Final 2010 Results - Laura Is THE BIGGEST LOSER!

Results for December:

(Dad improved the most from November to December!)

Overall Results - Laura Wins! All participants owe Laura $20! (and I think Dad double that amount!)

Total pounds lost: 52.5 lbs!

Total % BF lost: 15.3%!

Total % change in %BF: -49.8%!

November Results!

Winner so far is... Laura!

And ALL OF THE WOMEN have lost body fat this year!

I can't say that for ANY of the guys but me--come on guys! Come on Tyson, almost lost some for the year! Tyson lost over 4% in November alone!

Total % change for the entire group is -23.01%! As a family overall, we've done great!

November Results compared to previous month:

Overall Results since the start of the year:

LAURA is the overall winner so far!

...but she and Corinne are neck-and-neck!

Month AND Overall Winner is LAURA!

Month:

Overall:

September Winner is ....

Laura

The overall winner is Corinne.

And according to Mike, "All the women are in the lead--the men are losing bad." Good luck!

May Winner Is...

The Month of May -

TYSON!
Great Job!

Here are the stats:

Total Overall Winner: Jenny!
Good Job!

April Winner...

TOM!
For April - Great Job Dad!





So since you won 2 months in a row - you have to share with us EXACTLY what you are doing..... =)

Here are the Totals for the year so far.....overall Jenny is winning!
(Jenny - you have to tell us exactly what you are doing also!)

Remember working out is !!

Motivation

And March Winner IS......

TOM!!!
~For March~

Great job dad!

Here are the results:

Sorry it's taken me so long.....but I was waiting on some people that decided not to ever email me...
(c'mon guys - help me out a little!!!)


Anyway - the year is slowly slipping away - but don't give up now! I would love for everyone to post what their goals are: exercise goals, eating goals, end of year goals, or anything - but it has to do with goals, to help inspire all of us to keep going!

Thanks guys!
~Corinne

Okay - so here are February RESULTS!

So you can see the ranking is:
Jenny lost 1%BF (YAY!)
Julie lost .3%
Tyson stayed the same
Then we have: Mike, Corinne, Erin, Brandon, & Tom
(who gained...but we'll make it up --"Right Guys??") ;)

PS - Thanks Laura for helping me turn the Excel into a pdf to post!

And the winner is.....

Jenny
For February!

Good job Jen! Keep it up! =)

Sorry I haven't posted yet and it's already halfway through March... but I got frustrated cuz I forgot how to put the excel info into a picture format to post on this blog...
I'll keep working on it.
~Corinne

Halfway Through The Month!

February is Not Over Yet!
Keep your eyes focused on your goals and use the rest of the month to make a dent in your fat loss!





Quote from Lance Armstrong:

“I didn’t just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn’t let the lows get to me.” – Lance Armstrong

January Winner!

Last Month's Winner - BRANDON!!
With a 2% decrease in Total Body Fat!
GREAT JOB!





Now for a little humor...

Here are the Stats that I've gotten so far:
(you click on it to enlarge the table)

Congratulations Brandon
- looks like you've been working to put on muscle weight!

Everyone - You have 11 Months left - Don't Quit Now!

February 1st Report from Dad

Hi everybody! I’m in my car with my assistant being driven by my driver to Mexico City for some meetings with my boss and all his direct reports. Tonight we fly to Acapulco for three days of meetings (including some activities on the beach and in town). Life is rough!
I weighed in this morning (February 1st) at 187.6, down 2.4lbs and a body fat of 25.4%, down 1.8%. Not too great for me in terms of weight loss averaging less than a pound a week, but I’m happy because I , at least, reversed the past 7 month trend of steadily gaining weight.
I’ve been focused only on getting back into a routine of exercise. My simple plan is this: Monday – run 1 hour, Tuesday – lift weights and do a couple of abs exercises, Wednesday – bike on my trainer to a video for an hour, Thursday – run one hour (I plan to increase this to 1.5 hours by the end of March), Friday – lift weights again, Saturday – bike on the road for an hour (slowly increasing to two hours). My running is going well but my weight makes me very slow. The weight training and bike have only been about 50% consistent. My goals for February are to get consistent with the weights and bike and keep going on the run (slowly adding speed work on the Monday run).
Regarding nutrition my only progress has been to avoid desserts except for on date night. I’m doing pretty well with that except when Jenny makes chocolate chip cookies!
Congratulations to Corinne and Mike! You are both doing really, really great!

