"10 Pounds At A Time Challenge"

ontheskinnyroad

Good Morning Everyone,

My CW (as of this morning) 220.2. I'm down 4.6 since last Monday:drinker:

Ssirclesgirl

Good Morning!
Well I survived Halloween and didn't over do it.
I did have a couple treats but a couple is 2!! Wahoo

So I can't weigh in until Monday am at work so here goes.....I cannot believe I am posting this for all to see.....

Starting weight 316
10 lb challenge start 311
Nov 1st goal 301

Current weight 307

so December 1st goal is 298
I guess I have to kick it up a notch!!

haley4tn

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Congrats to all!!!

Doesn't it feel good being LOSERS :laugh:

Any loss is something to celebrate I think!

I started on 10/6 at and had a personal goal for myself to lose 10 pounds by 11/6. So, I am proud to say that I met my goal and had an extra pound gone ... 11 pounds gone!

Thanks for being a great group, here's to next month challenge :drinker:

SelkieGhost

Ok... It's Monday night/Tuesday morning here (about 2am, so technically Tuesday morning) - This means it should be sometime in the afternoon, Monday-like, for most folks.

Here's the results I've gotten so far (some I plucked off the main thread, but most were messaged to me).

Drum roll please, for the weight loss results for the Nov 1st, Sunday weigh in goal!

haley4tn - SW 235, CW 224 - an awesome 11 pound loss!
kpablo - SW 143, CW 135.5 - 7 pounds lost!
Rob_in_wisc - CW 239.5 with a 12 pound loss!
hajohnson24 SW 206.8, weight as of Oct 31 - 203.8 - says the goal was missed, but a weight plateau was finally pushed past!
silvertears - SW 278, CW 275 - great job with a 3 pound loss!
ontheskinnyroad - SW 224.8, CW 220.2 - awesome with a 4.6 pound loss!
chunkylover - SW 311, CW 307 - another excellent 4 pound loss!
selkieghost - SW 142, CW 139.5 - 2.5 pound loss! (I was at an even 139 on Sunday - but then we ate out that night and consuming a meal that was probably in the thousand calorie range jumped me back up to 139.5 Monday morning lol - alas, indian cuisine is my weakness and I was unable to say no to it).

Great job to everyone! For anyone who was under on hitting their goals - why not talk about the whys - for everyone who was right on target - also good to talk about whys - both great ways to learn and plan for hitting the Dec 1st goals! :-)

For me - I was pleasantly surprised to hit my goal of 2.5 pounds... the only time I really dropped weight and got in major shape, I'd not been actively trying to do so... I was just trying to train to be a better fighter (mixed martial arts)... this is actually my first successful attempt at dropping weight and getting in shape, just for the sake of doing so. For me.. really watching the calories and logging everything I ate or drank really helped - and even more so - exercise - I work out almost every day - and I use my Polar heart rate monitor for a more accurate idea of how much exactly, I'm burning. It actually motivates me to work out more, because I love seeing those calories burned add up! I don't do the crazy strenuous stuff like those P90X or Insanity workouts, or Jillian Michaels ones either... I actually have been doing this with the Wii My Fitness Coach -set at 30 minutes maximum, and some days 15 minutes... occasional use of Wii Fit for the free step option (using the board stacked on an aerobics step), and I also toss in workout DVDs... my current thing has been reviving my old Belly Dance workout DVDs, and remembering how fun they were. Oh - and I also bike to school on school nights (I'm doing the college thing and my classes are about 2 miles, maybe a little further, from where I live)... We meet in the classrooms 3 x a week (2 diff classes) - so for 3 nights of the week I burn about 200-240ish calories just for the commute).
I even think I would have lost a little bit more weight had I not eaten out the couple times I did. My goal for this week is to not eat out at all, or gorge myself sick at dinner because I forget to snack through the day. I think if I do so for the whole month - I might break past 5 pounds and maybe lose a tad bit more... we'll see though!

MindOverMatter

I HIT MY OCTOBER GOAL!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo excited!!!!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO LOST!!! Even if it wasn'y your goal it was a lose!!!!

Starting Weight: 239
MFP Starting Weight: 226
November 1st Goal: 216 (Accomplished!!!!)
December 1st Goal: 206
January 1st Goal: 196
FINAL GOAL: 150

1st Weigh-in 10/11/09: 222.5
2nd Weigh-in 11/2/09: 216
Total Weightloss to Date: 23

ittybittybadonkadonk

Good morning everyone

Hope everyone had a nice halloween/weekend

congrats to everyone who lost weight and for the ones who didnt .... DONT GIVE UP

I was 225 when i started MFP ..... i am now 196 YAY......i feel soooo much better and i will never be 200 again

HeatherMN

Great job, everyone!!

