Lose 5 Pounds a Month August 2011 Challenge
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Hi,
Just found out about this site, sounds good, GBU, WG0 -
I accomplished the goal last month and forgot to check in! Here's to round 2!!
August start-> 1720 -
I'm in again for this month. Good luck everyone!
August 1: 182.8 lbs0 -
I'm in again! 325 here0
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I'm in! Excited to start losing!0
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I'm with you! I will have to start on Saturday, though, since I skipped this weekend's weigh-in.
Unfortunately, I am pretty sure that I will have gained since my low weight on July 23 of 146.4... sigh.0 -
I'm in! I don't think I can do the full 5, but last time I did one of these it kicked me in the butt to loss 3 in a month, which is huge for me! But still --- 5 lbs is the target!
SW (as of 8/1/11): 1590 -
IN!0
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starting weight of 188even
8/2
8/9
8/16
8/23
8/30
are my weigh in days
good luck all
8/2 = 187 lost one pound since my last weigh in 0 -
I'm in too. I can use all the help I can get :-)0
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Well, August is off to a bad start for me! I just ate EVERYTHING in the pantry. :sad:
I am doing Weight Watchers. I knew I was going out to eat tonight and knew I would be getting pizza. I ate like a bird all day to be prepared for it. The pizza was good. I felt proud of myself for stopping when I did (a skill I have never had before.)
And then I came home and ate a whole bunch of crap. This is the first time I have done this since starting WW 4 weeks ago. I feel pretty bummed but ya know what? Time to shake it off. I will just get some extra exercise in tomorrow.
I do this EXACT same thing sometimes. It is my "binge eating devil".... Sometimes I really dont know what comes over me and I literally can't stop myself. In all honesty, give yourself a break because you haven't had any binges in 4 weeks and thats great! It better if you don't completely fall off the wagon and let one bad night... turn into a bad weekend or week.
Good luck and keep working hard! Your not alone!0 -
My first weigh in and I am down to 140 :OI managed to put on 1lb.
SW 143
GW 138
Really hope I get into the 130s
SW 143
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I'm in!!!! I don't know if i'll be able to do it since my exercising is limited for the next week due to medication and headaches associated with it. But I am darn well going to try by sticking to calories and doing some sort of exercise. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!! Lets make August a great month.
Today - 8/2/11 - 154.8
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8/30/11 -0 -
Count me in.
CW: 156
MINIGOAL: 151 (by Aug. 31)
GW: 1350 -
8.2.11 - 164
Starting Weight!0 -
Welcome back!! Bru, Kelli, and Jenn are all here, too! I haven't seen Tina or Phyljen but I am really just getting back myself.
Jenn and I both broke the barrier into the 150's last month and have started the 140's chant. SO awesome to have you with us--- let's do it together!
@ AmandaB4588 - I will join you and Jenn with the 140's chanting - anything that will help get me there... :happy:
I think we're all starting the month off pretty close together - I was about 154 this morning. I say 'about' because I am weighing myself at home, not my official gym scale.
@Bru - Happy Birthday! Here's to wishing you a great weight loss this month as your bday gift! PS. so happy to see you're still posting on this thread - it wouldn't be the same without you!0 -
I'd like to do this. I'll need some help tho because I just started this...0
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I just got off the treadmill - I'm doing a personal variation of the Couch to 5k plan. Basically run / walk intervals, but I randomly decided to start by trying to do (3 min run with 2 min walk) X 4. That would be somewhere between weeks 3 and 4 for you C25k experts. Tonight, I managed the first two intervals ok, then the last two intervals I could only do 2min run with 3 min walk. That's a total of 10 min running - which I figure is pretty good considering I was diagnosed with pneumonia less than a month ago! I have my final chest x-rays tomorrow.
Food intake was also decent today. Too lazy to enter it in MFP, so I'll just post here.
- Breakfast: Plain yogurt with raspberries, blueberries, granola, ground flaxseeds and almonds.
- AM snack: Grape tomatoes and mini bocconchini cheese drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. (no basil - boo!)
- Lunch: Flax seed wrap with avocado, mediterranean chicken, a bit of lettuce and yellow pepper sticks; with carrot sticks and snap peas with hummus on the side.
- PM snack: 12 cherries
- Supper: Small portion of mashed potatoes and traditional scottish mince.
- Evening snack: Apple
I finally received the July issue of Shape magazine in the mail today, so I think I'll jump in the shower and read a bit of that before bed.0 -
Well, August is off to a bad start for me! I just ate EVERYTHING in the pantry. :sad:
I am doing Weight Watchers. I knew I was going out to eat tonight and knew I would be getting pizza. I ate like a bird all day to be prepared for it. The pizza was good. I felt proud of myself for stopping when I did (a skill I have never had before.)
And then I came home and ate a whole bunch of crap. This is the first time I have done this since starting WW 4 weeks ago. I feel pretty bummed but ya know what? Time to shake it off. I will just get some extra exercise in tomorrow.
I do this EXACT same thing sometimes. It is my "binge eating devil".... Sometimes I really dont know what comes over me and I literally can't stop myself. In all honesty, give yourself a break because you haven't had any binges in 4 weeks and thats great! It better if you don't completely fall off the wagon and let one bad night... turn into a bad weekend or week.
