I plan on losing 20 pounds this quarter. Anyone else with me?

Post your starting weight and a pic (if you want.) We can try to keep each other on track.

Starting weight 210 on 1/4. Goal: 190 by 4/1.

Pic:

Oh what the hell :). Only hours after I posted that I want to avoid dated goals, I'll join this challenge! It seems reasonable, and it will bring me to my big mid-term goals of 200 lbs. Sometimes dated goals and challenges are just to fun to pass up :).

This morning the new scale said 220 lbs so I'll use that as my starting weight. The goal is to reach 200 lbs by April. Here is my starting pic:

http://arker.homelinux.org/~dcraven/trans/front_Jan_01_2006.jpg

Ignore the curvy spine. It's from a back injury that I'm getting over and will be gone by April :).

Cheers and good luck,
Heavy

Awesome! Thanks for joining me HG. We have 13 weeks counting this one, so that's about 1.5 pounds per week. We can do it!:D

I'm in.

http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=23875

Given that we have a defined time limit, how about we make it a bit more interesting:

We all check-in once a week with stats/pictures, winner for the week (say, biggest decrease in bodyfat % or fat pounds) gets bragging rights for that week. The winner must defend his title and others try to take the title away the following week.

We all check-in once a week with stats/pictures, winner for the week (say, biggest decrease in bodyfat % or fat pounds) gets bragging rights for that week. The winner must defend his title and others try to take the title away the following week.
Aside from weight, I'll not be taking any other measurements or pictures more often than the beginning of each month. The reason for this, is I find that weekly is too short of a time span to show any real progress. When I look at a picture of myself today compared to a picture of myself a week ago I find the lack of change psychologically demotivating, and get frustrated. Measurement changes are too small as well. The changes in waistline for example that occur over a week's time are small and can just as easily be attributed to inconsistant measurements. I think you'll also find the same problem with weekly body fat measurments. A month is a perfect time frame to be able to judge progress though in my experience. Several months is even better!

This may be different for others, but it is not a good idea for me for these reasons. I do weigh myself every morning though, so I could happily report weekly changes in that aspect if we decide to do so.

Cheers,
Heavy

Welcome Dusho!

All right, so far we've got:

Travis at 210, going for 190.
Dusho at 218, going for 198.
HGuy at 220, going for 200.

Cool.

I'll post weekly weigh in #'s, but I'll probably wait until the end for a pic.:tu:

I'd love to join you guys but I still have 5 pounds to gain before I want to lose 20. I'm afraid my timing will be off for this challenge. Good luck to you all.:tu:

Nice summary Travis. Ok so we'll make it just based on weight, a weekly measurement of what the scale says (given this challenge is "lose 20 lbs in 1st quarter.") What day/time of the week should we make our weigh-in? I'm open to any day.


And we've got three people in the challenge. Anyone else wanna partake in a friendly rivalry? Cmonnnn, chickens!! :bb:

I'm in...my actual goal is 25 lbs....don't know about pictures though. LOL

Welcome senimoni! We're rooting for you pic or not.

As for the weigh ins, I think I'll probably usually go with my Sunday morning weight, but I think you can do it whenever is convenient. The main thing is to lose 1.5 lbs per week to reach 20 lbs by April 1st. Weighing in and posting the number will help us to keep on track, and give us something to cheer for each other about.

This is so unnatural for me to not procrastinate until the last minute about something... you simply cannot do that with weight loss.:lol:

Awesome, welcome aboard senimoni. No pics required, just consistent weigh-ins, on Sundays? We can then keep track of everyone's progress.

And then there were 4. :claphigh:

I was 209 this morning... watch out!:D

216.8 (-1.2) Travis, boo ya! :lol:

I know, I know, water weight. :lol:

Count me in. I weighed in at 298 on Monday morning. I can't do any lifting until I get my arm fixed, so this will be mostly from diet and cardio.

Great! 298-278. You've got that.:tu:

Great! 298-278. You've got that.:tu:


From the looks of it, I've got the easiest challenge so far. We need some more real big guys (6'5" here)

I like your attitude. It's gonna be easy for me too!:flex:

I like your attitude. It's gonna be easy for me too!:flex:

The first 20 to drop are easy. It's the next 20 that are more difficult:jumping:

The first 20 to drop are easy. It's the next 20 that are more difficult:jumping:

Not in my case because I got so much stronger during the loss of the first 20, I'm like a fat burning furnace right about now. I'm gonna lose these 20 in 13 weeks vs. 20 weeks for the 1st 20.

:o is this just for males?

:o is this just for males?
I can't imagine that Travis intended this challenge just for the males. I hope we didn't say something that implied as such. Hop on board!

Heavy

From the looks of it, I've got the easiest challenge so far. We need some more real big guys (6'5" here)
This challenge has a pretty reasonable goal unless you are already quite lean I'd say. We should all be able to pull this off without problems, that's what I like about it. Especially when it's immediately following the holidays where we all like to eat a little more than we should :). I've already lost ~3lbs!

It's kind of a drag that I can't do my lifting due to a back injury though and I hope that doesn't hinder my progress. I can already feel my muscles shrivelling up... Maybe that would account for my loss so far :(

Cheers,
Heavy

:o is this just for males?

No way! We've got senimoni (and you hopefully...)

So far:


Travis at 210, going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at 218, going for 198. change= -1
HGuy at 220, going for 200. change= -3
senimoni at ? going for -25. change= 0
rapp at 298 going for 278 change= 0
maat?

:tu:

Hello all....I'm in on this one.

New to the site....read more here if you'd like.

http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=23971

Looking forward for motivation/information along the way.

I'll try to get pictures posted soon.

Jon

OH....stats.... - This morning was 186..... so 166 would be perfect in my book!

So far:


Travis at 210, going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at 218, going for 198. change= -1
HGuy at 220, going for 200. change= -3
senimoni at ? going for -25. change= 0
rapp at 298 going for 278 change= 0
maat?
Oh my. He's keeping a running tally! :eek:

:D,
Heavy

oh thank you ;)

Initial weight : 143.5

Final weight: 123.5


we are trying to lose the weight till the first of april of the last of april? i'm a bit confused

The first week starting today I'll average 1600 daily calories (a big step for me)
Then I'll try to reduce to 1400, we'll see

my height: 60 inches :P


nice to meet you all

Travis at 210, going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at 218, going for 198. change= -1
HGuy at 220, going for 200. change= -3
senimoni at ? going for -25. change= 0
rapp at 298 going for 278 change= 0
maat at 143 going for 123 change= 0
jstalljon at 186 going for 166 change= 0

Welcome jstall and maat!

Ok... We've got this quarter only. So until 4/1 to reach our goal. 3 months. 1.5 pounds to lose per week. This is going to require constant vigilance on our parts to be successful. But we can all do it.

If you all take a pic now even if you don't post it you'll be happy to compare that to the new you in April.

Post your results weekly and I'll update the chart.:tu:

If you're still accepting 'applicants' I'd love to be included. I was 271 this morning so 251 by April 1 would be my goal.

If you're still accepting 'applicants' I'd love to be included. I was 271 this morning so 251 by April 1 would be my goal.

Sweet. Weclome Pboy!

Travis at 210, going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at 218, going for 198. change= -1
HGuy at 220, going for 200. change= -3
senimoni at ? going for -25. change= 0
rapp at 298 going for 278 change= 0
maat at 143 going for 123 change= 0
jstalljon at 186 going for 166 change= 0
Pigboy at 271 going for 251 change= 0

Awesome, a bunch of new challenge participants! Travis, sorry maybe because I deal with numbers all day, but nice summary.

I must note I fell off the wagon a little bit last night, had a grilled chicken pita with salad, and some fries. :doh: The fries were so good though.

Hello all....I'm in on this one.

New to the site....read more here if you'd like.

http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=23971

Looking forward for motivation/information along the way.

I'll try to get pictures posted soon.

Jon

OH....stats.... - This morning was 186..... so 166 would be perfect in my book!

Great pics! You've done it before- you can do it again!

Great pics! You've done it before- you can do it again!

Thanks Travis....going to take more time to get there this go-round.
That tranformation was 15 weeks, and I KILLED myself getting there.

