"10 Pounds At A Time Challenge"

Good Morning!
Well I survived Halloween and didn't over do it.
I did have a couple treats but a couple is 2!! Wahoo

So I can't weigh in until Monday am at work so here goes.....I cannot believe I am posting this for all to see.....

Starting weight 316
10 lb challenge start 311
Nov 1st goal 301

Current weight 307

so December 1st goal is 298
I guess I have to kick it up a notch!!

Ok... It's Monday night/Tuesday morning here (about 2am, so technically Tuesday morning) - This means it should be sometime in the afternoon, Monday-like, for most folks.

Here's the results I've gotten so far (some I plucked off the main thread, but most were messaged to me).

Drum roll please, for the weight loss results for the Nov 1st, Sunday weigh in goal!

haley4tn - SW 235, CW 224 - an awesome 11 pound loss!
kpablo - SW 143, CW 135.5 - 7 pounds lost!
Rob_in_wisc - CW 239.5 with a 12 pound loss!
hajohnson24 SW 206.8, weight as of Oct 31 - 203.8 - says the goal was missed, but a weight plateau was finally pushed past!
silvertears - SW 278, CW 275 - great job with a 3 pound loss!
ontheskinnyroad - SW 224.8, CW 220.2 - awesome with a 4.6 pound loss!
chunkylover - SW 311, CW 307 - another excellent 4 pound loss!
selkieghost - SW 142, CW 139.5 - 2.5 pound loss! (I was at an even 139 on Sunday - but then we ate out that night and consuming a meal that was probably in the thousand calorie range jumped me back up to 139.5 Monday morning lol - alas, indian cuisine is my weakness and I was unable to say no to it).

Great job to everyone! For anyone who was under on hitting their goals - why not talk about the whys - for everyone who was right on target - also good to talk about whys - both great ways to learn and plan for hitting the Dec 1st goals! :-)

For me - I was pleasantly surprised to hit my goal of 2.5 pounds... the only time I really dropped weight and got in major shape, I'd not been actively trying to do so... I was just trying to train to be a better fighter (mixed martial arts)... this is actually my first successful attempt at dropping weight and getting in shape, just for the sake of doing so. For me.. really watching the calories and logging everything I ate or drank really helped - and even more so - exercise - I work out almost every day - and I use my Polar heart rate monitor for a more accurate idea of how much exactly, I'm burning. It actually motivates me to work out more, because I love seeing those calories burned add up! I don't do the crazy strenuous stuff like those P90X or Insanity workouts, or Jillian Michaels ones either... I actually have been doing this with the Wii My Fitness Coach -set at 30 minutes maximum, and some days 15 minutes... occasional use of Wii Fit for the free step option (using the board stacked on an aerobics step), and I also toss in workout DVDs... my current thing has been reviving my old Belly Dance workout DVDs, and remembering how fun they were. Oh - and I also bike to school on school nights (I'm doing the college thing and my classes are about 2 miles, maybe a little further, from where I live)... We meet in the classrooms 3 x a week (2 diff classes) - so for 3 nights of the week I burn about 200-240ish calories just for the commute).
I even think I would have lost a little bit more weight had I not eaten out the couple times I did. My goal for this week is to not eat out at all, or gorge myself sick at dinner because I forget to snack through the day. I think if I do so for the whole month - I might break past 5 pounds and maybe lose a tad bit more... we'll see though!

Good morning everyone

Hope everyone had a nice halloween/weekend

congrats to everyone who lost weight and for the ones who didnt .... DONT GIVE UP

I was 225 when i started MFP ..... i am now 196 YAY......i feel soooo much better and i will never be 200 again

Ok... It's Monday night/Tuesday morning here (about 2am, so technically Tuesday morning) - This means it should be sometime in the afternoon, Monday-like, for most folks.

Here's the results I've gotten so far (some I plucked off the main thread, but most were messaged to me).

Drum roll please, for the weight loss results for the Nov 1st, Sunday weigh in goal!

haley4tn - SW 235, CW 224 - an awesome 11 pound loss!
kpablo - SW 143, CW 135.5 - 7 pounds lost!
Rob_in_wisc - CW 239.5 with a 12 pound loss!
hajohnson24 SW 206.8, weight as of Oct 31 - 203.8 - says the goal was missed, but a weight plateau was finally pushed past!
silvertears - SW 278, CW 275 - great job with a 3 pound loss!
ontheskinnyroad - SW 224.8, CW 220.2 - awesome with a 4.6 pound loss!
chunkylover - SW 311, CW 307 - another excellent 4 pound loss!
selkieghost - SW 142, CW 139.5 - 2.5 pound loss! (I was at an even 139 on Sunday - but then we ate out that night and consuming a meal that was probably in the thousand calorie range jumped me back up to 139.5 Monday morning lol - alas, indian cuisine is my weakness and I was unable to say no to it).

Great job to everyone! For anyone who was under on hitting their goals - why not talk about the whys - for everyone who was right on target - also good to talk about whys - both great ways to learn and plan for hitting the Dec 1st goals! :-)

Great job everyone. I think my sucess this month is attributed to the following:

Logging EVERYTHING.
Eating small meals every 2-3 hours. Eating protien at every meal. My blood sugars were under much better control with this change in eating.
Exercising everyday but Sunday.

I am looking forward to being in the 220s in December.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

Rob

I think I did so great because well, honestly since I just recently started working out, the majority of it could have been water weight. I have been working out everyday and eating at or a little under my orginal calories.

Way to go everyone!!!! I'm off by 2.5lbs . . but as my weight had started to creep up, I'm happy to be back on track. I'm hoping to lose 12.5 for the month of November to keep me on track for my goal of 200lbs by December 1st.

Keep up the good work everyone!!!!!!!

Ok... time for another *blink blink* moment... I weighed myself this morning, to double check if my scale was being wonky by telling me 138 yesterday morning (by the end of the night it was up to 140 - normal waiver weight for a one day period).... this morning it told me 137! (I was expecting it to be back at 139 or something).
I'm not going to update my weight on my tracker just yet, I think... I'll keep an eye on the scale and just record what Sunday gives me... but wow... It's very very very cool to see the scale drop when I get on expecting it to raise!

Hey hey everyone! It's been so hectic at my house, I am at the point don't know if I should scratch my watch or wind my booty :laugh: Gotta LOVE life!

I am proud to say I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE HALLOWEEN CANDY! I look at it and think OMG CHOCOLATE, but then my split personality tells me the calorie numbers and to walk away.

I have been working out the the Biggest Loser Wii after I put the kids to bed. It's easier, I don't have an audience. OMG still loving it! I get started on a routine and before I know it I have worked out for about 2 hours. It's addictive!


I LOVE MFP! Have a wonderful day :flowerforyou: