Body Fat / BMI / Weight Maintenance challenge - Starts July 21st through September 15th!

Hey, all!

Okay, so for more than 100 days, I've worked with a lot of great people to drop weight.  I've dropped a lot.

I still want to drop a little more, but only as I add muscle.  So... this is a challenge for both.  Over the next eight weeks, we:

1) Will weigh in twice a week.  Mondays and Thurdays.

2) On Mondays, we need to check body fat and BMI and see where we're at.  It doesn't matter how you measure this stuff, as long as you keep measuring it the same way over the course of the challenge.  :)

It won't be pretty.. BUT... I think it's a nice honing mechanism for those of us that are getting closer to our goal, while still working together with those that have a little more to lose.

Eight weeks!  Who's in?

GW: 177 by 9/15

7/21/08 - 187; 18.5%; 30.2
7/24/08 - 187
7/28/08 - 185.25; 37.3%; 29.9
7/31/08 - 185.25

Total Loss: 1.75 pounds

168.4

Sadly, no change since last week!

7/21/08   CW: 169,  BMI: 27.3, BF 31.9%
7/24/08   CW: 167.4, BMI: 27, BF 34.5%
7/28/08   CW: 167.8, BMI: 27, BF 34.6%
7/31/08   CW: 167.8, BMI:  27, BF 33.6%

I'm in! Hope it's not too late since I've been on vacation for last several weeks so I fell off the wagon for a while. I've been with this group since the beginning and I'd love very much to be back with you all! ;)

As of 7/31/08

CW: 131.8 (was 130 before I went on vacation)
GW: 120
BMI: 24.8
BF: 24.4 %

FIVE weeks left until my wedding day! I'm hoping to go down to 120. I KNOW I CAN DO IT!

EVERY THINGS THE SAME

SW... 267lbs
GW for this challenge -12lbs

July 31st... 213

July 28th...214
BF... 35.5%
BMI... 36.7

July 24th... 215.5

July 21st... 216
BF.... 35.5%
BMI.. 37.1

Teralea

07/21/08

CW(SW): 166

GW: 136

BMI: 27

Body Fat: 18.8% (31 lbs of fat)

I must have done something wrong when I figured my Body fat last week

07/31/08

CW: (will weight today)

GW : 136       ;

BMI : 27.5

Body Fat: 23% (38.2 lbs of fat)        ;     

July 17, 136.2

vacation

July 31, 133 BMI 22.8

GW 125 maybe 120 BMI 21.5 - 20.6

I have recently discovered that I have a medium small frame  I used to think I was big boned.    I also have realized that I like to shop and try on clothes.  Now if I could just realize that I love to exercise......

• July 21: 145.6, BMI: 29.9, BF: 32.9(gym), 41.7 (home)
• July 24: 145.4
• July 27: 144.8, BMI: 29.7, BF 32.7 (gym), 41.5 (home)
• July 31: 144.6, BMI: 29.7, BF: 41.6 (home)

I have not been doing any cardio since Monday. Got to hit the gym today.

• July 21: 166, BMI 27.5, BF: (incorrect)
• July 31: 165, BMI 27.5, BF: 23%

Will post BF on monday and weight on Thursday.

July 21: SW: 151.6, BMI: 25.3, BF:  25.5

July 24: 149.8

July 27: 149.6, BMI: 25.0 , BF: 21.5

July 31: 147.8

July M 21
SW:152
GW:140 No time line to hit this weight. This is all about shaping and toning.
BMI:29.7
Body Fat %:26%

July TH 24
W: 151
BMI: 29.5 If that matters.
BF%: 26% Still the same.

