Lose 5 Pounds a Month August 2011 Challenge

ibbray04

August 1: 133
August 8: 132
August 15:
August 22:
August 29:
August 31:

I just realized I may have to do my last weigh in early or late... I'll be on vacation that last week of the challenge.

aab1

8/01: 198
8/08: 198
8/15: ?
8/22: ??
8/29: ???
8/31: ????

WK 1: No Change

The past 2 weeks have been challenging for me...I've allowed other things to become more important than my weight loss. I need to regroup & reprioritize.

MaggieP86

I'm just now joining the thread, always helpful to have a group to weigh in with to keep it regular. I find myself stepping on the scale 3-4x a day.

Two days ago I was sitting pretty at 215.4. For some reason today I stepped on the scale and weighed 223. Back to weekly weigh-ins I go!

8/01: 216.7
8/08:
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
8/31:

Frannybobs

In the past I've always tried to lose weight using WeightWatchers and it did work for me back in 2005, I got down to lower than I'd ever been in my adult life. However I got depressed and put it all back on gradually over the past 6 years. However, I stopped weighing myself at home when I was at WW and found that I wasn't becoming obsessed by it. Daily weigh-ins are bad for the morale, and multiple times a day are really bad for your sanity as you fluctuate anyway throughout a day by as much as half a stone, so I weigh myself weekly on a Monday morning, first thing and that's it, although it's really tempting to do it more I don't let myself as if it's bad I'll get dejected and if it's good I get complacent. Maybe that's just me though!!!

ekimpton

Count me in too! I go back to work next week and need this to keep me motivated when the craziness starts. I've been losing and gaining the same 10 lbs. for 3 yrs. Maybe this will help. What do I need to do?

8/1 : 186.6
8/8: 184.8
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:

Let's do this!:happy:

Let's keep this up. I hope that I can loose even more once I start working out more regularly. This is a good start though. :happy:

chellaJKR

Hey ladies =( I had a total binge last night and feel like a total loser. I'm trying to get over it and get on track and I came to see how everyone else is on track and that if I want to hit my goals too I better smarten up! It's nt to late to hit my 5 in August! Good job guys, let's get this thing!

ekimpton

I know what you mean. I can become quite obsessed with the scale. I forced myself not to look at the scale this week and tried to eat a little better on vacation this past weekend. I'm actually surprized that I lost any.

Frannybobs

Hey ladies =( I had a total binge last night and feel like a total loser. I'm trying to get over it and get on track and I came to see how everyone else is on track and that if I want to hit my goals too I better smarten up! It's nt to late to hit my 5 in August! Good job guys, let's get this thing!

You are exactly right and have the right attitude. You can't undo last night or roll back time, but it is not too late. You can still do 5 lbs and one day isn't too horrendous. We're all allowed our little splurges from time to time. Keep going - you can do it :-D

Frannybobs

I know what you mean. I can become quite obsessed with the scale. I forced myself not to look at the scale this week and tried to eat a little better on vacation this past weekend. I'm actually surprized that I lost any.

You did really well if you lost weight and had been on holiday! Well done you!!! Keep going - 5lbs is achievable - we can all do it :-D

Karlirosem

1-8-11 206lbs
8-8-11 205lbs
15-8-11
22-8-11
29-8-11

chellaJKR

Thanks Franny Just have to remember 1/31 days is not an end all be all! I needed the reminder

myiceisonfire

8/1/11 = 207.2lbs (then i went up to 210 a few days later! ughs)
8/8/11 = 205.4lbs
8/15/11
8/22/11
8/29/11
8/31/11

AmandaB4588

Congrats to all who lost and HANG IN THERE if you didn’t!
DMG, dang BBQ’s!!!! They mess me up every summer, too. We had one yesterday after my nephew’s baptism and I totally overdid it on the cake balls. Grrr. Anyways, thanks so much for your continued support on my youtube videos! It means a lot. I have gotten nothing but positive feedback from them (something I was totally worried about,) and the support is really nice. I already left you a comment about it but I just did C25K on the treadmill--- started at Week 1, though. Congrats on doing Week 3.5 successfully!! I think that will make the transition to Week 4 fairly easy for you. Keep me posted on your C25K progress!! Also, let me know if you do walk your sister’s dog. It is such a fun workout for me. The dogs love going out and exploring so much and are so grateful!

