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General Discussion => Throw Down the Gauntlet => Topic started by: Sun Hat on August 01, 2018, 02:49:26 PM
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Hooray!
I'm in for 3 lbs
Starting weight - 124.6
Goal weight - 121.6
0/3lbs lost
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I have powerful motivation to continue losing. I知 down for 4 lbs in August. Thanks for captaining the thread, @Sun Hat
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Down for another 3 lbs!
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Despite my utter lack of progress for the last three months, sign me up for 7! I really want to hit that 25 BMI mark.
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Alright, this month I have some determination!
Starting the " 10 Day Detox Diet" by Mark Hyman together with my husband tomorrow, which will be to loose by metabolic balance. We have each post ~15 kg with that 7 years ago, or which I managed to gain 9 back, 6 of them after surgery last winter.
Goal is to loose 12 kg total, at least 6 kg this month!
Thank you for the challenge
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July challenge progress: -5.7 lbs
In for 6 lbs for August!
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Count me in. I'm aiming for 2.1 kilograms. Currently 97.1 kg. Goal 95 kg.
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I知 in for 5 this month. I lost 5 in July so would like to do the same in Aug if not more.
Starting at 155.
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I知 in for 4 pounds again.
Garden is exploding with veggies right now and there痴 no room left in the freezer to freeze any of them. I知 hoping my aversion to food wastage works in my favour this month as I fill up on veggies and avoid treats or heavy carb foods.
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I'm shooting for 6 lbs this month. Starting out at 223 yesterday.
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Didn't meet my July goal, so definitely in. 3 pounds is my modest goal this time around.
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August 2: at +1.
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Going for 10 again.
Hopefully with some adjustments I'll continue to lose.
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I lost 8.6 lb in July, put me down for 8 lbs. Starting weight 136.8, goal 128.8
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I'm in for 4 lbs. Starting 214.8, goal 210.8.
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Started at 122.8 and it would be AMAZEBALLS to get to 120.
Thanks for the encouragement and thread @Sun Hat
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I'll jump in, need the motivation to keep making progress.
I started July at 190.3 and finished at 181, that's a loss of 9.3 pounds, so lets do that again in August.
This morning I weighed in at 179.8 (First time back in the 170's in about 10 years!) so my August 31st goal is 170.5, final target is between 160-165.
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I'm in.
Doing P90X this month too.
Put me down for, oh what the hell, 10 pounds. I'm pretty sure if I eat smart and exercise consistently that'll be a piece of cake since I'm around 213ish now.
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I'm excited to announce that I'm finally down to the weight I maintained for two weeks before the ill-fated happy hour of 7/24/2018. How this is even possible I can't fathom.
Now the bad news is I've agreed to dinner tonight with a friend that only comes to town every 1-2 years. Highly recommended prix fixe place. I'm gonna pay for it so I'm gonna eat it. Drat.
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I'm in.
Doing P90X this month too.
Put me down for, oh what the hell, 10 pounds. I'm pretty sure if I eat smart and exercise consistently that'll be a piece of cake since I'm around 213ish now.
Been fighting a stomach bug so minimal improvement here so far.
Also need to be more disciplined in eating well!
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Down 1,6 kg this morning, hoping to keep going !
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Count me in. I'm aiming for 2.1 kilograms. Currently 97.1 kg. Goal 95 kg.
97.4 this morning. Whoops. Wrong way.
Better get a bit more discipline.
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I just started back at trying to lose some weight. My goal is to lose 9.5 lbs by Labor Day. It would be amazing to do that by the end of August. As of today, I知 down 2 lbs. Only 7.5 left to go this month!
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Back to living on a ship, but the galley isn't serving. Living on restaurants and slipping into 'don't give a fuck.' Dangerous.
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This morning I weighed in at 179.8 (First time back in the 170's in about 10 years!) so my August 31st goal is 170.5, final target is between 160-165.
178.2 this morning, down 1.6 in 4 days, so averaging .4 per day, 7.7 pounds to go to reach my goal of -9.3 in August.
Intermittent fasting is working out well for me, despite the afternoon hunger/cravings starting to increase.
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Back to living on a ship, but the galley isn't serving. Living on restaurants and slipping into 'don't give a fuck.' Dangerous.
Oh no! Are there any healthy options available at all? Best of luck to you. I don't know how I could manage to lose weight under those circumstances. Maybe....soylent? But that's pretty repulsive. Desperate times call for desperate measures?
