Lose 5 pounds a month November 2010 CHALLENGE

lisafrancis629

Whew! Glad this weekend is over! Had a great time at Myrtle Beach and with all my family but that was a hard 4 days. Got 3 days of exercise in but went over on my calories 3 days. Scales were up 1.6 this morning but I know some of that is sodium and I didn't drink nearly enough water over the weekend.

But it's all good. Went to th grocery store when I got home last night and my fridge is stocked with healthy food for the week. Back at it 100% today.

Not going to make my 5 lb goal this month but I'll be happy with 3 lbs so we'll see what the scale says Wednesday morning.

:happy:

dmgaloha

Weekend update...

Friday night, we went to the Spirits Festival, where I tried many liquor concoctions. Yum! We went out to eat afterwards, and even though I was giving myself the night off from being sugar-free (obviously) - I still ordered a beef and mushroom dish and ate only a bit of the rice. It's *almost* becoming auto-pilot.

Saturday, after the kids swimming lessons, we went out for lunch, and I ate fish'n'chips (can I blame the sugar hangover?). The choices are very limited at this particular restaurant, but I guess I should have spoken up to go somewhere else. The cool thing for the kids was that a clown came in to eat lunch in full costume, and made balloons for us while he was waiting for his food (dog, butterfly, apple and cat). Later that night, after the Santa Claus parade, we went through the drive-through at Wendy's and I made better choices, and had salad and chili.

Sunday, I hosted a birthday party for my 5 year old, and had 11 kids from the ages of 2-5 at the house for 2 hours. I was too busy to eat a proper lunch, and then ended up eating 2 small pieces of cake (more sugar, oops!). We all had fun, that's the main thing, right? And silly me, when I was cleaning up, I ate the 5 or 6 banana slices left on the fruit tray, not realizing what I was doing. Later on, I felt really crappy, and was blaming the sugar at first, THEN remembered!! "OMG, I ate banana!!" The last few times I've eaten a banana, I ended up with such massive cramps that I thought I had the stomach flu. So, still recovering from that. Yuck.

Karin - thanks for the support! There's another bag of chips in the cupboard that I was planning to put out for the birthday party, but we had more than enough food, so it's still in there... Let's hope that 3 is the limit of the damage for that bag too!

Buttsmom, congrats on reaching this month's goal!! (Love all the hats in your profile pic, by the way! :laugh: )

Bru - hope you enjoyed your weekend away!

Barty - Be sure to get back on track to stay close to your goal. I figure you've got to give yourself 5 pounds of wiggle room, but when you get close to being +5 over goal, then you've got to start paying attention again. Good luck! :happy:

55, I haven't weighed in for several weeks now... I use the scale at the gym, so what does that tell you? :embarassed: I asked for a scale for my birthday or Christmas, as I'd like to be able to weigh myself at home. Let us know how your weigh-in goes after you get your new batteries!

Jenn, sounds like you approached Thanksgiving with the right attitude. Great job! :bigsmile:

Tina, did you buy anything for yourself while shopping? Or were you Christmas shopping? Great to hear that you are willing to work to come visit us! You must really *love* MFP!!

ClaryPR - Wow! congrats on your Nov weight loss! :drinker:

Michele, my sister started the trend of bringing some of her own food to mom's or going grocery shopping with her after she got there, so she's paved the way for me. We share our stuff with her, which mom enjoys. Maybe you can start by offering to make lunch for everyone when you're visiting, or a side dish to go with dinner? Approach it so that it doesn't insult or hurt her, maybe just something like, "you know what mom? I'm really craving [broccoli] today - do you mind if I make some to go with dinner tonight?" or "My friend made me this really great recipe for [chicken tortilla soup] that I'd love for you to try! why don't I make some for us for lunch?". When mom is visiting me, I make the healthy stuff I like, salads, soups, etc, and I offer her an extra side, if I think she won't be satisfied, like a roll or an english muffin. Try it, soon you might start making a difference in her eating habits! :happy:

Just Peachy - any loss is a good loss in my books! Great work! :flowerforyou:

Shorthand - glad you enjoyed your time with your family. Now, like you said, back to the real world!

