Posts by mandimoore87

Great!  I think I contacted everyone to tell them about the new thread, so hopefully everyone will be posting here starting tonight/tomorrow.

I was going crazy without my internet!

**Boards Updated** 

Congrats to everyone who lost in Jan 2008!  Let's make this month even better!

I was bad & didn't really keep track of a biggest loser for the month (or week), but we're all losers & proud of it!

My weigh in on 2/1 was 197, which means no gain/no loss.

Question of the Week 

What is keeping you going strong?  Health reasons, wanting to fit in that little black dress, or something else?

Sorry girls! My internet was messed up and I wasn't able to make the new thread in the Games/Challenges forum until just now. It's up and running over there. Here's the link:

LINKIE 

I think I have everyone's total for the month done correctly too, but you may want to check it to be sure. LoL

Your BMR is 1566 (for your age, height, gender, and weight).  Which means that you need a minimum of 1566 calories each day.  So, aim for eating 1575 calories daily.  Then, for your workouts, figure out how many calories your burning each day and figure out your deficit.  Let's see if I can explain this right...

BMR = 1566
Calories Burned during 1 hour of low-intensity cardio =  420 calories

Add those two up (1566 + 420) = 1986

Now, if you ate 1575 calories, you would subtract that from the 1986 we got with the last equation (1986-1575) = 411

That would make you lose approx. 1 lb a week.

For weight loss, a 500 calorie a day deficit will result in approx. 1 lb a week loss.

So, each day, take your BMR (1566) and add it to the # of calories you burn during your workout.  Take that number and subtract the # of calories you eat.  The resulting number should be between 500 and 1000 for healthy weight loss.

Easy equation:

BMR (1566) + Exercise = Calories Burned
Calories Burned - Calories Eaten = Deficit

Deficit needs to be between 500 and 1000 for healthy weight loss. 

Almost time, guys & gals!

When it's time to start the challenge, I'll make a new thread in the Challenges forum & post a link to it on here so it will be easier to find. 

** Board Updated **

Sorry it took me so long to update the board this week!  I have a bit of a crisis going on here at home.  My car is on E, payday isn't until Thursday, and I might be losing my internet for a little while!  Sooo, if I'm not able to update next week, go ahead and weigh in & I'll update as soon as possible.

I did keep track of who lost what this time, and our Biggest Loser for the week was 2008orbust with a loss of 7 pounds! 

Also, jjlewis305 and mandimoore87 broke below the 200 mark!

** Question of the Week ** 

How did you choose your Goal Weight? 

All the weigh ins posted so far are on the board.  :-)

See ya'll Friday! 

Yay!  We've got some interest!  Now to answer those questions that have come up...

1) The only things that count as water are things that are not carbonated, so Diet Soda wouldn't count as water.

2) If you weigh everyday, then you just lose $2 a week.  If you weighed 50 x weekly (lol extreme, I know!), then you'd just lose $2 a week.

Another note, just to be sure it's understood... The "money" isn't real.  You can always take that amount of money and put it away for a new outfit or whatnot, but I can't afford to send it out.  :-(  However, I will be making the certificate of recognition and emailing it you, and you can always print it out & frame it... as a reminder of how far you came.

If we get enough interest in this, I'll do it each month.  If not, then this will be the only month for it.

I will also be keeping track of the "money" in everyone's bank so that everyone will know where they are as far as being the "Biggest Banker".

Oh, and you don't have to post every day.  You can keep track of it at home & then post it all at once on Fridays (or whatever day), but try to keep us updated once a week.  Don't forget to add on the $1.50 each time you do post here though! :-) 

** UPDATED **

Be sure to check your stats at the top and let me know if I messed up somewhere.

Congrats to everyone! You have all done so well so far this month. I'm proud of you all! I was really bad & didn't keep track of who all went down to the next lowest weight group. Our biggest losers so far this month is dannieleggett and cowpewter! Great job you two! Keep it up!

**Question of the Week **

This week's question is... What do you do for inspiration and motivation?

Weigh In for 1/18

201

I lost 1 lb! My first loss since November!!!!! :-)

(I'll update this board tonight so that more people will have had the chance to weigh in.)