100 lb. Club - The 5% Challenge

Can you lose 5% of your body weight in 5 weeks? That's the challenge I'm putting forth for myself and thought there might be some folks here who would like to join and challenge themselves as well!

To find what 5% of your body weight is simply multiply your weight by .05

I weigh 198, 5% for me is 9.9 pounds (which I'm simply going to call 10) so it averages out to 2 pounds per week. It's ambitious but certainly doable (and if it were easy it wouldn't be called a challenge! lol).

So anyone else want to try for it? You can report in here every day along the way or once a week or just check in at the end, it doesn't really matter as long as you make the commitment to yourself to DO IT! And you can certainly jump in any time.

My stats:
Start Date - 4/3/09
Start Weight - 198.5
Goal Weight - 188.5
Goal Date - 5/5/09

I'll jump in this challenge!

STATS
GW:159 ...I HOPE THIS HAPPENS!!!

My starting weight for this challenge is: 168
April 5:
April 12:
April 19:
April 26:
May 3:

May 5:

Total weight lost:

Challenge it is! Whooo, this is gonna be some challenge! I have to lose 13 pounds!

Stats-
Start Date 4/3/2009
Current Wt 259
Goal Wt 246
Goal Date 5/8/2009

4/10/2009-253.2 (-5.8)
4/17/2009-253.2 (0)
4/24/2009-251 (-2.2)
5/1/2009-248 (-3.8)
5/8/2009-

Im in. 5% is 10.25 lbs so im gunna go with 11 pounds.

Stats
Starting date- 4/3/2009
SW- 205
GW- 194
Goal date- 5/5/2009

I'll give it a go!

That's 9 pounds for me, which would take me to 176.5. That'd be pretty rowdy since it's getting very close to what I had envisioned at one time as my ultimate goal weight.

(I've not set a goal weight, and I'm keeping it that way for now.)

I'm in for the challange, 5% is 10.35 so I'll say 11 pounds too.
CandyKisses that will put you and I back in Onederland, WooHoo!!!

4/2 SW - 207
5/5 Goal - 196

Thanks Fox for the challenge.

I think that attaching a 5 week limit is a bad idea. For some people, it would not be physically possible to lose that much weight in that time. Even if it's technically possible, having deadlines for weight goals is often discouraging rather than encouraging. If you reach the end of the 5 weeks and have lost 4% instead of 5%, will you be happy or unhappy? Most people will see the negative -- "I failed" -- rather than the positive.

Funniegrrl If I lost 4% I would consider that a victory for me! It's an average of 2 pounds a week...very possible! I need these challenges to keep me motivated :coach::exercise: :D

Please can I be in too? I'm in the soltice challenge - but the more accountability the better for me!

5% is 10lbs, which swould take me to 190, after that only 11 more lbs in 6 weeks for my Spanish vac. hm. pushing it but I'll give it my best shot!

SW 200
GW 190

04/14 - 196.6 - 1.7%
04/21 - 194.6 - 2.7% ~ weighed a day early this week, complex mental issues!
04/28
05/05

I'll try it. 5% is 10.8 lbs, so I'll go with 11 lbs.

SW: 216
GW: 205
Goal Date: 5/5

April 5: 215
April 12: 214
April 19: 213.5
April 26:211.5
May 3:210.5
May 5:

Lbs lost: 4.5 of 11

I think that attaching a 5 week limit is a bad idea. For some people, it would not be physically possible to lose that much weight in that time. Even if it's technically possible, having deadlines for weight goals is often discouraging rather than encouraging. If you reach the end of the 5 weeks and have lost 4% instead of 5%, will you be happy or unhappy? Most people will see the negative -- "I failed" -- rather than the positive.
I've discovered that for myself if I don't lose that specific amount by the "time limit" I'm ok with it, honestly any loss is a success to me. I've set many, many goals and some of them I didn't make it and others I went above and beyond. But it gives me something to work for. If I say I'm going to try lose 5% of my weight "sometime this year" it'll never happen and THEN I'll feel like a failure!

I think we as people know ourselves pretty well (even if we don't like to admit what we know sometimes) so if you know a time limit isn't a good idea for you then that's fine, you can just work on the 5% and whatever pace it comes off is the pace it comes off.

