Lose 5 Pounds a Month May 2011 Challenge

kintegra

May 3rd: 195.2 lbs
May 10th: 190.4 lbs
May 16th: 190.2 lbs

I just don't get excited about the scale anymore. I DO however get excited that I bought a pair of size 11 COTTON capris on Friday - didn't try them on till I got home & they fit PERFECTLY! :bigsmile:

I went thru 3 bins of summer clothes again last night & have 2 to get rid of! Before long I'm not going to have much of a choice of things to wear! :laugh:

bmmarti3

I might be able to meet the challange.

May 1st: 212.4 lbs
May 5th: 221.0 lbs
May 16th: 211.8 lbs

I traveled for two weeks for work and had to eat out almost every meal. I think a lot of the 221 was artificial water weight, which is why I dropped it so fast, but I'm net 0.6 down for the month.

I think in 16 days remaining I can drop the other 4.4 lbs (2.2 lbs per week). It's doable, but it will be close. Just glad I caught up on my bad two weeks.

Pink_Hornet

I know im not going to reach my goal this month i have officially hit a plateau but im gonna keep pushing somethings got to give:sad:
SW- 152lbs
07/05/11-152lbs no change this week
14/05/11-152lbs:mad: : no change this week
21/05/11
28/05/11

TCASMEY

I am back. This was a lost weekend. My daughter's swim club hosted a 2 day swim meet and I volunteered my weekend away to help out the club. Food choices stunk for lunch the choices were nacho's or a hotdog. They did have fruit and bagels with cream cheese also but first day I did not eat while I was there and then ate way too much for dinner. ... day 2 I grabbed a subway foot long and was going to be good and eat 1/2 and save the other half for later I was sooo hungry after standing around on the pool deck all morning I ate the whole thing and then was starving after standing around on the pool deck all afternoon. So hopefully I have good weigh in in the morning.

Update on my son he was sent to the orthopedic doctor last week who took one look at his MRI and could see a hairline fracture on the big toe. So at least another 2 weeks of crutches while that heals. Poor kid he is missing his entire baseball season and missed his first swim meet this weekend. Nothing like paying for sports that they can't use.

Hope everyone is doing well. I went back a read all the posts I have missed and I am impressed some of you are already at the 5 pound mark for the weekend. I am hoping to get back on the treadmill tonight and log some badly needed mileage. I need to get my daughter from swimming at 6:45 and I need to find the motivation to get on that treadmill at 7 pm. The next 2 evenings I have an orchestra concert and then a meeting at church. I need to figure out how to get my but out of bed in the morning so I don't need to worry about getting my workouts done in the evening.

I did put the daycare kids in the stroller and get almost a mile walk done this morning.

Now to clean up the kitchen before they wake-up from naps and need to be fed again.

Have an awesome Monday.

Terri

kathyhull

Still hoping to hit the 5 pounds by 5/31 but it's looking less likely (I've lost nothing thus far this month). Turning up the power for the next 2 weeks! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....

shawnae2

Ok I didn't weigh in on Monday because I had gone a little well ok a lot carb crazy over the weekend and was up 6lbs. Started Atkins on Monday. Weighed in today and I liked the number so much I figured I post it. Hope this trend keeps on because boy do I LIKE those numbers

sw- 271.5
5/12/11- 270.2

SW- 271.5

5/12/2011 - 270.2

5/16/2011 - 265.3



YAY I LOVE LOVE LOVE ATKINS!!! It is easy to follow and I am dropping lots of weight! Down 6.2 lbs and hoping to double that by the end of the month!!

LittleMissVintage

So I'm weighing in again.
SW: 128.2
W1: 129.9 (heaviest I remember)
W2: 126.5
Total loss: 3.4 or is it 1.7 I'm confused....

avalonms

05/01/2011: 211.50
05/10/2011: 207.25
05/16/2011: 208.00(!)

marsts

I know I'm a week late buuuut

here's my starting weight of may 7 - 178.5 (i have to use my wii scale to weigh myself and some days it says 177 and other days 180...so i might as well put it in between)

goal weight by june 1- 173!

