August Bootcamp Challenge
 

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Come on in! This thread is not for the faint of heart. This challenge thread is for those who want to make a commitment to setting goals, formulating plans to achieve those goals, and just plain work your butt off!

Set the goals of your choice. Pick a diet plan of your choice. Pick the exercise of your choice. Pick the method of accountability of your choice whether its a food journal, personal coach or Fitday.

Its a fact that if your set your goals, make a personal commitment to achieving those goals, and are personally acountable each day, you will be much closer to achieving what you want than if you just flounder through unfocused on a daily basis.

That's what this thread is all about. Its about being focused and leaving all the personal stuff at the door. No whining, no griping, no negative stuff. Bad days happen and in boot camp we just pick ourselves up and move on.

State your goals and how you're going to achieve these goals and lets be able to post positive results on August 31st.

Be realistic as this will be a short challenge.

And let's HAVE FUN!
:strong: :strong:

My goals and plan for the month:
 

1. Break past the 250 barrier. (I'm at 253 today)

2. Continuing to improve my cardio endurance with 45 minutes on the bike/airdyne/spinner or doing the 3 mile WATP (this is in addition to the 1.5 mile dog walk as I consider it his exercise).

3. Be able to do 2 sets of 8 reps with the 8 lb weights with comfort. (Now I do 1 set of 8 and 1 set of 4 and I can feel the muscle fatigue).

Here's my strategy:

1. WW with a South Beach twist.

2. Journal faithfully and measure out portions for accuracy

3. Plan each weeks menu and food lists.

4. Use BalanceLog on my PDA to also track food to make sure I'm getting in enough calories. Just to double check WW points. I'm thinking I may not be getting in enough calories.

Count me in!! I have been slack all summer, and gained about 5 pounds that I had lost in the spring.

My goals are :

Lose 10 pounds (down to 218).

Exercise at least 2 times a week.

Lift weights at least 2 times a week.

Cut back to 1 soda per day.

Significantly cut back on sugar and junk foods.

Accountability: Daily journal/exercise log. Weekly weigh-in.

Tomorrow is August 1st, so I guess I start then!!

Hi Terri!

Count me in! My goal is to bust on through the 240s (250 yesterday--we're running neck and neck!) and see the 230s by the end of August. To accomplish this goal, I intend to:

1. Follow South Beach Diet plan. (Day1(again)/Phase1 today)
2. 30 min (at least) daily exercise, alternating weights and cardio.
3. Journal daily here @ 3fc.

That's it! Good luck to us all...we can do this!

Hi ladies!!

Great goals! I'm looking forward to a new month and getting psyched up to tackle new goals.

Let's rock! :dancer:

Count me in too!!!
 

Here are my goals:

1. Weight - 280
2. Exercise - 1560 minutes (working on my 6 hour/week goal)
3. Food - 1600-1700 calories
4. Water - 160 oz daily

I'll be tracking my food, water, and exercise with DietPower (as usual). I'm also wanting to see some reductions in my measurments, but since the Evil Trainer isn't doing them until 8/4, I don't know yet what kind of reduction I want to aim for. I'll post them once I have them.

I'm also going to allow myself two FREE days in August (the 9th and the 23rd - plans with friends). I won't go hog wild, I will track whatever I eat/drink, and I'll just enjoy myself those days. It'll be good for my soul!

How am I going to get there?

1. STAY FOCUSED!!!!!
2. Dietpower to track my food
3. The Evil Trainer to kick my butt
4. Do my cardio

I know the weight loss is ambitious, but I pretty much have spent the summer slacking and I decided that's going to end here and now!

psm :)

Goals for August:

1) Actually make it over to 3fc at least four days a week.
2) Lose every week at WI (I follow WW).

I think that's enough for my first month back with a support group here at 3fc, don't you? ;)

Count Me IN TOO!

My goals for August!

1. To lose 20lbs
2. Weight Training 2 times a week
3. Cross-Training once a week
4. Walking/Jogging 4 times a week
5. Pilates 2-3 times a week
6. Get back on my food plan


Good Luck Ladies!

Hello Bootcampers!

How was the first day?

We sort of blew it with food at lunch. Long story short, Mexican! But we're eating lean tonight. I'll see if I can get it all logged into BalanceLog.

As for exercise, I got the VideoCycle through Switzerland tape yesterday. Perfect timing. New challenge; new exercise tape. I did 37 sweat filled minutes cycling in the Alps. DH was bugging the crap out of me so I ended up cutting my time short. Still, 37 minutes on a spinner ain't bad! :smoking:

I'll be taking the doglet for a walk tonight so there will be another 20-30 minutes of exercise.

I'm off to get my journal caught up and do some reading. DH is making tuna on the grill tonight. This will be a first for us. :chef:

Have a great evening and don't let the weekend mess up your goals! Let's be strong and kick butt this weekend. We've got great goals and let's blow through them.

:drill: :drill:

Day one of tryin' to stay on target for a loss each week - and then making sure I check in at 3fc at least 4 times a wee: check! On target. :)

I'm Joining Up Too!!!!
 

1. Get down to 320lbs. (I know it's ambitious, but not unrealistic.)
2. Get WATP in 6 days a week and get up to 2 miles by the end of the month.
3. Drink 200oz of water a day
4. Get OP and stay there except on scheduled break days of August 12-14 when my best friend comes to visit.
5. Keep up my Fitday journal.

August challenge
 

I chose CAD then sugarbusters, and started July 8, 3.5 weeks ago. I have lost minimal inches and 10 lbs.

My goal for August is to walk at least 4 days a week(I have had a respiritory problem) and lost at least 5 lbs.

Mostly to get REALLLY setteled into this WOE!

August Goals
 

Here are my goals for August!

1. Reach 138 by month end
2. Exercise 6 days a week (cardio or strength)
3. Practice yoga at least twice a week
4. Eat sensibly & drink lots of water
5. Be happy every single day!

I got derailed in July due to an expected event, so I am very excited to reach my August goals! Good luck everybody! :)

Hello Saturday night! :wave:

We have no life, so we're at home on date night! :yawn:

I just finished 45 minutes on the spinner. :smoking: I'm not dying but will take a few minutes to recover. Actually, I feel great. My inspiration was finding photos of myself about eight years ago on my second MS 150 bike ride. I miss being in that shape. While I was still 200+, I had stamina. I'm gonna get it back!

Food is so-so today. No excuse other than being stupid. I'm finding on the balance log that I'm getting in too much cholesterol. Hmm, going have to fix that since my bad cholesterol was somewhat higher than they like. I may have to order the full-blown balance log as I'm on a trial run now.

Have a great night and don't blow your goals for the weekend!

P.S. Had WW WI this morning and I'm officially plateauing. :censored:

I will break through this plateau.

Got off to a great start today with Kathy Smith's Lift Weights to Lose Weight workuot. The total workout (upper body, lower body & abs/back) is about an hour long. My muscles are shaking now, but it's a good feeling! I might ice skate for an hour or so this afternoon, we'll see how I feel. Now, I'm off to make a late breakfast of a poached egg on an english muffin with a side of fresh berries & a hot cup of tea! Yum! Yay August Challenge! :D

PS - I finally got up the nerve to weigh myself yesterday & to my surprise & delight I didn't gain back any of the 4 pounds I lost in July! (well, I did gain back 0.2 of the pounds, but in my book that does not count!) :smug:

:bravo: Genesis!

Hi bootcampers! Bad bad bad day. But it was planned so no whining here. We went to the ballgame. Too much hotdogs and junk but it was a blast. Tomorrow is a new start. No exercise either other than the normal dog walk.

Again, tomorrow is a new start. I'm off to get a big glass of water then off to bed.

Bad dinner yesterday, but, hey, I'm usually darn good about my eating habits, so what the heck...

And here I am checking in again.

monday already?????
 

*yawn*

I did really well over the weekend, and considering I had a 3-day weekend I'm pretty proud of myself! My weight would be down just a touch more if I had worked out yesterday - but I HAD to get caught up on my stupid :censored: bills!

Plan for today, the usual with food and water, cardio at lunch, and the evil trainer tonight for my first of the month measurements!

And for the exercise minutes:
Goal /Comp/Remain
1560/ 117 /1443

psm :)

Hey Ladies!

The weekend went pretty good except I didn't exercise! My Weigh in was Sunday and I didn't lose anything. I haven't really lost anything for about 3 weeks now! So I am a little frustrated! I did do a 45 minute weight training this morning and food as been good so far!