I know I can lose 5% of my body weight, I just wanted to make it a challenge to do so!

An just to update - I'm down 1 pound, 9 to go! :woohoo:

I'm in for 10 lbs., putting me at 191.

Yay! I love challenges!

Well, this is my first post and it sounds like a good way to kick it off!
5% will be 13.69 for me --- i'm going to cut myself some slack and call it 13#.
SW 273.8
CW 273.8
GW 260.8

4/4 273.8
4/11 268.6
4/18
4/25
5/2

4/11 edit -- well, my first week of calorie counting and i'm 5.2 down. Let's see what week #2 will bring. Good luck girls!

That would be 12.45 pounds for me. I guess 12 1/2.
That is 2.5 pounds a week.

Wow. Um.....
I think I'll give it a shot. I am already in for the Summer Enchanted Challenge.
I am 249 now. My scale only does whole numbers, so in 5 weeks, I should weight, 237 or 236.

SW: 249

April 6: 245 (-4) :)
April 13: 243 (-2)
April 20: 241 (-2)
April 27: 238 (-3) :)
May 4: 238 (-0) :(

May 5: 238 I can't believe I just missed my goal! :(

Total weight lost:

:elf: Im in!
5% of my body fat would be... 13.5 lbs. Wow that seems like alot! that would be about 3.75 pounds a week.
but why not give it ago. I lost about 3 lbs this week. so maybe!

thats why its a challenge right?? :dizzy:

I'll give this a go. So 5% would be 15 pounds it'll be a challenge but i'll definately try.

Yikes.

OK, why not give it a go? I am in with 12 to lose in 5 weeks.

SW: 240 START DATE: 4/5
GW: 228 GOAL DATE: 5/10


April 12: 237 http://www.yahoofreak.com/animated%20emoticons/Easter%20Animated%20Emoticons/easter%20bunny%20smile.gif Happy Easter!
April 19: 236
April 26: 233
May 03: 231
May 10: 230 :(

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I'll do it!

SW: 209
GW: 199
Goal Date: 5/3

April 5: 207
April 12: 207
April 19: 205
April 26:
May 3:
May 10:

Ooh! Ooh! I wanna play too!

SW: 161.4 lbs
GW: 153.4 lbs

April 7: 161.2 lbs (down 0.2 lbs)
April 14: 159.2 lbs (down 2.0 lbs)
April 21: 158.0 lbs (down 1.2 lbs)
April 28: 155.2 lbs (down 6.2 lbs total)
May 5:

I haven't done a challenge in a long time! Yay!

Heather

This is great. I am in. I have to lose 16lbs

SW 308
GW 292

April 12
April 19
April 27
May 3
May 10

I'm in 254 now:dizzy:
Goal 241 thats 13 pounds:devil:

STATS
GW:159 ...I HOPE THIS HAPPENS!!!

My starting weight for this challenge is: 168
April 5: 167 :D
April 12:166
April 19:
April 26:
May 3:162 :D

May 5:

Total weight lost:

Just a heads up to check your ending date for this challenge and make sure you gave yourself a full 5 weeks (unless you picked an ending to coincide with the OP, etc.).

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SW 308
GW 292

April 12 304 - 1.29%
April 19
April 27
May 3
May 10

Bump!

Week 2 was a good one. I think i will reach my goal early!

SW 273.8
CW 273.8
GW 260.8

4/4 273.8
4/11 268.6
4/18 264.8
4/25
5/2

SW 308
GW 292

April 12 304 - 1.29%
April 19 300 - 1.31%
April 27
May 3
May 10

Total - 2.6%

WOW! I think I am going to start calling the 5% Challenge the 5% FIGHT CLUB! We are knocking pounds of fat out of our lives left and right ... or is that left and right hook? I know that lots of people aren't posting every week, but from the results of the people who are posting, I can tell you that we are knocking the stuffing out of those pounds of fat! Take a look:


KA-POW! DevsMama has scored a TKO, dropping 5.8 pounds right in their nasty little tracks! Don't let her sweet name deceive you --- this lady is a CONTENDER! http://www.smileyslord.com/smileys/boxing-smiley-001.gif


And the pounds of fat had better mind their manners if they end up in the ring with Ailidh! She has blasted 3.4 pounds right over the ropes --- and she hasn't even posted her scores for this week's fights yet! http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/784.gif


