August Weight Loss Challenge **signups always welcome**

Link to September Challenge:
http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1128 07.html


Participants (Updated 5:53 p.m. 2/9/08):

Alegna98 - SW: 123. GW: 119. Total Weight Loss: 2
Aliceinonederland - SW: 207. GW: 199. Total Weight Loss: 2.6
Alle0229 - SW: 185.25. GW: 178. Total Weight Loss: 7.5
Amn2008 - SW: 185.6. GW: 175. Total Weight Loss: 6.6
Anayesenia - SW: 139.2. GW: 134. Total Weight Loss: 1.6
Avpino9265 - SW: 167. GW: 158. Total Weight Loss: 2
Bevroche - SW: 204. GW: 196. Total Weight Loss: 9
Brandasa - SW: 151. GW: 145. Total Weight Loss: +1
Bobev - SW: 165.6. GW: 160. Total Weight Loss: +1.8
Bri_doggie - SW: 195.5. GW: 185. Total Weight Loss: 1.5
Carlosmom
Carrie317 - SW: 149.8. GW: 144. Total Weight Loss: 3.4
Ceclark77 - SW: 192. GW: 187. Total Weight Loss: 3
Cindermist - SW: 126. GW: 120. Total Weight Loss: 0
Cinfuldiva - SW: 197. GW: 190. Total Weight Loss: 7.2
Colorado_sunshine - SW: 126. GW: 122. Total Weight Loss: 3
Danielam503 - SW: 175. GW: 170. Total Weight Loss: 1
Dollmeupxox - SW: 115. GW: 100. Total Weight Loss: 3
Earth_mom - SW: 249.8. GW: 245. Total Weight Loss: 1.4
Eerominn - SW: 170. GW: 161. Total Weight Loss: 3.4
Efish_Sparkles - SW: 132. GW: 128. Total Weight Loss: 1
Frehug - SW: 191. GW: 185. Total Weight Loss: 0
Future_tadddei - SW: 191.6. GW: 186. Total Weight Loss: 3.2
Gbsfan - SW: 221.4. GW: 214. Total Weight Loss: 5.8
Girlfighting27 - SW: 152.4. GW: 145. Total Weight Loss: +2
Goddess9 - SW: 201.6. GW: 195. Total Weight Loss: 7.4
Go_Girl_1994 - SW: 283. GW: 279. Total Weight Loss: 0.8
Grannyatv4fun - SW: 254. GW: 244. Total Weight Loss: 6
Halizabeth - SW: 176.2. GW: 170. Total Weight Loss: 5.6
Happiegal1 - SW: 150. GW: 142. Total Weight Loss: 0
In_Her_Shoes - SW: 160. GW: 154. Total Weight Loss: 2
Janers11
Jensen1106 - SW: 226. GW: 210. Total Weight Loss: 0
Jessieca - SW: 142.8. GW: 137.8. Total Weight Loss: 2.6
Jett69 - SW: 190.4. GW: 179. Total Weight Loss: 10
Jlynnj - SW: 164. GW: 155. Total Weight Loss: 5
Jodiferjuniper - SW: 207.2. GW: 201.2. Total Weight Loss: 5.2
Kaffwynn - SW: 127.8. GW: 125. Total Weight Loss: 1.7
Katybritto13 - SW: 132. GW: 128. Total Weight Loss: 2
Kelbel1234 - SW: 151. GW: 143. Total Weight Loss: 2
Kittycatninja - SW: 119. GW: 114. Total Weight Loss: 3.4
Kt_2010 -SW: 148.4. GW: 144. Total Weight Loss: 0.8
Ladykiwi - SW: 171. GW: 163. Total Weight Loss: 6
Leanne21071 - SW: 133. GW: 129. Total Weight Loss: 2.4
Ledgehanger - SW: 263. GW: 253. Total Weight Loss: 9.9
Lisaplaysflute - SW: 190.5. GW: 183. Total Weight Loss: 1.7
Likin81 - SW: 169. GW: 161. Total Weight Loss: 2.4
Lindahp - SW: 150. GW: 139. Total Weight Loss: +1.2
Lindaywiens - SW: 210. GW: 205. Total Weight Loss: 0
Lozzle - SW: 141.4. GW: 138. Total Weight Loss: 2.8
Lulubabe
Luvly125
Mathster2005 - SW: 210. GW: 199. Total Weight Loss: +4
Mbeazley - SW: 133.4. GW: 128.4. Total Weight Loss: 3.1
Miim619 - SW: 199. GW: 189. Total Weight Loss: 0
MilieJolie - SW: 152. GW: 145. Total Weight Loss: 0
Mischiefdm - SW: 138.4. GW: 134. Total Weight Loss: 1.6
Missykris1 - SW: 173.5. GW: 169. Total Weight Loss: 2.5
Momof2funykds -SW: 174.4. GW:166. Total Weight Loss: +0.6
Momofaussoldier - SW: 143. GW: 140. Total Weight Loss: 0
Mousickle - SW: 175. GW: 169. Total Weight Loss: 3
Northbeach3
Oakmommy24 - SW: 181. GW: 168. Total Weight Loss: 13.2 **WINNER**
Orangeloft - SW: 185. GW: 175. Total Weight Loss: 4
Olivia77 - SW: 167.8. GW: 160. Total Weight Loss: 5.8
Pgeorgian - SW: 145.4. GW: <140. Total Weight Loss: 0
Pipanchew - SW: 150.2. GW: 145. Total Weight Loss: 5.2
Polo888 - SW: 152. GW: 146. Total Weight Loss: +.5
Psychgirldr - SW: 162.4. GW: 156. Total Weight Loss: 0
Rmartino - SW: 120.5. GW: 112. Total Weight Loss: 7.7
Restless_Girl - SW: 149. GW: 144. Total Weight Loss: 2
Rntkcrawford - SW: 136.5. GW: 142. Total Weight Loss: 0
Rockingrandma - SW: 251. GW: 239. Total Weight Loss: 0
Safina1 - SW: 173. GW: 160-163. Total Weight Loss: 0
Sammeh31
Shanfood - SW: 160. GW: 152. Total Weight Loss: 5
Sharem - SW: 168.8. GW: 159. Total Weight Loss: 0
Southern_Midwife - SW: 181.2. GW: 174. Total Weight Loss: 7
Tamarita
Tammy1003 - SW: 131. GW: 125. Total Weight Loss: 0
Tazzie23 - SW: 234.6. GW: 225. Total Weight Loss: 11.4
Therealbetsy - SW: 222.6. GW: 216. Total Weight Loss: 1
Thighs - SW: 150.6. GW: 147. Total Weight Loss: 0
Tiegurl SW: 203.8. GW: 199. Total Weight Loss: 7.2
Trijem - SW: 199. GW: 190. Total Weight Loss: 7
Unsaid78 - SW: 155. GW: 149. Total Weight Loss: 0.5
Xxmushxx - SW: 186.7. GW: 175. Total Weight Loss: 0
Yerushalem - SW: 180. GW: 170. Total Weight Loss: 0

