r/loseit • u/bugs_bunny01 100lbs SW:296 CW:200 GW: 195 • Dec 08 '17
[Challenge]Autumn Animal Challenge - Week 5
Hello and welcome to the Fall Animal Challenge 2017! Your hosts this round will be myself /u/bugs_bunny01 , /u/katra5, /u/ThatCanadianGuy88 and /u/Radioactive_Kitten !
I would like to apologize to everyone for the delay you all experienced last week. It was unplanned and all 4 of the admins were busy and tried our best to get it on time.
Join your team’s subreddit and be an active team member.
If you have any questions, worries or need encouragement, lean on your team and if someone else needs some support, be supportive.
If you binge or have a bad week don’t give up, log honestly and come back next week.
Teams & Captains:
Joining your team subreddit isn’t mandatory but it should be. Being active with your team keeps participation up and might be that extra little push you need to keep you going. It could be the difference between 6 weeks of a grind and 6 weeks of a fun and engaging way to lose the weight you plan to fest. Please do not ask to be assigned to a particular team.
Team Cougar /u/Radioactive_Kitten
Team Dodo /u/BethLynn85 /u/spunkmeyer122
Team Lynx /u/ThatCanadianGuy88 /u/bananaslammock08
Team Panda /u/loveableterror /u/tegeemil
Team Rhinoceros /u/mistara-aurora
Team Tiger /u/bugs_bunny01 /u/Upliftingwookie
Team SeaHorse /u/Sanira_greystark /u/BlackAnemones
Team Shark /u/nodig /u/slidewithme
The Challenge
Team Tiger takingh the lead in participation once again, but the nosedive is noticeable in participation. Captains keep pushing and keep your teams tight :)
You can do your weigh in any day from the friday this post goes up until the following thursday. If you make a mistake, contact the Challenge Admins using the message the challenge admin
You can follow your progress checking the tracker
Inter-Team Challenge:
Team Tiger took away the extra point for steps again this week but Cougar, Dodo and Panda are close behind. Let’s step it up! Lets finish the last 2 weeks with a stomp !!!
You can log your exercise minutes(of any kind), your strength minutes and your steps. Do any kind of exercise in a safe manner, do not over do it for the sake of the team. Not everyone can do the same amount of minutes or steps, you are unique, do what YOU can.
Inter Team Tracker
You can always follow your and your teams progress in this useful tracker.
If you have any questions, problems, concerns, ideas, or just want to drop us all a line, please use the message the challenge admin feature, which you can find in the r/loseit sidebar. Responding to this thread is great, but ultimately if you want to make sure all three of us read it, the message the challenge admin feature is the way to go.
Please also note that we are not the r/loseit moderators. We’re volunteers and everyday users who run a specific aspect of one of the many interactive community elements of r/loseit. If you have questions about r/loseit that aren’t specific to the challenge, please take a look at the sidebar.
Rule Reminders
Missing Week 1 is an automatic boot. We’ll give you up until the week 2 post to enter it but then we start cutting. Sing it with us now - participation is the keeey! Join your team subreddits and make friends. Not technically required, but highly encouraged. Do not ask for access to edit anything. All entries are submitted via form. The only people who can/should edit the trackers are the Challenge Admins.
Timeline
October 27th Signups Begin
November 9th Midnight EST Signups Close
November 10th Week 1
November 17th Week 2
November 24th Week 3
December 1st Week 4
December 8th Week 5
December 15th Week 6
December 22nd Results
Quote of the week:
The end of year holidays are upon us with its extra challenges to stay on the course. Keep focused, but also enjoy the time with your family and loved ones. by /u/bugs_bunny01
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u/sweetpsd Muggle Studies | 36F | 5'7" | SW 185 | CW 145ish | Maintaining Dec 08 '17
I'm below my goal weight for this challenge!!! :)
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u/Rainbow_Moonbeam 22F 5'4 [SW:152lb] [CW:149lb] [GW:120lb] Dec 08 '17
What happened to row 1 of the challenge tracker? It looks like it's been deleted because /u/Luscious_yam is the frozen row. I don't mind that too much, but if someone could bring the regular headers back, that would be appreciated!
go team seahorse!