A left jab, a left jab and then BOOM! that deadly SparkleMajik right cross has caught 2 slow-moving pounds of fat completely off their guard. That makes 2 more pounds of fat carried from the ring on stretchers! http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/edoom/boxing_smiley.gif


Who floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee? 100+'s very own BareFootNikki! She has already bested 9 pounds of fat in this challenge and is well on her way to being a NoLongerHeavyWeight champion!http://www.getsmileyface.com/sm/violent/sterb173.gif


But if ye have to be namin' just one lad or lassie as a top-notch, rough and ready brawler, you need look no further than herself, IrishSarah. Her bare knuckle attacks have left 6 pounds reelin' and retchin' --- and she hasn't even posted her wins for this week yet!http://smileys.smilchat.net/smileys/sport/boxeur1.gif


SunFlowerGirl has been busy as well. Her intricate footwork and cunning feints have left 2 pounds of fat kissing the canvas in the ring and who knows how many more on the ropes, just waiting to be finished off!http://home.tiscali.nl/wildwizard/smileys1/punch.gif


Another 2.2 pounds of fat have fallen to the deadly infighting and uppercuts of one MrsWolf. When it comes to down and dirty, this gal is a sure bet --- and she hasn't even posted the results of this week's bouts! http://www.smileyslord.com/smileys/boxing-smiley-001.gif


It looks like SaraMommy has mastered the perfectly delivered body blow and with it, she has defeated 2 ungainly pounds of fat --- and that is without knowing how she did in her fights for this week!http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/edoom/boxing_smiley.gif


Rounding out the Fight Club's Premier Team is Knock-em Dead Nash: he has gone toe to toe with 8 slimy pounds of fat, evaded their cheating, below the belt techniques and left 8 pounds of fat slammed to the canvas! Smack down!http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/784.gif


Excellent work, everyone! Now, grab your towels and head on back to your corners to rest up for another round of fast, 5-fingered fists of fury. 3FC sent over a training video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=related, perfect to watch as you down another round of water and plan another PoundOfFat KO.

Numina ~ how great of you to celebrate everyone's successes like that!

ps, I've updated another 2lbs this week!

Ailidh! Good grief, woman! You hit OnederLand and never looked back! That's 5.4 pounds of fat annihilated just during this challenge! They are down for the count and outa here!

Ka-POW! Another NoLongerAHeavyWeight champion struts her stuff! Keep up the excellent work!

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Numina-I loved the "blow by blow"!! You're an awesome ring side announcer!!

LOL! Thanks DevsMama --- but do I have to talk in that annoying nasal Howard Cosell voice?

"This is How-ard Co-sell, ringside with Mo-ham-med All-i....."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eapAFRngCS4

Of course you do!!! LOL I would take Dicky V!!

Numina! Thanks for the boost --- that was hilarious! I watched the video too, perfect. Fight fight fight, that's my motto for this week now. The scale has gone up on me for the last 2 days but that's why i watch daily, to see what it does. I am preparing to TAKE IT DOWN!
Great job Numina, you rock :D

My weight was tricky this week. I weigh daily and went up for 2 days straight then started dropping again. Only 2.6 to go for my goal. Oh, that's next week!
Good luck everyone!

SW 273.8
CW 273.8
GW 260.8

4/4 273.8
4/11 268.6
4/18 264.8
4/25 262.6
5/2
5/9

Hey, wait a minute, BareFootNikki!

You are shorting yourself a whole WEEK on this challenge! (I think, anyway.) You started on 4/4 --- but you shouldn't count that day as the end of a week! I am pretty sure you should be ending this challenge on 5/9, which gives you TWO weeks to lose just over TWO pounds! Now, maybe you decided to end on May 2 to better match the opening post or something. Either way, it sure looks to me like you are going to EXPLODE your goal!

Argh! Thanks Numina! You are right, i was shorting myself a week... eek! My stress level is SUPER high. I am OP but stress does cause trouble anyway.
And my math was bad.... i need to lose just under 2 pounds. I am feeling good about this one :)

If I were the pounds of fat between you and that goal, BareFootNikki, I would just pack my bags and slip quietly away. Otherwise, you are going to OBLITERATE them! Yeah, you really should be feeling good about this one!

