New Challenge: 10 lbs in 5 weeks! Final weigh-in 5/21/09

I am in desparate need of a new challenge! Weigh-ins will be once a week on Thursdays, starting 4/23/09. I will post the winner of each week by percentage of weight lost. Also, I am going to have a mid-goal reward and a goal reward for some extra incentive. Let's do this!!!

*So, if everyone who wants to do the challenge, can copy paste the info below (edit with your info obviously) and just edit the first post only each week, that will make it easier for me to calculate for the winner, and plus it's fun to see the results each week. Thanks and good luck!!!!!

Height: 5'6"

Age: 26

SW: 142

GW: 132

4/23- GW: 140  AW: 139.4  Total Lost: 2.6 lbs!

4/30- GW: 138  AW: 138.6 bleh...so bloated...BUT, it's still a loss!!!

5/7- GW: 136  AW: 138 - Darn! I was 137 yest., but blew it with wine last night

5/14- GW: 134  AW: 136

5/21: GW: 132  AW:

Mini goal: 137  Reward: new shoes

Main goal: 132  Reward: new shorts! (I won't wear them unless I'm at this weight)

I'd like to take up this challenge.

Height: 5'8"
Age:22

Starting Weight: 234.0
Challenge Starting Weight:  216.6

4/23- GW: 214.6  AW: 213.0

4/30- GW: 212.6  AW: 207.5

5/7- GW:  210.6  AW: 204.8

5/14- GW: 208.6  AW:200.1

5/21: GW: 206.6  AW:196.2

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Challenge Goal: 206.6
Main Weight Loss  Goal: 144

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1st Update 216.6 to 213.0  Loss of 3.6lb

2nd Update 213.0 to 207.5 Loss of 5.5lb

3rd Update 207.5 to 204.8 Loss of 2.7lb

4th Update 204.8 to 200.1 Loss of 4.7lb

5th Update 200.1 to 196.2 Loss of 3.9lb

Challenge Completion Update 216.6 to 196.2lb

Total Challenge Weight Loss 20.4lb

This sounds like a great motivator.  Count me in.

Height: 5'5"

Age:38

SW: 178.8

GW: 168.8

4/23- GW: 176.8  AW: 176.2

4/30- GW: 174.8  AW: 175.8

5/7- GW: 172.8  AW: 175.0

5/14- GW: 170.8  AW: 171.2   WhooHoo!

5/21: GW: 168.8  AW: 170.2   I'm not complaining.  Not one bit.  Thanks smmca for organizing this!!!!

Overall SW: 187

Overall GW: 140

me too!
I'm around 138ish right now.

I'm in....tired of procrastinating. 36 yrs old,  5'7", 140lbs, goal of 130-132.  Not really "overweight", but want to lean out.

Thanks for the challenge!

SW: 140

GW: 130-132

4/23- GW: 138  AW: 136.5   

4/30- GW: 136  AW: 137          

5/7- GW: 134  AW:  139 

  ???? $#*@ !  22miles/week, 3 hrs strength/week, 1400cal/day....seriously. maybe I'm suppossed to be closer to 140. Raising my cals to 1500-1600/day this week, keeping workouts the same - maybe I'm doing more harm than good eating too little. Definitely leaner.....wish I wasn't hung up on a # on the scale. Frigging scale.... :)

5/14- GW: 132  AW: 138  

5/21: GW: 130  AW:

Mini goal: 135  Reward:  ? I'll think of something....

Main goal: 130  Reward:  cute sundress

I need to make sure I keep eating clean - cut out the chocolate and ice cream....  :(   .   Streng th training 3x, running 3x/week (no big change there - trying to be more consistant though)....goal is to make sure I lose fat, not muscle. Since I'm building/maintaining muscle (hopefully), my weight may not change like I hope....we'll see.

Good luck, let's keep at it!

Yes, the weigh-ins are on Thursdays, I was originally going to do them Tuesdays, but wanted to give everyone a week before the first weigh-in. And if everyone could please follow my format and post it that would be great and just edit the first post each week, so I dont have to go through the whole thread.

What is everyone going to do differently to lose weight for this challenge?

For me, I need to limit my alcohol consumption, and if I do drink, switch to light beer. That will be a huge factor I think, and double my water intake.

I also started running 3x's a week, and walk 3x's.

I've never done anything like this, but certainly could use the motivation and accountability.

Height: 4'11"

Age: 30

SW: 136

GW: 126

4/23- GW: 134  AW:

4/30- GW: 132  AW:

5/7- GW: 130  AW:

5/14- GW: 128  AW:

5/21: GW: 126  AW:

Well, I already cut back to near 0 alcohol (just the occasional light bear) when I started CC 6.5 weeks ago.  I've been doing really good at watching the calories and drinking lots of water and averaging about 1.3 pounds a week.  I think the only thing I can do differently is try to exercise more, which is going to be hard to find time for.  Rode the bike 14 miles this evening, and plan on doing a nice hike tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks everyone on signing up!!! Welcome to all new challengers!

I'm in! This is a great challenge

Height: 5'8"

Age: 36

SW: 197

GW: 187

4/23- GW: 195  AW: 196

4/30- GW: 193  AW: 191

5/7- GW: 191  AW: 190 Weight has seemed to stall this week, going to try eating more.

5/14- GW: 189  AW: 189 Well at least I made it to this goal. I was hoping to see more lost this week hehe.

5/21: GW: 187  AW:

Good luck everyone

I know I am late but really want to join this challenge!! I am going to be better about Friday and Saturday night splurges (that seems to make or break me!)

Height: 5'5''

Age:32

SW: 169

GW: 159

4/23 - GW: 167  AW: 168  (2 weeks until Disney World - must get under 165!)

4/30 - GW: 165  AW: 166.5

5/7 - GW: 163

5/14 - GW: 161

5/21 - GW: 159

Ok, my weigh-in is in.  I overshot my goal by a bit (0.6 lbs), but I was all over the board this week, which seems to happen sometimes, and I may have just gotten lucky with one of the downswings falling on Thursday. I weigh daily but don't put too much importance on the daily swings other than as a comparison to something I did differently in the days before that might have affected it.

I started at 178.8 last Thursday and was down to 176.6 by Sunday after a long Saturday hike up a nearby mountain. But that sprang back to 179.6 on Monday and has been drifting down again ever since, finishing at 176.2 this morning. I'll be extremely surprised, and maybe even a little worried, if I see another 2.6 lb drop next week.

I've now lost 10.8 lbs since starting CC, averaging 1.48 lbs / week.

Best wishes to everyone else.

Congrats jsgarvin!!! Thats so great! And great job to everyone else! Thanks for weighing in today! I will calulate the winner tomorrow. Have a great day and keep up the good work!

I slipped up last night and had a little more than a half a bottle of wine. Ugh... Why did I do that before weigh in??? Oh well, I wil just exercise twice today and move on....

Age: 30

SW: 136

GW: 126

4/23- GW: 134  AW: 124

4/30- GW: 132  AW:

5/7- GW: 130  AW:

5/14- GW: 128  AW:

5/21: GW: 126  AW:

Ugh, my TOM so i lost a lb, then gained two back. I went back down another lb but it hardly moved at all. Hopefully I'll see better results throughout the next few weeks :)