**TUESDAY Weight Loss 15 Week Challenge June 02, To Sep 15 2015 SIGN UP HERE**

[royalmike]

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” ~Thomas Jefferson

[royalmike]

I used to travel a bit for work. Eating healthy on the road can be a challenge.

I'd say bring your own healthy snacks. At meetings and conferences, there always seemed to be a tray of pastries or other unhealthy foods I'd have to avoid so the snacks helped.

I'd always try to find a Whole Foods or other supermarket on longer trips. When having to eat out a lot, see if you find the menus of local places online. Some might even have nutrition info. Gotta be something reasonably healthy on the menu or something you can make healthier by asking them to hold the sauce, dressing, or whatever.

Minimize empty calories from alcohol if possible.

yea its difficult when travailing I used to be traveling for six months of the year, taking clients out and trying to eat healthy and track calories two forces pulling you in different directions.
Most chain restaurants now have nutritional information on here web sites and the Menu so this makes it a bit easier.
Stay away from most salad dressing though.

[Earlbolus]

PM'd my starting weight at 200.4 lbs. Today is the day these 15 weeks start. Stay focused, train hard and we should get to our goals!

[Ace Corona]

My weigh-in is 232.8 pounds, I moved up from yesterday, but I'm not sure how, since I ate healthy. I went shopping yesterday and bought all healthy foods, I bought a three pound sack of walnuts from Costco for $18, and a big basket of strawberries and a two and a half pound sack of fresh spinach.

[pindoc]

Im in

203,27 lbs today

[n4pst3rCOD]

Down 2lbs. Well strength is increasing so yay yay.

[Frontman44]

You're right 1,200 might be too low.
I'll stick to 1,5-1,6k.

You might still be low. We are around the same height and within 10 lbs of each other. If that is you in your avatar then you are considerably leaner than I am which means you should be able to get away with a higher intake and still see results. My advice would be that you start around 2,000 cals for the first 2 - 3 weeks and see how your body responds. You can adjust lower if you need to but starting really low gives you nowhere to go if/when you hit a plateau.

[Frontman44]

Well, after a low that lasted a few days (Depression triggered by an event at work this last Wednesday) which involved me self medicating with a tub of frozen yogurt I am back on track and ready to reach my goal.

The scale this morning read 205.6 lbs which is up a little from last week for obvious reasons. I am also back on Day shift which makes a huge difference in my mood and ability to stay focused.

[01lowbird]

official weigh in 252.0
lets get this party started

[Savanimal912]

Weighed in at 200.9
Good luck yall

[harmar21]

Sign me up!
29 y M 267lbs
Started weightloss September last year at 350 so the end of this challenge would put me just past my 1 year weight-loss anniversary
End Goal Weight: No idea, will only know when I get there.. Im guessing ballpark 170-190range. Hoping to be at that goal sometime in Q1 or Q2 2016
Goal weight by end of this challenge: Really aiming for <=246. This puts me over 100lbs lost in a year at an average of 2lbs per week

Plan: Continue doing what I am currently doing. eating at 1000+ calorie deficit on average (~1800 cal currently), weightlift 2x per week, jogging 3x per week. Right now I am on week 9 of c25k program running 4k in 30minutes non stop. This will probably end up being a 12 week program for me as I will add 333meters (~.2miles) per week until I get to 5k. Then I will evaluate if I want to work on increasing speed, increase distance, or transition to jog outdoors instead of a treadmill.

Good luck to everyone!

[DyingAtheist]

Weighed in at 264.5, which is a couple more than I expected to be annoyingly. Ce last vie.

[Mickey5555]

Hello everyone, I am 43 Yr old Female. I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I came across this thread when looking for info / reviews on supplements. Some info on me:

I have Fibromyalgia which I used as an excuse to get out of shape. I am also a smoker and a heavy drinker - ok an alcoholic. Today will be my day to start the rest of my life. My goal is to lose 20 lbs, get in shape, become healthy, happy and sober. Any advice on supplements would be great, tomorrow I will start a deep cleanse and also take supplements to help my liver. I look fwd to being part of this group. Thank you in advance for your support and encouragement.

[live4gs]

Pm sent finally. They hid the pm button on me.
230.0 to start.

[FlankDrivePlus]

How do I pm someone when I am on my phone?

[Ace Corona]

How do I pm someone when I am on my phone?