Update May 16th ---- > CW: 176.4 down 2 pounds ! 3 more to go

leslieanna15

5/1 start weight : 126
5/8 : 126
5/15 : 125
Finally down a pound!!

Crystal_Rudolph

I am in!! I leave for my Cruise on June 2 and would love to reach my mini goal of 180 by then.

How do we check in? Weekly? or the end of the month?

Whoo hoo! We CAN do this!

Do we post our statistics on the 1st?

Thanks everyone!

Stats...
May 1: 187lbs
May 7: 185.2

Loss of 1.8lbs so far

I missed posting my weigh in earlier this week! I am sorry everyone. I was down and out with a migraine for three days! Finally, I gave up and went in to get the shot in my bum!

STATS:
May 1:187lbs
May 3: 185.2lbs
May 10: 183.2lbs

Total loss for the month 3.8lbs and counting!

Well, I had set myself up for disappointment on my weigh in day and was surprisingly happy to see another 1.8 lbs gone! I had thought with that awful migraine last week, that I would have for sure maintained or even gained! I am so happy!!!

STATS:
May 1:187lbs
May 3: 185.2lbs
May 10: 183.2lbs
May 17L 181.4lbs

Total loss for month is .... 5.6! So I made the five pound goal! Whoo Hoo!

Does that mean I am kicked out of the group? Because I would really like to lose at least another 1.4 lbs before my cruise on June 2.

Crystal_Rudolph

Still hoping to hit the 5 pounds by 5/31 but it's looking less likely (I've lost nothing thus far this month). Turning up the power for the next 2 weeks! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....

I know you can, I know you can, I know you can...

lisafrancis629

Hi Everyone,

Did terrible last week. Gained 2.4 lbs back so my overall loss for this month so far is only 1.6 lb :grumble: Nobody's fault but my own. I have been to slack in my logging, eating and exercising. I'm so frustrated with myself but I am not giving up. I have worked to hard and made too much progress to give up now!!! Grrrrrrr.

lisafrancis629

I am in!! I leave for my Cruise on June 2 and would love to reach my mini goal of 180 by then.

How do we check in? Weekly? or the end of the month?

Whoo hoo! We CAN do this!

Do we post our statistics on the 1st?

Thanks everyone!

Stats...
May 1: 187lbs
May 7: 185.2

Loss of 1.8lbs so far

I missed posting my weigh in earlier this week! I am sorry everyone. I was down and out with a migraine for three days! Finally, I gave up and went in to get the shot in my bum!

STATS:
May 1:187lbs
May 3: 185.2lbs
May 10: 183.2lbs

Total loss for the month 3.8lbs and counting!

Well, I had set myself up for disappointment on my weigh in day and was surprisingly happy to see another 1.8 lbs gone! I had thought with that awful migraine last week, that I would have for sure maintained or even gained! I am so happy!!!

STATS:
May 1:187lbs
May 3: 185.2lbs
May 10: 183.2lbs
May 17L 181.4lbs

Total loss for month is .... 5.6! So I made the five pound goal! Whoo Hoo!

Does that mean I am kicked out of the group? Because I would really like to lose at least another 1.4 lbs before my cruise on June 2.

WHOO HOOO - Congratulation on doing so great this month. Nope, you're not kicked out of the group. We still need you here to motivate the rest of us.

Curry0724

SW: 158
Week 1: 157.8
Week 2: 156.8
Week 3:
Week 4:

Total Loss: 1.2 pounds

Doesn't seem like much, but I just need to be glad in the fact that it isn't a maintain OR a gain! Yay to that

Crystal_Rudolph

SW: 158
Week 1: 157.8
Week 2: 156.8
Week 3:
Week 4:

Total Loss: 1.2 pounds

Doesn't seem like much, but I just need to be glad in the fact that it isn't a maintain OR a gain! Yay to that

1.2 pounds is awesome! Keep it up!!!

Crystal_Rudolph

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WHOO HOOO - Congratulation on doing so great this month. Nope, you're not kicked out of the group. We still need you here to motivate the rest of us.
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Oh good! Thank you so much!!!

