July/August Weight Loss Challenge

[goldfinch]

Yep this is the last one for this challenge.

I'll start a new thread this weekend and in that thread folks can let me know if they want to play again for the next two months.

Thanks Posse for keeping this up.

[azfiddle]

117.0 today. Still in the same ball park but not going up anymore.

I lost 38 pounds in about 16 months. I'm currently about 33 pounds below my start weight. I used Weightwatchers on line and the bike. No trainer. I'm sure a trainer would help me get stronger in my upper body, but not necessarily helped my weight loss.

I stayed at goal for about 6 months, than inched up a little at a time for the next 6 months. Now is it is coming down again but very, very slowly.

[channlluv]

228.6

I'm just ending my period. I've cut back on the walking from 5k to 1 mile - one intense mile, upping the intervals speed to 3.5 and the level up to 4, per advice from you all. And I went for a short swim yesterday. Just 20 minutes, and then a hot sauna for about 20 minutes.

It's been let's see...a month since I had any fast food, although I will occasionally go to a restaurant. I actually slipped up yesterday and not thinking, I ate white bread. I got a turkey sandwich and salad at a local organic marketplace, and I just didn't think to ask for whole grain bread. It came on one of those flat bread things that look like a pita. And it knocked me out for about an hour. Now, granted, I've been sleep deprived all week, too, but there's something about white flour and white rice that makes my body shut down, especially if I'm already tired. I would have thought the protein from the turkey and the salad would have balanced out the white bread, though.

So, headed in the right direction. 90 pounds to go.

Roxy

[Blueberry]

So, headed in the right direction. 90 pounds to go.

Congratulations!!

[Juliegoddess]

Sorry I missed weighing in! I'm at 215 now. I didn't get to my 199 goal, but losing ten pounds since July isn't anything I'll sneeze at!

Looking forward to the next challenge!