Lose 5 pounds a month AUGUST 2010 CHALLENGE

Down 1 lb so far this month. Was hoping for a 2 but my sodium has been high all week, so I'll be happy with a 1 for now :laugh:

Hope everyone is still rockin! :flowerforyou:

Good day everyone!




What to do tonight without the kids?

RECONNECT! romance, cuddle, run around the house naked!

I'm in! Gotta get going on this if I'm going to meet my goal for December!

Morning all, can't wait to see what the BMK challange is either Kelly....completed all of this last one except for the last 1hr walk, and I hope to get it in today......for fruit today, going to have apple, peaches, and grapes......and will be adding to cleaning for the last time today (don;t like to normally include cleaning unless it would be something very vigorous --like hauling tons of dirt, HA!! Kelly).....talk to you all later!!

Weighed this morning and didn't like what I saw at all! Up by 1lb? How is that even possible? :grumble: Anyway, I'm just working harder next week to make this goal! Went to my spin class this morning and the instructor had called in sick so one of the PTs took it. :devil: Hardest. class. ever! He didn't get on his bike once and kept going round the class turning up the resistance if he thought someone wasn't working hard enough:mad: It was good fun though and I could feel it making a difference.:laugh:
I re-adjusted my goals, from 1400 to 1200 cals per day. I've felt like I was losing at a really slow pace, usually less than 1lb per week if anything. I'm gonna give it a go for a week and see the results and if its good I'll keep it, if not I'll review. I've been considering zig-zagging. Anyone here do that?

Was downstairs doing my exercise (in between doing laundry) and my daughter was with me ("zezercising" as she calls it) and she asked me for a drink and I told here in a couple minutes....I only had one set of reps to go--about 10 minutes....she kept asking and asking like kids do...then she said...."you can just stay down here and zezercise all day!!!!!!" how cute.......though I would share.....

:flowerforyou:

Aug 1 - 153.5
Aug 8 - 151.5

Very happy to report I have lost 2 pounds this week. I have been having fun! Rode my bicycle to work 3 days (90km this week) and ate a lot of FRUITS and VEGGIES!! Also did core strength training 5 times.

Have a wonderful week everyone.

Rebel

Hey everyone its weigh in day

8/1 169.6
8/8 169.8

UP .2 today so not good. Havent been eating well and missed both days of zumba last week so hopefully this week will be much better. I have already been out for a 30-40 minute walk today and plan to walk again tonight before hubby heads to work.
I don't know what TOM stands for but im pretty sure i know what it means. I have something called pcos and i have really irregulare pms times which i am going to blame for last month and this weeks bad weight loss. My visitor has decided to make a permanant stay i guess it has not stopped at all since june 1st so that im losing weight is a miracle concidering the sweets i cant resist like ever! Im not concerned tho its normal for this to last a month straight and then i wont see it again for months and months and months at a time .. a year apart twice. Im not anemic which sometimes i feel like passing out but not this time even tho its been 2 and a half months.

but anyway So im going to return to zumba and im going to go walking as much as humanly possible and hopefully still lose 5 lbs this month

here is to a better week:drinker:

Hope the weekend was great to you all.Mine was awesome as I was able to meet Pauly Shore :blushing: and got autographs and a pic with him!! Sweet!! Went antiquing and walked a lot in general this weekend. I walked 17miles for the whole week not including my almost 4.5 this morning! :drinker: Anyway..here's the new challenge starting tomorrow:

So this week we're gonna dance our arses off! :laugh: Well, try to! Let's dance for at least 1.5hrs this week. It could be zumba, video games, looking up specific dances online, or just turning up the radio and getting down. Also, let's break out the old school gym class moves for 30min a day for 3 days. :glasses: You can choose your own routine for a fun mix and match style, ie sit ups, push ups, jumping jacks, aerobic videos, etc Make it yours! This weeks food challenge, how about trying a new style of food at least once this week. :huh: Never tried Thai or Greek before? Search for some recipes and make it yourself for two reasons one you save some money instead of going out to eat, two, you control the ingredients which means less salt, etc. Of course, if you are able to go to a restaurant and try a new food, more power to ya, don't forget to drink your water!! So, I'm in are you?

Have a great week all and let's drop those 5lbs ea this month and maybe more!! :drinker:
XoxoxoX Bru

got my 4th and final walk in tonight...and heading for a snack of something plus peaches....

I am excited for next weeks challange....going to look for a new recipe...and since the ne YMCA opens tomorrow...will sign myself up for some classes......

good night everyone....

LOVE THE NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK. Boy we danced and danced the other night at the wedding so I'll just continue dancin away the week. And ti will be fun to do some old school exercises. Does anyone out there remember the CHICKEN FAT routine that we used to do years ago. GO YOU CHICKEN FAT GO AWAY... GIVE THAT CHICKEN FAT BACK TO THE CHICKEN....... TRA LA LA LA can't remember the rest of the lyrics... but it was funny. Phyljen

Morning everyone....wt 184 (up 1.5 but MTOTM so hopefully thats it).....excited about the new challange...will go sign up for some classe at that YMCA today....headed off to work now...have a great day!!

Monday morning check in for me. I'm feeling pretty good about my loss so far. I just looked back at July and I started July at 210. I'm making progress.
Here's the stats:
Aug 1 202.5
Aug 9 200.5
Yay, lost 2 lbs!
3 more to go!

Ok, I had a bad weekend. Time to get back on track. I haven’t been exercising – I missed my Saturday run, as well as this morning’s run (of course, there’s still time to make up for that one tonight…) – and I have been overeating – a kids birthday bbq on Saturday, and an adult bbq complete with rum coolers that evening… plus a big breakfast on Sunday, and we ordered pizza on Sunday night. I guess looking back it may not have been as bad as “before” but it was certainly way over where I should be. Oh well, I’m cursing PMS – but there’s no P anymore, so no more excuses. I’m headed out for a 45 min walk at lunch and will try to improve my food choices this week.

rcatr – how did your intermittent fast go? What exactly does it entail?

krinio - stress-exercise instead of stress-eating, huh? Maybe I should give that a try!

timbotina – great work on those stairs! Truly motivating!

Bru – thanks for posting this week’s challenge! Do you think I would get kicked out if I danced in the aisle at Step Up 3D?!

Congrats to everyone who is already well on their way to meeting their goal this month! I know I have a lot of work to do these next 3 weeks if I want to see a loss. My work is cut out for me.

I am in..