Welcome to the Haunting for Halloween challenge 2015, it's our 3rd year! For those of you who know me, welcome back, I’m glad you’re here! For those of you who are thinking, “who is this crazy person?” allow me to introduce myself! I’ve been doing these spread sheet challenges for a good few years now and I’ve seen so many amazing people lose weight. Last year I ran this challenge across multiple boards as this is the most popular challenge of the year, so I want to do it again and create a super duper challenge that includes people of all sizes and ages. We’ll all be using the same spread sheet, so it’ll be fun to spur each other on! I've included all the forums that participated last year, but if you think that this challenge should be posted in your favourite sub-forum then please PM me and let me know!
Here’s the aim of the game…lose the most percentage of body weight by Halloween and roll up to your fancy dress party (or your couch with the lights off because you hate kids) and feel sexier than ever. I don’t want to hear any “oh…I won’t be sexy by Halloween” because I’m here to tell you YOU ARE A FREAKIN’ SEXY CANDY PANDA! SHAKE IT LIKE YOU’RE AT A NAKED DANCE PARTY! This is just a way to encourage a healthy bit of competition into your routine.
Let's Keep This Simple! Please Read These Rules!
You can join this challenge at any time up until the final week of the challenge!!
Enter your Username, Starting Weight (at the weight you are at NOW), which forum you're joining from (e.g. 20-somethings, 100 lb. club etc) and scroll to the right and enter your Goal Weight.
LEAVE THE LBS LOST AND % OF WEIGHT LOSS COLUMNS ALONE! The rest is all filled out automatically by the spread sheet monkeys. Let them do their job, they get plenty of bananas
Week by week enter your weight on any day you want between Monday and Sunday.
Be sure to have your weekly weigh in on the spreadsheet by Sunday, because I make the charts on Monday. In the spreadsheet when the column is labelled "WK 1 8/31", that means the week BEGINS on the 31st August NOT the particular day you have to weigh in!
Check back in to the thread and I'll publish a weekly chart to show who's dominating over us all.
If you want to take a break from weighing in then right click the cell for that week and select "Insert Note" (definitely not a "comment" because these won't move with your username if new members join the spreadsheet!) and add your reason for not weighing in.
If you don't weigh in for more than 2 weeks without a noted reason you will be moved to Standby. Come to the thread and opt back in if you want to re-enter the challenge.
Optional before and after measurements challenge! Read below:
The wonderful nonameslob gave me the idea to include a spreadsheet to chart our measurements from the beginning to the end of the challenge. I've included a tab on the spreadsheet to enter your measurements. Measure yourself at the beginning of the challenge and at the end to see how much you shrink! -->Access this optional sheet here!<--
That's it!* A huge part of this challenge is the community support, so please use this thread to talk to each other and update us on your progress. It’s less about just saying “today I weigh ___” and more about actually communicating with fellow sexy candy panda’s and talking about your life and all its ups and downs. Think of this thread more like a chat thread rather than just a place to post weights.
*FAQ
Can I change my Goal Weight once the challenge has begun? ~ Yes!
There's a - mark in my cell for a week, but I know what I weighed! Can I change it? ~ Yes! The more information you can put in the better.
My weight changed during the week but I already entered my weight, can I change it? ~ OF COURSE! I always like to use my lightest weight of the week and that's perfectly acceptable to change a weight as the week progresses.
Enter your starting weights now and the challenge begins August 31st!!
Last edited by Riestrella; 10-27-2015 at 07:05 PM.
Signed up today! CW 223lb after a shift down the last few days. hoping for 2lb a week so bringing me down to 205lb would be awesome to be so close to Onderland by Halloween!
always up and down with my weight haha, but tryingggg yet again joined dr Bernstein couple days ago so im aiming little higher with the weightloss than usual, see how it goes
its pricey and a little strict, low carb type of diet, a plan that is medically supervised at clinics etc , only doin for a couple months or so.. im having alot of issues being at this heavier weight so I wanted somethin that can get a nice chunk of more quicker etc but not on my own lol want to be sure im healthy and doing it all correct etc they get you to do several tests and check up on you 3 times a week as well as b12 injections .. ive been on it for almost a week now and already feel loads better with my gut issues
its pricey and a little strict, low carb type of diet, a plan that is medically supervised at clinics etc , only doin for a couple months or so.. im having alot of issues being at this heavier weight so I wanted somethin that can get a nice chunk of more quicker etc but not on my own lol want to be sure im healthy and doing it all correct etc they get you to do several tests and check up on you 3 times a week as well as b12 injections .. ive been on it for almost a week now and already feel loads better with my gut issues
Aah, ok! As long as you feel happy and you feel better then I'm glad it's working out for you!
I signed up! We're going to Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights in October so gotta get in shape! So much walking...... Might do more than a 10lb loss goal, but right now I feel like I could definitely do 10.
I signed up! We're going to Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights in October so gotta get in shape! So much walking...... Might do more than a 10lb loss goal, but right now I feel like I could definitely do 10.
Welcome!! Are you going to train for the walking? 10 lbs would be an incredible loss!!
Went on a run today, first one in a week after getting a new tattoo! It went really well, glad to be exercising. Hoping to see a drop this week because of it.
What's your plan to lose weight leading up to Halloween??
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Fickle - Wow, that's a lot of mileage! You'll definitely be ready!!
Happy - Welcome, welcome! Glad to see some more people join.
Thanks for the welcome! Started a Couch to 5k program last night. I think I may need to find something else... But I weighed today in the doctor's office and I am down! so that's wonderful for me!
My plan to lose weight is to keep on keeping on basically. I"m doing low carb and it's going really well. I've upped my walking and I really want to get my kettlebell routine back into swing, but it's hard to find the time these days. Other than that, keep on trucking here.
Happy - Why do you say you might need to find something else? Because lemme tell you, NO ONE likes running at the start . Took me at least a month to understand why people would want to run. Congrats on your loss!!
~*Haunting for Halloween 2015 Challenge*~
Welcome to Haunting for Halloween Challenge 2015
Enter your starting weights now and the challenge begins August 31st!!
CW 223lb after a shift down the last few days. 
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. Took me at least a month to understand why people would want to run. Congrats on your loss!!