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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 1~ 163.8
March 7~ 162

Down 1.8 so I'm pretty happy with that. I've started incorporating C2K into my weekend workouts so I need 1 more day of running this week to meet that program. I figured weekends were a good time to get it in because I go later in the day then and at 5am serious running is a little harder for me. I was surprised that I did decent with it. I haven't been running in forever so it felt good and the change in pace helped keep me focused. I did 30DS this am and felt pretty good with that. I'm so glad I'm getting back into a routine. I like to change up what I do so I'm glad the gym I go to has a variety. I think that I got stuck in a rut with trying to stick to the same exercise constantly. I like a little switch up.

blackbyrd_keep at it maybe after a bit it'll become a routine. I don't know about you but I'm not an avid cooker either so when I experiment hubby gets a little leery! *lol* But if he's doing the program with you I'm sure he's appreciating all your efforts!!

timbotina_congrats to the little one! she looks adorable!!

lisafrances_great weigh in! keep up the great work!

dmgaloha_how are you enjoying c2k? I just started it Saturday and the first 2 days felt great but I know had I planned on doing it today (thankfully I didn't!) but had I planned on it- I think my legs wouldn't have allowed me to keep up that pace! *lol* I'll be doing it again for the 3rd probably on Wednesday. I look forward to the challenge but I know I had jello legs today!

jeanhaynes_hopefully you're feeling better today! wtg with the weigh in! Keep up the good work!

To the new joiners-welcome! Hope your week is wonderful and stick with us as we shed these 5 lbs!!

I am sooooo in !!!

Jenn--- what an exciting time for you!!! I am glad your family is being nice and supportive and not like those zillas I see on "Say Yes to the Dress!" You are going to be such a beautiful bride!

Dmg--- How is C25K treating you? I am also doing it now. I got to Week 6 last time I tried it and have since started over. I like it a lot!


I am meeting friends every Tuesday and Thursday to do C25K. It helps me stay committed. I have also recently discovered racquetball, and I LOVE it! It is so much fun. I think it is a really good workout but am going to wear my heart rate monitor next time I play to see how much I burn.

My eating is still so-so but I am getting better and better bit by bit. Being active really helps. I love that I am finally finding active things that I ENJOY. I am actually excited to get off my butt and moving.

Hope everyone is doing well!

March 1st: 201.2 lbs
March 7th: 199.2 lbs - going down, but I still changed my ticker to show my increase as of today :ohwell:

I know I haven't been doing the best lately, so I need to get my groove back. I also have unfortunately had TOM visiting me for 9 days now. :noway: I have NO IDEA why! Grrrr.....normally 2-3 days & done. So I know that has a LOT to do with my gain. So I will just have to get back to kicking my bootay and hopefully I will see success on that scale!

blackbyrd - I did the 6 wk body makeover several years ago. It works, but yes there is a TON of prep work/cooking. However - once you go off of it, you need to watch what you eat, because it will come creeping back and then some.

lisafrancis - great loss!!!! :bigsmile:

Jenn - so happy for you with the wedding dresses! Its so exciting when you get to find your dress!!! :happy:

Donna - congrats on getting so close to graduating C25K!! You are almost there!! YAY!! Also - as for my pic - it was taken DURING those double Grey Gooses! :laugh:

mamarees & Amanda - congrats to you both on starting & restarting C25K!!!

ifychudy - I'm back to 199 again - and I'm NOT going to see a 2 on that scale ever again! So we both need to keep it going together!! :flowerforyou:

Tina - I redid my ticker too to reflect my 2 lb gain. It was more, but now it is back under 200 and I'm never gonna see that 2 on that scale again!

So appearently my BMK post never posted this morning :huh: so here it is..


Good morning al! BMK Challenges for this week are : Squat Press with weights 20reps/day for 5days Pilates or Yoga 20min 3x/week (youtube has some really good videos so you don't have to buy any if you don't have any dvd's) Try a new food cuisine (if you’ve tried ‘everything’, maybe revisit one you haven’t had lately).

Got my hair cut yesterday, about 7in in total gone and put a red tint in it as well. Hubby likes it so that means it's not too short, lol.

Skipped my weigh in this morning since yesterday was a very low activity day, hoping to see a193.9 tomorrow morning, but if not, I'll be just fine. I really want to hit 50lbs gone this week. Have a great Monday!