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***VALENTINE'S DAY CHALLENGE - Week 2 (01/03 - 01/09)*** Week 1 Winner - KWOODWARDUGA and Week 2 Winner - Coach_K

Welcome to WEEK 2 of the Valentine's Day Challenge. (Starts on Post #136)

Please post anything for WEEK 3 on the new thread.

Week 2's winner is COACK_K. 

1st 187.23 Points - coach_k
2nd 184.68 Points - skiier66
3rd 183.23 Points - spacedreamer01
4th 170.366 Points - theangrypeanut
5th 167.53 Points - kwoodwarduga
6th 142.35 Points - tribegirl
7th 140.55 Points - vklamorick
8th 140.5 Points - alldolledup
9th 138.5 Points - vieve
10th 133.21 Points - sportstergirl
11th 115.17 Points - devbanana
12th 114.75 Points - jakinkale
13th 112.79 Points - plankcm
14th 110.49 Points - brandy_m_gray
15th  90.655 Points - ms4423
16th  88.47 - karanjlo
17th  88.40 - kristinedaqueen
18th  80.07 Points - ariaunna
19th  54.4 Points - undertherainbow
20th  44.37 Points - katxv
21th  39.3 Points - katalina0610
22nd 30.45 Points - ktcort13
23rd 28.21 Points - pokeylvr
24th 21.08 Points - amandalynngillmor
25th 16.6 Points - crow1493
26th  8.97 Points - g1rl79

Week 1's winner is KWOODWARDUGA. 

1st    99.65 Points - kwoodwarduga
2nd   92.00 Points - theangrypeanut
3rd   86.03 Points - coach_k
4th   85.18 Points - skiier66
5th    77.4 Points - tribegirl
6th   61.77 Points - vklamorick
7th   57.84 Points - vieve
8th   55.17 Points - brandy_m_gray
9th   54.29 Points - devbanana
10th   51.46 Points - sportstergirl
11th 47.26 Points - ariaunna
12th 45.59 Points - plankcm
13th 43.99 Points - jakinkale
14th 42.38 Points - spacedreamer01
15th 41.07 Points - karanjlo
16th 40.37 Points - katalina0610
17th 37.16 Points - ms4423
18th 30.45 Points - ktcort13
19th 28.40 Points - kristinedaqueen
20th 28.81 Points - katalina0610
21st 28.21 Points - pokeylvr
22nd 23.28 Points - alldolledup
23rd 21.08 Points - amandalynngillmor
24th 16.83 Points - ms4423
25th 16.60 Points - Crowe1493
26th 13.48 Points - undertherainbow
27th   8.97 Points - g1rl79
28th   0.00 Points - jlweaver (newcomer)
29th   0.00 Points - katxv (newcomer)


Each day you will report your Daily Calorie Deficit and your Minutes Exercised.  Please include your Daily Calories Burned & Daily Calories Consumed  to earn the points for deficit as well as the Exercises you did to earn the points for minutes.

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Since there are various ways to lose weight and track your progress, this challenge will consist of tracking your calories, minutes exercised, body fat percentage, inches lost, and pounds lost giving you multiple ways to earn points.  You can opt out on certain sections if you wish and forfeit any points that could be potentially earned from that section.

TRACK YOUR CALORIES

Track your calories daily and earn points for your deficit.  You will need to make use of your Burn Meter and Eat Meter for this one.  Please do not exceed a deficit of 1000 calories.  The recommended deficit is 500-1000. 

Your Burn Meter will display the total estimate of calories you burn each day.  Make sure to have your activity level set correctly.  Some may choose to set their activity levels to sedentary and log all their activities while others may choose to select a higher activity level so they do not have to add activities/workouts.  Your Eat Meter will display the total calories consumed for the day as you update your food log.  Be sure to update your Food Log throughout the day or at the end of the day, whichever is more convenient for you.  Just make sure to log everything.  Accountability is a big part of losing weight. 

The points earned will be 1 POINT for every 100 CALORIE DEFICIT.  For example, if my Burn Meter reads 1840 calories burned for the day and my Eat Meter (at the end of the day and when I am done consuming calories) reads 1447 calories consumed, I have a deficit of 393 calories.  That would give me 3.93 points.  (Math: Total Deficit multiplied by .01 = Points)

You can either report your Calorie Deficit and points earned daily or weekly (during weigh in).  Either way, please break up each day and label properly. 

