Burn Calorie Burn
The moment you've all been waiting for, a preview of the Labor Day to New Year's Day Challenge. Starting next Sunday, there are 16 weeks left in the year. If you go by the suggested weight loss goal per week, you can be 16-32lbs lighter by New Years Day.
Weigh 180 today? Say hello to 148-164 on January 1st.
I mean why not get a 4 month head start on the resolutioners and resolve to lose weight now. If nothing else, it gives you 4 months to figure out a system to really kick into high gear come January and you can spend the early months already on a roll shedding the last remaining lbs vs. starting over, again.
Here is the challenge to help you make that happen. I call this one, Burn Calorie Burn. Why?
Simple. The goal of this challenge is to lose weight by burning calories. Naturally you already knew that tidbit, this site attract such smart visitors. But, after going through the BMR research, it became clear to me, all medical conditions excluded, by burning the appropriate number of calories, on a consistent basis, the fat will burn off.
The best explanation I found for fat that hit home to me is, calories are nothing but energy, excess fat is stored energy, burn more than you have, you'll lose weight. Again, outstanding medical conditions aside, this should work for the masses.
So how does this challenge work? Read on.
There will be 3 groups, you simply pick the group you want to be in.
Burn 250 to 500 calories by eating less.
Burn 250 to 500 calories by working out.
Or, burn 250 to 500 calories by combining both.
What's the catch?
Well, some people hate exercise, they can opt to cut 250-500 calories out of their daily eats. 500 calories is harder to cut if your BMR suggests you eat 1800 calories, you'll be eating 1300 and most likely feeling miserable and deprived. If you cut 250, it'll take you about 2 weeks to lose 1lb. It's not fast results, but it's the fact:
250/3500 = 14 days
Or you can burn 250 to 500 via working out. In this group, you'll figure out how long it'll take you to approximately burn 250-500 calories and which exercise will make it happen. You can focus on food, but if you are like me and counting calories or worrying about food is annoying, sweating away the fat may be best.
The final group can opt to do both, they can figure, they'll eat 250 calories less, burn 250 and aim to lose 1lb in 1 week.
Those are the base numbers, surely you can lose more, but figure 7000 calories equals 2lbs. Burn that up through a combo of food and exercise, or if it's too daunting, aim for the 3500 calorie burn per week. Each day the mission is to burn 250 calories minimum, and we'll have a daily check in/shout out along the way. At the end of the week, we weigh in and will see if our daily deficit matches the scale. If it doesn't, simply go back to the drawing board and see how accurate your week really is.
And with all things, this is aproximate. Some weeks I work out like a demon and see the scale go up, or stay the same. What we are aiming for is being consistent and over time watching the daily deficit, add to up a loss.
That's the overview, tomorrow: breaking it down further. Later in the week, tools to use, how we track our stats, what each of the 16 weeks will bring.
Oh and I know next week is a short holiday week, at least in the States. The focus is not going to be jumping in and losing weight. Instead, we'll spend the week getting organized and coming up with a plan of attack to get through what I affectionately call, Holiday Eating Season™.
Next entry: Burn Calorie Burn Pt 2
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4 Comments
08.29.06 | Renee commented: Hi Renee, I would like to be in group 2! I'm doing Weight Watchers and trying to keep up my momentum of exercise, so this challenge is right up my alley!!
Very much looking forward to seeing everyone's enthusiasm and results!!
(another)Renée 
08.30.06 | Renee' commented: Hi! Renee, I would love to join group #3 on the challenge~
I"m already a dedicated exerciser but lack some self-control when it comes to food. I hope that this challenge will help me get my act together.
08.30.06 | Renee' commented: oops!! That was my post above and I forgot to sign out with my name.
Best of luck to us all!!
(yet another) Renee'
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hey renee i'll sign up for the challenge. I am going to do the las one. I am going to burn 250 cals a day and cut 250 calories from my intake. I am eating as per sparkspeople and I eat between 1200-1550 per day and the have me burn 154 for the day and 770 for the week. So I am up for it. will look back for more info. angie can't wait. I want to be at my goal weight by dec 31 so this challenge will tie in nicely with what I am doing over at my site and journal.
Angie