Well, it's about to be a new year - How about a weight loss challenge?
 

How many of y'all are going to diet starting January 1? I know I am! Wanna have a competition and see who can lose the largest percentage of body weight?

Post up if you want to compete so I can get a list together. Then you will need to send me your starting weight on or after January 1, and provide an updated weight each week (please use the same scale each time you weigh). I'll keep track in a spreadsheet and we'll see who has lost the highest percentage of body weight by the end of February. There may even be a prize for the winner. ;)

Who's up for it?

i should be all over this. need to drop 1 or 2 maybe 20 pounds

I always lose body fat but don't lose any weight.

My goal is to drop about 40 and get back to 220 or so. Back in my athlete days, I got up to 210 with about 6% body fat. If I can hit 220 now, I'd be happy. :)

i would look like a crackhead at 220

"How big an ol' boy are ya?" :D

Im up to 250 right now...would like to get back to 200 like I was when playing football

A few months back I dropped 20 lbs ... No exercise . Fruit n yogurt for breakfast , 3 grilled chicken snack wraps w/o any sauce for lunch and grilled chicken or fish w veggies for dinner.... No cokes!!!! Lots of water . I bought a elliptical machine but my lungs couldn't handle it once I quit smoking I'll be runnin on that thing fer sure . I also started to watch my portion size . Dropped from a 38 pants to a 34

That's b/c u are in full rut fresh out that divorce C-Bus!

U must have pocket dialed me the other day. After duck season is over we need to hit da lake. Holla!

I don't need to lose weight, I just need bigger pants.

Boner dialed

Thats almost the diet I use when i'm trying to lose, throw in a sweet potato for lunch, or some brown rice for carbs, 6 oz of lean meat, a cup of greens every meal, plus 2 protein shakes with 40grams of protein each a day. eat a total of 6 meals possibly 7 a day. 45 minutes of cardio a day after 45 minutes of weight training.

i'm up to the challenge, I weigh 255 right now, I need to get back down to 225, i'm 6'3.

Cool! Who else is up for it? :rocker:

Ever since I quit workin offshore back in August and started land production, I went from 225 to 208. Wife says I'm lookin hunky. LMAO

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First year at la tech I went from 300 to 225..... And yea i looked like a crackhead!!!!
Lol
I played at 245-250.
I'd like to get down to 265-270.
I'm 300 now.
Being on the road, skipping meals, eating late don't help. That's my issue.....in October I didn't eat fast food or fried food at all.... Dropped 14 lbs.
Then thanksgiving and all the other parties started up and I put it all bk on.

im around 265 now and would like to be in the 235-240 range. any less than that and people start looking at me weird and pointing. really could care less what the weight is as long as i lose the gut. this will be a tough hill to climb until hunting season is over. eating at the lodge everyday after the hunt, mrs. ginny is going to kill me.

:*****::*****::*****:

You got him on speed dial?

just weighed in at 260--i need to lose weight myself when i get upfront on my 18 ft. bluewave my 90 yammies comes out the water!!!! hey guys my wife lost 15 pounds in one day-she shaved her legs(hope she don't see this)

Must be from LP!!!! (Livingston parish)

:*****: I just weighed in yesterday for the first time in a couple months and the first two numbers were 27* for the first time ever. I guess I need to revise my long-term weight loss goal to 50lb. :(

So, how many people are going to join the challenge? We need at least 6-8 to make it worthwhile.

Also, what diet is everyone doing? I think my wife and I are going to try South Beach this time. I've done Atkins a few times in the past, but I think South Beach will be easier to maintain longer term. I can handle Atkins for about a month or even two, but I simply can't go without some of the foods I love permanently. :) I lost around 30lb in 1.5 months on Atkins last time I did it, but it all came back within 6 months of going back to my bad eating habits.

