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 2nd: 696/21,000

SW: 147.4

 edit: decifit

1229 / 10500

1,649/17,500

1,080/17,500

March 2: 478

Total: 822/14000

1439/17,500....  Why is it still so cold.  March is here!

2472/28,000   I'm reaching for the stars this time around!  We'll see how it goes...

537/14000

1195/17,500

Day 2  (3/2/09)

1000/24500

Alright, so when I weighed on Monday, I was 165.5, and today I am 162.5.  That's how much water weight I was retaining!!! Man! I thought it would be unfair to count that as a three pound loss...

Anyway, I'm going to say my starting weight is/was 162.5. 

It was interesting to see what weight amounts people lost last month... I wish more people would post about that from feb. though....

Started P90X last night and did day 2 this morning.

Lets see if it boosts the weight loss.

Today: 2579

Total: 4908/28000

March 2 Def= 1121

Total 1777/28,000

Betzc: I'm wondering the same thing. This weather is crazy!

Looks like everyone is off to a good start, I'm really hoping to shed some pounds, I have been trying to get to 190 since last year, lol. I know it can't be that hard to lose 9 pounds, clearly it is,  I even saw 195 last year sometime for like a day, don't know happen. I'm loving this challenge though.

March 1: 671

March 2:  1048

Total so far:  1719/28000

march 1 = 410/10500

march 2 = 686/10500

total so far.... 1096/10500

march 2nd - 640

total: 1334/14000

3/2/09=701/14,000

guess i didn't do as bad as i thought yesterday! yay!

March 2 deficit:

514/17500

My start weight was 154.4.