:)

ROFLMAO! It is official, I love you Numina! :hug:

I am flabbergasted. I am only 1-2 pounds from my 5% goal with time to spare! WTH!?! That is so not like me. (I think I'll ask for a scale for my birthday so I can have more exact numbers.)

Yesterday, I put on a pair of jeans (real jeans without any stretch to them at all) that I haven't worn since way before baby #3. They were a size 20. I could even button and zipper them up. I wore them for half the day, even though it was 86º outside! LOL!

My mom said something that both excited, and scared the **** outta me. I am now only 1 size away from being in the teens! Size 18 is looming on the horizon, just over the next hill!! OMG! Do you know what that means?! That means that I could possibly buy clothing in the regular ol' section of the store! :fr: I am trying not to get too excited because for one, I just got into the size 20's and secondly, I know how wildly different clothing makers vary their sizes. I'd hate to walk into a store and try on a pair of pants only to be devistated by what is on the tag.

:o Sorry. I just sorta had this size revelation and it was on my mind. I knew my clothes were getting bigger but I never really thought about smaller sizes. It was just a "lightbulb" kind of moment.

Bump

I'm in! mine would be 12lb in 5 weeks so that's about 2.4 per week. I can do this!!!
CW 240 4/28/09
GW 228 6/2/09

Just popping in for an update and to see how others are doing!

So I started at 198.5 on 4/3/09 and was trying to get down to 188.5 by 5/8/09 but I'm thinking it's not gonna happen :( I'll still try my hardest and see where I get though! My problem is I had quite the backslide, had about 5 days of eating crazily and the pounds shot back up so then I had to lose them all over again! Right now I'm at 196, ARGH! I keep thinking of where I could have been had I not had that blip in the radar. *sigh* oh well, just gotta keep on truckin! How is everyone else doing?

5% is 10lbs, which swould take me to 190, after that only 11 more lbs in 6 weeks for my Spanish vac. hm. pushing it but I'll give it my best shot!

SW 200
GW 190

04/14 - 196.6 - 1.7%
04/21 - 194.6 - 2.7% ~ weighed a day early this week, complex mental issues!
04/28 - 191.5 - sorry, my brain has fried, what % of 200 is 191.5? Got it 4.25%, I think.
05/05

Is it too late to join this challenge or is it ongoing? I would really like to join. Or else I can just make it a personal challenge.

it's ongoing so go ahead and start today!

^^^Great.

Starting weight: 295
Goal weight: 280

May 4 - 293.5 (down 1.5 lbs)
May 11 -
May 18 -
May 25 -
June 1 -

WOW! It looks like another bruising week for all those nasty pounds of fat out there as the Five-Fingered Fists of Fury Fight Club took to the road. There were exterminations on the east coast, smackdown in the south, massacres in the Midwest, whallopings in the west and even some ruckus in the Rockies! Members of the 100+ Fight Club even hit the international circuit and annihilated some overseas pounds of fat.

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In a series of lightning moves and rapid-fire body punches, SprkleMajik took on 2.5 PoundsOFat in a South Carolina arena and walked away the winner! The losers looked plenty dazed and confused when they were carried away on that stretcher! GREAT FIGHTING FORM, SPRKLEMAJIK!

The crowd went wild under that hot California sun when SunflowerGirl KO'ed 4 hulking pounds of fat and left them face-up on the canvas. Many folks commented on the fiesty gal's sunny smile as she stepped over her now-prostrate opponents. And why shouldn't she smile? NICE FIGHTING,THERE, SUNFLOWERGIRL!

They take their boxing very seriously in Canada and that was patently obvious in Ontario when MrsWolf battered 3.4 pounds of fat onto their knees and out of her life forever. A few people raised questions about the pugnacious pugilist’s final spinning kick to the head, but as the contender herself stated: "All's fair in love in war, and babies, this is definitely not LOVE!" KEEP KNOCKING THEM BACK, MRSWOLF!

And you can excuse that one Ohio newspaper for wondering if Morrigan, the Celtic goddess of war, had returned to Earth when you read the account of the last brawl IrishSarah dominated there. 11 --- that's right, folks! ELEVEN! --- different opponents tried to take our gal down, but herself pummeled all comers and walked away undefeated! YESSSSS! YOU ARE ON FIRE, IRISHSARAH, AND NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP YOU NOW!

