Shape up boot camp. Lose or Maintain.. Starting Aug 17-Dec 31st

Hello everyone..

I am looking for 15 people to join me in shaping up and shipping out this weight.  You can be a person who is trying to maintain the loss. We all are in this together, and I need 15 people to join me. 15 good people.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are all in this together.

Here's how you start....

Name
Loser or Maintainer
Current Weight
Scale stepper or Judge by clothing
Amount of weight you wish to lose
Weekly weigh n, Bi weekly, or monthly
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st
Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout.

Weekly Challenges

12 miles of walking or jogging
90 mins of aerobics
90 mins of resistance training
80 onuces of water
2 to 3 servings of fruit
4 to 6 servings of veggies
2 servings of whole grains
PROTEIN ( your serving amount)

Design your own plan, but try to work these things in weekly.

I wish you all the best, and hope you join me soon.

Start August the 17th
End December 31st

We can do this. Challenge yourself to move weekly. This is a weekly boot camp fight. We have to move weekly, and do what is best for our bodies.. It's time to shape up and ship this weight out once and for all.

~Lynn

Name: Lynn
Loser
Current Weight 160.4
Scale Stepper
Weigh n weekly
Amount wish to lose 30lbs
Goal I wish to reach. 145 by December 31st
Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout.
I use the gym and workout 3 to 4 days a week. I walk 15 miles per week, and wish to do more. I also use beach body 10 min trainer on the weekend, and  tae bo. I have a long list of DVDs and is ready to use those more often than I do. I lift weights twice a week at the gym for 45 mins. I own a ellpitical, treadmill, fitness balls, and 2 kettle bells, total gym, and ab swing but to be honest with you all. Sometimes I have to step outside of my home to go workout at a gym so I want lose focus or give in. I find myself during the week saying the hell with this, but I have to let that go and keep on pushing forward. I've invested too much money into this weight loss thing, and I feel.. Losing weight is breaking my pockets. So, I'm making it my business to shape up and ship out this weight. I've reached hi levels of weight loss, and has back slide a whole lot during this process. I want to make progress, and keep that weight loss and maintain it for the rest of my life.

Lynn, I'll post my details when I get back.

I'm going to be out of town from Aug 17 to Aug 22. ;) ttyl

Count me in :)

Sam
Loser
150lbs
Scale stepper
Amount of weight you wish to lose:  30lbs approx
Weekly weigh in
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st: 125lbs
Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout.

Welcome to the group Sam.  I hope more come and join in. Nice to have you.

Name: Macy
Loser
Current Weight: 132.8
Scale stepper
Amount of weight you wish to lose: 25lbs
Weekly weigh in
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st: ~105lbs
Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout.

Used to be a runner, fell off the track and have not run or worked out for a while. Trying to get back in the game as I go through physical therapy for overpronation after a sprained ankle.

Welcome to the group Macy. I hope more come and join in. I'm sorry to hear about your injury, and I have a knee injury myself and is still working out all the bugs. I can't get down and run like I use to. But I still give it a try. I wish nothing but the best of luck. Welcome once again, and its so nice to have you as a part of this group.

hey,

Yella is the name... here to loose... currently 190.6 (as of this morning)... both scale stepper and judge by clothes.... wish to loose 25lbs... weekly weigh in... by december 31st i'd like to be at least 175... imma gym rat... but i fell off when my work schedule got hectic... it's time to get back in the groove!

i'm 25... mother of a wonderful 4th grader... i'm a social worker for the state of kansas and i work with kids in foster care... i just recently moved into a new home with my boyfriend and well... it's nice, but very interesting to cohabitate... i've lost weight twice before... getting to goal 160... the 1st time i maintained it for nearly a year and the second time i only maintained for four months... this time, i am going to loose the weight... and i'll be damned if i gain it back!!!

Hi Ladies

I'm Sarah

CW 167.5

Scale stepper

weigh n weekly

Want to lose 15-20lbs

I fell off the workout wagon. Trying to get back into it. I have an elliptical but have been successful in talking myself out of using it. Used to like running but don't have anyone to watch my kids for that.

Hi! Yella and Sarah, welcome.

Yella, I was looking for you to jump right on over. And I'm still looking for Yis.

Sarah, Welcome to the group. I'm looking for more people to come in and join us.

Name Lanna
Loser or Maintainer  Loser
Current Weight 112
Scale stepper or Judge by clothing Scale Stepper
Amount of weight you wish to lose 7 pnds
Weekly weigh n, Bi weekly, or monthly weekly
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st 105
Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout. Workout at the gym cardio for 30 min 3x a week weight training 2x per week

Lanna, welcome to the group.

