Lose 5 Pounds a Month- July 2010 Challenge

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  • katieann2
    katieann2 Posts: 26
    Just getting back on track, haven't really worked on it in about 6 weeks!

    The good news I didn't gain any weight, maintained.
  • Okay I am up for the challenge should be good!!!

    Yesterday I did two kinds of fruit and 3 kinds of veggies plus 25+ jumping jack!!
  • rcatr
    rcatr Posts: 374 Member
    Day # 2--50 jumping jacks and one fruit in......will add more later......:happy:

    NICE!

    I'm going to officially TAP OUT (read: chicken out) on my weigh in this week cause it's that TOM. :sad: :noway:

    Let's see what happens next week.
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    WTG everyone for doing the challenge!!! That's great!!! I've had an apple so far today, and I plan on grapes and canteloupe around lunch and as for veggies, I'm thinking cucumbers at lunch and cauliflower at dinner. I may even throw in some broccoli for good measure. My TOM started yesterday and when I went out to a friends house (an all guy house) they had no form of pain pills and I've never cramped this bad before. This morning was a little bit better but now that I'm up, they are coming back full force again. :( Not sure if I'll get in the 1.5hrs straight this week if these keep up. I'm gonna attempt jumping jacks and maybe a few short walks, but I don't know just yet. I hope you are all having a better week then me. On the plus side, I'm glad to have my TOM again, since prior to May, it was almost 10months since I had it. May went on for 3 full weeks and then two days of spotting in June. So I'm glad that weight loss and exercise is kicking it back on again, I just wish the cramps would stay. (I've never really been one to have cramps ever in the past :( ) Anyway, I know this weigh in will be blah, but I will still weigh in Fri morning before we head to the Lake of the Ozarks for the weekend. I'm gonna be logging everything via phone unless service disappears. Have a good week all.

    XoxoxoX Bru
  • tralalara
    tralalara Posts: 149
    Good morning everyone! I missed posting my weigh in yesterday. Things are a little crazy here right now. I've just returned from my last vacation of the year and it was very hard eating in Nashville. Very limited choices where we were staying. It was a convention. Hectic and not good restaurants near by. But it sure was fun. Food was definitely not the focus. I didn't eat as healthy but I really didn't have alot of time to think about food. I think I did okay considering the pitfalls. Man, I love biscuits and gravy!
    Here's the details:

    July 1 SW 210
    July 5 208
    July 13 207 (I really think it should be less but travelling has caused some bathroom issues if you know what I mean...)

    July 30 GW 205
    Just 2 lbs to go!
  • The scale finally showed my effort today!
    July 1st- 214
    July 7th-217 EEK, bad weekend
    July 13th 213.2

    So down .8, only 4.2 more to go by the end of the month! And starting up on C25k today!
  • dmgaloha
    dmgaloha Posts: 467 Member
    Did great on the BMK challenge yesterday - before bed I realized I was missing a fruit, so I ate a half dozen cherries for a bedtime snack, plus I did my 25 jumping jacks for the day.

    So far, I had strawberries for my first fruit today and I had some peppers/mushrooms in my leftover yellow chicken curry for lunch, but I'll be sure to eat extra veggies at supper to be on the safe side. I have fruit #2 in my drawer for this afternoon's snack, supper will be salmon on the BBQ, and I have Pilates class tonight.

    Recurring theme: my TOM started last night too! I'm fighting a headache and a bit tired. I'll try to get to bed early tonight, especially since Wed am is C25k, bright and early!
  • I am with you guys. Hope this month will be better. I am stuck at a 7lb lost for 3 weeks now. Getting a little fustrated. Have a good day all.
  • timbotina
    timbotina Posts: 1,130 Member
    Day # 2 in---just completed my last jumping jacks to total 150 again today....I love that this is the challange and I think I will continue to do them atleast 5 days a week from now on....it gets your heart rate up fast (doing 50 at a time usually) andthey don't take but a coupple minutes and at the end of the day.....extra calories burned with little effort....I mostly fit them in while I am preparing meals.....anyhow......had banana, grapes, and peaches for fruit and cucumber and zucchini for veggies.....tomorrow I plan on another 150 jumping jacks and getting my first 90 min. workout in....the weather is supposed to be good tomorrow so we shall see........good evening everyone!!:bigsmile:
  • mrsyyoung
    mrsyyoung Posts: 16
    Hey everyone,

    didn't do too great yesterday, got in 1 veggie and 2 fruit, totally forgot about the jumping jacks....

