March Calorie Deficit Challenge - Newcomers always welcome!
We all know that in order to lose weight you need to have a calorie deficit. This challenge is about that deficit!
April sign-ups now open here.
We'll start counting on 3/1/09.
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How it works
To start with, you choose a goal deficit for the month. Then each day you keep track of your calorie intake and calorie output, then compute your calorie deficit. You post in here (daily, weekly, whenever) your running deficit for the month in the form of: deficit to-date / goal deficit. Be sure to post a new post every time you post - do not edit previous posts or I will not see it! Also, be sure you keep track of your on-going total - I won't be doing the math for you!
For example
Let's say I want to lose five pounds this month. So, I sign up for the 17,500 Challenger group. On day 1 my calorie output is 2000 and my intake is 1500. That makes my day 1 deficit 500, so I post: 500/17,500. On day 2, my calorie output is 1800 and my intake is 1500, making my deficit 300. So, I add my day 2 deficit onto my day 1 deficit, and post: 800/17,500. On day 3, I didn't do so well and took in 2000 calories and burned 1800 calories. So, on day 3 I subtract the calories I took in over maintainence and I post my total montly deficit as 600/17,500. For more examples check out the February Calorie Deficit Challege found here: http://caloriecount.about.com/february-calori e-deficit-challenge-newcomers-always-ft127202
Questions?
Ask!
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CHALLENGERS*
10,500 (3 pounds) challengers
alle0299 - 8688
looseymoose - 6591
wildntaken - 11416
14,000 (4 pounds) challengers
flowergirl21 - 6026
jluffner - 4758
leighlee22782
lemntwist - 7773
lilygirl1970 - 18686
mia_v - 5997
pleniscenta - 1966
redhed27 - 14394
17,500 (5 pounds) challengers
betzc - 16022
cbussiere - 17875
ckuhfahl - 1649
eka28 - 7525
februarybride - 3400
kacka - 18870
lmy2301 - 7591
lw146993 - 505
ntack2 - 12432
pokeylvr - 367
shonaghmartin - 3500
spatch - 14901
wesmoot - 19962
21,000 (6 pounds) challengers
cristin - 3186
edriver - 3427
girlfighting27 - 11756
healthmd - 20992
keesher
lemntwist - 1484
mlilly1186 - 13400
rylindis - 678
smartypants_57 - 2931
tyrdrop - 2230
24,500 (7 pounds) challengers
tealparadise - 15630
sereniticat - 33944
28,000 (8 pounds) challengers
annulyju - 6485
beyondextraordinary - 28509
diva_n_da_making - 24722
eat4health - 28435
flashfox - 826
findingmeagain2009
jesselou - 3884
makenasmom - 20657
shandrake - 18443
*REMINDER: Be sure to post your running total for the month, using your
last posted total not the posted total. Otherwise you'd risk missing some
calories in your total!
march 30: 811 def
total: 13543/14000
almost there - i'll definitely make it; however i haven't lost 4 pounds - only 1.2! i'm hoping it's because i've been putting on muscle this month :)
Still 149 lbs! Lost 3 lbs this month! Not as much as I should have lost but I'm still very happy, making it to the 140s was huge for me!
Congrats everyone! =)
March 30th: 11,756/21,000
3/1/09 SW: 147.4
3/29/09: 144 lbs down 3.4 lbs! yay!!
def for today will be 851 which brings my March grand total to: 14394/14000
Yay!:)
for past two days: 1,216
total: 6,946
even with one mroe day, nto going to make my total. that's okay because I took a small vacation this month. I'm ready to make some progress in April :)
12432/17500 close!!!! next month ill get it!
18870/17500
20992/21000 - So close, but I consider the goal reached. My weight has fluctuated some but this morning (I don't know how) I was 6.2 lbs down. Yay!!! Going for the same next month. I'm so close to leaving 170s behind!
It was a birthday day today. Cake and cheese was involved but didn't have any.
I ate maintenance and didn't exercise so my deficit is only 22 calories.
So for the final day, 17 875 / 17 500, and only 3 lbs lost for 149 lbs. Not a bad month at all.
Let's sprint all the way through April!
cbussiere~ Happy birthday to you! Happy BIRTHDAY to you!! Haaaaaaaa-aaapy bithday dear Cubussire, happy birthday to you !!!
I sure do hope you had a very lovely birthday! I think you shoulda allowed yourself a little bit of your cake, ( it was your big day) but can so understand why you didn't ! I hope your loved ones were good to you and and you enjoyed your day.
March 31st 33944 / 24500
Final: 15630/24500
3/31 - 28435/28000 made the goal but not feeling it. I am really disappointed - the scale says 2 pounds lost. I am not sure what I am doing wrong - eating no more or less than the first month when I lost 8 pounds. I have tried shifting calories and exercises. Oh well - there is always April!
~sereniticat Oh it wasn't mine!! If it was my birthday I would've eaten some cake for suuuuure because it would've been Queen Elizabeth cake and I can't resist eating that cake. It was my grandfather's birthday so no one was uncomfortable that I didn't eat his cake hehe. Thank you though, you were so nice about it! =)
March 31th:603
Total: 24,722/28,000
Day 31
436
Total
19,962/17,500
Drum roll please......................
March's decifit: 18,686-/14,000
I am down 4.4lbs and, this month, I broke the half way mark to my goal!
These challenges work so well for me. I just don't know what I would do without them! Last night we had pizza and, once I logged it and saw my deficit, I went and worked out to get my 900 cal deficit. Don't think I would have done that if this challenge hadn't been around to hold me accountable! Thanks everyone for all the support!
Let's get rocking on April's numbers!
Wow! Congrats on the weight loss and being half way in the process of reaching your goal lilygirl1970 ! This is wonderful!
Keep up the good work! =)
31st: 827
Total: 7,773/14,000
Congrats to all you who lost! Also to those who completed the month - wa-hoo!
Well I did end up losing 4 pounds ! I'm happy considering I didn't lose anything for alomst 5 weeks. Whoo-hoo !
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