BP.Net Weightloss CHALLENGE

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Originally Posted by SarahMB

Ok, come on down to Texas, we'll go to the gym :D
I'm thinking about starting resistance training again this weekend, and just hitting the large muscles.

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Sounds like a plan! :D Resistance training is kind of fun :)

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

Haha...hey now, its a habit :P I've caught first time powerlifters doing it. Guess it comes naturally :P

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Silly boys! ^_^ I don't guess I can talk...I can't imagine even trying to lift that much! :D

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Originally Posted by AzureN1ght

A thing to keep in mind about weighing in: The body is 60-70% water (depending on your source). A few pounds in either direction can happen just from weighing yourself at a different time of day, after you've had something to drink, or if you've had alcohol the night prior (it dehydrates you and can make you appear to have lost weight).

You can either just not worry about a picture, or go to WalMart or something and grab a cheap workout outfit to take one in. No big, either way.

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Haha, I know you are right. I do weigh at the same time every day...in the morning right after I get up. And I did drink last night, it was chat night, hahaha. So I was hoping for a little dehydration weight loss, and I got an extra pound instead. I thought that was unfair :rolleyes:
Ok, I'll go get some new gym clothes tomorrow. That should also help inspire me to actually GO to the gym, lol.

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Silly boys! ^_^ I don't guess I can talk...I can't imagine even trying to lift that much! :D

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It builds muscle....haha whatever works :P I think its fun, and feels good :D

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

Sounds like a plan! :D Resistance training is kind of fun :)

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Yeah, the biggest discouragement about it for me was having sore chicken wings. I absolutely cannot stand that! But I saw this workout chick on the Today show or something this week, and she was saying there is no reason work out any muscles but the large ones like abs, legs and back. I might could work with a plan like that!

One good thing to do before you start is to get your body fat tested because the BMI is total crap. Its doesn't take into consideration people that have more muscle.

The best body fat test is hydrostatic (underwater) testing. Because water fat and air make you float, you let all of your air out of your lungs and then dunk yourself underwater. The person at the testing center will look at the scale and record your weight which is referred to as your lean body mass (LBM).

Once you have your LBM, you then add to it the healthy body fat percentage that you want. 20% is pretty good for a woman. As long as you keep the muscle you started out with, the number you come up with would be your goal weight.

This who experience was very comforting to me b/c I found that I didn't have to loose as much weight as I thought I needed to.

I first started at 183 lbs. My LBM was 121. With 20% fat that meant that I only had to get down to 151.25. I had previously had a goal of 125 and the BMI told me I should be 118. Discovering my LBM allowed me to know that I am never going to be 110 lbs again unless I loose muscle and bone.

I had been exercising when I went to get tested. A few months later I went back at 187 lbs and not exercising and found that with a LMB of 116 I had lost 5 lbs of muscle and gained 9lbs of fat for a net gain of 4 lbs.

After finding that out I went up and down in weight for about a year.

I got a new job where I stand all day. A few months after I started my job I went back to the testing place and got a 3rd test. I was funny that I was back to 183 lbs again but this time my LBM was 128. I had gained 12 lbs of muscle and bone, just from standing all day. Recently I got a 2nd job working stock. I climb up and down a latter and lift boxes. I think I gained more muscle because I weigh the same but my clothes are looser and everyone who has not seen me in a while has said that I lost weight. I didn't loose "weight." I lost fat. Yippie Skippy! When I get the money, I want to get tested again to see what my LBM is so I can adjust my goal weight. Until then my goal is to loose my rolls. I don't care what size I am, I just want to look good and be strong.

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Originally Posted by SirMontyPython

One good thing to do before you start is to get your body fat tested

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I'm not sure where I'd go for the water-testing...at the very least, my University gym doesn't have it and the gym I use when I go home doesn't, either.

The scale I use gives me my total weight, my BMR (basal metabolic rate. ie: how many calories I burn per day just on body processes), my water percentage, my muscle mass percentage and my fat percentage.

The makers of the scale say that it's certainly not AS accurate as the water version for body fat, but it gives a picture. And, if I'm using that same scale to measure it on consistently, I can see the changes in body fat and muscle percentage as I go.

I'm also aware that BMI is inaccurate for some groups of people. Most of the time, those people are body builders or athletes, who have more muscle than the average person. I wouldn't say it's total crap, however... In a country where "64.5 percent of U.S. adults, age 20 years and older, are overweight and 30.5 percent are obese" (American Obesity Association http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/obesity_US.shtml), I think that it's important to have some sort of standard guideline.

Does that mean that people shouldn't look into things like Body muscle mass and fat percentage measuring? No. I think that one absolutely should look at all aspects when trying to lose weight.

Though I suppose, in the end, it's really about how the individual looks and feels. Someone who's overweight can still get exercise and eat healthily and live a long, healthy life and someone who's thin and (by our country's standards) "looks" healthy, could live a sedentary life and eat only junk food and die of a heart attack in his/her 40's.

I haven't been to the gym since monday. man does time fly. I did do exercises at home on Wednesday and went to the park yesterday for a walk. I also just started the South Beach diet. I used it in the past (breifly, a week or so) and lost a few pounds. So I went all day yesterday w/o snacking on illigeal foods, so I am pretty proud of myself. Allbeit the all the veggies I picked up will be gone by the Monday....from me snacking on 'em. lol. It's pretty tough cause for the first two weeks you can't have bread, pasta, starches, no beer or stuff. And I love bread pasta, starches, beer and stuff. LOL.

Just thought I'd post a little update :)

Last week I went to the gym Monday and Tuesday (a far cry from 5-days a week ;) ), and I did really well about food every day but Friday, so I call the food aspect of things a win.

Today, food has been excellent (stuck to the menu I made last night) and in an hour, I'm headed over to the gym for some cardio and weights :D

I'm feeling better about myself already, which is a good sign. When I work out and eat right, I always feel so good! I forget when I wake up sore and achey that while I'm working out and right afterward, I feel like I'm on top of the world.

Hope the rest of you are keepin' the dream alive ;) It's only 3 months till July!

Yeah, I haven't been doing that great :(
I also only went to the gym twice last week, and ate a LOT of high calorie foods. I think I ate out at least one meal every day! :eek:
I gained 2 lbs.

I've resolved to do better this week. I did go to the gym this morning, lunch wasn't too horrible, and I picked up a large supply of Lean Cuisines. I lost a ton of weight with them before.

Oh, I did buy a new workout outfit today that is pretty snug, so I'll get my 'before' pics up later tonight!