    But, today is another day, So far I've had 2 fruits and no veggies but I usually have those for my dinner...trying to watch the carbs after lunch.

    I will make up my jumping jacks today...going for 50

    Hope everybody has a great day!!!
  • AmandaB4588
    AmandaB4588 Posts: 655
    Warning: This is a really long post!

    Bru—I put chickpeas, olive oil, garlic, sesame oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice and roasted red peppers in the food processor. Viola, hummus! It’s really good. I am making another batch soon. I am sorry to hear about the cramping. I hope this is a one-time, catching up kind of thing.

    Rj—I remember when you talked about bringing your skates out. I have been thinking about buying some ever since! What a fun way to get in some exercise!

    Jenn—Way to go! Almost in the 130’s and running camp all by yourself…. it seems things are falling into place. Great work!

    Dmg—Good job on your loss and that’s great news about the clothes! I tend to buy mine way too big, too. I almost always have to take things back a couple days later for a smaller size.

    Jacque—I hope the water aerobics goes well. I live in Houston, and it is SUPER HOT here. I am lucky that my sis has a pool and am thinking of starting some water aerobics as well. I have only ever seen it done in classes, though. Do you have a certain program you follow?

    Shelly—Feel better soon!!! Sorry you are feeling yucky!

    Terri—2 lbs is not bad at all for a very relaxing vacation. I am glad you had a great time and got to relax some!

    Georgette—Let’s tackle these 160’s together! It took me forever to get out of them the first time around. Then I went on vacation and came back in the 160’s again, ahhhh!!

    Kelly—That is the one thing I truly love about yard work… the work out it gives you! Have fun!

    Lori—My dad makes the best biscuits and gravy, mmmm!! The downside is he always makes it (or his delicious pancakes) on weekend mornings when family visits which has been happening a lot lately. They are so hard to turn away from. Most of the time, I am not successful!

    Tina—That’s so true about jumping jacks. I love how I can do them any time, any place!


    Whew, that's a lot of people!! Great job to everyone losing and welcome to all new people! You will love it here!

    I am definitely in for the physical challenge this week. I am sorry I missed yesterday but still have today to get to those jumping jacks. I didn't know we were continuing the 1.5hour workouts this week but I already have my 2 in! I am getting certified to dive (will finally be done on Monday!) I spent 3 hours in the pool yesterday and 2 at the lake today. I am exhausted!!
  • kintegra
    kintegra Posts: 1,026 Member
    Well here's my BMK Challenge so far this week: I did 50 jumping jacks yesterday & 25 today. Yesterday I had a banana, blueberries & cantelope, tomato, & romaine lettuce & grillin beans as well!

    Today I had a banana, strawberries, & blueberries, pickled beets, & mushrooms.

    My dad brought me a dumptruck load of dirt yesterday, so this afternoon I was busy hauling it around in my wheelbarrow. I'm adding yet MORE landscaping to my yard! I'm busy making a couple of burms on the corners of my yard to cover in flowers. I live on a corner lot, so its a lot to do! Today's work didn't even put a DENT in that dirt pile! WOW am I pooped! Over 900 cals worked off today! So I have one of my 90 min workouts done for the week!

    Saturday is "Aunt Kelly Day" with my neice & 2 nephews. We are going to Starved Rock State Park hiking all day! YAY! That will be my 2nd 90 min workout for the week! Of course I'm sure it will be much longer than 90 minutes! I'm packing lots of healthy snacks & a picnic lunch in the cooler to take with us! The kids are SO looking forward to it! SO AM I! Its my brother & sis-inlaws anniversary weekend & I'm swapping houses with them. I got them tickets to a concert that is just a few miles from my house so they can stay here & just grab a cab after the concert. That way they can both have a good time & not worry about who is driving. They live about 45 min from me, so I'm staying there with the kids!