As Selkie mentioned, I did not hit my goal (shy by 3 lbs.) but I finally got past a plateau that lasted several weeks, which was a major plus.

As for why...it would have to be that I do a bad job of watching my calories every other weekend (the weekends I'm with my boyfriend!). If I could improve in this area, which we've been doing slowly, I KNOW I can hit 10 lbs. lost in a month. Luckily, he's working on losing weight as well, so we're making improvements but need to do more.

This weekend, all of my calorie overage was due to Halloween's beer drinking. It's amazing how fast those calories add up!

Thanks to everyone here for being supportive. I'm hoping that I can actually lose 13 lbs. in November to get back on track.

Keep up the great work everyone!
Heather

rob_in_wisc

Ok... It's Monday night/Tuesday morning here (about 2am, so technically Tuesday morning) - This means it should be sometime in the afternoon, Monday-like, for most folks.

Here's the results I've gotten so far (some I plucked off the main thread, but most were messaged to me).

Drum roll please, for the weight loss results for the Nov 1st, Sunday weigh in goal!

haley4tn - SW 235, CW 224 - an awesome 11 pound loss!
kpablo - SW 143, CW 135.5 - 7 pounds lost!
Rob_in_wisc - CW 239.5 with a 12 pound loss!
hajohnson24 SW 206.8, weight as of Oct 31 - 203.8 - says the goal was missed, but a weight plateau was finally pushed past!
silvertears - SW 278, CW 275 - great job with a 3 pound loss!
ontheskinnyroad - SW 224.8, CW 220.2 - awesome with a 4.6 pound loss!
chunkylover - SW 311, CW 307 - another excellent 4 pound loss!
selkieghost - SW 142, CW 139.5 - 2.5 pound loss! (I was at an even 139 on Sunday - but then we ate out that night and consuming a meal that was probably in the thousand calorie range jumped me back up to 139.5 Monday morning lol - alas, indian cuisine is my weakness and I was unable to say no to it).

Great job to everyone! For anyone who was under on hitting their goals - why not talk about the whys - for everyone who was right on target - also good to talk about whys - both great ways to learn and plan for hitting the Dec 1st goals! :-)

Great job everyone. I think my sucess this month is attributed to the following:

Logging EVERYTHING.
Eating small meals every 2-3 hours. Eating protien at every meal. My blood sugars were under much better control with this change in eating.
Exercising everyday but Sunday.

I am looking forward to being in the 220s in December.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

Rob

ittybittybadonkadonk

dag nabit.......i missed my november goal by 1 pound...... i was aiming for 195 and i am 196....oh well gotta try harder for the month of November to be at 10 pounds by Dec. 1st... I CAN DO THIS!!!!!

Kpablo

I think I did so great because well, honestly since I just recently started working out, the majority of it could have been water weight. I have been working out everyday and eating at or a little under my orginal calories.

SelkieGhost

*blink blink* I just weighed myself this morning (Tuesday morning) - completely empty stomach, first thing in the morning, and after spending yesterday guzzling water like mad, but barely falling short on eating all my exercise calories -but I should be holding some water weight, right? My scale told me 138!! I'll see how the scale likes me tomorrow, just to see if this is for real... I'd be ecstatic if it waivered over to 138.5 even... but wow! Now I just want to work out even more!!
Oooho... I could have been retaining water earlier - probably TMI - but I'm just now finishing up with that TOM thing lol... what if 138 -138.5 is what I am when not bloated??? hadn't even thought about that TOM messing up with my weigh in on Sunday... hmmm... well - I will report back on my number I get tomorrow, just to see!

blam

Way to go everyone!!!! I'm off by 2.5lbs . . but as my weight had started to creep up, I'm happy to be back on track. I'm hoping to lose 12.5 for the month of November to keep me on track for my goal of 200lbs by December 1st.

Keep up the good work everyone!!!!!!!

MindOverMatter

dag nabit.......i missed my november goal by 1 pound...... i was aiming for 195 and i am 196....oh well gotta try harder for the month of November to be at 10 pounds by Dec. 1st... I CAN DO THIS!!!!!

Yes we CAN!!!!! :bigsmile:

MindOverMatter

I think I did so great because well, honestly since I just recently started working out, the majority of it could have been water weight. I have been working out everyday and eating at or a little under my orginal calories.