Word of some serious match fights sounded out across the pond from the UK as 100+’s own No-Longer-Heavyweight Champion Ailidh rocked and socked 8.5 pounds of fat right out of existence. Fight fans there have come to love our gal’s uncompromising style and signature right cross that has been the death blow for so many fat pounds. KEEP THOSE KNOCK-OUTS COMING, AILIDH!

Before there is the run for the roses in Kentucky this year, there was the flight to the stars, a trip made by 8 unwholesome pounds of fat thanks to that hard-hitting contender, DevsMama. Each pound of fat was sent into orbit by the deadly high-low combination punches of the unflinching DevMama and then left to lie on the canvas, stars circling their heads just like a Loony Tune cartoon. YOU ARE HAVING THE LAST LAUGH NOW, DEVMAMA! SEND SOME MORE OF THOSE NASTY POUNDS ON AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD, ONE-WAY VACATION!

There were reports of a hurricane down Bermuda way, but it turned out to be nothing more (and nothing less) than the rapid-fire, fat-destroying punches of BareFootNikki. This lovely island member of the 100+ Five-Fingered Fists of Fury Fight Club has already exterminated 11.2 nasty pounds of fat opponents and is eager to unleash her fury on more. EXCELLENT FIGHTING STYLE THERE, BAREFOOTNIKKI --- NOTHING IS GOING TO KEEP YOU FROM MAKING YOUR GOAL IN THIS CHALLENGE!

We also heard about some dirty dealing in New Jersey, where pounds of fat were sneaking into the ring with horseshoes in their gloves. 100+’s Fox took some serious battering, but ultimately the feisty fighter picked herself up and blasted 2 of those cheating pounds out of the ring and out of the world of fighting forever! GREAT RECOVERY, FOX! YOU ARE BACK AND READY TO DESTROY YOUR OPPONENTS!


Finally, our ace reporters in the field are hearing lots of rumors about two new members of the 100+ Five-Fingered Fists of Fury Fight Club: Ac95Sqr and TeaHoney. Both of these bruisers come to the club with reputations for dealing severely with any pounds of fat opponents. In fact, there have been whispers of baseball bats, brass knuckles and expertly applied stiletto heels. Better keep your eyes on these two!



ANOTHER GREAT WEEK, FIGHT CLUB! KEEP THOSE FISTS UP AND THE FAT FLYING AND WE WILL ALL BE 5% LESS ENCUMBERED BY THOSE NASTY POUNDS OF FAT!

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hee hee hee hee hee

I love your style and I appreciate your words!

Well done Numina! I'm ready to knock that scale out tomorrow!

Im late but Im jumping in!

5 weeks 5% would be 14.8 lbs

Today: 296.8
May 8: 289.8 (7 lbs down)
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
June 5: Goal of 282.00

I luv you Numina!!!!

:cp: Numina! :D

I love it Numina. I am cracking up at baseball bats, brass knuckles and stiletto heels. :lol: :lol: :lol:

:carrot:
Well... i was thinking this mornign when i weighed in that i was a smidge over my goal but i was really please anyway... now i see i have ONE MORE WEEK to knock it out of the ring! I've had 2 solid weeks of going up a couple pounds in the beginning and then losing those couple PLUS some. I am being extra sure to drink my water ALL week this week to keep things going. Also going to start calorie cycling.
Can't wait to see everyone's weigh-ins and i hope they rock!

SW 273.8
CW 273.8
GW 260.8

4/4 273.8
4/11 268.6
4/18 264.8
4/25 262.6
5/2 261
5/9

SW 308
GW 292

I am going to have to work my but off this week If I am going to reach this. I am a bit disappointed - I have been on a hiking trip for the last week, I monitored my calories correctly - even weighing them against the aprox. calories I was burning hiking. while going the right direction on the scale still makes me happy -I am a bit surprised.

April 12 304 - 1.29%
April 19 300 - 1.31%
April 27 N/A (out of town)
May 3 - 298 - 0.66%
May 10

Total - 3.26%

I wondered where you were, Nash --- I just figured you had been abducted by aliens like all the rest.....

