2017 year-end pound clearance challenge
 

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JOIN THE "YEAR-END POUND CLEARANCE CHALLENGE"

BEGINS 11-05-17

LATE ENTRIES ARE OKAY

LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON

SURVIVE THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT PACKING ON THE POUNDS!

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JOIN NOW! Just make a "reply post" in this thread and indicate that you want to join. There is a link to the challenge spreadsheet at the end of this post. Click on it to get to the spreadsheet, then bookmark it (so you can get back to it easily)

Let's have some fun and support each other, during this challenging time of year! No need to stress about competition. For some, the main goal might be to NOT gain weight and to stay on track. For others, who stray a bit too much during the holidays, this challenge can be helpful for you to get back on track after a slip or two. Let's help each other.

The only requirements are that you post a minimum of once a week (no matter how short) and weigh in with a starting weight and then a final weight for the challenge. You are asked to put a weight entry on the weekly weigh-in sheet. You can decide how often you actually step on the scale (except for the start and finish weights). If you aren't going to step on the scale during any week, you will be responsible for placing your last known weight on the weekly weigh-in sheet. So, you are required to enter a number for each week, but you decide if you want to carry forward a prior weight. A weekly chart will be posted with the weight loss stats. The final weigh-in will be on 12-31-17.

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WEIGH-INS:
The first weigh-in will be Sunday, November 5th. We will, thereafter, weigh in (or repost your prior weight) once a week on Sundays. You can choose to use a different day to weigh in (i.e., Friday, Sat. or Mon), but the weigh-in date on the paperwork will always reflect a Sunday.

Upon initial weigh-in, you will place your starting weight and goal weight on the "Stat Sheet". After that, you will go to a Weekly-Weigh In sheet for the weekly weigh in and enter your weight there. A new sheet will be available each week by Sunday. The Weigh-In Sheets will feed stats into the Stat Sheet

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REQUIRED LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION:
Post your weight/make an entry every Sunday on the Weigh-In Sheet (at the spreadsheet link). Please communicate within the team thread on the message board, by posting at least once a week. Interaction with a team is an important part of the challenge.

OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION:
These additional opportunities will be offered and are voluntary. You can choose which ones you will participate in. You can choose all or none.

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LINK TO THE CHALLENGE SPREADSHEET

Munchey, Awesome challenge! Hoping it's just what I need :frypan: to get motivated.

I'm in!!

It will be nice to stay accountable until the end of the year with everyone. I like the various types of spreadsheets too, great idea!!

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WorkingLikeaDog:
Good to see you join the challenge. I hope the challenge proves to be helpful for you.

Rie:
I'm so glad you are joining. You deserve to sit in the passenger seat for awhile. I hope you find the challenge to be helpful for you and that you flex it to fit your needs.

I'm in! I keep doing these challenges because I know one day I will be successful--truly successful!

Thanks, Munchey for creating this challenge!

I'm in! Really hoping to lose 10lbs by the end

Great spreadsheet! I'm happy to join, I've needed accountability since Halloween ended!

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HI EVERYONE!
My goal for this challenge is 11 pounds. That would put me in one-der-land. I gave myself most of the week off. My exercise and steps was low and I allowed myself a few treats. Now, it's time for me to get serious. I really want to make my goal for this challenge.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I hate the time change, so, I'm going to be struggling a bit. One goal is to stick with getting up an hour earlier and make the most of the available daylight.

Have a good week!

Curvynotlumpy
I'm glad you joined the challenge! You will be successful, I know it!

Chub
Best wishes with your goal. Ten pounds is a realistic goal, but I made mine 11 pounds, as I really want to get to one-der-land. I like to look at weigh-loss in goals of "10". With the amount of weight I need to lose, it seems to work for me and keeps me focused.

Opheliaphoenix
Welcome to the challenge. A move can certainly throw you off course. I struggle with overeating and hybernating in the Fall and Winter, so I can identify with the challenge. I hope this challenge is helpful for you and that it helps you get back on track.


Tefrey
Good to see you! I hope the challenge helps you with coninued accomplishments. You did great in the Halloween challenge

Gemini6
I'm glad you joined in. If you have any problems with the spreadsheet, you can post your weigh-in, or other entries and ask for help with making entries on the spreadsheet. I'd be happy to help.

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I’m in. SW: 174.6. GW: 169. Been stuck in the 170s forever

Munchey, you and I are in the same weight-loss boat, girl! Our stats and goals are almost exactly the same. Let's row this boat together!

Great to see so many join what is probably the hardest challenge of the year due to the holidays. Good luck to everyone! :grouphug:

Hello all,
I'm in too! I am starting on a "high", and not in a good way - a few pounds seemed to have jumped on in the last couple of weeks. I'm hoping that at least some of it is just water weight, although I also had some serious stress munchies going on :-/ My biggest challenge is trying to stay on top of my eating (and ideally exercise, although that's definitely part 2), when life gets a bit more rocky. So hopefully checking in here once a week will help a bit :)

Hope you all have a good week!!

Hey guys!