Corinne's Update

Corinne's Update--

So, here’s what I’ve been doing…

Before Christmas I didn’t eat after 7pm for 6 weeks - I didn’t lose any weight, but I was proud of myself and felt like I had a lot more energy. So I started doing that again this month and I’ve been working out consistently about 2 days a week doing circuit training with a workout program on the Wii called EA Sports Active. I started out doing 20 minutes and am now at 40 minutes each time. It uses workout bands for weights and it includes TONS of squats and lots of fun simulations including kick boxing, in line skating, dancing, tennis, and other things – it’s very fun and makes me VERY sweaty! I want to workout more often per week, but I’m working up to it.

I then decided to count calories this week – 1500 each day. It’s really hard for me to count calories, but not eating after 7pm last month made it a lot easier.

Result-- So far I’ve lost 5 pounds and 2% body fat.

I think that the intense workouts and the counting calories finally got me through my 194 lb. plateau that I've been at since last February. Yay!

Mike's Update--

So I checked out those menus from Dad and used some online calculators to figure out how many calories I should be consuming each day. I came up with about 1,950 calories to lose 1lb per week, so I'm looking at taking in about 2000-2,200 per day due to increase in activity and since I'm not that concerned with losing weight as I am gaining muscle. Other calculators say I need to take in 2,800 calories per day based on moderate activity level 3-5 days per week--yikes! I haven't yet taken to start any formal diet, though I am eating a bit healthier, generally, and have more healthy snacks.

I started playing racquetball again, and played with Gene Munger last Tuesday (he beat me in 3 games!). I also signed up for a 4-mile race in 2 weeks, so I've been jogging 2-3 miles a couple times a week, and will be picking this up in prep for the race over the next 2 weeks. I hope to jog 4 miles in 40 minutes. Slow, but it's a good pace for me, and is motivating to achieve. I even jogged 4 miles this morning around a lake across the street, unsuccessfully--due to a fence half-way around. Next time, I'll jog in my galoshes and wade across that part ;)

I've been keeping up with weight lifting 4 days per week, and just wrapped up my 3rd week straight! I do all major muscle groups 2x per week (M-upper, T-lower, Th-upper, F-lower). I've been able to increase weight significantly across almost all exercises, using mostly machines, which I've been tracking each day and finding motivating. I started with 2 sets each, but went to just 1 set after reading that it didn't matter much to do more than 1 set, since it took less time, and since I read that starting out it was good to do just 1 set anyway for the first month or so of lifting.

Result? Slightly increasing % body fat (or basically about the same) and lost a couple pounds. I feel better and can see progress, so we'll see how that % goes over the coming months...

How about you? Post an update!!

Quote-- "Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year." — Franklin P. Adams

If this is you - you are not alone....

SO....

This month is coming to a close - be sure and email me your stats at the beginning of February so I can post them!

Don't Give Up Yet!!

The Starting Line Up

Body Fat Percentage
	*Starting* January
Name	%	Weight
Mike	17	153.6
Erin	28.5	138.6
Corinne	44.2	194
Brandon	26.5	261
Tom	26.2	190
Julie	38.1	152.2
Jenny	28.7	140
Tyson	32.3	232.5
Laura	X	X

I don't know how YOU feel about your starting stats but...


Anyway - good luck with your goals!

Starting Percentages--not posted yet...

So, I want to post the starting percentages, but I don't have everyone's yet.....ahem...


But here is a chart to see what healthy body fat percentages are:

Description	Women	Men
Essential fat	10–12%	2-4%
Athletes	14–20%	6–13%
Fitness	21–24%	14–17%
Acceptable	25–31%	18–26%
Overweight	32-41%	27-37%
Obese	42%+	38%+

Here is the link if you are interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage

SO! I hope you have got your game plans together - have made some goals - and have gotten started!! If not - Monday looks good!

You Can Do It!

Our Challenge....

The New Year Has Begun! Yay! Along with new goals.
Our goal is to get in shape this year.

The Challenge:

Who can decrease their body fat percentage
the most by December 2010?

The Award:

$400 Grand Prize

The Participants:

Corinne Cunningham
Brandon Cunningham
Tom Seymour
Julie Seymour
Laura Horrocks
Tyson Horrocks
Michael Seymour
Erin Seymour
Jenny Seymour
Robert Seymour

The entrance fee is $20 each - with Dad matching the total.

We will have monthly weigh-ins with the last right before we all meet at the cabin at the end of the year. Each monthly winner will be featured on the blog.

So... to decrease your body fat percentage you can do two different things. You can decrease the amount of fat you have and/or you can increase the amount of muscle you have.

Please send your beginning body fat percentage and entrance fee to Corinne. I will post them all in a chart on the blog each month.

Good Luck!