"10 Pounds At A Time Challenge"

I've gained yet another pound. What the heck is going on? I'm not really even eating my workout calories. :sad: Sorry for the rant. But that stinks.

I had a good weekend eating wise and kept busy. Sat we played outside and had fun and whammo Sunday kids with fevers and my tom starts. greeaaat. So I am bloated, crampy and crabby but I am going to work out anyway this afternoon.

I've gained yet another pound. What the heck is going on? I'm not really even eating my workout calories. :sad: Sorry for the rant. But that stinks.

That might actually be part of your problem... if you aren't eating ENOUGH calories, your body will go into starvation mode and store what you do eat as fat. Try making sure this week to get as close as possible to your calorie goal and see if that helps

Maybe. I am talking to a trainer about it today.

I went ahead and broke out the scale - I was a few pounds off from my guess. My scale has me at 142 tonight... I have a total of 17 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight.

Goal for Nov 1st: 139.5
Goal for Dec 1st: 134.5
Goal for Jan 1st: 129.5

(I know they're only 5 pound increments for the months, which pretty much defeats the purpose of being in a 10 pound a month challenge - but I honestly think for the weight I am, and the amount I want to get back down to, this is a fairly healthy assessment... hopefully this is ok with the group? And maybe being in this group will get my competitive spirit going again, and I'll try to outdo my goals by an extra pound or 3 a month)

Welcome aboard newcomers ..... and good luck on your weight loss journey

here is my stats

Nov 1st 195
Dec 1st 185
Jan 1st 175
Goal 130(until i get there and then maybe 125)

I'm usually not terribly creative for breakfasts, but I find it's a perfect time to get my protein shake in. (I'm vegetarian, so try to pay attention to nutrition balances ... well, when I'm not being lazy about it). I use Spiru-tein shake powders and either organic milk or rice milk (whatever we have in the fridge at the time). The bonus on it is that not only is it covering the protein and between 200-270 calories (depending on if I use rice milk or 2% milk), it also has 100% of most of the daily requirements on vitamins and minerals, and it tastes pretty good. I'm tried a lot of other shakes but none of them were as good as the Spiru-tein, in my opinion.

If I feel I need an extra calorie boost in the morning, I'll also toss in a teaspoon of peanut butter to the shake before blending it (I have a little hand held drink blender that works wonderfully for getting all the lumps out from the powder as it mixes). This goes great with the chocolate powder shakes - if using vanilla, and I've done a fairly intensive physical activity day, I'll bump up the calories even more and toss in half a banana, in addition to the peanut butter, and stick with the 1% organic milk.

Another thing I like about doing the shake for breakfast is that I'm usually not hugely hungry in the mornings, and something heavier would just sit there like a rock in my stomach - but skipping meals is very bad, so this works perfectly. (and saves a fair amount of time too).


On the check-in for goals, I like the idea of one person collecting all the info and making one massive post - putting it all in one spot will make it easier for everyone to read, and see who's made the goals.. And for those who don't make it - we could have follow up postings maybe, with individuals analyzing the whys of missing their goals? Maybe as a debriefing sort of thing - might help everyone stay focused and quickly find the spots needing more attention to achieve their goals for the following month?
For me - back last year when I started this originally - when I made a goal... if I missed it and didn't sit down to really think about why I missed it, and how to correct any problems so I wouldn't miss the goal again, I was just as likely to miss the goal next time around as well...

Down four pounds for the week. Feeling good about week 1. Now, I need to focus on not sabotaging this week's progress.

Staying on track to achieve
Nov. 1 190
Dec. 1 180
Jan. 1 170

Good morning,

So even with my hiking this weekend and staying within my calories, I've gained 1 lb. according to the scale this morning! How frustrating! But, I'm going to blame it on TOM and hope that next week makes up for it!

Tonight is Biggest Loser night, so I know I'll be motivated enough to get some exercising in. I've got my meals planned out for the entire day, so as long as I don't stray, I will stay within my calories.

Happy exercising,
Heather

what a great idea! do not know if I can make 10 lbs a month, but that is a great goal to aim for. Count me in.

If you click on the individual's profile, there should be a green button looking thing under their name (one says "send message" the other says "add as friend"). If you click the friend one that should take you to a screen where you can add a personal message in with the friend invite. :-)

Good morning!

I'm struggling a little this week... it's that lovely cranky and tired :yawn: time of the month for me, so I'm having to avoid the pantry more than usual and forcing myself to workout. I might not have another stellar week, but I'll be happy to not gain. I should be much better in a few days though. :glasses:

Happy Wednesday, only 10 more days for our first weigh in :flowerforyou:

I started working out on the Wii Fit last night. I forgot how much fun I had playing it and what a workout it can be. I started on it after the kids went to bed, it's easier because I always give in when they want to try. I was only going to do it for 30 minutes, well ended up working on it for 1:40. Woo hoo, had fun and worked out.

Hope everyone has a great day. :drinker:

Thats awesome!! haha its great when u can workout and have fun while losing track of the time... that atleast means youre enjoyin yourself ^5's!!!

question about the weigh in....were we sposed to lose 10lbs this month?? :ohwell: i started midway through the month with this group so if i lose 5 is that ok? lmao :laugh: :laugh: