42 Day Challenge - Starting June 9th!

Hey guys!

As of June 9th, I will have finished my second "30 day club" and I wanted to do one more big challenge/motivational game before I cease organizing and return to joining.  

Why 42?  Because I like Monday and Thursday weigh ins, and this way, we end on a Monday... And by doing it this way, I will have done this for more than 100 days. Plus, this puts the dreaded July 4th holiday smack dab in the middle, so even if we hit a bump, we've got a couple weeks to buffer it once we're done.

(And on a personal note, I go into production on July 22nd - which means my challenges get different - I have to figure out how to keep on track when I'll be spending ten hours a day in a room with other writers, and surrounded by sunchips and candy bars.)

So!

Starting June 9th, 2008 and going through July 22nd, 2008!  

First weigh in:  Monday June 9th, second weigh in Thursday June 12th and we just keep going until the 22nd of July!    Who's in?

 - Steve

P.S.   I will be doing my measuring via the Nintendo Wii Fit so, there will probably be a blunt drop in my weight between the two forums.  But as of June 9, that's my scale (unless I'm out of town, then I'll do the best I can.)

P.S.S.  This time, I'm going to suggest that any of you/us that are on facebook also use facebook.  Constant updates, IMing, and all that jazz.    I'm on there as marmel (AT) marmel (DOT) com if you wanna find me.

Original Post by ka2007:

Original Post by ka2007:

Original Post by ka2007:

july 4: 206 lbs

back to square one

i will not give up...

it is great this thread is going on!

(i have started to lose again after eating not very reasonably. current weight is 202 lbs, and i hope that the trend continues)

july 8... 201 lbs. keeping going

july 10... 201  lbs (was 199 on july 9, grr)

july 15... 202 lbs. grr

1. 9th: 178.6
2. 12th: 176.6
   
3. 16th: 175.4
   
4. 19th: 177.4
   
5. 23rd: 177.2
6. 26th: 173.0
   
7. 30th: 173.6
   
8. 3rd: 171.6
   
9. 7th:  Vacation
10. 9th:  170.8
    
11. 10th:  170.2
    
12. 14th:  172.4
    
13. 17th:  169.6
    
14. 21st

Original Post by marmel13:

Okay - as threatened, I added a new challenge.

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

Located HERE at http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/106 813.html

Here's the original post:

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?

So who's in? :)

- Steve

P.S. Right now, I have a lousy scale with a very rough estimate of Body fat. Anybody got any suggestions of what I should buy before Monday?

I'll join you again.  You should pm bpcrue, I think he's out of town according to previous post... but he's good for info on that stuff and will likely want to be in the next challenge again.  He was saying the scales that measure bf% are terrible back when I asked.

 

One of my buddy's has one of the handheld electronic ones and swears by it.  Some of the reviews I've read on those say they're pretty accurate, but who really knows?  (the people that have done the submersion tests and can compare).  My scale put me at 23.1% or something this morning.... my buddy's handheld a few weeks ago said 19.x a few weeks ago.. I don't know.. I'll see if he has it with him at work today and try it out :D  No clue of my actual bf% to compare though...

SW    142.4

12th  143.6

16th  I'll be in KY

19th 141

23rd 141

26th 140 (35lbs gone!)

30th 139.8

3rd  138.8

7th  139

10th 138

14th 137

17th 136.2

21st

I'm in.  I don't know what I'd do without my Monday and Thursday weigh ins.

Goals: 
1) weigh 185, and
2) do my running/gym routine as planned

9th: 195.5

12th: 194.0 - woot!

16th: 192.0 - Had my 6-month check-in for the weight loss study I'm in - very happy about it! See my journal for details :) 

19th : 192.25 - I had a killer gym work out yesterday and ran.  So, I blame my 0.25 pound "gain" on that :)

23rd: 193.50 - blah =/ 

26th - Camping!

30th - 194.00 - Grr! This challenge is NOT going well for me =/    I WILL make a come back!

3rd - 190.00 - Yay!

7th - 188.50 - Yay again!

