August weightloss challenge

Here's a link to our map:                MAP!

Here's the link to our September Continuation:  September

If you can't find yourself on the map, or you see a mistake below, please let me know.  I removed a few more people who hadn't posted in two weeks.  What a great challenge this was!  By the way, thank you for all of your thank yous!  I'm glad you enjoyed the challenge. 

A few congratulations for the week:  Sara-tink for making it down into the 150s.  Also, happy birthday to Shanlu - it's still your birthdya for 3 minutes in my time zone anyway...
Congrats to Calbert who just got married! 

We did it!  We lost 202.4 lbs or 92 kgs!  Congratulations to everyone!

• Agimwinba - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 142.5 lbs  Total Loss:  6
• Angiethe1_2005 - Height:  5'6"  8/24: 181 lbs  Total Loss: 6
• Aoasancortez - Height:  5'5"  8/31: 167 lbs  Total Loss: 2.1
• Calbert - Height:  5'6"  8/31: 150 lbs  Total Loss: 7.5
• Catb723 - Height:  5'7"  8/31: 157 lbs  Total Loss: 4
• Cathmcq - Height:  5'6"  8/31: 341 lbs  Total Loss: 17
• Crothwell - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 134 lbs  Total Loss: 5.6
• Dagicat - Height:  5'2"  8/31: 124 lbs  Total Loss: 0
• Dhwebb - Height:  5'11"  8/31: 190.7 lbs  Total Loss: 10.2
• Jascat - Height:  5'5"  8/17: 178.6 lbs  Total Loss: .4
• Jhicks - Height:  5'3"  8/31: 232 lbs  Total Loss: 5
• Kaja - Height:  5'6"  8/17: 140 lbs  Total Loss: 2
• Kay27 - Height:  5'9"  8/31: 187 lbs  Total Loss: 4
• Kimichi858 - Height: 5'0" 8/17: 125 lbs  Total Loss: 0
• Kla5019 - Height:  5'2"  8/17: 131.6 lbs  Total Loss: 1.4
• Lgsass - Height:  5'7"  8/31: 176 lbs  Total Loss: 4
• Lisagail - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 166 lbs  Total Loss: 9
• Lksmts98 - Height:  5'8"  8/17: 176 lbs  Total Loss: 2
• Magaroonie - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 155 lbs  Total Loss: 2
• Mamamunoz - Height:  5'5"  8/31: 174 lbs  Total Loss: 4.5
• Moodymomma1977 - Height:  5'0"  8/24: 129 lbs  Total Loss: 2
• Niashaluv35 - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 255.8 lbs  Total Loss: 10
• P0nda - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 141.5 lbs  Total Loss: 7
• Pixyz - Height:  5'4"  8/31: 145 lbs  Total Loss: 7.5
• Rebepi - Height:  5'9"  8/31: 233.5 lbs  Total Loss: 16.5
• Restless_girl - Height:  5'10"  8/24: 141 lbs or 64kg  Total Loss: 6lbs or 2.7kg
• Saphireanderson - Height:  4'11"  8/31: 136 lbs  Total Loss: 7
• Sara-tink - Height:  5'5"  8/31: 159 lbs  Total Loss: 6
• Shanlu - Height:  5'5"  8/31: 118.5 lbs  Total Loss: 2
• Singzjazz - Height:  5'3"  8/31: 153 lbs  Total Loss: 12
• Sjshalott - Height:  5'3"  8/31: 160.5 lbs  Total Loss: 4.5
• Soccerchick1031 - Height:  5'6"  8/17: 226 lbs  Total Loss: 4
• Sumisan - Height:  5'9"  8/17: 171.5 lbs  Total Loss: 5
• Tabathar - Height:  5'2"  8/31: 136 lbs  Total Loss: 6
• Thighs - Height:  5'5"  8/31: 163 lbs  Total Loss: 5.6
• Tiegurl - Height:  5'6"  8/17: 181.2 lbs  Total Loss: .6
• Tribegirl - Height:  5'4"  8/24: 186 lbs  Total Loss: 5

Dagicat -
You're so cute - I looked at your pictures.  Congrats on quitting smoking.  I think weight loss after quitting smoking is like weight loss after having a baby.  Difficult.  Everyone I've known to quit smoking has gained weight, but ultimately quitting smoking is so much more important than a few pounds.  Regardless, I know you can drop those pounds.  You just need to change your approach. 

