Lose 5 Pounds A Month- May 2010 Challenge

rjadams

I had a great exercise week but I am really tired. I am at 6050 calories burned so far this week. I plan on playing a lot this weekend. so we will see. Have a great weekend.

TCASMEY

Welcome to my Friday night. Sitting at home watching Man VS Food and wishing I could go to these places and taste some of the foods he gets to eat as part of his job. Then I sit back and try to guess how many calories are in his challenge dishes!

Notice travel channel never shows programs about healthy places to eat. Only places with huge servings...places to pig out. They glorify the huge servings and over eating, at least the shows that I watch. As much fun as I have watching these shows they also show how we tend to look at overeating in our society.

rjadams, I am really tired today also. the kids want to stay up late because it is Friday. I have to get the dog to the groomer by 8 in the morning and would love to go to bed right now.

TAKE CARE EVERYONE, I READ RECENTLY THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CONSUMES ABOUT 500 EXTRA CALORIES PER DAY ON THE WEEKEND. For me to burn that off I would have to walk over 10 miles. Just some inspiration for the weekend to avoid those extra calories.

Terri

katieann2

"Just remember that food only taste good the few seconds its in your mouth, then your stuck with the extra calories! "

"You've come too far to take orders from a cookie!!!!"

I like to keep little quotes on the refrigerator and pantry to remind me how easy and fast I can slip-up and to keep in focus my goals!

edelq

Today is such a challenge, it's my first time ever not eating whatever the hell I want on the weekends,, today is probably worse than a normal saturday as I have finals in just over a week,, so my usual study routine also involves a lot of eating!! I'm trying to focus on how well I've done so far this week, and realise that I don't want to ruin all my goodwork for the sake of pigging out today,, I'm also going to get a little walk in, so that if I do go over a little (as i'm having dinner at my mam's house), at least I'll have gotten some exercise calories for the first time in ages...
I'm not a slob, but I work full time and do college 2 nights a week,, I had been very active, but while college is so busy the last few weeks, exercise has had to fall by,, am really looking forward to getting back out and starting a C25K once exams are over

clioandboy

Hi there,
I really like the sound of this, seems do-able and could be the bit of pressure I need, regular goals got to be good!!!!! Would like to lose a little faster than 5lbs a month but hey I will not be complaining if I reach my goal weight in September.

I started at 160lbs

Weight at May 1st 155lbs

Goal for June 1st to weigh 150lbs

Wey hey here we go!!!!! good luck all

concrete_angel

I'm in

SW April 26th: 322 lbs
CW May 8th: 309 lbs
GW May 30th: 305 lbs
Ultimate May Goal 299 lbs.

I know it seems like I'm losing a lot of weight fast. But when you give up all suger and junk food. Your body does some weird things. I can say that I'm eating very health and that's all that matters.

ifychudy

Hello everyone I am new here and I am in for the challenge. I weighed 244.4lbs on 1st May. today I weighed 241.6


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ifychudy

please how many calories do you eat a day and how much exercise


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TCASMEY

Each of us is different. I need to get back to logging my calories but some days I am so busy I even forget to drink my water. I try to burn at least 500 extra calories a day. My goal for my pedometer is at 20,000 steps a day.

Good morning to all! Happy Mothers Day to all!

Went shopping with my daughter yesterday. She helped me to stay on track (for now). For some reason I was really craving a jalapeno popper and she sort of talked me out of it. We agreed I could not have that splurge until the scale reads 164 and then I have an order as a reward. Hopefully by then I won't be craving them but if I am I will still allow myself to have an order!

So much to get done today. I overslept and missed church but I still need to go over there in a few minutes to teach Sunday School. Then off to get some more dirt for the garden and mulch for around the trees. I hope to get my raspberries planted today and maybe some of the vegetable garden. We had frost last night so I was really glad to get the perennial plants like blueberries, strawberries and asparagus covered last night.

Boys have swimming lessons in the middle of the afternoon. Good thing my husband is getting his run in right now so he can take them and I can garden. Then out with the kids and husband for Mother's Day. Some time in there I should probably clean my house a bit before daycare kids come again in the morning.

