Official August 1st to November 1st Weight Loss Challenge

[Strobe57]

welcome, GibRed, and thanks for offering to maintain the spreadsheet, Strobe57. we might need you.

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OP last posted in here on 7/21. i'm hopeful that he will be here on Friday, but he does not need to be here on Friday for people to get to work on this, and he does not need to be present for people to pm him. please send your weights to the OP as instructed, but post your weights in here as well as a back-up and make sure you are keeping a personal record of your stats.


also,

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if you've had success losing fat and keeping it off for six months, please post a progress report in this thread. i want to make it a regular check-in. i'm going to give another, much briefer update in six months.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1274754911

That's a really nice thread. A lot of those things have definitely applied to me the last couple months. If OP doesn't show up within a few days people can just PM me their weights and I'll make a new post.

[caprica6]

That's a really nice thread. A lot of those things have definitely applied to me the last couple months. If OP doesn't show up within a few days people can just PM me their weights and I'll make a new post.

thanks again!

[costahobo]

Well I started Monday and my weigh in then was 220.4 (once I worked out how to covert scales from kg).

But will start this on Friday as want to lose 40lbs. Only prob is I have done my back in, but will persevere, keep diet up (1900cals, also cutting out alcohol completely for a while as well) and hope this heals up quick so can get in gym next week.

I have to do this now, as blood pressure has got bad, and doc has put me on perendepril (sp). It was 160/110 which was scary. So motivation is to not have a stroke before I am 40.

You'll get there, just stay dedicated and obsessed.

[costahobo]

Back to 193.0 this morning. Hopefully I keep the trend going downward. Haven't been in the 192's yet. Hopefully tomorrow morning.

Awesome! I was feeling a bit lazy before I read this thread, but now it's time to lace up my shoes and get a workout in.

[baffledgenius]

I think once you get used to cutting calories it gets a lot easier. Before I started eating better a couple months ago I was probably consuming 3-4k calories per day. After about a month of dieting it started feeling less like a diet and more like a lifestyle and many days I'll eat <1500 calories. Maybe that's just me though lol. Anyway, good luck...and don't forget your cheat days

Thats quite a change! Very impressive Strobe. 😊 Im working this week on not eating out at all and just focusing on making it a lifestyle, like you said

[birdlegs]

Awesome! I was feeling a bit lazy before I read this thread, but now it's time to lace up my shoes and get a workout in.

Let's do it!! I had to work today and haven't worked out yet. I have to do it, no excuses. Not 100% sure I will do the cardio, but I will at least hit the weights. Diet has been good today too (so far). Shouldn't exceed 2000 cals if everything goes according to plan.

[LiftBig315]

Had a leg session this afternoon, finished of my 5 set for ten reps at 300#. Felt good, eating a Caesar salad probably followed up with eggs

[costahobo]

Let's do it!! I had to work today and haven't worked out yet. I have to do it, no excuses. Not 100% sure I will do the cardio, but I will at least hit the weights. Diet has been good today too (so far). Shouldn't exceed 2000 cals if everything goes according to plan.

I either pulled or strained one of my ab muscles doing pullups last Friday, so I can't hit the weights until that heals. Thankfully I can still run and cycle, though.

[birdlegs]

I got in my 60 mins of weights and cardio. Calories are right at 2,000. So I told myself if I can make the entire 60 mins, I will reward myself with a Wendy's waffle cone (300 calories) 2,300 calories - 60 mins of circuit training and cardio. My wife said, why don't you stop at 30 mins and skip the ice cream? I said, I would probably eat something anyway, so I might as well trick my mind into thinking I am really doing something, haha. Really hoping to being sub 193 tomorrow.

[NocturnalEphex]

I'm in on this. I've let myself slide for too long.

Starting weight: 293.8 lbs.

[mastergriller]

Noob here. Count me in.

[cakesandcream]

In....

I keep failing these things but can't give up I guess

[bama5584]

In....

I keep failing these things but can't give up I guess

[costahobo]

194.4 lb this morning. That's a total loss of -5.2 lbs in 17 days, losing an average of -2.14 lbs per week.

[NinaNitro]

Really excited to get this underway. Staring today I'm lowering cals a bit to 1600 since I've solidly plateaued at 1750 and I'll keep up the upper/lower split I test drove the past two weeks. Could stand to throw in a tad more cardio since that personally seems to get things going. My sleep has been solid but I could stand to increase the total hrs / night, so that's the next goal

180.4 this morning. My lowest was 173 last October but that was a result of a very poor 1200 calorie diet with no exercise. I have gained in the past four months since starting training, but I feel leaner, stronger and happier than ever so I'll take those lbs!

Goal for November 1 is to see if I can get the scale to dip to 168 while keeping my strength up. Doable, I think!

[stingray72]

Im ready to see you all make some progress focus on the prize. In other news I just saw they did another new release on bluray for 4 of the hellraiser movies set to be released october 7 2014. I put my order in on amazon for 12.99.

[BuschWolff]

I'm in! 288.0 today

[royalmike]

Cutting and working out anyway but need a bit of a push, hope OP returns on Friday,
How do you add modify your signature?

[bama5584]

Cutting and working out anyway but need a bit of a push, hope OP returns on Friday,
How do you add modify your signature?

User CP> Edit Signature (its under the "my settings" tab on the left side of the screen)

[KINCADE2K]

noob here also. I would like to join too. Was 250 start of the year now 236 but going to gym and changing diet recently.

[royalmike]

User CP> Edit Signature (its under the "my settings" tab on the left side of the screen)

Thanks will weigh in and post in signature tomorrow of to do some cardio.

[LillethRaymond]

I'm in!

[matthew2474]

In. 205.

[langford44]

I'm in. I had some success with the first one of these that I did... the next 2 not so much. Hoping I can stay motivated this time. Was 252. 8 this morning.

[cakesandcream]

I need to start eating green veggies. There is just none of that in my diet.


Any nice edible green vegetables? I seem to only like broccoli...

[costahobo]

I need to start eating green veggies. There is just none of that in my diet.


Any nice edible green vegetables? I seem to only like broccoli...

I can't stand veggies, so I juice them instead. Spinach, cucumber, celery, ginger, lemon, apple. I make almost a liter of it daily and chug it on down.

[cakesandcream]

I can't stand veggies, so I juice them instead. Spinach, cucumber, celery, ginger, lemon, apple. I make almost a liter of it daily and chug it on down.

Everything 1:1 ratio? (except for the ginger of course) and is the lemon lemon juice? You add water to it as well? Is it filling?

[necorbin]

I'm in as well.....

Been wanting to join one of these threads, but always saw it after the fact. I lost 70 pounds almost a year ago, but due to poor choices in food moreso, and also hitting weight lifting VERY HEAVY (currently on my 5th cycle of AllPro's Beginner Program, and have been doing auxillary exercises 2-3 days a week), I've gained a little more fat and mass than I like. Actually been cutting since Monday.

[StreetsOfFire]

In!

[costahobo]

Everything 1:1 ratio? (except for the ginger of course) and is the lemon lemon juice? You add water to it as well? Is it filling?

Exact recipe is

1 bunch of spinach (it's about a large handful)
1 cucumber
4 stalks of celery
1" chunk of ginger
1 lemon
2 apples

No, it's not filling, it's juice. It's just how I get my vitamins/minerals from veggies in without having to eat them.