Is anyone there??

I think it is officially just me and Jeremy on the diet. We started a spreadsheet for our weights. If anyone is still participating, please email me. desire.seymour@gmail.com thanks!

6 weeks to go! Time to step it up?

How are we going to step it up this week?  How about the rest of the year?  Counting this week there are 6 weeks to go!  Still plenty of time to make a dent in your weight before the end of the year.  December 30th will come whether or not you lose any weight.  Our New Years Eve party in Parowan is on Dec. 30th (Yes, not the 31st) @ 9pm.  Lose weight and feel good!  You have nothing to lose (except pounds)!

Body Fat Pic

Look at how the body is deformed because of the extra fat. Do we really want our bodies to have to feel like this? Have to work this hard? It is so strenuous on our bodies to have extra weight on them. If our motivation comes from material things, our kids, our futures... I know that one motivator should be to help our own bodies! We are given only one body, and I can't believe this is how I've treated mine! I don't know about you, but for me; it's crunch time!! 

Cheers!

Competition

Ugh oh... You Seymour's, Davis's, Graves', and Rogers' better watch out... cause the Jer is gonna kick your butt this week! He is winning! :P

Old Cycle Ends NOW

I don't know what finally clicked but I woke up the other day and I was just really depressed because being over weight and having no energy.  I keep focusing on how crappy I felt and realized I shouldn't be focusing on that.  I need to focus on the future, being healthy, and being there for my girls. 

I also started thinking about it.  What Blaine and I eat Ashlyn and Kinsley eat too.  They are gonig to continue with the bad habbits that I have now.  The other day Ashlyn had her own can of soda and that really grossed me out.  Come on she is 2 years old and doesn't need to be putting that filth in her little body. That is not what I want for my girls,  I don't want to be the one to blame for them having health problems and being over weight if I can help it. . . . . . . Let us all break the Old Cycle

Blaine and I both started our diet yesterday.  We may not be able to lose the 10 percent before dec. 31st but we will try our hardest.  Whatever weight we lose we will be happy about because we are that much skinner than what we started out in the beginning. :)

:)

Contraction & Expansion

By this point, I think we have all seen some success and failure during the past few weeks.  For me, this last week was a killer!  Literally.  With a series of rash decisions I effectively killed off the new Sam!  Looking back, I made a decision to shoot myself before I actually pulled the trigger.  I could sense the danger of the loaded gun, but I was too weak to intervene.  I caved.  I pulled the trigger.

Simple decisions that seemed innocent changed the course of my week.  Simple decisions have potential to change the course of our lives.  We all have a loaded gun - everyday.  The chamber is loaded with an arsenal of destruction.  If we pull the trigger the destruction can be subtle or immediate, but there will always be a consequence.  Unfortunately, we rarely get to choose the consequence of our actions.
    

Let's Go!

It is a new week, time for everyone to pick up the slack and start dieting. Aren't we all tired of being overweight with no energy; I know I am. Whats is store for us if we don't get to a healthy weight? Diabetes, lack of energy, lack of total happiness, heart problems? This goes out to all of us who are on this challenge, especially myself!

This week's stats

Yay! Congrats all!! We all did pretty well this week!! Now, let's all try to kick Sam's butt!! :) He is beating us all!! No, but really, good job Sam! I am proud of all of us for sticking with it!! Cheers!

Finding that motivation

I kinda wanted to share my opinion for helping some people find their motivation to stick with the weightloss challenge. I think you need to find a motivator. Its okay if your motivation is a vacation, new clothes, a new job, health benefits, yadda yadda... choose what motivates you the most and focus on that. For me, the best motivational tool I have is my best friend Jeremy. We have a common goal, and when one of us is feeling discouraged, we lift eachother up. I would suggest confiding in someone within your household. When your friends and family are on board and willing to help and keep you encouraged, it makes a world of difference.

For me, when I just feel crummy and don't want to make dinner or lunch, Jeremy steps in and just does it. We have not eaten out lately and it's paid off. I've noticed that some of us are having a hard time doing a weightloss regime because of the lack of money to buy the "correct" groceries. Dont fret about that!! You can still eat low calorie on a very strict diet. What works for me or Jeremy or Sam or Amy is different from Ange or Ben or Rod or Vennette. On a tight budget still eat what you need, but eat less of it. Have one serving, instead of two.

I have a hard time with the word "diet". I think what would be a better word would be " life change". Because we are teaching ourselves the right way to live... lower calories, more exercise, self discipline... its not what a "diet" entails. I want us all to challenge ourselves in the weeks to come. Lets think about changing our perspectives about food. We eat to live, not live to eat! Lets tell ourselves everyday "I am amazing. I am doing what is best for my body. I am in charge of myself."

Self motivation is an incredible tool, but by gaining the compassion and help of family and friends; I know we can all do this!! I support everyone! And if you are feeling discouraged, just remember we are re-teaching our bodies and minds how to get healthy and stay healthy!!

Cheers!

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Only 65 days left in the year!

Hi everyone!

Since no one else is posting, so I guess I will.  October is almost over!  That means you only have two months to lose 10% of your body weight.  That is really not a whole lot of time, but definitely still do-able!  I want to encourage everyone to remove any obstacles that stand in your way.  Think about what is holding you back and remove it from your life (if you can).  If your obstacle can not be removed (eg spouse, parties, temptations, etc) then you will have to figure out how to live with it.

Something that has really helped keep me motivated is starting a streak.   This may be # of days you did well on your specific diet or days you worked out.  Think how great you will feel if by the end of the year you have a 64 day streak of some sort.

Only 2 more days till weigh-in.  Kick it in gear!     

Pic from last Saturday's Zion Hike.  Ben, Shannon, Pat, and I (Berkely was on my back) hiked majority of Angel's Landing.  It was a killer! Thanks for packing the camera Pat!

Best.Workout.Song.Ever

Barbara Streisand by Duck sauce!!

Haven't worked out to it yet? I dare you!! You will love it!

And p.s. thanks a lot Sam. You introduced me to this song!

Cheers.

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Why do you want to lose weight?

As we move into Week 3, are you feeling motivated or discouraged? I was thinking today that it would be important for all of us to really be thinking about why we want to lose weight.

For me, I was just tired of talking about losing 30 pounds, but never really doing anything about it. When we came up with the 12 week challenge I really liked the idea of losing this weight before the end of the year. I am sure it has been my new years resolution for like 6-7 years now. On December 31, I want to be able to say that I accomplished what I set out to do.

Another reason why I also am wanting to lose weight is that I am not getting any younger and working with the elderly reminds me, on a daily basis, how important it is to take care of yourself. Before you know it, you will be 60. For me I want to enjoy retirement. I want to play with my kids and grand-kids and travel the world. I dont want to restrict myself by dealing with health issues that are a consequence of poor decisions that I made years prior.

What is your motivation? Post in the comments below.

Cheese

It looks like that lady is holding a big blob of fried cheese

5 pounds of Fat

This was from Jeremy in an email. Okay, I know, look past the crazy lady, but look at the 5 pounds of fat she is holding. Imagine, as a group, we've lost about 31 pounds at last weigh in. That's 6 times the amount of fat this lady is holding. 

5 pounds of fat

Now imagine a 5 lb bag of potatoes. Now imagine carrying 6 of those bags...

Imagine how great we will feel when all this fat comes off of our bodies! It is pretty impressive!

punch myself in the face

Hey everyone

I just thought I would punch myself in the face and give myself a bloody nose that way I can lose 1/2 a pound like Desire........ha ha ha ha ha ouch ouch ouch. Just kidding but that is hilarious.

So I just caught up with everyones personal blogs ( Sam, Desire and Amy) looking good everyone. I personally will not be doing a personal blog as of now because I have no idea how to do it, maybe in the future, eh. But for now this works I hope. I am going to make it a habit of posting every Sunday after weighing in, but I wanted to let you all know that I am keeping track of my daily intake, weekly measurements and weights See all you who are going on the hike tomorrow.

Love you all
Ange

Random...

Woke up this morning, weighed... alright that was good.

Got a bloody nose... weighed again... lost .5 lb! hahaha! Had to share!

Cheers,
Des

Sam's Day 12

10 days <1500 cal consumed streak
4 day >500 cal burned workout streak
1000 calories consumed today
2500 net calories burned today
25 lbs to lose
72 days until the end of the year

For more Day 12 details:
samsincrediblejourney.blogspot.com

my blog

Sam asked for me to add my blog to the comments. It is deizicreizi2010.blogspot.com. --Amy

Sam's Day 11

9 day <1500 cal consumed streak
3 day >500 cal burned workout streak
2400 net calories burned today
25 lbs to lose
73 days to go

Are you vitamin D deficient? Check out mine and Amy's blog for details.