Bru, I am glad you had a good bday! Are you still wearing your weight? I thought of you the other day when walking my pups around the neighborhood; about all of the horrible experiences and your awesome reaction to them! Fortunately, we have only gotten nice waves but I will totally wear my weight if the need arises (and the dogs will, too!)

55, glad to see you are doing well with the walking! Good job!

Ailene, I think women in general put themselves on the back burner far too often… especially if you have a husband or children or demanding job or really anybody/anything to care for! It is great of you to recognize that you are falling into that trap, and hey—you maintained through it!! Not bad at all! Keep up the hard work and hopefully you will see a loss next week.

Franny—totally agree with you about weighing in. Another girl on here, Kelly, decided to toss the scale aside for a period of time (longer than a week, perhaps a month or more. I cannot remember.) I was obsessed with the scale at that point and decided to follow in her footsteps. I had my boyfriend hide it somewhere so I couldn’t do a cheat weigh in, and that seriously changed my life. I have thanked Kelly for it but she really has no idea!!! Now I am doing WW and only weigh at the weekly meetings. It is one less thing I have to worry over!

Chella—binge schminge! Way to shake it off, girl. That’s the best way to do it!

Well gals (and Joe, wherever you are!) I misbehaved this weekend. One nephew’s 2nd bday party was on Saturday, and I did well there. I skipped the cake and spent the whole party chasing toddlers around with my camera. It was madness. My other nephew was baptized on Sunday, and I guess I just cannot resist the cake temptation 2 days in a row! I had 2 cake balls. They were freaking awesome but I would have done fine with just 1! Ah well, onward and upward! Have a good week everybody!

Oh, almost forgot... I also have finals this week. Booo. I have one tomorrow and another the next day. That is why I have written such a long post. I am avoiding studying at all costs! Anybody need me to clean their house? :laugh:

thedreamhazer

August 1: 159
August 8: 158.5
August 15:
August 22:
August 29:
August 31:

Woohoo, half a pound! Pretty awesome for me, after a week of bouncy-scake syndrome. (You know what I mean -- the thing where your weight keeps jumping a round, but never going down? Lol.)

Looking for a similar loss next week! Maybe bigger?

lambchop1042

Wow! It looks like this thread has gotten very popular, I'm glad! Makes me even more motivated to stick with the challenge.
Posting my weigh-in for the week...

SW (8/1) - 143.1
8/8 - 141.4 (-1.7)
8/15 -
8/22 -
8/29 -
8/31 -

Looks like I'm off to a great start, hope I can keep up the pace! Good luck this week everyone!

RushinBruisette

Bru, I am glad you had a good bday! Are you still wearing your weight? I thought of you the other day when walking my pups around the neighborhood; about all of the horrible experiences and your awesome reaction to them! Fortunately, we have only gotten nice waves but I will totally wear my weight if the need arises (and the dogs will, too!)

Actually I haven't since last year! Not that I lost my courage or anything, just life happening. I haven't had any issues since then though either

ColoradoRobin

August 1: 182.8 lbs
August 8: 181.2

Loss: 1.6 lbs

patrick323

8/1: 296
8/8: 293

loss 3lb

Jennplus2

Hello everyone,

Last week was busy busy busy and I'm just now catching up with posts! Friday (my weigh in day) I was down to 154.5 but today I am up a bit again. I worked very hard for 5 hours in the yard yesterday and I think the gain might have just been extra fluid in my body due to all that work. Could also be the 2 glasses of wine on Friday night, but I'll check tomorrow and if I'm not back down I'll call it the wine and change my ticker back to 155.
Hope everyone is feeling better from car accidents, and weekend parties! :flowerforyou:
Cheers

bubblesburst80

01/08/11 = 220
08/08/11 = 219
15/08/11 = ?
22/08/11 = ?
29/08/11 = ?

afitchpatrick

I LOST 0 IN A WEEK BUT I DIDN'T GAIN EITHER

MummaSue

1 Aug: 190.4
8 Aug: 187.6
15 Aug:
22 Aug:
29 Aug:
31 Aug:

On course so far ... early days though!

