IMAZ Weight Loss Challenge

[quote] Did you already talk to your coach about this and when would be the best time to accomplish this?
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Jorge

I am in.  Currently weighing in at 182 (which is less than my race weights of this past year), but I would like to get to 170 prior to race day.  12 pounds...not that bad right?  Then again I better wait till after the holidays, I may have an extra 5 or 10 to lose.

There....170 is the goal !!!

Put your names on your posts so I can keep track of you all, please. And somebody tell me to put the chocolate chips away.

Jess 

Sorry it took me so long to post!  I'm definitely needing to drop a few pounds before IMAZ.  We have just less than four months from today (12/18) so that's plenty of time to get off at least 10 pounds.

I have not weighed myself yet today, but before the weekend I was 159 and I know I gained some weight with the FIVE holiday parties I went to.  So I'll post a baseline weight either tonight or tomorrow.  I'm expecting it'll be about 162. 

My goal will be lofty.  150.  I don't know if I can get there.  It might mean shedding some muscle mass.  But if it'll help me go a little bit faster, then so be it.  I'll bulk up again after the race.

OK, so...I'm in.  Jess and I thought this would be a good morale-builder for our little team of BTers doing IMAZ this year.  There are a bunch of us.  I'll volunteer to keep a spreadsheet of everyone's goals and everyone's weekly loss totals if that's cool with y'all.

Just make sure you have your figures in the thread by Saturday and I'll have something put together and posted by Sunday or early Monday. 

I'm in too.

This morning I was 177 and I want to be at 170 of under for IMAZ.  I'm up for firday wiegh-ins too.  This is very cool!  Good luck and train hard.

Mike

OK, so far our roster for this challenge looks like this...

If I have any of this wrong or if you'd like to make changes to goals or starting weights, please let me know here or in a PM and I'll change it in my spreadsheet. 

As far as info, I'll be tracking...
current weight
last week's weight
current loss
current %loss
cumulative loss
cumulative %loss
% of goal weight loss achieved (i.e. if you lose 10 pounds but proposed 12, your percentage would be 83.3%). 

There's no "prize" for reaching your goal weight, and no winner in the challenge since our weight loss goals are extremely varied, but there IS a penalty for not delivering the goods...we get to push you harder next time.   

Should we set a "passing grade"?  Say anything better than 75% of our weight loss goals would be a success?  Or do you want to make it all or nothing?  Up to you guys.

This is gonna be fun!!

Here's an updated roster.  I'm also attaching the initial spreadsheet with all zeros, in case you want to copy it and use it for your own purposes.  Next week's spreadsheet will have all the formulas in it, this one does not.

Good luck everyone!