OK, expecting updates from the following challengers. PIC's and STATS are due Monday, March 2 by midnight EST. Please include your starting pics and stats and your current pics and stats.
so this month's progress has been proudly sponsored by chocolate and cider..
I really wanted to quit this challenge. My dog died and I fell into a hole, and at the end of that hole was copious amounts of chocolate and ice cold cider. Lord knows how many calories I ingested. But anyway..
I will post and I will continue.
Jan 1
Jan 1
Jan 29
Feb 26
weight
180 lbs
176
183
+3
height
5'11
right bicep inches
11.8
11.4
11.3
-.5
bust
43.3i
42.1
42
-.1
waist at belly button
35.8
34.64
36.2
+1.56
hips
40.5
40.1
41
+.5
right thigh
23.2
23.5
23.5
0
right calf
15.3
14.5
14.5
0
body fat %
28
27
29
+2
the jeans werent going to cooperate this month next month is my monnth
__________________ My training log
Here we go! Not a lot of progress this month, but that's ok. Had a maintenance week which took another week to get back where I was, then a couple of free-for-all weekends and well here you are!
I had hoped to do a little better on measurements, but to be fair, I ate my way through yesterday and I'm feeling a bit bloaty. Serves me right.
I weighed in for the last few days leading up to see body fat measurements and how much they varied. Both days I was 67.2 kg with Friday @32% and Saturday at 33% fat. I logged 33% here, and decided I'd skip the scale today.
I'm trying very hard not to laugh in the pics this month. While taking them, I got silly. This was furthered by my husband's decision to make my more giggly by yelling, "weightloss isn't funny!" at me.
Good luck to everyone! We still have four more months to go!
Start....... .........March
age 37...............37
height 62 inches..62 inches
weight: 126.6.....127
chest 33............33
waist 26.............26
abdomen 28........28
hip bone 32.........33
hips 36.5............37
thigh 20..............21
January 4, 2009...............March 1, 2009
1. My weight and measurements are pretty much the same as the start and last month, but to be honest I haven't done anything that would produce any other result. I was sick, then injured, then eating a little too much.
2. I finally got back to training last month and completed the New Rules of Lifting Break-In. I will start Fat Los II this week. I am also swimming 45-60 minutes 3 days a week.
3. I am all over the place when it comes to eating. I did not do very well at counting calories. Some obsessive thoughts and behaviors started creeping in. My goal is not to lose more weight, but to improve body composition and find a comfortable maintenance plan. So this month I am experimenting with Intuitive Eating.
edited to add: I bought a more flattering bikini, but I decided to keep wearing this one for better comparison since I wore it in the last challenge too.
This is an exercise in masochism, but here... Weight is up (about 3# since January), fat is up. Someone has to do worst, right?
No one home to help take pics, which may or may not be a good thing, so I did 'em myself this time. No idea why so small... oh well. Probably a good thing. Will do better pics/measurements next month...
Here are my results for Month Two of the challenge:
After some struggles at the beginning of the month where the scale just was NOT budging, I dropped from 3 weight workouts and 3 cardio workouts to 2 of each and voila! the scale started to cooperate again! So for me, looks like right now Less Is More!!!
So, how did I do towards my goals??
RED = January results
Blue = February results
Goals
1. Get my BMI into the "normal" range - I'm currently at the low end of the obese range! YIKES!
I'm now "just" overweight - no longer obese!!
Dropped from 30.4 (obese!) to 29.9 (Jan) to 28.1 (Feb) so I'm making progress and heading in the right direction!
2. Reduce bodyfat percentage to 25% or lower
Number went down so I'm headed in the right direction.
Again, had a drop here so I'm happy!
3. Get back into my size 10 "good butt" (as DH calls them!) jeans
All of my measurements went down, so I'm again headed in the right direction!
Ditto! I'm now able to fit into some jeans that were SUPER tight last month!
4. Stay CONSISTENT with my nutrition! 100% compliance for the month!!!! Which earns me an hour long swedish massage!!!
I give myself a 98% for compliance this month. Had one day where I estimated cals for the day (Valentine's day) and there were couple of days where I gave into a little bit of stress eating - but overall I'm really pleased that the stress eating didn't get out of control like in the past!