AmandaB4588

Hello everyone,

Last week was busy busy busy and I'm just now catching up with posts! Friday (my weigh in day) I was down to 154.5 but today I am up a bit again. I worked very hard for 5 hours in the yard yesterday and I think the gain might have just been extra fluid in my body due to all that work. Could also be the 2 glasses of wine on Friday night, but I'll check tomorrow and if I'm not back down I'll call it the wine and change my ticker back to 155.
Hope everyone is feeling better from car accidents, and weekend parties! :flowerforyou:
Cheers

Woohoo!!! You are so close to the 140's! Great job!

And thank you :-)

TCASMEY

Hello everyone,

Sorry I was MIA over the weekend went to the parents to pick up my kids. They have internet but its a very slow dial-up so I don't even try. I did get in a 5.5 mile walk and the lawn mowed before we left on Saturday so I got my exercise. That was good because It was also my little brother's 25th wedding anniversary. I had my 20% failure for the week over the weekend. Way to much salty food and beer. I think I drank more beer on Saturday night than I have drank in the last 2 years. My drink of choice is a nice glass (or two) of cabernet. So sad to say I was up a pound this morning. I have been pushing the fluids. I also have walked almost 9 miles today. Hopefully I can down a few pounds by next week.

Here is a tip for today...

Shut, melt fat. In one study dieters who slept 8.5 hours a night lost more body fat. DIeters who slept 5.5 hours per night lost more muscle. Why is this important? Fat plays a role in the metabolic game, and its literally working to slow down your calorie burn. Fat cells are very lazy. Fat barely burns any calories at all. For your body to support a pound of fat it needs to burn a mere 2 calories per day. Muscle on the other had is very metabolically active.. At rest 1 pound of muscle burns 3 times as many calories every day just to sustain itself...and a lot of those calories that muscle burns come from fat storage units. That's why fat hates muscle and why you should love muscle, because it is constantly burning fat off.

So lift some weights and get enough sleep.

Terri

55tolose

Thank you I am glad that im getting back on track, I pretty much lost it for a while!


Well for my weigh in I lost 1 pound! Too many cookies last night and an hour and ten minute walk that my muscles aren't used to so my weight didn't drop quite as much as it did right at first But that is no big deal at least I lost a pound. I am mostly walking to keep myself from getting fat, lazy and out of shape. I won't be making goal for about a year and a half to two more years which makes me sad but it is so completely worth it.

Aug 1st: 160
Aug 2nd: 159

MaggieP86

Daily weigh-ins are bad for the morale, and multiple times a day are really bad for your sanity as you fluctuate anyway throughout a day by as much as half a stone, so I weigh myself weekly on a Monday morning, first thing and that's it, although it's really tempting to do it more I don't let myself as if it's bad I'll get dejected and if it's good I get complacent. Maybe that's just me though!!!

I don't normally weigh in so often, it was kind of a curiosity. I used to weigh in weekly, but just thought I'd take a look that day and see what would happen . I like having a group for weekly weigh-ins though!

8/01: 216.7
8/08: 217.3
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
8/31:

stephyy4632

starting weight of 188even


8/2 - 187

8/9

8/16

8/23

8/30

are my weigh in days good luck all

this morning weigh in 185.2 almost 2pounds lost this week

Frannybobs

Franny—totally agree with you about weighing in. Another girl on here, Kelly, decided to toss the scale aside for a period of time (longer than a week, perhaps a month or more. I cannot remember.) I was obsessed with the scale at that point and decided to follow in her footsteps. I had my boyfriend hide it somewhere so I couldn’t do a cheat weigh in, and that seriously changed my life. I have thanked Kelly for it but she really has no idea!!! Now I am doing WW and only weigh at the weekly meetings. It is one less thing I have to worry over!

Hi Amanda - it's really great to meet like-minded people on here - I hope to get to know everyone better over time, this thread will be a great help I think when the short term enthusiasm turns to slow but steady weight loss. Like most people I think I want instant results - but there's no such thing, I've tried all those fads. Slow and steady wins the race....but it's just keeping going when the results slow down. Hopefully we can all help each other...

Fran

UCONNCOED

Hey everyone!

Im checking in quick because I have been on vacation visiting my parents. You know what that means ALOT of eating, NO working out. I was traveling yesterday so I wasn't able to get to a scale, and now Im scared to go near a scale til next weigh in Monday. But PLEASE dont count me out of this month! I'll need everyones motivation even more now! Hope everyone is great and happy with their results!

Stephaniebingletastic

Count me in! I am a bridesmaid for my brother's wedding in September and want to look my best so far in this weight loss journey