I was truly obsessed. I was afraid to brush my teeth because of the sugars in the toothpaste:eek: (insert coo-coo sound here)

I'm working on my meal plans and workouts now....will post those and pictures soon...probably start my own journal and document there.

I would love to be included in this challenge with you guys. I weigh in at 275

My starting weight is 167!!! :eek:

Travis at..... 210...... going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at..... 218...... going for 198. change= -1
HGuy at...... 220....... going for 200. change= -3
senimoni at.. 167...... going for 142. change= 0
rapp at....... 298....... going for 278. change= 0
maat at...... 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 186...... going for 166. change= 0
Pigboy at..... 271...... going for 251. change= 0
Chambers at. 275...... going for 255. change= 0

Welcome Chambers!

hello to everyone at the challenge.
I don't know about you guys but to make myself accountable I need to come here post about my day, hope you don't mind.
so here it comes:

day 1:

Calories : 1550
Macronutrients: (28f/46c/26p)
Water: 6 glasses


I'm posting in my journal about what I ate and stuff. I'll only record here the totals.

So day 1 went well
Here comes day 2

How's everybody doing?
GGGGGOOO PEOOOPPLEE!!!!

Well I'm off to a stellar start. Not. I weighed in today at 211... I did have a big bowl of chili at 8pm so hopefully it is just an abberation. The tale of the tape'll be Sunday on the "official" weigh in for the end of week 1. I just need to drop 3.5 lbs by then...

Well I'm off to a stellar start. Not. I weighed in today at 211... I did have a big bowl of chili at 8pm so hopefully it is just an abberation. The tale of the tape'll be Sunday on the "official" weigh in for the end of week 1. I just need to drop 3.5 lbs by then...

I usually put lots of beans in my chili, so I'm normally lighter the day after eating it :jumping:

I usually put lots of beans in my chili, so I'm normally lighter the day after eating it :jumping:
Same. I must go through a ton of beans per week between chili and chicken soup etc that I make here. Everything has mucho beans. Good source of fiber and protien both. And very good tasting too! I think my supermarket started purchasing twice as many units of beans and cottage cheese per week just to keep up with the increase in demand since I started my transformation :).

I've dropped another pound already making 4 in total now. I'm starting to get a little concerned. It feels weird to say this, but I hope it tapers off soon :).

Heavy

Well I'm off to a stellar start. Not. I weighed in today at 211... I did have a big bowl of chili at 8pm so hopefully it is just an abberation. The tale of the tape'll be Sunday on the "official" weigh in for the end of week 1. I just need to drop 3.5 lbs by then...

Travis don't worry bro, the weight could just be due to food, that, well, hasn't made it's exit yet.

On a bad note, I succumbed today to a minibun brought in by a co-worker. :( Now *that* will make your weight loss go the wrong way.

No worries. Neither the chili or the minibun put you over your daily intake all that much probably. This stuff is more of a psychological setback then anything else. Put it behind you and move on. If any weight is gained then it's likely just water. Whee!

Heavy

Travis don't worry bro, the weight could just be due to food, that, well, hasn't made it's exit yet.

On a bad note, I succumbed today to a minibun brought in by a co-worker. :( Now *that* will make your weight loss go the wrong way.

I think you're right. I was actually a little lighter a few hours later...:blank:

Thanks for the advice HG. The rest of my day was good - wife made some great bean soup and had some salad on the side, with a large glass of water with some whole wheat bread. Mmmm, tastier than McDs!!

day 2:

calories: 1731
(31f/46c/23p)

water: 5 glasses

calories a bit high

need to work more on my eating and water but no bad foods!

till later
good luck everybody

All right. I just polished off a dinner worth about 1700- 2000 cals.:doh:
At least it was really good. I guess I had like double calories today.:(

I'm a little nervous about weigh in tomorrow... I'll probably be over my starting weight. I'll hopefully make up for it next week...

Well guys it's Sunday so here is my update.........

I am at 269.5 down 5.5 , I ate clean all week and yesterday was the only day I had a little more food then I should have. Im skipping cardio this morning since I will be out playing paintball and running around all day anyways.

Everyone keep up the good work :tu:

Sunday checkin here. It's been a crazy week for me. 2 job interveiws to start the new year off, topped off with trying to be more active and eating cleaner.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with how I did this week. Didn't eat perfectly clean, but I ate fairly well....probably an 8 out of 10 in terms of cleanness. I've been trying to get up early in the morning to take my dog out for a nice long walk. Only succeeded once, due to staying up too late. That needs to get fixed. Got in some decent cardio sessions, which improved the way I felt and positively affected my week :)

Weighed in this morning...296. On track :tucool:

Good work so far guys! I'm still procrastinating getting on the scale...

day 3 was a not so good day to me but here it goes


1677 calories
37f/40c/23p

I think fitday was kind my caloric intake was more like: 1800-1900

poor water : 5 glasses

have a nice weekend everybody

till later

My first week went suprisingly well for not being able to train. I weigh 216lbs which is a loss of 4 lbs as of this morning. It seems the loss spurt has ended as I get rid of the last lingering water from the holiday binges. I've levelled off at 216lbs for the last 3 days, so I think that's it. Back to the more slow, painful loss rate :).

Great to see others also had a good week! Let's make it two in a row!

Cheers,
Heavy

Travis at..... 210, started at 210...... going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at..... 216, started at 218...... going for 198. change= -2
HGuy at......216, started at 220....... going for 200. change= -4
senimoni at.. 167, started at 167...... going for 142. change= 0
rapp at.......296, started at 298....... going for 278. change= -2
maat at...... 143, started at 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 186, started at 186...... going for 166. change= 0
Pigboy at..... 271, started at 271...... going for 251. change= 0
Chambers at. 269.5, started at 275...... going for 255. change= -5.5

Chambers has the 'biggest loser' title for this week so far.

Cmon guys, let's get running on those treadmills!!

I'm afraid to actually get on the scale this week. My eating hasn't been horrible calorie wise, but quality wise...not so great. Once I rid my house of all these snacks I should do much better. I'm also upping my cardio. The goal is at least 3 45 minute sessions of rower or elliptical....and 2-3 morning sessions of Turbo Jam...gotta work my way up from the 20 min session.


I'll post my weight when I get back from the gym.

I'm afraid to actually get on the scale this week. My eating hasn't been horrible calorie wise, but quality wise...not so great. Once I rid my house of all these snacks I should do much better. I'm also upping my cardio. The goal is at least 3 45 minute sessions of rower or elliptical....and 2-3 morning sessions of Turbo Jam...gotta work my way up from the 20 min session.


I'll post my weight when I get back from the gym.
Take all the snacks and give them away, if you can't give them away throw them in the trash.................. thats what I did Jan 1st

Uggh...do I have too...lol. You are right, let me go empty them in the trash and poor pine-sol on it so I don't get desparate later.

Uggh...do I have too...lol. You are right, let me go empty them in the trash and poor pine-sol on it so I don't get desparate later.
Do it , you will feel so much better knowing they are not there tempting you............you can do it :tu:

I weighed in at 209, yay! Lost 1 pound. Even with the big meals.

Hey Dusho- cool change to the tracker! We needed that.:tu:

Woohoo down to 163...but we can use 164 as the official b/c I weighed 163 after new years and went back up..I don't want to get ahead of myself.

I have no more snacks :-( Well I did keep my sf/lf pudding and jello, but I don't eat those like I was eating the 100 cal doritos/cakes/oreos/fruit chews etc.

Also I think I'm restricting my after 4pm carbs to veggies only...except for lifting days....does that seem like a good idea. Should I have my brown rice/yams before I lift or after. I get so confused.

Also I think I'm restricting my after 4pm carbs to veggies only...except for lifting days....does that seem like a good idea. .
Great idea.

Should I have my brown rice/yams before I lift or after. I get so confused.

I'd go after.

:nope: I have decided that I am too much of a cheapskate to buy a new wardrobe going in the wrong direction, so....

Count me in too! I have been going for the last week, (250-->242!!!) but I had so much salt the day before the 250 that I'm sure 3 lbs of that was water weight!:rolleyes:

So I am going to use today's mark of 242lbs as my start for this challenge, rather than my Jan 1 weight.

I am at 23% (ish) bodyfat, but I am not very good at measuring this yet, so this is a very "ish" number.

