The Secret of My Success Part Deux

This Challenge ended a month ago

About this Challenge:

Challenge for those who have had success at weight loss in the past but have slipped, needing to get back to healthier ways.

Final Challenge Progress Results

Skoenlaper		Total Progress: 14.54 % ( 33.0 lb)
bkspeers		Total Progress: 6.50 % ( 15.6 lb)
janebennett		Total Progress: 4.69 % ( 9.0 lb)
jds2003		Total Progress: 4.64 % ( 7.0 lb)
LRuiz		Total Progress: 3.85 % ( 5.4 lb)
HB515		Total Progress: 3.36 % ( 6.8 lb)
mrspositive		Total Progress: 2.89 % ( 7.5 lb)
toniregnurse		Total Progress: 2.58 % ( 6.6 lb)
Catherine P		Total Progress: 2.45 % ( 4.0 lb)
Sue Kamidi		Total Progress: 1.47 % ( 2.2 lb)
teleute		Total Progress: 1.47 % ( 2.6 lb)
tspindle818		Total Progress: 1.42 % ( 3.5 lb)
Manola		Total Progress: 0.91 % ( 1.2 lb)
simondale		Total Progress: 0.84 % ( 2.2 lb)
super dave		Total Progress: 0.67 % ( 1.5 lb)
chane16s		Total Progress: 0.18 % ( 0.2 lb)
Vicki 72		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
5290jo		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
SoLosingIt		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
Bobe1966		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
mommaTG		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
ZumbaToo		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
atexidor		Total Progress: 0.75 % ( 2.1 lb)
TravelGal1		Total Progress: 1.82 % ( 3.0 lb)
KIMDorey		Total Progress: 2.70 % ( 4.5 lb)

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Completed Mini-Challenges

Weeks 1 to 2

Explain what has worked in the past.

Guidelines:

Write a short bio about yourself and your weight loss. What worked, why it worked, and why things changed.

77% Successful

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Failed: 21 Jan 13 by SoLosingIt

"I was unable to get on FatSecret due to a medical crisis in our family..."

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Successful: 13 Jan 13 by 5290jo

"lost 400g this week yeah!!"

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Weeks 1 to 4

Progress Report 1

Guidelines:

In the challenge forum, post your results for the first 4 weeks.

52% Successful

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Weeks 1 to 12

Be Accountable

Guidelines:

Keep an accurate log of diet and exercise. Be honest, you are only cheating yourself if you do not record everything.

55% Successful

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Successful: 13 Mar 13 by HB515

"I have started journaling my food again. I find that I can easily fool ..."

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Failed: 02 Mar 13 by janebennett

"I went away to my sister's and didn't get to record anything"

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Failed: 19 Feb 13 by LRuiz

"I've decided I was focusing too much on my calorie intake and it was s ..."

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Failed: 11 Feb 13 by TravelGal1

"Out of town on business. Tough to track eating out and hotel foods."

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Weeks 2 to 3

Plan for Success

Guidelines:

After a good self reflection, determine what you need to do to get back to winning ways.

87% Successful

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Successful: 26 Jan 13 by 5290jo

"more work-outs and less chocolate"

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Weeks 5 to 6

Mid Challenge Report

Guidelines:

At the six week midpoint section, post in the forum how successful you have been. tell about what has worked and what has been the obstacles.

16% Successful

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Weeks 5 to 8

Progress Report 2

Guidelines:

In the challenge forum, post your results for weeks 5-8.

27% Successful

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Weeks 9 to 12

Progress Report 3

Guidelines:

In the challenge forum, post your results for weeks 9-12.

0% Successful

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Weeks 11 to 12

Final Report

Guidelines:

Near the conclusion of this challenge, make another post telling of your success or lack of it. Be truthful and share with challenge teammates your thoughts.

