Hello!

This is a challenge on how much we can lose in 30 days. I encourage anyone who have the desire to lose weight to join. I know that sometimes it's hard in the beginning or a start of a diet, but I hope this thread keeps going so that everyone who participates can get some daily inspirations or motivations.

I was thinking that each day (depending on whether you have the time to) each participant would either post what they eat and how they worked out that day, or just post and update on how you're doing. And if you screw up, its okay to post it and tell us about it cause, don't worry, I'm pretty sure I'll understand how you're feeling and help you through it! Overall, just post what you feel like posting up.

The challenge (if it happens, so let's have to participants!) will start tomorrow, July 15, 2009
Hope we get some participants!

I would like to join but I might not be able to start tomorrow, because I'm kinda sick right now. I'll post when I do start and I'll update at least weekly if that's okay. I'll edit later to add what I plan on doing.

of course, its okay weekly is just fine
just start on your own pace =)
this thread is also about motivation as well

I'd love to join!! If I had a scale........ -__- Does anyone know where to buy one or can recommend a good/cheap scale? I've been dying to get one for a long time. I couldn't find any at Walmart, but does Target or Bed, Bath, & Beyond have one? Once I get the scale, I'll probably start this, but I'll do my best to lose weight until I get a scale.

yeah i think target has some
i do recommend them because i think they have better quality products
but i think its a bit pricey, like $30 or maybe the cheapest is like $20 -25
i'll let you know if i find out any other cheaper scales(:

this sounds like fun. ^^

i would have to rename this to '24 day challenge' for me. i need to lose at least 10 more pounds before going back to Canada to see my family. currently standing at 56.5kgs... i'm aiming for 53kgs.

i think i will try! since ive already been starting to excerisize and stuff recently

YAY! im so happy its slowly catching on
i'll post my progress by the end of tomorrow
good luck everyone!

i would like to join this challenge!

it will motivate me harder to lose weight now

haha i'll join you guys ! (:
must get rid of the unwanted fat... and get toned up ! hopefully this gets me motivated .

Name: Emily
Height : 5'1?
weight : 103
after 30 days - ?

LOL, also imma post up some of my basic info just to get a starting ground with everyone (this isn't required)
My name's Michelle currently:
height - 5'4
weight - 140 lbs.
in 30 days - ?

Mm, I would love to join! Here's my basic information:
My name is Joyce.
My height is 5 and 1/2 inch.
My weight is 119lbs.

C'mon ladies (and gentlemen), we can do this together!
I'll try my best keep you guys posted and updated everyday.

I'll do it!
All the extra hours at work and ridiculous sleeping schedule has made me a pig this summer. I haven't had time to eat so I've been eating dinner past 8.. sooo I'll start tomorrow (7/16) b/c I'm in Korea at the moment and the 15th already started XD
I want to lose as much weight as possible before going back to the states... let's see how we will do!
Good luck everyone~

Cool, I'm in. I've been exercising and whatnot recently, but this week we've been eating late the whole time so it's T_____T. I want to lose 15 pounds by the end of summer.

Height: 5 feet
Weight: 115 lbs
Goal: 100 lbs

Starting Thursday, since I won't be having summer school, I want to aim for at least 1 and a half hours of exercise everyday.

ill join!
started last month at 167.5lbs, still goin
Male
Height:5'8
Weigth:156.5
Goal: 147-148pounds

ill post my results weekly,
goodluck everyone~

I have one suggestion about this challenge:

It should be about percentage of weight lost.

A 200 pound person losing 10 pounds loses 5% of their body weight.
A 100 pound person losing 10 pounds loses 10% of their body weight.

Oh, and please keep in mind that doctors recommend you should NEVER lose more then 2% of your body weight per week (unless you're morbidly obese).

I'l join! ^^
Jst came bk from my holiday and i pigged out the whole week T-T
Time to watch wat I'm eating again ><

Female
15
Weight at start - 140
Weight at end - Nt too bothered since I'm trying to lose inches instead of weight

I'm going to join too

Rachel
Female
Height: i dont know ><
Weight: 56kgs
Goal: 50kgs

Good luck eveyone!

ooh ooh!
im joining

kay, so my weight doesnt usually change, so ill just try to lose inches.
name: tasha
height: 5'6 (well, a teensy bit shorter)
weight: 120 lbs
goal weight: 115
measurements: 34-24-36, with legs that are 21 inches.
goal measurements: 18 inch thighs, and a 23 inch waist.
but basically to lose fat. and change my lifestyle.

so today, i had a small bowl of cheerios for breakfast, an everything bagel (yuck) with cream cheese and a peach for lunch, and half a granola bar.
im gonna try to drink a lot of water too.

i try to do at least 30 mins of exercise every day (either running, biking, or swimming) and go faster or farther each day.
will update.

