Lose 5 Pounds a Month- July 2010 Challenge

kintegra

Its aerobic style/dancing! Its to Hispanic music & its a GREAT workout! I sweat my butt off, and then some! If you have free classes to go to - DO IT! I just started about 6 weeks ago & only do it once a week but I have to pay unfortunately. However I LOVE IT! Go try it out, I'm sure you will like it! Its fun! :happy: Kelly

55tolose

Hey everyone.. great news thismorning i stepped on the scale and saw 170 for the first time since i had my baby 10 months ago : ) I started at 152 and got to 192 had her and weighed 182 so to see 170 was awesome halfway there to my pre-pregnancy weight and the weight i have been struggling to get under for the past 5 years! lets just wish me luck that it will be really close or under 170 by sunday .. 20 more lbs and i will officially be the lightest iv been since 2006 when i stopped gaining and started not losing. lol... HALF WAY TO MY FIRST GOAL!!! HORAY Wish me the BEST LUCK for sunday !!!

As for the bmk challenge I have not had any fruit or vegies today... it was my brothers wedding and i had wic to go to and just didn't have time for much lol. but I did forget about the jumping jacks yesterday and today but its not to late i will do 50 right after im done here.

basically i ran out of grocery money as i use a portion of the paycheck every two weeks i go grocery shopping then thats it till pay day lol so ya i didn't buy any fruits and vegies but have been grabbing an apple or bananna for a snack at work lately so thats good.

well see you sunday and good luck to all

GVMARY

HI ,I AM ALSO TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT,HEIGHT 5.4,WEIGHT 183 LBS,AGE 35 ,I AM ALSO IN
THANKS

timbotina

Good morning one and all challangers...heading off to work.....have 50 jumping jacks in.....were busy at work today but hope to get some stair climbing done today at work.....hopefully get my 2nd 90 min. workout in too after work.....talk to you all later.......happy challange!!!!

oEmmao

July 01st - 157.8
July 08th - 157.2
July 15th - 156.6 :bigsmile:

Aug 1st - 152.8 GW

TCASMEY

Good morning all!

Hope your day is off to an awesome start!

Today is my running day. I woke up with a pounding headache...hormones??? or allergies??? Anyway, I took some excedrin and sat around for a few minutes thinking about running or doing nothing. I decided to take an easy walk on the treadmill. 48 minutes, 3.5 miles and 400 calories burned later I got off the treadmill. My head still hurts a little but I feel great. I love how I feel about what my body can accomplish.

Have a super healthy day!

Terri

4mcm

Not as good this past 5 days. No loss to report. Maybe updating my goal was premature!

07/01.......... 169
07/05.......... 167
07/10.......... 165
07/15.......... 165
07/20..........
07/25..........
08/01.......... 160 (new goal)

beachteach

July 1- 168 lbs

July 12- 166 lbs

2 down 3 to go!!

kdaniels42

I'm in!!!

drlmnh

I'm in!
On target so far:

(weigh in weekly on Weds!)

30th June 257lbs
7th July 254 lbs
14th July 251 lbs

Keep going everyone! I love this place - such a motivator! :-)

princesspurple

down 1.5 so far to 138...still need to lose 3.5 this month! 2 more weeks..I can do it!

rjadams

I am so on track for a good official weigh in tomorrow. I have had a great number on the scale everyday this week. if it isn't the same tomorrow I will scream. wish me luck.

SilverRoxy

I haven't been very good about checking in here. Since every time I weigh in too much I end up getting off track, I decided not to weigh in until tomorrow. It's been such a tempting month with the 4th and several family/friend get togethers. In general I think I'm doing ok but we'll see tomorrow. I HAVE to step it up on the exercise though...majorly.

dawn_eichert

Time to report in:

