Kristen's Weigh in for 29 January

Weigh in: 240.2
Lbs. lost: 1
Percent lost: .4 %
Total Percetn lost: 1.6 %

Sorry that I didn't post yesterday, the computer at home wasn't working. So, this week, I exercised almost every day. I traded off doing eliptical, cycling, and treadmil. I also added weight lifting to my routine. I didn't do so hot with the food this week. Though I am eating more yogurt and more veggies, I still did overeat a few times at dinner time. I am working on that (and am improving because I didn't overeat as much as I used to, and usually at dinner, if I get too much food, I will give the rest of it to my friend who is in my dinner group). I also am trying not to just sit as often. If I watch TV, instead of sitting on my couch, I will bounce or roll on my exercise ball. Though I didn't lose much this week, I sure did feel a lot better and had more energy.

Nathan Finally Figured this out.

Hey there every body. Sorry that I didn't post last week, but I am kinda slow when it comes to figuring out technology. This week I, though I want to let you all know what I am up to (or down to).

Beginning Weight: 257
Weight as of 29 January: 244
Weight loss this week: 13 (Two week loss)
% of loss this week: 5
Total % of loss: 5

This I have done with alterations in my diet (cut out carbonation, smaller portions, much much much less junk food, increase intake of fruits and vegetables) and moderate amounts of exercise (walking around the block as I go to catch the bus, taking the stairs instead of elevator/escalator, etc, etc). I know that it isn't much and with this little effort I won't be able to meet target weight and so I need to step up my exercise a lot. Let you know next week.

Weigh in for last week and for this week

So I built an excel spreadsheet to help us all with our weight loss stuff. Here is the link for it.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pmg6uZCc_HlcvRSLcIQt-BQ&hl=en

I hope that it works ok for everyone. I tried to send an email with the info too but didn't have everyone's emails addresses. It looks like everyone is losing weight, way to go!!! I am happy because I actually started at 220 about a week before we started the contest. Good luck.

Melanie's check in

I am stationary....well not completely but I didn't lose any weight this week...This next week will be a lot better now that the bathroom is almost finished and I can get into a regular exercise schedule. Good job everyone this week.

Amy's Weigh in for 1/29/08

Beginning Weight: 173 lbs
Current Weight: 166.8 lbs
Weight lost this week: 3.6 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 6.2 lbs
Total Percentage Lost: 3.58%
I had lost another lb on top of this, but unfortunately gained that back. It looks like the second week and upcoming weeks are going to be a little harder than the first. We just really need to stick to it guys! Good luck!

WEIGH IN WEIGHT JANUARY 29TH -
212 pounds 1.8 percent loss - I gained this week - guess that's what I get for losing so much in the first week. When Dann calls me while picking Jason up at 9:00 at night and wants to know if I want chinese food doesn't help. We hadn't had dinner yet and I wasn't going to eat because I wasn't really hungry, but then the temptation sets in!

Kanien's Weigh in

Ok so sorry it is a day late, but I wasn't at home with my own scale yesterday, so I couldn't weigh in. This morning I weighed

144 lbs. Yea! I lost 2 lbs 6 oz. %Lost 2%. This week I am still going to try to keep eating healthier and then exercising more. I am wanting to do some weights and see how that helps out. Hopefully I can do better in the exercising category. Man Amy is a strict lady, if you keep up all that exercise you are going kill all of us! I will try to find some fun articles this week. Anyways Happy Losing.

Melanie's Check in

New Weight: 160
Weight burned: 2 lbs
Percentage: 1.2%

Wahoo. I'm on track. I'm so excited. For me this week it was only a matter of cutting back portions and adding in some protein shakes. I haven't really exercised other than remodeling our bathroom...which isn't very aerobic but I would call it a little strength training. :D Hope everyone else is on track too!! Have a great week.

Kristen's Weigh in for 1/22/08

New Weight: 241.2
Weight Lost: 2.8 Lbs.
Percent Lost: 1.1%


So this week, I mostly focused on exercise. I didn't really do anything special with my exercise, just going more than I did in the past. One thing that I did do with my exercise though is to sprint for a minute or two every two to three minutes.

