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*The NO MORE EXCUSES Weightloss Challenge - Week 4 (FINAL WEEK)*

Hi Everyone! 


Welcome to Week 4 of the NO MORE EXCUSES weightloss challenge.  So toss out all those excuses and let's begin.  :)

Please post your weigh in as follows:

User Name:
Gender:
Height:
Start Weight:
Week 2 Weight:
Week 3 Weight:
Week 4 Weight
Goal Weight (for challenge):
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:   


Points will be earned as follows:

• Every pound you lose earns you 1 point. (Weigh ins are every Friday)
  
• Post your calorie goal each morning and if you stay within a 100 calories of your goal, you earn 1 point.  (This can be either your calorie goal or your net calorie goal.  Please be sure to label which you are aiming for).
  
• For every 250 calories you burn through exercise, you earn 1 point. 
  

Each week, we will have a different challenge.  The challenges are designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.  (Yes, I took these challenges straight from my last weightloss challenge.  They were just so informative that I had to share again :)



WEEK 4:  THIS IS YOUR CHALLENGE!

Since you all have worked SO hard these past three weeks, this challenge is for YOU to decide (for yourself only).  Pick what you want your challenge to be for the week and post it letting us know.  Then keep us updated throughout the week if you STICK to your challenge that you have assigned for yourself.  Each day that you meet your challenge, you earn yourself 1 point.  Challenges are subject to approval....

Example Post:

UnderTheRainbow

MONDAY

Calorie Goal:  1300
Calorie Actual:  1350

Calories Burned:  250

My Challenge:  I will NOT eat any fast food this week. 

       &nb sp;                I did not have any fast food today. (1 point)


You can post your results daily or at the end of the week.  Just be sure to label each day properly and list the results out similar to the above example.  If you choose to post your results at the end of the week, please post your calorie intake goal at the beginning of the week or daily.  Thanks and good luck!

Please also remember that the calorie goal is for 100 calories within your goal to earn the point.

Week 1's Thread
Week 2's Thread
Week 3's Thread

neese
start weight = 181
current weight = 179
goal cal (everyday) = 1400

For week three, I am STILL at 179. -> 0pts

My challenge for this week is:
I will not get seconds of ANY dinner. My botfriend is such a terrific cook (and cooks dinner most nights of the week), that I normally cannot stop at the first piece of lasanga. It's the only thing that is bringing me down (hopefully anyway). I WILL STOP EATING DINNER AFTER MY FIRST PLATE! :)

I want to thank you again for this challenge undertherainbow :) It's great!

That is an awesome challenge neese!  I am still thinking of what mine will be.

User Name: tamji
Gender: F
Height: 5'5"
Start Weight: 176
Week 2 Weight: 176
Week 3 Weight: 175
Week 4 Weight 170
Goal Weight (for challenge): 170 - made my goal already yay!
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:  I made my Aug goal, so I don't need to try as hard for a few days.

Net cal intake for week 4 = 1400 cals

User Name: pepsipyro
Gender: M
Height: 5'10
Stat weights 170
Week 2 Weight" 169
Week 3 Weight  169
Week 4 Weight 167  yay 2 points
Goal Weight for challenge: 161... not gonna happen so ill make it 164
Excuse: the freshman 15

Goal Cals 1700

User Name:  jazluv99
Gender:  female
Height:  5'10"
Start Weight:  255
Week 2 Weight:  250.2    37 pts for 1st week
Week 3 Weight:  250.6 (TTOM)    27 pts for 2nd week
Week 4 Weight:  245.5    28 pts for 3rd week
Goal Weight (for challenge):  247 (yay, i made it!!)
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:   It's too hard to keep track of my calories.

I'll have to think about what my challenge will be this week.

User Name: clinder
Gender: F
Height: 5'8.5"
Start Weight: 196
Week 2 Weight: 194
Week 3 Weight: 190.4
Week 4 Weight 193
Goal Weight (for challenge): 186 - boo! but I am still here - (third week hectic and birthday) New goal weight for challenge is 190!
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:  Well, it is a little too late but that things like birthdays should be an excuse for almost five days off track!!

Net cal intake for week 4 = 1300 cals

Week 4 challenge -- I have the feeling that it is staying up late watching lame TV that prevents me waking up on time and resorting to bad habits and not exercising.  So my challenge is to limit myself to one hour of TV watching a night (I know, that seems like too much anyway as I write it but it is a start and a major issue for me personally!) for a half point. Coupled with actually walking or jogging the following morning for a half point.

missy81

Gender- Female
Start Weight: 144
Week 2- 143
Week 3- 142
Week 4- 142 :(
Goal Weight for Challenge: I don't remember lol

I'll have to think of a challenge for myself
Cal Goal all week is 1200

User Name: julie_sunny22
Gender: woman
Height: 5'5''
Start Weight: 134.5
Week 2 Weight: 132.0
Week 3 Weight: 132.0
Week 4 Weight: 129.5
Goal Weight (for challenge): 129.0
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'm at a BBQ so I can eat anything and everything (I'm going to 4 BBQ's this weekend!)

Net cal goal for week 4: 1350

Week 4 challenge: Only one dessert per day - 150 or under. 1 point if I meet this challenge each day.  :)   

ajjciir

start weight:  251.0
week 2 weight:  249.4
week 3 weight:  245.6
week 4 weight:  243.8

excuse:  One little taste won't hurt!

week 4 challenge:  I will add 10 minutes to my daily workout each day this week.  Instead of 60 min total, it will be 70 min total.