20% Successful

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Latest Challenge Posts

Slow progress

I forgot to weigh in at the beginning of the challenge, so it's showing as 2.6 pounds lost, when it's actually 3.6. For a month many people might not consider that great, but for me it's ...

by teleute on 13 Feb 13 12:14 PM

My fat loss secret

I've spent much of my life trying to loose weight. Reading books, joining groups all without sucess until I went to my Dr. He told me to do 3 days of low fat protien which causes the body to go di ...

by KIMDorey on 07 Feb 13 08:56 AM

Set back

Had a family emergency and was away for 3 weeks. Hard to eat well when your not at home. This is day 3 of my 3 day protien only diet. As always the wieght comes of very fast in this stage. Tomorrow I will ...

by KIMDorey on 07 Feb 13 07:17 AM

Power

I am beginning to realize how much personal power I have. I need to direct that energy to my self to allow it to move me an motivate me.

by mommaTG on 15 Jan 13 11:49 AM

determined

well hello, i'm new to this site as well. Loving it already. Just did my first weigh in and lost 400g. Very happy with that as didn't start the week off that well. I am 40 yrs old. Have put on ...

by 5290jo on 13 Jan 13 08:10 PM

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Recent Challenge Participant Activity
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	SoLosingIt recorded a weigh in at 175.6 lb.
	simondale recorded a weigh in at 257.9 lb.


	SoLosingIt recorded a journal and a weigh in at 176.8 lb. "This is getting on my nerves. .. The weight goes up and down and up and down. I'm so low in calories, how can it even go up? Whatever, I'll just have to ..." View journal entry \| Add comment (3 days ago)


	janebennett recorded a weigh in at 187.0 lb.
	Vicki 72 recorded a weigh in at 181.2 lb.


	finebrown recorded a journal and a weigh in at 178.0 lb. "I ended the 8 hour diet after 3 weeks of eating only during an 8 hour block. I lost 2.4 the first week but gained 1 for each of the other two weeks. I'm ..." View journal entry \| Add comment (a week ago)


	janebennett recorded a journal and a weigh in at 189.0 lb. "Back on track now, I know I have said this all before but maybe this time I will stay on track. I really want to fit into my summer clothes and enjoy the ..." View journal entry \| Add comment (a week ago)


	Bobe1966 updated their Exercise Diary.
	Bobe1966 updated their Food Diary.
	Bobe1966 recorded a weigh in at 259.0 lb.


	janebennett commented on Claire Bear89's journal. "Me too but we can do it together :-)" View journal entry \| View comment (2 weeks ago)


	janebennett joined Challenge Being Realistic 10 lbs in 12 weeks.


	Lisaslosing replied to veggies yuk's Group post - June Birthdays. "Mine is June 17th, want to be down 15 lbs by then, and that includes a week vacation in there. " Group: Goal by Birthday \| View this post \| Add a reply (a month ago)


	Bobe1966 added Yassmine's Oriental Broad Beans recipe to their cook book.


	Bobe1966 replied to jules_e1's post - What Do You Have for Breakfast?. "Omelettes most every day. Stir up 2 eggs and a bit of milk. Put in a greased (use spray olive oil)dish. I have a fairly flat Corelle bowl that I use. ..." View this post \| Add a reply (a month ago)


	finebrown recorded a weigh in at 179.0 lb.
	ZumbaToo recorded a weigh in at 126.0 lb.

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Challenge Info

status:	Completed
ended:	01 Apr 13
duration:	12 Weeks
reporting:	Once a Week
participants:	36
privacy:	Public
administrators:	Bobe1966
created:	30 December 2012

All Mini-challenges:

1. Explain what has worked in the past. ( weeks 1 to 2 )
2. Progress Report 1 ( weeks 1 to 4 )
3. Be Accountable ( weeks 1 to 12 )
4. Plan for Success ( weeks 2 to 3 )
5. Mid Challenge Report ( weeks 5 to 6 )
6. Progress Report 2 ( weeks 5 to 8 )
7. Progress Report 3 ( weeks 9 to 12 )
8. Final Report ( weeks 11 to 12 )

Rolling Challenge Performance:

The week to week running total weight lost

Week 12:

All Participants

1.38 % ( Down

98.7 lb)

Week 11:

All Participants

1.00 % ( Down

71.5 lb)

Week 10:

All Participants

1.03 % ( Down

73.7 lb)

Week 9:

All Participants

0.96 % ( Down

68.6 lb)

Week 8:

All Participants

0.78 % ( Down

55.6 lb)

Week 7:

All Participants

0.86 % ( Down

61.2 lb)

Week 6:

All Participants

0.80 % ( Down

56.9 lb)

Week 5:

All Participants

0.76 % ( Down

54.5 lb)

Week 4:

All Participants

0.82 % ( Down

58.7 lb)

Week 3:

All Participants

0.76 % ( Down

54.2 lb)

Week 2:

All Participants

0.77 % ( Down

54.8 lb)

Week 1:

All Participants

0.44 % ( Down

31.3 lb)

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