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Living on restaurants and slipping into 'don't give a fuck.' Dangerous.
Nooooo! Give the fucks! Give them all! Go to a grocery store and stock up on boring foods!
But Sam is stuck on a ship and can't. Options are very limited. That's the problem.
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Living on restaurants and slipping into 'don't give a fuck.' Dangerous.
Nooooo! Give the fucks! Give them all! Go to a grocery store and stock up on boring foods!
But Sam is stuck on a ship and can't. Options are very limited. That's the problem.
To be fair, the ship IS tied up to the pier. Fuck are available for use, and I'm capable of making it to a grocery store. It's more difficult for me than for John Q. Landlubber, but only because my access to transportation is currently limited. The lack of refridgeration is also a bummer, but not unpossible to overcome.
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Well, in that case what Sun Hat said stands! Get thee to a grocery store. We're rooting for you.
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I lost 8.6 lb in July, put me down for 8 lbs. Starting weight 136.8, goal 128.8
One week in, 134.6, on track! I have a wedding tonight, hopefully it won't mess me up too much
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I think I am participating. Going for a loss of 4 lb, from 163 to 159. As of this morning I am at 161, but I notice my weight fluctuates 2lb above and below on a daily basis. My goal is to be consistently under 160 by the end of the month. I am following the faddish "skip breakfast and sometimes lunch or dinner diet." I observe that for me eating is social, so I am basically not eating when I am by myself except as necessary to consume 1200-1500 calories per day. Other than that no changes. So far I am down about 12 pounds from my June peak.
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A bit late, but count me in again to try for 5 lbs again. Hopefully I'll actually make it this time. The key is to not give up and to at least have some loss each month.
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I just started back at trying to lose some weight. My goal is to lose 9.5 lbs by Labor Day. It would be amazing to do that by the end of August. As of today, I知 down 2 lbs. Only 7.5 left to go this month!
I知 down another 1.2 lbs! I知 nearly a third of the way to my goal for the month.
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Lost a total of 2,5 kg by now, keeping going for my goal of at least 6 kg for the month.
Feeling good about feeding myself healthy but my thoughts do often wander to ice cream ( especially in this heat, it's been 37ｰ C here for weeks), lots of watermelon... and other unhealthy carbs like pasta, white rice...
This forum really helps to keep me going as well as my husband doing this with me ( although it is slightly annoying that he has lost more than 4 kg i during the same time, but he does get a lot more exercise and with this heat and no sir conditioning at work or at home I feel like I have been moving in slow motion)
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I am not off to a good start but I am back on track now and should still be able to lose the 5 this month.
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I've finally lost a tiny bit of weight and managed to keep it off for a week. Only just enough that I don't think it's just a blip. I haven't been doing well with my diet though. I've been averaging about 1500 calories a day for the past week and I know from experience that maintainance for me is about 1600 calories a day. I've been pretty good about following my exercise plan so hopefully I'm putting on some muscle and increasing my basal calorie burn rate.
I don't think I see any differences, but I'm starting to think some of my clothes are looser.
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I found a scale, so was able to weigh myself.
Last time I weighed, was at 158--currently at 153.
Would like to work towards 140-45 by end of year, so will aim for 150 by the end of the month.
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This morning I weighed in at 179.8 (First time back in the 170's in about 10 years!) so my August 31st goal is 170.5, final target is between 160-165.
178.2 this morning, down 1.6 in 4 days, so averaging .4 per day, 7.7 pounds to go to reach my goal of -9.3 in August.
Intermittent fasting is working out well for me, despite the afternoon hunger/cravings starting to increase.
Bah, no progress, had a big dinner splurge over the weekend that didn't help things. 178.7 today, at least the body fat % is a lower at 23.5% vs 26.4 thanks to getting out on regular hikes/walks.
Down -1.1, 8.2 to go, this is real work!
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Haven't had access to a scale, but I feel light/skinny the last few days. Not sure if it means any real weight loss though. The hot weather makes me eat less so that might've helped. On the other hand I've eaten too many unhealthy foods lately so I should improve on that.
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Count me in. I'm aiming for 2.1 kilograms. Currently 97.1 kg. Goal 95 kg.
97.4 this morning. Whoops. Wrong way.
Better get a bit more discipline.
97.1 this morning. At least I'm back where I started. :/
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I just started back at trying to lose some weight. My goal is to lose 9.5 lbs by Labor Day. It would be amazing to do that by the end of August. As of today, I知 down 2 lbs. Only 7.5 left to go this month!
