Originally Posted by Pular64 (Post 30541)

I just joined and am just learning all the tools that are here. I saw someone mention an April Fool's challenge and thought that would be a good way for me to start.

Originally Posted by dizzy_44 (Post 30562)

I'm back with determination...count me in too. 10% by April 1...thats about 21 pounds...doable.
January1 2011 203.8lbs
April 1 2011 182lbs

Originally Posted by WeightlossBoo (Post 30577)

I never looked at this group before, but I was part of the Christmas challenge group on the Ladies forum and it was a good way to push myself. (Highly competitive!)
I am trying to get under/close to 200lbs by my birthday on March 23rd, so this suits my target to a tee.
My 10% target loss would be to lose 23lbs, and I'll be pushing towards 29lbs in time for my 25th. Best present I could give myself. :D

Originally Posted by mecompco (Post 30579)

Cool beans! Welcome aboard. Post your starting stats in the April Fools Day Challenge Checkin thread. You'll be last, alphabetically, so just cut and paste the list into your post and add yourself as the last entry.

Regards,
Michael

Originally Posted by almeeker (Post 30454)

When I was in collage a friend of mine was complaining that his mother was dieting and had rigged up the refrigerator door to play a BeeGee's song whenever it was opened. She also had photos of the lead singer taped to both the outside and inside of the refrigerator and microwave. The BeeGee's wouldn't be all that motivational for me, but maybe there's a way the fridge could be rigged to slap me up side the head and flash my calorie intake for the day. And if that didn't stop me it would flash an embarrassing stat out at the corner for the whole world to see, like "Amy's already eaten 1,100 calories for the day but still she's stuffing her face with another one of those chocolate pudding cups. Her butt's gonna be bigger tomorrow for sure".

I have never used fasting as a diet method. But recently I had the flu really bad and ended up unwillingly fasting for 10 days straight, I lost 15 pounds between the last week of Nov and the first week in December. Now a month later I weigh the same as I did before the flu struck me down, so from my experience fasting works really well in the short term, but is in no way shape or form a way to lose weight and keep it off. Also the weight I lost was not fat, my digestive tract was just empty. And Michael is right the muscle cramps are the worst.