Lose 5 pounds a month SEPTEMBER 2010 CHALLENGE

Hi I'm in!! motivation is good at the moment, and this will keep me on track!

starting weight 142lbs

goal 137lbs

So many new members I'll never be able to make individual comments, lol, but just know I think this is such a great group and love seeing all the members who want to stick with it and lose the weight and inches and gain confidence!!

I'm still in the Lake of the Ozarks, coming home sometime tomorrow so hopefully I can weigh in Tues. My sodium has been rough all weekend, we unfortunetly ran out of money for the weekend, including for both gas and food. Luckily, hubbys grandpa is helping us on the gas money part so we can get home in time for Nick to go back to work Tuesday. So, that means, food-wise, we eat whatever is in grandpas lake house...which is mashed potatoes and lots of hotdogs!! Oh, and bisquick, so we had to ask the neighbor for milk and eggs.. anywho, I've been fishing a lot this weekend, only caught 2 blue gills so far, but I did see a 24-26in carp chillin' by the seawall, if only I could catch him, I'd really make the guys jealous I caught a bigger fish

Not much for exercise this weekend, but I did not fall off the wagon, I had to temporarily jump off and just push it for everyone else, I'll climb back on Monday and start with a much needed walk through my neighborhood. 30day shred showed up in the mail on Thursday after we left, so I'm starting that Wed as Tue I'm training with Bernie(my friend who's doing the 5k in 2 weeks with me) so we can hopefully run the majority of the 5k.

Hope you all are having a great week!! New BMK challenge starts tomorrow, I'm just waiting to hear from my friend Melissa who picks for this week, once I hear from Melissa. Ta-ta for now!! XoxoxoX Bru

Checking in:
8/29 193.5
9/5 192.5

Wasn't quite sure what to put down for my weigh in, since my scale gave me 4 different weights within a 15 min period. I'm throwing it out there and going with the lowest one! It might be time to look into a new scale.

I'm so ready for the new week to start! LOL My hubby had a surprise party for me Friday night for my bday, so eating was waaay off. Although I didn't eat cake!! So I'm ready to get back into a routine!

I'd like to be in too please! I've been stuck around 190 since the start of the month, which is 5 (or more) lbs up from where I should have been if I hadn't been eating cookies, and other horrible foods. I want to make it back to 185 by the end of the month!

Can't wait to hear what the challenge is for this week!

lost 1 lb last week this is the start of the second week so I hope to loose 1-2 lbs this week.

Well it hasn't been a week since my last weigh in but I would like to keep Sunday/Monday mornings.

Sept.1 - 147.5
Sept. 6 - 145.5


SW: 147.5
GW: 140 for now

Good morning everyone!
It's Monday morning check in time for me. I've had a touch of a stomach issue the last two days, kinda rumbly tummy. I think there's a bug going around. This weekend is like hell week for me since I work in retail.:devil: I rang over 200 sales myself on Saturday. Talk about stress. Our store was packed Saturday AND Sunday. It will be a little slower today, thank goodness. Shopping...the new national recreation. I'm in Branson, for those who don't know, and the traffic has been horrible. It took me almost an hour to get home Saturday and I live only 15 minutes from work!:grumble: They provided lunches all weekend at work, sandwich stuff and chips and drinks. It's so busy and the parking lot so full that you can't get out to go have lunch anywhere. It was nice but I kinda missed my Lean Cuisines with veggies. They provided sodas and also water. I drank so many of the waters. they were only 16.9 oz bottles. I can drink 4 of them a day! I usually take my 32 oz bottle from home and then refill it and have 32 oz more. Oh well...it was free. :drinker: Here's to the weekend being over!
Here's my stats:

Sept 1 197.5
Sept 6 196.....for a loss of 1.5 so far.
Goal wt for sept. 192.5
I'm off to a pretty good start!

Oh ya i forgot I tried making the last of that pork chop and soup meal and completely screwed it up! lol I hate cooking i suck at it! anyway i ended up eating the pork chops and a small portion of a frozen fettucini meal and then after i had a bowel of icecream. I know i know whats with me and that icecream ..... If only hubbys mom would quit giving it to us ugh i cant resist. but i am drinking tons and tons of water today and going to have a salad for lunch not really sure what i will have the rest of the day but i will try to make it as healthy as you really can in a truckstop lol

Hey all!! Happy Labor Day! Since Melissa, Kelly and I are out of town, there is no current BMK challenge, if Melissa picks tonight, we'll just have a short week, or we might hold off this week and pick back up next week. So, since its a free week for now, tink back to a challenge you really liked or didn't get to finish and do it this week, same goes for food. I'm currently on the road to go home now, which will take another 3hrs, headed to my moms when I get in town for her birthday. Hope you are all having a great day! XoxoxoX Bru

Today is my normal weigh in day. I slept in til 1 pm, so I missed lunch and breakfast. Had such a crappy night sleep. So I weighed myself at 2:24 pm and I have lost 2.2 lbs.

Aug. 30 / Sept 1 (wait was still) - 169 lbs
Sept. 6 - 166.8 lbs

Hello! I realize we are already several days in, but would love to join this challenge. I joined MFP quite awhile ago, but have NOT been consistent with it at all, and therefore have not lost any weight in a really long time. On the positive side, I have not gained anything, either!

School has started here, so that always helps. I always struggle during the summer with no consistent schedule.

Took advantage of a couple of days off and attempted to go through some things in the basement. I have a large tote labeled "The 10-lb Box". It contains all of the clothes that I think that I could/would wear if I could just lose 10 pounds. I could do some serious shopping right in my own basement!! :laugh: 5 pounds would be a great start... just need to do something to get the ball rolling!

A small group of us have challenged ourselves to run 10 races in 2010. We have completed 9 of them. (Looks like I need to update my signature, buy the way.) Our last race will not be until mid-late October, so I am hoping to lose just enough and train hard enough to improve my time. I would like to end our challenge with a sub-30 minute 5k time.

Am looking forward to this challenge!