Going to hit freeweights :bb: for the first time in 3 years tomorrow, hopefully I don't overdo it, :confused: or underdo it for that matter.

This challenge should be a good middle range goal for me, on my way to my long range goal of 199 lbs and 12% BF June 1st. Although I just did the math and figured out that I will actually have to be -30lbs on April 1 to be on track for 199 on June 1, so I think I will be going for -20on my way to -30 on April Fools Day.



(BTW, total noob on JSF, so hello to everyone!;) )

Jan 1, 2006, and just realized how much work I have to do!
10971

Travis at..... 210, started at 210...... going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at..... 216, started at 218...... going for 198. change= -2
HGuy at...... 216, started at 220....... going for 200. change= -4
senimoni at.. 167, started at 167...... going for 142. change= 0
rapp at....... 296, started at 298....... going for 278. change= -2
maat at...... 143, started at 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 186, started at 186...... going for 166. change= 0
Pigboy at..... 271, started at 271...... going for 251. change= 0
Chambers at. 269.5, started at 275...... going for 255. change= -5.5
Jay mg at..... 242, started at 242.......going for 222. change= 0

Good job to all of those in the red for last week!:claphigh:

Welcome to the board and to this challenge Jay! Are you measuring your BF% with calipers or a scale? And how tall are you? I'm assuming you must be pretty tall to be at 12% when you reach 199lbs.

Good luck to you, and hopefully you can achieve similar progress over the next week as you did the last. Stick with these forums for information, and motivation and you'll reach you're golden :).

Nice work to everyone else too!
Heavy

hi there everyone

calories :
1640 calories
34f/47c/19p

water: 7 glasses

we can do it!

Travis at..... 209, started at 210...... going for 190. change= -1
Dusho at..... 216, started at 218...... going for 198. change= -2
HGuy at...... 216, started at 220....... going for 200. change= -4
senimoni at.. 163, started at 164...... going for 142. change= -1
rapp at....... 296, started at 298....... going for 278. change= -2
maat at...... 143, started at 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 186, started at 186...... going for 166. change= 0
Pigboy at..... 271, started at 271...... going for 251. change= 0
Chambers at. 269.5, started at 275...... going for 255. change= -5.5
Jay at......... 242, started at 242.......going for 222. change= 0

Good job everyone! We're still waiting on a few updates, but it looks like we're off to a good start! :D

Welcome Jay!:tu:

183.5 lbs on the scale this morning.

Todays meals:

egg whites, whole wheat taco shells, black coffee

Whey protein, green apple, flax seed oil

Ground venison, whole wheat pasta, babby carrots

Cottage cheese w/tomatoes, sliced cucumber

Chicken breast/brown rice/steamed broccoli

Whey protein, banana, flax seed (post workout)


Still ironing out the final touches on the workouts.

Keep up the good work all!
Jon

Guess I'll make this my official weigh in for the week. I was 267 this morning on the scale . Which is down 4 pounds from my joining of the challenge.

Hope everybody is seeing some progress this morning :gl:

Travis at..... 210...... going for 190. change= 0
Dusho at..... 218...... going for 198. change= -1
HGuy at...... 220....... going for 200. change= -3
senimoni at.. 167...... going for 142. change= 0
rapp at....... 298....... going for 278. change= 0
maat at...... 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 186...... going for 166. change= 0
Pigboy at..... 271...... going for 251. change= 0
Chambers at. 275...... going for 255. change= 0

Welcome Chambers!

somehow you got my numbers messed up, I think I confused you about my weight fluctuating but here is what it should say. Here is the original (above) should be updated to 164...going for 142...change of -3.
B/c I started at 167.

Travis at..... 209, started at 210...... going for 190. change= -1
Dusho at..... 216, started at 218...... going for 198. change= -2
HGuy at...... 216, started at 220....... going for 200. change= -4
senimoni at.. 164, started at 167...... going for 142. change= -3
rapp at....... 296, started at 298....... going for 278. change= -2
maat at...... 143, started at 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 183.5, started at 186...... going for 166. change= -2.5
Pigboy at..... 267, started at 271...... going for 251. change= -4
Chambers at. 269.5, started at 275...... going for 255. change= -5.5
Jay at......... 242, started at 242.......going for 222. change= 0

Looking good...:tu:

Welcome to the board and to this challenge Jay! Are you measuring your BF% with calipers or a scale? And how tall are you? I'm assuming you must be pretty tall to be at 12% when you reach 199lbs.


I'm 6' 1" and the BF% is with a calipers.

Jay

Assuming weight loss consisted primarily of fat,

do you know as a group we've lost a total of 24 pounds of disgusting fat?? :tucool: :tucool: :tucool:

Next week, let's try to beat this number!!:bb: :bb: :bb:

Assuming weight loss consisted primarily of fat,

do you know as a group we've lost a total of 24 pounds of disgusting fat?? :tucool: :tucool: :tucool:

Next week, let's try to beat this number!!:bb: :bb: :bb:

That's a lot of designer soap that we could've made! :evil:

I have a strange feeling. Most of today, even though it's been time to eat (every 3 hours), I haven't really been hungry. I've almost had to remind myself to eat. Could this be, being full? :eek: This is great. :tu:


I just had some chopped up lean steak burger in lentil soup over some brown rice, with a whole wheat pita bread on the side and a large bottle of water. Mmmm, mmmm,, goooooood!! (mouth watering)

:lol: :lol: That's a lot of designer soap that we could've made! :evil:

24 lbs, wow! Good way to look at it. :tu: You guys are great! This challenge is working out really good so far!
:tu:

I have a strange feeling. Most of today, even though it's been time to eat (every 3 hours), I haven't really been hungry. I've almost had to remind myself to eat. Could this be, being full? :eek: This is great. :tu:


I just had some chopped up lean steak burger in lentil soup over some brown rice, with a whole wheat pita bread on the side and a large bottle of water. Mmmm, mmmm,, goooooood!! (mouth watering)


You know, it's funny. I had that exact same "problem" on Sunday. I was just NOT hungry all day long. It was the strangest feeling. It was like damn, do I really have to eat again.. I'm not even hungry. But if that's a sign of burning fat. I'll take forcing myself to eat any day


ROTFLMAO about the designer soap, to think that you could probably find a buyer for it. :eek:

I'll try this :D. Don't think I can do this though because I'm losing weight at a relativley slow rate at the moment. But hopefully i lose 20 pounds of fat and gain like 10 -15 pounds of lean muscle mass in place of that so making it 5-10 pound different which is still good to me :D. as long as fat goes away :P

I'll take another 1.5 lbs off please!!!! :tu: That puts me at 182.

I had some venison snack sticks (kinda like jerky) Sunday evening so I though that might have been holding some water back.

I don't anticipate or want to lose 1.5 lbs per day!!!!:nono: :eek:

Playing basketball tonight with some friends, then it's off to Wings, etc.
That will be test of fortitude!!! Maybe a beer and a few wings....then start pounding the water!!! :gl:

We are all doing incredibly well! Holy... 24+lbs already, nice!

I'm not sure what's been going on with me this past week, but the weight just seems to be coming off faster than normal. Maybe the bad Christmas holidays did me more good than bad. I've been losing as though I just started making changes again (6lbs now since challenge began). I'm not really complaining, but it seems unusual. I'm sure it will level off any time though, and will be offset with a nice plateau. Those are always fun :).

Nice work everyone, and welcome aboard Farm!
Heavy

I'll try this :D. Don't think I can do this though because I'm losing weight at a relativley slow rate at the moment. But hopefully i lose 20 pounds of fat and gain like 10 -15 pounds of lean muscle mass in place of that so making it 5-10 pound different which is still good to me :D. as long as fat goes away :P

Welcome Farm! So you want 170 as your starting weight, and what by 4/1 to finish it up? We'll support you all the way bro!

Incredible transformation so far btw! The pics are amazing. I think you could lose 20 and still add some muscle and strength, judging from your 12/27 pic.:tu: You'd be ripped at 5'7" 150 lbs.

Hi There Everyone,

Looks like everyone is going great!

Can I join in?

My start weight as of today is 215 and I'll go for 195 by April 1st.

cheers,
Groomy.

Welcome groomy! We're getting quite a crew!

