This Challenge ended a year ago

About this Challenge:

This is a simple plan.
Some discipline needed to follow.
Gently become fitter and thinner by tipping the balance.

Final Challenge Progress Results

dudecowboy Total Progress: 2.82 %  (Down 5.8 lb)
leiv Total Progress: 2.23 %  (Down 4.0 lb)
Vkx0772 Total Progress: 2.14 %  (Down 4.0 lb)
umee Total Progress: 1.55 %  (Down 2.7 lb)
fabnotfat Total Progress: 1.29 %  (Down 2.3 lb)
Brande12 Total Progress: 1.04 %  (Down 2.0 lb)
megatype Total Progress: 0.98 %  (Down 2.6 lb)
hc75 Total Progress: 0.53 %  (Down 1.0 lb)
ellean Total Progress: 0.24 %  (Down 0.4 lb)
Xicano Total Progress: 0.09 %  (Down 0.3 lb)
Mima92 Total Progress: 0.46 %  (Up 1.0 lb)
Roberta Toma Total Progress: 1.69 %  (Up 2.4 lb)


Completed Mini-Challenges

Weeks 1 to 2

Track your progress for 7 days

Guidelines:
The idea behind this challenge is to learn what you eat and how how much you burn. Fill out the Food Diary and Exercise Diary every day for a week. After a week calculate your average net calories for the week. You can do this from the Diet Calendar. Add up all the Net calories for the week and divide by 7 (the number of days).
87% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 06 Mar 12 by Xicano
"Can't wait for the next step. "
Successful: 05 Mar 12 by Mima92
"will start on this today and see results...."


Week 2

Tip the Balance

Guidelines:
Now that you have an idea what you eat, your next challenge is to tip the balance in your favour. Goal: on average burn 250-500 more calories than you eat for one week As in the first challenge: Fill out the Food Diary and Exercise Diary every day for a week. After a week calculate your average net calories for the week. You can do this from the Diet Calendar. Add up all the Net calories for the week and divide by 7 (the number of days). The challenge is to keep the average in your favour. Eat good foods, exercise to burn more than you eat. Tips: - this plan isn't about starving yourself, it's about the balance of exercise and diet. - eat well: quality lean foods, take a daily multivitamin - moderate exercise most days of the week (e.g. 30 minutes of moderate exercise 5-6 days a week)
66% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 12 Mar 12 by dudecowboy
"Half way there! I found this week tougher than the last. I know what ..."
Failed: 07 Mar 12 by megatype
"Yes because I lost weight, no because I really wasn't following the plan. "


Weeks 3 to 4

Steady State

Guidelines:
Keep the balance in your favour! Goal: on average burn 400-600 calories more than you eat. You can continue this challenge until you reach your target weight. The goal is to: 1) put good fuel in your body, 2) exercise to tip the balance without losing muscle, 3) be consistent. It will take some discipline to tip the balance in your favor. You can do it!
66% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 19 Mar 12 by dudecowboy
"One more week!"


Latest Challenge Posts

My journy
I've been very sick for two years being in and out of the hospital but now I'm slowly getting better any truly need my life and body back! I just need a push in the right direction. I've a ...
by Angel.baby on 27 Feb 12 05:16 PM
Welcome to the Parsimo challenge!
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by dudecowboy on 26 Feb 12 03:24 PM

Recent Challenge Participant Activity

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weigh in Vkx0772 recorded a weigh in at 177.4 lb.

 Challenge Ended

This challenge ended on Tuesday 27 March 2012.

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Challenge Info

status: Completed
ended: 26 Mar 12
duration: 4 Weeks
reporting: Once a Week
participants: 24
privacy: Public
administrators: dudecowboy
created: 18 February 2012

All Mini-challenges:

1. Track your progress for 7 days ( weeks 1 to 2 )
2. Tip the Balance ( week 2 )
3. Steady State ( weeks 3 to 4 )

Rolling Challenge Performance:

The week to week running total weight lost

Week 4:

All Participants 0.47 %  (Down 21.7 lb)

Week 3:

All Participants 0.35 %  (Down 16.2 lb)

Week 2:

All Participants 0.27 %  (Down 12.4 lb)

Week 1:

All Participants 0.17 %  (Down 7.8 lb)


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