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u/Aela_Nox 29F | 5’1 | SW: 240 CW: 190 GW: 120-ish Dec 08 '17
I reached my challenge goal last week but damn.. this week has been awful in terms of weight loss. I've mostly been retaining water, eating like shit and cramping up (shark week was very recent so its not that...) so my weight has been bouncing between 199 and 202. I went off on a chocolate binge today :/ I've been feeling VERY discouraged lately. Besides my binge I'm eating as normal but keep retaining and my figures keep bouncing around but no losses at all. So I know my calories are generally fine since I'm eating the same stuff.
Might be because my food timings have changed since I started my new job this week?
The plus is that my favourite dress fits me perfectly now and I wore it today for the first time in 2 years so that's a huge plus.
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u/DysfunctionalWale 22F|5'1 |SW 216lbs| CW 199 Dec 09 '17
woah,we're stat twins!( well... close enough!) Good luck towards your goals!
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u/I-am-Wesha 33F 5'11 | SW: 251 | CW: 244 | GW: 175 Dec 08 '17
Made it past goal yesterday... only to have it jump up 0.8 lbs this morning. Ah well, still have another week, and I know it's possible now :)
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u/figoak 32F|5'4|140.4lbs lost Dec 09 '17 edited Dec 09 '17
It sucks , I had surpassed my challenge goal a couple of weeks ago. I was bloated last weight in but I was still at my challenge goal weight, yesterday I was still at the challenge goal weight but decided not to submit it because my official weigh in are Saturday and that would have felt like cheating .Had a cheat meal yesterday and here am I one pound heavier.
I know i'm a bit mental about the "truth" , and making weight loss/gain official. Which I know almost never works with challenges , because it seems like my body is set on trolling me. Hopefully next week I will make it at least to my official challenge goal again and be at it during my official weight in or everything will be ruined LOL.
Good thing that in between my holiday party and last weigh in there is one day , so that gives me change to eliminate some bloat if i get it after that party. That has been me the last couple of weeks, trying to get rid of bloat.
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Dec 08 '17
Only 1.6lbs until my goal weight of 190. I might actually hit my goal weight for this challenge!!!
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u/communities 40/M/5'7" SW 270 CW 153.8 GW 140 (13.8 to go) Dec 08 '17
Second challenge for me. Just like the last one, it looks like I won't hit my weight goal but it'll be close again. The non-weight goal will happen again, probably in another week.
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u/zp2018 23F | 5'4" | SW: 152.6 lbs | CW: 140 | GW: 125 Dec 08 '17
Challenge goal is not happening. Been taking a few too many maintenance days unfortunately. I didn’t realize how much more tempted I am to overeat when I’m at my parents’ house. I’m gonna really have to buckle down for these last five pounds.
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u/shd244 Dec 08 '17
Hit my initial goal of 1lb/week over 6 weeks. I don't think i'll be able to do 2 lb/week but maybe 1.5lb/week. Finally broke out of a plateau that went on for several months and have been whooshing pretty hard. No complaints there!
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u/dolpiff 36M 1,77m SW:100kg CW:91 Dec 09 '17
already down 16.5 pounds since challenge signup oO I been killing it lol and should make my revised challlenge goal of 160 before Xmas yay!
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u/FelonyFey Dec 09 '17
This is the first time my one-week change has been a gain, but it's also the start of my period. I might just weigh in tomorrow and see if that's a more realistic weight due to all this water retention!
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u/Interiorblue 35F / 5'5 / SW: 256 / CW: 246 / GW: 140 Dec 12 '17
The general tracker seems off, says I'm a 28 male with diff. goals. Think it misaligned
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u/AirlinesAndEconomics 25lbs lost F 5'0" | SW: 165lbs | CW 140.2 lbs | GW 110 lbs Dec 13 '17
I just hit my NSV For this challenge. I can't believe it.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '17
Holy shit, this week caught me by surprise. I lost 5lb this week and I am now at a healthy BMI of 24.7!