Katelyn
Loser
Current Weight - 174
Scale stepper
Amount of weight you wish to lose - all together about 30 to 35 pounds. My ultimate goal weight is 140 to 145.
Weekly weigh in
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st - 150 (trying to be realistic)
I try to get in a few yoga, pilates, and spinning sessions in each week, but lately I have been slacking badly.  Hoping this group will motivate me to actually get all of those weekly goals done.  I have only been able to maintain the past 4 months, and I know that if I just work really hard on my excercise I can finally drop these pounds.

I'm going on vacation until the 23rd, so I might not be able to post until after that.

Welcome Katelyn, enjoy your vacation. I will be looking out for you..

Member's so far

1-Lynn
2-Cricket
3-Sam
4-Macy
5-Yella
6-Sarah
7-Lanna
8-Katelyn

looking for 8 more people.. I hope you all are ready to do this. I want to keep this simple.. I might even toss a weekly challenge in every once in a while. So be looking for those things as well. It could be anything from.. Trying to watch your calories intake for a week. To working out for any extra 10 mins during the day. Waiting on Monday.. Last day to sign up will be monday, and once monday is over. The close sign will be going up. I'm looking forward to working with each and everyone of you.

Thanks, Lynn! I get what you mean, it's hard to start up once you get injured.

Welcome to all the girls who just joined! Good to get to know you all.

My parents have decided to make a very impromptu family trip to New York right before school starts, so I'll be leaving on the Tuesday night and coming back Monday night. I probably won't be weighing back in until the 25th for the second weigh in as I won't have Internet for that week.

Name: Michael
Loser or Maintainer: Loser
Current Weight: 247
Scale stepper or Judge by clothing: Scale Stepper (every 2 weeks)
Amount of weight you wish to lose: 52 (2.6/wk)

Weekly weigh in, Bi weekly, or monthly: Biweekly
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st: 195

Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout.

CURRENT EXERCISE  PLAN:

• Elliptical: 7/wk 65 minutes per session
• Double Day Workout Sessions 2/wk
• Weight Training: 1/wk
• Class Exercise: 1/wk

EXERCISE GOALS

• Maintain Elliptical sessions: 7/wk @65 min/session
• Double Day Workout Sessions 3/wk
• Weight training: 2/wk
• Class Exercise/Aerobics 2/wk

CURRENT HEALTHY EATING PLAN :

• Water Consumption: 84.5 oz/day
• Making Healthy Choices - Delete the obvious
• Becoming cognizant of portion sizes
• Increasing protein consumption (tuna, almonds, legumes)

EATING GOALS:

• Maintain Water Consumption 84.5oz/day
• Incorporate Eggs - 2/wk
• Veggies - 3/wk
• Legumes- 3/wk

Count me in!!

Name- Amandie
Loser or Maintainer- Loser
Current Weight- 224
Scale stepper or Judge by clothing- both but primarily scale stepper.
Amount of weight you wish to lose- I'd like to be 140ish as a starting point so that is about 85lbs.
Weekly weigh in, Bi weekly, or monthly- would prefer bi-weekly since I fluctuate so much during the week but weekly is just fine by me as well.
Goal you hope to reach by December 31st- I say 40lbs but realistically I think 30lbs and to be able to fit in my size 18s again.
Workouts, tools, or aids you do, and how often do you workout- I usually use the Wii Fit and beachbody dvds 4 to 5 times a week but I've gotten bored and been lax with exercise lately. So I plan to buy Wii Active for a change of pace. I am also thinking of buying adjustable weights/dumbbells since you can incorporate whatever exercise equipment you have into the exercises by Wii Active.

Michael and Amandie, Welcome to the group. I will be looking forward to hear from you both on Monday morning. Told a girl friend of mines this is the last weekend of mistakes and foolish eating. I'm so ready to get everything rolling. Cut my work hours down in half so I can fit in my workouts, and do something for myself once again.

My workout plan for the next few weeks is.

Heavy duty weight training 3 days a week. For 50 mins
Heres my workout plan with the weights.  Sun-Tues-Thur
 
exercise ball wall squats 2-4 sets of 15
stationary lunges ( using mini press bar w/ 25lbs of wt.) 2-4 sets of 15
leg extension 2-3 sets of 15
lying leg curls( w/ 25lbs wt. 2-3 sets of 15 )
machine chest press ( w/45lbs wt. 2-4 sets of 15)
lat pulldown ( w/ 25lbs wt. 2-4 sets of 15)
seated cable row 2-4 sets of 15)
seated overhead dumbbell press ( w/15lbs 2-3 sets of 15)
incline-bench rear-delt raise ( w/ 15 lbs 2-3 sets of 15)
barbell curls (w/ 25lbs 2-4 sets of 15)
dumbbell kickback ( w/ 15lbs 2-4 sets of 15)
Bent leg Crunches 3-6 sets of 15