Any Lose is great!!! YAY!!!

HeatherMN

Good morning!

I agree that logging EVERYTHING is crucial in losing weight. I was amazed to see how many calories were in a few Werthers hard candies! Yikes!

Last night, I spent two hours walking through deep mud in an attempt to catch my very stubborn horse. In the end, I gave up (even though I know I shouldn't have). It was dark except for the full moon, which may have contributed to her obstinate mood. The other horses were being annoying and every time I'd get so very close, the other horses would bite at her or run away, which caused her to pull back before I could get a rope around her. How frustrating! Anyway, I'm figuring that all of this counts toward a decent work out. Trying to see the positive...

Today, I have all of my meals mapped out to help me stay within my calories and I'll be working out after Biggest Loser. I looked back at my exercise tracker and saw that I've worked out MORE every week since Biggest Loser started this season. Amazing how motivating they can be. I'm very motivated this week to get November off to a good start. I have a dress hanging in my closet that is just waiting for me and I only have 18 lbs. before I KNOW it will fit AND look good!

Have a great day!
Heather

MindOverMatter

Good morning!

I agree that logging EVERYTHING is crucial in losing weight. I was amazed to see how many calories were in a few Werthers hard candies! Yikes!

Last night, I spent two hours walking through deep mud in an attempt to catch my very stubborn horse. In the end, I gave up (even though I know I shouldn't have). It was dark except for the full moon, which may have contributed to her obstinate mood. The other horses were being annoying and every time I'd get so very close, the other horses would bite at her or run away, which caused her to pull back before I could get a rope around her. How frustrating! Anyway, I'm figuring that all of this counts toward a decent work out. Trying to see the positive...

Today, I have all of my meals mapped out to help me stay within my calories and I'll be working out after Biggest Loser. I looked back at my exercise tracker and saw that I've worked out MORE every week since Biggest Loser started this season. Amazing how motivating they can be. I'm very motivated this week to get November off to a good start. I have a dress hanging in my closet that is just waiting for me and I only have 18 lbs. before I KNOW it will fit AND look good!

Have a great day!
Heather

I would say that was certainly a work out!!
I also agree that logging food is at least 90% of the process!!! It is so amazing to see how many calories are in the foods we eat...another big one is sodium, lord was I shocked when I really started paying attention. I never looked before because my blood pressure was fine...I look now so I dont retain water. WOW!! prepackaged foods are notorious for really high sodium content.

silvertears

I think my biggest problem are days where I get really busy and haven't planned out the day ahead of time. If I don't have it all planned out, when I'm busy I end up making bad choices just out of habit.

So I'm working on that It's a learning process...

I'm ready for my body clock (and especially my kids' body clocks) to adjust to the time change and it being dark earlier. I also need to make myself get up and get to the gym in the mornings. It will help - I always am much more energetic throughout the day if I get my morning workout in.

SelkieGhost

Ok... time for another *blink blink* moment... I weighed myself this morning, to double check if my scale was being wonky by telling me 138 yesterday morning (by the end of the night it was up to 140 - normal waiver weight for a one day period).... this morning it told me 137! (I was expecting it to be back at 139 or something).
I'm not going to update my weight on my tracker just yet, I think... I'll keep an eye on the scale and just record what Sunday gives me... but wow... It's very very very cool to see the scale drop when I get on expecting it to raise!

Kpablo

Good JOB!!!

haley4tn

Hey hey everyone! It's been so hectic at my house, I am at the point don't know if I should scratch my watch or wind my booty :laugh: Gotta LOVE life!

I am proud to say I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE HALLOWEEN CANDY! I look at it and think OMG CHOCOLATE, but then my split personality tells me the calorie numbers and to walk away.

I have been working out the the Biggest Loser Wii after I put the kids to bed. It's easier, I don't have an audience. OMG still loving it! I get started on a routine and before I know it I have worked out for about 2 hours. It's addictive!


I LOVE MFP! Have a wonderful day :flowerforyou:

HeatherMN

Good morning!

I've decided I need to avoid pasta altogether. Yesterday, I stayed within my calories but am up a little bit this morning...darn spaghetti! Looks like I need to get a hard workout in tonight to make up for it, even though I did Biggest Loser Bootcamp yesterday after watching Biggest Loser. I remember why it wasn't my favorite video...too many squats and lunges!!

Is anyone else glad that Tracey got booted off BL last night! Woohoo!

How often are you guys having MFP recalculate your calories?