I would also like to join if I can still sneak in. I do believe I'll be the token female of the crew.

I'm 5'6, 177, 29.2% BF (according to handheld BF reader).

Photos:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2843/jan1006frontsm0vx.png

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6710/jan1006sidesm4wt.png

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8687/jan1006backsm2dy.png

I would also like to join if I can still sneak in. I do believe I'll be the token female of the crew.



Of course! Welcome!

And actually you are joining maat and senimomi as the 3 females...:tu:

day 5 and 6

calories estimated at around 1800-1900

Being a bad maat!

At good news my elliptical is ready and my new set of weights too
I'm trying to find a good routine to begin exercise


My weight is still the same so no big loss for me this week. I did change the batt of my scale perhaps the initial weight I got wasn't real as I'm feeling I achieved some results.
So for me 0 changes.
Let's see what this new week brings me now that I'm gonna exercise good!

go everybody

welcome to the new female, we're only 3 but we rule!;)

good luck
good for you to post your pics!!!you're a though girl!

Just wanted to say that I'm already noticing a definite looseness in my pants. Hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll be a notch deeper into my belt. I'm currently at the last (or is it first) notch, so it should be a great belt to keep track of weight loss :claphigh:

I had Wendy's today. :doh: :doh: :doh: Stressed out with work, and defaulted to my old, bad eating habits.

I binged today
I still react the same way when something happen that is very wrong: I eat


feeling down

I binged today
I still react the same way when something happen that is very wrong: I eat
feeling down

I did the same thing on Tuesday when my doc told me that I need to get surgery....went out and got a burger and fries (though I skipped the soda and got water, yay for small victories) from a local joint. Got back on track yesterday and today. Small setbacks aren't what keep you from succeeding, it's LOTS of small setbacks. Don't give up! :)

Don't let cheats get you down! They will only derail you if you let them! Resist the urge to think that you have failed at your goals, as you haven't. Put it behind you and move on. Aside from a possibly a little water weight, a bad meal won't set you back if you put it out of your mind. The problem comes when you let yourself get into the mindset of "Well I just had a burger and fries, so the day is blown. I might as well have a pail of ice cream tonight.". It's too easy to convince yourself of that even though I know you know better.

Forget about it and focus on your goals! :tu:

rapp, it's a great feeling when your pants start to get loose and bunch up under the belt! Of late, I've noticed my rear end start to lose size more quickly than before. I'm either soon gonna have to buy new jeans or sew more belt loops on the ones I have so that they don't bunch up and fall from behind the belt so much :)

The week's not over yet folks, let's get back at it!
Heavy

Looks like we had a few fall off the old wagon today... Me too! I did good all day, then we went over to a friends for dinner. It was a "make your own pizza" party. Mine had every single topping, and I ate the whole thing... wtf???

Oh well, movin on!

Re: pants loosening up, yeah it's cool but you have to buy new pants! I was a tight 38, 23 weeks ago. Now my 36's are bunching up, but they're kinda tight in the thighs. Changing the shape of your body requires way too much shopping!

Does having a handful of cashews (outside my planned meals) constitute falling off the wagon?

My diet has been going great and I'm very focussed at the moment. Like HeavyGuy said, it's best not to dwell on the "mistakes" - as long as we keep the longterm goals in mind we don't need to give up after a simple bit of over-indulgance. So you might put a bit of water weight on, so what?

Keep up the great work!

Does having a handful of cashews (outside my planned meals) constitute falling off the wagon?



No way! (Not at this stage...) Maybe if you were going for low singles BF% it would...

No way! (Not at this stage...) Maybe if you were going for low singles BF% it would...

Actually that was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek :)

Although I did feel rather guilty about it :whistle:

Hey guys and gals...everyone falls off the wagon, or even CHOOSE to deviate from clean eating.

My first transformation I vowed NOT to EVER cheat....and it drove me MAD at times. I'd be out with friends at dinner and they'd be having a drink or eating something "Not BFL approved" and I was sitting there with my brown rice, chicken, and water. At times I felt like I was in prison. When I was finished the 15 weeks, it was almost like,"Whew...I'm done, I made it, now I can eat some of the other crap again." And before I knew it....I had replaced all the hard earned habits I learned on clean eating.

This time around, I'm approaching it differently. And in my opinion this is a PRIME example. I weighed 183.5 on Monday.....Tuesday morning was 182 (woohoo).....played basketball with some friends Tuesday night and then went to wings....I had probably 8 wings and two beers...you know what???!!! It tasted GREAT!!!!! Woke up the next morning for cardio jumped on the scale....182.5. Only 1/2 pound! I was psyched, but still hit cardio and lifted in the evening. Feeling great...turned in Wednesday night. Woke up Thursday morning, hop on the scale hoping for 182 or 181.5. But to my dismay, 183.5!!!!!:eek:

I was LIVID....I worked my butt off Wednesday, ate clean and still put 1pound back on. But rather than feel guilty about that cheat meal, I got mad about it! Would I do it again....perhaps...but more than likely not because now I KNOW how I'll be affected. And I DON'T like seeing the scale go up!:mad:

Thanks for letting me rant. I'll get down now....push my box aside, and go get my protein shake!

Keep your chins up, and crank up the cardio....today's a new day and a few pounds lighter.

Oh, by the way....everytime I thought about slowing down or stopping in cardio last night. I envisioned those wings and the 1.5 lbs it essentially added. Needless to say it was one of my best cardio's ever.

182 this morning.
Jon

This time around, I'm approaching it differently. And in my opinion this is a PRIME example. I weighed 183.5 on Monday.....Tuesday morning was 182 (woohoo).....played basketball with some friends Tuesday night and then went to wings....I had probably 8 wings and two beers...you know what???!!! It tasted GREAT!!!!! Woke up the next morning for cardio jumped on the scale....182.5. Only 1/2 pound! I was psyched, but still hit cardio and lifted in the evening. Feeling great...turned in Wednesday night. Woke up Thursday morning, hop on the scale hoping for 182 or 181.5. But to my dismay, 183.5!!!!!:eek:


This why weighing yourself daily is a bad, bad thing :nono:


Speaking of weighing yourself, my wife and I decided to only weigh ourselves on Friday morning since Saturday can easily involve cheats.

So I weighed myself this morning. I thought that my scale had broken....290! That's six pounds off this week. Needless to say, I'm not going to weigh myself again until next Friday :madpimp:

This why weighing yourself daily is a bad, bad thing :nono:


I like to weigh myself daily exactly for that reason though. I'm not completely surprised my body acted that way...but it was almost a nice motivational tool.

I can see where the opposite would definitely be the case too. I like you rapp found the belt to the be the best tool showing results!:tu:

Hey...congrats on the 6!....that's great!:claplow:

Is it too late to get in? 252 lbs on Jan 1.

Weighed in at 246 this morning. Goal of 226 by April (if you let me in!):rolleyes:

Is it too late to get in? 252 lbs on Jan 1.

Weighed in at 246 this morning. Goal of 226 by April (if you let me in!):rolleyes:
I'd guess it's never too late to join most challenges. You have your Jan 1 weight, so you're golden! Welcome aboard and good luck!

BTW, nice progress already!
Heavy

Welcome aboard bmac. Anyone can join in.

Travis at..... 209, started at 210...... going for 190. change= -1
Dusho at..... 216, started at 218...... going for 198. change= -2
HGuy at...... 216, started at 220....... going for 200. change= -4
senimoni at.. 164, started at 167...... going for 142. change= -3
rapp at....... 290, started at 298....... going for 278. change= -8
maat at...... 143, started at 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 183.5, started at 186..... going for 166. change= -2.5
Pigboy at..... 267, started at 271........going for 251. change= -4
Chambers at. 269.5, started at 275.... going for 255. change= -5.5
Jay at......... 242, started at 242........going for 222. change= 0
Farm at.......
groomy at.... 215, started at 215......going for 195. change= 0
Writergrrl at .277, started at 277.......going for 257. change= 0
bmac at ..... 246, started at 252.......going for 226. change= -6

Nice challenge all, I will get in on this one if I can too. I will post stats and a photo Saturday morning.

Howdy all, hope all is well for everyone this week!