Cardio
Sun-ellpitical 45 mins or 60 mins of running on level 3 smooth jog
Mon-ellpitical 15 mins flip petals into stair mode level 7
Tue-ellpitical mix session program 30 mins.... levels 1-5
Wed-taebo 45 mins
Thur-yoga booty 45 mins
Fri-core rhythms 30mins
Sat-turbo jam 20mins

Eating plan.
Breakfast 2 egg whites/ dry toast/ side fruit salad
Breakfast 1 cup of oatmeal/ fruit salad
Breakfast 3 egg whites/ with chicken breast chucks and spinch

Lunches.
 Salads or Soups and Sandwiches
Fruit is a must with these lunches

Dinner.
Simple family dinner with low fat choices for me.

I'm just going to leave my dinner opts pretty much blank and simple, because I do have a family, and we all like to sit down and eat the same things. I just have to do mines in a low fat manner. 

Lynn:

Your goals sound awesome. I always seem to have trouble beign that specfific. I think I need to work on more planning. Good luck!

Michael

Michael, I have 3 note books. Everyone wonders why I use 3 note books. You might want to give this a try. On Friday or Saturday morning or that night. I sit down and I plan out my weeks to come.

Note book 1. Food Journal. I list my meun in there, and I have my calories amounts already laid out. A lot of work, but it helps me keep up with how many calories I eat. Set calories goals for my heavy work load is 1500 +100 for a good non sugar free treat.. Serbert icecreme.. I love it..

Note book 2. Weight training and Cardio

Note book 3. My personal Journal. I keep it with me all the time. I journal about the mood I was in for that day, and everything I ate. My feelings. I even journal the bad mistakes I made. If I was eating out of anger or crazy emotional feelings. It works for me, and it also helps me address some of these bad choices I make in my eating process..

You might like. Just give it a try. Sometimes people can't keep up. You can get a 5 subject note book and keep up with all of it like that. I also take 20 pages from the very back of my note book and list my weight and measurements in there. It's very helpful, and when I start to back slide.. The one thing I notice is this.. I stop logging calories and start mindless eating mood swings again.

On the go. Always keep 12 almonds in a little ziploc bag. And keep one of those protein drink mix packs in desk or locker at work. 20oz of water, and you cut your hunger in half just by drinking one of those. I find it easier for me to have it with one of my meals. My lunch. It keeps me fuller, and where I need to be for the rest of the day before I have dinner. I also have another one of those protein mix drinks right after dinner. And hour or so later.. It keeps me out of the kitchen. And My kitchen trick is this. I go and I clean it up. Wash all the dishes and shut it down, and put 2 signs on my frige doors that says closed. I don't open it for water, because I made a tall 40oz bottle of cold water with lemon in it before I go to bed. It's right by my bed, and I can slip on water during the night. Those fews things will carry you along way, and if you have to have a late night snack.. Make sure it's a veggie.. Nothing added. Just a veggie if you have to have that hand to mouth action. A gym memeber who was once 324 pounds told me. She had to learn how to eat right first, and then she started to learn how to work out. Every month she would master something. Eating was one of them, and with eating right and adding those drink mixes in to her meal plan helped her stay away from the kitchen and the extra eating. And her sugar fix became honey tea to help her rest at night with a large bottle of water on the side. So give these things a try. They do work, and it will help.

I will share what works for me from time to time on here, and what I've heard worked for others. I do talk to the OWP ( over weight people) at the gym, and they don't mind sharing what works for them.

We all can do this, and we will drop these pounds.. We just have to learn the art of focus, and find something else to do. Do mind exercises.. A friend of mines at the gym told me.. Her mother lost 90 pounds in 140 days just by doing word puzzels and cutting things out of her diet one by one that was bad, and logging on to myspace and chatting to friends. So we all can find something to do that will help us fight the weight gain.

Hi everyone,

Today and Monday will be the last days to join this group. First thing Tuesday morning I will be closing this group. If I have 15 people our not. I think what we have will be enough to get us through the next few months. I want this group to get a lot of support. I know some of us has done some back sliding, and starting up and starting over. I also know. Some of us has been on the wagon from day one. We are going to get to our December goal weight. We just have to buckle down and put in the work.. This sunday. I have 30 mins of weight training plan, and 30 mins of cardio. We can do this, and we all can do this together. We are going to make it. One step at a time. One day at a time.

Welcome to the group, and I hope to hear from all of you on monday for the weigh ins.

New add who comes on monday. Please log in your current weight, and also log in your monday weigh in. Just list at the end of your post. Monday's weight.

Thank you,

Group supporter..

Lynn