I知 down another 1.2 lbs! I知 nearly a third of the way to my goal for the month.
So far, I'm down a total of 6 lbs. 3.5 left to lose this month.
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Great work @Goinganon !
How is everyone else doing at the halfway point for the month? I'm down 2.5 lbs, which is a little behind schedule, but still in the right direction, so hard to be disappointed with.
I'm not doing very well. In fact I'm up a pound or two... closer to 2. But the same happened in July before I dropped back down to 0 pounds gained, and I'll be content if I can maintain where I am for two months while I deal with other life crap.
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I found a scale, so was able to weigh myself.
Last time I weighed, was at 158--currently at 153.
Would like to work towards 140-45 by end of year, so will aim for 150 by the end of the month.
This morning showed 149, but last week was showing back up to 155---so I'm a bit confounded.
Will check again for the next few days and see what it going on :)
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Count me in. I'm aiming for 2.1 kilograms. Currently 97.1 kg. Goal 95 kg.
97.4 this morning. Whoops. Wrong way.
Better get a bit more discipline.
97.1 this morning. At least I'm back where I started. :/
96.7 this morning. Improving.
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I'm just stuck. I'm down about 2 lbs which is more progress than I've made in months, but nothing is budging again. I've been working out almost every morning and getting in a run with the dog at night. Calorie intake has been reasonable but I'm just stuck. I couldn't even finish my dinner last night. I just have a feeling it's going to take a herculean effort to get me off this plateau. Tomorrow is a good friend's wedding and my birthday. It's an out of town wedding with a party tonight, wedding tomorrow, brunch on Suday kind of deal. For financial and diet reasons I'm trying to figure out how not to go out to dinner with my friends tonight too on top of everything else, but it doesn't seem possible.
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I'm just stuck. I'm down about 2 lbs which is more progress than I've made in months, but nothing is budging again. I've been working out almost every morning and getting in a run with the dog at night. Calorie intake has been reasonable but I'm just stuck. I couldn't even finish my dinner last night. I just have a feeling it's going to take a herculean effort to get me off this plateau. Tomorrow is a good friend's wedding and my birthday. It's an out of town wedding with a party tonight, wedding tomorrow, brunch on Suday kind of deal. For financial and diet reasons I'm trying to figure out how not to go out to dinner with my friends tonight too on top of everything else, but it doesn't seem possible.
That's really frustrating. Sometimes, temporarily increasing your daily calorie allowance and then putting it back down can get you out of a rut. Good luck!
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I lost 8.6 lb in July, put me down for 8 lbs. Starting weight 136.8, goal 128.8
One week in, 134.6, on track! I have a wedding tonight, hopefully it won't mess me up too much
133 today, so hopefully I'm on track to meet or beat my goal
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I'm just stuck. I'm down about 2 lbs which is more progress than I've made in months, but nothing is budging again. I've been working out almost every morning and getting in a run with the dog at night. Calorie intake has been reasonable but I'm just stuck. I couldn't even finish my dinner last night. I just have a feeling it's going to take a herculean effort to get me off this plateau. Tomorrow is a good friend's wedding and my birthday. It's an out of town wedding with a party tonight, wedding tomorrow, brunch on Suday kind of deal. For financial and diet reasons I'm trying to figure out how not to go out to dinner with my friends tonight too on top of everything else, but it doesn't seem possible.
Sometimes your body needs a break. When I get stuck I sometimes up my calories or skip a workout to reset. Then you pick back up and possibly start seeing results again. There are some points that your body is just happy at too and it takes time to get past them. This is even more true when you don't have much to lose. I'm happy to report that I'm down 2 lbs only 25-30 more to go for me, but I want to take it slow otherwise I'm bound to gain it back. I've been shooting for 5 lbs every month, but just not quite making it. I've told myself as long as I have some sort of progress that I can't worry too much about it.
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I am down 3,5 kg, definitely slowed down but hoping to keep going. Slow progress does not help my motivation as much. 2,5 kg to go for my goal of loosing 6 kg this month.
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I already felt like it but it got confirmed on the scale last weekend; 4 lbs gone! That means I've overachieved this month :)
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This morning showed 149, but last week was showing back up to 155---so I'm a bit confounded.