 July M 28
W: 151
BMI: 29.5
BF%: 26%

July TH 31
W: 153
BMI: 29.9
BF: 27.2%

This didn't look right, but I guess it will do. I've been working hard, and so far lost 1 1/2 inch of each thigh, and it would be great if I would lose some off my arms. I put on inches, and I do know why. Will cutting down on my weight training help with losing some of the muscle mass I have in my arms? I have some suits I would like to wear this fall. I want be able to wear them with arms like these.. So guys... What should I do? I have a few things I'm focusing on, and right now its.. Getting my mid section right where I would like it to be, and the rest of my abs, and not only that... Get my onion down a few inches as well. I've been told to face the facts that part is here to stay, but do I really have to face it.

Aug 1 158.8   (some of you know I spent the first of the week terribly bummed-then worked Thursday night...so yeah I am late--sick, weight is up -but trying to get it back together...MF and BMI-almost too ugly to look at

 7/25 (JOINED)

• SW 155.6
• GW 147 (eventually 127)
• BMI: 27.6 (Goal 22)
• BF: 32% (Goal 27%)

 

7/28

• CW: 158.6 (+2)
• BMI: 
• BF%:

7/31 (8/1): 158.8

8/4

• CW: 156.6 (8/3)
• BMI:  27.7%  according to http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calc ulator.cgi
• BF%: 34.25%  (53.64 lbs fat/ 102.96 lbs lean)  According to http://walking.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.h tm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=walking&cdn=health& ;tm=34&gps=204_192_1006_465&f=00& su=p284.9.336.ip_p674.5.336.ip_&tt=2& bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.linear-sof tware.com/online.html

8/7  Did not weigh (8/5 weighed 157)

8/11  OUT of town--160 on Dad's scales

• CW: 160
• GW: 142
• BMI: 
• BF%:

8/14

8/18

• CW:
• BMI: 
• BF%:

8/21

8/25

• CW:
• BMI: 
• BF%:

8/29

9/1

• CW:
• GW: 142
• BMI: 
• BF%:

9/5

9/8

• CW:
• BMI: 
• BF%:

9/12

9/15

• CW:
• BMI: 
• BF%:

Happy Monday!  Stuck in a rut right now.  Haven't lifted in a few weeks.  I have to get back.  Now that the first week of football practice is down, I need to get back on track with lifting and running at night.

Here is what I have for my numbers on 8/04/08:

CW: 188.4 (-.2, -4.6 overall for this challenge)

GW: 180.0

BMI: 27

CBF%: 14.8% (10mm on the caliper)

GBF%: < 12% (6-7mm on the caliper)

 

Good Luck to everyone!

weight167.2

bf 22.4 (I need a better way to measure than this scale)

bmi 24.7

GW: 177 by 9/15

7/21/08 - 187; 18.5%; 30.2
7/24/08 - 187
7/28/08 - 185.25; 37.3%; 29.9
7/31/08 - 185.25
8/4/08 - 183.75; 36.72%; 29.2

Total Loss: 3.25 pounds

Okay!  I'm back!  And I found out some specifics!

I started here:

CW: 172.8  (+.4 lbs, but I attribute to that to varied times of weighing)

GW: 169.0

BMI: 22.91 (Goal 22, up .06 from Monday) 

BF%: 15.0 (according to scale upstairs)

CW: 172.2  

GW: 169.0

BMI: 22,82 

BF%: 13.5 (According to the thingy at the gym)

 All in all, not bad.  A slow weight decline, a slow BMI decline and a Body Fat ratio that feels as fictional as it does convenient.  But for me, at least, this thing seems to be doing what I want it to do - more Body fat loss than weight loss.  This is good, I think!

This week:  Need to keep focussing on having at least 2000 calories a day, which feels like I'm eating a whole person.  Also need to figure out why my knee hates me.

:)

SW:323.6

CW:315

GW:180

BF:37%

BMI:54

Woo I'm going down

Yeah, I lost since last week though my body fat is more or less the same!

7/21/08    CW: 169.0  BMI: 27.3  BF 31.9%
7/24/08    CW: 167.4  BMI: 27.0  BF 34.5%
7/28/08    CW: 167.8  BMI: 27.0  BF 34.6%
8/04/08    CW: 165.2  BMI: 26.7  BF 34.2%