lose 5 Pounds A Month October 2011 Challenge

Ok, as I mentioned, Monday is my hectic night but I did ok. I ate a bowl of the chili I prepped last night - yay! I had one Girl Guide chocolate mint cookie, and although cookies are not on my meal plan, I am quite impressed that I only ate one. I am totally addicted to these cookies, and normally eat at least 4 at a time!! Then it was almost 10pm by the time I got the girls to bed and lunches ready, and even though I wanted to put my jammies on, I put on my workout clothes and went out for a 30 min walk! Yay! :happy: Time for bed now. :yawn:

Great job! Hard to pass up cookies and jammies, but you did wonderful! Yay :flowerforyou:

Hey everyone I just wanted to come on and say that this weekend was tough!! I didn't say NO at All this weekend! I work two 16 hour shifts and the boys had 2 opportunities for cake and root beer floats and on a third occasion 2 of the boys were the only ones at the home left behind by parents and activity so we had a snack of icecream AND I had an icecream sandwich today! I also ate a store bought cake between me my sister and my kids over last week and the week before! This entire month has been punching me in the face instead of the other way around and im getting pretty tired of not saying no! Its sooooo hard! I do so well and then all at once here is all this cake and icecream and halloween brings promises of Pumpkin chocolate chip loaf that iv been waiting all year for (if hubbys mom makes it) and thanksgiving brings puffed rice balls and chocolate pie! This is a really tough time of year for me and im going to eat these things but NOT LIKE THIS WEEKEND!!!!! Small doses!

So I wanted to let you all know that after all this time that I have been promising to bring my elliptical back from the dead (about 6 months since I started my new job) I FINALLY DID IT!!!!! My elliptical is alive after nearly 4 years of non-use.:drinker: :drinker: I even tested it for 5 minutes tonight lol its rickity but alive all the same

It helped me lose my 25 pounds of baby weight with my first baby within 6 weeks and im hoping it will do me some good untill I get prego and then ill use it lightly throughout so maybe I can bounce back gracefully! : )

Yay I have icecream sitting in my freezer and didn't have any at all! No sweets for me today :noway: But I didn't visit my elliptical today because of grocery shopping and meetings but thats no excuse as I very well could have between 7:30 when the kids were asleep and 9:30 when hubby got home so that is my bad :frown: but im slowly getting back to being used to this so im not giving myself a hard time since I ate pretty good today

Thanks so much jen! Im not actually counting calories as I don't have the money to stick to a regular food plan its usually fix what I have even if I have to eat that same thing a few times a week. we always have cereal for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch (which I opt out of and reach for a pepsi instead) and then we go super cheap on dinner like spaghetti with hamburger, ,,stove top stuffing and a vegie all by its self,,,,fettucini all by its self,,,, goulaush all by its self,,,, mac n cheese,,, chicken nuggets n fries,,, sometimes give the kids a corndog,,, chilli cheese dogs,,,, nachos,,, and those are basically our main go to meals on the weekdays but not one of those things my hubby will cook on the weekend so he has chicken strips and spanish rice,, hamburgers,, hamburger helper,, and english muffin pizzas and thats the only meals he rotates through its no good at all I know.. no vegies, no meat, I don't know how to buy vegies and meat on top of what I already buy because there isn't a dollar of extra money left I sometimes go a month with only shopping one time and eating random things. the kids eat well (repetitive but well) and I skip meals all the time because I dont' like the foods they have for breakfast and lunch

Hello all!!!

I am checking in after my vacation to San Diego! The trip was amazing but I ate every piece of good food that was in that city! I am literally afraid to get on the scale. Sooooo..... while I am still here I am going to wait until the end of the month to actually weigh in. My boyfriend and I actually just ordered our first JUICER and we may do a Reboot to try and reset our bodies!

If anyone has netflix and has interest in learning about Fruit and Vege juicing or just plain interested to watch a great documentary check out "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead"

We were completely motivated by this! Hope everyone is doing great and losing that 5 pounds!

weigh in today shows a 2 pound gain from the first of the month

up to 168

Great job Jen good luck!

... I really hope I am under last weeks 143.7 because this had been my lowest adult weight. I have seen the number twice now but never passed it before...
Wish me luck!

Jen, we're all rooting for you.

I need to maintain my loss all weekend before I'll make it 'official'. I took part of the day off work today, since I am coming down with a cold, and was awake most of the night (hubby and baby girl are sick too). I'm not overly 'sick' myself (sore throat and a bit of runny nose, but no cough yet), but didn't want to get any worse so it was a pre-emptive strike to try to not get too rundown. I guess I'm super paranoid after having pneumonia this summer!

55, come on girl. I want you to lose WITH me. I know it's hard with the limited food budget, and the time constraints, etc, but you can do it! BIG HUGS!! :smooched:

Oct 1: 191.2

Oct 8: 189.8

Oct-14: 187.2

Oct 22: 185!!!

Oct 29:

5llbs gone YAY!

10/1 190.6
10/7 189.4
10/14 187.6
10/21 183.6 ( 7lbs lost!!!!) :happy:
10/28

10/1 190.6
10/7 189.4
10/14 187.6
10/21 183.6 ( 7lbs lost!!!!) :happy:
10/28

Emwalker3406, awesome job! Punch October! 7 lbs and one more week to go! Yay

Wow jen busy busy lives lol. haha it will never end. I just wanted to say great job on the positive attitude! I would be sooo stressed if it were me

Oct 1 - 191
Oct 8 - 189
Oct 15 - 188
Oct 22 - 187

4 pound off so far this month!

Starting weight 159.2
10/8 - 158
10/15 - 158.9
10/22 - 157.9
10/29

so far this month: 1.3 lbs.

I'm in. Just lost 5 in Sept, but Oct will be much harder.
Sept 1 = 132.8
Oct 1 = 127.8
Oct 8 = 127.4 (yup, October is harder!)
Oct 15 = 127.2 (Captain Incremental is clearly in charge)
Oct 22 = 125.8 (it's been a very rough month, so I'm happy with 2lbs thus far)
Nov 1 = ????

In!!

Oct 1st weigh in - 123.0 lb
Oct 8 weigh in - 122.0 lb
Oct 15 weigh in - 121.0 lb
Oct 22 weigh in - 120 lb
Oct 29 weigh in -