The A2K (virtual) Weight Loss Club !!

You have yourself another contender. But I will tell you what I lose, not my beginning weight. So today is "0"!

Dagmaraka calls it <ahem> "incremental loss".

Founding Members of the Ten-Nine-Eight Club:

Ay Sontespli
dagmaraka
dragon 49
FreeDuck
George
J_B
jp
Noddy
Phoenix

Anyone else?

You can count me in. Stress over the past year has played havoc on my diet which has, in turn, played havoc on my mid-section. Starting weight 195 lbs.

Where do we post the nekkid before-and-after photos?

Post away, George. I'll sit out that part of the event as I'm a life-long photophobe, but I'll oogle the rest of you.

original starting weight...ugh 190lbs. new weight 180lbs for tomorrow's start date! goal weight..145 (my college weight!)

i'll do as phoenix. today is still 0 for me. I'm on vacation visiting my sister in SF, so I have an extra challenge added. My nephew eats chocolate for breakfast, lunch and dinner and demands ice cream non-stop. only other food group he recognizes is fish and chips. Four year old, what can one do... i never drank so much water - trying to convince myself that hunger and all those cravings are just a disguised thirst...

I'm cheating in the motivation department. Today I went to the sales, clothes shopping with a Friend of Great Determination.

I'm on the cusp--right between a Medium and Small top and a 12 and 10 slacks. I plunked my money down for non-returnable garments on the low side of the divide.

I hate to waste money.

oooh, good one, noddy. sadly, i have plenty of motivational garments at home already...

but! i have a second date with the liberian next week. Carthage....must.....fall!!!!

Noddy you make me laugh. i have refused to buy bigger clothes recently. For all intesive purposes i should be a 14, but all my clothes are 10-12...hahaha. Oh i will fit in them again, i will...

Sadly I must admit that I too have a bunch of size 7's hanging in my closet Is it even realistic to think I will fit into them again?
Que sera sera....

George, I am not sure how to post a before pic? Complete newb and pretty much puter illiterate. I had hoped that by marrying a puter programmer I would learn by osmosis

I have so many nearly new clothes that don't fit. I also want to get off my hypertension medication. I also don't want to roast this summer in Florida. I am much cooler when I am lighter!

"I think I can.........I think I can!"

yes you can, yes you can
I just want to be super fit so when I go back to Canada I can get back into backpacking!

Just in from a 20km bike ride...on the bike/ped path and yes, traveled on some real roads too! Scary stuff, that!

Yea, it hurts a bit; going to soak in the jacuzzi/pool now
Have a good day fellow lifestyle revolutionaries

i said goodbye to the old lifestyle with some chocolate and oatmeal raisin cookies. went running and riding yesterday though - 2 hour workout, and running every day before then. tonight gym and hot tub and/or sauna. tomorrow running and biking again.

Ay Sontespli,
Just kidding about posting nekkid before & after pix!
However, for more suitable pix, here is a tutorial.

ta george
wouldnt do nude pix...would not want to scar you alll for life

Exactly why do I procrastinate so much!!!! Im so annoyed with myself.
I didnt go tot the gym last night, simply coz I didnt feel like it.

I need telling off.

Thursday check-in: Week 1

Starting weight: 171.5
Current weight: 171.5
Pounds left to lose: 10

My plan:

Complete the quick-start week I began on Monday by eating 1100 - 1200 cals/day. Eat 3 meals of approx 300 cals each and 2-3 snacks of 100 cals each. On Monday, increase cals to 1400/day by eating 3 meals of 350-400 cals each and 2-3 snacks of 100-150 cals. Combine protien and complex carbs at each meal and snack. Also,

Exercise 6 days per week by doing strength training on two opposing muscle groups each day including chest/back, shoulders/abs, biceps/triceps, quads/hamstrings, calves/butt, inner and outer thigh. Include 30 minutes of cardio 4-6 times per week.


TIP OF THE DAY: Diet plans do not provide adequate nutrition. No matter what plan you follow, they are all lacking in some vital nutrients at sufficient quantity to be adequate. You should include a daily multi-vitamin in your plan.
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Yesterday was another good day. I started at 179.5 on Monday and I'm down 8 lbs so far this week. I've been diligent with both the eating and exercise components of my plan. I've been fooling around in the '70s' since December and it's time to lose these last 10 lbs once and for all.

MG-- exercise doesn't have to happen in a gym. All you need to do to get a good response on your weight loss is to stress out a couple different muscle groups each day. You can do leg lifts and butt squeezes in the privacy of your bedroom, or crunches and back stretches in front of the tv. Take a quick walk around the block or run up and down a few flights of stairs. Sometimes getting to the gym is harder than the workout you do there. On days you don't feel like going to the gym, go to the floor instead.
Think wedding, think beautiful you - YOU CAN DO IT!

Phoenix -- YOU CAN, YOU CAN I gave all my size 14s to Goodwill a couple years ago. I've been squeezing myself into 10s and 12s (well, 12s mostly). At my current weight I am comfortable in 12s, at 161.5 I'll be comfortable in 10s. Let's do it!!!

My sniffle got worse yesterday, so I ended up NOT going out. Took a lot of echinacea & zinc, and today I feel much better. It is rather hot out there, and humid, so I am going to wait until my cold is all gone, before I go back to walking & gym.

I don't count calories, but at this point in time, I already KNOW what I need to eat and not eat. I have cut down a lot of my dairy, but I take lots of vitamins and calcium pills.

Breakfast- Oatmeal cooked with water, with a little brown sugar

Lunch- Piece of whole grain bread, with about 1 1/2 tb. of fresh ground peanut butter (yum) topped off with a tb. of Smucker's low sugar (10 calories per tb)jam, diet jello.

Dinner. Two thin slices of flank steak, salad, small bowl of mixed raw fruit.

Evening- 6 fresh strawberries, that I eat frozen. (It tastes like sherbet.)

All day long I drink liquids. Right now I am into Crystal Light, although plain water would probably be better for me.

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