I forgot to post the percentage lost - Amy will y ou double check and make sure I did it right. 6/216 = 2.7 percentage. I'm not sure my calculator is on the right setting. If you figure for me and see if y ou get the same thing that would be great - if it's different just leave a comment and let me know and I will change it. Thanks!

Amy's Weigh in for 1/22/08

Weight: 170.4 which is a loss of 2.6 pounds.
% Lost: 1.5%
(Everyone remember to post your percentage as that is what the competition is based on!)
Things that have helped me:
Food-
I have cut way back on calories. Before we started this competition, I overate at every single meal every day and ate many snacks and a ton of junk food and fast food. I ate when I wasn't even hungry. So my meal plan is kind of boring but it makes it easy because I don't have to think much about what I'm going to eat, which eliminates choosing based on cravings of unhealthy food.
Breakfast-3/4 cup cereal and 3/4 cup skim milk
(all cereals I eat are 100 calories per serving: Wheaties, Crispix [actually 110 cal], and Special K)
Snack-yoplait light yogurt (100 calories)
Lunch-3/4 cup cereal and 3/4 cup skim milk
Snack- yogurt
Dinner-A sensible dinner that has lots of fresh veggies with it
Snack-yogurt

The reason I eat a yogurt at each snack is because I have heard and read in many many sources that eating 3 servings of yogurt each day can help you burn fat, especially around your belly. If you are wondering if it really works, I have lost 2 inches around my stomach already in one week. I really think it is a combination of the yogurt and pilates.
Exercise-
First of all, I went to Wheaties.com and selected the Fit to win challenge. There are several different options under the challenge, but I chose Triathalon for Beginners. This gives me variety in my workouts. It gives you a 16 week workout. This makes it easier for me to work out hard, because it tells me exactly what I need to do. So, if I get tired after running 20 minutes, I don't give up, because I know the workout says to run for x minutes more. Anyway, this is what I do:
Monday- Cardio (which includes running or cycling) and Strength training (these workouts are usually about 2 hours long)
Tuesday- 1 hour pilates in the morning and swimming in the evening
Wednesday- Cardio, strength training, 1 hour hip-hop dance class, and 1 hour yoga class
Thursday-pilates and swimming
Friday-cardio and strength training
Saturday-I get the day off if I have completed all my workouts. If not, it is a makeup day.
Doing pilates and yoga really help to stretch out your muscles so you are not sore. They also increase flexibility and balance so you are less likely to hurt yourself when you are working out.

Good luck everyone! Let me know if you have any questions.

Weigh in weight for 1/22/2008 is 210 pounds - a loss of 6 pounds this week! I don't know about the rest of you but cutting back on calories is about killing me. I love my food. I hope my stomach shrinks soon. I have been either having a breakfast drink for breakfast or eggs and whole wheat toast and I had those south beach wraps for lunch - the two kinds I had were actually pretty good. I have stayed away from candy most of the time. I have had a few pieces but not like I usually do. For snacks I have had apples or a fiber bar. Then I just eat a smaller dinner. I seem to lose weight usually the first couple of weeks and then have a hard time getting more to come off so we will see what happens over the next few months. Hope you all saw success but I'm going to WIN!!!!! (we will all be winners if we can stick to it and that is what counts in the long run. so good luck to all of us)

Nathan's Beginning Weight and Goal

Beginning Weight: 257 lbs.
Beginning Pant Size: 40
Goal Weight for Competition: 217 lbs.
Weight to lose for Competition: 40 lbs.
Ultimate Goal Weight: 195
Ultimate Weight to lose: 62 lbs.

Kristen's Weight Loss Goals

Current Weight: 244 Lbs.
Current Pant Size: 20
Goal Weight: 230 Lbs.
Weight to Lose: 15 Lbs.
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160 Lbs.

So I have always been fine with the way that I look, and even though I was bigger, I didn't think that I was gross. However, in the past several months, I have gained about 5 to 10 Lbs. and when I took the pictures of myself and looked at them, I was really surprised that I looked the way that I did (I was a little disgusted with them), so I think this will be a great thing for me to feel better about myself, to look better, but most importantly, to be more healthy.

