"Boot Camp Charlie for April '08"

[todunlop]

Welcome to Camp Charlie all new recruits heres the Rules and Regulations of camp enjoy your stay.

It's April Stop your Snivilin' and JUST DO IT


Camp Charlie is a group originally started by Sarge, aka our man Mack. It is a group for men to come and battle this enemy we call body fat. Camp Charlie is by men, for men. You need to report for duty at every possibility. If you go AWOL, get back here on the double. If the MPs get to you first, you’d better consider your butt kicked.
All men are encouraged to join and be an active participant
Women are encouraged to visit on Sundays or on special occasions.
We weigh-in every Monday.
On the first of every month we report our Current weight, Totals for the month, VFZ if you wish, and Totals from our highest weight.
No Emoticons
A variety of eating plans can be followed. Exercise is Non-negotiable. Ask for suggestions if you need help, but you need to get up and start moving.
You screw up don’t expect sympathy

[oobatooba]

Here are my stats for the month.

Feb 1 - 442 lbs
Mar 1 - 416 lbs

April 1 -391.5 lbs

Todunlop- Thanks for starting us off for April. You are right, the six meal thing is tough if you don't have a regular schedule. Especially at work, I try to find a quiet area and sneak in those middle meals.

[Randy]

1/14/08--256

2/01/08--245

3/01/08--241

4/01/08--239


I'm mucho p.o.'d........no great ideas for a challenge. My goal is to drop AT LEAST 10 lbs. in April.

[Doug_H]

1/1/08 - 208
4/1/08 - 207
Highest ever - 265
VFZ - 202

Down one for the month. Better than up I guess.

Ed, thanks for getting the April thread started.

[fatfreddie]

April 1st, 256...
Goal for the month- 16 pounds.... Gotta get to the 240 range
Time to kick up the exercise, water, and stay OFF the couch
Maybe that will be my mini challenge, off the couch april!!!

[wall]

I'm feeling chatty:



I started my day at around 6 with some aerobic exercise (called shoveling and ice scraping) for half an hour.

no time for extra bfast (plus i didnt have any ready grrr) but I did have my daily CIB: http://www.sugarlessshop.com/2000/images/CN1.jpg

packed some leftover sausage and carrots/celery for lunch...plenty of water and a diet caffiene free soda to drink during the day

@ work now.

My numbers:

START(Nov) 276.0
12/3/07 272.6
1/4/2008 265.8
2/1/2008 259.6
3/1/2008 255.2
4/1/2008 254.2


I'm basically 6 months in on being at BCC. In my life Ive been as high as around 290...when I was younger in college my low was around 230.
I'm 6'3 and have lots of room to carry extra weight. Feels good to shed it off.
My daily supplements are a mens multi, 2 green tea pills and 1 B12 pill a day.
Last year around Aug or so I started experimenting with some metabolism boosters. Finally found this combo for my life that isnt harsh or jolting to my system...but I can definately tell it helps me.
Before lowcarb I had tried lowfat and was living that way for quite awhile. For example...eating boxes of those yummy spicy cheese nips (the low fat ones) cuz I thought I was making good choices.
Several years ago, after getting sick once I lost my desire for any steak or hamburger...and with a cholesterol check up that showed me in the 230's back then. Thats prob a good thing. Its been several years since Ive been rechecked. I need to make it a goal of mine this summer to have it done.
Around Sept of 2006 was when I first started to seriously change how I'd been eating. Adding more vegie's, getting rid of breads, cooking more for myself...I really dont think I dropped much weight though, just stopped adding. Ive never been much of an exerciser, winters suck...but in the summers I do ride my bike. A typical ride for me is about 15 miles in under an hour on the country roads up here. I would do that 1x or 2x a week when I could get away.
Like I mentioned...and you fellas have been tracking along with me now these past 6 months Ive dropped some weight. I removed even more carbs from my diet, cooked even more foods to where I MAY only eat out 1x a month. The change has not been so much of a diet as more a way of life that I can maintain for myself going fwd. I dont restrict myself to too much...I simply have no desire to have certain things anymore. I prefer and have discovered enjoy the healthier way of cooking and lifestyle a whole hell of alot more.

There is plenty of family history of diabetes, heart disease and cancer. I'm 35 yrs old. I have 2 young children that can be active along with me now. No more little babies to keep me home on the couch. I'm mentally ready to start having the life I need to stick around for these little buddies of mine for a long time.