Congratulations Oakmommy24 for losing the most weight!
As a reward for your efforts, so you can forever be proud of your great work in the month of August, you have won a pixel badge for your CC gallery!
(When i get home to my pc, i'll send you a private message on how you can get it to put on your gallery)

:) Well done everyone! you've done excellent this month!
I hope to see you all again for september!
If you're up for it! ;)

And a special congratulations to Ceclark77!
For her exciting news! :D

8/1/08:171

8/8/08:167.5

8/15/08:168

8/22/08: 165

 

Leanne21071 - Thanks, eep i hope it stays put to!
I have this huge fear of my teeth falling out, i have nightmares about it a surprising amount!
I haven't seen a dentist yet but i'm going to try and get an appointment for Friday!
Damn straight! one life, one body, might as well make it the best you can!

Thighs - Lol when i went on holiday we disappeared 30 minutes out of our way just to go to this tiny little village on the side of this steep hill just to get ice-creams!!!... we did it twice because they were so big and nice.
I gained 5 pounds in 10 days lol.
Good job on only gaining 2!  lol.
hopefully you'll be able to lose it quickly.
And yeah, don't feel guilty.
Life is always going to be more fun if you can indulge every now and then.
The key is just to find a healthy balance between healthy eating and those indulgences.

Olivia77 - Lol yeah sweet as, it wont make a change to your final weight so it's sweet! I updated it for you. :]

Mathster2005 - Good on you for coming and posting again this week, i have to applaud you.
I know it is really hard to keep on trying to work at it when you have a bad few weeks and you gain!
But it's ok, cause i'll be here for a few more months and you're always welcome to keep on posting and there's always next week to make a change.
I hope this gives you another kick in the right direction!

Shanfood - Well done on maintaining.

Bevroche - You too, good job. Still doing great.

Grannyatv4fun - Woop woop, down 6 pounds this month in just 3 weeks! good job! Keep it up you're doing great.

Ladykiwi - Wow 3 pounds this week! Excellent work there! good on ya.
You're doing really well.

What an exhausting day!!
Went and looked at 8 different houses in 5 hours this afternoon.
Big news, my mum came home last night with the idea that we're going to move into town!
Which will be a new experience for me since i've never lived in a real town, only little villages or in the country.
It's good though, i'll be able to see my sisters more and my boyfriend.
I'll be able to get work easier.
I'll be closer to pools for exercise or i'll be able to bike or go for a walk without worrying about the scary truck drivers that go up and down my road to the lumber mill...

