This Challenge ended 2 years ago

About this Challenge:

Slow and steady! Celebrate Columbus Day (Oct. 11) with just one pound to go!

Final Challenge Progress Results

mrlddst Total Progress: 12.54 %  (Down 29.6 lb)
kgrabin Total Progress: 9.60 %  (Down 17.0 lb)
RroseSelavy Total Progress: 9.11 %  (Down 17.4 lb)
onmyway Total Progress: 8.12 %  (Down 16.0 lb)
AudBrightnCheery Total Progress: 7.71 %  (Down 10.8 lb)
tramore35 Total Progress: 7.63 %  (Down 18.0 lb)
apple201111 Total Progress: 7.25 %  (Down 12.8 lb)
annelianneli Total Progress: 7.09 %  (Down 21.0 lb)
melissawww84 Total Progress: 6.04 %  (Down 7.1 lb)
pinebeltgirl Total Progress: 5.95 %  (Down 10.0 lb)
chipsandhips Total Progress: 4.72 %  (Down 7.0 lb)
Agnes Nitt Total Progress: 4.57 %  (Down 7.0 lb)
bingowings Total Progress: 3.74 %  (Down 6.6 lb)
liberatedgirl Total Progress: 3.09 %  (Down 5.0 lb)
CentralPAMama Total Progress: 3.02 %  (Down 4.8 lb)
millertj515 Total Progress: 2.84 %  (Down 6.6 lb)
wannabeskinnyminnie Total Progress: 2.44 %  (Down 3.0 lb)
CrikaRika Total Progress: 2.35 %  (Down 6.0 lb)
bk_smasher Total Progress: 2.33 %  (Down 6.0 lb)
ahijar Total Progress: 2.30 %  (Down 5.0 lb)
livingfit Total Progress: 2.05 %  (Down 5.4 lb)
dheimer Total Progress: 1.79 %  (Down 3.5 lb)
tiffanygabriellex Total Progress: 1.78 %  (Down 2.4 lb)
shellj Total Progress: 1.71 %  (Down 2.4 lb)
mimetiva14 Total Progress: 1.47 %  (Down 2.5 lb)
project_me Total Progress: 1.23 %  (Down 2.2 lb)
foregolf Total Progress: 0.82 %  (Down 1.0 lb)
cindyskylar Total Progress: 0.79 %  (Down 1.0 lb)
sherylyp Total Progress: 0.55 %  (Down 1.0 lb)
AB89 Total Progress: 0.41 %  (Down 0.5 lb)
JennyD Total Progress: 0.36 %  (Down 0.5 lb)
Noraneko Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
angelamg Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
Cher413 Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
Skinnyhippo Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
DReno Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
kab27 Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
carbcounter Total Progress: 0.00 %  (Steady 0 lb)
mushyrice Total Progress: 0.45 %  (Up 0.6 lb)
West Grove Total Progress: 0.62 %  (Up 1.0 lb)
tgalbraith Total Progress: 1.03 %  (Up 1.7 lb)
mydiet2010 Total Progress: 1.14 %  (Up 1.5 lb)
markrbrandenburg Total Progress: 3.19 %  (Up 6.0 lb)


Completed Mini-Challenges

Weeks 1 to 2

Record everything you eat

Guidelines:
Keep a record of all the food you consumed.
88% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Failed: 09 Aug 10 by millertj515
"I did not record my weekend. I was out of town, and too busy to record. ..."
Successful: 09 Aug 10 by dheimer
"Did it!"
Successful: 06 Aug 10 by liberatedgirl
"Completely blew my diet, ate everything I could get my hands on."
Successful: 05 Aug 10 by bingowings
"Recording everything down definitely changes the way I eat!"


Weeks 2 to 3

Ab challenge

Guidelines:
50 crunches per day
15% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 16 Aug 10 by onmyway
"My crunches are improving daily."
Failed: 12 Aug 10 by bingowings
"I'll make it up :)"
Failed: 09 Aug 10 by melissawww84
"100 incline sit ups on alternate days with 25lbs weight"
Failed: 09 Aug 10 by AB89
"forgot about this until tuesday. did tuesday, wednesday, friday, and s ..."


Weeks 3 to 4

Eat your veggies!

Guidelines:
at least 3 veggies per day
88% Successful

Latest Results Feedback



Weeks 4 to 5

Make exercise a regular part of your day

Guidelines:
20 minutes per day (at least 5 of the 7 days)--your choice of exercise
61% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 28 Aug 10 by AudBrightnCheery
"I went to the gym three days this week and then did a lot of walking t ..."
Failed: 24 Aug 10 by Skinnyhippo
"I started to do more low impact exercising and it is not the same... I ..."


Weeks 5 to 6

Dessert in your Diet

Guidelines:
Create or try out 3 healthy lo-cal desserts. Enjoy!
35% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 27 Aug 10 by millertj515
"sugar-free creamsicle. YUMMY!"


Weeks 6 to 7

Walk it off!

Guidelines:
Walk (or jog) 20 minutes per day (at least 5 of the 7 days)
37% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Failed: 09 Sep 10 by millertj515
"I don't walk 5x/wk. I do park further from the store and work, so I have ..."
Failed: 08 Sep 10 by kgrabin
"Disability doesn't allow for this, but I did ride the e-bike!"


