Weight-loss challenge! Come on guys lets lose it!
 

Fellow turkey hunters.... I have a confession. I need to lose 25 lbs. Why? It will make me healthier, feel better, able to " strut" a little better for the hens (if you know what I mean), and a better hunter. How? With an exercise or fitness regimine, I' ll be able to have more stamina, keep up with my hunting partner, and climb those ridgetops a little easier because I' m carrying less weight.

I wanted to put out a challenge (or invitation if you will) to you guys. Since I don' t have the greatest motivation or willpower to do this alone, I thought maybe some of you might like to join in. We could do it on the honor system and periodically report our progress over the next several months. We can even help each other out under the stress of resisting those juicy cheeseburgers, fries, pizza, and ice cream!

The goal? Let' s see how much combined weight we can lose between now and say April 1st, 2004. Is anyone interested? If there' s enough interest, maybe we' ll do this thing....Tell me what you think

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I would but I don' t have the will power to go that long. I got my wife to help me by putting me on the weight watchers point thing. It works, if you can stand eating pretty much vegetrian and not much of that even;). But it will help I' ve dropped 20lbs in a little over a month. RUn the tread mill everyday.If you don' t feel like it, have your Wife tell you a keyword, like I use Montana because I am Elk hunting there next month. Hunting becomes my motivation. Good luck to you, I' ll keep up with you to see how we' re both doing, how' s that?:D

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Ive been dropping for the past 6 weeks. Lost 10 lb. Going for another 8 by season opener Sept. 20th. 208 and dropping.

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I' m dropping about 20 lbs. for football....trying to move from DE to M.Linebacker...Running sucks some seroius wind, doesn' t burn enough calories. Weightlifting has worked...have dropped 8 pounds since last week..

slaya

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weightlifting and loosing weight in the same sentance??? i gained daily when i lifted....but i lifted hard and was a power lifter...maybe you are more of an aerobic lifter or something....i dont know....but any lifting your going to gain muscle unless your lfiting all wrong.....if my eyes werent red and about to explode i didnt do a good set.....i had a great training partner.....he kept me motivated....we talked about loosing a few pounds together...but never got around to it.....always just straight powerlifting....i wasnt small to begin with....but powerlifting daily just added to me......im in this......i want to shed a few pounds......when school starts i want to get in the weight room and maybe do some jogging on my days off when im not hunting.......and the long days from jan-april i will try to do alot......i will look good if i loose about 20lbs or so.....im about 5' 9 5' 10 but 220lbs or so....im decint sized....alot is muscle...but alot is fat...ill admit that.....i gota quit eating fast food and work out a bit......lets do this guys! i will take my good ole time but i really want to.....

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Man, I' d join you, but I just love ribeyes :D

and beer [:o]

Don' t forget the swiss cake rolls [>:]

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Count me in!! When I got married back in 84' I weighed 195 lbs, now I' m up to 255!!!!! So yes, I want to loose weight as well!! Count me in!!;)

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BOy this is a challange I' m like maytom weight was 205 when I was fighting in the mid 80' s then I got married and really put of the pounds my wife and I were just talking about this as I was logging on to the puter so count me in I could stand to lose close to 50 lbs.

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I' ve got a head start. Started July 27th, and have lost 16lbs. Wet from 238 to 222. Looking to get down to 212-210. count me in for about 10 more. Good Luck![:-]

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Actually started before the challenge was issued. Started cutting carbs and running on June 16th. I started at 222lbs and I am down to 195 lbs...only 5lbs to go. I am now running 3 miles every other day and have never felt better. I am able to eat like a horse, as long as it is the right food (low carb) and still lose weight. For those who say a low carb diet is unhealthy, I just had a complete physical including blood work done....cholesterol is down...now in the normal range, blood pressure is normal and I have a clean bill of health!

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Me and my wife have been on a weight watchers diet about three month I' ve lost about 26 pounds. Still have 16 to go till I' m at goal of 200 lbs. It was pretty easy really you can anything you want but you have control how much of it you eat after a while you don' t even notice your eating less and feeling better with more energy If you can get hold of some weight watcher points books and stick to it you' ll be suprised. Now I can hunt all day and not have any aches or pains.

hey kitsapcaller great Idea hope to see you on this site. I' ll keep an eye out for you see how your doing.

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Ohhhhhhhhh im so in, before moving in my wife and become super lazy i weighed 160ish and wore a size 32 pants now im around 200 and at size 34 pants... I WANT MY SIZE 32 WAISTE BACK. Ill get weighed friday and start shredding the lbs then, to bad doing this thing so close to halloween,thanksgiven,christmas. One thing ive learned to watch out for is not to eat breads, they can pack the weight on ya.

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Down to 200 now. Thats 18 lb since July. Im now a lean, mean , HUNTING MACHINE![:o]:D

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How are most you guys who are seeing results losing the weight?

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For me, the first thing I do is keep all the junk food out of the house. ITs not easy with 3 boys at home but it doesnt hurt for them to eat more healthy too.
No soda. I havent had a soda in probally a year. Once you start drinking water and juice such as orange juice the soda doesnt even taste good anymore.
Basically less fat and carbs. I also pick one cheater food that i indulge in once a week such as fried chicken. This keeps my cravings down and as long as the rest of my diet is consistant the weight will continue to fall.
Here is an example of my daily diet.
Breakfast: 1 glass of carnation instant breakfast and a banana.
Lunch: I can of Chunky soup (steak and potatoe usually)
Snack: more fruit
Supper:boneless/skinless chicken breast baked or cooked in an electric skillet with Fat Free Italian dressing, salad, greenbeans, rice, etc.
AND GET OFF THE COUCH. No diet in the world will work very well if dont get moderate excercise. I just work in the yard and walk in the woods alot.
The key is to develop this into a habit. Works for me.

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[:-][:-] I' ll just have to lose 10 extra pounds to give me a little cushion come the holidays.;) Gotta have that cherry pie and mashed potatoes.:D

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Im in...I lost 60 a year ago and have added back 20....Started Sunday and as of today, down 6.

Im an Atkins believer and have the old 42 waist pants to sit next to the 34s to prove it