Lose 5 Pounds a Month- June 2010 Challenge

Is it too late to start with this challenge? I'd like to see if I can do as well as the rest of you. :flowerforyou:

not too late at all! Jump right on in welcome aboard!!
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Thanks for responding, and I've added my weights to my signature line. I'm all in. :flowerforyou:

Challenges will run Sunday to Saturday

JUNE 13-19: Burn 1500 cal
JUNE 20-26: Burn 1750 cal
JUNE 27-JULY 3: Burn 2000 cal
JULY 4-JULY 10: Burn 2250 cal
JULY 11-17: Burn 2500 cal
JULY 18-24: Burn 2750 cal
JULY 25-31: Burn 3000 cal
AUG 1-AUG 7: Burn 3250 cal
AUG 8-14: Burn 3500 cal

I propose a graduated scale challenge for calorie burn:

By August 14 we should have worked our way up to 3500 calories burned a week without stressing or injuring our bodies. We will increase our burn by 250 calories a week, which amounts to a total of 25 minutes over the week, or 5 extra minutes at the end of each workout. Slowly we will build up the time we are spending on exercise. Feel free to do more than the week goal, but try to aim for it as a minimum.

I have been away from MFP for sometime and am now ready to go again! I would love to join your challenge...room for one more?

Congrats to everyone who lost this week. way to go.

Terri the wine and soak sounded great.

Bru that is awesome how great to be noticed.

here is the stats for the week

June 1, 2010 154.2
June 6, 2010 151.8
june 12,2010 150.6

I am so close the the 140's I can taste it. I haven't been there since last century and I am really looking forward to it. Have a great weekend all!

Hi all,

5/16/10- Starting - highest adult weight - Found MFP!!
5/22/10- 4.1lbs
5/30/10- 0.4 lbs lost (out of town & didn't track :frown:)
6/5/10- 3 lbs lost
6/11/10- 2.1 lbs lost

My challenge is staying on track. The last few times I tried to lose weight on my own and only been able to stick with it a couple of weeks so I'm two weeks beyond that and still motivated.

Very excited that I made my first mini-goal this morning! (10.1 lbs) I appreciate all your encouraging stories it really helps on the days that I want to forget it all!

Just weighed in for my 2nd week and I'm down 2lbs (for a total of 3 in two weeks!) I've got it set to only lose 1lb/week so that was a nice bonus. I hope to be down another 5lbs by the time my boyfriend comes to visit in 2 weeks! We'll see!

Great job to everyone this week! Some great progress here!

Oh, and a side note to the person who walked home, but didn't have a HRM to know her cals burned, a handy rule of thumb is 100 cals/mile walked or run. This figure is for a 150lb person, so obviously if you weigh more or less than that you would burn more or fewer calories respectively. I generally just try to count on 100 cals/mile so I don't overestimate what I've "gained" back for food calories. HTH

Enjoy the last bit of the weekend!

Beth

Tomorrow is my weigh in & I'm not looking forward to it. I did absolutely nothing but sleep today! I was so exhausted from my day yesterday I guess I really needed to catch up! My neice & I were going to do the Race for the Cure 5K but it was raining & lightening so it was cancelled. After they cancelled, the rain stopped & so did the lightening, so we took an extra long route back to the car so we got a good mile walk in. Then it was food prep for my brother's surprise 40th bday party, I had all the fruit & veggies to wash & cut for the relish/fruit trays. That took me about 3 hours total! It was a hectic day, but we pulled it off & my brother was completely surprised! There were over 100 people there & the food was amazing. I however was very good, passed up the cake, cupcakes, cookies, cheesecake, and not a drop of alcohol crossed my lips! Only H2O for me, but I did have one chocolate covered cake ball. The rest was nothing but fruit, veggies, & a bbq pulled pork sandwich & one taco. Kept under my calories for the day!

The reason I'm not looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow is because Aunt Flo is here & I haven't done anything at all today! Who takes a 5 1/2 hour nap? Geez I'm lazy! I still can't get motivated to do anything, so I've just been veggin here on the couch all night, drinking my h2o & trying to eat a bit. Basically nothing but cereal for me today! LOL I don't even wanna cook or heat up any leftovers!

Hopefully tomorrow will be a good day, even with Aunt Flo here.

