"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:

I'm set at 1200, except on exercise days (almost every day) where it bumps me anywhere from 1400-1700 something calories, depending on what I've done that day....
I'm looking forward to the day I hit my goal and it bumps me over to maintenance calories instead of the 1200 :-)

hi everyone, just joined yesterday. today is the first day i am actually accountable for what i put in my mouth. I am not a breakfast person, usually just a couple cups of coffee with cream and a little sugar, until i am starving. been that way for years. no wonder the weight gain, huh??:sad:
will get a pic up asap. i never liked to take them so this may be a minute. LOL. ten at a time sounds great to me.

Welcome to the group and good luck! Hopefully you'll find this group to be supportive and motivating like I have. Feel free to tell us a little about yourself!

Heather

hello all,

I have had a rough week, and the week is not even half way done....lol..

with all the junk: candy, chips, cake, crackers...it is easy for me to give in. and that's whats been happening lately, because i am so stressed out with my college class...the semester is almost coming to an end...which means lots of stuff to turn in...which makes me eat and drink a lot of coffee...you guys could probably tell, by reading this, i am an emotional eater...stressed...i eat...bored..i eat..tired...i eat...annoyed..i eat...happy...i eat....i am really trying to work on not eating when i am very emotional...but it is really hard...:sad:

today i said to myself, gave myself a little pep talk, for all the damage i have done to my body...,eating and not really exercising ,i was going to exercise for 1 hour on the treadmill....and i stuck to my guns and workout for 1 hour...the treadmill says i burned 500 calories...my speed was 3.5...for 45 minutes and 4.2 for 15 minutes....i feel so happy that i actually finished a whole hour and walked for a little less than 4 miles...

i will be doing the biggest loser cardio max...level one..later..giving my body a little time to relax...

everyone have a great day!!! sorry for the long post....but i have to vent...

Falhaone: Congrats on doing your one hour treadmill workout. Consider it the first accomplishment in MANY to come! Biggest Loser Cardio Max is a wonderful workout; it's one of my favorites and it burns a ton of calories if you just keep moving. Just make sure you keep track of everything you eat and use the note section in the food tracker so you can really pinpoint what you ate when you were at different emotional levels; it may help you better control what to eat (apples instead of candy, etc).

Today has been a "hungry day" for me, but I force myself to walk past the full candy dishes here at work. I WANT to eat the rest of my calories at dinner and not before. As I'm saying this, my stomach is gurgling at me. Grrr.

I'm going to see what Comcast has to offer for on-demand workouts so I can try one I don't already have. Should be fun!

Heather

Biggest Loser Cardio Max burns 359 calories according to my HRM....but, I am 5'6" and weighed 206 lbs. the last time I did the workout. That being said, you'll have to consider your weight and fitness level to better determine.