Lose 5 Pounds a Month May 2011 Challenge

hope you feel better soon terri!

Today is the start of the challenge for me as yesterday was my birthday. I was actually quite well behaved yesterday, apart from some champagne and a small banoffe pie after dinner.!

I have managed to run non-stop for 30mins today a lot of which was uphill and after a bit of an active recovery was able to do a sprint finish! This is a new record for me, so I am well chuffed!

Keep up the good work guys.

Get well soon Terri. If you have a sinus infection, lots of steam inhalations with tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil.

I am in the challenge--but starting off rough, due to contact seveve allergic reaction, due to contact dermatis. (posion ivy/poson sumac)-
I am miserable, with itchy, itchy skin, and allergy symptons (stuffy nose, sinus running, and miserable feeling)--doctor recommended steriods--but I havent started them yet. Actually going to dermatologist tomorrow--since it appears to be worst.
As far as the challenge, I am staying in -- staying within my calories and tying not to stay down and out

As for you, hope you feel better soon.

I was bad last night...ended up having a jacket potato and then i bought a slice of pizza....WHYY did i do this?! I didnt even want to eat it!

Anyway, trying to rectify this situation by ALOT of exercise so i am within my alloted calories by sunday. Had an epic gym session this morning and am back on track for today.

Havent lost any weight for weeks now so really want to lose some this month!

Hope everyone else is doing ok!

I have been binging my way through finals. My last one is Sunday, and I can't wait for them to end! I am looking forward to dedicating my summer to getting into great shape!

yes dave of course you can join

Its my birthday on sunday : ) so we are most likely going out to eat with my husbands mom and aunt because we have to go pick his mom up from his aunts house. so that will be fun im hoping for olive garden or chuckarama! : ) My weight is the same so far and will see what my weight is sunday morning before i go crazy for my birthday lol

Quick Update:

I am doing well with my 30 min exercise challenge. Mon/Tues I walked on my lunch break, Wed I went for a C25k style walk/jog outside after the kids were in bed (and got caught in the rain!) and tonight, I went on the treadmill for a speed/incline interval workout.

I have taken my vitamins daily, and my breakfasts / lunches have been pretty good. That leaves my dinners which have basically been "eat what the family is eating" which has not been very good. Monday is a free-for-all in our house: eat quick because of dance lessons at 6pm, so I had a smoked meat sandwich. Tuesday, hubby made a nice pork tenderloin with roasted potatoes. But then, hubby decided on Burger King last night (eek!), and tonight he made chicken burgers and homemade fries. As poor as some of these choices may be, I find it hard to complain about any food that I don't have to cook!

TOM is packing his bags, and my scale is looking better ~152. I'm off to bed! :yawn:

My week has gone okay, not as well as I would like, but better then I have been doing. I haven't been able to get to the gym to work out, (car problems), but I have been doing some exercise at home. Well I started the week off with it. As for food I was under my calorie goal all week until yesterday, finally got the car drivable, not fully fixed but driveable and did some much needed running around, my husband and I got a little hungry while doing this and went to Jack Asters, for the most part I was good, I had chicken, and very little fries, what killed me is their Garlic Bread. Love their garlic bread, but I figured its okay, sometimes we give in, and well today is another day. Todays goal, now that my car is driveable, hit the gym, and stay under my calories, tomorrows goal, well to stay under calories, not sure if I will be able to hit the gym, cause the car will be pulled apart again. lol. And of course the rest of this week, my goal, to drop at least 1.5 lbs.

I forgot to post my first weight last week but I weighed in today and I'm 139.8

Sorry, better late than never, right?

My weight on May 1 was 169. So lets see where we go from there! My goal is 165 right now by 5/31. That is 4 lbs, but I'll take the extra if I can get past my plateau.

WOW!! 3 pounds..first week in..how did you do that? I am also in this challenge--I weigh in on Mondays.
But, I dont think I will make 3 lbs. Great!

I know I'm a week late buuuut

here's my starting weight of may 7 - 178.5 (i have to use my wii scale to weigh myself and some days it says 177 and other days 180...so i might as well put it in between)

goal weight by june 1- 173!

I feel really pathetic! I worked out four times this week and walked at least 2.5 miles everyday. I ate pretty well. I did have pizza one night, but I only had 2 slices of thin crust veggie pizza. I had Chinese last night, but only ate the vegetables out of the moo goo gai pan and one piece of sesame chicken. My sodium was in check all week and my calories were great. I pushed myself extra hard on the elliptical. Please tell me why my SW was 128.2 and now I am 129.6? I'm so confused! I did everything right. I doubt I gained a pound of muscle in a week, I doubt it was sodium, and I Know I didn't eat 700 calories over matinence everyday.

Total weight loss: 0
Total weight gain: 1.4 lbs

Weigh In Day!!

SW : 128
5/7 : 127.2

Total Loss This Month : 0.8 pounds

5/01 - 201.2
5/07 - 199.4

@ Nanberube - You've reached ONEderland!!!!! WhooooHoooo!!!! Excellent work! :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:
Keep up the great effort!!!