July/August - Weight Loss Challenge

[GLC1968]

Thanks, all.

Katluvr - I added your goal.

Teigyr - Of course you can join! I put you on the chart - and if you make your goal, I'll come watch you run the Porland Marathon. How's that for incentive?

[rhyme]

start: 223
8 week goal: 210
final goal: 190

[berkeley]

So did everyone make it through the holiday weekend unscathed?

Saturday was a bad day as far as food is concerned. Silly BBQ. And my rides friday and saturday got canned for various weather/family issues. I did make it to the gym both days, so it wasn't a total loss.

I did a nice 30 mile ride on sunday, on my somewhat hilly route and I had a good legs workout at the gym tonight.

Good luck this week everyone!

[Lizzie]

can I join up please?

[teigyr]

Teigyr - Of course you can join! I put you on the chart - and if you make your goal, I'll come watch you run the Porland Marathon. How's that for incentive?

Whoa wait...you are being NICE and adding me. I don't think I'd wish marathon spectating on anyone, especially with my projected time DH says, however, that he will be pub-hopping on the Max and will try to coordinate it all with when I will be passing through each spot. You are invited and I would love to see you

This will be good for me. I'm good at some sorts of discipline (ie exercise) but not so much when it comes to deprivation. That's why I always exercised but I took a hiatus (bad) and aged (even worse). I guess I'll learn how to behave for a while.

You know...DH can put cheese on anything. That and meat, really greasy meat. He can also drink beer along with his meal and he is active but only rarely "exercises". The man has to have worms or something

[hermitclub]

What a great chart GLC. Thank you so much for doing this. Just the motivation I needed to shed what I gained at my new desk job!

[ibcycling]

You know...DH can put cheese on anything. That and meat, really greasy meat. He can also drink beer along with his meal and he is active but only rarely "exercises". The man has to have worms or something

I have one of those too. Tall, skinny, eats everything in sight. I bought a new scale that measures body fat and made him step on it. His weight may not be high but his body fat is on the high side of normal. My new goal is to get my BF% lower than his. Maybe then I can get him out on the bike with me!

[jobob]

I was just on vacation for nearly two weeks and made a total pig of myself. That was on top of my generally crummy eating habits for the last few months.

I had been noticing that my clothes were getting snug and I had a few extra rolls in my midsection. The wake-up call came on the last evening of vacation when I could barely squeeze into my "fat" jeans. Gahhhhhhh!

The following morning over breakfast I was moaning to SadieKate about my flabbitude, and she lent me a couple of her South Beach Diet books to read on the drive home. I had always lumped SB together with Atkins but reading through those books the SB approach made some sense. So, I'm giving it a try.

I'm starting out on "Phase I" in which I theoretically eliminate all added sugars, bread, pastry, pasta, rice, corn, carrots, and potatoes for two weeks. (And beer. That one's going to be difficult. ).

As for combining that with exercise, we'll see what happens. After Phase I, I can re-introduce "good carbs" (e.g., high-fiber breads and pastas) into my diet. I am probably going to "cheat" this coming weekend and have some high-fiber bread before I go out on any rides, and I'll be drinking cytomax which technically isn't allowed but hopefully it'll balance out.

I'm actually not planning to go whole-hog on South Beach, but I figured this was a good a way as any to get started, and in retrospect I have been way overdoing it on the pasta & potatoes & pastries, so cutting back on them a bit will not be a bad thing at all.

My starting weight (as of Monday 7/7) is 159 lbs and my goal weight is 144 lbs, but frankly anything under 150 would be good.

I've started a blog if anyone cares to peruse it ...

http://diminishinglardbutt.blogspot.com/

[Blueberry]

http://diminishinglardbutt.blogspot.com/

You should win an award for that title!!!

CA

[teigyr]

As for combining that with exercise, we'll see what happens. After Phase I, I can re-introduce "good carbs" (e.g., high-fiber breads and pastas) into my diet. I am probably going to "cheat" this coming weekend and have some high-fiber bread before I go out on any rides, and I'll be drinking cytomax which technically isn't allowed but hopefully it'll balance out.

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I love your blog name

I'd like to know how it goes with the exercise. I use Cytomax on my long days and I know it's not good to deprive yourself when you're exercising a lot.

The South Beach Diet makes a lot of sense but I recall it being a lot of work. How much time is it taking you to prepare food? I'm one of those who has three days off a week but the days I work are really really really busy. Really

[jobob]

The South Beach Diet makes a lot of sense but I recall it being a lot of work. How much time is it taking you to prepare food?

Errr ... I'm not a good one to ask that, because I have a husband who is currently semi-unemployed and really likes to cook. And he's very enthusiastic about trying this out. So, he prepares our dinners. I've made breakfast, since I can scramble eggs. Which is pretty much the extent of my cooking ability.

But that aside, I don't see why preparing food for the SB diet would take that much longer. What am I overlooking?

Granted, you can't rely on microwaved potatoes or quick pasta meals (the other major components of my considerable cooking repertoire ) but in general SB relys on normal foods - lean meats, fish, most veggies - so in theory I would think it shouldn't take all that long to prepare simple meals.

[ibcycling]

I don't think it takes any longer to prepare SB meals than any other meals unless you currently exist on prepared stuff. If you're looking for some quick and easy recipes I can't recommend www.savindinner.com enough. The Body Clutter menu works well with SB and nearly all of the recipes can be made in 30min or less. Her soups are great too and she includes one in every menu.

I'll be going back to SB after I'm done with the Detox Diet. 4 days down and 3 to go! I haven't cheated either!

Love the blog BTW!

Lora