Ok kids, PhillyDude and I would like to start a new challenge that includes reduction of bodyfat, as well as weight loss.

It begins with a BF% measurement and weigh-in on Monday, August 1. Everyone has their own individual goals; however, scoring is as follows.

(Loss of Bodyfat %) X (Weight loss) = Score

If you lose 2% bodyfat and 10 pounds, your score would be 20.

Final measurements will be taken on October 1. Anyone is welcome to join.

Ok kids, PhillyDude and I would like to start a new challenge that includes reduction of bodyfat, as well as weight loss.

It begins with a BF% measurement and weigh-in on Monday, August 1. Everyone has their own individual goals; however, scoring is as follows.

(Loss of Bodyfat %) X (Weight loss) = Score

If you lose 2% bodyfat and 10 pounds, your score would be 20.

Final measurements will be taken on October 1. Anyone is welcome to join.

OK, I'm in. I'll be getting my BF#'s done in the next few days.

Count me in too. I'll have updated measurements this weekend.

I'll be doing my weigh-in and BF% on Monday. Glad to have you guys in.

I'll be doing my weigh-in and BF% on Monday. Glad to have you guys in.
is it too late to join ? cause if not im in

I'll join in! Although wouldn't a drop in body fat with less weight loss actually be more successful than the way you have it calculated? ;)

I'm in, too!

Sounds good!

I'll join in! Although wouldn't a drop in body fat with less weight loss actually be more successful than the way you have it calculated? ;)

When we set this up, Fels and I had specific goals in mind... to lose about ten pounds and a few points off our body fat readings. So we agreed this formula would reward the weight loss, but add a "bonus" multiplier for seeing the calipers close a little tighter.

You are correct that if you were to lose fat but not muscle mass (maintaining your weight but with a lower BF percentage) you would not have as high of a score. You'll still be a winner in our book!

Few more days until the challenge begins. I'm looking forward to seeing results. It's always good to have a short term goal to get you motivated. I love competition.

Stats frin Monday, August 1st:
145lbs
23.9%BF

Here we go!

Hey there, thought I'd drop in and post my stats this morning.

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 182 lbs
Body fat: 17%

My goals: 165 lbs, 8% body fat

Good luck everyone!

I go to the gym at lunch today. I'll get my measurements then.... Good luck kids...

Count me in...

I will get official BF measurements today at the gym...

180 pounds
17.4% BF

According to the measurements from the gym:

Tricep 26
Suprailiac 32
Thigh 32

calculates out to: 33.39% BF
146.4 lbs

would love to be low 20s in BF by October!!! :tu:

According to the measurements from the gym:

Tricep 26
Suprailiac 32
Thigh 32

calculates out to: 33.39% BF
146.4 lbs

would love to be low 20s in BF by October!!! :tu:

good to have goals! good luck. I would like to be in the 14-15 range. Lower would be great... did you post pics anywhere?

Hey Fels. I'd like to join you if your up for some more competition :-)

My curent goal is for 1/06 so I will get a new one figured out for Oct. in the next couple of days and get it posted.

21%
160 :jumping:

Hey Fels. I'd like to join you if your up for some more competition :-)

My curent goal is for 1/06 so I will get a new one figured out for Oct. in the next couple of days and get it posted.

The more the merrier...

Hope everyone is off to a good start. I'm doing the lifting, but I have to focus on getting my cardio in as well....

Starting Weight: 176lbs
Starting BF%: 18%

Body fat - 15.8% (readout from my new meter! Prolly damn inaccurate, but gonna track 'relative' progress)
Weight - 57kg

Woohoo let's go!

just checking in... 172 lbs today...

phillydude -- Nice job. Down 4 is a great start. :claplow: Looks like I better start working a bit harder.

Down 1 and 1 for me. The bf was just by using Health Central's online calculator. I will get it done again at the gym for our final.

I haven't worked out since last Friday. Bad Derek. I'll be back at it tomorrow. I should still get in three days of cardio this week if I can get my lazy ass out of bed at a decent time. It's my bday today, so I've been eating bad, bad things. I think I've actually dropped a couple pounds since last Monday. I'll weigh in again next week Monday.

my check in... 142.6 down from 146.4

good to have goals! good luck. I would like to be in the 14-15 range. Lower would be great... did you post pics anywhere?

I still gotta do that... I have an old picture from about a year ago... all I can say is ewwwwwwwwww.... :o I have way more muscle definition now, so I really should take an updated one... shoot for doing that tomorrow

Forgot to check in the other day. I'm down 3 lbs (water weight). Not sure about body fat since I didn't have anything to measure with this week. I'll check in again next week. This week is kind of sucking workout wise since I'm out of town. Oh well.

don't know if i've lost weight- but sure I've dropped in BF... I was going to get that checked today, but my trainer is out-of-town this week, so I'll have to do it next Monday. Ran 3.8 miles this morning- did a 5k this weekend. Posted new pic in my journal this weekend.

Hey how much does it cost you guys in your area to get a body fat check done by someone in the know? US $10 sound reasonable?

Hey how much does it cost you guys in your area to get a body fat check done by someone in the know? US $10 sound reasonable?

I get it checked free at my gym. $10 doesn't seem unreasonable though.

Just a quick update since it's Sept. 1st. I got my bf checked at the gym today. Looks like I made a bit of progress there.

Challenge stats so far: Weight up 1 and BF down 1.2% Looks like this month I'll have to work harder. :bb: :db:

monthly results...
Aug 8 Sept 8
Tricep 26 26 -0 (I don't know if I buy this no change)
Suprailiac 32 28 -4
Thigh 32 29 -3

Body fat 33.39 31.43% BF -1.96
weight 146.4 138.4 -8 lbs
lbm 97.52 94.91 -2.61
bf lbs 48.88 43.49 -5.39


8 X 1.96 = 15.68 looks like that is my number so far

how's everyone doing so far? only about 2 weeks to go....

Hi all. Well it's Oct. 8th. My trainer is out of town until the 12th so I did the BF% from one of the online tools for now.

The challenge got me motivated and back to the gym which was the plan. The very good part of that is that I put half of what I lost back on as lbm. Not good for the challenge but good for me otherwise. :D

Looks like I ended up with a 7.5
BF% -2.5 ??
Weight -3 (bf -6.39, lbm +3.39)

I don't have my BF %, but will on Monday... So here is the info so far...

Starting weight: 146.4
Ending weight: 134.2

loss: 12.2 lbs

I am more interested in the BF% as I started at 33.39%... I want to see under 30%!!

The challenge got me motivated and back to the gym which was the plan. The very good part of that is that I put half of what I lost back on as lbm. Not good for the challenge but good for me otherwise. :D

Looks like I ended up with a 7.5
BF% -2.5 ??
Weight -3 (bf -6.39, lbm +3.39)

Awesome job!!! :claphigh: Isn't it deceptive to see a small amount of scale number change, but then when you see the bf loss... it feels sooo good!! :nod:

I was able to get my BF tested... although technically I was 2 days late on the BF test. I don't think the results would have varied much though. :o

Aug 8 Sept 8 Oct 10
Tricep 26 26 22 -4
Suprailiac 32 28 24 -8
Thigh 32 29 27 -5

Body fat 33.39 31.43% 28.48 % BF -4.91
weight 146.4 138.4 134.2 -12.2 lbs
lbm 97.52 94.91 95.98 -1.54 (up 1.07 from last time )
bf lbs 48.88 43.49 38.22 -10.66

so I guess that calcs out to 12.2 x 4.91 = 59.902 for points...