BP.Net Weightloss CHALLENGE

congrats! it's sooooooo nice to release weight!

Easter weekend I weighed 280. This past Friday I wieghed in at 237 (yay). 220 is my target weight. I'm 6'-3". I did notice I'm getting a 4 pack... :rofl:
I doubt I will get the other 2 before my birthday this month but that would be cool... :gj:

that is EXCELLENT!!! congrats on the weight release.

(you wanna release it, not lose it cause we often find what we lose) :)

So... let's have a little check in. How is everyone doing?

I'm currently working on releasing a little more weight. Still eating raw - currently fasting. What I find interesting is it's like my body knows when I hit a ten-pound mark. Do you think I can get it to cross over into the next set of ten pounds? No way. 150 is my body's DO NOT CROSS zone. LOL

So how are YOU doing?

okay I see this forum/thread-thingy has kinda died down, but i feel like shareing!!!! Im trying to loose like 40/45 pounds. Im 164 currently and 5'6" and my goal weight would be 125/120ish. So yeahh Im working on it lol.

I like my fat, lol
it gives my girlfriends something to cuddle with :P

I weighed 230 in july of this year, as of currently I weigh 185 and stand 6 foot 1 inches. I feel great and plan on loosing about 15 more pounds.

I am currently trying to lose some weight and have changed my eating habits. I have also begun an exercise program and I hope to get myself into decent shape so that I can be very healthy and fit.

I second the wait GAIN challenge. I'm 5'8" and 100 lbs. I'm a freshman in high school, so I guess I'm still growing, despite my exercising and eating roughly 1500-2000 calories a day.

Good luck with your weight loss challenge!

There are some really unhealthy methods of weight loss being used in this thread. Starving yourself or fasting for long periods of time is very harmful to the body and can potentially cause more problems than not losing any weight, depending on a lot of factors. Also there is a minimum number of calories you need to eat each day just to function and have healthy brain activity, it's called EER (Estimated Energy Requirements). Check out this link to figure out how to calculate yours. If you leave off the activity level multiplier, that will give you the amount of calories you should eat to be healthy. The multiplier is if you want to maintain your current weight.

If you don't eat enough you are also increasing your risk of vitamin and mineral deficiencies which have their own list of problems.

One pound of fat contains about 3500 calories. So if you want to lose 20lbs you will need to burn 70,000 calories above your calorie intakes. That takes a lot of time unless you're on The Biggest Loser program of 6-8 hours of gym time per day. If you aim for 1-2 pounds of actual weight loss per week, you will need to burn an extra 500-1000 calories per day which is reasonable.

Someone mentioned that it needs to be refered to as releasing weight versus losing weight because we often find things we lose. The difference is if you start eating healthier or go to the gym and after two weeks the scale says you lost 10lbs, chances are half or more of that wasn't actual fat, therefore you never really lost it.

I've been going to the gym for about 7-8 months now, and have lost a total of about ~25 pounds. I haven't been able to tell recently cuz the scale at the gym is broken.

Withonor hit it on the nail, if you want to lose weight, you need to eat. I don't eat alot because my body doesn't need alot of food to energize itself. I take a "fat burner" from Juice it Up, I drink Weight Loss Shakes from Costco, I eat cereal and try to snake on healthy things in between. My dinners are small. I can eat as much as I want, as long as a make the right choice in food. Also, if there's anyone that's on a "no sweets" diet, eat sweets once a week and it'll shock your system, causing your metabolism to rev up.

If there's anyone going to the gym to just walk on the treadmill, or do the elliptical, change it up! Don't walk on the treadmill, unless you're cooling down. Walking around the block would be better because you are propelling your own feet, compared to a machine doing it. If you use the treadmill, do an incline. You'll burn twice as many calories as just walking, and the same as you will on the elliptical. I do 30 mins of incline, and 30 mins on the elliptical. Granted, any effort is better than no effort.

I'm no expert, I'm just sharing what has worked for me. Everyone is different, and it's always good to hear someone else's story and maybe try something new. I love hearing other peoples stories!