Count me in!

Name: Susie
Height: 5'3
Weight: 120
Goal: 110 (hopefully), and also trying to lose some inches
(esp on my stomach and thighs ><)

yes! i like your suggestion. i think its more interesting than just trying to watch the pounds drop
and like everyone's been saying, i also think it's more about to toning up and losing inches too.

oh if anyone want some motivation, here's my aim:
mishyyispeach
i'm on most of the time, but not every minute LOL.

yay. thanks for creating this forum,
i would love to join and lose some weight
before school starts.

Name: Aoiyuo
Height: Between 5'6 and 5'7
Weight: 125 pounds
Goal: 115 pounds

Good Luck!

count me in:
Name:Thanh
height:5'2
weight:143
after 30 days:???
i will give my best not to fail this time
hope all of you will help me
because together we can make it,right???

Name: Diana
Height: 162cm or 5"3 & 3/4
Current Weight: 122.6pounds or 55.7kg
Goal Weight: 110 pounds or 50kg

Actually, I've been trying to lose weight since may. I had my grad during the last week of may, and so I needed to shape up for prom which was on June 26th. Anyway, in the middle of may I weighed a whopping 136.8pounds. That was my peak. And so fast forward two months later. I had lost 14.2 pounds. I'm proud of myself, and would like to continue shedding the excess weight off.

okay, day #1

breakfast - cheerios and milk (140 calories)
lunch - egg, rice, and steam vegetables (321)
dinner - egg, steamed vegetables, and spicy kung pow chicken (394)
snackk - pear (81)

workout
i had a crazy morning practice for my badminton team LOL i was dripping sweat for like 2 hours
and i'm about to have an evening jog and do about 200 crunches and some weight lifting

hey ~
i`m gonna join this too : )
just hope i can stick to this x)

Name: Polly
Height: 5'5 and half-ish
Current Weight: 123

i ate horribly today -____-
so im not even gonna say anything. LOL

but i did some exercise.
-went running with a friend for an hour
-hula hoops for half an hour
-yoga
and later i'll do some jump rope.

I'm joining! It's not too late right? [:

Name: Isabel
Height: 5'4" ish
Weight: 135 lbs.T.T
Goal: 125 lbs.

I was at my best last summer at around 123 lbs... then the school year went bleh on me and I started gaining lots of weight.

Day1
-Tae-Bo workout for ~30 minutes
-Power walking/treadmill for ~10 minutes
-Swimming for ~30 minutes
-Ate less for lunch and dinner, snacked a bit on Chex Mix <-- boo.

I wish everyone good luck!

Day 1
Consumed: Ate three small bowls of korean noodles for breakfast.
Type of exercise:
-pilates & yoga for 1 hour total
-40 minutes of swimming

I am so in! Haha.

Hmm.
In May, I was at my heaviest. ;
136lbs D:

I started working out last week.
Jogging a mile every other day.
And on days that I don't, I ride my bike around.

Stats:

Height- 5ft 4.75 inches.
Current Weight- 127lbs
Goal weight- 110lbs

I'm size 5 currently.
I'd like to at least be a 3.

B- Half a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
L- None
D- Sweet Potato Tempura
S- String Cheese

Yeah, The food I ate today wasn't so healthy.
Haha.
I'm gonna eat better tom.

I really wanna lose weight by the end of August, before I go shopping for new school clothes.
I want to lose all the weight before I clothes shop, so I don't waste money.

Looking forward to doing this.

YAY! I want to join... right when I start feeling like crap about my body.

Female
Height: 5'4
Weight: 126lb... gained 5lb in the last 2 weeks
Goal Weight: 112lb

I also want to lose all the weight by mid-August so I can go back to school shopping and not have all my clothes so snug fit..

nope, its not too late!
yay we have the same goal weight =)

Day One :

Breakfast - Soymilk (70)
Brunch - Japchae (300)
Snack - Nori with rice (160)
Dinner - Rice with beans, fishball, bitter melon &radish (420)

total calories : 920

exercise : one hour power walk, 10 jumping jacks, &10 mins. of pilates.

extra notes : my eating schedule is all whack! Both of my classes starts around my eating time so it's hard to adjust...

ILL JOIN TOO. COME ON PEOPLE. LETS DO DISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

My name is Rose!
Height: 5'1''
Weight: I think like 150-160 around there. I might have to check. o_o.
Goal: 120 or 130.

Well the goal is for this month !
Hmmm tomorrow will be the first day huh? WELL IM READYYY . I don't know if I will cheat or not lol, I just hope I can stick to this. Please help motivating me x_x.

