Posts by luvtraveling

Name: luvtraveling (newbie to the monthly challenge)
Age: 43
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight: 196.8 (as of Oct 1)
Goal Weight (by October 29): 190

1/10/08: 196.8
8/10/08: 197.6
15/10/08:
22/10/08:
29/10/08:

Total weight loss: -1.2 lbs

Somewhat surprised I lost at all. I have been very stressed and feel like I've been eating very unhealthy.

Macy's

Sticky buns

Ice cream sundaes

Cream-filled anything

Xerophyllum

Quisqualis

CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL FINISHERS!!!!

Sorry for the late update--we started school Monday and things have been insane! Our building is still under renovation and we barely got parking lots and furniture before the students arrived! Since we weren't allowed in the building until the end of last week, we've been scrambling like mad to get classrooms, paperwork, etc. ready. Early mornings and late nights. Argh!

And the construction workers are still roaming the halls after hours. And the roof was leaking in multiple places today. We really really needed the rain, but not inside the school!

Holes

Original Post by ase_t:

I weighed in last week and it was never posted. 

Last week (7th): 213.2

This week (14th): 210.4

 

Sorry. I must have missed it. But I've got both of them now.

Start Weight: 215 (Jan 2, 2008)

Challenge Start Weight (June 6): 178.8

Goal (by end of challenge): 163.8 -- I know that's not 25 pounds, but five pounds a month is more realistic for me right now. I'd be thrilled to lose more, but I don't want to set myself up for failure here.

June 6: 178.8 
June 13: 179.0  up 0.2
June 20: 177.2  down 1.6 / 15
June 27: 175.8  down 3.0 / 15
July 4: 177.4  total challenge result: -1.4/15
July 11: 
July 18: -- out of town
July 25: -- (will weigh in on the 27th)
August 1: 
August 8: 
August 15: 
August 22: 
August 29: 
September 1:

Original Post by yiscah:

luvtraveling -- ...  I'm in both challenges also, and I really love having one on Friday and one on Monday.  Keeps me motivated during those two very different parts of my week!

Edit -- ... I really like your detailed chart of weekly loss plus overall challenge loss.  Thanks for setting it up!

I think being in both has helped me too. Although I expect my Monday weigh-in to be MUCH worse than my Friday this time. I had a wonderful dinner out last night, and this weekend I'm traveling and I'll be eating at special events all weekend. (For instance, lunch today was a cheese tasting. Super yummy, but hardly health food. I'll spare all the healthy eaters a blow-by-blow of what I expect to be very yummy food events all weekend.)

As for the chart, I'm a number cruncher by nature, I was already planning to use a spreadsheet to keep track (and calculate) how everyone was doing. And once I found I could easil keep the spreadsheet online (and for free), I figured why not.

And it's the teacher in me that had me adding the smiley faces. Even high-school students love stickers, so I figured adults might not mind the visual feedback . I know it's a little silly, but I enjoy seeing that whole row of smiley faces showing how well we're all doing! 

I don't know the answer, but I heard on the news last week that drinking 16 oz of water first thing is really good for the metabolism--something to do with re-hydrating yourself after all the hours of not drinking anything.

Based on my experience, 35 grams should be fine. Too low and you start to see negative effects like dry skin and hair falling out. I'm sure experts can give more scientific answers, but to this lay-person, 35 grams sounds reasonable for someone trying to lose weight.