Keep up the Good Work Everyone!

Ok...so far my food has not been too great today but I plan on going for a nice long walk this evening & maybe even squeezing in some yoga. I'll have a healthy dinner to end the day!

Hi Ladies-Things have been going well here. So far I've managed to stay OP the last two days, I drank all my water yesterday, and about half the day before. I walked outside for 50 minutes yesterday, but I was wore out today so even though I exercised I didn't do as much. I've already worked through the WATP 2 mile, so I'm changing that goal to be the 3 mile by the end of the month.

Hi ladies...nice to see everyone has picked up the new thread. I have been away for a couple of days, but back now.

Goal for August...pretty simple....get below 175. I started last months goal at 183 with a plan to get below 180 and I made it to 178. Best of luck to all of us. We can do it if we stay the course.

Doing okay on food, although it is a challenge to leave the sodas alone. Still trying to squeeze in my exercise time, but it's only Monday so I just need to get off my butt and get started tomorrow!!

Getting back into the good habits is so much harder than falling back into the bad habits was....

I want to get in on the action
 

My goals this month will be----------

1. To get at least 3 days of walking in every week.

2. Limit fast food to Subway.

3. Keep coming to 3FC.

Hi Gals,
Count me in for the August Challenge. :drill:

My goals:
1. Continue to eat healthy, 1600-1700 calories a day - watching carbs and fat intake.
2. Lots of H2O.
3. Exercise 5-6 days per week - at least 45 minutes each day.
4. Hit my 50 pound loss by Aug 25th. (goal day due to Dr. appt)
5. Keep up a good attitude, stay positive, enjoy life!!!!!

We can all meet our goals!
:sunny:
Barb

Wow, we've got lots of new faces joining us this month. :dancer:

Looks like we're all doing great. :bravo:

Monday's report:

1. Logged all my food into my WW journal and into balancelog. I game in well under my daily budget on calories and WW points. However, I'm still up on cholesterol because of 2 eggs. I have to switch to Egg Beaters.

2. I did my morning exercises with the 8 lb weights. 1 set of 8 reps and 1 set of 4. And did the legs and ab stuff too.

3. Walked the dog for 1.5 miles

4. Worked 2 extra hours yesterday so that cut out my spinner time. I need to figure out how to compensate for that because that may be happening more and more. I work better if I get to work before 8 am but if I don't leave until 6 pm that puts me home at 7 with no time to do anything before dinner. Hmm, a dilemma. Maybe it will be better when DH starts school again and has to get up at 5 am. :eek: might have to do it at 5 am.

5. Don't think I got enough water in yesterday. I'm feeling dry this morning. I need to get a liter bottle and try to drink it on the way to work each morning (and pray for no bad traffic jam!)

Have a great Tuesday and kick butt on your goals! :drill:

:sunny:

Glad to see everyone is off to a great start for August!:spin: :spin:


I went over on calories yesterday but I have been under by about 100 the past 5 days. I went over 130 so I am not to concerned, I just I have to really good today! I did my walk/jog routine for 2 miles this morning and I am on track for calories!

I go back to work tomorrow so it is going to be harder to get my workouts done. I am already trying to work out a schedule so I can stay on track!

Have a Great Tuesday! :D

Monday....
 

Well I survived another Monday...

I pretty much stayed on plan - didn't do cardio because the evil trainer was doing my measurements and I need as much help as possible keeping them down :)

I did lose a total of I think 3 1/2" in the past 6 weeks so that was nice news!

Plan for today, the usual w/food and water, and tonight going to work with the evil trainer and do my cardio. And here are my exercise numbers:

Goal /Comp/Remain
1560/ 162 /1398

psm :)

Well On My Way!!!
 

Hello all-I'm staying on track and I'm down 5lbs today. Yeah!!! That brings me a lot closer to 320.

Brunissen-I'm in Colorado too! You are one of the first I've encountered on here from CO. I live about an hour from Steamboat Springs.

Hi girls...Brunissen, congrats on the inch loss. When my weight loss slows down, I always do my measurements. I am usually losing there, so it makes me feel like I am going in the right direction.

