Weeks 1 to 2
Guidelines:
Tell us what jean size is two sizes smaller than today that you want to be by Christmas.
85% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Failed: 08 Oct 12 by Scragamuffin
"16 by xmas"
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Successful: 08 Oct 12 by hobo1219
"Size 8 here I come!"
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Successful: 08 Oct 12 by Newness
"Size 10 here I come!"
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Failed: 08 Oct 12 by terri86
"hoping for a size 10 not lost enough to notice yet"
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Weeks 1 to 2
Guidelines:
Do at least 20 minutes of exercise (any exercise that gets your heart pumping) at least 5 days a week.
75% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Successful: 08 Oct 12 by hobo1219
"At the gym M - F doing about 3.5 miles on a treadmill at 3.8 miles an hour ..."
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Successful: 08 Oct 12 by terri86
"took up jogging back from school run getting easier"
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Successful: 07 Oct 12 by fatnomore2012
"I have walked 1 hour each day for the last two weeks, and feel I have ..."
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Successful: 07 Oct 12 by Poohbear5517
"I got to the gym 6 days this week. And I started Insanity yesterday. It ..."
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Weeks 1 to 12
Guidelines:
Keep a record of all the food you consumed. It is proven that those that are more conscious of the amount of calories consumed make better food choices.
61% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Failed: 10 Dec 12 by hobo1219
"Church's Christmas dinner was hard to do. "
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Successful: 07 Dec 12 by Boothacus
"started w/ three day fast. Has helped me start eating decent food again."
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Failed: 29 Nov 12 by ndomer
"BUT I will photograph and post onto instagram ALL I eat... good or bad. ..."
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Failed: 28 Nov 12 by Sunnyshine
"While with my family I didn't record a thing! It was no good!"
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Weeks 3 to 5
Guidelines:
Let's up the time for exercise from 20 minutes to 30 minutes a day, 5 times a week. That is just 10 minutes more a day. We can do it. Just think of those wonderful jeans.
66% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Successful: 29 Oct 12 by fatnomore2012
"Actually hr/day at least 5 days a week."
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Successful: 29 Oct 12 by sromig
"Down 1 size already!"
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Successful: 28 Oct 12 by lindsye
"Stepped it up to 45 min of cardio"
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Failed: 26 Oct 12 by ChunkTruffleShuffle
"I was very close this week. i am even sore this morning from my work out ..."
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Weeks 4 to 6
Guidelines:
Avoid all high calorie treats and snacks. Especially with all that great Halloween candy it is hard, but just think of your wonderful progress so far and just say no.
63% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Failed: 05 Nov 12 by fatnomore2012
"Yes I ate it and enjoyed it. I didn't buy any of it, it was given to me ..."
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Failed: 05 Nov 12 by hobo1219
"Didn't quite avoid the candy as I would like, but I didn't manage to only ..."
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Successful: 05 Nov 12 by sromig
"I had a 1/2 of a mini snickers....but with 2 little kids and TONS of c ..."
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Failed: 05 Nov 12 by Tanya World
"I had some, but only a few ! And I have been dropping weight fine this ..."
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Weeks 5 to 8
Guidelines:
The amount of food eaten doesn't matter as much as the quality of the food. Choose healthy low fat, low calorie foods and enjoy eating more this month before Thanksgiving. If you "blow it" one time of the reporting week, still say yes, but try harder next week.
80% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Successful: 19 Nov 12 by MelRaeOkonski
"Minus one day."
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Successful: 19 Nov 12 by fatnomore2012
"Junk food is out, tho I do have good quality ice cream daily....1 cup 380 ..."
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Failed: 19 Nov 12 by BizzAE
"I ate some leftover pizza (2 slices of Pizza Hut Supreme Pan Pizza with ..."
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Successful: 19 Nov 12 by Tanya World
"I have found a excellent smoked ham with 28g of protein in 100g, being ..."
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Weeks 6 to 9
Guidelines:
Lets up the exercise again - do something for 40 minutes a day to get that heart pumping and burn those inches! 5 days a week for 40 minutes is just 10 minutes more a day. We can do it.
72% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Successful: 26 Nov 12 by hobo1219
"I had the week off so I went to the gym early in the morning and went 3.5 ..."
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Successful: 19 Nov 12 by fatnomore2012
"My work at this time of year is strenuous and involving a lot of lifting ..."
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Failed: 16 Nov 12 by San Francisco
"Not every day...."
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Failed: 12 Nov 12 by simonj
"20 minutes a day"
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Week 7
Guidelines:
We are now over half way through the challenge, are your original jeans falling off? Lets be thankful for down 1 jean size already.
74% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Successful: 12 Nov 12 by MelRaeOkonski
"It is so nice, I am donating my larger clothes so that I can't go back ..."
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Successful: 12 Nov 12 by simonj
"woo hooo"
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Successful: 12 Nov 12 by sromig
"Yay!!!!! So very thankful!!!!! I already took a load of clothes to good ..."
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Successful: 12 Nov 12 by hobo1219
"I am wearing size 10 now. I don't remember wearing a 10 it was that long ..."
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Week 9
Guidelines:
Enjoy Thanksgiving, but choose foods wisely. If you eat the pie, then walking within 30 minutes of eating will help it not to raise your blood sugar (and will help burn the calories)
75% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Failed: 26 Nov 12 by hobo1219
"I ate the pie but didn't walk. I wish I had thought. I had such a headache ..."
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Successful: 26 Nov 12 by sromig
"Had jut a little turkey and a small piece of pie! Proud of myself! "
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Failed: 24 Nov 12 by wairimu88
"This week I had too many 'emotional eating' moments. I ate lots of refined ..."
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Weeks 10 to 12
Guidelines:
One more push for upping the exercise before Christmas. We can do it! Now do 45 minutes a day 5 days a week. That's just 5 more minutes. It can be running, walking, weight training... anything to get that heart pumping.
59% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Failed: 10 Dec 12 by Tmcreynolds
"No due to me being sick I eased back into it here. "
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Successful: 08 Dec 12 by Bootze
"I have been running taking step class
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Week 12
Guidelines:
Christmas is just a round the corner. Did you get to the jean size you listed at the beginning? Merry Christmas
71% Successful
Latest Results Feedback
Failed: 17 Dec 12 by MelRaeOkonski
"I made it down 1 jean size, but with the holidays this was extra chall ..."
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Failed: 12 Dec 12 by BizzAE
"I dropped by 2 pant sizes, but that is fine for me. "
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