July 1 - 203.5
July 6 - 202
July 15 - 201

Half way there....whoohooo

Jennplus2

Hello everyone,

Did a 2 hr walk last night to take care of the 2nd 90 min exercise and then today my co-worker asked me if I wanted to join her Zumba class, which I did. It was really fun, I am not the best dancer so I was a little lost on some of the fast steps but I just keep moving and had a blast. I also did some rope jumping while I was waiting for my summer campers this morning and I am taking them summing this afternoon and plan on playing hard in the pool to burn a few extra calories then as well. Hope the extra exercise will reflect on the scale in the morning!
Have a healthy day!

timbotina

Wt 7/1 -- 191#
7/15 - 186.5#
--going to weigh in again before I leave for vacation on Saturday but expecting to gain weight while gone so.....anyhow....did myh 2nd 90 min+ workout today burning about 1200 calories today....did my 150 jumping jacks again ....had strawberries x 2, going to have peaches in a little bit for snack and had beets and lettuce for veggies....right on track....will begin again tomorrow...talk to you all then!!.....:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

shelli1923

I'm starting to feel a little better. My stomach has not been good all week! I only worked out 4 days instead of my usual 5 but when i did I got in pretty good workouts. I have been peeking at the scale this week and hoping my number stays the same for weigh-in tomorrow. I'm ready for my ticker to move...its been a couple weeks! Recurring topic: My period has been off since I started losing weight. Should be TOM but it isn't. It's been more like every 5 weeks instead of 4 and every month DF thinks I'm preggo. lol

Amanda- I've been thinking of making some hummus too.

kintegra

Wow congrats to all those with the favor of the scale! :bigsmile: :drinker: :bigsmile:

Terri - glad you went ahead & did your workout even though you weren't feeling 100% - way to work it! :bigsmile:

Robin - fingers crossed for you on the scale tomorrow! :flowerforyou:

Tina - have fun on your vacation! Way to get your workouts in! :bigsmile:

I finished all my jumping jacks this morning for the week, but I'm going to still keep it up! Today I had blueberries, strawberries, & craisins & lettuce,tomatoes, & mushrooms for my fruit/veggie challenge. Saturday is my 2nd 90 min workout - I'm going to take my neice & nephews hiking at Starved Rock State Park near Chicago all day! CAN'T WAIT! :bigsmile:

Happy Friday to all tomorrow & I know several of you have weigh ins, so I hope the scale fairy shows in your favor in the a.m.! :bigsmile: Cheers to you all! :drinker: H2O of course!

Kelly

nurseenf

7/1/10: 156.5
7/15/10: 154

RushinBruisette

Well, I got most of the BMK challenge finished, all jumping jacks are done and I have tomorrow left for the fruit and veggies (which will be breakfast and lunch), as for another 90min straight, unless I get it in super early, it ain't happenin'. I'm headed to the Lake of the Ozarks as soon as hubby leaves work (anytime between noon and 330p) and his friends are headed our way( to ride down there with us) around 11am in case he gets off of work earlier. So I know I'll be eating out for dinner, no clue where. Saturday will be spent on the boat all day (except for lunch on the water at a restaurant for our friends bday) and then we're headed home Sunday later afternoon/early evening, so there's another fast food meal. Not happy with it, but I'm gonn amake due. I plan on bringing granola bars, pre-bagged baby carrots and broccoli, and TONS of water. I weigh in tomorrow morning which I'm not looking forward to due to TOM (I think it's ending but still) and I measure tomorrow, ugh...bloated and measuring, fun fun. I won't skip it though, I may not log the measurments though since it they may have gone up, but I'm logging the weight no matter what.

Good luck to all those weighing in tomorrow, not that we need luck, just a scale that wants to work with us

Night all, see ya in the a.m.

Bru

bosh220

can i still join?

55tolose

can i still join?

of course

timbotina

heading off to work....then finish packing...probably going to take a day of rest from exercise today (except continuing to do jumping jacks) and will get my fruits and veggies in again today...talk to you all later!!

TCASMEY

Good morning all!

Well I think yesterdays headache is allergies. My eyes are on fire and my head is very stuffed up today. It could be cold but whatever my eyes hurt need to find the allergy drops.

