I challenge you to lose 5 Pounds This Month January 2011

WarmDontBurn

Up .2lbs today but thankfully it is not weigh in! I have come to expect it with daily weigh-ins but it still sucks. More water, more water!!

Great job on all the losses so far though:flowerforyou:

samgig

i am new to all this but i am in:

start wt.. jan 10 228
goal wt... jan 31 223

Amy_B

Jan 3 - 154.6 (up some...boo!)
Jan 10 - 153. 0 (Yeah!!!)
Jan17
Jan24
Jan 31

30tips

I´m in, too-- and I´ll post a fitness tip per day on my blog, as I test each bit of advice that catches my eye. My blog is:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/30tips It´s called Woman vs Food

dmgaloha

I'm behind on the posts, but thought I'd post a quick note to check in. I've been feeling like crap, and finally stayed home from work today to rest (kept considering it last week, but ended up working through it). Not sure that it helped any... For whatever reason, I feel all doom and gloomy. Blech. I hope it passes soon.

kintegra

I've been home sick with food poisoning the past few days....so I am posting my weight from Sat morning. I would so LOVE to post what it actually said this morning, but since its not realistic (I have barely been eating) I'm just posting what it said on Saturday morning! Great job to everyone else! You are all doing awesome!

Jan 1: 204.0 lbs
Jan 3: 203.0 lbs
Jan 10: 201.1 lbs
Jan 17:
Jan 24:
Jan 31:

kbefit

Oh I'm so sorry to hear about your food poisoning! That must be awful! :sick:

Jennplus2

I wrote a long deep post today filling you all in on the weekend happenings and when I hit "post reply" it said that the site was under maintenance! :brokenheart: ARG

So I will sum it up! I didn't get up in time for yoga today and I am making enchilada's for dinner on Tuesday. The long version was so much better :grumble:

Even after a long healthy weekend the scale isn't moving. Darn 157.6! I think I will stop getting on the darn thing for the rest of this week until my weigh in Friday. Maybe it will think I am cheating on it and be super nice to me on Friday to "get me back" :laugh:

Sorry for those who are sick, congrats to those who had a loss, and boo to the site for losing my first post!

Happy Monday friends :flowerforyou:

timbotina

Jennplus, sorry to hear you lost your post

Kelly..WTG with the weight loss no matter how it's happening....but I don't think I would trade with you, food poisoning is awful...FEEL BETTER

dmgaloha--sorry you were sick also...drink up

congrats to the others...seem like most are either maintaining or loosing so GREAT

EVENING all!!

countrygirl75

Yea I started at:

SW: 255
CW: 251

One more pound I am reached the goal for the month maybe even a little more trying to reach my goal by Valentines of 10 pounds.....good luck everyone..

elina_t

Aaand it looks like I was right about last time's weigh-in being largely water retention due to sodium. Oh well. At least I'm showing some awesome losses!

1/3 - 148
1/10 - 144.8
1/17 -
1/24 -
1/31 -

granitegirl

I lost three pounds in my first week! YAY!!

deem

Count me in too please!!! I started yesterday so that's 5lbs in 3 weeks

SW: 198
CW: 193


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just4peachy

01/03- 164
01/10- 163.4

Sorry I've been pretty MIA lately, work is crazy & so is my son... Just know that I'm lurking & reading & cheering you all on!!

timbotina

01/03- 164
01/10- 163.4

Sorry I've been pretty MIA lately, work is crazy & so is my son... Just know that I'm lurking & reading & cheering you all on!!

It's ok we all understand, life is crazy sometimes.....

Morning all, got my plans of training interrupted somewhat today....my son's school is having an early dismissal (an it hasn't even started snowing yer??) anyhow, will have to do some type of workout at home (P90x or total gym??) Hope all is well with everyone.....enjoy the day and be safe if you are getting snow!!:flowerforyou:

dawn_eichert

Well I am sure disappointed in myself this am....I stepped on the scale and was up .5. I will be hitting it harder this week and going for much better food choices. I think I need to go to bed earlier as I keep finding myself hungry around 10pm and snacking.

CW: 181

Good luck all this week.

TCASMEY

Hello all!

Very stressful morning. My youngest has been having some stomach issues (nerves?) before school every morning. His grades are slipping. I am sending him out the door in tears every morning. He is crying because his stomach hurts and he misses my brother's dog. We have had him to the doctor many times....they cannot find anything physically wrong with him. Now after 5 months his grades are starting to slip his teacher thinks he is not adjusting to school well this year. Hello! I have been emailing you almost daily telling you there is something at school this year he does not like and we need to figure it out. Today she has him talking to the school counselor to see what we can do to help him out. This whole situation has been driving me crazy for months, not to mention the expense of all the doctor bills to find out he is healthy.

My husband told me how stressed out he is about this situation. I laughed and said you should be the one sending him to school in "pain" and tears everyday, feeling like the worst parent in the world...then you would really understand the stress of this situation. I need a nap. 4 hours of work done 7 hours to go.