MINUTES EXERCISED

Exercise plays a great part in losing weight. 

You earn 1 POINT for every 10 MINUTES exercised.  Please do not include your daily activities (running errands, shopping, etc.) in this, only Exercise & Exercise related activities.  (Math: Minutes multiplied by .1 = Points)

You can either report your MINUTES EXERCISED and points earned daily or weekly (during weigh in).  Either way, please break up each day and label properly. 

BODY FAT PERCENTAGE

Losing weight is not only about losing pounds but also losing body fat percentage.  There are many different ways to calculate your body fat percentage.  You can choose which way you would like to calculate but please be sure to calculate your BF% the same way each week.  Here is an online calculator that can be used as well.  (Note: The calculator is only an estimation based on your calculations.) 

You will earn 2 POINTS for every 1 PERCENT of Body Fat lost.  For example, if I lose 1.5% BF, I will earn 3 Points.  (Math:  BF% multiplied by 2 = Points)

Please report your Body Fat Percentage on your first weigh in and each additional weigh in thereafter.

INCHES LOST

When you are working out and building muscle, the scale will sometimes move slightly or not as much as you like.  This can sometimes make you feel like not much progress is being made.  Another great way to track your progress is by taking your measurements.  For those that do not have tape measures, here is a printable tape measure. 

The areas for measurements for this challenge will be Chest, Waist, Hips, Thighs, Calves, Upper Arm, Forearm.  Here is an article explaining how to measure each area.  Please be sure to take your measurements in the same exact place each week.  If you do not feel comfortable posting each individual measurement, you can PM them to me for verification purposes and only report your total (overall) inches and inches lost. 

Please report your measurements in inches.  You can take your measurements in centimeters and convert to inches if you like.  You can earn 1 POINT for every 1 INCH lost.  For example, if I lost 2.25" I would earn 2.25 Points. (Math: Inches lost multiplied by 1 = Points)

Please report your Inches Lost on your first weigh in and each additional weigh in thereafter.

POUNDS LOST

For each 1 POUND lost you earn 1 POINT.  (Math: Pounds Lost multiplied by 1 = Points)

Please report your Start Weight, Previous Week's weight, and Current Weight for each weigh in and total your Pounds Lost.

I am keeping track of everyones stats and updates on a Google Doc.  If you would like access to it, please PM me with your email address.  :)

Good Morning! I am reallyexcited on starting the challenge. Here Are my measurements:

Starting Weight: 138.4 lbs
Starting BF%:  25.7%
Total # of Inches:  153.5"
     Chest: 32"
     Waist: 30"
     Hips:   34.5"
     Thighs: 23.5"
     Calves: 13.5"
     Upper Arms: 11"
     Forearms:   9"

HEIGHT: 5' 3.5"

Starting Weight: 195
Height: 5'5"
Starting BF%:  44.7% eek!
Total # of Inches:  176 (will add forearms later)
     Chest:  36
     Waist:  35
     Hips:  47
     Thighs:  28
     Calves:  17
     Upper Arms:  13
     Forearms:  forgot to measure this morning, will update later

I will report my stats later this evening.  I am very excited about this challenge;  thanks UTR!!!

yikes !!! well here we go lol im excited and a little scared***bites nails***
i used this body fat calculator
http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home -body-fat-test-2774-143.html#accurate

its pretty accurate because it says i have 79.4 pounds of fat !!! yikes !!! but thats around what i need to lose for my height and build.

starting weight  230
height       &nb sp;         5'8"
starting BF%      34.5% thank goodness for muscle !!!
total#of inches  192.5  darn those boobs !!! haha
chest       &nb sp;           45.5
waist       &nb sp;           37
hips       &nb sp;             47
thighs       &nb sp;          27
calves       &nb sp;          13
upper arms       &nb sp; 13
forearms       &nb sp;     10 

hmmm i tried that bf calculator and it said i have 27.4% body fat. that's a pretty big difference!

Starting Weight:198
Height:5'4"
Starting BF%:30%
Total # of Inches:
Chest:35
Waist:41

Hips:48
Thighs:25
Calves:16
Upper Arms:15
Forearms:10

Goal: 12 lbs

Good morning all! here i am in all my glory.