10th - 187.50 - I think it really DOES help when I go to the gym as planned... who would have thought it ;)

14th - 186.75 

17th - 187.50 =/

21st

TOTAL LOSS: 8.00 pounds

SW April 10th 267 lbs
Goal for this challenge -15 lbs
June 9th... 236
June 12th... 232.5
June 16th... 233 :(
June 19th... 230
June 23rd... 226
June 26th...225 Heading out camping for 6 days, dreading the scale upon my return.
June 30th... Camping
July 3rd... 223.5
July 7th... 220
July 10th... Will be away visiting my Hubby.
July 14th... 220
July 17th... 218

I can't believe it.... only one more pound to go 'till I reach the 50 pounds lost mark.

Hi Everyone, Here's my report.

June   9th 159
June 12th 158
June 16th 157.6
June 19th 158.4  :(
June 23rd 158  :(
June 26th 161 Sorry guys. Flo is here.
June 30th 159.6  Better than last week, but not what I wanted :(
July    3rd  157.4 :) Things are moving along again.
July    7th  156.8 :) I will take this ;0) with a smile..
July  10th  154.6 :) Oh yeah, the pounds are rolling again. Like butter baby.... :)
July  14th  155.0 :) I will still take this with a smile.
July  17th  153.6 :) I used the gym scales. Weight is still looking good ;)

Hey hey!  Second to last one this run, huh?

• 9th:    181.9
  
• 12th:  184.0
• 16th:  Hell if I know.  I was in hawaii... but...
• 19th:  181.5 
• 23rd:   180.2
• 26th:   Vacation - No Scale
• 30th:   Vacation - No Scale
• 3rd:     Vacation - No Scale
• 8th:    173.5!!!
• 10th   173.9 - Not even going to shoot a ":(" on that.  If I had peed, I'd have lost.
• 14th:  172.6 - That's even with the pound of potato I had last night watching "The Great Debaters."
• 17th:  171.4...

Now I'm feeling super aggressive about under 170...  Hmm....

• 9th: 155 (really from more like the 5th)
  
• 12th: 151
• 16th: 152 (actually 17th, forgot yesterday)
• 19th: 151
• 23rd: 152
• 26th: 150
• 30th: 152
• 3rd: 150
• 7th: 151
• 10th: 151
• 14th: 154!!!!!
• 17th: 150

Ok, so something weird was going on on the 14th.  I said I thought it might be ttom, but I don't think it was cause it hasn't started yet (I'm not regular).  Who knows. Maybe a bunch of things.  I haven't gone on a hunger strike or anything.  1200 - 1500 each day.  Probably more yesterday cause I ate out and not sure how to measure the stuff we had. 

See ya all Monday for our last day and our first day!!!

 

Wow! Talk about a jumpstart to a stall.  I have been doing nothing and then I lost 3 pounds in 3 days.  That doesn't sound right but I weighted myself a couple of times before work and that is what the scale said so that is what I am posting.

I guess we will see how the weekend goes.

1. June 9 - 162
2. June 12 - 159.8
3. June 16 - 157.4
4. June 19 - 157.4
5. June 23- 159.2
6. June 26 - 157.2
7. June 30 - 156.4
8. July 3 - 153.6
9. July 7- 154.6
10. July 11- 154.4
11. July 17 - 151.2
    

Thank you for continuing the challange, I fell off the during the middle and now am sprinting to the end. I can't wait to set no goals.

SW:200

GW: lose 9-12 lbs

GA: Aerobic activity 5+ times per week

      Weight training 2-3 times per week

• 9th: 200
• 12th 196
• 16th 195
• 19th 195
• 23rd 194
• 26th 195 :(
• 30th 193 I've lost 7 lbs!
• 3rd   195 :(
• 7th   193
• 10th  195
• 14th  195
• 17th 193
• 21st

1. 9th: 178.6
2. 12th: 176.6
   
3. 16th: 175.4
   
4. 19th: 177.4
   
5. 23rd: 177.2
6. 26th: 173.0
   
7. 30th: 173.6
   
8. 3rd: 171.6
   
9. 7th:  Vacation
10. 9th:  170.8
    
11. 10th:  170.2
    
12. 14th:  172.4
    
13. 17th:  169.6
    
14. 21st:  173.2
    

Original Post by ka2007:

Original Post by ka2007:

Original Post by ka2007:

Original Post by ka2007:

july 4: 206 lbs

back to square one

i will not give up...

it is great this thread is going on!

(i have started to lose again after eating not very reasonably. current weight is 202 lbs, and i hope that the trend continues)

july 8... 201 lbs. keeping going

july 10... 201  lbs (was 199 on july 9, grr)

july 15... 202 lbs. grr

july 21... 197 lbs! so it is 9 lbs lost since starting this thread. which is not that bad.

do you maybe plan another challenge?

