Lose 5 Pounds a Month March 2011 Challenge

Just doing a quick weigh-in for this week...I am at 151.4lbs this morning! Thats down 1.6lbs from last week! yay! I'm definitely happy with it. Hope to keep it going for next week! Hope everyones having a great weekend!

I had a ball at the Ball last night! (New pic is from last night) The hors d'oeuvres were yummy! I started out being good with just some strawberries, asparagus, cucumbers & zucchini. But then they were walking around with puff pastry filled with brie and drizzled with raspberry sauce! So I had a few of those - YUM! And CJ was my DD so I had a lot of grey goose & pineapple juice. Then he started getting me doubles! :laugh: The theme for the Mardi Gras Ball was Bombay Dreams. I had the Moroccan Rubbed Chicken, chickpea Ginger mashed potato & curry grilled asparagus. It was S-P-I-C-Y! But good. I also had a spinach salad with goat cheese & mango ginger vinaigrette. Then I couldn't pass up the Vanilla bean raspberry cheesecake mousse, but in all honesty I should have. It wasn't THAT great.

I was planning to finish my BMK challenge today, but I could only get 15 mins of walking in on the treadmill this morning. The couch won for me this afternoon. I was out TOO late & up too early so I napped on & off today. So....I'm just watching my sodium today to get my day 3 done of that and have 20 calf raises left, so I'm going to do those here in a bit. I'd call it a successful BMK challenge for me this week even though it is a little bit short. :ohwell:

Great job tothose who've weighed in well. I was happy to drop back down to 162 today. "Thank goodness! After being really really on track I needed to see a loss! Now I'm ready to keep pushing to get back under 160.

Checking in one week of March is down.

Slight problem my with weight as I have changed scales - so they do mesasure differently as one is mechanial and new ones are digital so

1/3/11starting weight ..214lb
7/3/11 current weight 215.2 - but on the old scale it is stil 214!!!

on the other challenges - sodium - lowest over last 7 days was 453mg - only went over 1600mg twice the rest of the week it was under 1300mg.
And I havent manged to walk an hour a day, but over the last week I have walked 17 miles.

how's everyone else done?

Hi everyone, I started this last week and I've already lost 4lbs so you can definitely count me int this challenge!

I'm in!
I didnt make my goal in Feb, so I am here to redeem myself, and more

March 1st- 190.5
March 5- I missed this weigh in... I was out of town, getting fitted for a wedding dress!
March 12-
March 19-
March 26- (goal 185.5)

This weigh in for me on saturday, may be bad.. I havent had a good week this week.. but I'll try harder the next

Kelly---- you look beautiful. glad you enjoyed yourself, so back to eating healthy and working out!!
55

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congrats on the weight loss
Timbotina--- your daughter looks lovely. am guessing it is from the pageant and it was a success
ralu

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am in the same boat as you. my weight is going in a wrong direction too. let's work harder and make the next weigh better

March 1 196
March 7 198:frown:
March14
March 21
March 28
March 31

Yep, pageant successfull, she was 1st runner-up..she was a little shy for some reason, soooo not like here, but we'll take it...She wanted to do another pageant today, HA!!! ...

Thanks again Bru for he BMK challange, are M or K (HA!) going to follow suit with another one?? Did pretty good until the weekend..why must life happen, HA!! Anywho, weight up 2lbs but hoping if I push water it'll help.

Hope you are all ready for the week, have a happy Monday all!!:flowerforyou:

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Mine was pretty typical - my 5 year old's ballet class, dinner at MIL's, grocery shopping, plus a few tantrums from my 2 year old... :ohwell: I went to the gym on Sunday, and did my C25k Week 7 Day 1 workout (run 25 min), immediately followed by a yoga class. I haven't been logging my food as much as I should, but my primary goal right now is to keep up with my running. My trip is booked - the 10k is May 14th. The countdown is on: 69 days away...

Jenn, sounds like a great party for your mom... We did something similar for my mom's 70th birthday last year, and will probably do another one this year for my MIL's 70th. It's great that you managed to compromise and indulge a bit on what you wanted, and give up a few things as well.

55, I'm trying to get past the same numbers, so I know how you feel. :grumble: No sabotaging ourselves. Let's keep eating healthy, and exercising, and we'll drop into the 140's before the end of the month, with no turning back. :drinker:

Looks like we have a new contender in our race to 150... I see Crystalfaith just weighed in at 151.4!! Great job!

ifychudy, I hope your ankle is feeling better.

Tina - what a pageant beauty! That is too cute. Nothing like getting to be a princess for a day!

Reese, glad you had fun bowling. I should take my girls out sometime to try it. Wow - you must really be getting a workout with the C25k with jogging and running, instead of walking and jogging/running.

Kelly - you look so happy! (Was the pic taken before the double GG's or after?! ha ha!) So glad you had fun at the ball!! Sounds amazing!

Blackbyrd - be sure to enjoy each of those meals and the fact that you didn't have to prepare them all individually throughout the week. Even though it took a lot of time on the weekend, it's certainly worth it! Look at that great weigh-in! Maybe you can get hubby to help you in the kitchen this weekend, to make it a bit more fun.

Lisa, way to go getting back on track! GREAT weigh-in!! Only 1 week in to the month, and you're almost at the 5 lb goal already!

I didn't put much effort into the BMK challenge last week, but looking forward to seeing this week's challenge!

I am in!!

I've got the food planning and eating down no problem.

Now, it's time to move on to the exercise. I have so many opportunities to work out (and for no cost), I MUST get MOTIVATED!!

Im in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!