Congratulations to you and Kevin! This is so exciting. I'm so happy for the both of you. God bless!

LW: 209.8lbs
TW: 211lbs

Booooo, hissss!

LW: 211.2lbs
TW: 209.8lbs

LW: 211.2lbs
TW: 211.2lbs

No change... holding my ground!

LW: 213.8lbs
TW: 211.2lbs

WOOT!

LW: 212.2lbs
TW: 213.8lbs

I'm not going in the right direction!

LW: 212.0lbs
TW: 212.2lbs

I thought it was going to be much worse... but +.2lbs is better than full poundage.

Still need to get my act together, this summer has been a bad one. Thanksgiving will be here in no time, need to curb my cravings before that bomb is dropped on me.

LW: 209.2lbs
TW: 212.0lbs

3+ pounds gained... but this was birthday weekend and 3 days w/o work was also a factor! (I hear a violin somewhere near.)

Oh well, I better stop b******g and DO SOMETHING about it!

LW: 210.4lbs
TW: 209.2lbs

-1.2lbs... I'll take that!

LW: 207.4lbs
TW: 210.4lbs

(Posted this in the wrong competition thread.)

James Painter, PhD, RD, has come up with a new, non-dieting approach to weight loss that he calls the "Pistachio Principle." He says his experiments have shown that people can consume fewer calories without consciously restricting themselves, and yet finish a meal feeling as satisfied and full as does the average American who consumes more calories.

Long-term failure of diets

As justification for the new direction he is taking, he cites the fact that all forms of dieting, including the Pritikin Principle®, the Atkins Diet®, and Weight Watchers®, have yielded poor long-term weight-loss results, and he points to rebound eating in response to feelings of deprivation as one probable reason for their failure.

To address weight issues from another direction, Painter, a professor and chair of the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University, advocates a behavioral and environmental approach that he's developed.

How, you ask, can you have calorie reduction without a feeling of restriction or deprivation?

Why increase those feelings of deprivation?

According to Painter, Americans over the past decades haven't consciously set out to increase the amounts of fat, carbohydrates, or calories they eat--there's no grand plan afoot to gain lots of weight. And so, he questions why we would do an about-face and consciously restrict extra calories, thereby igniting feelings of deprivation.

In one of Painter's behavioral studies, subjects self-selected helpings of either shelled pistachios or those still in their shells. Since pistachios in shells take more effort and time to eat, the actual calories these subjects consumed were 50 percent less than those eaten by the shelled-nut group. And the upshot was, both groups felt equally satisfied with their portions, and equally full.

How you might put the Pistachio Principle to the test:

- Instead of drinking juices, where calories are quickly consumed, eat fresh fruit instead--a whole orange or tangerine, for example, eaten slowly and section-by-section after peeling it, takes longer to consume and has fiber you don't find in the juice.
- If you have a hankering for peanuts, go with shelled vs. unshelled.
- Try cutting up fresh fruits and veggies into much smaller pieces than you normally would and see how slowly you can eat them.

The bottom line is that it takes your brain 20 minutes to get the signal that you're full. The Pistachio Principle may slow your eating down to the point where you can feel that the stomach is full before you tuck into that second helping.

What do you think about the "Pistachio Principle"?

reference link: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/weightloss/6373/the-quotpistachio-principlequot-of-weight-loss/[/i]

LW: 207.4lbs
TW: 210.4lbs

YIKES! That's how good of a weekend I had. (Birthday parties every day this past weekend!) I have no self control... *sigh*

LW: 208.4lbs
TW: 207.4lbs

-1 pound... I'll take that! FINALLY, sliding down.

LW: 206lbs
TW: 208.4lbs

(Got a new scale and more than likely new pounds added.)
+2.4 lbs... yuck!

I thought you were the Subway guy, but then I noticed it was just the glasses. (Just kidding man.)

Congrats! Keep up the good work. I myself lost 30lbs but have since regained it back. Stay with it and continue to change your life for good.

"Great determination will get you to your goal, but permanent change of attitude and habits will maintain your success!" -me

Has anyone read this article about this new "sprinkle" that you use for "wait"+loss?

Click here for the story...

LW: 205lbs
TW: 206lbs (guesstimate)

1+ pound... at least it's change.

LW: 205lbs
TW: 205lbs

No change... at all. *sigh*

LW: 205lbs
TW: 205lbs

I may need to get a more accurate scale... this can't be right. (I've been at this weight for a while now?!)

LW: 206lbs
TW: 205lbs

Down 1lb... Hey, it's going the right direction!

Richard H
6'1"
206lbs
Goal: 180lbs

Let's rock-n-roll people!

More names for the challenge:
Weight Droppers
The New Me
Quantum Fitness
The Meltdown
Fat-Be-Gone!
Change!

I'd like to keep track of BMI and pounds loss (not gained)

'If' you decide to go with this idea, I feel one of the ladies from each team should be the captain... why? because they tend to be MUCH better organizers.

...or the team can decide amongst themselves.

Name: Capt. Curtis' -- A New Beginning Challenge

Teams: Couples (2 guys and 2 girls per team -- with cool names for each team, like: "Fantastic 4", or "Weight-Loss Frenzy", "Sweat Masters of the Universe", etc.)

Ladies vs guys has been done... we need a fresh 'new' challenge.

These challenges seem to have the "V" factor with me. I start out heavy... get down a few pounds...then right back where I started at the end of the challenge.

I need to discipline myself, this isn't right, for me, or the guys I'm teamed up with! ops:

Hey Curtis, maybe we can pick teams in the next challenge? Seems like the girls have been kicking the guys since I've joined... maybe mix things up a little?

Congrats to all of you that lost weight... huge achievement! Those of you that stayed the same, well, you held your ground. And those of you gained more than you started with, like me, we need to change things up and lose these pounds... we owe it to ourselves to get in shape, live healthier, and ultimately be happy.

Gonna kick it again til I get to my goal and stay there... for good! (Because I'm )

LW: 204lbs
TW: 208lbs

Yikes! 4lbs gained in a week. I seriously need to get this diet under control and start the P90X system soon!

Lots of stuff going on in my life right now and it seems that with all that stress, I continue to eat very poorly.

LW: 204lbs
TW: 204lbs

No change... but there will be, mark my words, there will be!

@ Angie, eating is a problem because I haven't been eating the "right" things. Also, drinking has had the same effect because I'm not drinking the "right" things either.

I know I'm gonna hate this with a passion at first, but if I don't I won't living the way I should be... HEALTHY!

@ Angie, Oh I've seen some of it already and I know exactly what I'm up against... but I need to kick my @$$ around a bit to get out of this rut I'm in.

@ Rachael, Yes, I will let you know how things are going. I think I'll start another blog or something of the sort to keep everyone on top of my (hopeful,) progress.

Angie, I just made that step... I bought P90X!

I needed to do something -- I have to stop the direction I'm going in. Last year, on the Ides of March, I met my goal of 185lbs, now I'm almost back up to 206lbs! Change is needed!!!

Hope I can get the weight off, get ripped, and feel good again.