I had someone take my BF with a calipers who actually knows what they are doing, and also used a tape measurement converter and it appears that I have gone from 23% to around 21% since Jan 1. :D (Just to compare apples to apples, I also used my Jan 1 measurements in the conversion equations, and they helped confirm my earlier measurement of 23%.

Also 240lbs right now!!

Off to sleep happy.:D

Travis at..... 209, started at 210...... going for 190. change= -1
Dusho at..... 216, started at 218...... going for 198. change= -2
HGuy at...... 216, started at 220....... going for 200. change= -4
senimoni at.. 164, started at 167...... going for 142. change= -3
rapp at....... 290, started at 298....... going for 278. change= -8
maat at...... 143, started at 143....... going for 123. change= 0
jstalljon at... 183.5, started at 186..... going for 166. change= -2.5
Pigboy at..... 267, started at 271........going for 251. change= -4
Chambers at. 269.5, started at 275.... going for 255. change= -5.5
Jay at......... 240, started at 242........going for 222. change= -2
Farm at.......
groomy at.... 215, started at 215......going for 195. change= 0
Writergrrl at .277, started at 277.......going for 257. change= 0
bmac at ..... 246, started at 252.......going for 226. change= -6
regal at .......???, started at ???........going fot ???. change= 0

Group members= 15 Total group change to date=-38 Average change= -2.5

(If people don't want or like the group total stats say something. I am putting them up to see if anyone else finds it motivational!)

Welcome regal!!!

I'm a little nervous about tomorrow's weigh in... I've been having too many brewskis I'm afraid, the last couple of days. My eating was good yesterday and so far today though. I'm trying to be really strict today getting ready for tomorrow. I guess this updated chart is keeping me on my toes! I don't wanna see a lack of progress on my part for the week.

I'm just seriously craving beer lately...:confused:

Sunday weigh-in for me sees me at 213.

I had hoped for more, but a 2 pound drop this week is great!

Sunday weigh in for me is 266 , I don’t know if I am doing something wrong but I don’t think I should be loosing weight this fast. I am working hard and eating very clean although I do think I am eating less calories then I need to so I am going to adjust my meals this week to add more calories……….well see what happens this week
Everyone keep up the good work:tu:

I'm 212 lbs as of this morning for an 8 lb loss so far during this challenge. I'll be returing to the gym next week (tomorrow!!), so possibly between now and next Sunday I'll see a dramatic slowdown in the weight loss department. Fun while it lasted though :)

Cheers,
Heavy

Official Sunday weight... 210! :blank:

Terrible weekend!! My wife's family was in from out of town for the weekend and all we did was eat.:eat: Weighed in this morning at 247. Up 1 lb.

Ok, the weigh in today puts me at 264.5. which is 6.5 down from my start. Woohoo. I even had a cheat meal last night so I'm hoping that some of that is just water gain too. Can't wait to see how everybody did last week.

Is it my turn to update the stats? :) I can keep this one up to date for the week to accomodate the folks that report late.

Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Travis 210 210 0
Dusho 218 218 0
HGuy 220 212 -8
senimoni 167 161 -6
rapp 298 290 -8
maat 143 143 0
jstalljon 186 183.5 -2.5
Pigboy 271 264.5 -6.5
Chambers 275 266 -9
Jay 242 238 -4
Farm -- -- --
groomy 215 213 -2
Writergrrl 177 177 0
bmacntmac 252 247 -5
regal -- -- --
That's a total of 51 lbs lost! We're doing very well. Keep it up everyone, three weeks down now!

Cheers,
Heavy

EDIT: Sorry for the late update Jay :P

Thanks Heavy! That's great! :tu:

At least I didn't gain weight yet. I haven't quite hit my training stride yet this month, but I've been holding my ground and improving my strength and conditioning. My main problem re: weight loss has been diet so far. My problem was eating/drinking too much... I guess we all had that weakness at one point or another to end up in this challenge. I'll shoot for a clean week this week, with a big cheat day Friday (my buddy is coming to town and lots of beer will be involved.) Next week I'll try to cycle in a very low cal week to see what happens...:tucool:

218 :(

Terribly busy week at work, all stressed out and returned to my bad eating habits.

Am committing myself this week to clean, limited eating and cardio at least 4x this week.

I've been MIA. Didn't work out last week save playing tennis and my eating ranged from semi starvation (not purposely) to binge eating on girl scout cookies and the like. Strange though I'm down to 161.....Honestly I don't get it. When I eat clean my weight barely moves, then I cheat and I drop 2-3 lbs...this has been happening since Thanksgiving.

Anyhoo I'm back. Today I did Back and got in my 45 mins of cardio ...almost got kicked out of the gym but I had to hit my target :-) People are finally noticing the weight loss...and some pants that were tiggggght I can pull down with out unzipping.


So add my stats -3 current weight 161

Thanks

Hey all, official Sunday weight was 238lbs! down a total of 4 for the week.:flex:

It's been pretty quiet on here! Does that mean everyone has been focused this week or has some people slipped up?!

Push hard these last 2 days of the week!! :jumping: :bb:

Folks
Am i too late to join this one ????

See stats below in my sig

Welcome Irishlad, of course you can join! It looks like you're doing well so far!

Yeah, I'm not doing so good this week... I've been planning this week for a long time though. So I knew I might stay the same or gain a pound or 2. It is just a big excuse to have a cheat week I guess, but an old drinking buddy of mine will be in town this afternoon and wants to hit some bars.
(He said "Take me to bars where I can get stabbed," we've got plenty of those...:D ) So I've been drinking alot of beer all week so I'll be in "top form," and not black out or something after a few beers, like I did a few weeks back at Senor Frogs. That was in the middle of a long stretch of clean eating etc... and I really couldn't hold my liquor. I don't want that pain again so I've ramped it (the drinking) up all week. Next week I promise the pounds will start to come off again when I clean it up.

Welcome Irishlad, of course you can join! It looks like you're doing well so far!

Thanks Travis

I'm 7 lbs down as of this morning

Friday morning weighin: 289. Down one pound for the week. Didn't really have a very good week at all with the clean eating. Probably only 3 out of 4 meals were "clean", though none of the non-clean meals were all the particularly dirty.

Anyone mind if i join this challenge? I just found the site a few days ago and started the BFL program. My starting weight is 245. and i ll have to do a weight in tonight when i get home from work.

:gl: All

Welcome cabrower!:gl:

Welcome aboard newcomers!

I'm only down one pound so far this week, which is more in line with what I expected. The previous two weeks were, as I said, flukes. It's okay though because I'm back lifting! One or two pounds a week for the rest of the challenge will get me to the goal, so I'm cool with that :).

Cheers,
Heavy

:-( Weight is up again. I knew I should not have gotten on the scale.

:-( Weight is up again. I knew I should not have gotten on the scale.
There is always today where you can still lose it before tomorrow's weigh-in! Any chance it's just water?

Cheers,
Heavy

:-( Weight is up again. I knew I should not have gotten on the scale.

Don't give up! It's just a speedbump on the road to 20 pounds lost :)

You can do it!

Sunday weigh in for me is 214. This has gone up from last week (probably due to the cheat meal I had last night - it'll be water as I didn't over do it!).

Hope everyone is doing okay.

Ok, I was 170 when I Joined this challenge but i'll just start over and use my January 19, 2006 status.:D

January 19, 2006:

Weight:165 pounds

Height: 5''7

January 19, 2006

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Bring on the :spank: !! Rawr! :lol:

210... again.:blank:

Time to get serious!

I'm at 210 lbs this morning too, down 10 lbs from the beginning of the challenge! That's 2 lbs for this week, which I'm very happy with.

Cheers everyone and good luck next week!
Heavy

I'm at 210 lbs this morning too, down 10 lbs from the beginning of the challenge! That's 2 lbs for this week, which I'm very happy with.

Cheers everyone and good luck next week!
Heavy

Great work HG! You caught me! :tu:

Im at 262.5 for todays weigh in

Here are the stats for this week. Ordered by amount lost. Is that okay?

Week 3 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 262.5 12.5
Pigboy 271 261 10
HGuy 220 210 10
rapp 298 289 9
bmacntmac 252 244 8
Irishlad 228 220 8
senimoni 167 160 7
Jay 242 236 6
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
groomy 215 214 1
Writergrrl 177 176 1
Travis 210 210 0
Dusho 218 218 0
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0
AggiPharmer 210 210 0
regal -- -- --

Chambers is kicking arse! Let me know if there are any inaccuracies.