5. Significantly increase my NEAT
Doing this! I have to say the GoWear Fit has really made me aware of how little I used to move every day. I'm now getting some type of NEAT in every single day and making sure I try to be as "inefficient" as possible. I'll make 3 trips up and down the stairs with the laundry instead of just one, park as far away from the store as possible, etc etc. It all adds up!
I'm a NEAT individual!! Definately keeping my daily activity levels high!
Plan
1. Nutrition: Low carb
Will continue with the Protein Power low carb plan. We are aiming for 40g or less of carbs every day. The only change will be to allow a wee bit more flexibility on the weekends where we will aim for 60g or less.
Carrying on here - no need to fix it if it ain't broke!
2. Workouts: from TNT
Will continue with these workouts. I have ONE more workout from the first 4 weeks, and then it's on the next ones!
Will continue with two days of lifting a week, and two days of cardio. Other days will be keeping my activity levels up.
Goals: I'm not sure I have any real goals for this challenge. I'm hoping by the end of the year to no longer be obese (under 175 would do it), but since only stats and pictures are required, I'm not going to set any goals. Just to continue weight loss.
Plan: back to my own plan, probably until the end of April, then a maintenance week. (Updated - starting 2nd round of NROL4W on March 1st - today.)
Better stats this month since I have better access to my computer (no ice storm this time, thank God!). In general I feel a lot stronger and enjoy my training regimen. The caveat is that I have eaten poorly in February (lots of junk and carbs in addition to my healthy foods) so I am not on track with managing my fat levels. Therefore my goal for the month of March is to be 90% compliant with nutrition and I may even try to run a slight deficit to see if I can shave off some lingering fat.
Goals:
Lower my body fat to about 15-17%, whatever ends up looking good. Hard to say exactly until I get there. Goal is to look lean and athletic, not just thin. PROGRESS UPDATE 3/1/09 - Above 17% so nutrition is my focus for March
Get stronger in 2009. I would like to be using the 45lbs plates on my oly bar on a regular basis. I would like to squat my body weight. I would like to be able to perform chin-ups in a workout (say 4 sets of 6) without using a jump stretch band for assistance. PROGRESS UPDATE 3/1/09 - Since I am focusing on getting stronger, I feel like I am having success here. My deadlift is in now 130 and I am now able to squat 95 lbs. My chin-ups have improved slowly.
Work with a coach to improve my lifting technique and learn the oly lifts. PROGRESS UPDATE 3/1/09 - This is on hold since I am involved in the Informal Exercise Experiment with Precision Nutrition (concludes first week of April), I definitely can't work on oly lifting until the 8 week experiment is completed as PN wants you to perform only the prescribed exercise regimen.
Plans (Revised):
Complete Precision Nutrition 8 Week Informal Exercise Experiment - PROGRESS UPDATE 3/1/09 - I am 100% compliant with the workouts
Follow a strength focused program. PROGRESS UPDATE 3/1/09 - The PN Experiment prescribes 2 days of Strength training and I feel it has been effective with increasing my strength as my lifts are increasing. Will go back to a strength focused program after the PN program concludes in April.
Be consistently 90% compliant with nutrition (Naked Nutrition/Precision Nutrition model). This one is NEW to provide accountability in next month's report
Get serious about finding a coach PROGRESS UPDATE 3/1/09 - Haven't done anything on this front yet (see above comment in Goals).
Jan -Feb - Mar
Height: 5' 9.5
Weight: 159/ 159/ 161 (+2)
Hips: 40/ 39/ 39.5 +.5
Rt. thigh: 22.5/ 22/ 22.5 -.5
Chest: 33.5/33.5/34.5 +1
High waist: 31/ 30.5/31 +1
Low waist: 34/33/34 +1
Shoulders (hands to side): 44 44 44
Jan - March (I have gone and lightened my January pictures a little - same pic, just lighter and no side pictures this month.)
Jan / March
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Ginger
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
So I made some progress last month. Didn't see much change for Feb, but lost 8lbs in 1 month. I'm not sure my measurements are entirely accurate (I'm doing them myself) it would appear that I'm doing well on that front.
For the last couple months I've felt terrible. My doctor thought it was hypotyroidism, but my thyroid test came back fine. My vitamin D was very low. I've been treating that for two weeks and starting to feel better. More energy, less depressed. I'm sure the change in seasons will help as well.