Will check again for the next few days and see what it going on :)
It could be as simple as something that you ate yesterday. I had a delicious but salty soup last week and weighed 5 pounds more the next day due to water retention. Hopefully those pounds pee away!
Funny--I guess that was what it was @Sun Hat
next time I weighed I was again at 149, then yesterday 148 but I do understand there will be fluctuations.
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I survived the weekend without gaining, so here's hoping the extra calorie bump will propel me towards some loss now! I'm going to have to lose precipitously in order to meet my goal for the month.
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I lost 8.6 lb in July, put me down for 8 lbs. Starting weight 136.8, goal 128.8
One week in, 134.6, on track! I have a wedding tonight, hopefully it won't mess me up too much
133 today, so hopefully I'm on track to meet or beat my goal
130.4, on track!
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I just started back at trying to lose some weight. My goal is to lose 9.5 lbs by Labor Day. It would be amazing to do that by the end of August. As of today, I知 down 2 lbs. Only 7.5 left to go this month!
I知 down another 1.2 lbs! I知 nearly a third of the way to my goal for the month.
So far, I'm down a total of 6 lbs. 3.5 left to lose this month.
With just about one week left in August, I致e lost a total of 7.5 lbs. I have about 2 lbs to go.
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As of this morning I am 3.5 lbs above my no-longer-officially-overweight BMI. I suppose it is theoretically possible that I could do it within a week, but that seems pretty unlikely to me.
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Count me in. I'm aiming for 2.1 kilograms. Currently 97.1 kg. Goal 95 kg.
97.4 this morning. Whoops. Wrong way.
Better get a bit more discipline.
97.1 this morning. At least I'm back where I started. :/
95.8 this morning. Only 0.8 to go! I'm optimistic I should make it.
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It's the end of the month, so how have y'all done?
Haha. Still trying for a few more hours. I'll weigh in tomorrow morning! It'll probably make a big difference.
Congrats on your progress you're doing great! New/old clothes are a great feeling aren't they?
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It's the end of the month, so how have y'all done?
I知 down 8.8 lbs. I tried for 9.5 and didn稚 quite make it, but I知 still hoping to hit that by Labor Day.
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Count me in. I'm aiming for 2.1 kilograms. Currently 97.1 kg. Goal 95 kg.
97.4 this morning. Whoops. Wrong way.
Better get a bit more discipline.
97.1 this morning. At least I'm back where I started. :/
95.8 this morning. Only 0.8 to go! I'm optimistic I should make it.
I ended up at 96.3 kgs. That's a drop of 0.8 kg in total. Lots of ups and downs, but it was worth trying. Aim is for under 95 by end of September.
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I found a scale, so was able to weigh myself.
Last time I weighed, was at 158--currently at 153.
Would like to work towards 140-45 by end of year, so will aim for 150 by the end of the month.
This morning showed 149, but last week was showing back up to 155---so I'm a bit confounded.
Will check again for the next few days and see what it going on :)
End of the month 148/149
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I'm at 164 for a loss of 3 out of my goal of 7. Four lbs above my normal bmi cutoff and 24 above goal.
I guess I should be happy cause it's more progress than I've made in a long time, but I'm not.
A friend and I made a bet to lose 5 kilos by the end of September of which I'm now down 1.8. I'll have to lose 7 lbs in September to hit that goal.
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Started at 122.8 and it would be AMAZEBALLS to get to 120.
Thanks for the encouragement and thread @Sun Hat
Ended August at 119.0 so achievement unlocked!
My ultimate goal is 118 so expecting to hit that in September and then go into conditioning and maintenance mode. Hope everyone continues to work towards their goals!
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It's the end of the month, so how have y'all done?
I知 down 8.8 lbs. I tried for 9.5 and didn稚 quite make it, but I知 still hoping to hit that by Labor Day.
I should have waited until today to post. I知 down 10.6 lbs. I had been on a plateau for the past week so I知 not particularly surprised to have lost that much overnight (although I am very, very happy about it!).
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In for 8 lbs or 3.6 kilo.
(I have dropped 50 so far this year.)
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Lost 4,7 kg and am very happy with that. My goal was 6 kg, so I didn't get that but will keep going. Congratulations everyone, to our healthier selves!
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Went up 3 the first 3 weeks, then down 5 the lastweek for a total of -2.
Thrilled to be past the plateau, but baked cookies yesterday so we shall see how first half of Sept goes!
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Whoops, almost forgot to report. Down 4.7 lbs for the month. Goal was 6, so came close!