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Personally, I don't always see a strong correlation between what I do during a week and what my scale says at the end of the week --- usually, yes, but about 25% of the time it just seems utterly random. The only really consistent thing with me is drinking water: when I drink a lot, I lose and when I don't drink it, I don't lose.

Anyway, my guess is you will see a big loss in the coming week, maybe even big enough to hit that goal! Hope you had fun hiking --- sounds like a great way to spend a week. What kind of adventures did you have? See any animals?

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I didn't have a great week and the scale proved that. I have one more day to kick a pound off to hit goal. Since I know what I did wrong, I will do everything right today, cross my fingers, drink a ton of water and get my new plan figured out, written down and in motion. I don't want any more bad weeks. :mad:

I'm like Numina, the water does it for me. If I don't get my water in, the scale will not move. I have to drink 100oz of water everyday for my body to not hold on to it.

5% is 10lbs, which swould take me to 190, after that only 11 more lbs in 6 weeks for my Spanish vac. hm. pushing it but I'll give it my best shot!

SW 200
GW 190

04/14 - 196.6 - 1.7%
04/21 - 194.6 - 2.7% ~ weighed a day early this week, complex mental issues!
04/28 - 191.5 - 4.25%
05/05 - 190 - 5%

Oh I say, jolly good show.

SW: 161.4 lbs
GW: 153.4 lbs

April 7: 161.2 lbs
April 14: 159.2 lbs
April 21: 158.0 lbs
April 28: 155.2 lbs
May 5: 153.2 lbs :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

Well, that's all for me! I didn't think I was gonna pull it off, but I lost 5.1% in 5 weeks.

Peace, Heather

I went to the gym (first time in too long) drank a lot of water, ate better but I didnt' make it by one pound. I should n't be disapointed though. After I let things slide for over a week, getting back on track yesterday was a good thing. Still, to be so close....

Welllll this stinks. I am up. BUT, i know why! I just got my GoWear Fit and it seems my metabolism is pretty dang slow. With a good, fast, long walk and a day busy with babysitting and house cleaning i burned 2500 calories.. whew, that's not much. So, i'm cutting my intake to 1500 so i will actually lose some weight.
The GREAT news is --- i am not mad or giving up. I feel every bit as confident as can be and i'll keep on keepin' on :D

SW 273.8
CW 273.8
GW 260.8

4/4 273.8
4/11 268.6
4/18 264.8
4/25 262.6
5/2 261
5/9 262

I dunno what it is, but whenever I get right to the border of a new decade, my weight goes up and down over the same 2 pounds. I have been down to 230 and up to 232 all week. I don't think I will be hitting my goal (228) tomorrow, but couldn't I just slip under that blasted 230 mark??? AAARGH!

LOL

SW 308
GW 292

I'm in shock - looks like you were right Numina, I stepped on the scale this morning expecting to have not quite reached the 5% and ended up with my biggest 1 week weight loss since my first week.

April 12 304 - 1.29%
April 19 300 - 1.31%
April 27 N/A (out of town)
May 3 - 298 - 0.66%
May 10 - 289 - 3%

Total - 6%


I think like you said though water may have been the difference i probably drank half as much as normal while on vacation

It was quite nice - we came across two moose who were talking to each other - it was pretty cool.

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Congrats Nash! That's fantastic! Great pic too :)

WOW! It looks like another bruising week for all those nasty pounds of fat out there as the Five-Fingered Fists of Fury Fight Club took to the road. There were exterminations on the East Coast, smackdowns in the South, massacres in the Midwest, wallopings in the West and some ruckus in the Rockies! Members of the 100+ Fight Club even hit the international circuit and annihilated some overseas pounds of fat.

I am really pretty impressed by the numbers you people are flinging around as pounds of fat that you defeated! I know it’s a pain not to hit that goal (from personal experience I know this!), but to lose double digits and only miss by one pound is pretty freaking cool in my book! So, some shout-outs to folks who have finished their 5 weeks:

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They take their boxing very seriously in Canada and that was patently obvious in Ontario when MrsWolf battered 8.2 pounds of fat onto their knees and out of her life forever. A few people raised questions about the pugnacious pugilist’s final spinning axe kick to the head, but as the contender herself stated: "All's fair in love in war, and babies, this is definitely NOT love!" That kind of attitude freed the contentious Canuk of a full 5% of her weight ---- CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING YOUR GOAL, GIRLIE! YOU ARE A HECK OF A CONTENDER! (PS --- I love your avatar photo --- you are so darn cute in that snap on the right!)