I know the rules about no emoticons..but I didnt see a prob with posting pics. Here is one of the kids and I from 1 month ago when we were out skating:


Win the mental game dudes, the results will follow.

[Doug_H]

Hey Wall

We like pics!!!

Doug

[Not quite so Big D]

1/1/08 - 219.6
2/1/08 - 214.0
3/1/08 - 206.6
4/1/08 - 208.4
Highest ever - 265
VFZ - 186 (4/05)

Up .5 pound from yeterday aan almost two for the month of April. Not good. Other than a couple of days on vacation and at Easter, I did good for the month. My goal for 5/1/08 is onederland. Definitely doable.

Everyone looks good so far.

Wall, as a father of two little ones, I enjoy the pics.

[shiNer45]

January 1 2008 - 159
February 1 2008 - 158.5
March 1 2008 - 157.5
April 1 2008 - 159.2

down 50lbs+ from my highest ever

actually lookin back this past year i feel great about it, a lot of has to do with you guys and the bootcamp, on the weekends i think a little harder about what i shove in my gullet because of weigh in on mondays

sometimes i tell my wife i cant have some stuff because of monday weigh ins, she looks at me like im nuts

finished the first run in week 4 of c25k, i was dreading it all nite last nite and it wasnt really that bad, it was hard but not impossible

Ed thanks for the thread this month, and i hope to see some of the missing people come back and make an appearance

Randy, i also could not think of any challenges at all, came up empty

For april, i plan to complete the c25k program and start the Power 90 program with my wife, gonna also try to get a little leaner and start working on getting rid of the belly once and for all!

[fatfreddie]

Great job guys.... I am off the next few days to take care of my son. I am hoping to really focus a lot of time on watching what goes in my body, and get the excercise concept in full gear!

[todunlop]

Hey Guys I just deleted my post that took me a good 20 minutes. Dumb ass.

All time High = 256
Start 1/2/07 = 248
1/1/08 = 210
2/1/08 = 200
3/1/08 = 195
4/1/08 = 201

Not good but Im not going to dwell either. My gut is smaller than my chest 42.75"- gut 40.5". I'm probably in the best shape I've been in since I was 16 I'm 46 now. I've been sticking to plan and the exercise is in full swing. I need to lose 10 lbs by the 17th.Thats when I go see my cardiologist and I don't want to listen to him tell me I need to lose weight I KNOW I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT!

Anyway I challenge those willing to accept it to lose 10 lbs in April. !st one to lose 10 gets to start the May thread the one to lose the least get to be Latrine Queen for a month. So who's in? Lets get off our ASSES and get this thing moving.

Wall pics are always welcome in camp.

Ed out

[Colo Alex]

Hey Guys,

I just pulled my head out and found the April thread. I'm seeing some good positive things guys. Keep it up.

Ed - You are an animal!! Way to go. I need a dose of your attitude.

Good days everyone!

[fatfreddie]

Ed- I am soooo in on that challenge, and if I lose I will clean the latrine with my TOOTHBRUSH!!! Below is a pic of me when in Iraq... I'm the one in the middle...

[wall]

Originally Posted by fatfreddie

Ed- I am soooo in on that challenge, and if I lose I will clean the latrine with my TOOTHBRUSH!!! Below is a pic of me when in Iraq... I'm the one in the middle...

great pic, thanks!


I'm in on it too

10 lbs

starting......



now

[CTIgrad]

April check in.....

So I just realized that the dates I had been using in this little tracker have been wrong. My start date is actually much later in Jan than I thought it was (I looked at the first post in my journal on here and the dates didn't match, whoops...) So here is the weigh in for April, with a revised start date.

1-20-2008: 315
3-10-2008: 272
3-17-2008: 268
3-24-2008: 262
3-31-2008: 261
VFZ: 253

This week loss: -1
Total Loss: 54lbs
Average lbs lost per day: 1.33 (72 days/54lbs)

With just under 2 and a half months on and that loss im pretty excited. Im hoping that with a bit more exercise this week, and a more regimented diet, that I'll be able to drop 10 more this month. I'd like to sit under 250 for when my birthday rolls around in the beginning of May.

Shiner - congrats on being down 50!

To the rest of all ya'll loosers - congrats as well. Now get back in the gym!

Breakfast time for me, then to the gym.

[todunlop]

Morning Campers,

Just saw this thread on the mainboard and thought it worthy to link to. It's all up to you.