Carefully evaluate your eating for a few days.  I hate keeping a food journal - it's too much work, but documenting everything you eat for a few days will really help illuminate what you're eating in the way of fat, calories, carbs, and protein.  Your ratios and deficit might be off. 

You might also want to change your workouts.  Our bodies get used to things.  I started out walking, and then jogging.  Now I walk half a mile, jog (really slow) for 3.75 miles, and then walk another half a mile.  That's the bulk of my workout.  Occasionally I'll do a few sets of arm exercises with 3 and 10 lbs weights and maybe a few planks, but my jog/walk in the mornings is my main workout.  I know it's just a matter of time before my body stops responding to this routine, so in 2 weeks I'm going to dramatically change my workouts so I don't hit a plateau in my weight loss. 

Starting September 3rd, (conveniently 2 days after I run my first 5k) I'm going to cut my cardio in half and switch to more structured weight training.  I'll also need to seriously re-evaluate my diet at that time because I'll need more protein.  I probably need more protein now.

You probably just need to shake things up a bit as well.  Good luck this week, and relish in the fact that at least you're not gaining!  You should also take your measurements this week and then take them again at the end of the month.  You could be losing inches instead of pounds which would indicate an increase in lean muscle mass.  That's just as awesome as seeing the scale go down in my opinion. 

Thighs - thanks for the congrats!  Healthy BMI - here I come!

Well I have been horrid about updating.  I appologize.  Weight last Friday was 171.5 the friday before was 176.  But that catches me up.  I WILL remember this Friday darn it!!!!  :D

Name: jascat
Height: 5'5"
Location: Cape Coral Fla
7/29: 179
8/3: 176.2
8/10:  178.6
8/17:   178.6
8/24:
8/31:
Total weight loss:
Goal Weight 174

#10 lizbeth56 Jul 30 2007 21:25 count me in.    If I dont get back on August 3rd  log me for 212.6 #11 lizbeth56 Jul 30 2007 21:27 oops my goal is 8 pounds for august well I can't find my previous login  but aug 16th... i was down to 210.2  yahhoo. 

Name: cece
7/29: 157.5
8/3: 157.5
8/10: 152.5
8/17: 148.8
8/23: 148.0
8/31:
Total weight loss: 9.5 lbs
I'm going on vacation tomorrow 8/24 so I'm posting early. Wish me luck so that I lose or at least maintain :)

I gotta post early otherwise i wont be able to.

starting weight this week 185

ending weight today 181

I Always have a nice drop in weight after my period yay me!

Good Luck Guys........

7/29: 147lbs / 66.8kg {Goal weight for challenge: 142lbs / 64.5kg}
8/3:   147.4lbs / 67kg
8/10: 146.4 / 66.5kg
8/17: 143lbs / 65kg
8/24: 140.8 / 64kg
8/31:
Total weight loss (so far): 6.2 pounds / 3kg

:O I already went over my goal.
Yay me lol.
Oh well, lets see if i can lose 10 pounds!
Haha, that's 3.8 pounds in the next week.
I bet if i ate real well and exercised more that i could do it...
I dropped 3 pounds amazing last weigh in from working out every day.
I don't know if i'm really 64kg, i don't really trust my scales.
But i weighed myself 5 times and every time it stopped on 64kg so :) I'm going to take it... i must get some digital scales.
I haven't really lost anything since last week it said 64 too (though i refused to believe it), but i'm just happy i didn't gain anything after being forced to eat pizza and ice cream and thickshakes :(

so today I wweighed in at 208.7   yahoo!!!

