12 Weeks to Take Off!!!
 

Our old thread is nearing 500 replies (and hence about to get closed). So I created a new one here. I plan to start another thread for part II of the challenge soon.

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All challenge alums (who finished or not) and new faces are welcome to join our next one here.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

Details about the new challenge are posted below (a few posts down)

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I wanted to thank everyone for making this such an amazing challenge. Out of 40+ people who signed up, you guys stuck with it to the end. Everyone lost at least one pound over the past 3 months. You should all be proud. The support from and success of this challenge has helped me immensely in many areas of my life beyond weight loss. Thanks again.

Catherine

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Congrats to our Season MVP petitefleur and all the other award winners.

Jumelle - you've been the picture of "tortoise" weight loss. I seriously thought I made a mistake in putting the final chart together. In looking at your stars, I couldn't believe you lost 10+% and only made the dean's list once. Great Job!!

Also I left Blondie160 in because she weighed in last week and posted in the thread a few days ago. I know she's around. Hopefully she'll pop up and give me a final weight.

I'll see you all soon ;)

Quote of the Week
"Ninety percent of life is just showing up." - Woody Allen

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Biggest Loser = curlysue82 :bravo:

Honorable Mention = jumelle & Caitbeth :congrat:

Dean's List :cp:
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5% Star :cp:
jumelle
Paloma

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Season MVP = petitefleur :bravo:

MVP Honorable Mention = jumelle & Paloma :congrat:

Second Half MVP = petitefleur - with 6.17% lost since week 6 :cp:

4th Quarter MVP = FassGal - with 6.04% lost since week 9 :cp:





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New Challenge Details (the ones I have so far.....)

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12 More Weeks to Take Off! : Surviving the 'eating season' together =)

Baseline Weigh In Deadline - 8/25
Week 1 Weigh In Deadline - 9/1
Week 2 Weigh In Deadline - 9/8
Week 3 Weigh In Deadline - 9/15
Week 4 Weigh In Deadline - 9/22
Week 5 Weigh In Deadline - 9/29
Week 6 Weigh In Deadline - 10/6
Week 7 Weigh In Deadline - 10/13
Week 8 Weigh In Deadline - 10/20
Week 9 Weigh In Deadline - 10/27
Week 10 Weigh In Deadline - 11/3
Week 11 Weigh In Deadline - 11/10
Week 12 Weigh In Deadline - 11/17

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*You can weigh in any day of the week as long as its in the chart by Thursday night

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Sign up here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

*Use this googledocs spreadsheet to post your weight and let me know when you are "on leave" (see "on leave" tab)

*I will then use the spreadsheet info to make my charts
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I designed the new charts. They will look like this.

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Yay! I was really wanting to join the previous one but decided to wait for a new one. Thank you for starting this again :).

Welcome munstermommy

I'm going to continue with the "Week 13" discussion.

Just got back from jogging 2+ miles outside. Hopefully soon this wont make me get rigamortis in the morning. The longer distances are making me so sore. It's a good sign though, means I'm getting a workout.

I'm attending a family gathering tonight with crabs/cakes/booze/junk food. I plan to be good, I hope I don't overindulge. Trigger foods always get me.

Woo hoo i can't wait to start the next one, this time we are over the over-indulgent summer season, which i know shouldn't be an excuse but so many birthdays/weddings/ hen parties etc serious alcohol and crap food..
week one back on track and down 6lb today from last Saturday i am well chuffed..

Scarlett fair play as always chart looks super, well done on the run, i'm pool side now for the next while, i ripped a muscle and will take months to recover so no C25K for me for awhile :( . Best of luck with later, i find trigger foods serious test my willpower...

Also i got a mention above :):) cool.. talk about a push on...

ok hope everyone has a good weekend :)

The charts look awesome, Scarlett! ;) Can't wait for the next round since I loved how much the last one kept me accountable to others and myself.

I hope we have a lot of people return and tons of new people join.

Hello! I'm just joining and could use something to keep me accountable.

Scarlett-I hope that your trigger night is manageable! I think those charts look awesome, you must be a software wiz to be able to put those things together!

I am super excited for this challenge, I just finished my first round of Insanity today :D and I am starting Round 2 + running/weight lifting also. I am hoping to be at goal by the end of this challenge. Thank you in advance to all the lovely ladies in this challenge for being so inspirational and motivational! Let's kick some lb butt everyone!! :carrot::carrot::carrot:

Scarlett, I've just signed in on line 13

Wow I won an award!!!! Yay! I've fallen off the wagon, but I'm going to get my behind up and back on.
Congrats to ALL participants who stuck it through! It was tough but very rewarding and WE DID IT :broc:

Thanks for keeping me on there Scarlett but I suck at keeping accountable! I am going to post my final weight tomorrow but I think it will only be a few pounds loss if that! I would love to join in the next one but I am on holiday for the first 3 weeks of it, maybe I will just join late!