And finally, a daycare update...
:frown: Recap: I'm the one who sparked the big discussion on daycare drop-offs because I was stressing about how to deal with my 2 year old who cried every day when I dropped her off. Even though her crying stopped within 2 minutes, it would really stress me out, and deflate my mood for hours, setting me up for stress-eating, etc.
Update: We are now officially on Day 2 with no crying at drop-off!! It's crazy how happy this makes me. :bigsmile: Last week, I dropped her off first, which meant my older daughter was still with us, and that her daycare providers were still in the other classroom (they combine the kids early in the morning, then split off to their own classes). Day by day, she was getting better and better, as I would explain that I had to go bring Anna to school, and since her teachers weren't in her class, I said "they must be playing hide and seek - let's go find them"! By Friday, she went in to the other classroom and was waiting by the door for a minute, just taking it in, but not crying when I left. Then today, we were running late, so I had to drop off the older one first, and her teachers were already in her class, so I wasn't sure how she would react, but I gave her a hug, then told her to go play and she was standing looking over at the other kids when I left, again without crying. And more importantly, without the daycare staff having to physically restrain her from chasing me when I left. :happy: :happy: :happy:

Jennplus2

lurking about reading posts, but not much to add...
Drinking water is today's plan for me.

TCASMEY

Just caught up with all the posts from the past week. I had a house full of company and very little free time so I did not have time to post any comments. This is the first Thanksgiving week in many years that I did not gain weight. I am still hovering in the 180-183 range which is where I started this month but with the stress and food of last week I am m thankful that I have not gained.

Here is the link for next month's challenge.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/137868-lose-5-pounds-a-month-december-2010-challenge

I am changing it a bit for this month. You can be in to lose weight or just maintain through the stress-filled holidays. Your choice but I hope everyone stays with us no matter what your goal for next month.

Terri

just4peachy

DMG- Woo hoo! I'm so glad you found something that worked!!

Also, just to brag a little... My BMI finally hit 'healthy' range today!!

kintegra

Well I had to change my ticker again today....up 3 lbs from the Thanksgiving weekend. :grumble: I didn't work out at all, except helping CJ moving yesterday. (Not really a workout but okay calorie burn - I wore my HRM). My parents were at my house from Wed - Sat so I really didn't have any time for myself at all. Plus TOM showed up as well, so I know that has helped me gain a bit too. I need to get my water in....I don't seem to drink as much when I'm at home. :drinker:

I'm hoping I can change my ticker again tomorrow & at least I'll hopefully show SOME loss for November.

TCASMEY

Final weigh in for the month 182.2 so officially a loss of .8. Not great but onto the next.

I hope to maintain for December and then to et back to weight loss in January though I would be extremely lose some in December.

just4peachy

11/01- 170.4
11/08- 169.8
11/15- 174.2
11/22- 173.6
11/30- 168.2

Ended the month down 2.2 lbs.

Here's to December!! :drinker:

RushinBruisette

All my efforts this month went down the toilet... I'm right back to where I started. I know it's still water weight from this past weekend, but I still decided to change my ticker since this water weight has been bouncing back and forth since last Wednesday... Hopefully I'll flush it out and be back under 200 this weekend.

Nov 1st 201.6
Nov 5th 199.8
Nov 12th 199.2
Nov 19th 197.6
Nov 26th 197.6
Nov 30th 201.6


Come on December!!! :drinker:

dawn_eichert

:sad: Well November ended up a total bust :sad: :sad: :sad:

11/1 - 178
11/30 - 179

I know it is water weight because I was down to 176 a week ago but still depressing.... :sad: :sad:

OK PITTY PARTY DONE!!!!