Details on my blog:
samsincrediblejourney.blogspot.com

Amy can you post you blog address in the comments?

Following in Sam's footsteps...

With what I ate today, my net calories for the day was -1782!! So, at this rate, I should lose a few pounds this week! I've totally been struggling this week and its rough to find that motivation that I had last week. But, I'm gonna keep on trying, even if I don't lose anything this week!

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Sam's Day 10

Wednesday hump day (tomorrow)! Hope everyone is melting off the fat this week. If not, it is not too late to start!

I did great today (Tuesday)! -2300 Calories. I guess officially, for me, this is 8 good days in a row. It is motivating to keep up the habit.

Here I come!!

Hi y'all. Here I come. Starting today I am joining in!! I just got done with a work deadline yesterday, so that caused the delay. I started working out yesterday, eliptical 1hr yesterday and have all hands on deck to get going and serous to catch up to you all. You all are doing great!! --Amy

Homemade Subway

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2 x Whole Grain Wheat Bread=220 cal
1 tbsp Shredded Cheese=25 cal
1 tbsp Mayo=40 cal

Lettuce, Green Peppers, Jalapenos,
Avocado, Spinach, Red Onion, Tomato 50 cal total

Pickle=15 cal

Der-licious and only around 350 cal.

Sam 10/17

Bfast - Protein veggie shake

Workout
Elipse 30 min
Chest press 20x4 @ 63 lbs
Chest incline press 15x3 @ 95lbs

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Lunch - 6" Chicken Subway

Dinner - Homemade Subway

-3000 cal - BMR
-700 Total Calories Burned
+300 Bfast
+430 Lunch
+400 Dinner

-2570 Total calories burned for the day!

Zion Hike 2 of 2

Ben and I had a good time hiking emerald pools up at Zion on Saturday. Weather was perfect!

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Zion Hike 1 of 2

Ben posing at the upper pool.

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Figured out the problem with commenting...

Hey all...

If you are having trouble commenting, are you using internet explorer? Cause I use Google Chrome usually and I just tried it with explorer and it wouldn't let me comment. Firefox works too. So, I would suggest trying Chrome or firefox. Using the browser on the cell phones seems to work as well. I am sorry this is such a pain in the tooshie! Hope this helps.

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My Week 2 Goals

Hi Everyone,

What is your goal for the week?

I would like to lose 5 lbs (so 222 by Sunday). That would be my lowest weight in years! I am going to stick with the Subway diet (6" at Lunch/6" at Dinner). I am also planning on doing a protein/veggie shake in the morning. That should keep me around 1000 calories per day.

I figure my BMR is about 3000 cal/day. See the link below to figure yours.

http://www.muscleandstrength.com/tools/bmr-and-daily-calorie-calculator.html

I should be able to burn 2000 cal/day without any exercise. So, I should be able to lose 4 lbs this week by diet alone.

To figure this out...

2000 cal/day x 7 days=14000 calories burned/week just be eating less
then 14000/3500=4 lbs

(FYI 3500 calories burned should equal one pound of weight loss).

If I can just burn 500 cal/day through exercise I should reach my 5 lb weight loss!

Week 1 Results!

Name, % Lost, Wk 1 Weight, Wk 2 Weight, Lbs Lost

Dad 0.00% 330.0 330.0 0.0
Mom 0.00% 220.0 220.0 0.0
Ange 0.71% 226.6 225.0 1.6
Amy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ben 0.57% 365.4 363.3 2.1
Sam 3.40% 235.2 227.2 8.0
Jeremy 1.08% 344.0 340.3 3.7
Desire 5.00% 262.2 249.1 13.1
Sara 1.29% 217.0 214.2 2.8
Blaine 0.00% 232.0 232.0 0.0

Total Week 1 Pounds: 2,432.4
Total Week 2 Pounds: 2,401.1
Pounds lost to date: 31.3

Week One

Hi everyone

Now that I have this thing working I will give a quick summary of my first week.

Monday: started out great with eating all the foods I should on a semi low carb/ low calorie diet.
Tuesday: not so great
Wednesday: not so great
Thursday: started out great but ended with ice cream
Friday: did real well
Saturday: not so great (cheese fries and ice cream for dinner)
Sunday: so far so good (eggs with cheese, ham, onion, green pepper, hot sauce for breakfast, 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 cup cottage cheese and a scoop of whipped cream (50 calories/ 4 carbs in 2 Tbsp).