Starting Stats for 1/4/09 3/1/09
Age: 40 40
Height: 5'3 5'3"
Weight 162Lbs 154 -8lbs
Neck: 14" 13 3/4" -.25 in
Chest (under armpits): 40 1/2" 38 3/4" -1.75 in
Chest (at the nipples): 44" 43" -1 in
Chest (under bust): 37" 37" same
Waist: 38" 36 1/2" - 1.50 in
Belly Button: 39" 37 -2 inch
Hips: 39 1/2" 38 -1.5 inch
Right Bicep: 12 3/4" 11 3/4 -1 inch
Left Bicep: 12 1/2" 11 1/2 - 1 inch
Right Thigh: 22 1/2" 21 - 1.50 inch
Left Thigh: 22 1/2" 20 3/4 - 1.75 inch
Right Calf: 14 3/4" 14 1/2 - .25 inch
Left Calf: 14 1/2" 14 -.25 inch
Here I am! I think I've hit a real slump for the first time in a long time. I'm still plugging away, though workouts haven't been as consistent as I like and while calories are OK, eating choices not so much. Still, I'm pretty happy with continued maintenance.
March 2, 2009
Height: 5'2" Weight: 114 (up 5 from last month! )
i dont have pics yet. ill put them on later.
here are the measurements
feb.
chest =42
ribs = 36
belly button = 39
hips = 43
thighs = 25
biceps = 15
weight 238
jan.
hips 47
at belly button 45
at ribs 38
chest 46
thighs 25
biceps 16
weight 239
I must say, that the loss pretty much came in the last week and a half. I switched to eating the Zone way for the most part and it seems to be working for me.
Not much change as far as measurements go. Finished Fat Loss I of NROL and am 2 weeks into Hypertrophy I. I plan on going through I and II and then doing Strength. Also, I have been eating fairly clean.
Measurements:
area - [jan] - march
weight - [131.1 lbs] - 129.2 lbs
waist - [29"] - 28.5"
navel - [34.25"] - 34"
hips - [36.6"] - 37"
r upper arm - [11.2"] - 11"
r calf - [12.25"] - 12.25"
I am unhappy with the results overall. I'm losing less scale weight than the numbers add up to. (GWF burn - food intake should be about 12 lbs down over the past two months.) I'll muse more on this in my log.
I have lost inches though.
I have been 100% compliant with food logging. The only foods not weighed are when eating out or when somebody else cooks but even then all is logged.
I’ve switched up my program to NROL Fat Loss I and will follow that with Fat Loss II then Fat Loss III with the last few weeks TBD. As far as nutrition I’m aiming for a 35% deficit with 35%P-40%C-25%F for my macros. So far I completed two weeks of Break-In just to get into the NROL swing and now that we are at the end of a minor renovation in our house I really need to focus on my eating.
Saw a little loss on the scale, but don't see any changes in the pictures. I don't know my body fat, but have been getting consistently lower numbers on my Tanita. Hoping for a bigger loss next month!
Mar. Stats:
Height: 5'7"
Age: 27
Weight: currently 139 -3 overall (I hit 138.4 on Feb. 11th)
Body fat: ???
Waist: 26.5" -.5
Arms @ bicep: 10" -.5
Waist @ hipbone: 33.5"
Thigh above knee: 18" -.5
Thigh @ Mid point: 21.5" -.5
Thigh @ top: 23" -.5
Goal Compliance
Fitness:
1. Complete NROL Fat Loss III then move on to OPT remix or other program. Haven't decided yet. - Finished FLIII and am now doing Built For Show, Spring
2. Get under 20% body fat and bring weight into the low 130's. I would like to see 135 or lower by the end of the challenge.
3. Deadlift and Squat body weight
4. Do 10 chinups
5. Make NEAT a priority especially at work. - yes
Food:
1. Focus on eating more vegetables. -better
2. Focus on clean eating - need to cut out some of the junk -better
3. The biggest one....clean up my act on the weekends. I tend to let myself go on the weekends, ruining my hard earned deficit from the week. - better. I am not tracking everything on the weekends. Previous to a few weeks ago I was avoiding it if I thought it was bad.
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