The Mortgage Free Weight Loss Challenge

clearing_out_my_pockets

Can I join? I've been overpaying the mortgage in dribs and drabs but haven't posted on MFW boards before (they're a little scary!)

About me

Height 5ft 4in
Weight 11st 2lb
BMI 26.5

Target

Weight 9st 0lb
BMI 21.5

SmlSave

I'm all weighed up and come in at 11st 11lb

Current Body Mass Index is: 27.5.
This is above the recommended healthy BMI range of 18.5 to 25.
Your body burns 2416 calories each day.
You indicated your goal weight is 10st 7lb (66.7kg). By eating 500 less calories each day (or by eating 250 less calories and exercising 250 calories each day) you can achieve your goal weight in 125 days.
In this example, your daily net calorie target would be 1916 calories over this period.

Example

Your Current Weight

11st 11lb (74.8kg)

Your Goal Weight

10st 7lb (66.7kg).

BMI at your Goal Weight

24.5

Target Achievement Date

27 September 10

Your Daily Calorie Target

1916

Tesco_points_addict

OMg how fanastic, loads of people means loads of support, how exciting:j

I have updated post two with everyones details BUT PLEASE CHECK THEM - I am known to be a bit (ok lot) blond (or is that bond, James Bond - sorry sharing my fantasies) at times:p)

cha, you are doing so well, it must be really difficult with two little ones in the house. Extra exercise is a brilliant idea. Keep up the good work, i'm with you on the dreaded crisps, chocolate and alcohol:cool:

dee - good luck with yoour weigh in let us know the results x

earthgirl - of course you can join after the babys born - more the merrier(sp?)

kimmy - i'm loving the 'wonky scales'

Dinah - you ar most welcome, but please be careful, mostof use would kill to look like you! That said I think we all know where we are comfortable and when your clothes get tight - time to move on!

GG - have a good holiday, have a drink for me and cha!

newgran - our BMIs are similar, its scary but hopefully motivating x

Brodiebobs- loving the name - ops edit thought it was brodie boobs:rotfl:Still love it anyway! Can we all come to your wedding, what an incentive that would be!

Raini - what a fantastic insentive - a holiday in sun:j Blooming dog,how inconciderate!:rotfl:

black taxi - your target certainly looks dooable - unless your 7 foot then perhaps not!

Radish - will you pay £35 off my mortgage for each lb I lose too:cool:

Thrifty Girl - you are very welcome, let us know when you have done the big weigh in x

Sml - I used to eat a family pack (of 6) crisps in a day without even thinking it was odd:eek:

wynnveags - I take it on your trip you are staying in the Wynn? You lucky thing, I love Vegas, have you been to freemont street??? Good luck x The buffets in USA are not going to help:eek:Yummy (sorry)

clearing out my pockets - hello stranger, good luck x WE ARE NOT SCARY! Just a little bit mad!

Phew....I think thats everyone for today, sorry if I have missed you out.

I have been good again today although i'm sure I look like a muller light:p I had fruit and a muller light for breakfast, lunch was a SW quiche (sounds disgusting made from cottage cheease eggs ham, garlic, onions etc but very yuumy) with salad and a muller light. Tea was chicken stir fry, a M&S meringue, pineapple, strawberries, raspberries, kiwi fruit and ermmmm a muller light:rotfl:

Weigh in day for me tomorrow:eek:

Could you all let me know which day you intend to weigh in, not that it really matters but it will help me make sure I don't miss anyone out xx

Raini

Wow TPA, how sweet of you commenting on everyone individually! Feel like I'm among friends already!

My weigh in day is Sunday - not a happy day!

I've used the Food Focus website as well and it's very helpful & motivating! (All the magnums have now been eaten and will not be bought again - until September anyway!! :rotfl:)

Brodiebobs

thanks tpa, well done on all the hard work!!!!!
of course you can all come lol.... unfortunately all the spare money is going on the wedding or overpaying mortgage so unfortunately i cant pay!!! and no Brodiebobs not brodieboobs lol....

SmlSave

Sml - I used to eat a family pack (of 6) crisps in a day without even thinking it was odd:eek:

I'm so glad its not just me!

I'm over by 123cal today-thank taka (i think it was you) for the food focus link!

I had toast for brekkie, smoked salmon bagel and two packets of crisps and an ice cream in the day and a pork pie with potatoes and salad for dinner. Stuffed full of fruit too.

newgran_2

Once again THANK YOU TPA for your hard work and the motivation to lose weight, a few years ago I lost 4 stone but put 6 back on. Not since then have I felt that yes, I can do it, and I will.
My weigh in day is a monday, and mortgage pay day will be a thursday (pay day.) Good luck eveyone, this thread is gonna be mega.

clearing_out_my_pockets

Thanks for the welcome and thanks to taka for the food focus link. Just bookmarked it and filled in this morning's breakfast.

To make things easier, I'll also weigh in on Wednesdays before I go to work, although I'll have to report in a day early next week, as I'm away for a few days.

wynnvegas

Thanks TPA - I'm afraid the mortgage freedom comes before the quality of hotel for this year so no Wynn for us in 2010. That being said, we're spending the last three nights in the Bellagio in a fountain facing upgrade room (one of my many compromises to ensure the girlfriend's reluctant MFW support). We'll definitely get the Wynn and Encore involved next year!

We walk everywhere in Vegas so I normally lose a wee bit of weight on holiday. I was amazed last year that I had only put on 5lbs upon coming back from a 4-week holiday as we had the MGM Grand buffet morning, noon and night every day of our trip. Needless to say, we won't be back there at all and we'll be somewhat sparing with our buffet trips this time round.

We've been downtown every trip bar the first but normally only for a wee shot in the morning, a bit of shopping at the premium outlets then a few jumbotron shows at night. They've got a summer of the 70's thing going on this year with Queen and Kiss on the jumbotron so we'll spend at least a couple of nights on Fremont Street in July.

For those who haven't fallen asleep with Vegas-related boredom, today has been a decent enough day thus far on the weight loss front. Muller rice and crunch corner for breakfast and once again no lunch (I'm sure this doesn't help in the long run) - fajitas planned for dinner and my normal vitamin c overload of 10 satsumas thereafter for snacking. I realise this likely doesn't conform to any proper diet but I'm going on the general rule that an intake of somewhere around 1500 calories a day will surely see me lose the weight. Half an hour of yoga this morning and planning a (weighted) walk for an hour this evening. Girlfriend is ill so that idea may be bashed on the head in favour of playing nursemaid...

Off to see what this food focus malarky is! EDIT - oh dear - something like this isn't good for my OCD-ish nature!

Cheers,

Billy

deedee71

Hi, finally updating!

Starting BMI 30, target by 31st July - BMI 27. Will add further goal as time goes on.