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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:15:22 GMT

Hi All,
Since Susan, Janet and I all live here in Olympia, eating and drinking is a big part of our life aside from other big parts we are not mentioning. This past week, on Tues. we had a card party (lots of food and drink), Friday, a going away luncheon (more food, little drink), a planning party for the going away party for Susan and Don (lots of heavy, HEAVY appetizers and desserts and drinks) and on Sat. a chili cook-off and a bonfire. This has been an unusually busy week, actually this whole month has been for socializing. We had a holiday on Wed. - People's Unity Day. I thought I would eat less too because my husband was away on a business management meeting in France (he was staying in a chateau). He said he ate and ate then ate some more (they had an in house chef) and did not gain a pound. Grrr. Good job Chris and you need to stop because I bought you a gift already for Christmas and it will not fit if you keep losing too much weight. Take care everyone and keep it up. Lorraine

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Hello, well I obviously need to change something as I just cannot lose any weight. We are being transferred to Houston in December, my husband has been away for two weeks so I thought I would be really busy and be able to cut back on the food but it does seem that whatever we do here is centered around food and drink. It is great fun, but very hard on the waistline. Maybe I will do better once we leave here; was hoping the stress of moving might help but guess I am not stressed enough yet. Keep up the good work everyone.....Susan.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:10:51 GMT

Hello all!

Let me just put a little caveot (how do you spell that!?) on my weight gain. I forgot to weigh myself before I got dressed on Friday, so I weighed myself afterwards. Then on Saturday I weighed myself before I got dressed and then again with my outfit that I wore Friday. My outfit from Friday apparently weighs 3.5 pounds. So really I lost weight, but because I did not weigh that on Friday (as I was wearing insanely heavy clothes :) ) I put what I saw on the scale. Chris had a bad week. He was playing basketball on Monday and took an elbow to the eye, he didn't need stitches but he was bandaged with butterflies, and decided he probably should not work out again until the bandages came off so that he would not have to keep messing with his eye, and so it would heal better. Talk to you all again soon. ~ Melinda.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:44:13 GMT

Hi everyone!

Wow, great start to this round of Project Skinny. Everyone's working out so much! Congrats to Chris with losing 8 pounds! (Perhaps that's because he worked out 17 times already!)

I ran in the Long Beach half marathon two weeks ago - total struggle since I didn't train very hard! (Notice the two workouts...one workout. Actually, that one workout IS the half marathon!) I got a side ache after the first half mile and when it finally went away about mile five, my calves felt like they were going to cramp! Not fun. I was counting down the miles. Longest half marathon ever!

Here's a pic pre-run when I was still smiling! (That's my friend Brandon - he actually likes to work out. On his days off of work, he does 4 workouts....yoga in the morning, gym to lift weights, ju-jitsu, then running with me in the evening. I know, crazy huh, wish I had that kind of motivation.)

Anyways, happy workouts everyone! Keep up the good work!!

Lynn

Project Skinny 9

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:23:09 GMT

Project Skinny Part 9

The Plan:

Each week, we will be tracking how many times we work out and how many pounds we have lost. One workout must be at least 30 minutes. (Walking counts if it's 45 minutes). Please be as honest as you can on the 30 minute workouts. For example, please don't walk for 25 minutes and jog for 5 minutes, then count it as the same workout as someone who ran for 30 minutes straight. As long as you have a clear conscience that you had a good 30 minute work out, then it's okay. We trust your judgment!

If you work out more than once during the day, it must be a different session to count.(Meaning, working out for an hour does not count as 2 workouts). Maximum of 2 workouts per day will count. (But if you want to work out more,then good for you!)

Starting weigh-in will be Friday, September 25th. Workouts will begin Saturday, September 26th. The week ending cycles count from Saturday to Friday.

This will be a THREE MONTH long competition. Final weigh-in will be Friday, December 18th. Please try update by December 31st or else all updates will be considered final.

If you do not update after two weeks, the week in question will be considered void. For example, if you forget to update for the week ending 10/9, then by 10/22, all workouts for the week ending 10/9 will be zero. (This prevents those non-updaters from surprising everyone with a come from behind lead!) Cheats and weight loss will still count regardless if they're updated on time.

The Bet:

Project Skinny buy-in is $10/person.

The person who works out the most wins 37.5%, and second place wins 12.5%.
The person who loses the most percentage of their original weight wins 37.5%, and second place wins 12.5%.