Lol i'm just trying to stay positive and focus on those things, instead of panicking over the fact that there's a huge change happening.
I panic easily, especially over moving.
Which is silly, i've lived in 8 different houses and i'm only 17! I should be used to my mothers crazy shifting-ideas by now but i'm still surprised by them. :]

Positives! positives! just think of the positives!

Name: rmartino
Age:27
Height: 5'1
Start Weight:120.5
Goal Weight (by August 29):112lbs

1/8/08: 120.5 lbs
8/8/08: 117.2 lbs
15/8/08: 114.5
22/8/08: 113.8
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: 6.7 lbs

Rmartino - Good job this week :] keep up the good work!

Claire,

I hope the move goes well for you. Sounds like the move has lots of positive things to look forward to.

I know you are 17. Are you still in school? What are your plans for the future?

 You have great people motivational skills!!!

Name: Goddess9
Age: 19
Height: 5'6"
Start Weight: 201.6
Goal Weight (by August 29): 195

1/8/08: 201.6
8/8/08: 201
15/8/08: 200
22/8/08: 196.0 (FINALLY!!!!)
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: 5.6

Sure, it was a different scale but the two scales aren't too much different. I'm just happy I'm not hovering around 200 anymore!

No idea if I was feeling bloated or what, but yay. Thanks, restless_girl! Hope everyone is doing okay - I haven't had internet for a few days and need to catch up.

Name:Mousickle
Age:20
Height:52
Start Weight:
Goal Weight (by August 29):169

1/8/08:175
8/8/08:173
15/8/08:172.8
22/8/08:172
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: 3


this week has not gone well, I have ignored any kind of dieting and been eating every kind of crap all the time. Will not do!

Thighs - Nope, i left "school" when i was 16.
But I've been home schooled all my life! So really i was just taken off of the ERO books.
I don't have any plans yet... I'm struggling with the "cross over" faze between being a teenager and an adult lol.
But i figure I'm only 17, i don't need to decide my "life's goal" yet so I'm just gonna keep on living and see where it takes me for now.
I'm thinking once i move into town, I'm gonna try and just get an average retail job.
Just to get me out and around people more 'cause most of my life is spent in this computer lol.

Last year i had been thinking about becoming a personal trainer, and i was my mum and my mums friends personal "coach" to try and help their weight loss, but I'm not sure if it's where I'm heading at the moment.
I really do enjoy coming up with workouts and food plans and everything, but I'm just not 100% sure if thats what i want to study at the moment.

Currently, i'm all crazed about cake and cupcake decorating lol.

So, i'm either going to be making people fat with baked goods or helping them lose weight by making them workout!! Lol.

Goddess9 - Wow that's awesome! a round of applause to you!
Congratulations on breaking the 200's and losing so much weight this week.
That's really cool, i'm happy for you!

Mousickle - Glad to hear you're motivated to get your eating habits back on track!
Sometimes we just need to "slip up" or have a break so that we can realise how important it is to eat healthily again!
But still, you lost 0.8 of a pound this week so its better then nothing!
You're still heading in the right direction!


Worked in the garden today for about an hour, cleaning up the pavement and pulling some scrub away from the side of the house SO!
That was my workout.
It worked up quite a sweat!
Then i had a relatively healthy lunch of boiled potatoes and salad with beans so! A good day in my opinion!
How has everyone else done today?
Anyone have any interesting new low-cal recipes they'd like to share?
Could be cool to see what everyone else enjoys, maybe find some new stuff to try since it's easy to get bored when you're dieting!

Restless  Claire girl,

How about a job in a bakery??? Decorating not eating!

Hmm yeah but you have to get up really early to work in a bakery!
Plus all the bakeries here don't really sell cupcakes.
... Which are my main love.
I'd be making pies, filled rolls and cream doughnuts!!

Thank you for your encouraging comments 'restless_girl'!  It is a bank holiday in the UK this weekend and I have been to the gym every day just to kick start my 'new start'.  I have lost 1.6 of those 4lbs already so its working! Hopefully it will be good news on Friday.

Anyone have any interesting new low-cal recipes they'd like to share?
Could be cool to see what everyone else enjoys, maybe find some new stuff to try since it's easy to get bored when you're dieting!

 I just made Moussaka yesterday and it was delicious.   To make it "lower in fat" I used half low fat cheddar cheese and half full fat cheddar which gave it 460 calories, but they are healthy portions (you can cut the cheese fat and or size to cut out calories if needed).  You can adjust it however you like.  Next time I might use all low fat, but since it was my first time eating it I wanted to get a "real" taste of what it is meant to be like..lol  The recipe calls for Beef or Lamb, but I used turkey.  It is from McCalls reicpes  Moussaka  Oh it got a C+ which would probably go up if you use all low fat cheese.. enjoy.