User Name:krisaim
Gender:female
Height:5'8"
Start Weight:148
Week 2 Weight:148
Week 3 Weight:148
Week 4 Weight148
Goal Weight (for challenge):ANYTHING less than 148- I would be happy with 147.9! Actually, I think I would still cry, but WHATEVER!
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:   It doesn't matter what I do, I can't lose weight. 


WEEK 4 Challenge: Continue to log EVERY BITE. It has to pay off soon.

ajjciir (results for Friday 8/24)

cal goal 1400
cal actual 1433

Exercise  - 90 min walk - 3.0 mod. pace  = 548 cals burned
Reached goal of increasing exercise, exceeded by 20 min!

User Name: Sjshalott
Gender: F
Height: 5'3"
Start Weight: 165.5
Week 2 Weight: 164
Week 3 Weight: 162
Week 4 Weight: 163.5
Goal Weight (for challenge): 161
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'm too busy to eat right this week. I just don't have time to plan ahead.

Friday, August 24

Calorie Goal: 1350
Calorie Actual: way too low : (

2704 mg sodium
12 cups of water (96 oz)

Calorie Goal for Saturday: 1350 

User Name:rdjustice
Gender: female
Height:5'8
Start Weight:179
Week 2 Weight:176.5
Week 3 Weight:176.5
Week 4 Weight175.5
Goal Weight (for challenge): 172 (doesn't look like I'm gonna make it :-s)
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'm tired

 

 

User Name: spjesq
Gender: female
Height: 5'8"
Start Weight: 181
Week 2 Weight: 180
Week 3 Weight: 178
Week 4 Weight: 178
Goal Weight (for challenge): 173 (5 lbs in 1 week? Suuurrrre)
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: Same as Week 3 - 1 Diet Coke/Coffee won't mess with my weight loss progress.

Week 4 Challenge: Can I have 2, worth .5 pts each? If not, I'll choose one or the other. If yes, then: 1) Protein Challenge - at least 20% of food intake for the day must be proteins; and 2) Core Exercise Challenge - must do a minimum of 3 sets of 3 different core exercises daily (e.g., planks, crunches, bridge, etc.).

Friday stats for spjesq:

8/24/07
Total Calorie Goal: 2000
Actual Total Calories 2005 (1 pt)
Exercise Calories Burned: 47 (core exercises)
Protein intake: 18.4%
Core exercises: 3 (plank, crunches, reverse crunches) (.5 pts)
TOTAL POINTS: 1.5

TOTAL POINTS FOR WEEK 4: 1.5

 

User Name: cdanda  
Gender: F
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight: 157
Week 2 Weight: 155.5
Week 3 Weight: 155.0
Week 4 Weight: 154.0
Goal Weight (for challenge): 150
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I don't have time to fix the right food or log everything or make a calorie goal every day.

Challenge this week: No soda -- I tend to drink about 2 L a day, but also ALOT of diet soda (no caffeine though). 

User Name: kathypk
Gender: female
Height: 5'6"
Start Weight: 191
Week 2 Weight: 185
Week 3 Weight: 185
Week 4 Weight: unknown (out of town)
Goal Weight (for challenge): 180
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'll exercise tomorrow

Calorie goal for Friday: 1200

Actual: 805

Since I seem to be hanging on to my excuse of not exercising,my personal challenge will be to take a one hour walk EVERY DAY starting Monday when I get home.  I'll give myself 1/2 point for exercise (plus the one point I would normally get) and the other 1/2 point will be for NOT weighing myself each day until Friday.

So for Friday, I received .5 for not weighing but 0 points for exercise and 0 points for calorie goal attainment.  I expect Saturday and Sunday to be the same but I'll kick into gear Monday for sure!!

It's sad to say but I am already feeling anxious about being home with my scale and denying myself my compulsive ritual of getting on it... do I really want to hit "post reply" and commit to this...ok...here goes.

kathypk - you can keep away from the scale -- do what I do -- put it up high in a really inconvenient place to get it down from.  proud of you for hitting post reply by the way

FRIDAY = 0pts

Nutrition Report

  Fat - 23.0% (47 grams)
Protein - 21.7% (99 grams)
Carbohydrates - 55.4% (253 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 1,480 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 227 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 48 grams
Nutrition Grade A-

cals = 1742 = 0pts

exercise = oops = 0pts

did I stick to my plan? = oops over my net cals + no exercise = 0pts

Thanks Tamji!  When I get home, I might just ask my husband to hide the scale for me.  :)  Actually, I think I will ask him tonight when I call him. No joke!!

Saturday is as follows:

User Name: kathypk
Gender: female
Height: 5'6"
Start Weight: 191
Week 2 Weight: 185
Week 3 Weight: 185
Week 4 Weight: unknown (out of town)
Goal Weight (for challenge): 180
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'll exercise tomorrow
Calorie goal for Saturday: 1200
Actual: 1441, no points for this but I'm glad I got some food in after 3 days of being way under on calories.


Also no points for exercise and no points for bonus exercise but I did obtain 1/2 point for not getting on the scale which was easy since I am staying at a hotel and not at home.  :))

I'll be driving back tomorrow...10.5 hours.  :(

User Name: apaulsen
Gender: female
Height: 5' 8"
Start Weight: 181
Week 2 Weight: 178
Week 3 Weight: 175
Week 4 Weight 176.2
Goal Weight (for challenge): was 172 but it's now 174
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:  I'm starting teaching this week and I won't have time to exersize and there will be snacks in the lounge so I won't be able to keep all this up.