    Amanda - congrats on your dive classes! I love diving. Haven't done it for about 7 years though. I miss it :cry: My dive buddy got married & we no longer go on dive trips together anymore. :brokenheart: I'm scared to trust someone else with me. :brokenheart: :cry:

    Happy Wednesday to you all tomorrow!

    Kelly
  • I'm in!! I need the boost!!
  • giraffe
    giraffe Posts: 12
    Count me in!
  • Checking in.

    July 6- 196
    July 13- 194.8

    On schedule for 5 lbs this month!
  • timbotina
    timbotina Posts: 1,130 Member
    heading off to work...but got 50 jumping jacks in so far....will do the stairs at work...and doing my 90 min. workout after work....talk to you all later
  • dmgaloha
    dmgaloha Posts: 467 Member
    Hi everyone! I forgot to do my jumping jacks yesterday, but I will catch up later in the week. For fruits, I had strawberries, cherries and an apple. For veggies, I had peppers and cucumber slices.

    I got up early this morning to do my couch to 5k (week 2, day 2). Here I come, week 3! Mystery pants, how did your first day on c25k go?

    Friends invited us over for dinner tomorrow night. That is my BodyFLOW night, so I'm not sure what to do - whether I can still make it to class without rushing from their house, or whether I can fit in a different workout at a different time...
  • TCASMEY
    TCASMEY Posts: 1,405 Member
    Good morning to all!

    What a great challenge idea! I will try to work on those jumping jacks. They are an exercise I really dislike. Jumping and being busty are not a good combination. Plus the weakened pelvic floor from having kids make jumping jacks one of my least favorite exercises. I can do about 5 before I have to stop. I will try though!

    Fruits and veggies are easy especially now that the garden is starting to produce food.

    My body is still trying to get back on track from vacation. I was up 2 the first day back and then yesterday it was up another 2 (after 1 day of eating healthy) and this morning back down 1.6 pounds. I seem to keep losing and regaining the same 5 pounds over and over again at this time. The good news no more vacations this year! So I can stay on track!

    The weather is supposed to be hot and humid here today. It is not even 8 am and it is 78 degrees and 75% humidity. Not a good day for any outside activities.

    Stay healthy!

    Terri
  • Hey everyone,

    well it has been very hectic for me and I kind of fell off the wagon for a little bit, but I am back.. Last weekend was no good, my fiance and I went to visit my parents (6hrs away) for the weekend, and my mom is horrible about cooking healthy... But she is good about have fruits and veggies in the house. And this coming weekend we are going to visit my finace's family for my bridal shower and that is going to be a lot of eating out, becuase his family does not cook at all... so I am working out hard this week and really trying to watch what I am eating, but so far it is not going well. I hope I can loose the 2 lbs i put on in the last couple of weeks, and lost the 5 lbs for the month, wish me luck
  • Cathy_5011
    Cathy_5011 Posts: 78
    I am in too

    July 14th-177
    August 14th -172


    December-152 :happy:

    Here we go!!!!
  • Ashykins
    Ashykins Posts: 233
    Starting Weight for July: 282

    Current Weekending 7/10 - 280.00

    I will clock the other numbers later!!! I am definitely in!
  • Jennplus2
    Jennplus2 Posts: 984 Member
    Hello everyone,

    I do 5 veggies everyday anyway and most days I do 1-3 fruits so that is in the bag, but I am having a hard time with workout this week being so busy at work. I am going to walk with my kids after work today and that will be my 2nd 90 min workout. When I was going to Curves (before mine closed) I did jumping jacks 5 days a week, so I will try to catch up tonight by doing 100 then keep up the rest of this week.
    I did really well eating on Saturday but Sunday I had a Nutella mishap! So... my daughter was not really in the mood to eat on Sunday morning, I let it slide until about 11 am but then I wanted her to eat so we could go for a walk to the park. We walk (well I walk, they ride in the double stroller) about 45 min each way with 30 min of park play in the middle, so I know that she will be a hungry crying crazy mess before we get home if she doesn't eat first. So on days I can't get her to eat I spread Nutella on whole wheat bread and make her a chocolate sandwich (what kid wont eat Nutella!). She did eat, great, but then I licked my finger clean and once I realized what I was doing I had finished 3-4 scoops of the stuff myself! Oh my, I looked at the back label and it is 200 calories per 1 Tbps, oops! Then of course my dear sweet honey came home from work with a huge slice of chocolate cake that we shared. Monday morning I had gained back 4lbs, today I had lost 2 of that. So I am 142 and hoping to be less than 140 on Friday so I don't have to move my ticker back up!