The split is 50%/50% between the two pots, then 75% to 1st place and 25% to 2nd place.

(To calculate % weight loss, take the number of pounds lost divided by your original weight.)

The total pot will increase because of the cheats. (Thus, if everyone cheats a lot, you could win some major spending money!)

The Food Challenge:

Every cheat will cost a quarter.

The Cheat Foods:

Andrea: Chips & eating after 10pm
Chris: Soda, ice cream, Starbucks
Janet: it's still the snacking that gets me - and portion control
Judy: Deep fried foods & eating after 9pm (doesn't count if I'm in Vegas!)
Julianne: chocolate, eating after 10:30pm
Keri: ice cream, cookies, chips, brownies...
Lorraine: seconds, do my exercises every night, rice and bread
Lynn: 1/2 portion carbs & eating after 9pm
Melinda: Soda, candy and deep fried foods
Stephanie: Deep fried foods and desserts
Susan: snacking after meals, french fries

WORKOUTS PER WEEK:

            Total   10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18

Andrea:     8       2      3        2      1
Chris:        25     7      6        4       1        3       4
Janet:      14       2      1        2       4        4       1
Judy:        0       0      0
Julianne:    15       4      3       2       3        2      1
Keri:          4       4
Lorraine:    10 5      1                                  4
Lynn:        14    5      2       1       3        1       2
Melinda:    25      5      5       5       4         3       3
Stephanie: 13      4      2       2       5
Susan:      29      9      8       5       7

WEIGHT LOSS PER WEEK:

             Total   10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18

Andrea:     +1       0      -1    + 1      +1
Chris:        -6      -2     -1      -5    +2      -3      +3
Janet:       -3       -2      0      +2      -2       ?      -1
Judy:        -2      -1      -1
Julianne:   -1        0      -1       0      0         0
Keri:         0         0
Lorraine:   -5.5    -3 -2           -1      +.5
Lynn:       -4        -2     -1    0    -1      0       0
Melinda:    +2.6 +3.5   -2.5    +2    +2.5    -3.5 +.6
Stephanie:-5.8 -3.6      0      0      -2.2
Susan:      +1      +1     -2      0       +1

CHEATS PER WEEK:

            Total   10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18

Andrea:     5      1      2       1       2
Chris:        9      2      2       2      1        0        2
Janet:       5       0     2       1       2       0        0
Judy:        8      3      5
Julianne:   16      1      5       3      4         3
Keri:         2       2
Lorraine:   17    5      2                                  10
Lynn:       14      1 2 4    3    2 2
Melinda:    11     1      0       2      0        2         6
Stephanie: 9    3      1       1       4
Susan:      4       2      0       0      2

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:44:38 GMT

Hello everyone - I am in the same boat as Lorraine. I was away for the summer and put on quite a few pounds and then to make matters worse got back here and gained another one. Really need to up my exercise level or at least to change what I am doing - think my body is too used to what I am doing now. My goal is to get back to normal before we leave here in early December. Good luck to all. Susan

Monday, October 05, 2009

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:48:32 GMT

Not off to the world's fastest start....

~Melinda

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:45:47 GMT

so my motivation this year is not having to buy another new school wardrobe! I did that last year when I switched jobs and i have somehow gained weight...not real sure how that happened. can't be anything i did or didn't do. I stopped exercising and started eating dessert and drinking soda again, but I am sure that is not what caused it. Oh well...back to my point, not spending my paycheck on another wardrobe, so good luck to everyone. Hope everyone reaches their goals! ~Melinda

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:42:24 GMT

Hi All,
I am returning after a little break. Well, while I was in the states, I gained 5 lbs., came back here to Sakhalin and gained 2.5 more. I was a run-away train wreck and I did not think I was overeating that much. Anyway, trying to not let my fat cells to get too comfortable being nice and fluffy again (those cells sure do hate being flat). Until I leave for holiday to Hawaii, I am going to try to not eat rice, bread or potatoes. This is going to be a major effort on my part but got to take drastic measures to get back under control. My shorts are tight and my girlfriend who we are traveling with is a size 2-4. Hate standing next to her. Glad to see all the old names back on and welcome Chris. Good luck to all. Take care. Lorraine

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:45 GMT

Hi guys!

This has been a pretty quiet Project Skinny, but congrats to everyone nonetheless! Susan, great job on the workouts!

Let's all do a big push this last month! I'm aiming to lose at least a pound!! (Just need to stop eating....argh)

Lynn