Good luck to all who take part and I wish I could take a few of the pounds that you guys are wishing to lose!

college football days, 295lbs w/ 4.9 forty yard dash, now 295 w/ 9.4 forty yard dash (some 20 years later)

:)

I'm still working on my new year's resolution from last year. Lost 50 lbs. in 2010 from 245 to 195. The Holidays were a bad thing for me, but I'm hittin it again. Still tryin for 10 more to lose and I'll be back to my playing weight in high school and college.

i'll partake, I could use it. I am 260 right now. I am going to be doing the old fashion exercise and watch caloric intake.

I started at 271 this morning...

My parents have been on a diet now for a couple of months with pretty good success. U can eat whatever u want as long as u keep it under 2000 calories and they some kind of drops everyday and exercise 3 nights a week. Mom has lost almost 50 lbs and dad 45. They have turned it into a competition and both seem much happier. I will post information about the drops if anyone would like it. All I k.ow is that its a hormone pc some kind to speed up metabolism

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I'm curious to know what drops you're talking about, Chris.

i found an app for the iphone that seems like it could be very helpful. It is called my fitness pal. It has a diary for your workouts and what you eat. If you enter your stats it tells you how many calories you need to intake and how much exercise you need to do to achieve your goals. The best part of all is that the app is free!

I'm in for a lil competition. I'm weighing in at 240 now and would like to get down to about 190. I graduated high school weighing 180 so I'd be happy at 190 or 200.

I'm in. 260 as of yesterday and want to lose 60 this year. 5 month. I've done it before with Atkins and exercise. Been enjoying blackened spec tacos lately. Just need to get me some low carb tortillas, bubble yum Jerk jrs, and I'm good.

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OK, I think we have enough people to make this a competition. How about weigh-ins on Monday? Post up your weight by the end of the day each Monday, and I'll track it in a spreadsheet so we can compare our efforts to others. It's good motivation. :)

Sounds good Shad!

Everyone, if you are participating (and you didn't post up yesterday), please post up your starting weight so I can get you added.

I'll get on the scale when I get home to get an exact starting point and post back up.

260 yesterday if I can still get in on it.

If it's not too late to get in with the group, I'll give it a shot. 271 lbs. today. I would like to lose about 60-70 lbs. 200-210 would help me to live a little longer and play with the grand kids longer too.

Im in! I started watching what i eat around november. Stopped drinking cokes, went from 247 to 228 today. I still want to get down to 195. I have an app for my iphone that counts calories, helps me out a lot. Mynetdiary app

Started using the app today
Gonna do light exercise 4 times a week and cut calories down to a max of 1600 and should loose 5-7 pounds by feb.

I'm at 215 gonna get back down to 190

Guys, I found a really cool website for tracking your diet progress, and monitoring how others in our group are doing. Go to fatsecret.com and sign up for a free account, then post up with your username and I'll add you to the SaltyCajun.com group. I've been clicking around in there, and there is a lot of good stuff to help with a diet. You even select the type of diet you're following so others in the group can see which diets are working best, etc. Make sure to enter your correct (as of yesterday or today) starting weight so we are all starting at the same time. Every Monday we'll have our weigh-in, and we can see how well each other are doing. It'll also save me a lot of time working on a spreadsheet. ;)

http://www.fatsecret.com/

Add me


Yakem

i want to let everyone know i weighed yesterday and was a little heavier than i had first mentioned. I started yesterday at 268.

Invitation sent.

i am mediumheavyaction66

Invitation sent.

got me some yesterday at superior!

MedHeavy is in now. Yak'Em has an invitation waiting. Who else is going to join? The site is pretty cool if you haven't looked at it. Just sign up over there (free & no spam) and post up your username so I can add you to our group.

http://www.fatsecret.com/

I'm down 4 pounds so far in two days...only an arse-ton left to go. :D Also, I've revised my goal from 220 to 210. Might as well do 'er up right if your gonna do 'er. ;)

Add me,im at 255 right now would like to get to 200 or 190

Hey shad I'm in Canada right now but as soon as I talk to them I will post up the name of the drops, how they work, cost etc. Goodluck to you guys, wish I could take some of that weight I'm145 soaking wet!

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Add me Jeff, same username as here