Starting Weight:150
Height:5'5"
Starting BF%:31%
Total # of Inches:179
     Chest:38
     Waist:33.5
     Hips:43.5
     Thighs:26
     Calves:16
     Upper Arms:12
     Forearms:10

Goal: 15 lbs

Starting Weight: 181

Height: 5'6

Starting BF%: 39.3

Total # of Inches: 184

Chest: 42.5

Waist: 37

Hips: 42

Upper Arm: 12.75

Forearm: 11

Thigh: 23

Calf: 15.75

hmmm i tried that bf calculator and it said i have 27.4% body fat. that's a pretty big difference!

ya, i tried that one too. and it said i had 44 after picking myself up off of the floor, i checked the one that is on calorie count again and that one says 25 and then i checked with the one that amanda used and it said 31 that one is about in the middle so i used that one. it said i have 46.5 lbs of fat total and i bet that is about right. i want to lose 15 lbs of that. leaving me with 31.5 lbs and i think that will be fine. 

i do have to mention right now that i weighed 145 on dec 21st. it is that tom for me so i may lose more than normal next week but to tell you the truth, i may have gained 5 lbs over the holiday too so we shall see. just don't want anyone to think i am fudging. we are doing this for ourselves anyway right?

good luck everyone and add me to your friends list if you want to and i can also be reached on google talk my handle is kathy kernodle

good luck all

kat 

Starting Weight:  126 lbs

Height:  5.3"

Starting BF%: 21.2 %

Chest: 

Waist: 31.5"

Hips:  43"  That's where everything goes :(

Thighs: 24"

Calves: 16"

Upper Arms: 12"

Forearms:  9"

Goal:  10 lbs

Starting Weight:  214lbs
Height:  5'3"
Starting BF%:  30.3% (the latter calculator was much kinder!)
Total # of Inches:  204.5" LOTS of room for improvement
     Chest:  47"
     Waist:  41"
     Hips:  47"
     Thighs:  26"
     Calves:  18"
     Upper Arms:  14"
     Forearms:  11.5"

Starting Weight: 166.8 (I, too, was much lower on Mon, so this is partially H2O)
Height: 5'8"
Starting BF%: 27.3% (using the one UTR recommended)
Total # of Inches:  168
     Chest: 34.5 (under band)
     Waist: 30
     Hips:  40
     Thighs: 23
     Calves: 15.5
     Upper Arms: 13.5
     Forearms: 11.5

Starting Weight:     160.8
Height: 65 inches (5'5")
Starting BF%: 36.8%
Total # of Inches: 155.89
     Chest: 36.5
     Waist: 35.5
     Hips:   42.5
     Thighs: 22.5
     Calves: 14
     Upper Arms: 10.5
     Forearms: 8.25

Exercise minutes: 30 min aerobics, 15 minutes pilates

And so starts the journey...Good luck all!

Edit to add: Exercise minutes!

I am up two pounds from a week of excess.  I think this will help me get back on program.  I will enter my details tonight.  Thanks for arranging this!

Yeah I'm up three pounds from holiday splurging I'll enter in my stats tonite as well. This is perfect so that I can get back on the wagon and stay there.

Weight:  162.2lbs.

Height:  5'8"

Body Fat:  31.2%

Total Inches:  175.45

     Chest:  39

     Waist:  33

     Hips:  40

     Thighs:  24.2

     Calves:  14.75

     Upper Arms:  14

     Forearms:  10.5

Exercise today:  30 minutes

 

 

 I am so excited that this is starting!!!  I can't wait to see the end results!

 Starting Weight: 150
Height: 5’ 8”
Starting BF%: 22.8
Total # of Inches:  183.50
     Chest: 38
     Waist: 34
     Hips: 45
     Thighs: 27.5
     Calves: 16
     Upper Arms: 13
     Forearms: 10

Goal 15lbs!

Total calories consumed 1,031. Estimated calories burned 1,780.  Diffrence of 749 = 7.49 points.

****This is an edit to add my deficits.***********

i write tomorrow.

*Reporting weigh in/stats for participant who is out until Jan 1*

*GETFIT20*

Starting Weight:  169.2lbs
Height:  5' 9.5"
Starting BF%:
Total # of Inches:  170.5"
     Chest:  34"
     Waist:  36.5"
     Hips:  38.5"
     Thighs:  23.5"
     Calves:  15.75"
     Upper Arms:  12.25"
     Forearms:  10"