Lose 5 pounds a month SEPTEMBER 2010 CHALLENGE

i will join in too, new to this stuff...

I finally got to sleep in today (usally its me getting up with the kids but i convinced hubby to do it) so today started off restfull lol

Woke up today and the scale told me 166.8!!! yay lets hope i don't screw it up lol iv got till sunday for weigh in so I plan on dragging my elliptical out (burried in the back of my hallway of a laundry room) wasn't planning on using it untill i could have it in a space readilly accessable and never having to move it just to pull it out once i move in to my new house in about 3 weeks : ) but ill make an exception since im on the brink of this months goal. I really need to stay on track because if i lose 20 lbs by christmas i will be the lightest i have been in 4 years.

bru so sorry for your loss. losing pets is tough. I even had a little bit of a hard time when my husbands moms dog died and i didn't even really like him lol. I thought he was annoying and slobbery but i guess you still gain an attachment after living with the dog for a year and knowing it longer than that.

Soooo sorry Bru, that's tough. I'll give my Teak (mini Doxie) a huge hug when I get home tonight.

I had an aweful weekend of indulging...I took Kati to the fair on Saturday (did really good cause we packed our own lunch and went to the car to eat at lunch time) then on our way home we went to Wingers for dinner (did good by having a chopped salad, yum!)...then...we never get dessert at restaurants but Kati saw the table next to us get a huge chocolate chip cookie with ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream... her eyes got huge and asked so sweetly for one, I couldn't refuse. I had a few bites which wasn't too bad, but I had the taste of chocolate on my tongue. Then Sunday, the caramel brownies at my Mom's were calling my name...by the end of the day I had eaten 4 of them. I haven't been this remotely bad since I restarted this journey in June. I felt so disgusted last night when I went to bed that I wanted to cry. I woke up this morning with a new found drive to do better. I will work my butt off this week and make up for my mistake reminding myself that I am in charge.

Oh noooo, Bru! I'm so sorry. What a rotten way to start your day too. I hope tomorrow's better.

Congrats to everyone who had great weigh-ins today! I can't believe the month's almost halfway through already.

I confess I had a cheeseburger and fries for breakfast along with two cups of coffee...yeah. :blushing: Some friends flew in from out of town. After driving them to their hotel, we went out for breakfast which turned into lunch as we arrived at the restaurant. It was a nice meal, first beef I'd eaten in about ten days. I took half of it home with me. The elliptical trainer felt far easier than usual today, so I think my body was thanking me for the extra protein early in the day. I worked twice as long making room for SMOOOOOORES tonight!

After all, it IS International Chocolate Day.

After a weekend where I ignored the Elliptical completely and became intimately reacquainted with the fridge, I couldn't stop myself from hopping on the scale on Monday morning... 251 (actually 250.8, but I always round up or down for any fraction other than a .5) which is 2.5 down from last Thursday.

Of course, I may have undone 1 pound of that loss that same night when I got to talking with Jason as soon as I got home from work, instead of jumping on the Elliptical right away, and my motivation to work out dissipated very quickly. Not that I generally burn 3500 calories in one workout, but... we are in the process of getting rid of our Tim Cards (if you live in Canada, you know what I mean; for the rest of you think Dunkin' Donuts with WAY better coffee) and we are not coffee drinkers, so we have been using up the money on DONUTS*. Last night, we went a little overboard, and brought home a dozen - as usual, I ate all of my share (there's just the two of us, so that's 6 donuts) in one night - though for the first time ever Jason gobbled up all 6 of his before I even got through 3*. I used their online nutrition calculator and it came to 2175 calories! The good news is, the cards are used up, and no longer linked to our credit cards, so I will no longer have any excuses for going anywhere near a Tim Hortons.

Last Thursday, I discovered that there is just enough time during my lunch break for me to drive home, change, do a 25 minute workout on the Elliptical, shower, dress and drive back to work. I used to drive home, eat in less than 10 minutes and then sit around waiting for it to be time to head back to the office, so this is a WAY better use of my lunch hour. I just pre-pack a lunch and leave it in the fridge at home, then grab it when I am heading back to the office to eat at my desk. Even though I did not work out after work yesterday, I DID work out during my lunch hour, and I plan to try to keep it up every weekday. 25 minutes x 5 weekly adds up to just over 2 hours. Add in 25-45 minutes 3 x weekly after work and I'm more than making up for no longer scheduling any workouts on the weekend - which apparently, I am not disciplined enough to force myself to keep (see above).

My official weigh in is on Wednesday morning, so we'll see then how much damage the trip to Tim's caused me.

*Donuts are my crack. I am WAY addicted. Usually, we pick up a dozen, and I eat 6 all in one evening. Jason usually only gets through 3, and then puts the rest in the fridge. Then the next day, while he's at work, I steal one or two of his duringmy lunch hour - I work close to home and go home for lunch. I am making a vow today that I will not buy another dozen donuts to split between me and Jason ever again.

I'm in but i have a hard time losing no matter what i do..
I'll give it a shot

Well, yesterday was a rough one...after losing my bearded dragon, my hubbys grandpa fell and hit his head on the concrete driveway trying to load his truck. And of course, he refused the hospital, especially when the EMT's arrived. But he fell Sunday night, also hitting his head in concrete, then 3more times yesterday morning in the house, then the last one when we called 911..he won't listen to us and it's going to end up killing him. My hubby is really tore up about this. I'll keep you updated if he ever goes to the doctor...

On a positive note...I just got an email for the 5k this weekend, they have just 167 people registered, 63 of them attacking the half marathon. So I feel much better now that I know it's not 400 people! Also, we wear a timing anklet which is kinda cool. And they will have exact numbers by age and gender on Monday. I'm so excited!!!! There's another one scheduled in March too, so if all goes well, I'll be doing that one as well! My military partner is really nervous about it, so I've been trying to keep her positive, it's just for fun, nothing else, so hopefully her nerves will be a little more calm on Saturday. We need to be there at 6:45am to sign in, get our anklets and t-shirts. I'm so pumped!!

I hope you all are having a wonderful week and I will see you Friday morning for my weigh in.

Good morning all, checking in...
Started @ 217 01/09/2010
08/09/2010 - 215
15/09/2010 - 213

Great job everyone:drinker:

Logging in my current weight for the challenge:

Sep 1: 255 lbs
Sep 4: 253 lbs
Sep 9: 253.5 lbs (after a long weekend of slacking, I gained 0.5 lbs)
Sep 15: 252 lbs
goal for Oct 1: < 250 lbs
change: - 3 lbs

so sorry bru. I am glad he went to the doctor I hope everything is ok.

WOW sara thats amazing congratulations 1 pound away! thats awesome

I'm checking in as this is the half way point. Ive lost 2 out of 5. I better do a little better for the second half of the month.

Forgot to say good morning...now its afternoon....and I am amidst my 40th birthday and I feel great (miss that my dad is not here to see it but my mom and I just had lunch)....and even though I am going to party it up with food today....I got in an awesome workout burning over 1200 cal......bring on the 40's............:drinker:

September 1st - 195.2
September 7th - 194.2
September 14th - 192.2

Well, so far, I am down exactly 3lbs. Not sure why my loss is starting to slow down, I still have so much more to lose. Seems like I have been stuck in the rut of the 190's now forever....even though its only been close to a month since I hit them....Oh well, slow and steady wins the race I guess....