Have a great day,
Heather

SelkieGhost

I'm set at 1200, except on exercise days (almost every day) where it bumps me anywhere from 1400-1700 something calories, depending on what I've done that day....
I'm looking forward to the day I hit my goal and it bumps me over to maintenance calories instead of the 1200 :-)

GainingTheRealMe

hi everyone, just joined yesterday. today is the first day i am actually accountable for what i put in my mouth. I am not a breakfast person, usually just a couple cups of coffee with cream and a little sugar, until i am starving. been that way for years. no wonder the weight gain, huh??:sad:
will get a pic up asap. i never liked to take them so this may be a minute. LOL. ten at a time sounds great to me.

HeatherMN

hi everyone, just joined yesterday. today is the first day i am actually accountable for what i put in my mouth. I am not a breakfast person, usually just a couple cups of coffee with cream and a little sugar, until i am starving. been that way for years. no wonder the weight gain, huh??:sad:
will get a pic up asap. i never liked to take them so this may be a minute. LOL. ten at a time sounds great to me.

Welcome to the group and good luck! Hopefully you'll find this group to be supportive and motivating like I have. Feel free to tell us a little about yourself!

Heather

haley4tn

GainingTheRealMe - Welcome aboard :flowerforyou:


Ok.... My BMI when I started was 36.88 - Serverly Obese, now it's at 34.77- Obese which is better! So I realized that I needed to look at how much weight I really wanted to loose to get it Normal. I had originally set my ending weight at 175, but when I did the BMI it showed that I would still be considered overweight :grumble:. I upped my losing weight another 15 pounds so total I need to lose will be 75 pounds to but my BMI at 25 Well no worries, that will mean I will just be able to spend more quality time with all my friends here, .

Positively_Me

hello all,

I have had a rough week, and the week is not even half way done....lol..

with all the junk: candy, chips, cake, crackers...it is easy for me to give in. and that's whats been happening lately, because i am so stressed out with my college class...the semester is almost coming to an end...which means lots of stuff to turn in...which makes me eat and drink a lot of coffee...you guys could probably tell, by reading this, i am an emotional eater...stressed...i eat...bored..i eat..tired...i eat...annoyed..i eat...happy...i eat....i am really trying to work on not eating when i am very emotional...but it is really hard...:sad:

today i said to myself, gave myself a little pep talk, for all the damage i have done to my body...,eating and not really exercising ,i was going to exercise for 1 hour on the treadmill....and i stuck to my guns and workout for 1 hour...the treadmill says i burned 500 calories...my speed was 3.5...for 45 minutes and 4.2 for 15 minutes....i feel so happy that i actually finished a whole hour and walked for a little less than 4 miles...

i will be doing the biggest loser cardio max...level one..later..giving my body a little time to relax...

everyone have a great day!!! sorry for the long post....but i have to vent...

Kpablo

hi everyone, just joined yesterday. today is the first day i am actually accountable for what i put in my mouth. I am not a breakfast person, usually just a couple cups of coffee with cream and a little sugar, until i am starving. been that way for years. no wonder the weight gain, huh??:sad:
will get a pic up asap. i never liked to take them so this may be a minute. LOL. ten at a time sounds great to me.

Hello! :drinker:

HeatherMN

Falhaone: Congrats on doing your one hour treadmill workout. Consider it the first accomplishment in MANY to come! Biggest Loser Cardio Max is a wonderful workout; it's one of my favorites and it burns a ton of calories if you just keep moving. Just make sure you keep track of everything you eat and use the note section in the food tracker so you can really pinpoint what you ate when you were at different emotional levels; it may help you better control what to eat (apples instead of candy, etc).

Today has been a "hungry day" for me, but I force myself to walk past the full candy dishes here at work. I WANT to eat the rest of my calories at dinner and not before. As I'm saying this, my stomach is gurgling at me. Grrr.

I'm going to see what Comcast has to offer for on-demand workouts so I can try one I don't already have. Should be fun!

Heather

Positively_Me

hajonson24, Thanks for your motivational words...i really need that!!

I always wonder how much does biggest loser cardio max dvd burn....i always put 200 calories...on level one but my body, by the end of the level, is drenched in sweat...

Do you know how much does the dvd burn...it will be a great help when i go plug in the exercise...

Thanks:happy:

HeatherMN

Biggest Loser Cardio Max burns 359 calories according to my HRM....but, I am 5'6" and weighed 206 lbs. the last time I did the workout. That being said, you'll have to consider your weight and fitness level to better determine.