Kelly

Aw, Kelly...if it makes you feel less lazy....I had my TOM last month from-get this- May 9th through May 27th!!!!! Holy Crap!! I was very lazy, I was going out of town each weekend (each ride for one day was a minimum of 3 1/2 hrs, just one way) to do nothing but sit around and we had fast food each trip. Plus bbq's on a couple of trips, a good but bad time at the same time.. The most exercise I got during those weekends was fishing which I personally don't think burned nearly as much as it said it did... during those weeks though, I made sure to get in my Couch to 5k as I was told if I complete it by the weekend of my birthday (bday is 8/4) that I will get a special prize from my hubbys grandparents and my mom and dad said they may have something for me as well. So I have a side reason each time I consider not doing it for a week or so, I remember that besides a healthier me reason, I may have a secret prize of some sorts..It helps! Cause this week is week3, 90sec of jog/walk then 3min jog/walk X2, longer jogging this week, so I'm gonna try and get out there in the next 15min befroe it gets too hot and I put it off til tomorrow, etc, etc. I'm sure your weigh in will be fine, and remember, any loss is still al loss!! If you happen to gain (like I did the weekend before last) just walk an extra 20min each day or so and make it fun. I made sure to get in 10miles last week instead of 5 (and I even went over 10!!) so I could then eat some ice cream (one cup, prepackaged, mint chocolate chip YUM). I've been working on some rewards to push myself more and get out of my normal activities. Like the 100mile challenge, I knew I was getting too comfy only walking a mile a day, so I had to amp it up! And why not, I got to get some of you to join with!! Ok, I've rambled long enough, I need to get my tush outside before it really heats up...80degress at 8:05am...ugh, gonna be a long day! ya Kely!! Have a great day and healthy week to all!! XoxoxoX Bru

Thanks for the pep talks, Maccabeth & Bru! Another reason I SO love this website! I love my MFP Pals!

This morning I still didn't want to get out of bed to do my belly dancing, so I snoozed.....

However I did take my morning walk here at work & my mind is back to where I need to be. I'll be stepping it up once I get off work today! Even though Aunt Flo is here, I must say the scale liked me this morning! :bigsmile:

6-01-10 240.0
6-07-10 237.0
6-14-10 233.6

6.4 pounds down already this month! Yay for me! :bigsmile:
I really can't believe it! Apparently taking ONE day off completely didn't kill me! :laugh:

Kelly

Good job guys!

I'm new and I would to join although June is half over
SW: 152
CW: 149
GW: 135, maybe 130

I'm also doing to the Couch to 5K with DH, we're on week 3 after having a setback due to the stomach bug. I hope to do my first 5K the first Sat in Aug.

Good Luck

hi every1! i'd like 2 join in on the challenge if i may? altho i've already lost 5 this month i'll start new. it's the 2nd 5lb loss that scares me

the name is sian (said like sean)

Terri - hope you enjoyed your wine and soak!!
Robin - you go - get those 140s!
Kelly - sorry your run got cancelled - good for you for getting in some foot time anyway!
Bru - awesome ! You are so positive!!! Pretty soon ALL the cars will be stopping to look!!
Shawnae-sorry to hear about your bullet Hang in there!
Onmyweigh - KUDOS! doing great!
Tralalara - I'm a serial weigher too - keep up the good work!
Shelli - almost to your 5 already!

I finished my 10k in a respectable 63:10 - I was hoping under 60 minutes but it was not to be this year! I did walk three or four times for about a minute - still - I felt pretty good when I was done.

Today is HCG day2 - loading day. Official starting weight 6/13 of 184.8. We'll see what happens!

Traci

Wow Traci!!! 63min is still GREAT!! And thanks by the way, although, I think those guys may have been just being smart a$$es, but I took it postive and it keeps me motivating for sure to make a few more heads turn next time around

Keep up the great work everyone! Like I had posted in another topic, how cool would it be for some of us to meet up in real for a lunch date and maybe a C25k session to help mitivate each other and maybe even have a girly day I think, in time, it could be possible. If anyone would want to, maybe we could message each other to see if there's a certain date or goal to do that by to keep each other even more motivated. Anyway, hubby is headed out of town tomorrow for a few days and I may get to finally go through his clothes and get rid of things he doesn't wear anymore. I am doing week 3 day 2 tomorrow of C25k...*raises a glass of water* here's to a great day!! Ok, well, I'm headed out for the night, have a wonderful evening and a healthy week all...
XoxoxoX Bru