You all did amazingly! Im annoyed that I didnt stick to it because those 12 weeks went so quickly, I could be at goal by now!

I'm determined to do better with this challenge. I'm sick of yo-yoing. Time to get some control!

Blondie160- I'm going to have the week 2 deadline (9/8) as the cutoff to join. You could join and then go "On leave" for 4 weeks.

This is the new "Basics" pic. The best graphics that can be done on paint haha. I'm about to start the new thread but thought I'd post it here too.

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Hey guys. This is the link to the new challenge thread. The New challenge starts 8/25 Hope you all stay with us.


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/20-s...come-join.html

12 weeks to take off !! Part deux !!
 

Scarlett--

Love
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LOVE the new charts!!!

I like that you have the on leave tab, and the google doc system to let everyone post weigh-ins that way. Makes it easier to manage.

Just a tiny suggestion...can you alphabetize the names? That way it's easier to find them. I didn't want to step on your toes as I know this is just the "sign-up" sheet and it goes in order of time the person sign up.

Anyhoo...YOU'RE AMAZING! So smart!

I'm SOOO EXCITED!!!

By the way...my week 13 weigh-in...

152.0
BOOOOO!!

2 pound gain! 4 pound difference from my 2011 "low" weight (of 148.0)

I want to get back down to 148.0 as much as possible by week 1 baseline weigh-in. That is my goal!

Everyone: What is your baseline goal for week 1?

Just a side note to everyone. I'm sorry I forgot to post the link to the new challenge over here. I figured everyone would just see the new challenge thread since its in the same forum. FassGal told me she needed to stalk my profile to find it. So I updated this thread.

Having the original original thread fill up right as the first challenge ended made things a bit confusing. For the next challenge I will start a new thread around week 9-10 if theres a chance of it reaching 500 to avoid this craziness.


Again, Here is the link to the new Challenge thread

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/20-s...come-join.html


Belia - I alphebatize the names manually (using the ABC function) every so often. But people keep joining and screwing it up (though this is great). Once We have our group and are set. It'll stay alphabetized. I'll re-do it now.

I also really like the spreadsheet. It'll make things a little easier.

I weighed in today at 199.7 (up ~2.5 lbs), some is prob water weight. The past few days have been rough. I hope to be at 197 for Baseline. Last challenge I think the first 10 pounds or so were water weight because I wasn't already dieting at the start. Also I ate like crazy the 2-3 days before last baseline.

This challenge I want to start at 197ish and not eat (that much) the day before. This way I'll know the weight I'm losing over the course of this challenge is straight fat.

Yeah, I also did something similar. Last challenge, wasn't eating right or dieting as hard core before the baseline weigh in.

This time, I want a true reflection of my baseline and to keep moving in the direction I want to move (down more and in the 140's). I want to also make sure that my weight loss is from a REAL loss, not a water weight loss due to 1 or 2 nights of overeating.

I am so upset with myself! :mad: I was lax about IF'ing and working out after my last weigh-in, and it shows on the scale. This morning I weighed in at 174.8. I couldn't believe it! :( I hopped on and off several times, and the weight on the scale jumped around, but more times than not it settled at 174.8. That is a 6.8 lb gain. :cry: Well, I know what I must do, so I'll do it. I just had to vent! I'm so happy this challenge is starting again.

12 More Weeks to Take Off! : Surviving the 'eating season' together
Baseline Weigh In Deadline - 8/25 --> 174.8
Week 1 Weigh In Deadline - 9/1
Week 2 Weigh In Deadline - 9/8
Week 3 Weigh In Deadline - 9/15
Week 4 Weigh In Deadline - 9/22
Week 5 Weigh In Deadline - 9/29
Week 6 Weigh In Deadline - 10/6
Week 7 Weigh In Deadline - 10/13
Week 8 Weigh In Deadline - 10/20
Week 9 Weigh In Deadline - 10/27
Week 10 Weigh In Deadline - 11/3
Week 11 Weigh In Deadline - 11/10
Week 12 Weigh In Deadline - 11/17

I bet a big chunk of that is water weight. One pound is 3600 calories. I seriously doubt you consumed 6.8 x 3600 extra calories in a week. The extra eating probably reved up your metabolism. The bloat will go down and the rest should come off easily (due to increased metabolism) if you get right back on track.

I'm down to 195.2 today, my lowest number yet. At the wedding things sort of heated up between a college guy friend and myself. I've had a thing for him for awhile. Anyway I've been in lala land ever since, where I need to remind myself to eat. This is just what my stalled weight loss efforts needed :D

Beila's Goal chart