Cheers,
Heavy

PS: This is the end of the third week right?

Hey ladies and gents,

I didn't quite get started the way I wanted to the first week I signed up (had a friend in town), but last week was awesome. Ate very clean and had some great workouts. I'm down a pound, weighing in at 176.

Like many of you, this particular challenge is part of a longer journey--one that originally had me weighing in at about 208 in Oct. 04. I'm determined to get over this last weight battle to really be fit for spring and beyond.

Good job everyone!

Great work HG! You caught me! :tu:
I believe I have a great deal more to lose than you do still as well :doh:! Maybe we'll arrive at our ideal at around the same time :D.

Cheers,
Heavy

Hey all,

Been an up and down week for me. Ate well 4/7 days but stuck to my calorie numbers 6/7, and also missed a day of workouts. Still down 2 lbs though, so I can't complain. Put me down at 236 (-6 total)

-1 for me current weight is 160

Is it too late for me to join in?? I'd like to lose 20 lbs by April. That gives me about 13 weeks. I'll keep you guys updated. How often do I post my current weight? My starting weight is 210.5lbs.

Well its early morning here in the Emerald Isle.

Im down another pound
Thats 8 so far.

See my sig for details..

Weighed in at 244 yesterday!!

Woohoo, 261 today which is -10 from the start of this challenge. Can't wait to see how everybody is doing.

Is it too late for me to join in?? I'd like to lose 20 lbs by April. That gives me about 13 weeks. I'll keep you guys updated. How often do I post my current weight? My starting weight is 210.5lbs.

Welcome AggiePharmer!

Everyone usually posts their weekly weight on Sunday or so then someone will update the chart.

Sounds good, I'll post my updated weight every Sun morning! Thanks!!

Happy Birthday Travis!!

My Friday morning weigh in: 288.

To be honest, this week I wasn't good. But I wasn't bad, either. I was totally dreading this morning, since I was feeling down about not eating as clean as I should. Also, yesterday was one of those days that I felt fat, which didn't help.

I still dropped a little bit, so that was heartening. At my weight, my maintenance cals are so high that I can still eat lots of food. Plus, after my week where I lost the water weight, I'm going to need to get used to slower progress anyway.

Good luck to all you Sunday weighing in guys and gals :tu:

It has been a really bad week for me . I woke up Monday not feeling well , by Mon. night i had a fever of 102 and had not eaten anything all day. Tuesday morning had a fever of 104.6 , so off to the hospital i went .......... turns out I have strep throat and double ear infections. So I did not do any cardio or workout this week , had nothing to eat Monday , only 3 bowls of chicken soup Tuesday , and maby 4 bowls chicken noodle soup Wed. Got some good foods into me yeaterday and today , but my head is killing me to much to do and cardio or any workouts........So it looks like next week im going to hae to step it up a notch to get back on track
Hope everyone else is oing good this week

Weekly weigh-in for me sees me back up to 216.5. Had a couple of family functions this week which saw me eat a little more than normal. I expect to hit it hard this week and get back on track. Still no probs hitting 195 by April 1....

208 lbs today. -2 so far. I was surprised with that given the celebrating my b-day this weekend! :tu:

Week 4 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 258 17
HGuy 220 208 12
Pigboy 271 261 10
rapp 298 288 10
Irishlad 228 218 10
bmacntmac 252 244 8
senimoni 167 159 8
Jay 242 234 8
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
Travis 210 208 2
Writergrrl 177 176 1
AggiPharmer 210 209 1
Dusho 218 218 0
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0
groomy 215 216.5 -1.5
regal -- -- --
Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies so that I can fix them :).

Cheers,
Heavy

After spending most of the week up a pound since last weigh-in, I dropped three in the last two days :eek:. This puts me at 208 lbs for this week.

Let's keep the challenge alive people!:jumping:

Cheers,
Heavy

Thanks for the update HG!!!:tu:

Todays weigh in for me is at 258lbs

Todays weigh in for me is at 258lbs
Geez Chambers, your killing this challenge! Nice work!

Cheers,
Heavy

Todays weigh in for me is at 258lbs

Every week when I think that I may be catching up to you, you crush everyone.

:shakesfist:

congrats!

Every week when I think that I may be catching up to you, you crush everyone.

:shakesfist:

congrats!
Thanks , I am surprised i made progress this week seeing how i was sick most of it and only got to work-out 2 times. Im thinking it may also be some muscle loss along with fat :nono:

Lost nothing this past week. 261 for me again.

Only -1 for me (159)

I'll report my weight in the morning. Been out of town and didn't have a chance to weigh in this morning!:cool:

My new diet plan/exercise routine is going to be 30 min cardio every day followed by overall weight workout 3-4x a week. I am going to have a protein shake for dinner or meat and veggies and try to cut down on the carbs.

Are any of you guys using protein powders in your efforts to lose weight? If so, what kind and how much??

Keep up the great work Everybody!!!! :tucool:

Hey all,

234 for me. Hope everyone had a good week!

Down 10 in total
See sig for details

Down to 209 this week (-1). Had a bad weekend food and workout-wise....everybody have a great week!!

No change from last week. Staying at 244.:blank:

Are any of you guys using protein powders in your efforts to lose weight? If so, what kind and how much??

I've been using Webber Natural's whey powder to keep my daily protein levels up to around 40%. I buy it at Costco. I typically have a shake before lifting at breakfast time, and a shake immediatley after lifting. I don't look at whey powder as a weight loss supplement or any kind of "supplement" at all, rather just food. I find it more difficult (and expensive) to get as much protein as my plan requires without it while not going over my target calorie or fat levels.

It's more of a convenience/money saver than anything I'd say. Not necessary if you get enough protein in your normal diet in my opinion.

Cheers,
Heavy

Hi guys

Can I still join? I know it's a bit later then every one else? My current weight is 175, want to loose 15 lb by 1 April.

Are any of you guys using protein powders in your efforts to lose weight? If so, what kind and how much??


I use all the whey , got it from the link above.... twice a day once post workout and once before bed

Hi guys

Can I still join? I know it's a bit later then every one else? My current weight is 175, want to loose 15 lb by 1 April.

Sure, why not! We've got 2 months to go... Welcome! :tu:

Are any of you guys using protein powders in your efforts to lose weight? If so, what kind and how much??



Nitrean by At Large Nutrition. I have a shake after lifting usually and for a MRP if I don't have time to cook eggs/bacon/toast for breakfast.

Thanks for the replies you guys!! I need a way to increase my protein intake without increasing carbs/fat intake so I was shooting for a protein supplement.

Thanks for the replies you guys!! I need a way to increase my protein intake without increasing carbs/fat intake so I was shooting for a protein supplement.
i also have an odyssey protine bar eah morning, 30grams of protine 30grams of carbs and 9grams of fat 300cal total

You guys still hanging in there? I'm having a pretty good week so far, my workouts have rocked and my diet has been solid except for drinking (alot) yesterday. I'll definately weigh in BEFORE the Superbowl party!:lol:

Yeah, I'm hanging in. My weight loss is kind of stalled. But I have noticed that my clothes are getting looser so I know I'm making progress. It's just hard to not have that scale moving much.

.....must....stop.....weighing.....

You guys still hanging in there? I'm having a pretty good week so far, my workouts have rocked and my diet has been solid except for drinking (alot) yesterday. I'll definately weigh in BEFORE the Superbowl party!:lol:
I'm still here too :). I haven't dropped a single pound since Sunday though. In fact I'm up a half pound. It's those damned beans I tell ya! Bloat city. Still hoping to shed one prior to Sunday though :tu:.

Cheers,
Heavy

:claphigh: Sure, why not! We've got 2 months to go... Welcome! :tu:
You guys mind if another person joins? I started my program on Jan 1 and I have tracked my progress everyweek, but I think I need a little more motivation.
Here are my weigh-ins:
jan 1 205
Jan 8 202
Jan 15 200
Jan 22 199
Jan 29 196
Currently I am doing cardio(30-45 minutes at 75%HR) 5 days a week and lifting 4 days a week.
It sounds like everyone is making some good progress towards their goal.
Let's keep it going!

