lose 5 Pounds A Month October 2011 Challenge

Hi all,

im in also.

4 oct = 66kg or 146lbs
8 oct .....
15 oct ....
22 oct...
29 oct....63kg or 140lbs

hope this will get the motivation started,,,but I just love to eat, especially at night...

I'm here! Barely, but I am here I have done horribly the last 5 days. I'm back on track today, but I'm really scared to weigh myself At this point I think if I weigh in, I'll be so overwhelmed I'll give up again, SO I'm going to skip my weigh in this week and weigh in next Monday.

Smart girl. If you know you'll be discouraged; don't do it. Keep coming back, the momentum of the group will help get you back on track!

I 'forgot' to exercise yesterday, so let's call that a rest-day.

I have been eating very high protein the last few days (almost no carbs), and chugging lots of water. The scale is moving down! I realize this is not a long term sustainable diet, but it's great to get the scale moving in the right direction after stagnating the whole month of September.

I'm in! Have a 5K to run on Oct. 22!

Oct . 4 start 224.5

Just because I think you should know, one walk WILL do you good. A lot more good than NO walk will do you!
Also... hot room=sweat=weight loss & cold outside=body trying to heat you up=weight loss!
Just saying cuz I love you!

Walking does a ton of good! An hour at 4 mph, a very brisk pace burns 521 calories. Tell me that ain't awesome! I alternate between that and a half hour of jumprope. I've heard longer, sustained cardio and short, intense cardio both have different benefits.

Really? that many? mfp says I only burn 160 at 40 minutes

Calories burned does have to do with your weight, so it may not be that many for you but still. Any form of exercise is better than no exercise. I started by taking the stairs more and parking farther from the places I was going. It all adds up.
I'm not trying to pick on you AT ALL. I just know that with your schedule, kids, life, school, ect you should give yourself the time to walk even in less than ideal weather, cuz who knows when you will get the option of doing something steady. Try having a dance party maybe... I crank up the tunes and dance around with with my kids while I wait for the water to boil while making dinner and stuff and even if it is only 5 minutes at least I'm moving. :flowerforyou: Hugs honey, you can do it!

Five pounds this month would be great as I only need to loose another 7lbs to get to my target weight.

10/1--162.0
10/8-
10/15-
10/22-
10/29-

im w ya ill be where i want to be in 4 months!! lets do it MFP palz!!

I'm in!!!

My start weight is

SW Oct 1: 61.1kg (134.7lb)
Oct 6: 60kg (132.2lb)
GW 59kg (129.7lb)

Woohoo 2lbs done already!!! Loving the 30DS!!

I'm in!! I will be weighing in tomorrow, so I will post that as my SW. Just the motivation I need! And as it has been said, especially with Halloween right around the corner, and a little kid Halloween Party to go to!

My SW on Friday was 166 so I offcally GAINED 2 Pounds last month!

K so the plan is that if im not cleaning or following my kids around then they are sleeping and im sitting. but other than that im gonna try to stay with them inside and outside and im gonna walk my son to school as much as possible which takes about 15-20 minutes for him to ride his bike with me trailing behind

I really have to clean all the walls and basebords in my house.. I have to clean out my car.. I have to clean out my garage.. I have to clean out the room my cat has his stuff in... Its ("Fall Cleaning") lol

I understand your pain-- feeling so busy with a growing "to do" list.... but you took the first step- Making the plan! Stick to it if you can! That's what we're all here to help each other do!

Well I got both of my cars cleaned out and I straightened my babys room and tomorrow I have to do my whole house cleaning which I usually wanna do really bad on monday but usually end up spending all day thursday cleaning instead! This has happened consistantly since like 3 months ago since a month after my new job.. I work doubles all weekend and wanna get the house spotless so I can relax but end up letting it go instead so on thursdays iv been super cleaning like 3-4 hours worth and it never fails then its back to work on friday.. I really hate going back and forth from work mode to mom mode, I get used to watching the boys clean and only having to deal with the social/drama/personal processing with them and none of the house work then I come home and wanna relax cause I have even more child drama and a house I have to keep up with lol ugh

To follow Terri's lead in previous months, I read an interesting article that I thought I'd share with you all. It's from the REAL SIMPLE magazine website. It's about natural ways to increase your energy. I'll share one tip per day on random days throughout the month - there are 9 in total.

9 Energy Boosters
By Kristyn Kusek

Tip 1 of 9: Get an Energy Boost From Trying Something New

Recent research confirms what world travelers and adult-education addicts already know: New experiences give you a rush. “We’ve known that when people do something novel, the brain’s reward chemical, dopamine, is released,” says Gregory Berns, M.D., a neuroscientist at Emory University, in Atlanta, and the author of Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment ($24, amazon.com). But novelty has an added benefit. “What we’ve discovered in the last five years,” Berns says, “is that dopamine is also a motivating chemical that gears us up to do more.” In other words, take a trip or learn Spanish and you may also feel inspired to start a new project at home or work.

So I'm 6 1/2 weeks into my half marathon training. :drinker: Some days are better than others. Yesterday was a not so good day, cause while at a new park, I was jogging along and didn't notice the incline and I dropped my phone. Luckily, as clumsy as I am, I didn't fall, just my phone (my music, my MFP on the go, etc).. :mad: It's now festive for Halloween with a MASSIVE spiderweb crack across the glass. Boo. But it is still fully functional, I just have to not cut myself while using it. Insurance claim is $100 or I can pay a $20 upgrade early fee and get a newer phone with whatever it will cost. :ohwell: Crappy either way. So I have one of those ipod/phone armband holders(why oh why didn't I use the blasted thing yesterday?!) that I'm keeping it in so I don't cut myself.

Today will be a good day. :happy: Headed to the gym for a 40min treadmil date. And Saturday, I am pumped for, nervous about, dreadding, wanting, anixous, ( :grumble: :indifferent: :drinker: :sad: :yawn: :bigsmile: :sick: :noway: ) and any other mixed emotion.. It is my next biggest training day.. 1hour and 50min straight walking/running/tripping/crawling. No clue how I'm gonna manage it without passing out or how many miles I might get in that day, but I'm really pushing for 8miles. :drinker: I'll gladly take whatever I do. I don't know if I'm going to do half at the gym then the other outside, or all of one, and so on. But that's Saturday. Today, is 40min. I will tackle these 40min. I can I will I'm abled :bigsmile:

Count me In....Weigh in Saturday it is....maybe this once a week weigh in will stop me from getting on the scales daily....lol...Hope I can find this again when I go to Post...Lets do this.....


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Oct.22
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