Official August 1st to November 1st Weight Loss Challenge

[matthew2474]

What are you trying to accomplish by tearing your muscle fibers? You want them to grow. What is my son's body doing? It's growing. His muscles are getting stronger and larger, as are his bones, his organs, pretty much everything. So, is there really that much of a difference?

Yes there is. You're comparing a 3 year old going through normal stages of growth, to a 21 year old going to a weight room exerting his muscles to failure, if not close, to get certain muscle fibers to fire that also trigger growth. I guarantee you that 3 year old isn't triggering the same muslce fibers we are in the weight room.

You can't compare the stages of naturally growing 3 year old boy to a 21 year old bodybuilder/weightlifter/powerlifter/whateveryouwanttocallit.

[costahobo]

Yes there is. You're comparing a 3 year old going through normal stages of growth, to a 21 year old going to a weight room exerting his muscles to failure, if not close, to get certain muscle fibers to fire that also trigger growth. I guarantee you that 3 year old isn't triggering the same muslce fibers we are in the weight room.

You can't compare the stages of naturally growing 3 year old boy to a 21 year old bodybuilder/weightlifter/powerlifter/whateveryouwanttocallit.

We'll just have to disagree on this one. But my main point was that your body mainly repairs itself while it's sleeping, whether you're a 20 year old lifting weights, or a 3 year old during a growth spurt. It's also one of the reasons why we lose weight while we're sleeping.

[Strobe57]

5' 2.75" checking in.



congrats on graduating, and great job losing weight during what must have been a stressful time!

some spreadsheet business: the info in calculated columns is pretty clean now and the "total lost" and percent lost columns will update without you having to do anything to them going forward. the formula i used for total lost is pretty clunky but it works, lol. i'm working on setting up separate tabs for each weigh-in so people will be able to see the top ten "losers" for each weigh-in... the weekly average gain/loss formula is very simple but you will have to be update it manually each week. not a big deal since you can do a drag and drop of the formula into everyone's rows, but i'll figure out how to automate that also... and the view/list/sort looks better now.

and now that i know which links to give you (they all refer back to the same spreadsheet), we can go ahead and get a moderator to add those links to the first post of this thread. i need to give you those links, however. i have to trim some data off both ends of the url to keep the url flexible. (the #gid=0 part of the url links to a specific page or tab in the spreadsheet. we might end up adding pages to the spreadsheet/might want a different page to appear first.)

in addition to that edit, i think we should make you the primary contact in those instructions.

Alright good stuff. Sorry I can't help more with the editing lol...

Weigh-in tomorrow guys and gals, let's see those messages pour in! Good luck all!

[cakesandcream]

Beyond pissed. Drove 15 miles to go to an open mic and when my turn was coming there was no one left at the bar. Drove back without playing

Had some Chinese from a place with unknown calories. Got steamed fish, spice beef and generals chicken. I had 1100 Kcal left so I hope it wasn't more than that!

[royalmike]

I'm just the opposite. My weight is going down, but my stomach isn't shrinking as fast as I'd like. It's starting to piss me off.

Tell me about it think the belly is going to hold on to the bitter end.

[live4gs]

Up a half pound this week. Thought it would have been more due to not having a good week. Family member in hospital so no WO this week. Hope next week can get thing turned around.
234.5 for this week.

[Strobe57]

323, -2.8 lbs from saturday. Just 3 more pounds to hit 10-week goal 1 week late, this week baby

[Sarumyan]

323, -2.8 lbs from saturday. Just 3 more pounds to hit 10-week goal 1 week late, this week baby

I had a weird swoosh all the way to 262 from 267.5, however I feel a bit dehydrated, so not going to celebrate it too much.

[wcs14]

328.8 today. Very disappointed . Huge emotional stresses right now.

[NinaNitro]

176.8 this morning. -3.6 since last week. Likely water weight since I'm sick and probably dehydrated, but ny diet has been on point for once!

[costahobo]

Had some Chinese from a place with unknown calories. Got steamed fish, spice beef and generals chicken. I had 1100 Kcal left so I hope it wasn't more than that!

What I would do in situations in like this is I would try to find a dish as close as I could at a chain restaurant, something like PF Changs (http://www.pfchangs.com/images/nutri...nutrition.html) or Panda Express (www.pandaexpress.com/NutritionCalculator)

It's not going to be 100% accurate, but I would bet it's pretty darn close.

[Strobe57]

176.8 this morning. -3.6 since last week. Likely water weight since I'm sick and probably dehydrated, but ny diet has been on point for once!

It helps with the motivation regardless, nice job!

[stingray72]

135.2 this morning so a .2 drop since yesterday. I had to go number 2 so thats part of the drop haha.

[connmcd2]

Good morning. Weighing in at 262.0 for the week.

[bama5584]

God I hate rest days.

Good morning. Weighing in at 262.0 for the week.

I'm right behind you... weighed in at 263.0 this morning. Down 1.4lbs for the week. I'll take it.

[Bluedawgs4]

I worked pretty hard this week and the scale did not move. Oh well, I will keep on keeping on and see what happens next week. Keep up the hard work folks.

[stingray72]

I worked pretty hard this week and the scale did not move. Oh well, I will keep on keeping on and see what happens next week. Keep up the hard work folks.

Its probably just water weight fluctuations or more carbs etc.

[Merial20]

Weighed in at 161.6. Lowest so far of this cut. Definitely leaning out. I will be ripped by the time this is over

[whitefire98]

Down 3 on the week. Finally starting to switch from "Beginner lifting" to heavier lifting and it is feeling good.

[LOU A VILLE]

261 even today, down 3.4 lbs, pretty pumped.

Just 60 more lbs now lol

[2HitShutOut]

394.4. 3.6 loss for the week. Should have been more. Dinner was bad Tuesday. Keep moving forward.

[tmartin89]

181.4. Better than I thought.

[sicembears33]

Checking in at 216.8 lbs. Down 2.2 this week, 17.2 over the past month. Grateful for this group...it's crazy what a little public accountability does for motivation!

[WuchiCasey]

Im down 2.2 lbs this week! Im at 176.4! Started at 181.4 I might have to re evalute my tdee but Ill wait for next week to be sure! It could be water weight, but I kind of dont want to slow this down till I hit the 160s! I can definately notice im starting to lean out a bit. I didnt take pictures starting but I did with measurements. Took progress pictures today!

[BuschWolff]

Official weight check for 8/15 283.4, missed last week due to traveling. Down 5.6lbs since the start just have to avoid the beer carbs this weekend.

[youngbossdon]

Gained 3 after loss of 4, I got to do better!

[TheNormalMan]

Weight: 217.6

Still dropping.

Hitting 210 by the end of the month is still a tall order but time to really push.

[NinaNitro]

Great results, everyone, and Happy Friday! Finally - what a week!

[KlassicTheGreat]

Tipping the scales at 297.4 today.. milestone for me today.. Finally under 300. Feels awesome to see a 2 where that 3 used to be!

[cakesandcream]

250.5 right now... but it's more complicated than that. My weight is fluctuating too much. I've made a thread on it