Weight for the start of the week is unfortunately high. I managed to get down to 173 lbs by Halloween but I've been developing some horrible eating habits recently. Mainly snacking on salt/carb heavy snacks late at night due to cravings kicking in. I'm starting the challenge at 175.4 lbs, eep! I really need to focus on drinking water, which in the latter half of the year I have been failing at, and cutting back on these awful craving fueled snacks. My goal weight for this challenge/the end of 2017 is to get into the 160's again. So I put 169 lbs in there.

Exercise has been wonderful in the past week. I ran 4 times, which is pretty amazing to me! Unfortunately, however, I was playing catch up after failing to run 3 times a week for my first week of training, so I need to run 4 times this week as well to officially get back on schedule. Luckily the runs are still low mileage because it's a 5K I'm training for, so it's not too intimidating. It's been warm here for the last week though, which I HATE! We had a cold snap and the leaves changed colours, but now it's warm and my brain is confused. It sees the colourful leaves and does not like feeling the warm weather!

Life is getting a bit better! Health care could be a major issue for us though, but fingers crossed after a meeting on Wednesday we manage to find something that covers my BF's medication. Work seems to be ok for the near future, I had a potential job offer but it would require relocation (to Tokyo no less). Trying not to get my hopes up too much about it, but we'll see. Would be interesting to live in Japan again doing something I care about this time around!

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A general HELLO, FRIENDS! WE CAN DO THIS! To everyone who's joined the challenge and set goals!

Ophelia - My advice to you would be forgive yourself!! It's very easy to carry around the baggage from past mistakes, but really analyze what made you fall off track and try and learn from it so you can prevent it in future. Sometimes life just gets crazy and it's so easy to put weight loss on the back burner, but it seems like you're ready now to focus and that's a wonderful thing!!

I'm in.
My goal is honestly just to lose something... anything. I do hope to lose about 10lbs by the new year... Finally get into the 260's since I decided to gain over the last 3 months.

Hi, all!
This is my first post and first challenge. I’m a newbie! I currently weigh 299.4. I have managed to put on quite a bit of weight over the past few years. However, with the tools and support via this community, my desire is to rid my body of the extra pounds. Looking forward to lighter days ahead.

I love the Year End Clearance challenge title, Munchey! Thank you for the oh so helpful spreadsheets.

I have just returned from vacation to Monterey, California. I did fairly well eating, but came home and reverted right back to the night time binge mode.

So I am at an all time high this since summer...hopefully a lot of water weight...but time to get serious and get back to eating well and wisely!

Today was my official weigh in and my commitment to sanity. I love everyone's input. We all have weight wishes - let's make them true this holiday season!

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Hi Everyone!
Hope your week is going well. The time change tends to throw me off. I'm trying to follow the strategy of having a daily 12-hour fast. For me, that means not eating between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. or between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.. So far, I'm managing to not eat until 8:00 a.m., but I'm struggling a bit. I know I'm better off to get up earlier and get in some form of exercise before eating. I just need to stay strong and make it happen. I know that in the past, I've been rewarded by getting in some exercise early. It seems to set a good tone for the day.

I joined a gym a few months ago. In my experience, it's typical for gyms to pipe in music over speakers. I'm a bit goofy (and a bit ADD) in that I have a hard time screening out noise (including music) that I find annoying. For the first few months, the music wasn't extremely loud and some days I even liked it when they played some rock music/alternative rock (something with a good beat and motivational).

For the last 4-6 weeks, they have piped in loud rap music all the time. I hate it so much. A few rap tunes are okay, but not "all rap, all the time" I usually bring in noise-counseling headphones and try and listen to my own choice of noise, but I'm not successful with filtering out the rap to an acceptable noise level.

I think the staff generally decides on the music. One day, I asked a staff member to turn down the music, but it was only turned down for a couple of minutes and then was turned back up. Currently, I'm focusing on cardio. They have a "Cinema Room" with only cardio equip. Sometime, I use the equipment in there. The cinema sound can get rather loud, with some action flicks, but it seems to be much less annoying for me.

Just wondering what others experience at their gym. I'm contemplating wearing some ear plugs. Wondering if there is some way to combine ear plugs with noise-canceling headphones. (so I can listen to something I like, as well as do a better job of cancelling out the rap)

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Gemini6
Let's make it to one-der-land together! I keep reminding myself that it's never going to be easier than now. I just have to keep with the reality check. Arthritis, aging and excess weight are a recipe for misery.

I've observed a situation with a neighbor a few doors down from me. She is very overweight. She fell and broke one ankle, then during the rehab process she fell and broke the other ankle. She is still in a wheel chair, long after most people would have recovered. I'm beginning to wonder if she will ever get out of the wheel chair.

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Grazier
Welcome to the challenge! I like your alias. I think we have similar challenges - grazing and munching, LOL


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curvynotlumpy
Let's row that boat together! We can do this!