Melanie's Information

Beginning Weight: 162
Pant size: 12-14
Goal Weight: 128
Goal Pant size: 6
Total Weight Burned off: 34 lbs

I'm so excited to be competing with everyone. This will be a lot more motivating. I don't want to lose any weight, because I don't want my mind trying to find it again. :D I'm going to burn it, work it, or whatever it takes to drop the weight. ;D I don't know about the rest of you, but doing affirmations everyday really help me. I tell myself, "I'm so happy and grateful that I weight 128 lbs and fit in size 6 pants." "It feels so awesome to be so healthy and I have so much energy." "I love taking care of me. I love the way I look, I love the way I feel and I deserve to feel this great!" -Doing affirmations in the present really helps the psyche, if you can see yourself there already and stay focused on it, your body HAS to comply. Good Luck everyone. It will be great to watch every body's progress.

Jason's Weight and Goal

Beginning Weight: 214 lbs.

Beginning Pant Size: 38


Goals-

Ending Weight: 174 lbs.

Weight to Burn: 40 lbs.

Terry's Weight and Information

January 15th weigh in weight: 216
Pant size: 20w
Goal weight for this contest: 190
weight to lose: 26 1bs.
overall goal weight: 130
overall weight to lose: 86 1bs

Kanien

I am excited for this week. I am going to try three things in helping myself achieve my end goal. I will let you know how it goes. 1. I will drink 64oz of water a day 2. I will get 8 hours of sleep a night 3. I will eat according to my dietitian assigned schedule. Hopefully I can keep to this. It will be interesting to see how I do. Good luck everyone.
Beginning weight: 146.6lbs
Pant Size: 10-12
Goal:
Weigh: 125lbs
lose: 21.6 lbs

Amy's Beginning Weight and Goal

Beginning Weight: 173 lbs.
Beginning Pant Size: 13-14
Goals-
Ending Weight: 125 lbs.
Weight to Lose: 48 lbs.

Tracking Weight by Percentage

We will determine the winner by percentage of weight lost instead of total pounds lost. This is to make the competition more fair for everyone. Each week, you will take the total pounds you have lost since the beginning and divide it by your beginning weight. This will be a very small number. Multiply that by 100 to get your percent.
For example:
My beginning weight is 173 lbs. If I lose 3 pounds this week, I would calculate- 3/173=1.73%
If I lose another 3 pounds next week, I calculate 3 lbs from last week plus 3 lbs from this week=6 lbs total lost.
6/173=3.47%

Each week, post the total percentage of weight loss. Also post pounds lost that week and total pounds lost since the beginning (just for everyone's interest). Let me know if you have any questions!

Breakdown

Ok here it is to all you out there who want to join in, here is how it is going to work. Please if you have any suggestions, let me know so we can fix it. or Make changes etc.
* Start Date is Jan 15 end Date is May 15

* Everyone contributes to the pot $25 on or before the start date (Tuesday Jan 15). The pot is being held by Terry ****** [last name removed at her request]. If you do not have your money to her by this date you may still participate, but you have to pay a $5 late fee.

* Any time you weigh in it will be first thing in the morning. try to keep the same amount of clothes on or not on to stay fair.

*Every participant will be able to update on the blog. this means you must do a post once a week. in this post you must tell your weigh in weight for that week and maybe a brief summary of what you did. This is one of the most important parts. I think this will really help us to look at what we are really trying to accomplish and to stick to it. If you find any good articles about different ways to exercise, eating right, good recipes you tried that week etc. you may also fee free to add those. It will help each of us out.

*Must Post on or before Jan 15 your goal. How much you want to lose in the time frame given. Your beginning weight and the pant size you wear.

* Must email a full body picture to Kanien ASAP. Make yourself look cute I hate those before and after pictures, because sometimes the people are like the same, but they wore nasty clothes before. So make yourself look cute and then we can do some before and after pictures. It will be fun. kanien@gmail.com

Break down of the Rewards (these can be changed, I would like your input so let me know.)
The Money!
1. 60% goes to the person who loses the most percentage of weight (ending weight divided by your beginning weight)
2. 20% goes to the person who met their goal.. (if their is more than one, we will have to fight over it. he he, we will work it out.)
3. 15% goes to the person who dropped the most sizes
4. 5% goes to the person who lost the most weight by the half way mark March 15.

So the more people we get to join in I think the more fun we will have. It will be exciting. If you are interested leave me a comment on the blog and I will give you access to the blog, so you can update your own stuff. Don't forget to leave suggestions.