Today's Myth

LONGER EXERCISE SESSIONS EQUAL BETTER RESULTS

The truth

Running for an hour straight is a great calorie burner and will undoubtedly help runners shed pounds. But you might actually accrue more fitness and fat loss by occasionally breaking that hour-long workout into two half-hour sessions, says kinesiologist Greg McMillan, and online coach and mcmillanrunning.com. "A person may run at a harder pace if tackling two shorter runs instead of a single longer one, so the cumulative calorie burn would be greater." A Journal of Applied Physiology found that healthy men who performed two separate 30-minute aerobic sessions burned more calories post workout compared with a single 60 minute trial.

McMillan often prescirbes same-day split sessions to help his clients overcome time constraints and boredom, and accumulate the same training volume with less injury risk He suggests doing a steady pace, moderate intensity run for one session and more intense calorie burner like interval training or hill running the second time. Conversely try a high-intesity morning run followed by an after work weight training session.

It would be great to do this, but I have a hard time finding one time slot a day to exercise let alone finding time for a second.

Maybe as the weather improves and it gets light earlier in the morning it will be easier to get up and exercise.

Have a great and Healthy Tuesday!

Terri

lovetowrite73

I'm sorry to hear about your son. Hopefully the counselor will find out what's going on. I hope it's not something like bullying. That's tough for kids to deal with.

Thanks for the myth!! The only time I work out more than 30 minutes is if I'm doing Taebo or Zumba and those aren't meant to be broken up. I am looking forward to the time change as I'm more of a morning workout person (I've been working out when I get home from work lately) and would like to get on my bike and ride!

Jennplus2

timbotina-
I like your new picture! Very cute little family you have :flowerforyou:

dawnsolwick-
Don't be disappointed with yourself! It might just be water. I also feel the same about sleep, I know how important it is to weight loss and yet I keep letting it elude me! Tonight will be a late night, biggest loser night!

Terri-
So sorry to hear about your hard time with your son. Have you tried to see a different doctor? My son's doctor must have told me 20 times that he was healthy and I was at the point that I started to think I was going crazy. But once I changed pediatricians we found out that he had Celiac disease (inability to absorb fat or process gluten) Sometimes doctors make mistakes. But anyway, that must be so hard for you to send him off to school when you know that something is not right. I will think of your family today and send your son healthy, loving feelings that he feels better soon!


Proud to say that I didn't weigh in today! I shall wait and see if Friday's weight has me any lower.

Lets all stop and drink a glass of water....just drank mine and now I'm off to the loo! :drinker:

OnMyWeigh

My weigh-in is today...Biggest Loser day!! Last week 182.6... this week....drum role please.... 177! 5.6 pounds in one week. I am sooooo back on track!! Love ya all!!

RushinBruisette

AMAZING JOB RANDI!! :drinker:

We're quickly running out of good foods in our house and can't get more until Friday, not sure how it will affect my weigh in this week, but I have a good idea that Miss Kelly will beat me to 50lbs gone :flowerforyou:

55tolose

Randi!! Great job. So glad to see your doing so good.

Bru keep up the good work, I know you can do it! I have seen you do awesome things on this thread so far and your so close to that 50 lb mark that you can probably taste it. just 5 more pounds keep going girl I will see you there long after you pass it up haha!


Well today I had two 20oz sodas! definately need to get back on track with that. None tomorrow, just water.
I got my workout done with my EA Active2 altho I would have liked to do two 20 minute sessions as I normally do, I just didn't have the time. As soon as I got out of school today i went grocery shopping then went to my moms and studdied my medical terminology book. Then I picked my son up at 2:30, dropped him off with my mom picked my baby up and went home at 3:00, put her to bed for a late nap, started my workout at 3:30 and started studdying for medical terminology again at 4:30 for about half an hour, then got the kids ready and hubby and I went to look at a pool table that took about 15 or 20 minutes and we came home and started dinner, by the time we were done eating it was past 7 and we put the kids to bed and I started reading my psycology chapter. just got almost done I have 10 pages left at 8:40 phew Its been a heck of a long day but at least i got my exercise in Im pretty proud about that. well Im off to bed since it is now almost 9:10.
I didn't weigh today because of how busy I have been but I really hope Im maintaining that 2 pound loss haha, well sunday is the weigh day so we will find out haha,

sapphirelazuli

Jan 3 SW ...175lbs
Jan 5 ..........169lbs
Jan 12.........168lbs
Jan 19
Jan 26
Jan 31

Total loss - 7lbs

Woo! How is everyone else doing?

TCASMEY

My son spoke to the school counselor yesterday and had a better day. And the teacher let him do rocket math (its an addition test and they do as many problems as they can in a minute...he has not passed since Nov.) without the timer...guess what he did it faster than she had ever seen him do it and he passed! Maybe it was the timed test that was stressing him out. He was in a great mood last night. Hopefully we are making progress.

