Five Pounds in Five Weeks - Be Five Pounds Lighter by July 11th

We started this at work, where we're all suffering from "Hacker Spread". Thank you, IT Industry, for making it possible to 1) make a living sitting on my behind all day and 2) afford to eat lunch out every day.

I'm going to be honest. I'm 5'8" tall and I weigh 208 pounds. My coworker is 5'6" tall and weighs 187 lbs. Since we've both got a lot of weight to loose, we've broken it in to 5 pound chunks. 5 pounds isn't nearly as inimidating as 65 pounds.

This is our second round of the 5 pound challenge and I thought maybe some of you other folks would like to join us. Our goal is to be five pounds lighter by July 11th.

We don't care if you need to loose 200 pounds or 10. You're welcome to join in our little challenge.

"Weigh ins" will be on Thursdays, so that we can either commiserate or rejoice together. All you have to do is weigh yourself on the same scale every Thursday and keep up the new healthy lifestyle.

that's such a great idea cutting it into chunks! count me in ;-) i've got my last 5-7 to lose.

CW: 140 pounds

GW: 133-135 pounds (i fluctuate with that time of the month)

H: 5'7"

see you all thurs!

Wow - this is exactly the group I need. I need to lose 5 - 10. 5 Would make mew overwhelmingly happy if I could do it in 5 weeks. I am committed to 1,200 calorie (or slightly above) days, and fitting in cardio / outdoor exercise at least 5 days a week. Since Monday, I've been doing great. (I realize that's only 2 days, but hey - got to start somewhere.)

CW as of this morning was 117.6.

GW by July 11 is 112 - 113.

H: 5'3", small-medium frame. 

The hardest part is going to be the weekends!

CW: 172

GW: 155

Height: 5' 7"

I'm in too!
CW: 135
GW: 120
Height:  5'2" medium frame

I lost the first 5 pounds, but I haven't been doing so good calorie-wise lately so I think a mini-goal will be a great help to give me the kickstart I need again!

 

Me too!!

CW 179

GW 174 by July 11th

GW 155 (before Dec 2008)

Height 5'6"

I agree, the hardest for me is to last the weekends without eating everything i can get my hands on.

I'd like to be a part of this as well!  I have a hard time thinking long term so concentrating on 5 pounds in a month sounds like it would be good for me. :-)

I'm 5'6".

Last Tuesday I was 127.4, yesterday I made the mistake of weighing myself mid-afternoon and was 134.4 (thanks to 4 nights of bingeing and TTOM).  So I'm somewhere in the low 130's.

Goal for July 11:  I would LOVE to be 124-125. 

See you all on Thursday morning!

I would love to lose just 5 pounds! My current goal is 20 pounds, but do it 4 times and look!  All of it gone!

H: 5'1"

CW: 141

See you Thursdays!

Original Post by astevens69:

I would love to lose just 5 pounds! My current goal is 20 pounds, but do it 4 times and look!  All of it gone!

H: 5'1"

CW: 141

See you Thursdays!

That is the idea.  Rinse and repeat as necessary :)

Count me in.  I like the idea of breaking it into chunks of 5 pounds.  I already weigh in on Thursday morning so this is perfect.  I hate the fact I sit on my butt all day at a computer too...that's how I gained it all in the first place...well that and all the good food!  See you all on Thursday.

H - 5'7"

CW - 171

Hi, I'd like to try too. I'm 5'6" and 184.5. That would put me in the 70's in a month. I can do that! Thanks for the challenge.

Count me in as well! : ) I need to get back on track (took back about 14 lbs... :( ). 

I'm 5'8'', CW being 148...thus my July 11th goal would be around...143 lbs...!  Hey, that makes it sound almost easy...!

See you all on Thursday morning! : )

I will be leaving the city for a 3mth contract in the middle of nowhere as of 3rd July. Would be great to be able to weigh in each week with everyone up until then tho?

Im doing this alone so it would be nice to see what other ppl's results are each week to help me along.

5' 6

CW - 163 - GW (overall) 143 but hope to be at least 158 by July 3rd.

See you Thursday :)

I'm in too!  I have 13 pounds left to loose but 5 in 5 weeks sounds great to me! 

 

I'm 5'2", medium frame

Start weight: 180

Current weight:123

Goal weight: 110

 

I've recently been on a 3 month plateau at 125 and I think the plateau may be broken..... since I'm down to 123 now.  I hope so!

Cool, great idea :)

Im 5'6'', 136 pounds.. Would love to lose about a stone before i start uni (when ill inevitably pile a load more back on haha. Lets hope ill have enough willpower to keep it up)

Lets see how this goes!

:)

This is perfect! Count me in, I'm in the home stretch of my weightloss, and these last 10 pounds have been the hardest!

H: 5'6"

CW: 141

GW for July 11: 136

GW Final: 132 

Count me in!!

 

Height:  5'2"ish

CW:  117

GW for July 11:  112

GW Final:  110

 

This is going to be tough since I'm not exactly on the heavy side, but I'll try it!

Irothell - I'm your CC twin - 5' 6" (almost). 127-129 lbs , just wanting to tone and get to 124ish.

It may not seem like a lot of weight, but it is for me. I'm going up and down, but never down enough. I just can't seem to eat less than 1500-1600 a day, so I'm going to try to up the intensity of exercise, since I am kind of a lazy bum when it comes to exertion.

I am very much in on this challenge.  You IT folks are such good problem solvers!

GW: 135-140

CW: 155-160

Height: 5'8"

Age:29

So, how does this work.  Will we form a group?  Or do we just post a thread each Thursday?  I am new!!

A little more info:  I am a competitive rower and all around active athlete type.  I was an athlete in college and high school and coached after graduating.  The challenge when you have a ton of muscle is staying lean on top of all that muscle.  As an athlete, you're always hungry and as a professional, there is no time to eat properly.  So, I am basically a mess.  This way I can focus.

I want to join up too!  130's here I come!! I love groups they have really helped on my weight loss journey.  It's been getting tougher as I've been getting smaller but I've been getting smaller!! sorry but It's hard for me to believe.

5'4"

CW 144

GW 139 (July 11th)

Welcome to everyone!!!

The current plan is to meet back here on Thursday and post your weight.  On July 11th, we'll post the sum total of what we've lost.  Hopefully, it will be at least 5 pounds. 

At that time, I'll start a new thread for those of us that need to loose more than 5 pounds. 

I'll look into forming a group.