Lose 5 Pounds a Month March 2011 Challenge

Sorry this is looong!

Krissy_poo-
MPF tracks your deficit for you. Plug in your stats and your calories and your goal calories will be reduced for you by 500. Just make sure you stay above 1200 (IMO 1500 is better/healthier, but many on MFP disagree and feel better at 1200 so I would recommend reading up on some posts regarding this and decide what is best for you and your body/life style)

Ifychudy-
Yay, I’m also at 70 calf raises

Mamareese-
I’m so proud of you! It’s all about getting back up and dusting yourself off, starting fresh the next day with exercise wont give the extra calories a chance to stick. Good job.

Lisa-
I feel the same way when I don’t eat right, glad you got your Mo-Jo back! I’m only on day 4 of being back to eating healthy but already I feel my mood improving.

Timbotina-
I know! The pages are fill up fast and flying by! Good luck with your eating struggles; you know I’m always in your corner cheering you on. Great job on the BMK challenge!


Oh yes, the CS cookies! I got my two boxes today. Tagalongs and Samoas are my favorite. My plan is leaving them at work (I practically sit in a fish bowl) and not open them until I bring them home Friday and I will give them to my guy (then take the kids to dance/gym class) and tell him that if he doesn’t finish them to hide them WELL and Saturday I will be super busy so my hope is that they will be gone before I get a chance to consume them.

On Saturday I am hosting a 60th birthday surprise party for my mom. It is at a sports bar and I will have all the really bad food and alcohol temptations as well as cake temptations. I feel really nervous and anxious about being derailed just as I was starting to get back on track. I find that for me personally this kind of event is very hard to recover from. I would love to hear ideas from everyone about what you do to prevent excessive indulgence on special occasions. I need all the help I can get!

Have a lovely day everyone!

I'm doing good I think. I am logging my calories, and even did half an hour on the elliptical today. I really need to get ahold of a tape measure and write my measurements down. I think that will help me mentally ALOT!!! I am NOT gonna be the fat girl at my own pool this summer!!!!

I AM IN.....


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100 calf raises completed !!! looks like this will be it for today.

My Insanity workout is on hold right now because, my ankles are killing me.all those running and jumping!!!!

I think I need to invest in a good athletic shoes!!! any suggestions on shoes and all things ankle pain????

WTG everyone

Whenever I know I am going to be somewhere with lots of temptations I always make sure I eat my meal before I go and then brush my teeth and chew some gum. It's not much but it at least causes you to pause and think before diving into the goodies I also sometimes weigh myself before I leave so that I can have my goals fresh in my mind when I'm there. Hope this helps a little! Any other advice is appreciated!

March 1: 215.6
March 4: 214.8 (Down .8 and very very happy with it!)

I am hoping the 3 extra days in March that February didn't have will help me reach the 5lb mark this month!

I also would like to join in this challenge - SW 209.2

Hey gals!

I have definitely fallen off the bandwagon as far as MFP goes. However, I have been doing really well with exercise. My eating has been back and forth (as usual) but I am trying to get it under control. I hope I make it back here more often this month!

Good luck to everyone!

55-
I peak at the scale also lol
Here is to hoping it will stick :drinker: forget that ice cream, you can still do it!

Jennifer-
Keep thinking "pool" season that should keep ya on track.

Mamareese-
Angel food cake is a great idea, the cake is already ordered but I will keep that in mind for the next time, thanks!

Crystalfaith-
LOVE those ideas, I'll weigh before I go for sure. Appreciate the ideas so much! :flowerforyou:

Caroleeb-
Welcome to ONEderland! Congrats

Timbotina-
Thank you for your advise and the nice note. It is true that I need to keep things like that in mind because I wont want to look back and have regrets. PORTION CONTROL!

Amanda-
I have just gotten back into healthy eating myself so your not alone. Welcome back, I missed you!

Phyljen-
Your still a Spring Chick, 60 is the new 30!

