Lose 5 Pounds a Month May 2011 Challenge

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  • soniajc
    soniajc Posts: 38 Member
    Getting ready to try again
  • hellen72
    hellen72 Posts: 144 Member
    I'm in, don't know if I will manage 5 as I don't have that far to go now but will give it a good go
  • Let's do it! :bigsmile:
  • Firesign
    Firesign Posts: 169 Member
    Me Too!!!!
  • stacsir
    stacsir Posts: 9 Member
    Well I will try? No I will succeed. Game on!!!!!
  • lap1970
    lap1970 Posts: 32 Member
    Count me in!
  • dmgaloha
    dmgaloha Posts: 467 Member
    April was a complete bust for me. I'm looking forward to it being over. April showers bring May flowers? Well, I am ready to flower!! :flowerforyou:
  • Caseyanna
    Caseyanna Posts: 53
    I'm in! 142 is my mini goal for the end of May. It just so happens to be my high school reunion on May 28, so it's perfect!
  • traceface1788
    traceface1788 Posts: 9 Member
    Absolutely! I have a graduation party to thin out for June 4th! Keep me going!
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    i'm totally in. i don't know if i will be able to pull it off since i've been on this plateau FOREVER. But maybe this will give me the motivation to break threw it!! <3
  • racharla
    racharla Posts: 92 Member
    Yeah !! Count me in !! Was planning for more than 5 by 25th of may .. This challenge is surely gonna help me !! Yikes !! I am excited :)
  • sek92
    sek92 Posts: 43 Member
    im in thanks
  • Learnin2LuvMe
    Learnin2LuvMe Posts: 465 Member
    Im in..I want to get out of the 220s already..ive been losing about 5 lbs each month,so ill be sticking to that,but i need alot of motivation.New friends accepted!!!
  • Crystal_Rudolph
    Crystal_Rudolph Posts: 632 Member
    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!
  • Im so in cant wait to get started!
  • dolphin21
    dolphin21 Posts: 301 Member
    Im in 2!!!!! How does this work???? Its my first time in a Challenge. Can anyone Explain 2 me how 2 do this? Do we keep track our selfs?
  • meidson
    meidson Posts: 28 Member
    I'm in! This will be my first challenge.:smile:
  • dnpamorgan
    dnpamorgan Posts: 29 Member
    I'm in!
  • sophjakesmom
    sophjakesmom Posts: 904 Member
    I am in! 5 lbs a month is actually the goal I set for myself when I started. Enough to challenge me, but still reasonable. I have exceeded it in Jan, Feb and Mar, but this month I fell 1 lb short. I wanted to recommit to that for May, so this is perfect! I weigh in on Fridays, so I weighed in this morning at 203. I am going to use that as My start weight. The bonus is, if I meet the challenge, I will be under 200 lbs for the first time in 4 years!!! And that woudl be simply awesome.

    Good luck to all!!
  • ifychudy
    ifychudy Posts: 210 Member
    Ccount me in for May!! and welcome to all the newbies!!
  • olyrose
    olyrose Posts: 569 Member
    Me too!! Five is a good goal, but I'm hoping for 8. These challenges give me the right kind of motivation. Hate setting concrete goals and not achieving them.
  • aab1
    aab1 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I'm in again. April was a successful month; hopefully I can repeat that for May!!

    Check in 5/01:
    WK #1 5/08:
    WK #2 5/15:
    WK #3 5/22:
    WK #4 5/29:
    Final weight 5/31:

    It's great to see so many people participating! Wishing everyone a successful May!!
  • TCASMEY
    TCASMEY Posts: 1,405 Member
    For those wondering how this works we ask that you try to weigh and report in about once a week. Many people are here each day reading and posting to help you with this journey. To find this topic again go to community and then my topics this should come up under my topics if you have posted on this thread.

    This group is very informal. There are sometimes exercise or eating challenges to get you to try new things. If you read something interesting on diet and exercise it would be great if you share it here. Any thing to keep us all motivated.

    For those of you have done this challenge before you have read my break down of this challenge but for the newbies here goes...

    To lose 1 pound you must create a deficit of 3500 calories through diet and exercise. When you do this you lose 1 pound.

    To lose 5 pounds in May you must create a deficit of 17,500 calories. May has 31 days so through diet and exercise you need to have a calorie deficit of 565 calories. So eat a little less and exercise a little more. Makes it sound so easy doesn't it. I know from experience it is hard and take determination.

    We are here to be cheerleaders for each to get us to where each of us wants to be.

    Hope to hear from everyone on Sunday for your first weigh-in.

    Terri
  • rachmatt
    rachmatt Posts: 28
    Sooooo in! Lets do this!!!
  • motherinme
    motherinme Posts: 38 Member
    Ok, I need to be held accountable...Here Goes :-p

    4/29/11 - Starting Weight = 205 (I think...scale keeps jumping around at the gym..I'll give a more definite soon)
  • AshleyLauren589
    AshleyLauren589 Posts: 139 Member
    Let's do it! I'm so excited! I'm hoping to get at least 7 down (mini-goal!)

    Not stoked about the Sunday weigh ins (since Saturday is usually a bad day!) but it will keep me on track for the weekends.
  • astovey
    astovey Posts: 578 Member
    This is my goal anyway, but these last 10 pounds are a B. And I'm going home at the end of may for Memorial Day Weekend!
  • ColeyBear08
    ColeyBear08 Posts: 495 Member
    I lost 15 lbs this month and I can't wait to see how much I lose next month!
  • dtmwed
    dtmwed Posts: 130 Member
    I'm in.. I'll be still wieghing in on Mondays though
    Check in 5/02:
    WK #1 5/09:
    WK #2 5/16:
    WK #3 5/23
    WK #4 5/30:
    Final weight 5/31:
  • k_harvey
    k_harvey Posts: 23 Member
    I'm in! I agree about Sunday weigh-ins though....scary! :drinker: :blushing:
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