5lb Challenge Number 12

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  • This is the 12th version of the 5lb Challenge!

    The first person who loses 5 pounds will win this challenge and get to start the next challenge thread!

    Everyone is more than welcome to join! The more who post to the challenge, the merrier! Will you be the next 5lb loser?

    *Just post your starting weights, and Good Luck Everyone!*
  • SW: 219
    CW: 219
    GW: 214

    Not changing my ticker until official weigh-in on Wednesday - no jinxing anything here. I also don't change it until official weigh-ins if it goes up Photo!! Nothing wrong with that.

    Woosh so I was going to have beers at a friends house tonight but I think having a good week is going to help say yes to just one and no more - don't need the empty calories!
  • CONGRATULATIONS HEATHER!



    Start weight: 169.6
    Current weight: 169.6
    Goal weight: 164.6
  • CONGRATULATIONS!!

    My SW: 200.5
    My CW: 200.5
    My GW: 195.5
  • Wow, well done Heather!!

    SW: 153.4
    CW: 153.4
    GW: 148.4
  • Wow, congrats, Heather!

    SW: 157.8
    CW: 157.8
    GW: 152.8
  • WTG Heather!

    I'm going to weigh myself even though tomorrow morning is officially my "Day"

    I felt so lost without 3FC.. Anyone else have a little panic attack??

    SW 158.2
    GW 153.2

    That was weird - ! My digital scale was trying to make up its mind between 158.2 and 159.6. WTH?!
  • congrats heather


    i ate a big twix bar last night. i need 3fc so much clearly. i feel awful and really bummed out.

    so my

    SW: 202.8
    CW: 202.8
    GW: 197.8


    my god im miserable about all this... no losses for a week, in fact a 2 pound gain. i think im gonna review my eating and go seriously sparse and clean for a week to see what happens x
  • what a good idea, I love challenges!

    SW:164
    GW:159

    hasta luego to the 60's!
  • Quote: my god im miserable about all this... no losses for a week, in fact a 2 pound gain. i think im gonna review my eating and go seriously sparse and clean for a week to see what happens x
    Don't be miserable! You've been doing so good! Going very, very clean is a great idea! You can do this!
  • i dont really know how though inm so CRAP at doing this, this is always what happens... i do great then i gradually let things slip slightly and weight loss slows and i give up. i dont want to give up!!
  • Quote: i dont really know how though inm so CRAP at doing this, this is always what happens... i do great then i gradually let things slip slightly and weight loss slows and i give up. i dont want to give up!!
    Don't you give up, and you DO know how. WRITE A PLAN. I'm telling you, writing down a whole day's menu -- or week's menu -- is INVALUABLE. Write down your plan, total up your calories so you know you're in limits, and just FOLLOW IT. No straying, no deviations, no substitutions. You may not have to do this the rest of your life, but right at the beginning when we ALL struggle with moment-by-moment choices, having a plan is SO GOOD!

    You can do it, cutie, I know you can!
  • Plateaux are the hardest things to get through. I had a two month plateau! (See March and April in my sig). You just have to keep on plugging away at it and try not to let it get you down. In the end I dropped 100 cals a day and that seemed to do the trick.
  • Sunday (cricket match, cinema)

    Breakfast: bowl of shreddies 45g with skimmed milk = 218 calories
    banana = 105 calories

    Snack: Cherries 160g = 110 calories

    Lunch: Wholewheat pasta 115g cooked = 175 calories
    Half tin Tuna = 73 calories
    Sweetcorn 90g = 95 calories
    Hellmans extra light mayo tbl spn = 15 calories
    Red Pepper ¼ medium pepper = 12 calories

    Snack: Grapes (10 grapes) = 34 calories
    wholewheat cracker (ikea) x2 = 80 calories
    Laughing Cow extra light cheese triangle = 20 calories

    Dinner: Chicken Breast 4 oz = 130 calories
    stir fry vegetables = 76 calories
    beansprouts and garlic = 40 calories
    sesame oil = 55 calories
    brown rice 75g = 265 calories

    Snack: Kiwi fruit = 46 calories
    strawberries 5oz = 45 calories


    Total = 1554 Calories

    7 portions fruit and vegetables
    2 litres water
    no caffeine
    no sweetener
  • how is that do you think for tomorrow?