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*The NO MORE EXCUSES Weightloss Challenge - Week 1*

Hi Everyone! 



RESULTS COMING SHORTLY......




Welcome to Week 1 of the NO MORE EXCUSES weightloss challenge.  So toss out all those excuses and let's begin.  :)


On the last challenge I did, we had teams.  This time it is every man for himself (relatively speaking).  So let the games begin...


Please post your first weigh in as follows:

User Name:
Gender:
Height:
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 1:  Calories Percentage Challenge

There are three parts to this challenge. 

Calories are made up of Fat/Carbs/Protein.  According to the Mayo Clinic a typical person should keep the calories between the percentages:

Carbohydrates:  Carbohydrates are your body's main energy source.  Get 45 percent to 65 percent of your daily calories from carbohydrates. (If you stay within the above percentages, you earn .5 point)

Protein:  Protein is essential to human life. Your skin, bones, muscles and organ tissue all contain protein.  Between 10 percent and 35 percent of your total daily calories can come from protein.  (If you stay within the above percentages, you earn .5 point)

Fat:  Fats help your body absorb many essential vitamins, maintain the structure and function of cell membranes, and preserve the integrity of your immune system.  Limit fat to 20 percent to 35 percent of your daily calories.  (If you stay within the above percentages, you earn .5 point)


*If you have ANY questions, please feel free to PM me or ask here.  Also, feel free to have discussions on this thread as you please*


Example Post:

UnderTheRainbow

MONDAY

Calorie Goal:  1300
Calorie Actual:  1350

Calories Burned:  250

Fat:  20%
Protein:  15%
Carbs:  65% 


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!

Week 2's Thread has been posted.  Please weigh in on this thread for Week 2.  Also check out this week's challenge.

User Name: Amelia221  
Gender: Female
Height: 5'9
Weight: 211 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs (in the long haul) 8-10 for the challange
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'll do it later.  I'm a procrastinator extraordinaire!


Quick question: Calories burned through exersise: from CC only? because I know the tredmil/eliptical have thier own readings that are very different from the numbers on here.

undertherainbow - i'm assuming that the goal weight is our goal weight for the challenge, right?  not our overall goal...

thanks!  =D

nikki_08-  Yup!  The goal weight for the end of the challenge.  :)


amelia221- I use the CC calories burned.  But you can also use your equipments readings.  That's your call.  Just be honest.  :)

First Weigh-in:

User Name: cindysilver4  
Gender: female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 135
Goal Weight: 128
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:   "but I'm sooooo hungry!" (I'm not really hungry, I am just bored right now!)

Daily Calorie goal: 1400

UN: Wannabehott Gender: Female! Height: 5"5 Weight: 126 (last time I checked, which was.... Saturday or Sunday Goal Weight: By the end of the month: 118 Final GW: 110-115... depends which looks better! Excuse(s) I'm Tossing: 1. I'll start again tmro 2. I'm hungry 3. I'm on holidays 4. Special Occasion 5. Just one taste 6. I'm never going to be able to do this 7. It's ok just this once

There are many more, but I think you get the drift...

Daily Cals: 1460

K, I have a question.

How can you split up your cals into each category (carbs, protein, etc.)

I know you're supposed to make it a certain percent (I know what percentage I'm supposed to do), but I still don't really get it....

User Name: ktcort13
Gender:  F
Height:  5'5"
Weight:  207
Goal Weight: 195
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: B/c I worked out I can eat crap to get extra cals in...i need to be eating healthy food to make up the deficit instead!

o and wannabe if you enter all your foods into teh food log and then select analysis under the toolbar, it will show you a pie chart of how it all broke down

User Name:Clarkplace123
Gender: female
Height: 5;3'
Weight:170
Goal Weight: 164
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: no time to exercise 

Thank you!

User Name:  tamji
Gender:  all woman baby!
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 176
Goal Weight: 170
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I ran out of time today to exercise!

thanks again UTR for organizing this challenge.  I thoroughly enjoyed the weightloss challenge and all it's mini-challenges :D

User Name:  michellesmith0
Gender:  Female
Height:  5'4
Weight:  230.6
Goal Weight:  for this challenge, 220.6
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:  I'm too tired to exercise

so our challenges will start on fridays and end on thursdays? just want to make sure i got it right!

The calorie goals/calories burned applies throughout the whole challenge.  Every Friday, a new weekly challenge will begin and the previous week will end. 

So to answer your question, Yes.  Just be sure to calculate Thursday as well.  :)

User Name: julie_sunny22
Gender: Woman
Height: 5'5''
Weight:134.5
Goal Weight: 129.0
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: "Just one more dessert won't hurt..." I.e. I get one dessert serving a day - no binging on dessert!

Calorie goal for every day this week: 1350

User Name: Pie_face
Gender: Female
Height: 5ft 6"
Weight: 158 lbs
Goal Weight: 146lbs

Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:

My depression makes me eat. FU depression!

My calorie goal per day is 1250/1300

User Name: rae4me
Gender:Female
Height:169 cm
Weight:81.1 kg - (178.8 lb)
Goal Weight:78.6kg - (173.3lb)
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out:   I'm on holiday it doesn't matter if i indulge a little or not exercise.


*edit*

Calorie goal for today is 1800 becuase i'm going to do lots of exercise and going am out to dinner tonight.

average calories goal to be 1450

User Name: rdjustice
Gender:Female
Height:5'8"
Weight:179
Goal Weight:172
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: "A small piece will be ok," and "A bite won't hurt me" 

Calorie goal for every day this week:  1350

User Name: sun_kissed
Gender: female
Height: 5'3
Weight: 151
Goal Weight: 140
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: "I'll start eating healthy tomorrow"

Calorie goal for everyday this week: 1200

User Name: cdanda
Gender: Female
Height: 5"4'
Weight: 157
Goal Weight: 150
Your Excuse That You Are Tossing Out: I'm on vacation and it's my anniversary (which I will be mid-month) so I don't need to watch what I eat or exercise . Wine and cheese nights are part of a healthy diet at least once a week. Snacking while cooking and cleaning up doesn't count.

My net calorie goal all week will be 1800.