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Name:   AKgrl

Age:  49
Height:  5'10"
Start Weight in May:    180.8
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 174.8

May 3:  177.4
May 10:  175.2
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:  5.6

Hope everyone has a glorious Mother's Day!

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Name:   AKgrl

Age:  49
Height:  5'10"
Start Weight in May:    180.8
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 174.8

May 3:  177.4
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:  3.4

Got so distracted soapboxing, I forgot to record this week's weigh-in...looks like I cleared that sodium induced water retention!!! Whoo-Haw

Original Post by mischiefdm:

Original Post by akgrl:

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New goal, new game plan--it's great to get a fresh start!!!!! Let's burn some pounds

AKgrl, what is your new game plan? Care to share? What tips do you have for the changes.

Mishief...am not nearly as experienced or "organized" a calorie counter as many who use this site, in fact, I'm really kind of a "newbie"...I think your calorie ratio intake plan sounds intriguing (know it's important to balance our intake, but that's about as far as I've taken it).  I tend to be a bit more basic in my approach...more calories burned, fewer calories consumed.  HOWEVER, despite the debate over whether time of day has anything to do with how effective a calorie burn is, I'm planning to add some of my exercise in first thing in the morning; right now I do most of it in the evenings.  I know you can find an expert who says almost anything, but I was reading a piece in the March (?) Women's Day magazine and one of the cardiologists in the article felt that morning exercise can help burn calories more efficiently all day.  That sounds "right" to me--burn a few hundred calories & get a jump start on the day!  It may all be in my head...but if I BELIEVE a.m. exercise will promote more (more efficient) calorie burn, then it will...if nothing else, my belief may subconconsciously help modify my behavior through out the day (to be more active, more resistant to temptation).  Scientifically speaking, it shouldn't matter when you burn off a calorie...it still takes 3500 burned to equal a one pound weight loss.  Practically speaking, if I'm only burning more calories because I added an a.m. exercise session, that will still help me achieve my goals!

Have to climb down off my soapbox now (does that count as exercise?)--there's a recument bike & a Universal machine at the gym that are calling out my name

Best of luck to you, and the rest of this month's challengers!!

Time to stretch...this month, I'm in for 1500.   Thanks to our super time keepers...Best of luck to all!

Name:   AKgrl
Age:  49
Height:  5'10"
Start Weight in May:    180.8
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 174.8

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

New goal, new game plan--it's great to get a fresh start!!!!! Let's burn some pounds

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