Just go to a library and get on a computer and send a PM

[Ace Corona]

Royalmike, you should provide your e-mail address in your sig in case you receive too many PM's, Bodybuilding.com only allows us to have a certain amount, and if you hit your limit on a Tuesday, some people might not be able to PM you their weight for that week. That way they could e-mail you their weight instead, if they have to.

[royalmike]

Royalmike, you should provide your e-mail address in your sig in case you receive too many PM's, Bodybuilding.com only allows us to have a certain amount, and if you hit your limit on a Tuesday, some people might not be able to PM you their weight for that week. That way they could e-mail you their weight instead, if they have to.

should be OK will delete all PM on Wednesday
so far 48 but still waiting for a few to PM me there weigh ins

Anybody still wanting to start no problem post and PM me

[PolishSteve]

285lbs even, good luck everyone!

[live4gs]

How do I pm someone when I am on my phone?

It was a pain for me too. I found out after clicking on royalmike's name, I seen a button for "more" when I hit it, send a PM was there.
Hope it helps.

[vtrejo1987]

PM Sent - hopefully this works for all of us!

[KikiLicious]

Welcome to all the new folks!

Today was a pretty good start for me. I had an awesome Back day and my eating stayed within my macros. I hope the rest of you all had an awesome day!

[Savanimal912]

Welcome to all the new folks!

Today was a pretty good start for me. I had an awesome Back day and my eating stayed within my macros. I hope the rest of you all had an awesome day!

That's good to hear - I was doing good on my cal intake....until i got to work lol.

[LiftingStrong]

Clocked in at 223 today according to the scale, though that's just water because I had a pretty sodium heavy dinner and water before bed.

[royalmike]

Hi
Thank you to all that PM me there starting weight and good luck.

Now we have 49 participants but I only received 38 PM

some of the missing info I found in there posts to the Thread and others on there Bodyspace which took some time.
There are still 3 without starting weights so please PM me if you are one of those.

And can everyone check there starting weights on the link below and please PM me if there is an error.

*****Next week if you could PM me your username and weight that information in the title only it will make my task a lot easier ************


**Link to Excel workbook** copy into browser
http://1drv.ms/1EUGgOY

Thank You Mike

GOOD LUCK

Rules
� Two missed weigh-ins named and shamed
� Three missed weigh-ins your out

[FlankDrivePlus]

It was a pain for me too. I found out after clicking on royalmike's name, I seen a button for "more" when I hit it, send a PM was there.
Hope it helps.

thanks man. Finally worked.

[DyingAtheist]

First night on it and I went significantly over my TDEE. Oops. Not going to beat myself up about it now - what's done is done eh - just going to make sure I correct the mentality that got me there in the first place. Onwards and upwards! (actually downwards would be nicer)

[Ace Corona]

First night on it and I went significantly over my TDEE. Oops. Not going to beat myself up about it now - what's done is done eh - just going to make sure I correct the mentality that got me there in the first place. Onwards and upwards! (actually downwards would be nicer)

Don't feel bad, I did the same thing, after my weigh in I thought I could cheat a little, and I went way overboard. Well, back in the saddle!

[lovelylitlebrat]

I already started cutting about a week ago, getting ready for this challenge. Weighed myself at 252lbs today.

I have to travel out of state next week for school. Any tips on how to manage calories or where to get food from?

Pre-pack food and snacks. I usually cook for the week and freeze or refrigerate. I don't go anywhere without something to eat in my purse or pocket (usually nuts). For eating out, use a calorie counter. Most people have MyFitnessPal but I use FatSecret. I also tend to put my meanls in the cal counter ahead of time so I don't have to make any food decisions. If its all planned out its easier to stick to. Make eating healthy convenient.

[Savanimal912]

Pre-pack food and snacks. I usually cook for the week and freeze or refrigerate. I don't go anywhere without something to eat in my purse or pocket (usually nuts). For eating out, use a calorie counter. Most people have MyFitnessPal but I use FatSecret. I also tend to put my meanls in the cal counter ahead of time so I don't have to make any food decisions. If its all planned out its easier to stick to. Make eating healthy convenient.

+1 for adding in your meals into a calorie counter prior to eating; it's extremely convenient. If you have your meals set for the day; you'll have less error to mess up and try to be creative in the kitchen.