Weeks 7 to 8

Create your own challenge--share with the rest of us!

Guidelines:
Whatever floats your boat! Let us know what you choose. Congrats--we're more than halfway through!
23% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 08 Sep 10 by kgrabin
"Road my e-bike...even though it's much easier to pedal that a regular ..."


Weeks 8 to 9

Experiment with exercise

Guidelines:
Try something new--a new sport, video, class, etc.
71% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 26 Sep 10 by AudBrightnCheery
"I kayaked 3 days this week!"
Successful: 23 Sep 10 by mrlddst
"Tried Just Dance last week"


Weeks 9 to 10

Pump it up!

Guidelines:
Add muscle toning to your exercise routine--15 minutes per day (5 of the 7 days)
41% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 26 Sep 10 by AudBrightnCheery
"I've been going to the gym!"


Weeks 10 to 11

Second ab challenge

Guidelines:
75 crunches per day
28% Successful

Latest Results Feedback



Weeks 11 to 12

Fruity Finish

Guidelines:
Eat a minimum of three fruits per day. Try at least one new fruit during the week.
40% Successful

Latest Results Feedback



Latest Challenge Posts

Our last day!
I enjoyed our 12 weeks together. I lost 7 lbs and hope you did well, too. Good luck on your weight loss journey in the future! Chipsandhips
by chipsandhips on 18 Oct 10 06:18 AM
Home stretch!
This is the last week of our 12-week challenge. No mini-challenge this week--just do whatever works best for you in trying to achieve your goal weight! I won't have made it to 12 lbs. in 12 weeks ...
by chipsandhips on 12 Oct 10 05:40 AM
Week 11: Fruity Finish
Our mini-challenge this week is to eat three fruits a day, and try at least one new fruit. On account of the many different diets we may all be on, this challenge may not be for everyone. Just change ...
by chipsandhips on 04 Oct 10 05:50 AM
Week 10: Coming down the home stretch with crunches!
Just two more weeks to go! Hang in there everybody! I've not lost much over the last three weeks but I'm determined to have a strong finish. Mini-challenge this week: 75 crunches a day--good ...
by chipsandhips on 27 Sep 10 05:35 AM
Week 9: Pumping iron!
Our mini-challenge this week is to do some weight-training at least 15 minutes per day, 5 of the 7 days. I'm keeping my weights by the TV set. We're 2/3 of the way through. I made a big mistake ...
by chipsandhips on 20 Sep 10 05:19 PM

Recent Challenge Participant Activity

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weigh in Skinnyhippo recorded a weigh in at 192.0 lb.
weigh in CrikaRika recorded a weigh in at 208.8 lb.
weigh in ahijar recorded a weigh in at 206.4 lb.
Food Diary LISfifty updated their Food Diary.
New Journal Entry
LISfifty recorded a journal and a weigh in at 144.4 lb.
"Walking more. Just trying to hold steady especially over the weekend. Avoiding church food functions. This is my Happy Mother's Day. Honoring myself e ..."
View journal entry | Add comment   (6 days ago)
weigh in LISfifty recorded a weigh in at 144.6 lb.
weigh in dheimer recorded a weigh in at 182.5 lb.
weigh in kgrabin recorded a weigh in at 184.2 lb.

 Challenge Ended

This challenge ended on Tuesday 19 October 2010.

The posting of Topics and Photos, and Participation in this challenge is available to Challenge Participants Only.

Challenge Info

status: Completed
ended: 18 Oct 10
duration: 12 Weeks
reporting: Once a Week
participants: 59
privacy: Public
administrators: chipsandhips
created: 21 July 2010

All Mini-challenges:

1. Record everything you eat ( weeks 1 to 2 )
2. Ab challenge ( weeks 2 to 3 )
3. Eat your veggies! ( weeks 3 to 4 )
4. Make exercise a regular part of your day ( weeks 4 to 5 )
5. Dessert in your Diet ( weeks 5 to 6 )
6. Walk it off! ( weeks 6 to 7 )
7. Create your own challenge--share with the rest of us! ( weeks 7 to 8 )
8. Experiment with exercise ( weeks 8 to 9 )
9. Pump it up! ( weeks 9 to 10 )
10. Second ab challenge ( weeks 10 to 11 )
11. Fruity Finish ( weeks 11 to 12 )

Rolling Challenge Performance:

The week to week running total weight lost

Week 12:

All Participants 2.25 %  (Down 228.2 lb)

Week 11:

All Participants 2.27 %  (Down 230.9 lb)

Week 10:

All Participants 2.17 %  (Down 220.3 lb)

Week 9:

All Participants 2.06 %  (Down 208.9 lb)

Week 8:

All Participants 1.82 %  (Down 184.6 lb)

Week 7:

All Participants 1.83 %  (Down 185.8 lb)

Week 6:

All Participants 1.57 %  (Down 159.7 lb)

Week 5:

All Participants 1.55 %  (Down 157.8 lb)

Week 4:

All Participants 1.32 %  (Down 134.6 lb)

Week 3:

All Participants 1.04 %  (Down 105.5 lb)

Week 2:

All Participants 0.77 %  (Down 78.4 lb)

Week 1:

All Participants 0.52 %  (Down 52.6 lb)


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