So it was not a so serious week for me, but I am motivated (nice job Desire and Sam). Tonight for dinner homemade chili (Desire your Chili looked so good I have been wanting to make some). Anyway starting tomorrow the excercise is coming into the picture.

Oh and one more thing, everyone should measure yourselves. I enjoy seeing the inches come off as well as the weight on the scale get lower. It is exciting.

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hi sam trying this out

Hope this works

Hey guys I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days and it hasn't worked for me. Maybe it will work now......

Word of the day...

Typically, curse words don't just blurt out of my mouth, but when I weighed myself this morning... well... I was astonished.

I am in amazement with what just setting your mind to accomplish a goal can do. We've been really sticking with it and it's making a big difference. It's fun to do this with the family. Lets keep up the good work!!

Cheers,
Des

Commenting

Sam so berk likes the shake do you? How much is that prescription for those who have sucky or no insurance?

Amy

i cant loss any weight. and i am always hungry

Phentermine n Shake

As some of you may know, I started taking phentermine this last week. I just want to say that it is amazing! It has definitely curbed my appetite. I suggest ya'll look into it.

Bfast - chocolate protein, broccoli,.spinach, banana, kale, skim milk. Sounds gross, but berk actually liked it.
Lunch - 6" sub club
Dinner - 6" sub club

Also Zion hike with Ben this morning.

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4th Day

Bfast - 1/2 C Cranberries
Lunch - 6" Ham sub
Dinner - 6" Club sub

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Think you can...

I want to start out with an inspiring quote...

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

- Norman Vincent Peale

It's important to believe that you can do anything... without that belief... we would not accomplish much of anything. I want us all to know we can do this!! 

Today was a good day... stuck right to the diet! Jeremy and I have been going to the YMCA to workout. Amazingly, I haven't died from it yet! :) Just wanted to check in! Cheers.

Des

3 Good Days in a Row!

Breakfast
Grapes, nasty shake
Lunch 6" Sub
Dinner 6" Sub

Haha... I think I would have done the same thing!

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Fun Pic

Just wanted to share this picture! It makes me smile!

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Breakfast n Morning Workout

Had 20 grapes and protein shake with banana/carrots. Maybe 500 cal total. Also, worked out for the first time in a while. Just light though. I don't want to hurt myself! Rest of day Octoberany 6" at lunch and dinner. - Sam

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Starting strong

Hey guys. I was just thinking about how motivated Jeremy and I are about this weightloss challenge. It always seems like we start out strong and then our enthusiasm slowly fades. We went to the gym yesterday and it was so fun. I am excited for this blog because I hope we can all keep eachother excited and encourage eachother. I wish us all the best of luck through these next 12 weeks! And, if we all have to do a LOSS consequence, at least we will have fun family pictures: lots of blondes and baldies! :) Good luck everyone and lets kick this into gear! Cheers.

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Welcome!

Dear Family,

At this point, I hope all of you are ecstatic (to say the least) about the 12 Week Seymour (Davis, Rogers, and Graves) Weightless Challenge.  I feel that it is important to lay out the details to make sure that we are all on the same page.  For starters, the challenge will run a total of 12 weeks from Sunday October 9-Saturday December 31.

Since we will not be getting together anytime soon just use your own scale, but make sure to use the same scale for the entire duration of the contest.  Also, if you weigh in with clothes on subtract the weight of your clothes.

Now for the motivation.  Each of us need to determine a WIN gift and a LOSS consequence.  The WIN gifts will be awarded to the individual with the highest % loss and must be equivalent to $50.  This gift does not need to be money.  For example, you may choose $50 of service, a home-made gift, or a crisp $50 bill.  Get creative, but try to have these gifts be meaningful.  We obviously wont know who will be the winner so plan on making this gift non-specific.

The LOSS consequence will be something that you will dread if you do not reach a 10% reduction in body weight (if you weigh 300lbs you will need to lose 30 lbs to make a 10% dent in your body weight).  The final LOSS consequences will be carried out at final weigh-in on December 31 (New Years Eve) at Mom/Dad's house 9pm.

Ideally, your LOSS consequence can be carried out like a death sentence (swiftly and publicly), but that may not be what motivates you.  Decide on something that you would dread.  Remember that if you meet your 10% loss you do not need to carry out your LOSS consequence you can just be a by-stander and laugh at those less fortunate, but everyone will need to come prepared with a WIN gift for the overall winner.

Best of Luck,

Sam