April Calorie Deficit Challenge - Newcomers always welcome!

We all know that in order to lose weight you need to have a calorie deficit.  This challenge is about that deficit! 

You can sign up anytime by posting in this thread and indicating which group you want to be in.

We'll start counting on 4/1/09.

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How it works
To start with, you choose a goal deficit for the month.  Then each day you keep track of your calorie intake and calorie output, then compute your calorie deficit.  You post in here (daily, weekly, whenever) your running deficit for the month in the form of: deficit to-date / goal deficit.  Be sure to post a new post every time you post - do not edit previous posts or I will not see it!  Also, be sure you keep track of your on-going total - I won't be doing the math for you! 

For example
Let's say I want to lose five pounds this month.  So, I sign up for the 17,500 Challenger group.  On day 1 my calorie output is 2000 and my intake is 1500.  That makes my day 1 deficit 500, so I post: 500/17,500.  On day 2, my calorie output is 1800 and my intake is 1500, making my deficit 300.  So, I add my day 2 deficit onto my day 1 deficit, and post:  800/17,500.  On day 3, I didn't do so well and took in 2000 calories and burned 1800 calories.  So, on day 3 I subtract the calories I took in over maintainence and I post my total montly deficit as 600/17,500.   For more examples check out the March Calorie Deficit Challege found here.

Questions?
Ask!

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CHALLENGERS*
10,500 (3 pounds) challengers
     alle0299 - 4227
     brivb10 - 1773
     droppinlbs - 12152
     rylindis - 700

14,000 (4 pounds) challengers
     augenblick - 406
     figurethefat - 7209
     future214 -  6000
     kacka - 8980
     v_avila - 100

17,500 (5 pounds) challengers
     cbussiere - 11376
     faithhopelove76 - 4648
     nellebelle1 - 4379
     nodame - 3010
     r4eboxer
     redhead27 - 1368
     wesmoot - 12680

21,000 (6 pounds) challengers
     betzc - 11209
     eat4health - 17170  
     healthmd - 6699
     jnielsen006 - 12350
     kkfrench - 17185
     lemntwist - 6798
     musicalfishmich - 5614
     ntack2 - 7546
     smartypants_57 - 1720
     tigerlilyncsu - 12052

24,500 (7 pounds) challengers
     annulyju - 11783
     girlfighting27 - 8004
     luleelu - 21758
     lilygirl1970 - 16775
     sereniticat - 27160

28,000 (8 pounds) challengers
     acomley11 - 28318
     anastase - 19936
     bell62 - 13526
     bking1969 - 1797
     buttercup98
     courtneymarie2689 - 4068
     diva_n_da_making - 13897
     ericaly - 18400
     edspillane - 5500
     gbpfan4life - 26121
     inacio68 - 1965
     jesselou
     lvanryss - 18385
     neozanne -  7299
     sarahshe - 16270
     shapeshifter - 10700
     smartasu
     tealparadise - 11450
     terikopplin - 17819
     turning50 - 4800

*REMINDER:  Be sure to post your running total for the month, using your
  last posted total not the posted total.  Otherwise you'd risk missing some 
 calories in your total!

21000 group please. Thank you, this motivates me so much to eat better and stay active. bless :)

I'm in again for the 21000 group. The March challenge was very successfull to me and it was the push I needed.

alle, thanks so much for organizing those challenges. You're awesome!

please put me down for the 17,500 group this time, alle

i'm going to bump it up a notch this month!:) 

thanks!:)

sign me up for 24,500! I gotta lose the weight before my cruise!!

Sign me up for the 24,500 also.

I'm in for 28,000! Go big or go home! (no pun intended)

we begin tomorrow ya'll

And we're off! Good luck everyone.

eek!

"here we go again on our oooooown"

Hi! I'm a newbie! I'd like to sign up for the 28,000 challenge!

Doing the math I can see why I only lost 4 pounds in March.  I'd like to be in this challenge.  I'm going to go for hitting a total deficit of 14,000 for the month of April!  Thanks so much.  I think it's a great idea and looking over the March thread it looks like this idea works :)

I want to go for the 28,000 for the month!

Here we go!!!

April 1st: 699/24,500

SW 4/1/09: 145 lbs 

GW 4/30/09: 138 lbs

1358 / 24500 For April 1st !

Happy April everyone and Good luck !!!

Hi I hope it's not too late to join!  I have heard nothing but good things about this challenge!  28,000 please!

april 1 def: 901

total: 901/17500

off to a good start!:)

Im new to the challenge. A friend told me about this , so I thought I would try it out.  I would like the 28,000 Challenge

Sign me up for 14,000! whoo hooo! better start working on it!

Oh please sign me up...i'm back, finally!  24,500

Welcome everyone!!