Stay healthy!

Terri

gmhiggins

Great to see someone with the exact weight loss goal. I started at 174. Lost 2.2. lbs so far. I'm with you. Goal is 169 by end of May.

rjadams

Happy mothers day all,

I had a really bad food day yesterday because of visiting with my dad. today is a new day and I will just get right back on track. Its a beautiful day so I hope to be outside a lot today.

happy_heather121

Ok, I'm in... a little late. I have been at a plateau for about 9 months now and I know it's because I'm not pushing myself nearly enough when it comes to exercise. My goal will be 4lbs by May 30th because I started over a week late. I really don't know if it will happen though! I have had a really hard time even losing a pound or two! Here are my stats:

SW March 2009: 152 lbs
CW May 8th: 143 lbs
GW May 30th: 139 lbs
Ultimate Goal 130 lbs.

katieann2

Lost 1 lb. this week, had hoped for more; but had company for 5 days, a beach picnic and a family reunion . So really, I'm pleased considering all I had going on this week.

eddie_gue

I AM IN!! I definitely think this challenge will help me reach my first goal of 150! I just weighed in today with 5lbs down Im ready for another 5lbs!!

merguson

I'm doing well this weekend...so far. We went out for dinner last night (Kelseys) and got over that hurdle really well. (Aside from my red wine that is) I ordered some Balsalmic chicken with green and yellow beans instead of mashed potatoes and a garden salad with balsalmic dressing. When Iogged it all in it was well under 500 cals! I was sooo proud of myself! This is the first weekend in which I haven't gone over-board. Yay!!!
Now I just need to get on the treadmill!

need_to_lose

I'm so IN. I would love to lose 5 lbs a month.

May 1st: 251.2
May 7th: 246.8
May 14th:
May 21st:
May 28th:

need_to_lose

I'm so IN. I would love to lose 5 lbs a month.

May 1st: 251.2
May 7th: 246.8
May 14th:
May 21st:
May 28th:

TCASMEY

Welcome all the new people who have joined our thread!

My husband and kids surprised me tonight by taking me out to dinner for Mother's day! FAMOUS DAVES Sitting there trying to find something healthy:ohwell: I don't think there is even one thing on the menu that is close to healthy.:devil: :sad: Not even going to try and log what I ate...:noway: Just going to get back on track on Monday.

I love my family for the thought....they love bbq food like me so they picked a place we would all love. What's life if we don't live a little. Are we done with events that involve eating out? They have really hurt me the last month. Its been hard because we don't eat out very often and April into May is one exception because of birthdays and anniversary and the Mother's Day.

Got the garden almost all planted! May it grow well and give us lots of healthy vegetables and fruit.

Good night to all!

alheitmeyer

I would so love to lose five pounds this month..I just started this like 2 and a half weeks ago and im kinda stuck and need some motivation so hopefully this will do it for me...
CW is 150.5
I am so sick and tired of seeing the 150's ...okay 140's here i come..

asltiffm

I want to join in. I am on the home stretch of losing weight now with less than 10 pounds to lose (I think). So far this month, I've lost 2.6 pounds. My CW is 149.0 so I guess that means I have to be at 146.5 by the end of the month but I'm hoping for a little more than that. The weight loss this month so far is very uncharacteristic for me so we'll see.

rjadams

My husband and kids surprised me tonight by taking me out to dinner for Mother's day! FAMOUS DAVES Sitting there trying to find something healthy:ohwell: I don't think there is even one thing on the menu that is close to healthy.:devil: :sad: Not even going to try and log what I ate...:noway: Just going to get back on track on Monday.