RushinBruisette

I've been trying to catch up, but it's been hard to.. the new position at work (5a-10aM/T and 5a-9aW-F) is great because I have my whole day free as well as weekends, but I'm so tired now! I've been pushing myself exercise -wise like I did last year and I'm hoping I'll see the results I'm hoping for. I've been going up and down on the scale, so I haven't posted/logged any weight changes as it varies so much right now..

But, in great news: we paid off my car 2mon in advance (still has a blown up motor, but at least the car is pai for!) and we paid $454 too much so we got it back from them. So I bought K Swiss tubes (shoes) and I LOVE THEM!! Super comfy! I also gotthe hubs to agree to join our local gym on Sunday. SUPER STOKED!! I'm even going to my first class tonight and it's Zumba! Woot Woot!! ANd it's over 30min before BL airs so I get both, yay!!

Hope all is well in your slice of Earth. Hopefully we'll all have some great numbers in 2weeks.

aab1

Have I mentioned that I'm travelling this week? It's the first time since I joined MFP and I AM STRUGGLING!!

The hotel's breakfast has all high carb/high fat items. Not even any fruit! The seminar's lunch healthy options were raw veggies & cheese slices - everything else deep fried or high sodium. The seminar offers a mid-afternoon snack - baked peanut butter bars or ice cream. And don't even get me started on our dinner choices...

I feel like I've entered the Bizzaro world...don't these places realize that I'm on a lifestyle change!?! They're not helping me and I don't appreciate it! :noway:

But...if I can get thru this week...that should prove that I can get thru anything that challenges me during this journey.

I'm hoping for everyone that you're having a more successful week than I!!

RushinBruisette

I Zumba, that is all :laugh:

Martha_VH

Still 167... i maintained this week. I guess its because we celebrated two birthdays over the weekend... I have 1 more pound to go til 5, and 3 to my goal of 7. I'm going to try!

fit4everyoung

Well hello everyone:

My Mondays' weight check in have been as follow. My apologies for not reporting to such a motivated group.
5/2/11 = 115
5/9/11 = 115
5/16/11 = 114 and 113. 5/18/11 Today was 113.

3 pouns to GO!!! I hope to have great results by my MONDAY Check-in 5/23/11. Let's all work hard in completing daily logs, exercise and not going over calories. We have two more weight ins, May 23 and May 30!

NHGirl23

Well hello everyone:

My Mondays' weight check in have been as follow. My apologies for not reporting to such a motivated group.
5/2/11 = 115
5/9/11 = 115
5/16/11 = 114 and 113. 5/18/11 Today was 113.

3 pouns to GO!!! I hope to have great results by my MONDAY Check-in 5/23/11. Let's all work hard in completing daily logs, exercise and not going over calories. We have two more weight ins, May 23 and May 30!

Nice job, Rosie!! You are doing great!!

TCASMEY

I've been trying to catch up, but it's been hard to.. the new position at work (5a-10aM/T and 5a-9aW-F) is great because I have my whole day free as well as weekends, but I'm so tired now! I've been pushing myself exercise -wise like I did last year and I'm hoping I'll see the results I'm hoping for. I've been going up and down on the scale, so I haven't posted/logged any weight changes as it varies so much right now..

But, in great news: we paid off my car 2mon in advance (still has a blown up motor, but at least the car is pai for!) and we paid $454 too much so we got it back from them. So I bought K Swiss tubes (shoes) and I LOVE THEM!! Super comfy! I also gotthe hubs to agree to join our local gym on Sunday. SUPER STOKED!! I'm even going to my first class tonight and it's Zumba! Woot Woot!! ANd it's over 30min before BL airs so I get both, yay!!

Hope all is well in your slice of Earth. Hopefully we'll all have some great numbers in 2weeks.

I have looked at the tubes but been afraid to try a new shoe and may have after this great review.

TCASMEY

I am really struggling this month even at maintaining. I am not finding the time to workout. My work schedule is nuts and the kids activities keep us on the go which usually means eating on the run and not always the healthiest. On the nights when we are home I am so tired from my work day that it is hard to find the motivation to exercise. I need to dig deep and find that motivation again. I feel like I am in that "old mind set" that made be overweight in the first place.