:claphigh:
You guys mind if another person joins? I started my program on Jan 1 and I have tracked my progress everyweek, but I think I need a little more motivation.
Here are my weigh-ins:
jan 1 205
Jan 8 202
Jan 15 200
Jan 22 199
Jan 29 196
Currently I am doing cardio(30-45 minutes at 75%HR) 5 days a week and lifting 4 days a week.
It sounds like everyone is making some good progress towards their goal.
Let's keep it going!

Awesome progress bro! Welcome!

.....must....stop.....weighing.....

:lol: I know what you mean, I am finding it harder to lose the pounds, and harder still to stay away from the scale. Sucks when it slows down!

Back to work!:bb:

This weeks weigh-in sees me down to 210.8 :bb:

I have been very focused on both my diet and exercise and will continue to be so.

Great to see everyone else progressing well.

Ugh. I need to get my act together. 288 again this week.

Leaving Monday mornign for a week long conference, we'll see how I do...

Sunday weigh in for me is at 258 again , so I lost nothing this week but still feel really good about the direction I am heading

Everyone keep up the good work :tu:

My Sunday weight is 192, but I came down with food poisoning on Friday night (that was the worst 24 hours of my life) so I have no idea what if any healthy weight I lost. Hopefully I will be able to resume diet and workouts tomorrow.

Week 5 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 258 17
stnjav 205 192 13
HGuy 220 208 12
Pigboy 271 259 12
rapp 298 288 10
Irishlad 228 218 10
bmacntmac 252 243 9
senimoni 167 159 8
Jay 242 234 8
Theta 180 175 5
groomy 215 210.8 4.2
Dusho 218 215 3
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
Travis 210 208 2
Writergrrl 177 176 1
AggiPharmer 210 209 1
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0
regal -- -- --

Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies so that I can fix them :).

Cheers,
Heavy

No change for me this week either, and I don't know why. Seems a few of us have stagnated this week :). Bummer. Oh well, must be adding muscle :lol:!

Cheers, and welcome newcomers!
Heavy

259 for me today. so that drops me by 2 lbs from last week , for a total of -12 since the start of the challenge.

208. No change! Again... Who's bright idea was this challenge anyway?:lol: :lol:

Great work pigboy!:tucool:

Heavy-

Thanks for keeping up the chart! I've completely lost the ability to take over... I don't know what you've got going there but I'm hoping you'll keep it up... :tucool:

Anyway, I feel bad about losing only 2 pounds so far considering I started this thing. I really thought I was going to be serious about cutting this quarter, but I guess I was wrong. :doh: I'm kinda more into strength and power right now, and as a result of my training I've hit a couple personal bests. :tu: So that's good. I do want to cut down though... I just need to get more serious about restricting my diet. I have a problem not eating my ass off at every opportunity. :(

Only one more pound this week. I'll second that building muscle comment!!:rolleyes: 243 lbs for this week

Not too many folks reporting in this week... maybe some weight gain?:confused: :lol:

Believe me, I was a bit up in weight this morning after the Super Bowl party I went to last night!:D

Not too many folks reporting in this week... maybe some weight gain?:confused: :lol:
hehe.. Yeah I noticed that too. Maybe after a few weeks of not reporting in, people will be disqualified. That'll learn 'em! :lol:

Actually, there are a few that might get trimmed next week. regal for example, still hasn't given any weights. Not even a start weight :D!

It's still not to late for you to get on board with this challenge y'know. We're only five weeks into it now. Not too late at all. If you are telling yourself it's too late, then you are making up excuses. Don't you hate it when people point that stuff out to you? haha

Cheers, and get at it!
Heavy

I don't usually go to the gym on Sundays, so my weight is usually gonna be measured on Mondays...but i do think I've gained...lol.

2 weeks of bad diet, high stress at work, but still at 215.

Hi. I'm kicking ass in the gym, but I'm a diet cheater...:D

Hi. I'm kicking ass in the gym, but I'm a diet cheater...:D
Your latest pics and avatar show that you're kickin' ass at the gym, and I'd be suprised if your BF% hasn't dropped as well even though the scale hasn't moved much. What size are those guns anyways?! Geez!

Cheers,
Heavy

Your latest pics and avatar show that you're kickin' ass at the gym, and I'd be suprised if your BF% hasn't dropped as well even though the scale hasn't moved much. What size are those guns anyways?! Geez!

Cheers,
Heavy

Thanks Heavy! You saw my pic, cool... Wait till I post my final pic for this challenge!!! :lol: Last time I measured I think my arms were 17" pumped. My bf% has certainly dropped, I know because I'm getting harder. The scale isn't moving, but I've been busting ass with the weights. I mean my hands are sore...:tucool:

No change for me - 159

Still going in the right direction. This weeks check-in sees me at 209.4 and holding muscle mass.

Well everyone I am happy to say I weigh 255 this morning , so I have lost 20lbs so far

This week I'm down with 3lbs which brings me down to 172. Yeah! I didn't think I lost anything this week :jumping:

Well done chambers. Your looking good! :claphigh:

208... again! Great work chambers!:tucool:

Looks like Chambers is the first across the finish line! Congratulations Chambers! Feel free to keep reporting with your progress for the duration of the challenge though. Let's see how much more than 20 lbs we can lose!

As for me, after losing 3 lbs at one point this week I gained 2 back. That puts me at 207 lbs, a one pound loss for the week. That's good, and to be expected at this stage of the game :).

That's a total of 13 lbs for me so far!

Cheers,
Heavy

Week 6 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 255 20
HGuy 220 207 13
Jay 242 229 13
stnjav 205 193 12
Pigboy 271 259 12
Irishlad 228 218 10
bmacntmac 252 243 9
rapp 298 290 8
senimoni 167 159 8
Theta 180 172 8
groomy 215 209.4 5.6
Dusho 218 215 3
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
Travis 210 208 2
AggiPharmer 210 208.5 1.5
Writergrrl 177 176 1
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0
regal -- -- --

Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies so that I can fix them :).

Cheers,
Heavy

No change for me this week. 259 again. I'm really surprised I didn't go up at all. I had a really bad week with not keeping to my exercise routine and wasn't eating very well. I got back on track yesterday though. Congrats to Chambers for being the first one past the 20 off mark.

I am up a pound to 193 this week but that is not that bad coming off of my sickness last week. Got a new home gym on Friday so hopefully I can get really serious about my workouts now. Congrats to Chambers for losing 20, hopefully the rest of us will be there soon.

I am down to 208.5 this week (-1.5 total)

Up 2 pounds last week, back to 290. Was on a business trip from Mon to Sun, and I ate and drank poorly.

I guess we all pretty much chowed down last night... I know I did! :lol:

crackers w/peanut sauce dip
foccacia bread w/olive oil dip
roasted beets w/ goat cheese
chicken satays
Beef Tenderloin
potatoes, fried
sauteed spinach
creme brulee
cafe latte
3 Heinekens
3 Jello shooters
1 Rum and coke
...:eek:

Four slives of cheese bread from Wegmans.
Sauteed sliced potato w/ onion.
Seared NY Strip with red wine sauce.
Chocalate raspberry ganach cake.
1 glass red wine.

As far as a cheat meal goes, I don't think it's all THAT bad. But man was it delicious.....and wifey was appreciative of me for fixing it for her :madpimp:

Luckily, tonight is ping pong night for me, which is more cardio than most people would think :)

I guess we all pretty much chowed down last night... I know I did! :lol:

crackers w/peanut sauce dip
foccacia bread w/olive oil dip
roasted beets w/ goat cheese
chicken satays
Beef Tenderloin
potatoes, fried
sauteed spinach
creme brulee
cafe latte
3 Heinekens
3 Jello shooters
1 Rum and coke
...:eek:

Hello to all,

Been very busy with school, it's almost the end of the quarter, so I haven't posted in a while. I have been keeping up pretty well though, 229 this past Sunday.

I have also decided to run a half Marathon at the end of April, so hopefully by April 1 I will be able to finish 10 miles w/o stopping or walking. Shooting for 1:45:00 to finish, right at 8 minute mile pace for the race, so we'll see how that goes.