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Aug 21 2007 20:18 #10 lizbeth56 Jul 30 2007 21:25 count me in.    If I dont get back on August 3rd  log me for 212.6 #11 lizbeth56 Jul 30 2007 21:27 oops my goal is 8 pounds for august well I can't find my previous login  but aug 16th... i was down to 210.2  yahhoo. 

Hi lizbeth56  :)
I sent you a pm, but didn't hear back -
So I did some clicking and found your thread!

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/4904 7.html

I finally figured out what those numbers are you've been linking in your posts and they are your previous post numbers.  I feel like I just solved some crazy puzzle!  So yeah - your #10 and #11 posts are in the thread above.  They're probably wondering what happened to you!

This is the thread where your team members are posting their weekly weigh-ins:  http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/4996 8.html

8/24:  153

Hi everyone, hope you all had a fantastic week! 

I started losing again after plateauing for a while. I was at 152, but we left Wednesday morning and drove to New Hampshire to pick up a puppy!  Then yesterday we drove back.  Two days of sitting in a car for 8 hours a day must have played with my fluid levels a bit.  I took rice and beans and salsa and canned salmon and apples and that helped keep me from eating any fast food.

Our puppy is gorgeous.  We're so excited!

Sarah

24th - 162 pounds

total loss - 3 pounds

7/29 : 120.5

8/3   : 120

8/10 : 120.5

8/17 : 120.5

8/24 : 119

8/31 :



Total weight loss:  1.5

Hi all, 

8-24:  163

 Total for this months so far 5.6.  So excited, my pants are fitting much better.

My goal for this month is 6 so------ almost there.

Singzjazz, I live in Vermont. You must have passed thru to get your new puppy. What kind did you get?

Have a good weekend  everyone.

7/30:  148.5
8/3:    148.5
8/10:  147.0
8/17:  148.0
8/24:  143.0
8/31:
Total weight loss:  5.5

I lost 2 lbs this wk, and 2 lbs last wk.  But I ate like a pig the night before the 8/17 weigh-in so the numbers got skewed.  Anyway, I'm so happy--I've lost 5.5 lbs!

7/29: 169.1
8/3: 170.0
8/10: 169.1
8/17: 170.0
8/24: 167.9
8/31: 

Past week's loss: 2.1

*Edit: Total weight loss since beginning of challenge: 1.2

I finally am out of the dreaded plateau that I've been on since the beginning of the challenge!  Surprisingly, the weight started to come off after I injured my right knee/hip and stopped running.  Just keeping my fingers crossed that it isn't muscle weight that I've lost =S

Have a great weekend everyone!

Name: SAPPHIRE
Height: 4'11
Location: RINCON, GA

7/29: 143
8/3: 142
8/10:142

8/17:139
8/24:137.3

LOSS 1.7 HOORAY, 2LBS FROM GOAL WEIGHT, 5.7 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.

Name: CathMcQ
Height: 5'6"
Location: NJ
7/29: 358
8/3: 351
8/10: 348
8/17: 347
8/24: 341
8/31:
Total weight loss: 17

30/7: 148.5

3/8:147.5

10/8:146.5

17/8:143 

24/8:144 

31/8:

Total weight loss: 4.5lbs

Congratulations to everyone, especially Sarah - new puppies are the BEST! :) What sort is he/she?

THIGHS:
We came from Rochester, NY to pick up our puppy in Rochester, NH!  We drove straight across NY State, into Mass, then up to NH, so no VT this time. But we love VT!  Maybe next time.  We got a Jack Russell Terrier!  She is so incredibly smart and cute.  We named her "Ruby".  I'll post a photo of her on my profile page.

CATHMCQ:
I am astounded by how well you're doing!  So very impressive and inspiring!  Keep up the EXCELLENT job!

Sarah