I think part of it was being sick the first 2 weeks of the month and getting out of the routine of exercising. I just need to get back into that routine and start eating healthy again.

Ok enough with my struggles.

I am very happy to see so many of you are at the 5 pound goal or really close. Keep up the good work.

For those (like me) who are struggling keep working on it. Lets figure this out together.

Terri

RushinBruisette

I have looked at the tubes but been afraid to try a new shoe and may have after this great review.

I'm a really frugle person, the most I'd ever spent on shoes was $25 before, but they crapped out really quick, our Show Carnival store has the mens yellow/black tubes on sale for $64 and they were well worth the extra $$

Crystal_Rudolph

Have I mentioned that I'm travelling this week? It's the first time since I joined MFP and I AM STRUGGLING!!

The hotel's breakfast has all high carb/high fat items. Not even any fruit! The seminar's lunch healthy options were raw veggies & cheese slices - everything else deep fried or high sodium. The seminar offers a mid-afternoon snack - baked peanut butter bars or ice cream. And don't even get me started on our dinner choices...

I feel like I've entered the Bizzaro world...don't these places realize that I'm on a lifestyle change!?! They're not helping me and I don't appreciate it! :noway:

But...if I can get thru this week...that should prove that I can get thru anything that challenges me during this journey.

I'm hoping for everyone that you're having a more successful week than I!!

What a bummer about the hotel and seminar food! Is there any way that you can run to a store and pick up some healthier options? Drink lots of water too! Keep us updated and push through this Bizzaro week!

Crystal_Rudolph

I've been trying to catch up, but it's been hard to.. the new position at work (5a-10aM/T and 5a-9aW-F) is great because I have my whole day free as well as weekends, but I'm so tired now! I've been pushing myself exercise -wise like I did last year and I'm hoping I'll see the results I'm hoping for. I've been going up and down on the scale, so I haven't posted/logged any weight changes as it varies so much right now..

But, in great news: we paid off my car 2mon in advance (still has a blown up motor, but at least the car is pai for!) and we paid $454 too much so we got it back from them. So I bought K Swiss tubes (shoes) and I LOVE THEM!! Super comfy! I also gotthe hubs to agree to join our local gym on Sunday. SUPER STOKED!! I'm even going to my first class tonight and it's Zumba! Woot Woot!! ANd it's over 30min before BL airs so I get both, yay!!

Hope all is well in your slice of Earth. Hopefully we'll all have some great numbers in 2weeks.

Way to see the positive! I love Zumba! It really kicks your butt :bigsmile:

phyljen

I am with you Terri. It has been a crazy time for me too. I didn't even want to step on the scales for a week for fear of what I'd see. finally this morning I took a look to see how much damage I have done by not being strict with myself. 143.6!!! O.k. I admitted it now I am determined to get back with it and be responsible. I went right away and did 35 minutes of exercise with my DVD. So I am off to a good start this morning.

Let's hang in there and motivate each other. WE CAN DO IT. Phyljen

I am really struggling this month even at maintaining. I am not finding the time to workout. My work schedule is nuts and the kids activities keep us on the go which usually means eating on the run and not always the healthiest. On the nights when we are home I am so tired from my work day that it is hard to find the motivation to exercise. I need to dig deep and find that motivation again. I feel like I am in that "old mind set" that made be overweight in the first place.

I think part of it was being sick the first 2 weeks of the month and getting out of the routine of exercising. I just need to get back into that routine and start eating healthy again.

Ok enough with my struggles.

I am very happy to see so many of you are at the 5 pound goal or really close. Keep up the good work.

For those (like me) who are struggling keep working on it. Lets figure this out together.

Terri

Samantha76

Its been a hard week this week, all the rain and the stress has really gotten to me, had a really bad calorie day yesterday. But I am going to stay positive, cause the sun is soppossed to peek out today and tomorrow, and get back to it. I haven't had the chance to go to the gym like I wanted this week yet either (no gas to get there), hopefully this weekend will be better and the damage of this week won't be to bad come Monday when I weigh in.