Name: Alegna98
Age: 28
Height: 5"3
Start Weight: 123
Goal Weight (by August 29): 119

1/8/08: 123
8/8/08: 121.8
15/8/08: 120
22/8/08:123
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: ZERO. Ok I missed the Friday weigh-in so I did it today. 123 - what is that? 3 pound GAIN in one week? It must have been all of the lead bricks I ate over the weekend.

Mathster2005 - Good job, keep it up! Hope the rest of your week goes well.

Halizabeth - Kewl thanks for sharing.

Alegna98 - Could it be water weight?
Seems odd.
Were you cheating a lot this week?
Ah well tho, still got a few more days until the next weigh in so good luck for then!

Name: Lozzle
Age: 20
Height: 5'5
Start Weight: 141.4
Goal Weight (by August 29): 138 (looking at last month, thats seems a little more realistic)

1/8/08: 141.4
8/8/08: 140.4
15/8/08: 140.0
22/8/08: 139.8
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: 1.6lb

Hey, restless, yep it was pretty bad...I got off track a couple of days to the tune of 1,000 calories a day. No excuses! Do you have an "instant willpower" mantra or pill?

My exercise is minimal. Today I REALLY need to go get those 10-lb bar bells to improve my strength training. I'm "old" and arthritic, so I need to go slow...I've worked my way up from 2-lb to 5-lb to 8-lb and now 10-lb. Plus I try to bike 5 days a week for 20-30 minutes.

It's eating too much and the wrong stuff. I log it, I track it, I analyze it, and then I go and do it again! Also, though, from day to day my weight fluctuates several pounds...but my trend line is flat. Which is better than gaining I guess.

Listen, if your wisdom teeth are "coming in", you probably need to save some $$ and get that done asap. Apparently you shouldn't let it go until you're 25 like I did...you should do it when you're like 17. Which I did for my kids.

I'll tell you what I did, sometime in my early 30's, I was trying to dislodge something with a toothpick, and I cracked the dang tooth. A dentist (not the one I use now) sort of filled it...Years later more work on it, and finally a crown. So go slow with your popcorn hulls. PS: I don't even eat popcorn for that reason...

Lozzle - Good job, just 1.8 more to go!

Earth_mom - Lol nope, sorry. I wish i did have a Motivation-Pill though...
Sometimes just sitting down and thinking about what i want helps though.
Seems like you're doing well on the strength and cardio workout front though! :)

Ok, are you getting all your protein and iron and vitamins and all that?
What are you eating when you over eat?
When are you over eating?
Maybe we could help you find a lower-calorie version?
Sometimes the body demands you eat more if you're not getting all the things you need, so perhaps you are lacking in something?

What, get them pulled out?
They don't really bug me much.
They come up and down, but all that really happens is the rest of my teeth get wiggly for a week or two and ache a little.
It's usually pretty easy to ignore.
My sister got hers pulled out though, because she got cronic pain every time they came up.
Not sure mine are annoying enough to spend that much cash on getting them pulled out yet.

Ugh yeah i've pretty much sworn off popcorn now...
If i'm craving something like popcorn, i'll eat ricecakes.
They almost have the same texture but they dont have evil I'll-get-stuck-in-your-tooth bits!
Lol.
Plus if i tore them up into pop-corn sized pieces it'd be even more like it :]

Hows the eating going today?

Name: Sarah
Age: 26
Height: 5'6"
Start Weight: 191.6
Goal Weight (by August 29): 186

1/8/08: 191.6
8/8/08: 191.0
15/8/08: 189.4
22/8/08: 188.6
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: 3

Sorry this post is so late - I was on vacation last week and missed our regular check-in.  I'll be on time this Friday and am hoping to eek out another 1/2 lb. or so.

Future_Tadddei - Sweet as, well done on losing .8 this week!
See you on Friday!

I am in SHOCK and DISBELIEF!!!  Therefore, once again, I am posting a day early.

Name: Cindi
Age:  42
Height:  5'7"
Start Weight:  197

Goal Weight (by August 29):  190

1/8/08:  197
8/8/08:  195
15/8/08: 193.8  (Every ounce counts!)
22/8/08: 192.0  (A day early!!)
29/8/08:  190.0 (I ACTUALLY MADE MY GOAL - A DAY EARLY!!!)

Total weight loss:  7.0  HIP!! HIP!!  HOORAY!!!  I really made my goal!!  (And if I lose any more tomorrow, you can bet I'll be posting AGAIN!!)

This is sad to say, but I really didn't think I would make my goal.  (What does that say about me???  Do I subconsciously set myself for failure???)  I've been averaging 5 pounds a month.  I am completely ECSTATIC!!!  And how totally cool would it be if I lost another couple of tenths of a pound tomorrow????  I'd be in the 80's!!!!!!!