July/August - Weight Loss Challenge

[Duck on Wheels]

Up a pound here too. At 205.4 this morning. I blame it on a sore ankle that kept me from riding a few days and the birthday celebration and end of term celebrations. Back on track now I think. Giving my ankle another couple of days, but yesterday I at least got out for an hour walk so I wasn't completely lazy. And I've started knitting lots again. Knitting for weight-loss...wonder if I can sell it as the new fad...but I do end up snacking less when I'm busy with the knitting which is good. And I've got lots of knitting to do. Planning on getting a stand at the christmas craft fair in the village to raise money towards my ALC fundraising goal. So far I have 2/3 pair of mittens ready.....

Yeah, I notice that too, that I snack less if I've got something to keep my hands busy. Can you knit while walking? I can, although it's sometimes hard to keep the yarn flowing evenly from a pocket or over my shoulder from the backpack. Do you think maybe a biggish chalk bag would work?

[bethanymarie]

WK 2.
Last week - 188.2
This week - 186.4

I am proud of myself, as I have been working hard towards this goal!
Im ready for week 3 !

Very inspiring to see all you other ladies succeed!

[bambu101]

Nice avatar, Limewave and thanks for the encouraging words!

Today's weight- 170.6 (Down .4 lbs) I just want to break into the 160s and stop hovering around 170 for weeks on end.

I have been trying to follow SB also, but with all the beautiful fresh fruit this time of year, I just cannot do Phase 1 right now. I am focusing on protein, veggies, and fruit.

[tctrek]

140.5 today. Another half pound of fat bites the dust! Yahoo!

[Mr. SR500]

187.2 lbs

[Tabby]

I don't use a digital scale so sometimes it's hard to read between the numbers (that's also result of being in the over 50 crowd). I think I'm down more but will come in conservative with weigh in for week 2 = 134.

3 mtb rides = 21 miles
1 gym workout
36 glasses of water for average of 5.1/day (baby steps)
did good with fruits, vegies still don't much squeeze into my diet

[Tabby]

Speaking of which, Tabby - to get the chart to appear, I copy the cells I want (from Excel) into Paint and then I save it as a .jpg. Then I up load the .jpg to a photo server I use and post it like any other picture.

I copied the cells, saved them as jpg ... as a photo server are you speaking of something like shutterfly? did that. I sused the "manage attachements" in the post writing area, now I'm lost. how do it get a jpg wthin this writing?

DUH ME!

[hermitclub]

Here we go with Week 2. Had lots of commitments this week, so not as much biking as I would have liked. But I sure did have fun with family and friends!

This morning: holding steady at 138 lbs
Bike Miles: 55 miles (just one ride last Sat)
Fitness Walking Miles: 16 miles (4 days during lunch break)

Have a great week!

[hermitclub]

Way to go Bethanymarie. You are doing great!

[mydisneydollars]

I am currently 175 down form 178 last week WOOHOO. Now I just need to get in another 40miles before Sunday. Good job ladies.

[hermitclub]

Awesome results Disney!

[Sindyeli]

Way to go everyone! It's fun to see you all working at this!
For my part, here are the results:

1st week - 130
2nd week - 131
today - 129.5
So I really only have lost .5 lbs in 2 weeks, but that's cool. It's the progress that counts.

I rode 105 miles this week, with a 6 mile hike on monday and yesterday did 30mn aerobic with abs as my rest day. Felt good to cross train.
As a note, I have a big ride of 70 miles coming up on August 2, so I've been training for it. It's a community supported ride, should be fun and melt those pounds.

Oh, and as a reminder, for those of us who don't see pounds drop fast enough but exercise lots, remember that muscle weighs more than fat, but takes less volume, so cheers to that.

[jobob]

You had that mostly right, Sindyeli

Muscle is denser than fat, so like you said, a pound of muscle takes up less volume than a pound of fat. Or, putting it another way, a cupful of muscle will weight more than a cupful of fat. (Sorry to get all didactic on you, but I always cringe when people say that muscle weights more than fat. I know you know what you mean, but I'm anal. )

So hopefully my lardbutt will eventually turn into musclebutt ...

In the meantime, I lost a pound this week, down from 154 to 153, woo-woo!

I was afraid that this week I would gain back the weight I lost so quickly last week on SB phase I, but that didn't happen so I'm really glad. And 1 pound a week is much saner than 5 pounds.

[beccaB]

I might have lost a pound this week, but it's been so hot I've tried to get enough fluid, but it doesn't help when some of that is microbrew!

[Fujichants]

146.5 for me today!