5 Pound a Month February 2010 Challenge

Friday February 5 weight 179

No loss for this weeks weigh in but have not been feeling well and have been taking it easy! Hope everyone had a better week than me!

I am sorry you have not felt well. My week has been the same. What can we do to boost each other up for the next go round?!

1/29 - 149.5
2/5 - 149.9

What can I say? It has been a bad week. I got sick on Monday and have not found level ground until today. I am beginning to feel motivated again and vow to myself to have a much better weigh in next Friday!!

I always look for something positive with each unpleasant weigh in. Today's motiviation: At least I have stayed away from the 150 lb mark this week, even if today's weight is only .1 shy of it!! :laugh:

Have a great, safe, Suberbowl weekend. Can I say a modest "Go Saints!" I'm sorry, but being from south Louisiana, I am from that Who Dat Nation!

Have a good one,

Pam

1lb this week! Yea! If I keep this up I am smilin! Still trying to keep drinking my water. I don't know why this is so difficult.

Pam, sorry to hear you have been sick. I know soooo many people who are ill right now. It's this crazy weather and you can root for the Saints anytime you want to!

Go everyone this month!!!!

Jenn-
WAY to GO! I am so proud of you. Congratulations on your will power and for the one pound loss. You gained a lot of respect for that one. Phyljen

Hi Everyone,
I just got back from a 35 minute jog outside. Several rude men that I passed gave comments as I jogged by but I kept on going even though I wanted to stop and give them a bloody nose! I usually jog on the track at the school but decided to hit the streets this morning instead. I'm ready for the day now and hope to get a lot accomplished. I can't wait to see my weight be in the 140's as well as several others have mentioned. That will be a happy day and it won't be too long until that happens! phyljen:happy:

Sometimes people are just haters! You did great getting out there and jogging, don't worry about others!!!! I envy you, It will be some time before i reach my goal.
Sandy

Lost 1 pound this week, which was o.k. by me! This was my rest week for my boot camp class. I am raring to go for Monday!
Jan 1st 216.7
Feb 1st 211.8
Mar 1st 206.8
Woo Hoo! Let's do it!

Feb 1: 153
Feb 5: 151
:bigsmile: I am back to my before holidays weight! I really want to pass the 150 mark so I can be in the 140's.

Phyljen-
Thank you for asking, my lunch was great! I had my breakfast before I went and went to the gym first also, because I go on my lunch break most of the time. The place we had the meeting was beautiful, lush little farm called Hidden Villa. Once lunch rolled around I took out my bag lunch and started eating. I did get one eye roll with a sigh but everyone else didn't make any fuss over it. One man even said "I didn't see that, yum" lol. The food looked and smelled yummy but I didn't eat any of it! I even asked a friend to take a walk with me after the meeting was over. It turned into a hiking group fast, and I lead the way. All of the four ladies who went said I set a great pase. The women (who I thought were in such great shape I would never keep up with them) were huffing and puffing behind me. :bigsmile:
It really felt great to stay good on a day that was challenging. Even better after I got on the scale and saw a loss. I kept the scale in mind everytime I saw the M&M's in the center of the meeting table. :laugh:

I am so glad that the lunch went well! I love the idea of your leading all these other women on a hike and kickin' b*** to boot. And congratulations on your weight loss this week :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Congratulations to everyone who lost weight this past week! I must have misunderstood - too late to weigh today, but will weigh in tomorrow. Have a great, and healthy, Superbowl Sunday, all! ~ Shivaun

Well, here in Maryland we got 27 inches of snow this weekend, so I definitely got some good workouts in shoveling all that white stuff! Despite not making it to the gym on Saturday like I would have liked to, I was still able to get a good calorie burn in at home doing "Walk of the Pounds" along with that shoveling! I also have to say that I'm really really proud of myself for not indulging in any of the snacks on Super Bowl Sunday, as tempting as they looked Like Jenn said, I tried to keep the scale in mind. Seeing those numbers drop will feel so much better than some chicken wings or chips will ever taste!

Hope everyone had a good weekend and starts Monday off successfully!

Congrats to the SAINTS. Personally I didn't watch and just heard the score.I guess I am a little slow. but I was sleeping while you watched the game. So all those who were cheering for the Saints. Way to go! Wow you sure have a lot of snow all of you that live Back East. I couldn't imagine shoveling all that white stuff. I grew up in snow and it was not my favorite type of weather. I did enjoy sledding as a Kid though. Makes me cold thinking of it right now.
Weighed in at school today to see if I'd lost any since Last Monday when we started the month and I have lost another pound. YIppee. Glad I didn't have the super bowl food to even think of avoiding. That must be hard and tempting. :drinker:

Yippee again!!! :drinker: :bigsmile:

Okay here is my weigh in:
1/2/10 171.0
1/9/10 168.8
1/16/10 165.8
1/23/10 167.0
1/29/10 168.8
2/1/10 167.2
2/7/10 165.8

I am getting there. 10 more pounds to go.

I am sorry I have not been on much lately. I have just been so busy. I will try to get on again soon to check out how everyone is doing. Keep pushing yourself and you will get there. Have a beautiful week everyone. :bigsmile:

Congrats, Jennifer, on all of that weight loss.

I forgot to check in for last week, although did weigh myself on Monday (got confused about how this all works) - .5 pounds down, from 192.5 to 192. :grumble: At least the scale is budging! Hopefully, I'll see more at the end of this week.

Thanx, I appreciate it.

At least it is moving in the right direction. Keep up the awesome work. :bigsmile:

PAM - Hope all goes well at the doctor. Sorry that you have been getting sick form your foods. I love keeping track of the foods and exercises I do. It really keeps me aware of what was going into my mouth. it is amazing now how I think twice before I even take a bite or anything. I do still have trouble eating all the calories that I get when I do the exercises. Most of the days, in fact all the days so far I have been under on the calories eaten. but I figure that maybe the food I am reporting is not the exact calorie because sometimes I am guessing if what they say is actually the same as what I have cooked. I would rather be safe and on the extra calorie said than eating more than I need. It is such a science really getting it all balances out.

JENNIFER- Way to go. you are doing so good. WOW just 10 to go. I have more than that but it is going down and that is the exciting part. For about a year, I had pretty much decided that I was too old to lose weight. I thought that I was just stuck at the weight I was in and decided to just be happy with that. But then I had a wake up call and I am so happy to find this site and this group to talk to and lose weight with. You guys all motivate me. When I feel like eating I just pull up MFP and read stuff and hear all about people just like me that are struggling with weight and doing something about it. It really helps me. THANKS a TON.

SHAVANI- You are doing so good too. Everyone is just amazing. I love all the things you write and so keep it coming. How is good ole California? Hope that you are enjoying a mild winter.

JENN- How are you? We need more of your little kids stories. Love hearing from you.