Lose 5 Pounds a Month- June 2010 Challenge

I'm finally home from vacation! Daughter is happily married and headed home to Phoenix. We had a wonderful time. We ate too much good food. :ohwell: I'll weigh in tomorrow but I'm not too excited about it! But you know what? I had a great time being with my family and a cupcake here and a glass of wine there (ok, we had mexican food AND BBQ too!) isn't going to get me off track. It was all worth it. Tomorrow is a new day.

I am sooooo there - count me in!!!! Are you keeping track of who is joining or are we blogging this???

SW: 180
CW: 177

I'll weigh myself tomorrow which is the end of the month

THANKS ill be seeing it tomorrow because i get the tickets at work...PLUS ill be going to see it in imax this weekend...the tickets at work dont work towards imax...i'm team jacob which team are u on??

Summertime Food idea... something I figured out last summer and it works pretty good. We have a fire circle in our backyard so we do alot of hotdog roasting and marshmallow roasting. When the family is doing hotdogs I put a thawed chicken breast tender on my stick, turns out pretty darn good! I can join in the fun without the calories!

Hello everyone!

Shelli-
Good job working out even while having an off day as far as eating!

Rj-
I think it is great that you are staying busy with your weight loss while looking for a job. So many folks just sit and have a pity party. Great job! And I don't know how you exercise as much as you do, but I like it!

Terri-
I know! That is why I told her I didn't feed them that stuff. lol But at least we understand that it is not "healthy". I agree it is better than nothing and as they grow older they like to have more and more say on what they want to eat!
And I also agree about the contradicting info out everywhere. I try to read with a grain of salt now.

Kelly-
I did the Skinny Saturday challenge a while back and it did help me stay on task. So I say we go for it! Any ideas on what the next challenge should be?

Spob-
I saw your post! I am hoping July is a big loss month! Just jump on in glad to have ya.

Kittytrix-
We have July-Dec, 6 months. 6x5=30
Now that the math is right...wanna lose 30 lbs by the winter holidays?

Tralalara-
Glad that you had fun at the Wedding during your vaca! If you can't have wine, BBQ, and cup cakes on vacation then why even go?! Just get back into eating healthy now. Like you said, it is worth it! I like the way you think!

circusmom-
Hope you feel better soon!

Onmyway-
Great idea! Also put a few veggies on and roast them up. I love grilled pineapple and mushrooms during a BBQ. I went to one on Friday and eat a big pile of salad and mixed grilled veggies before I ate the "bad" stuff and that worked out very well.

Amanda-
I love it! Steal away...
And my brother let his wisdom teeth grow in and he was fine. I had mine taken out and it was painful and expensive. But have him see a DDS so they can tell him if the wisdom teeth will push around the other teeth, that could be bad.
Oh, and you should exercise with your nephew! I have a few mommy and me yoga dvd's that my kiddos love doing with me. Plus just running and playing with him will burn a lot of calories!

And...
Welcome to the new folks!


So yesterday I went for a jog/walk and started day 1 of the couch to 5 k! I must say that I was happy to see the calories burned once I got back! I think I could learn to like running. I did the whole thing and ran 90 seconds walked 90 seconds, ect. Once I got back I read the rules again and found out that I was really meant to walk 90 run 60! So I did great! Today I am going to just walk because it is my rest day.
Last night I did eat my fav, frozen yogurt but I got a small and I am only letting myself get a small from now on plus I will limit that to a treat every now and then.

Hope you all have a healthy day! Tomorrow is the last day of the month so do a last chance workout!

I have been debating about which to get back into--- C25K or heavy lifting. I already discovered that doing both at the same time is just too much for me. With you and Bru doing C25K (especially with Bru at Week 5, way to go!!!) I totally want to jump back in. So tomorrow I am doing Week 4, Day 1.

Good luck whichever way you go!! I'm so you will do great either way!! And thanks, by the way!! When I first started, I made it 10min on w1d1 and almost gave up. But I realized I'd be only hurting myself in the long run, so I kept at it

Well, if you all are up for it, we can start the challenges for July, but maybe we should start Monday so we all have a full week.. and maybe rotate and let one person a week pick a food/exercise challenge. Again, I don't want to step on toes, so if nothing else, for those who are friends of mine, I will be posting my other groups weekly challenges in my status once a day, I have a group of three and we are rotating as well. I keep track on what we have done so we don't repeat anything. This is the first week of it, so trial and error Headed out for a bit, see ya on the new thread on Friday after my weigh in XoxoxoX Bru

I started 6/7/10 at 162lbs
now 6/29/10 157
my goal is 140

June 1 - 175
June 30 - 168.4

I lost 6.6 lbs this month.
Yay!!!!!

I am not going to weigh in until Friday, as that is my weigh-in day. I know that I lost the 5 pounds for this month but I was really hoping for more! The last few day my eating has been good and my workouts GREAT! Been chugging water like a champ, too. I feel like I am retaining water, anyway. I FINALLY feel better after my horrible weekend! I won't be doing that again anytime soon! Today, I did 2 30 min. weight loss workouts on my treadmill. I always feel soooo good after burning that amount of calories! Later, I am gonna drop DD off with my mom and go grocery shopping. Tomorrow is my rest day so all I have to do is keep my eating and water in check and I should be fine for this week.

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who met their goals this month! I will see you in July!

Congratulations to all those that have made or close to their goals this month. Great Job to all! I am looking forward to hearing everyone's journey next month.

My final numbers for this month (9lbs lost)

June 1 - 238
June 8 - 235
June 15 - 233.75
June 22 - 231
June 29 - 229

Well, I didn't lose 5 pounds in June....I lost 16.5 pounds in June!! I didn't make my goal I smashed it and I am damn proud of it. In fact I'm so proud I'm going to toot my own horn! TOOOOOT TOOOOOT!!! Here's to keepin' on keepin' on, let's see what you've got for me JULY!

:drinker: :drinker: Hats off to you! That is totally awesome!:drinker: :happy:

Thanks so much Terri!

Amanda-
Yay! I'm glad I have a few sisters to do c25k with me! Yesterday (my rest day) I found myself running instead of just walking. I ran for more than the 30 mins but burned less calories than the day before. Any insight on why I burned less running more? Maybe I was going slower?

Bru-
I love the idea of starting challenges on Monday and rotating. No smashed toes here.

Kelly-
So nice that your friend is supportive. I have increased my workouts and I have been eating my veggies so I hope to start July off with a great weigh-in also!

Terri-
I love how you handle your 3 lb gain. I need to be more like you in that way. You are right about it being a journey and just knowing that your physical condition is improving is an awesome reward for your hard work! :drinker:

Tralalara-
So close! But with a wedding and being on vaca I think you did great losing 4lbs.

Shelli-
Good job! And I wish I could go shopping with out my kids!:laugh:

OnMyWay-
WOW! 16.5 TOOT TOOT!

Ok, so today is my last day at Curves, they are closing. :sad:

5/14-143
6/18-153
6/25-149
6/30-148

Lets hope I lose a LOT in July.