Good luck and keep working hard! Your not alone!
Thank you for the encouragement! I successfully shook it off and did much better today. I am not sure what causes us to lose it like that. I was pretty stressed out so maybe it was emotional eating at its worst?!0 -
Happy Birthday, Bru!
Dmg-- I like that variation to C25K. I am always wanting to start over but am not sure how. I stopped at Week 4 last time and have been avoiding having to go down a week (by just sitting on my butt and doing nothing at all, ha!) I think I will start with that variation tomorrow. It sounds perfect. Thanks for the inspiration!0 -
Let's do this!!!0
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@AmandaB4588, let me know how your C25k run goes. To tell the truth, I made up that interval because I couldn't remember what the actual weekly workouts were supposed to be around that level. After checking the C25k, I thought it might have been easier to try Week 3 - (R90s, W90s, R3m, W3m) X 2. But that would be backwards from where I am now, so I am going to keep pushing at it. Surely, I will be able to get there soon. Let's call it "Week 3.5", since once we do that, adding 2 min to 2 of the intervals should be reasonable (W4: R3m, W90s, R5m, W2.5m, R3m, W90s, R5m)... What do you think? Are you going to try this with me? Week "3.5", then week 4? I know if I can get into the habit of running again that I would be able to get past this stubborn 150 mark. The only time in my past when I actually dropped down to a healthier weight was when I was running. So... keep me accountable!
I am a terrible emotional eater as well, usually after I put the girls to bed. My youngest one is sometimes a bit of a nightmare to get to bed - often crying, screaming and fighting. It completely wears me out, and the first thing I do when I get downstairs is go for the snack cupboard. I'm so worked up that I am looking for something to relax - I know exercising would be more productive, but it's hard to convince myself of that when I'm in the moment.0 -
Thanks ladies! :flowerforyou: Where I'm at, my birthday isn't til tomorrow, but I'll gladly take the early Happy Birthdays!! I weigh in tomorrow.. we'll see what happens :ohwell:0
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I'm with ya! I will do Week 3.5 this evening.0
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Happy BIrthday Bru!
If I don't do it right now while I am thinking about it I will space it out by tomorrow.
I just bought and started reading "the Women's Health Diet" its from women's health magazine and has some interesting ideas and tips. I think I will share a tip a day on this thread.
Today's tip
Drink your milk. Think you are getting a nutritional boost from your morning cereal? Up to 40% of the vitamins in fortified cereals dissolve in the milk. If you don't drink the leftover milk you are not getting all the nutrients in the cereal.
Have a great day!
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HELLO I'M IN I ONLY LOST 1.5 POUNDS LAST MONTH. IM STARTING AT 161 I WOULD LIKE 2 SEE AT LEAST155 AT THE END OF THE MONTH.0
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Hi ladies soo good to see you again!
Last two months were totally screwed up and stressful with classes and homework and stuff, but im taking a break from school for a while. We just started trying to get pregnant so we thought it was best to save money that we would normally be paying toward daycare and have me work only on friday saturday and sunday.... by the time i would have started school ill saved 25000 and daycare is going to cost me 10000 dollars plus gas money for commute an hour and a half to school by the time I ged done with school so we are saving all that money and using it for me to survive by my self while my husband goes off to PA School in 2015 when he is done with his batulare's degree.
The rare night when I wasn't doing homework till midnight, I stayed up anyways and watched an hour or two of tv and ate ben and jerrys half baked icecream. That was my much needed relaxing time and all that I know That I could have found something healthier to snack on but I just craved icecream for some reason. .... so needless to say I gained 10 Pounds!
I am looking forward to a fresh start. I will have 4 to 5 nights off every single week while still working 32-40 hours depending on how many boys we have at the boys residential treatment center that I now work at. A lot has changed since april when I was last on here for something other than to quickly check in. I went from flying j to working at flying j and a in home helper for two disabled people to working at BOTH of those places AND the boys home to working just at the boys home and its been a hell of a transition but im glad I made it. The hours are tons more predictable and I now have time to look after my house and my kids and most of all me. I have spent the better part of the week cleaning up my house cause its a disaster. but as soon as I can get it to the point where it is just daily maintenence Then i will begin walking again and once winter hits and my bonus room cools off I will begin my elliptical again up there. Im looking forward to this fresh start.
August Begginning weight 160! Im hoping it comes off quickly my previous weight was 1500 -
I need to be motivated so this challenge is terrific. Count me in!
GOAL = 125 My weight on July 29 = 154
Loretta
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Happy Birthday Bru!!!0
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Dmg--- didn't get to C25K Week 3.5 tonight after all. I was heading to my sister's house when I was rear ended earlier today. Nobody was hurt (except my car--- my trunk and back panel will need to be replaced) but I do have some pretty nasty whiplash. I am totally not looking forward to tomorrow, when my brother has promised it will be way worse! I was pretty pumped about getting back to C25K today but came home with a very sore neck and splitting headache. I took some Aleve and a looooooong nap so I am feeling a bit better right now. Still totally bummed about not getting back to C25K, though!! :grumble:
Bru--- happy ON TIME birthday, today! Well, it's actually 12:23 AM where I'm at so I guess I got you the day before and the day after. Sorry for missing the REAL DEAL but I hope you are having a great time!0
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