[Doug_H]

Morning guys

Ed, good link, good reminder. I'll take you up on that challenge, don't know if I'll lose 10 but I'll shoot for onederland and that VFZ.

Come on guys we can all do it if we get that mindset.

Doug

[CTIgrad]

Originally Posted by todunlop

It's all up to you.

Very true. I consistently as myself, "do I want to eat that snickers, or do I want to be thin." It helps me not to even introduce bad things into my environment, but thats difficult as I live with two other college guys, and the junk food that is laying around is impressive to say the least, not to mention the booze stash....

[todunlop]

Afternoom Guys,

Going to make this Ricotta pie today ut instead of bacon I'm going with hot Italian sausage. I'll let you know how it comes out.

Check out this guy

this guy

he's got so good bodyweight exercises for anyone interested. Ken might be what your infore

Doug I don't know if I will either but I going to give it all I have.

Got to go work up a good sweat now. This is the middle of week 6 in the belly off challenge. All things are getting easier with the exception of those dreaded pull ups and chin ups. They still pose my biggest hurdle. So I will keep at trying to get them better.
Have a great day. Ed out

[shiNer45]

good video Ed, i like those workout something i could do with just dumbells, now i gotta go and get me some of them, gonna look tomorrow,

nothing to report here, got tonite off of nite shift then starting tomorrow im on 4 - 12 hr nites in a row, sucks but the paycheck will be nice

tired like a mofo right now, have no energy, i may take today off from exercise, although i just finished a long (but slow) walk with the little guy

spring appears to be on its way, lets get our bodies ready for those speedo's guys!

that was a joke

[Not quite so Big D]

I'm in on the 10 lb challenge. I was shooting for 8.5 this month, so what's another 1.5 lbs?

Ken , you might joke about speedos, but on vacation, I saw way too many men in speedo type suits. To make it worse, most of them could have used a little time in Camp Charlie.

Ed, I'll be interested to hear about your ricotta pie. Sounds good.

[wall]

Originally Posted by wall

great pic, thanks!


I'm in on it too

10 lbs

starting......



now

about 24 hrs into this...

holding steady

no cheating till i break through the 10 lb mark (yeah right...i can hope)

[wall]

Originally Posted by shiNer45

spring appears to be on its way, lets get our bodies ready for those speedo guys!

that was a joke

i'd rather get it ready for the chicks...but whatever floats yer boat canuck

[2000harley]

Hey Guys...Harley Checking in from New Orleans.

Sorry I haven't checked in lately...I caught a nasty virus on my laptop and I haven't been able to beat it. I am using Safe Mode as I type this. I guess using it at all these different hotels and sites have finally caught up with me. I was online with my IT department in Chicago for most of the day, but they were unable to beat it either. I will probably end up formatting my hard drive and starting over, but at least I am able to get most of my things off from it before I trash everything.

I didn't get a chance to post my weights from either Monday's weigh in, nor the beggining of the month, so here it goes:
Monday Weigh in.
Highest weight ever: 302
1-1-08 279.5
3-31-08 252.5
Weight Loss this week: 2.5
Weight Loss in 2008: 27.0
Goal: 210
Mini Goal: 250 by 3/31/08
4/1/08: 252

As you can all see, I didn't quite reach my mini-goal. I did see below it on a non-official weigh in day, but it didn't count.
I see that you guys are talking about a 10 lb challenge and you can count me in...I will try to get down to 242 by the end of April, so my next mini-goal is 242 by 4/30/08.

I will check in as I can (computer permitting).

Harley Out!

[todunlop]

Evening Campers,

Well the pie was a hit. Came out looking like a quiche but it was a lot richer. The sausage helped make it into a meal. Just have to watch the portion control on this bad boy. I could have whoofed down 1/2 if I really wanted to. So its a keeper put it into the book for future indulgence.

I worked up a good sweat in todays workout think I'll just do some walking on the treadmill tomorrow. Feeling kinda whooped. So I'll take it easy and give my tired bones a little rest. Oh and my doc visit isn't till the 24th so that take a little pressure off I guess.

Speedo? LOL Now you got me thinkin. That can be the challenge for next month. Loser has to pose on the main board wearing a speedo. What do you think?

[Doug_H]

Morning guys

Speedo, I don't think so.LMAO

Down a lb this morning, now I just have to continue.
Sticking to the basics seems to always work best for me.

Doug