&& I cant count calories so I'm just going to eat small portions throughout the day :]

LOL same here



YAY! love your enthusiam
btw, love your avatar

AHA thank you thank you! I think by the end of the day tomorrow, we're gonna have like 12324231234 pages of people updating their first day LOL .

YAY!! Thanks haru-kitty!! I need to go there soon to get that scale to find my weight!! But I started on this today, so hopefully over time, when I get that scale, I'll like the number I see on it!!

i'm in! i've been lazing around wayy too much since summer started >.<
my goal is to lose 10lbs and also get toned and lose some fat too.
-female
-current weight: 120
-goal weight: 110
-height: 5' 6"
-hoping to get slimmer by aug 12..when i go off to germany

exercise i did today: walk all around california adventure ..haha

food i ate..meh not too healthy >.< dont want to list

Joining today ! ** hopefully not too late ><
I need to check up on my weight ; A ;
--> cannot access a scale until this Sunday SO no kg/lb stats for now

height - 160cm
Weight I'd like to lose - 10lbs at least !!

am a bit big at the moment Y^Y
either way, I need it for sure !
Plus I bought a treadmill, MUST USE IT MORE OFTEN


Exercise today - Dance & walk/jog


Does anyone have any suggested recipes, and treadmill advice ?

I've gained weight for personal reasons from the past, haha, let's just say my revenge will be...ahem, losing weight and looking great !
Love the thread, will bookmark ^ ^

let's do this !!

This seems fun, I think I'll join although I'm starting later than everyone else.
I don't have a scale right now but the last time I weighed myself, I was 46kg, but now I think I'm over 48kg. T_T
Planning to lose about 2kg or so and maintain my previous weight. (:

day one ~

breakfast : banana (110)
snack : granola bar (100)
lunch : hotdog (300)
dinner : yakiniku (600)

total calories: 1100

excercise : none

man. this is harder than i thought

Does anyone have any suggested recipes, and treadmill advice ?
-lolitanicole

I would love to help you and give you some advice, but can you make your question more specific?

Last year I went on the treadmill religiously ^^
It's important to pace yourself and take 'small steps' each day to get better [:
At first I was really slow... went on about 3 mph
Then over a few months i increased to about 5.5 mph, running about a mile everyday.

For me, it works to start small and make small adjustments each week.
If you really want to push yourself increase the incline~ I'm at about 3.5 incline right now?

I hope this helps... sorry if it didn't? ^^

@ haru-kitty
No problem !,
To start, once I turn 18 this Monday, my mother has this rule that I have to start buyining my own groceries.
Since that is the case - I'd love to cook up some healthy but good things. Just not sure on what exactly

As for the treadmill, is it good to warm up for a certain amount of time and then get to it?
I love hiit, but if there are any other programs that are good, can you suggest a few?

Thank you !! ^ ^


@ izzylovesjiro
Thanks, that was very helpful actually !
So incline does help? Is it better to jog or run on a higher incline though?


Going to use my treadmill tonight after work ><

ahh, it's the 16th today..
too late to join? XD

^Me too..is it alright if I join a day late? D:

Height: 5'8" ish
Weight: 120 lbs.
Goal: I guess around 110, but Idc about losing weight. I just want to be fit.

._. i hope can still join? (:

gender - female
height - 5'6.
weight - 118.
goal - 108-110.

aja aja fighting! >o<
i want to be fit before going back to school. ToT; [on sept10]

too anyone who's wondering if its too late to join, no its not!
LOL i welcome everyone anytime

IKEA has a great, cute little scale. It's pretty small, about a foot x afoot? It cost about 7 bucks at most.

I'm 4'11" and 3/4 at 103 lbs.
I don't have a scale right now, someone took it...
I want to be 95 lbs :/ But I eat a lot. hahaha. I already lost 2 lbs.
Is anyone gonna try and loose weight doing DDR?

well, start by buying more fruits and veggies you can make a lot of meals with just vegetables and fruits.
for example, fruit smoothies with fruits and vegetables just to fillup a plate.
cereal is good too, like for breakfast
as for dinners or lunches, sandwiches (try whole wheat) and just get some chicken from the supermarket and cook them yourself, pairing it up with your veggies can be good too
good luck !
i welcome anymore questions

I'm a day late.... BUT I'M GONNA JOIN x]
This is a great idea~ And hopefully I can tone up a bit as well
It's summer and all my meals are up to me to cook since my mom isn't here
So hopefully I can get some interesting and healthy recipes from you guys =]

I am female, standing at 5'2" and weighing in at around 110lbs. I'm aiming to lower my weight to maybe around... 100lbs.

And the only workout I get right now is the treadmill + dancing XD
Occasionally I walk around the mall for a few hours or I jog/walk to the park, which is like... a mile away x]