Bring it on December. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I don't plan on making the 5lb but I am OK with that being such a big holiday month. I won't be denying myself but playing the game of moderation. If I maintain in December, I consider that a WIN.

My plan for the month: Get my water every day, walk at lunch time 3xs per week, get additional cardio workouts in at least 3xs per week, and go for moderation.

WarmDontBurn

I bombed again too :sad:

I smell a New Years Resolution coming on.

debbiepringle

12.3 lbs lost this month. That feels good. Thank you for this challenge.

kintegra

11/01/10 : 207.4 lbs
11/08/10: 206.6 lbs
11/15/10: 206.0 lbs
11/22/10: 205.2 lbs
11/30/10: 206.0 lbs

Only lost 1.4 lbs for November :ohwell: At least its still in the loss column overall. I was afraid I wouldn't lose anything this month after the past week! :blushing: I'm stepping up my game & trying to get back into it. Come on December! :drinker:

55tolose

Still No batteries for my scale I will Post my weight as my december beginning weight unless i get the batteries on my trip to do errands in the morning.

anyway i am pretty sure that november was a bomb for the majority. But it doesn't look like any or too many of us have had a major gain and if so it is mostly sodium so GO US!!!!! Especially since thanksgiving was last week : )

Good Luck in December all : )

So im registered for classes for the spring and got a grant and was going to try and take an areobics class but the times dont work out with the schedual i need to be on : ( sad oh well maybe i can get into one in the summer. : ) I do however now have access to the gym on campus and i get out of classes at noon and don't have to be home till three so ya i think i will take advantage of that for sure. I can just bring gym clothes in my bag with me that will be nice to have 2 days a week and my home elliptical for the other days. I don't know why but there is just something about going somewhere else to exercise that keeps my attention longer haha. we will see how that works out beginning january 4th : )

AmandaB4588

I am going to spare myself the trauma of a weigh-in.

It is finals week, and I am drowning right now! I have 4 freaking tests on Thursday. 4!!! I don't know how that even happened! On the bright side, I am practically done for the semester after that. Pheeeeew!

WarmDontBurn

Is there a December challenge? Usually it is linked at the bottom of the previous month.
I really want to try even though Christmas is fast approaching!

November's final weight - 142.4 :sad: :sad: :sad:
So I am up 2lbs :sad: :sad: :sad:

lisafrancis629

Almost made it. Lost 4.4 in November but I'm pleased with that. Maybe it was the 3 pieces of chocolate cake I had 3 days in a row over the Thanksgiving weekend. :blushing:

Nov 1 - 199.2
Dec 1- 194.8

Now on to the December challenge...

rjadams

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/137868-lose-5-pounds-a-month-december-2010-challenge?page=2#posts-1883896

Steph_135

4.5 loss this month!

barty

Well here we are at the end of November...... My challenge for November was to try and stay at my goal weight of 119 pounds (that I reached in mid August) but its been a very up and down month for me! (mainly up and up). But in the end I have managed to weight in at 120.5 pounds this morning so very pleased with that (it was looking very bad a week ago) :happy:

9/3/10..........119......pounds
9/10/10........119.5..pounds
9/17/10........120.5..pounds
9/24/10.........119....YEHHHHH
10/1/10.........121....pounds
10/7/10.........118....pounds
10/15/10.......121....pounds
10/22/10.......119.5.pounds
10/29/10.......121....pounds
10/31/10.......119.5 pounds
11/5/10 ........121....pounds
11/12/10.......120.5.pounds
11/19/10.......120.5.pounds
11/26/10.......123....pounds
11/30/10.......120.5 pounds


Good Luck to you all for December :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I think we may need it :bigsmile:

Alioth

Nov 1: 146
Nov 10: 145.5
Nov 21: 142.25
Nov 29: 142.3

3.6 lbs, I'll take it! I lost a lot of inches in November.