Thanks for the advice Jenn we had talked about seeing a pediatric Gi specialist but the strange thing about his symptoms is that he never had them on weekends (only when we talked about school or started homework). So we think it has something to do with school. He can go to swim club and swim a lot of laps and his stomach does not hurt. But school time makes it hurt. The teacher also moved one kid away from my son who my son was telling me was "not a nice kid". Hopefully this all helps.

True to what my body does I was up 2 pounds this morning after a 3 plus mile run after dinner last night. It seems like after a big workout my body retains fluids for a day or so! Good thing my official weigh-in is not till Saturday this month.

Have a great Day!

Terri

I will post my myth a little later!

TCASMEY

The myth

TO LOSE WEIGHT CUT CARBS OR FAT

The truth

Most get-thin-fast-plans revolve around the idea that restricting your intake of one particular nutrient , usually carbs or fat, is the best way to lose weight. But the results of a 2009 New England Journal of Medicine study suggests otherwise. For two years, participants followed one of four calorie-restricted diets with varying amounts of carbs, protein and fat. After 24 months, all participants lost about the same amount of weight (just nine pounds). "This study proves that calories are the most important factor for weight loss" says Tara Gidus R.D. Florida based sports dietitian and marathoner. "To lose weight you need to take in fewer calories than you burn-regardless of what percentage of carbs, protein, or fat you are eating" Gimmicky diets just distract us from this simple truth. Here's how you can learn to reduce your total caloric intake to kick start weight loss-and still have energy.

1. FIND YOUR CALORIE BURN

To estimate the humber of calories you use during daily living and exercise, go to nutritiondata.com/tools/caloriesburned. Plug in your sex, age, weight, height, lifestyle (meaning, you are desk-bound or you are always moving at work) and exercise regularity.

2. START SUBTRACTING

Trim 10-15% off of that calorie total-but don't cut more than 500 calories per day. "this is conservative compared to most dies but its realistic if you want to sustain training levels. Record what you eat and tally your calorie intake.

3. KEEP UP THE EXERCISE

A recent study reported that subjects who cut calories or cut calories and exercised lost the same amount of weight, but the diet and exerciser group improved their aerobic capacity, insulin sensitivity, cholesterol, and blood pressure-without having to go into starvation mode.

4. BE PATIENT

A healthy weight-loss goal for overweight runners is one to two pounds per week. Trying to drop more than this can eat away muscle, leave you fatigued when you workout and slow your metabolism making weight loss more challenging.

For me patience is the hardest part! It is a slow process with good weeks and bad weeks.

Eat healthy! Get moving!

Terri

CricketKate

Count me in! Is it too late to join your challenge?

knickelson23

Jan. 2nd: 181 lbs
Jan. 12th: 180lbs

Alioth

Jan 1: 145
Jan 8: 142
Jan 12: 140

I won already? What a crazy month.

AmandaB4588>> My scale programs 10 people. Thanks for the encouragement. It means a lot. You'll be there before you know it too. Keep going!

dmgaloha>> Sounds like a case of the winter blahs. I'm fighting it too. No reason, just BLAH.

Congrats to those who are losing! Condolences to those who're fighting off sickness!

I'm trying to get back into a regular schedule of working from home. Sleeping a lot. I need to get back on track.

elina_t

Does anyone here know if Benadryl has an effect on weight? Yesterday I felt like I was having an allergic reaction to something (no idea what; I ate the same sorts of things I normally do), so I went home, took some Benadryl, and slept for about four hours. I was just wondering if the meds might affect my weight. I don't imagine it to make much of a difference, though, whatever the case. Just curious, mostly.

Jennplus2

Randi-
OMG! You go girl, 5.6 lbs in one week, you did better than some of the Biggest Loser people in last nights show! Congrats

Bru-
Maybe you could host a healthy eating dinner party with a few friends once you run out of healthy food. Have everyone bring over a fav healthy dish... "pot luck style" that way you can share ideas and have a healthy meal. Maybe even get some left overs out of the deal. Just an idea that came to me while reading your post, but get creative and see what you can come up with so you can still eat right. (I would love to invite each and every one of you over to watch Biggest Loser together and see you all face to face, sad we are all over the place, but that is what got me thinking about it, I was like "come eat with me at my house" but the plane ticket would be more than the food shopping trip would be :laugh: )

55-
Stop drinking that soda crap! (I hope you know that I say that with love )

Terri-
Once you explain he (your son) is fine on the weekends it does seem very clear it is an issue at school. I hope it is not a serious issue and that all gets better soon. I thought of you today as my daughter told me "I need grapes for my snack or I just can't go to school" lol DRAMA! Sorry but we are out of grapes and I am not calling the school to say my daughter wont be in because I ran out of grapes! KIDS!