My Monday has been good so far. Went for a long walk with my son through town to do the daily errands, so we ended up being out for over two hours. Food was good and for dinner tonight I am going to make a pasta sauce with a soy product that is supposed to be very similar to ground beef. It even looks like it, but is much lower in fat and calories. Shhh...don't tell anyone...I am trying to pull a fast one on the DH and son ;) . Usually if I make changes like this, I don't say anything and they don't notice. The last one was substituting sugar free cookies for the real thing. Nobody noticed the change.

Do you guys get Discovery Health channel? The are having a weigh loss/get fit challenge that is really interesting. If you can, you may want to check this out.

Talk to you tomorrow.

Boot camp
 

If its not too late, I want in!! :drill: My goal(s) for August are:

Minimum 20-30 min. exercise - 5x per week

By the end of August, complete 3 miles in 30 minutes on elliptical trainer. Right now I am able to do 3 miles in about 34 minutes. Also, I want be able to walk/jog a mile in under 13 minutes. Currently I can walk/jog a mile in just over 15 minutes.

Stick to my food plan (1500-1800 calories/day), minimize sugar intake, only one soda per week.

Okay ladies...we can do this :strong:

shauna

It's almost midnight (I'm at work). I am trying to make it through this day. I am getting tired. There is some ice cream in the refrigerator and I want to eat it. I'm trying to forget about it. I did have a small coffee cup full of ice cream with my dinner instead of my fruit; dinner was a Healthy Choice meal. I ate dinner around 8:30PM. I thought that if I came in here and posted it might help me, so please bear with me.

I did get in a walk this morning; I have not eaten any fast food today.

I do not want to go back to my old eating habits. They were killing me. Do I really want the ice cream that bad?

I haven't been keeping track of my food on paper. I will try tomorrow to start writing things down.

Good night everyone.

Okay - so today's WI and I'll see if I managed to keep my "lose every week" thing goin'. It feels doubtful - I feel sluggish and bloated, though I've actually kept on track food-wise this week. Ah, well.

I did check in here again (actually I've checked in every day, I just don't always post) so that's somethin'.

TGIF....
 

Oh, wait, it's only Hump Day....

Did well yesterday, and my evil trainer is still trying to kill me - I did 12 min on the stairmaster before our session because I figured I could talk him OUT of doing legs, but what did he have me work last night????? Thats right, legs....*******...one of these days I'm going to put some serious hurt on him.

Right on track for this week, so I'm hoping my official weigh-in on monday wil reflect the hard work....

Phoenix - I hope the weather up in Steamboat is cooler than it is down here in Denver....you aren't anywhere near that wildfire that's burning outside Grand Junction are you?

Happy Wednesday everyone (2.5 days to the weekend!!!)

psm :)

Dixie, glad you came to post instead of eating the icecream. Your post says it all though..."it's all up to me". Only you can do this. Keep focused, remember what this is all about. Not just losing weight but maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Writing down everything you eat is a great start, but don't say "I will try", change that to "I will". I found that I think really hard about eating something if I know that I have to write it down. That makes it real.

Best of luck to you.

Hi everybody! Yesterday was great, all things considered. I started my period & had a heated confrontation with a co-worker, but other than that it was great! I stayed on program with my food & ice skated for an hour and a half. Included in that hour and a half ice skating, I did a 30 minute "power stroke" class which is 30 minutes of intense skating aimed at increasing your speed and confidence on the ice (I'm a recreational figure skater). It really gets your heart rate up! I even made it to bed on time & got up this morning and did a 45 minute strength training workout (The Firm Tough Tape 2). Yay me! :smug:

Yeah, Genesis. I have not been ice skating in years. Had a good food day today, did lots of walking at the mall with the son and did some free weights on my own tonight.

Hope everyone is great. Talk to you tomorrow.

Am I too late to join?
 

Howdie Ladies! Am I too late to join? I know it's already been a week since boot camp started but better late than never I hope. I'm not getting any support at home so thought I'd try here again!

I'm from the Niagar Region of Ontario Canada. Last time I weighed myself I was 190lbs...So can that be my start point? Hope I can join in...this sounds like a good group of folks!

I need a drill seargent!!lol

Michele

I guess a start weight/goal weight would help huh?

Start weight: 190
Goal Weight: 135-140 or a size 8
Start Date: August 7/03