Spring-Summer Slimdown Challenge Week 2

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EDIT: WEEK 2 RESULTS ARE POSTED IN THE WEEK 3 THREAD:

http://caloriecount.about.com/spring-summer-s limdown-challenge-week-ft139063

Welcome to Week 2!

EDIT: WEEK 1 RESULTS -- TEAM 1 IN THE LEAD!!!

Great job everyone on Week 1. Team 1 posted 19 entries and Team 2 posted 10 entries. We lost a total of 38.6 pounds!!!! To make it fair, I took averages of pounds lost and points earned.

• Team 1 lost an average of 1.4 pounds lost and 4.95 points earned
• Team 2 lost an average of 1.2 pounds and earned an average of 4 points (so not far behind).
• Congrats to sweetjuney who lost the most pounds (5.6) and to rylindis who lost the largest percentage of body weight (3.28%)
• Congrats to rdiana111, darcykwolfe, yvonne1992, karoles, and clairemariesands for meeting their deficit goal every day.

Team 1 (who posted):

sweatpantsundays buttonsxandbows kgingerk on_point sourapple90 insanityfactor sarah_ch (Sarah) mrsmrsrog76 rdiana111 squmseya jnielson006 cdanda (Caroline) merimeriqcontrary clary_wayland darcykwolfe karoles yvonne1992 rylindis sweetjuney

Team 2 (who posted):

irka13 shellamy liamgetg jacqueline726 tragicgal vt388 pteresa19 brittneyscott clairemariesands naturallyd bcrgrrl (I know you'll be posting for week 2)

If I missed anyone, please PM me and let me know your stats for Week 1.

Week 2 Challenge: Drink, drink, drink

From Ask Mary: http://caloriecount.about.com/water-promote-w eight-loss-q59#ixzz0F8tpJgNt&A

Water might help in weight loss by keeping the stomach full. The average woman needs 1.5 liters, or about 50 ounces, of fluid every day. All non-caffeinated and nonalcoholic beverages count as fluid, as do vegetables, such as celery, cucumber and lettuce, fruits, like melons and grapefruit, and mixed dishes like soup. Research shows that water in the form of soup and salad curbs the appetite better than by drinking it as a beverage. One small study showed that drinking 0.5 liters, or 17 ounces, of water increased the metabolic rate for about 30 minutes after drinking.

In contrast, I also found this information on the Mayo Clinic Website:  The Institute of Medicine advises that men consume roughly 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day and women consume 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day.

I thought I’d compromise on the information and suggest that you must drink about 50 ounces (which is about six 8 oz glasses) of non-caffeinated and nonalcoholic beverages to earn a point a day.

So Diet Coke with caffeine doesn’t count, Caffeine-free diet coke would count as would drinks such as crystal light, propel, etc. I figure you can get the extra fluids in your food that the Institute of Medicine suggests. A good way to increase the palatability of water is to drop a lemon, lime, strawberries, cucumber, or melon into your water. It’s delicious and flavors it without the artificial sweetener.

I decided to go with a water challenge this week in advance of the fiber challenge next week as I figured that drinking water would be helpful if flushing out your system if you’re eating a good amount of fiber.

Good luck everyone. Remember, Just because the calorie deficit challenge is over doesn't mean you have to stop counting :)

Remember to check out the support thread to keep motivated and list your stuggles and accomplishments. http://caloriecount.about.com/spring-summer-s limdown-challenge-support-thread-ft137619

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Remember to post your weigh in and points by end of the day Monday.

Week 3 info is up:

http://caloriecount.about.com/spring-summer-s limdown-challenge-week-ft139063

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 128.4 (1) 128.0
Goal weight: 120.4

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 127.0
Week 2 challenge points earned: 7

Total points earned: 12

Team: 2

Starting weight: (0) 129 (1) 129
Goal weight: 125

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 129
Week 2 challenge points earned: 6

Total points earned: 10

Team: 2

Starting weight: (0) 168.5 (1) 164.5
Goal weight: 153

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 166 (boo)
Week 2 challenge points earned: 7 (yay!)

Total points earned: 12

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 152 (1) 152
Goal weight: 142

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 150.6
Week 2 challenge points earned: 7

Total points earned: 13

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 151.5 (1) 150.4

Goal weight: 135

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in:
Week 2 challenge points earned:

Total points earned: 5!

iiam excited that i lost 1.1lbs !! i was on my period and it was examm week!! iam soo excited to graduate this friday... hopefully i will be out of 150zone when i walk down the stage with my diplomaa!!

Team:  1

Starting Weight: (0) 171 (1) 168.2

Current Weight (May 11):  168.2

Goal Weight (May 18)  166.5_______________________________________

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in:  167.8

Week 2 Challenge points earned:  5

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 167 (1) 164.4
Goal weight: 155

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 163
Week 2 challenge points earned: 5

Total points earned: 12

Team: 2

Starting weight: (0)145 (1)143.7

Goal weight: 135

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 144.0

week 2 challenge points earned:7

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 160 (1) 159

Goal weight: 150

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in:

Week 2 challenge points earned:

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 165.6 (1) 166

Goal weight by end of challange: 155

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 166 (still?!)

Week 2 challenge points earned: 7 (I love water! So I loved this challenge!)

Total points: 11

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 165.5 (1) 162.2

Goal weight: 153

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in:

Week 2 challenge points earned:

Total points earned: 7

I like this challenge, its concidentaly is my personal challenge this week, coz I haven't payed much attention on water last weeks....

Team: 2

SW: 190

CW: 189

GW: 170

Week 2 weigh in: 188

Week 2 challange points: 4 (didn't meet the challange on 3 days)

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 133 (1) 133

Goal weight by end of challenge: 123

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in:

Week 2 challenge points earned:

Total points earned:

Team: 2

Starting weight: (0) 171 (1) 171
Goal weight: 160

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 171
Week 2 challenge points earned: 7

Total points earned: 11

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 184.5 (1) 184.0

Goal weight: 170

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 183
Week 2 challenge points earned: 5

Total points earned: 11

Team: 1

Starting weight: (0) 222 (1) 220.8

Goal weight: 212

Week 2 (May 18) weigh in: 218.8

Week 2 Challenge points earned: 6

Total points earned: 10

team: 2

starting weight: (0) 142 (1) 142

goal wight: 141

week 2 (May 18):

week 2 challenge points earned

total points earned:

team: 2

starting weight: (0) 144 (1) 142

goal weight: 135 (eventually 126)

week 2 (May 18): 141

week 2 challenge points earned 1+1+1+1+0+0+1=5

total points earned: (1)=7  (2)= 5 

team: 2

starting weight: (0) 159 (1) 158

goal wight: 156

week 2 (May 18):

week 2 challenge points earned

total points earned:

team: 1

starting weight: (0) 136.5 (1) 137.2

goal wight: 130

week 2 (May 18):

week 2 challenge points earned

total points earned: