5 lb challenge #324
 

Welcome

Time for a new Challenge!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the last Challenge.

Susan! was our winner, so we begin again!

This is a challenge to lose 5 pounds at a time,
Hence the name "5 Pounds Challenge."
Anyone can join at anytime.
Just copy the list and add your name at the bottom of the list, or after the last 5 lbs to go name...sometimes we bounce past the 5 lbs to go...yes it happens.
You use the start-weight from the day when you join this challenge
You always start at 5.0 lbs to go
Update your weight as often as you like
Move yourself up in the ranks accordingly.
When someone loses 5 lbs we will start a new thread and begin again.
There can be more than one winner! Good Luck!

Let the game begin.

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
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Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5
1........Melinda81.....271.4.......266.4........271.4.........5

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5
1........Melinda81.....271.4........266.4........271.4.........5
1........barb712........213.2........208.2.......213.2.........5

:dazzle: :dazzle: :dazzle: :dazzle: WTG smullen, you are our all star loser! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5
1........Melinda81.....271.4........266.4........271.4.........5
1........barb712........213.2........208.2.......213.2..........5
1........nawchem......158.5........153.5.......158.5..........5
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Ms Arielle- Australia!

I weighed 158ish for about 15 years. My wt doesn't want to go lower. I have gained and lost the same 5lbs for 3 challenges. Today I commit to seriously undertaking this challenge!

Welcome teachergal and Melinda. :rose:

Thank you Nawchem 😘 and Welcome to Teachergal & Melinda :wave:

You completely deserve praise smullen!

I decided if one of us wins this challenge by Easter, I will eat with abandon on Easter. If we don't I'll keep going for my 90 days cheat free.

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5
1........Melinda81.....271.4........266.4........271.4.........5
1........barb712........213.2........208.2.......213.2..........5
1........nawchem......158.5........153.5.......158.5..........5
1........Ladibug.........113.8........108.8.......113.8..........5

I was thinking about my journey tonight. It started in the last week of September, 2017, when I got ill & couldn't eat for 3 days. Then the next week I caught the flu and didn't eat much. I lost a few pounds during that time and decided I wasn't going to allow myself to gain it back. I had stopped the soda pop in late Aug or early September so my goal was to eat correctly from then on.

In September I weighed 128.6 and last week I weighed 113.6--15 lbs. in 6 months (now 113.8). In addition I have lost multiple inches from my belly & other areas. In December I was able to wear almost new jeans that I hadn't worn in 2 years. Now those same jeans overlap 2-3" & I have to add a belt to keep them up.

I have yet to win a challenge, but it sure keeps me moving downward. Thank you for your encouragement.

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5
1........Melinda81.....271.4........266.4........271.4.........5
1........barb712........213.2........208.2.......213.2..........5
1........nawchem......158.5........153.5.......158.5..........5
1........Ladibug.........113.8........108.8.......113.8..........5
1......IFNewstart.......227.8........222.8.......227.8..........5

Hello Everyone. I am hoping to find that weight loss drive that I had at the end of the year.

Congratulations to everyone who has oved closer to your goal!

GM fellow losers 😍 no loss for me today. Wishing you all a wonderful day 😘

Rank.....Name.........START........GOAL.....CURRENT...#s to go

1........Scotiagirl......167.6........162.6.......167.6..........5
1........Smullen........189.2........184.2.......189.2..........5
1........teachergal.....168.4........163.4.......168.4..........5
1........Melinda81.....271.4........266.4........271.4.........5
1........barb712........213.2........208.2.......213.2..........5
1........nawchem......158.5........153.5.......158.5..........5
1........Ladibug.........113.8........108.8.......113.8..........5
1......IFNewstart.......227.8........222.8.......227.8..........5

Welcome to Teachergal & Melinda :wave: :wave:

Nawchem, that's a lot of pressure on us.LOL
If one of us can do it to keep you motivated.... will you honestly be up for a 90 day challenge this time next week. ;) We will keep you to that promise...
Or maybe Susan and I will keep you motivated by challenging you to try "keto" for a week... :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree:

Ladybug, thank you for sharing your successes and your journey with us, it is a privilege to be included in your "close friends" because it is where you feel safe that your close friends are found and you found it safe here to tell us. :)

I too do not win challenges, I lost my first ~20 and then bounced this entire month, only finally moving on the scale a gain when I changed things up completely, got entirely honest with everything I was putting in my mouth and took a serious look for hidden sugars and stopped saying to myself.... I am on a plane and I need to eat dark chocolate and nuts, which really means, snack. So I stopped snacking and took Susan's lead, I used fitday's free site and started to figure out exactly how many calories I was eating and got "real with myself".

Finding an eating style, finding out how your body changes it's needs as you lose weight and my favorite line I read the other day. Addiction (to anything, and for me it was food/carbs) is what we do instead of being creative. Wow...

And for my old friends and ones I have met on these challenges...Let's get this party started!

I am happy to say, that with my recent changes, I have finally gotten past the bouncing up past and back down to 168, the 170 at the start of March is finally firmly planted at 167.6 for two day now. I am a very happy girl!

Just wanted to share 😀 Some quotes I found that I liked. I'd like to do that jar idea too 💕