Here is my weigh in results, which I am VERY pleased with. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Mar 1: 159.2 (up from 155 Feb 1)
Mar 4: 155.6 :noway: I'll take it!
Mar 11:
Mar 18:
Mar 25:
Mar 31:

I've decided I peek at the scale too much lately and it's freaking me out. So I need to lay off and get in a routine with my eating and exercise before I start that habit. Checking the scale worked really well for me when I was at this back in the summer. But it's just upsetting me lately, and I know I need to get a handle on myself before I start concentrating on numbers. Makes me wonder why though because I was always an advocate for checking the scale more often then not. in the summer it helped motivate me to keep at it. Now with winter and heavier clothes to hide the work I haven't been doing over the holidays I'm finding I need a different approach. I love that scale when it's nice to me, I just can't look at it until I'm over own mental blocks.



March 1st~ 163.8
March 8th~
March 15~
March22~
March 29~

Thanks jenn : ) that icecream will not get me down lol Im gonna just keep going.
Thats one of the reasons it has taken me so long.... from about september of 2009 till I started mfp this in july of 2010 ti took me that long to lose 20 lbs almost a year! because I would say none at all I was all or nothing and it drove me nuts and I would end up pigging out for a week! Not anymore. one bowel and im done for a while till I crave it again lol .


Dm Great start weight! one whole pound less than me : ) The race to 150 is on! Im so in. and im rocking the race this month. When I peaked at the scale on the 3rd I saw 150.0!! Lol then I had my icecream mishap and thismorning was at 151.0 lol so we will see haha I started this month at 153.4 so Im really happy with how im doing

:drinker: :drinker: Here is to sundays weigh in:drinker: :drinker:

Wow - so many great successes already this week! Jenn - awesome weigh in! Donna - way to go on the C25K!
Phyljen - so glad you got to get out & enjoy a nice walk finally in peace.

BMK update: I have 2 days of controlling my sodium done....glad I started those early in the week! I have 2 one hour walks done, and 20 calf raises. I need to get going on those calves! Should do a few now, but I'm headed to bed. Saturday night is the big Mardi Gras Ball! I'm so excited! I'm getting up early & going to the gym & then I will be enjoying my night with CJ!

After doing 5 days of 30 day Shred and eating healthy for those five days... for the most part, I stepped of the scales today and gained a pound. What the HECK? I guess I should measure and look at those numbers and see if I find some results because the pound results are making me crazy!:sad:

Yes, Phyljen, measure because you are small already so you are not going to loose a lot of lbs so measurements are encourageing...also if you have any access to a "body fat" scale that too is helpful...it roughly tells you your BMI, % of fat, etc.so even though the pounds don't move, you may be loosing fat (gaining some muscle)

Kellly, have a GREAT time at the ball....wish I could go, LOOVVEE getting all dolled up.

So glad to see everyone off to a great start..will be rooting you all on to the 150 race!! Good Luck!!!!

Well, another busy day for me with my son's activities and I am on call today so headed into work for a little before all the fun begins...enjoy the weekend all!!!!:flowerforyou:

I just wanted to update you all about my mom's 60th party that way today. :happy:

She was SHOCKED and so happy, my sister (who she has not seen for 6 months) came from out of town and she really had no clue it was happening. When we all jumped out she screamed and then cried, a joyful cry of course. Guests hung around for about 4 hours and then just the family ended up talking and drinking and laughing for another 4 hours, we ended up ordering dinner also and just had so much fun being all together again. My kids ran around crazy having a ball and we talked about everything from when we were kids to now that we are all adults and starting families. I know how much this meant to my mom and am so glad we pulled it off! All my mom's friends and co-workers said how great it was that we (my sister, sister-in-law, and I) did this for me mom and were really touched by the album and slideshow we did. It felt really great.

I tried to be reasonable, but still enjoy myself with regard to eating. I feel a little guilty about the chips and hot wings but I made the choice to drink water and diet soda instead of having alcohol to save on some calories and I did skip the fries and had a salad with my burger. Even though I went over on calories I didn't do as much damage as I could have, and I had a really nice time with the people I love the most.

:flowerforyou: Just wanted to share because I told you guys how freaked out I was about it. I'm so happy that I feel ok after all is said and done. I still struggle with taking my own advise to not stress over JUST ONE DAY! Tomorrow I am taking an extra long walk and plan on keeping my calories at 1300 and I think I will be just fine on the scale. But even if I'm not the same number it was so worth it anyway.

Sorry, kinda blew the BMK challange this weekend, between work and my sons activities I was only home about 2 hours yesturday and today is my daughters pageant, so I'll have to get some exercise in tomorrow..hope you are all enjoying your weekend.....fingers crossed my daughter has good luck today....