Hello all,

Talk about a freudian slip I meant to say I can't wait to set new goals. Instead I said "I can't wait to set no goals." For the record, I will have new goals for the next challenge.

 

SW:200

GW: lose 9-12 lbs

GA: Aerobic activity 5+ times per week

      Weight training 2-3 times per week

• 9th: 200
• 12th 196
• 16th 195
• 19th 195
• 23rd 194
• 26th 195 :(
• 30th 193 I've lost 7 lbs!
• 3rd   195 :(
• 7th   193
• 10th  195
• 14th  195
• 17th 193
• 21st 195

Goals: 
1) weigh 185, and
2) do my running/gym routine as planned

9th: 195.5

12th: 194.0 - woot!

16th: 192.0 - Had my 6-month check-in for the weight loss study I'm in - very happy about it! See my journal for details :) 

19th : 192.25 - I had a killer gym work out yesterday and ran.  So, I blame my 0.25 pound "gain" on that :)

23rd: 193.50 - blah =/ 

26th - Camping!

30th - 194.00 - Grr! This challenge is NOT going well for me =/    I WILL make a come back!

3rd - 190.00 - Yay!

7th - 188.50 - Yay again!

10th - 187.50 - I think it really DOES help when I go to the gym as planned... who would have thought it ;)

14th - 186.75 

17th - 187.50 =/

21st - 187.00  only two pound away, not TOO bad.

TOTAL LOSS: 8.50 pounds

• 9th:    181.9
  
• 12th:  184.0
• 16th:  Hell if I know.  I was in hawaii... but...
• 19th:  181.5 
• 23rd:   180.2
• 26th:   Vacation - No Scale
• 30th:   Vacation - No Scale
• 3rd:     Vacation - No Scale
• 8th:    173.5!!!
• 10th   173.9 - Not even going to shoot a ":(" on that.  If I had peed, I'd have lost.
• 14th:  172.6 - That's even with the pound of potato I had last night watching "The Great Debaters."
• 17th:  171.4...
• 21st:  172.4

Okay, so, it ended with one point higher than I was four days ago but overall, this was a nine pound success.
I allowed myself more food this weekend as I'm about to go into a different phase of diet and exercise and, to be fair, I haven't been to the can in two days.  But... on to new things!
See you guys at the next challenge... I'm off to the gym...

• 9th: 155 (really from more like the 5th)
  
• 12th: 151
• 16th: 152 (actually 17th, forgot yesterday)
• 19th: 151
• 23rd: 152
• 26th: 150
• 30th: 152
• 3rd: 150
• 7th: 151
• 10th: 151
• 14th: 154!!!!!
• 17th: 150
• 21st: 149

Yeah! Finally broke that 150 mark!  Too bad I got a new scale that shows body fat and it says 152.6 or something!  That's ok though.  I'll stick with the old scale for this challenge and transition to the new scale for the next challenge.  I know the movement is more important than the number!

SW April 10th 267 lbs
Goal for this challenge -15 lbs
June 9th... 236
June 12th... 232.5
June 16th... 233 :(
June 19th... 230
June 23rd... 226
June 26th...225 Heading out camping for 6 days.
June 30th... Camping
July 3rd... 223.5
July 7th... 220
July 10th... Will be away visiting my Hubby.
July 14th... 220
July 17th... 218
July 21st... 216
Total weight loss for this challenge... 20lbs

20! now that is awesome

Hi Everyone, Here's my report.

June   9th 159
June 12th 158
June 16th 157.6
June 19th 158.4  :(
June 23rd 158  :(
June 26th 161 Sorry guys. Flo is here.
June 30th 159.6  Better than last week, but not what I wanted :(
July    3rd  157.4 :) Things are moving along again.
July    7th  156.8 :) I will take this ;0) with a smile..
July  10th  154.6 :) Oh yeah, the pounds are rolling again. Like butter baby.... :)
July  14th  155.0 :) I will still take this with a smile.
July  17th  153.6 :) I used the gym scales. Weight is still looking good ;)
July  21st  152.0 :) Well, this run was one hell of a battle. My weight was up and down, and I came out of it kicking A and taking names. I lost 7 pounds and I feel good.