    Oh Nutella I hate you! Even tho I really LOVE you! :cry:
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Jenn, I can seriously feel the nutella pain. I can scoop it out way to easily too.

    So all I eat plenty of vegies but I try to watch my carbs so 1-2 fruits is it for me a day. I don't do jumping jacks, when I do my knees kill me for days and I can't run or skate or anything so i will back out on that challenge. I do exercise more tha 1.5 hours at a time though 5 days a week so I got that covered. Good luck to everyone and the scale is moving down for me, I just hope it stays there Friday so I can finally move my ticker after a month.
  • timbotina
    timbotina Posts: 1,130 Member
    Did a whopping 225 jumping jacks today...I think these are my new love.....and had my 3 fruits and 2 veggies today.....did my 90 min workout (walk/run) and burned over 1100 calories today....now I think I deserve a snack....talk to you all tomorrow.....have a nice evening ladies!!......:bigsmile:
  • WOW!!!! You are my hero!!!!
  • AmandaB4588
    AmandaB4588 Posts: 655
    Terri, I feel your pain (literally) with the jumping jacks.

    I did about 5 jumping jacks today before cheating by putting an arm over my chest to hold the girls down. Apart from those first 5, I had a great experience! I was in the kitchen when I suddenly decided to just do them. My boyfriend was sitting at the kitchen table, and there I was doing jumping jacks without any explanation. He gave me a funny look, laughed (which made my darling nephew laugh which made me laugh!) and told me I was crazy. I love how convenient this little exercise is! Also, I was really surprised when I was able to do 100 jumping jacks rather easily instead of 50. Several months ago, I was gasping for air after only a few jumping jacks and was certain I would bomb this challenge. I credit C25K for this improvement. It is really neat to see results like that, and I definitely wasn't expecting it either.

    As for the food challenge, I also stick to 1-2 servings of fruit a day because they are so sugary but I was still able to eat 3 types. I had a berry smoothie with blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries for breakfast. I also got my veggies in. I had a salad for lunch (spring mix, cucumbers, carrots) and curry with almonds for dinner (sweet potatoes, peppers, onions.)

    I hope everybody is doing well! Good luck on Friday, rj! I hope the scale shows you (and the rest of us) what we want to see!
  • AmandaB4588
    AmandaB4588 Posts: 655
    Oh yes, and I saw on Dr. Oz the other day that women who eat broccoli and cabbage 3x a week are 70-something% less likely to get breast cancer! There's some good motivation to get those greens in.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Oh yes, and I saw on Dr. Oz the other day that women who eat broccoli and cabbage 3x a week are 70-something% less likely to get breast cancer! There's some good motivation to get those greens in.

    yay! I love broccoli and cabbage.
  • kintegra
    kintegra Posts: 1,026 Member
    Wow Timbotina & Amanda! You girls are rockin it on the Jumping Jacks! Great job! I only got 25 in this morning before I had to belly dance & get ready for work. I know I could have done a lot more, but time crunch! I'm gonna try to do at least 100 in the next few days at one time! You girls are inspiring me! And I'm the one that came up with that idea for the challenge! :laugh: :laugh: I'd do more right now, but I'm pooped after my Zumba class tonight! :ohwell:

    Kelly
  • AmandaB4588
    AmandaB4588 Posts: 655
    Kelly-- what exactly is zumba? I have heard so many people talking about it. I just found out that a park downtown offers free zumba classes once a week (as well as free yoga on Saturdays!) I am thinking about giving it a shot.
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