I love Famous Dave's food. so tasty. so bad for you. I'll bet it was wonderful.
I had a second bad day. DH kept telling me that I had been working so hard that I deserved a whole weekend off. Like you said Monday will just start this over and get back on track.

clioandboy

Well...... I completely lost it yesterday, I have no idea why, I have no excuses and I feel rubish this morning am about to get on my bike on the home trainer and do some exercise but it seems I need an exorcist not exercise!
I AM NOT HAPPY:explode:

edelq

ok, I need help,, my first official weigh in is tomorrow,, hoping for 2lb loss...
but, could someone help me out and look at my diary for today.. I know it's not the healthiest, I just ran out to work without my food this morning so have to make do with the snacks I have in work, which aren't great.. but anyway, I seem to still be below my target,,, can someone have a look?
The soup is a guess as I dont know how much it will be, but it's red pepper and tomato, a small bowl..
I'm making homemade veg stir fry tonight with a black bean sauce,, dont think its really as healthy as the one ~I logged
I just dont want to be eating lots today to make up the calories and realise it's wrong! Really hoping for 2 lbs tomorrow fingers crossed

RushinBruisette

Starting weight for May 1st: 240 (3lbs from April 23rd)
May 10th: 237.6

woot woot!!

Hope you all are doing good and remember, tomorrow is always a new day!! I was bad yesterday as well. I was on a 6hr car ride total Sat & Sun, drinking water was easy, but trying to find healthy foods at fast food places on the road that are semi-cheap, not so much. I just ate smaller portions and keep at my water.
Anyway , headed in for another Monday work-day, hope you all have a wonderful day and even better week! xoxox Bru

ukredhead19

Well...i'm down 1lb overall this week, which after all the "mother's day" celebrating that went on this weekend, I'm happy with it!

The weekends are so hard for me...during the week sticking to the schedule is easy b/c of work etc, but on the weekends with free time my bored hands seem to go for bored snacks, and then eating out for dinner. At least we went to the zoo this weekend and walked for about 3 hours.

Any tips for making it safely through the weekends and not undoing all the hard work during the week???

rcatr

my weekend was horrible. i have no excuse. i can only think that the stress from the week carried over to the weekend. i ate and ate and then ate some more. i worked out a ton but i know in my heart that it didnt balance out what i worked off. ugh. today is new but i will not weigh in. i know it will bring me down. a new week i here.

kalmf

Hey everyone,

I dropped out it would seem, and now I'm about two pounds up. It's so weird that even though I know if I just keep my food and exercise diaries current - regardless if I'm over or under - and check in on this thread, then I tend to lose weight. Part of it is I start to play a little loose with portions and servings - throwing in a little extra here and there.

I have a hard time with maintaining. I'm a very good starter but not a good keeper-onner. So I guess all I can do is start again today. My weight is 129.

Missed you guys.

siobhannestor

I give myself a little leeway during the weekend - it helps me to continue without feeling deprived. Rcatr - don't get discouraged, please. We are here for you as you pick yourself up.

Weighed in today, because my schedule was so crazy this weekend - worked hard through most of it.

Am still down just 2 pounds from the start of the month, but I am going to take it!

May 1 - 191.5
May 10 - 189.5

Let's see if I lose a little more weight this week. I'd like to lose the whole 5 pounds for the month before taking off to see my mom and my partner's family at the end of this month, although I suspect that, at 53, that's asking my body to do a little too much.

Have a great week, all!

Shivaun

TCASMEY

my weekend was horrible. i have no excuse. i can only think that the stress from the week carried over to the weekend. i ate and ate and then ate some more. i worked out a ton but i know in my heart that it didnt balance out what i worked off. ugh. today is new but i will not weigh in. i know it will bring me down. a new week i here.

I had a bad weekend also. And I plan to eat a little less today and workout a little more to get myself back in balance. In the book YOU ON A DIET it talks about making a u turn. Our weekend took us down the wrong road but now we make a u turn and get back on the right road!:happy:

My personal goal for this week is to make sure to keep my food log everyday and not go to bed til I finish logging food and exercise. I have been very lax at logging everything. My other personal goal is to drink my water. I get so busy during the day with the kids that I can get to 6 at night and realize the only water I have had to drink are the 2 glasses I drink first thing in the morning.

What do you have planned for yourself for the week to help you lose and get in shape?

Have a healthy Monday!

Terri

Elokyn

YAY! As of this morning I lost 2 lbs this month so far