In a series of lightning moves and rapid-fire body punches, Ailidh took on 10 --- that’s right, 10! --- PoundsOFat in a UK arena and walked away the winner! There were body blows that blasted her opponents clear out of the ring! There were hooks that made that pirate from Peter Pan look positively precious! And in the end, there was just one gal standing as the losers were carried away by stretcher --- and that gal won the right to wave bye-bye to 5% of her unwelcome visitors. CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING YOUR GOAL, TOO, AILIDH! YOU ARE GOING TO WOW THEM IN SPAIN!

The crowd went wild under that hot Bermuda sun when BareFootNikki KO'ed 11.8 hulking pounds of fat and left them face-up on the canvas. Many folks commented on the fiesty gal's sunny smile as she stepped over her now-prostrate opponents. How could such a sweet-looking lady hide such a powerful, unstoppable fighting spirit? But why shouldn't she smile? She just destroyed nearly 12 pounds of fat that will never,ever dare darken her door again. EXCELLENT FIGHTING, NIKKI! YOU SHOWED THEM WHAT FOR UNTIL THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!

And you can excuse that one Ohio newspaper for wondering if Morrigan, the Celtic goddess of war, had returned to Earth when you read the account of the brawl IrishSarah dominated there. Eleven --- that's right, folks! ELEVEN! --- different opponents tried to take our gal down, but herself pummeled all comers and walked away undefeated! Her knuckles were bruised and bloody, but her victory strut was smooth, sexy and full of sass. FANTASTIC JOB, SARAH! MAYBE THE FIGHTING IRISH OF NOTRE DAME SHOULD GIVE YOU SPOT ON THEIR TEAM!

Wait! HOLD THE PRESSES! Word has just emerged from the shadows of the seamier side of Ontario (what IS it about that town and fighting?) of a bare knuckle, no rules, last one standing fist fest that went on in the wee hours after midnight. Once the bodies had been cleared and the teeth, broken bones, and feathers removed from the ring, the last man standing was our very own Nash! This hero took on all comers and ended up annihilating 19 nasty, ugly pounds of fat! 19 POUNDS! 5 WEEKS! WOW! And one of his opponents was a MOOSE! I am betting that next year, this hardcore hitter will take on a grizzley bear! Or a polar bear! Or a tax collector! CONGRATULATIONS ON STUPENDOUS, NAIL-BITING FINISH, NASH AND HITTING YOUR GOAL SO HARD IT RANG LIKE THE LIBERTY BELL! (And thanks for the cool moose picture, too --- I don’t get to see moose too often because they live on the other side of the divide from me.)

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I know there are other fights still in progress and some results that won't be in for a few more weeks. The folks from above are passing the Five-Fingered Fists of Fury Fight Club torch on you folks that are still duking it out with your enemy fat -- but we will be here to cheer you guys on to victory. So, go to your corners and then

COME OUT FIGHTING!

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BOUQUET! for Numina and her great support!

Numina, i love these --- it REALLY helps me feel super proud of all my hard work, more so than the scale!

Well, you SHOULD feel proud of all the work you are doing and the great results you are getting, Nikki! Everyone on this thread should be proud of what they are doing --- yeah, yeah, most of us aren't perfectly doing what we think we should, but everyone is HERE and is TRYING and is LOSING!

So, darn it,

HOORAY FOR ALL OF US!


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Can I jump in this challenge starting tomorrow the 12th?? I will have 12.5 pounds to lose in 5 weeks!!! Look out Jillian Michaels exercises! :-)

Go for it, MisUnderstood! 5% of your weight in 5 weeks turns out to be a very solid challenge. Good luck and we will be watching from the sidelines to cheer your progress.

(If you need a really terrific pair of combination hiking/fat-stomping boots, maybe Nash will let you borrow his! LOL)

GO, GO, GO MISUNDERSTOOD!

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Aww thank you Numina!!

Sorry this is late.

My Stats

SW:168
GW:158 little more than 5%

Weight on 5/9: 159 :D Good enough for me!!!

CW: 155 :yay: Even better!!!