Good progress everybody, and keep it up. (Especially you Chambers!!:claplow: )

Jay

This week's weigh-in sees me at 206.8 :)

Consistent good eating is the key for me. The last 21 days have been absolutely clean as far as my nutrition is concerned and I haven't missed a workout all year... I have one of those bodies that doesn't take kindly to even the slightest variation in diet and this has now been proven over the past three weeks with consistent losses each week.

Everyone else seems to be doing okay. We've still go a few weeks left and I am certainly making a concerted effort to reach this mini-goal by april 1.

Cheers

This week I'm down 2 pounds. That's 10 in total. My goal for this week is 3 pounds.

Every one is doing great. Keep it up!:claphigh:

I'm in big trouble this week. The Valentines dinner, then the power went out last night so we had to go out- so another restaurant meal, now a big catered party tonite! (At which I am expected to at least drink and eat my bodyweight by the hosts) I'm a little nervous about my numbers. I'll be lucky if I'm no higher than my starting weight! :doh:

I had a better week than the last one, that's for sure. I ended up dropping another three pounds down to a solid 204 lbs.

I hope some others had good weeks as well! And I hope Travis behaved himself last night :lol:.

Cheers,
Heavy

Week 7 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 256 19
HGuy 220 204 16
stnjav 205 191 14
Jay 242 228 14
Pigboy 271 259 12
Irishlad 228 218 10
Theta 180 170 10
bmacntmac 252 243 9
groomy 215 206.8 8.2
rapp 298 290 8
senimoni 167 159 8
Dusho 218 215 3
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
Travis 210 208 2
AggiPharmer 210 208.5 1.5
Writergrrl 177 176 1
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0
regal -- -- --

Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies so that I can fix them :).

Cheers,
Heavy

Im back to 256 so I gained a pound this week

I am down 2 pounds this week to 191. I am looking forward to seeing the 180s by next week (can't remember the last time I saw that).

259 again for me. I really gotta kick myself into gear.

Howdy All,

228 for me this week. Slowly but surely! Gonna be a bad next week for me in this challenge, birthday this week, and going home for spring break. Whole lot harder for me to turn down bad food when I don't have to pay for it! Just going to try to minimize the damage, and avoid total gluttony.:nono: :evil:

208 again. :blank:

OK, I guess since the hard drive crashed and we lost those posts, I'll repost that I would like to join this challenge!

Height - 5'10"

January 8 - 298 lbs.
February 22 - 282 lbs.

Almost there!

:doh: Even the guys who just joined the challenge are kicking my ass...:doh:

HDCR (Hard drive crash repost)

weighed in at 287

repost- Was on vacation for 12 days...not going to assess the damage till Monday morning:doh:

Weekly Stats:

Weight - 206.4lbs (down 0.4)
Bodyfat - 19.3% (down 0.7%)
LBM - 166.7lbs

Im at 254.5 today

I need an extension this week... :o

I'm the same this week. :( And it sucks since I ate perfectly clean. I'll have to kick it up a knotch or two.

Nevermind, I'm going with Saturday's 207. :D

189 for me this week.

282 and lost .5" on my belly :D

12 days on vacation-6 days of no work outs and eating terrible

254 lbs-back to my pre Christmas weight:spank: :spank: :spank:

Guh... I made it down as far as 201 lbs last week, then I shot back up to 204 lbs for some odd reason. No change in diet except I have been slacking a bit in the water departement. Most of the water I've been drinking has been strained through a tea bag first, so there may be caffiene/retention issues. I'll ease off and we'll see what happens this week :)

Cheers,
Heavy

Week 8 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 254.5 20.5
Jay 242 225 17
HGuy 220 204 16
treacherous 298 282 16
stnjav 205 189 16
Pigboy 271 259 12
rapp 298 287 11
Irishlad 228 218 10
Theta 180 170 10
groomy 215 206.4 8.6
senimoni 167 159 8
Dusho 218 215 3
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
Travis 210 207 3
AggiPharmer 210 208.5 1.5
Writergrrl 177 176 1
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0
bmacntmac 252 254 -2

Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies so that I can fix them :).

Cheers,
Heavy

Hey Everybody,

225 this week. Have a great week!

VERY slow week on the 20 pounder... I know HG is kicking ass. I'm actually going to show some progress this week. I guess being sick does have at least one advantage! :D

no change for me this week, still sitting on 206.4

I am at 253.5 today , I was thinking I would have lost more for all my hard work this week but it seems the weight is coming off alot slower

Still the same this week. :doh:

257.5 for me this week. so making a tiny little bit of progress. I really need to buckle down. With the stress of work lately I'm reverting back to old habits... <flogging self> :spank:

206. 4 pounds down (it only took 9 weeks :o ), 16 to go!!!

189 again for me this week. I guess I need to work harder this week.

279!

Under 280 for the first time in a year and a half!!!! Sweet! I know I have a LONG way to go yet, but getting below 280 is a HUGE milestone for me on a personal level. I have been around 280 or higher for the last 7 years, which I'm sure has taken a huge toll on my heart. There were two stints where I got below (255 in 2002; 212 in 2003), but for the most part, 280 has been a benchmark for my weight. I'm so happy to be below it and can't wait to get to the next benchmark of 250!

279!

Under 280 for the first time in a year and a half!!!! Sweet! I know I have a LONG way to go yet, but getting below 280 is a HUGE milestone for me on a personal level. I have been around 280 or higher for the last 7 years, which I'm sure has taken a huge toll on my heart. There were two stints where I got below (255 in 2002; 212 in 2003), but for the most part, 280 has been a benchmark for my weight. I'm so happy to be below it and can't wait to get to the next benchmark of 250!
Cingradulations and Great job:tu: keep up the good work

Down to 248 this week.

Week 9 Results
Nick Start Curr Delta
----- ----- ---- -----
Chambers 275 253.5 21.5
treacherous 298 279 19
HGuy 220 202 18
stnjav 205 189 16
Pigboy 271 257.5 13.5
Jay 242 229 13
rapp 298 287 11
Irishlad 228 218 10
Theta 180 170 10
groomy 215 206.4 8.6
senimoni 167 159 8
bmacntmac 252 248 4
Dusho 218 215 3
jstalljon 186 183.5 2.5
Travis 210 206.4 3.6
AggiPharmer 210 208.5 1.5
Writergrrl 177 176 1
maat 143 143 0
Farm 165 165 0
cabrower 245 245 0

Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies so that I can fix them :).

Cheers,
Heavy

Oops! I almost forgot to update this challenge for the week! After actually making my goal of sub 200 lbs on March 1st, I celebrated so hard that I gained back a few pounds of water.. :D.

I'll be back down to under 200lbs for next week's update, but for now I'm sitting at 202 lbs. I'm going to need to come up with some new goals as now that the big one is over, the rest seem uninteresting :)

Cheers,
Heavy

Hey all,

Back from my spring break, and only up to 229 on Sunday morning. I'm satisfied with that, now time to bust through the -20lbs mark.

Off to put in some road miles on the bike. It's near 75 and clear right now, gotta love the south in March....

Jay

Hey all,

Back from my spring break, and only up to 229 on Sunday morning. I'm satisfied with that, now time to bust through the -20lbs mark.

Off to put in some road miles on the bike. It's near 75 and clear right now, gotta love the south in March....

Jay

Where you from?

Where you from?

Originally, Wisconsin.

Now I'm in Memphis, TN. This weather beats the crap out of the 8" of snow we got in northern WI this last week.

You?

Originally, Wisconsin.

Now I'm in Memphis, TN. This weather beats the crap out of the 8" of snow we got in northern WI this last week.

You?

Originally NC, now Bahamas. The weather here beats the crap outta anything. :lol:

Originally NC, now Bahamas. The weather here beats the crap outta anything. :lol:
:tucool: Can't argue with that, although I'll still take fall in the upper Midwest over any other season anywhere else in the world.:D But that's just because I'm a sucker for a cool, crisp fall morning with a little frost on the leaves, walking through the beautiful colors, preferably with a shotgun so I can get some dinner of ruffed grouse. Tastes 10x better than chicken, especially with some yellow corn grits and wild rice...

:drool:

hmmmm...still need some calories today, I wonder If I have one in the back of the freezer somewhere

I am going to post early since I already hit my goal for the week. I am at 187. Next week should get me to 185, which is 20 pounds. Keep it up everybody!