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opheliaphoenix
Best wishes with your goal. Sometimes, I set a stretch goal, but know going in that I'll be satisfied with any results in the right direction. I've come to recognize that it's not how fast I get there. What's more valuable is to hold onto my losses. I've had a lot of experience with being a human yo yo, LOL

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flying_unipig
I'm glad you are joining us. I know what you mean about those pound just jumping on, LOL. I think many of us have issues with our weight bouncing around a bit before we feel secure in claiming a new low.

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Rie
Your job offer sounds exiting. I hope things work out for the best for you and your boyfriend and that you get your health care situation resolved.

I'm glad your training for the 5K is improving. I think several of us share a challenge with snacking this time of year. I know that the shorter days have an impact on me. I've got to fill the long dark evenings with something other than food.

I live in California. I can identify with what you are going through with your weather. We had recent heat wave, where regions exchanged temps. The areas with cooler temps got the triple digit temps, and the regions where triple digits were common, got the cooler temps.

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ichoose2believe
Welcome! I like your logic. Any improvements are something to celebrate. I'm aiming for 10 pounds a well. Let's do this!

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Miko17
Welcome to the challenge! I'm betting that you will have lighter days ahead of you. I'm glad you joined the website and the challenge.

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MorningGlory1950
Good to see you in the challenge. I hope you enjoyed your vacation. You aren't alone with the nighttime eating urge. I've been contemplating posting a pledge, on the nights when I struggle. I'm always glad when I don't succumb to evening snacks, but the temptation can be overwhelming at this time of year.

Im in too! this sounds interesting. I could use something to push me a little, :P :D

Hello,
I know I may be a little late joining but I am very interested in joining this challenge.

I am looking forward to getting to know everyone here.

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HEY EVERYONE!
I've added a Weigh-In Sheet to our spreadsheet notebook for the challenge. I'll be back to offer information and clarification.

Hope everyone is having a good week and that we each have a little less of of us to report, when it comes to weight.

I've added a tab to the spreadsheet notebook for the 11-12-17 Weigh-In. It looks like the example below. There will be a new weigh-in sheet each week. All you have to do is enter a weight in the one field. Once you enter a weight, the "Pounds Lost" and "Percent Lost" fields will populate correctly.

The Weekly Weigh-In Sheets will feed into the Stat Sheet.


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No change this week. Cut way back on sugar and treats. Need to up the exercise

SW: 174.6
CW: 174.6

Hi all - I hope everyone is having a good first week! I seem to be in pre-contemplation mode so am hoping to get some progress going in the next couple of days. It is nice to have a little virtual community to try this with.

:wel3fc: and to this thread Huckle, Grazier, kmay, JessJoy, Miko, and flying_unipig. This is a great way to end the year and a wonderful group of chicks to do it with. Hoping week one is going well for you.

:dust: for everyONE!!!

Tee, Hee! Where do you find these little gems? I Have inherited my son's two year old orange tabby. He is a large cat and while active, likes his food bowl a bit too much(disturbingly familiar!). He use to be a house cat but now he can go outside. His underbelly is a bit jiggly and I so hope he doesn't grow into a garfield.

:wave: friends!

I started to write in my weight today only to realize that it's Friday. Tomorrow is my birthday so I was going to check in early, but not that early! :dizzy: TOM appeared on Wednesday after skipping a month. My cycle is typically clockwork but I'm perimenopause age so I wasn't completely shocked when I didn't have one last month. I've also skipped cycles when I'm under heavier than usual stress which I was last month. We'll see what the future brings. :dunno: Due to it's appearance my weight is up 2 pounds by today's scale reading.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

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Curvynotlumpy:
Have a great birthday! Remember, you can decide if you want to coast this week, with last week's weight. Other than a beginning weight and a finish weight for the challenge, it's up to you. Do whatever is a good motivator for you.

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Grazier
Sounds like you are making steps in the right direction. My activity has been down this week as well. Looks like we both have opportunities for the week ahead.

Huckle
Hang in there. All steps in the right direction will add up. Hope the next few days and subsequent week go well for you.

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Just a reminder. You will enter your weight on the spreadsheet tab that says "11-12-17 Weigh-In" - NOT the stat sheet. The weekly weigh-in sheet will feed into the Stat Sheet (where your entered your starting weight).

You need to enter a weight, but you may choose to NOT weigh, and carry forward the weight from your last weigh-in. You have to weigh for the final week, but you can decide how often you weigh until then. If you don't weigh on a given week, you still must make an entry on the weigh-in sheet (your weight from the last recorded weigh-in.

Week 2 here we come
 

Hi all - I had a better first week than I had thought, must have been the willpower dust!:carrot::carrot:

What a great team! I like that so many of us have the same goal ... to get to ONEderland.

I am still struggling to get back to losing and I am up a little bit. My eating has been less restrictive and I like to switch to maintenance now and then, but I need to get back to weight loss!

Munchey: I'm on my phone and unable to see the different tabs. Could you do me a huge favor and log in 135.8 lb for this week for me? Much appreciated!

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

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I made the entry. Congrats on your loss - 3.2 lbs! Awesome!

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Nothing wrong with a "maintenance break". Sometimes, there can be benefits from that action. I'm sure you will get back into "loss mode" soon.