Lose 5 Pounds A Month- May 2010 Challenge

Well...admittingly...no exercise for me this week. I ate well though and stayed within my calories. I consciously ate more veggies than I normally would. My weight did not budge! it stayed exactly the same. Hoping for some loss next week.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Don't give up. Your weight will budge, Just stick with it. Sometimes it takes a week or two for your body to realize what is happening. If you ate healthy and continue to do so it will happen. you'll see the scales show those lower numbers. Phyljen

Had a really bad week and ate horribly with no excercise.
Challange SE 272
Current 269.2

gained about three pounds this week. I am hoping it is water weight.

Happy Fridauy,
Well it has been tough this week because of TOM. I exercised my butt off (it feels so good. I will be somewhere around 6550 after today. so here's the results even with TOM

May 1 162.2
May 7 160.4
May 14 159.6

.8 pounds lost. I will take it. Also I broke the 160''s I am so happy!

Congrats to shelley for the loss
Shawnae I am confused you said you gained but your stat shows that you have lost almost 3 pounds since the beginning of the month
circus mom sorry about DH's Grandma
Karin - I have been working in the yard for an hour everyday great calorie burn. it is supposed to really warm up so I am planning on 2 hours today and a lot tomorrow.
PhylJen glad you are still around the thread I hope that you can get the rest your knee needs and way to go on the losing even with the injury. great job!

I hope everyone else has a great day!!!

Terri-
15,000 steps! :noway: WOW!
I sit all day at my desk so I know that I don't get the 10,000 per day. Today I will walk down the hall more and e mail less. Nice to talk with co-workers face to face anyway. And I need to stop snacking at night also I will think of you being strong tonight as I try to stay out of the kitchen! :flowerforyou:

Karin- You gardening fool! :laugh: Glad you are happier than a pig in ****!!! lol Sounds fun. Thanks for the advise to stay away from the scale but it came a little to late. Up 4 lbs, 146 yesterday, 1 pound gained for everyday I was off track so I guess that is fair. :ohwell: It will help me stay good this weekend.

PhylJen- I know what you meant about "end of school year busy" me 2! Also I love Potato Salad and just posted the other day about how hard it was to stay away from the yummy picnic food this time of year. Hope you had fun at your Linger Longer.

Ferff3- Stay at it all those extra veggies will pay off next week!

Circusmom- Don't let your MIL's miss-guided anger get you down she is just having a hard time losing her mom. I understand how hard it is for you to close the daycare with all those families who count on you but I agree with Terri about taking a few weeks off. I pay for two weeks a year, one week at Christmas and one week in July plus all the holidays.

Shawnae- Me 2! Lets both get back on track so next week is better! We cant go back so lets just learn from it and move ahead. :flowerforyou:

Shelley- Congrats for the loss, I bet you did better than you think you did!

Robin- 6550! Wow! Are you a robot! :laugh: That is awesome!


I will weigh in a bit later after my workout. I was 146 yesterday but maybe I went down a little overnight. :drinker: Here is to hopping!

Circusmom sad to hear about your husbands grandma. I do home daycare also and know how hard it is to take a day off. Just an idea for you that some one else gave to me and I now use in my contracts. Every year I take 4th of July week and Thanksgiving week as my vacation. Parents pay for both. I also have 5 floating vacation days that I can take whenever and parents pay for them. They are for things such as funerals or a long weekend. Or even simple things like getting time to see the doctor. I rarely use all 5 but they are nice to be able to take without losing a days pay.

Terri

Thanks, that is a great idea! I'll be adding that when I renew contracts!!!!

4/30 157
5/7 156
5/14 154 :happy:

I ran my c25k this morning and will probably make it to the gym tonight to lift weights. If not, I'll have a nice walk with my dogs and hit the gym tomorrow morning. I am excited to be MOVING again! It feels great.

I had lunch at Olive Garden with my boyfriend today, and I am so proud of myself! I ate a couple bowls of minestrone and some salad (without croutons) but did not touch those breadsticks. I wasn't even tempted.... well, maybe a little. I am over my sodium already from the soup/salad but am OK with that since my sodium is usually pretty low. I am happy that I will stay under my calories despite eating out.

Circusmom--- I am so sorry for your loss, and also for the mother-in-law situation you will be dealing with. Yikes. Hopefully your hubby will step in and tell her to back off before you have to.

Jacque--- good luck with the cotton mouth! I get that sometimes too and hate it. I try to drink water non-stop and put (I know it's weird) Vaseline on my lips to keep them moist.

Hello Everyone, well after a lovely weekend away I am really pleased that I have still lost I am down another 2 pounds :laugh: we did do quite a bit of walking!!!


Starting Weight with MFP on 1/12/10........164.5

Weight on 5/1/10............................................138

Weight on 5/7/10............................................136

Weight on 5/14/10..........................................134

Goal Weight for end of May..........................133

Final Goal Weight...........................................126

SW for May 1: 144.5
5/7: 142.5
5/14: 145

2 and 1/2 lb gain:frown:

Not a big deal, I 'll stay on track this weekend and I'll be back down to that wonderful (but short lived) 142.5 by next week, I hope

I know you can do it!!!

Hey 5-pounders!

I just love the heck out of our group - Phyllis is absolutely right!

So, Friday weigh in is 127. Again. But I kept my commitment to check in, move every day and take it a little easier with the :drinker: !!

Oh, and my garden is looking pretty fabulous if I may say so myself :bigsmile:

You all are so wonderful and caring towards each other, I can't help but smile when I read some of these posts

My weigh in is Sunday, I've been pretty good about eating right for the week, but exercising was hard working 40hr this week and basically waking up to head straight to work and then come home to fix dinner and go to bed shortly after, I doubt I'll have much of a loss, but as long as it's not a major gain. Either way, next week is a new week But next weekend will be harder on me as I'm headed on a car trip that will take about 5hrs one way, that means stopping off to fast food places on the way to my Aunt's house and back home. But I get to see my cousin graduate high school (he's the 2nd oldest grandchild, I'm the oldest). It will be like a mini family reunion.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!! See ya Sunday
xoxo~Bru

Well my scale didn't scream with joy this morning, at least it no longer says "one at a time". I'm only down a 1/2 pound to 243.6 but at least its in the right direction!

I'm off to Curves then back to do some yard work, its supposed to be a beautiful day here finally! Happy Saturday everyone!

HI PALS:
Morning to all for all of you but EVENING to me. I am finished with the day of teaching and lounging around in my home clothes.
( a gallabeya- lose gown that all the locals wear here) It is HOT TODAY. like over 110 degrees and because the air quality is so bad the kids could not go on the play ground for recess or after lunch. They kept them in a big indoor room and put on a movie. Sure could see a difference in the kids in the afternoon because they didn't have a chance to RUN AROUND. They were pretty much BONKERS and bouncing off the wall. I am getting kind of tired telling them to quiet down! HA HA. 12 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will survive. YES I WILL. PLEASE tell me I will. Phyljen:sad: :huh:
Have a great Sunday.. Why do I have to work on Sunday? Guess because I have Fridays off. I'll never get used to that. weird work week.
BRU- Good job on the inches lost and the weight. YIPPEE TO YOU!