25 pounds in 25 weeks challenge... (Page 5)

Nah - umm so it *2.2 ok for the conversion to pounds? I dont understand pounds at all! 

May I join?

First weigh-in: Jan 1 - 185lbs

I suppose I could be a captain.  If you're trying to keep the teams on the smaller side I think I can handle that. 

Can I join in too? 

 Dee

The large number of participants in this challenge is great! 

Again, thanks for the hard work Margot and Brian!

Good luck to you all!   This is a great challenge! 

My goal last year was to lose 30 lbs in 30 weeks beginning on 1/1/07.  By the time 30 weeks was up, I had lost 45 lbs!  So you see it can definitely be done, so I thought I would chime in with a couple of things that I learned last year.

- Stay consistent in your training!  But if you miss a workout here or there, forget it and move on.  Just don't let that become a habit.

- Don't let losing weight be your only goal.  Once you lose it and you have nothing else to aim for, you tend to pack it back on (as some people have noted in this thread).  I've also done that twice in the past.  The difference for me this time was my goal was to run my first triathlon.  Once I set my sights on that, followed the training plans, and ate healthy, the weight had no choice but to drop off.

- Don't slack off on your healthy lifestyle once the weight is gone!

- I created a spreadsheet last year that showed my goal weight for each week that had the 1 lb/week drop.  I started it on Monday, 1/1 at 210, then 1/8 showed 209, 1/15 was 208, etc.  I then plotted my actual Monday morning weight against that each week.  Although the full 30 week line was always there, seeing my next week's goal each week made it more manageable to me and made me believe I could do it.  If I only knew my target was 180, that would have seemed too far off and difficult.

- I used Monday's as my target each week.  That's when I tend to weigh the most because of weekend debauchery!  Knowing I had a weigh-in on Monday made me think twice before I ate or drank too much on the weekend.

- Finally, have fun and enjoy the compliments when they start rolling in!

ohiost90 - 2008-01-04 8:33 AM Great start to the new years guys and gals. We are already ahead of 90% of the world by joining this challenge. Hope its fun and successful for all Some housekeeping. 1. We need a team name. Well we don't really need a team name, but team 6 sounds so unimaginative. I'm not very creative, so I would love to hear from you guys. 2. You can post your weekly weight in the thread or PM me. I don't care. 3. LastCall, I need your starting weight. 4. For the images in the table below, I used your avatar for those who have them. If you want to use something different, send me a link for those who don't have an avatar, welcome to the 21st century Seriously, if you have a link to an image on the web, send it to me. 5. I think we voted(ok, it was low voter turn-out, not unlike the polls in the US) that each team would create separate threads. Once we decide on a team name, I'll use that in the title for the thread. 6. have fun!

25 in 25 BT Challenge

Team 6

	who	starting weight	Week 1	% Difference	Week 2	% Difference
	Ohiost90	209	---	---	---	---
	Lastcall2003	---	---	---	---	---
	Betsy848	150	---	---	---	---
	MSURDYKE	244.6	---	---	---	---
	stbrrn	197.5	---	---	---	---
	Amylou85	170	---	---	---	---
	Shermbelle	211.6	---	---	---	---
	ScotinSeattle	183	---	---	---	---
	jenni4	169.5	---	---	---	---

Here's a couple of team names:

Team VI (6 in Roman Numerals)

Team Orion