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8 Week Healthy Weight Loss Challenge 6.0 (enrolling through 12/12, starts 12/10)

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#1 ·
Words of wisdom from Milk8shake (with minor modifiactions):

"The first thru five eight week challenges were a great success, and many of us are up for another eight weeks - we're opening it up for any newbies who would like to join the next round of the challenge. Please read below.

Background:

The thought came to my head because I joined the "losing weight in 2012" thread, but I didn't have much motivation, and I had no-one to be accountable to. I was thinking about the Biggest Loser, and how teams can be such a motivation. So, I thought I would throw this out there for anyone who needs to get some weight loss happening, but just can't seem to get off the couch.

The challenge:

Commit to an eight week weight loss challenge. You'll be assigned to a team, and your weight loss percentage will be measured on an individual and a team basis. The team with the highest loss percentage at the end of the eight weeks will be the winner. This is a TEAM effort. If you lose, your team wins! Your weekly progress will be updated on the leader board for all to see.

The requirements/rules:

  1. You have to be willing to commit to the full eight weeks beginning 10 December 2012 and ending 28 January 2013.
  2. You have to be willing to commit to exercising a minimum of 4 x 30 minute sessions per week - the type of exercise is up to you!
  3. You have to be willing to check in and update your progress and weight at least weekly on Mondays.
  4. You have to be willing to share your weight and your height. (By PM if you are shy)
  5. You may not join if losing 1 lb / .5 kg per week will put you in an underweight category according to your BMI (check here) at the end of eight weeks.
  6. If you miss more than 2 weigh-ins, we will continue to track, but your loss will NOT contribute to your team's totals.

The prize:

A thinner waistline, a slimmer derriere, and the opportunity to bask in the glory of the winning team."

The challenge will not start until 10 December 2012.
 
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#53 ·
Great job, Valid28!

Hopefully everyone else will be able to check in today but I am sure many are busy with family celebrations.
 
#54 ·
Well, I am sure the holidays kept people away from the computer but if you haven't weighed in this week, please post your weight and I will update the Thursday morning.

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#56 ·
dmitrizmom, glad you got your internet back. Hopefully you can get some extra exercise in and next week's weighin will be lower than your original weighin.
 
#57 ·
Our computer is down, but my weight is up
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144. I'm leaving Sat and won't be able to weigh in Monday, but we're staying with my parents and my mom and I do hour and a half power walks daily, I'm bringing my Sensa for dinners out, and we eat breakfast and lunch at their house and she and I are both working on it. I'll weigh in as soon as we get back!(sorry for missing next Monday!)
 
#58 ·
That is okay, BlueStateMama, weighin and let us know as soon as you get home. Also some of the extra weight may be retaining water from all the salty foods we eat more of near the holidays. Hopefully your weighin next week will be better.
 
#60 ·
Thanks ladies. My resolve is strengthened. I'm packing some, doing laundry and trying to get organized to leave for our trip. I'm heading to the gym mid am and am planning on a lean dinner and packing healthy snacks for the trip.
 
#61 ·
Sounds like a good plan.

Today I followed my Weight Watcher Routine for the week - Pack a Snack - I put 3 clementines in my purse to eat so I wouldn't be overly hungry when I went shopping with my sister. It definitely helped so I wasn't over hungry when we ate lunch together.
 
#62 ·
Workouts this week:

Wednesday and Friday- TRX

Thursday - kettlebell

Today (if I can sneak out this afternoon) - run!

I threw out the rest of the cookies. Maybe that will help.

Dinners are getting planned and prepped for the coming week.

Snacks are getting packaged and labelled with their point values so I can track.

Put an app on my new phone to help me remember to drink water.

working on stuff for the upcoming semester so that I'm not so stressed all of the time....

Being proactive and planning instead of being reactive and a mess.

oh... and does scrubbing walls and floors count as exercise?
 
#63 ·
Oh, yes scrubbing floors and walls counts as exercise! The more we move our bodies the better!
 
#64 ·
It is week 4 ladies! Half way through this challenge! Well this week has been kind of crazy food wise even though I got my exercise. I am glad to have maintained my weight this week. Weighing in at 247 pounds. As I think to 2013 - my challenge is to lose 15 pounds hopefully by June.
 
#65 ·
146 this week. : ( Traveling and staying a week with my parents who eat no vegetables got to me. I ran twice while I was there but must not have been enough to combat everything else. Bummer!
 
#67 ·
144.6, despite the holidays and the box of Ferraro Rocher that dh put in my stocking - woot!

I've been exercising every day, and we got quite a bit of snow so I did a lot of shoveling this week. I got a new fitness dvd for Christmas - Ballet Beautiful Total Body Workout, and it consists of 6 ten-minute segments, each focusing on a specific area, so it's perfect for tacking 2-3 segments on to the end of my regular workouts. My size 6's are fitting better and I'm regaining some definition in my abs - I'm hoping to reach the 130's by the end of this challenge!

Does anyone have any weight or fitness related new year's resolutions? Mine - get back down to 130 lbs, with body fat <20%; continue working out at least 5 days a week; and figure out a way to continue eating healthily and getting enough exercise when the spring semester starts at the end of January and life gets super busy and stressful again.
 
#69 ·
174.2, so not back to my start weight, BUT down from last week. I'll take it. Need to kick my butt at the Y again this week. Goal for this week is 8 miles run.
 
#71 ·
Sorry I didn't post my weight last week. I was at family's house and only had my phone to get on the internet with and couldn't access the forums through that. Anyway, I did weigh myself at 175 for 12/24. For this week I am pleasantly surprised to see 170.8 on the scale! I have no idea how after all the holiday goodies that I haven't been able to pass up, but I'm happy.
 
#72 ·
Kaleo, that is great news on the losing front. Keep up the exercise now in 2013 and we will see good things happen.

I PMed bohemianmamma since she hadn't posted since the first week and she has dropped out of the purple team. Keep up the good work on the losing front. The holidays are over and I am sure it is back to "regular" routines for us. Let's step up the exercise. DH and I bought a stationary bike yesterday - basically knew for $50. It was kind of exciting trying to get it into our 4 door family sedan but my DH was able to get the legs off of it and it fit better in our trunk. Still had the arms basically sticking out the trunk area but we used rubber bungee cords and kept the trunk lid from flying open on our 1.5 hour trip home. I love craigslist!

So here are the standings so far -

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#73 ·
Kaleo, that's an awesome loss! Congrats!

lilacvioletiris, great find! I love finding deals like that on craigslist.

My 5 and 7yo's went back to school today, so hopefully I can get my 3yo to take a nap after lunch and have time for a long, uninterrupted workout. It was nice having them home for Christmas break but it's also nice to have some quiet time again!
 
#75 ·
30 min of intervals n the track today.

I think my problem must be what I am/am not eating. I'm working out at least 4 days most weeks and not seeing any results on the scale. You'd think I'd be down at least a pound! I'm talking to a runner/cyclist friend of mine with a background in exercise science. He's developing a training program for an upcoming 1/2 marathon and also a weight loss plan. I want to get faster and I know that won't happen if I don't drop this weight. Sorry for the pity party...just feeling kind of down tonight. Blah.
 
#76 ·
otheramerica, exercise is an important part of weight loss, but food is an important component as well. Maybe you could try writing down what you eat for a week and notice any trends - when you eat, why you eat, what you eat? Tracking my food consumption has worked for me (when I did it in the past) and it is something I am trying to do again now. My sister has used SparkPeople to track her food consumption and exercise - it is free and if you have a mobile phone it has some free apps as well. http://www.sparkpeople.com/mobile-apps.asp
 
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