Time for my first weigh-in this month

July 1 is 177.8 pounds!
July 16 178.8:happy:

I am angry that it went up but happy for that weight because one morning this week the scale was at 182 so this weigh-in after vacation could have been a lot worse.

I have not gotten anywhere near attempting this challenge this week. Not getting enough sleep (seems to be my mantra lately) so I am dragging everyday. Right now I am not so worried about weight loss but doing every other day runs with cross training on the non-running days. I told my 10 year old I would run a 5k with him in September and I do not want to look like a fool! At this point I run for 2 minutes and walk for 1 minute until I have done 3.1 miles and takes around 42-43 minutes to complete. I am slowly turning into a runner. Now if I can stay injury free.

It is Friday. The dreaded diet wrecker the weekend is only hours away! How are you going to stay on track this weekend?

This is about being healthy so my goal for the weekend is healthy eating. I plan to buy more fruits and veggies on my weekly shopping trip. To keep snacks easy to reach. And get in my morning run tomorrow before the weekend activities get in the way!

Make it a healthy day!

Terri

barty

Hi All, Well I have survived the two Fortieth Birthday Parties and i've lost 1.5 pounds :laugh: so i'm really really happy, just going for a Girls Lunch Out :bigsmile: and tomorrow I've got a Pimms Party to attend (that stuff is just soooo easy to drink lol ) so not holding out too much hope for next Friday!!!


starting Weight with MFP on 1/12/10.........164.5
Weight on 5/1/10............................................138
Weight on 5/7/10............................................136
Weight on 5/14/10..........................................134
Weight on 5/21/10..........................................132
Weight on 5/28/10..........................................131
Weight on 6/4/10............................................129
Weight on 6/11/10..........................................128
Weight on 6/18/10..........................................127.5
Weight on 6/25/10..........................................126 i'VE DONE IT ..... REACHED MY FINAL GOAL WEIGHT :laugh: :laugh:
Final Goal Weight..........................................126
New Goal Weight end of July......................121 GOING TO TRY AND LOSE A FEW MORE POUNDS TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE
Weight on 7/2/10............................................125
weight on 7/9/10.............................................124.5 LOST 40 POUNDS IN SIX MONTHS WITH MFP !!!!!! :drinker: :laugh:
weight on 7/16/10...........................................123

Good Luck to you all

abricklin

July 2: 198.4
July 9: 195.4
July 16: 195.2

Aug 2 goal: 193.4 (and hoping to reach 192)

RushinBruisette

4.8lbs gone so far!!!

July 1: 222.6
July 5: 221.4
July 12: 218.8
July 19: 217.8 --TOM--gonna weigh again Monday after it’s long gone, don't think I'll log it, I'm just curious Have a great weekend all!!!
Bru

*edited* Don't forget, if there's an exercise (or food challenge) you may want to try one of these weeks, please message me. I pick this coming weeks and I thought of a few things, but would love to hear what you all think!! I want to try and keep one of the two exercises something that everyone can do (within reason of certain injuries). So brainstorm and let me know what you think..

AmandaB4588

Well, I gained a pound this week. Weighing in at 162! :grumble:

I thought I was doing really well this week. I think my problem is I have really fallen away from counting calories, and the estimates in my head must be too high!! I am going to track my food religiously from now on to see if that helps. I am not too upset about this gain because I FEEL great, and I look slimmer.

This weekend, I am overhauling my pantry and refrigerator. I eat a mostly non-processed diet already but am going all the way now. My parents will be away for the weekend so this is the perfect time to do it!

Congratulations to everyone who lost! Glad you are feeling better, Terri and Shelly!

shelli1923

June 1: 162
July 1: 156
July 9: 155 smile
July 16: 152 :bigsmile: YAY!!!!

rjadams

Amanda sorry things didn't go well this week but we all have them and you can get past them. I finally did.


7/1 150.6
7/16 147.8

I am finally officially under 150. I have been 149 unofficially so this was a great Friday!!! I also passed the 30 pound lost mark. I feel great.

Congrats to those who lost and just keep going for those that didn't eventually it comes off. I had a 4 week stall.