 120 lbs. Many of you know I lost 25 lbs. this year. I've gained 3 lbs. back, but I'm happy with 120. I would like to get back into a workout routine... it's just that December is probably the most difficult month of the year for me. I want to make a different cookie every day between now and Christmas, plus I'm taking the fam on a Disneyland trip next week. I'll do my best, though!
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    I'm in! Only instead of losing weight I want to maintain my 120 lbs. Many of you know I lost 25 lbs. this year. I've gained 3 lbs. back, but I'm happy with 120. I would like to get back into a workout routine... it's just that December is probably the most difficult month of the year for me. I want to make a different cookie every day between now and Christmas, plus I'm taking the fam on a Disneyland trip next week. I'll do my best, though!


    A different cookie every day for a month? Oh man...you're playing with fire!

    Living on he edge, I like that.

    MY advice would be to delicately select the choicest most yummiest looking cookies for yourself, then bring the rest to a busy public location to score brownie points, and earn smiles ;)
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    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • Foxy Mop
    Foxy Mop Posts: 2,823
    Count me in! I just joined a gym 2 weeks ago and have 12 personal training sessions on my account. We've been doing cardio, free weights and I'm learning kickboxing, so I'm totally psyched.

    I don't have a set weight loss goal - just to lose my baby gut (considering my 'baby' is now 7 years old :eek: ) and get healthy enough to get back on a soccer league by the summer of '08.

    In two weeks I already dropped a jean's size and survived Italian food/pastry week in NY without gaining anything. Also trying to quit smoking too..!!

    It's definitely more motivating when you have support :D
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    My wifelet recently bought the "Core Rhythms" DVD set, and together we are doing one every morning.
    They are based on Latin dance moves, so rather than the high intensity weights I usually do, I am learning to dance.
    Hard work, tons of core movement, which is the hard part, making me much fitter, tightening up the abs a lot, and loads of fun, plus in six months, I'm gonna be ready to hit the dance floor.
    They are loads of fun, and make exercise much less of a chore than normal.
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  • PJaddicted
    PJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    I still have that extra 10 on me....and need to get back to weight training. I've got the hiking down....I do that every single day with my side kick Petey, we go for at least an hour rain/snow/sun...we never miss our walks. I want to do something every day....even for a few minutes. So I'm in.

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  • panthergirl
    panthergirl Posts: 469
    i'm in.

    i definitely won't be admitting my weight but i have lost about 10 pounds in the past 6-8 weeks ...
    YAY!!

    i'd like to get another 8 or so pounds off by the end of the year.
    my friend's wedding is beginning of jan and i'd be thrilled to lose some poundage.
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    I'm glad to see so many signing up! Thanks to Crazy Mary for the idea back in September. Now someone mentioned a prize. I have no problem with providing the winner with a Pearl Jam dvd bootleg of their choice. But how do we determine the winner? Men usually lose more weight than women. I guess we could do two separate results men/women. Thoughts? Other prizes to add? It's up to you. For me, losing me gut is prize enough.
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  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    you could do what they do on the biggest loser. They take weight loss and divide it by the body weight to get the percentage weight loss for that week. Then its fair between men and women.
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    GraySaturday wrote:
    you could do what they do on the biggest loser. They take weight loss and divide it by the body weight to get the percentage weight loss for that week. Then its fair between men and women.


    That sounds good to me. All right. If interested I will provide the winner with a Pearl Jam dvd bootleg of their choice. I will send the winner my list because if I post it here this thread will probably get shut down.
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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    I'm in. We joined Gold's several months back but I never go anymore. I want to lose around 30 lbs. before my birthday in April. I just have to get motivated. I'm 6'1" and 210 lbs. and I'd love to get down to 180 lbs. I don't look that big until my shirt comes off. It's gotten to the point where I'm disgusted at what I see. I just need to stay motivated because I really love to eat!
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    I'm getting a major high off circuit training to failure (every set..with no rest between sets). Strictly weights, no cardio, actually the weights become the cardio. It's savage, but it puts your metabolism through the roof. After about a month of 4 days a week your lungs begin to acclimatize, and it's the best of both worlds. Muscle retention + cardiovascular development. Diet can actually loosen up a bit, but still keep it clean, and make sure to get the carbs back into your muscles within the golden hour after working out. Within that period your muscles just soak em all up...no storage. I feel like I've opened the Pandora's box of fat burning.

    Couple of questions. This sounds very interesting to me. Do you work more than one area per session? How long should a workout last? Do you continue to increase the weights or just stay at one and go at it? How many reps? Anyone who knows, feel free to answer. I want to try this out tonight!
    "The leads are weak!"

    "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!"
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Couple of questions. This sounds very interesting to me. Do you work more than one area per session? How long should a workout last? Do you continue to increase the weights or just stay at one and go at it? How many reps? Anyone who knows, feel free to answer. I want to try this out tonight!
    I'm curious as well. Is this something that can be done on machines in a fairly crowded gym (Gold's)? The freeweight room is always crowded with huge guys and I'm a bit embarrassed by my lack of strength.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    well i started off on the right foot, weighed myself this morning and i gained a pound. :o hahaha. big send-off party tonight too! yikes! party thursday as well! Yikes! i don't think my results this week will be too great, but i am going to do my best...but sure...i'm still drinking tonight. :D
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    December is a difficult time to lose weight with all the holiday eats that goes on. If you can get by without gaining anything during this time, you're doing awesome, IMO. Kudos to you folks going for it.

    My body weight has been about the same for the last year, but my bench press is up to 245. I'm very proud of that.
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    fanch75 wrote:
    December is a difficult time to lose weight with all the holiday eats that goes on. If you can get by without gaining anything during this time, you're doing awesome, IMO. Kudos to you folks going for it.

    My body weight has been about the same for the last year, but my bench press is up to 245. I'm very proud of that.


    How many of cans of Natty equates to 245lbs? :D
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    mookie9999 wrote:
    How many of cans of Natty equates to 245lbs? :D

    326.7 cans.
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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    I'll do it this time.

    Not like September :(
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.

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