Week One of the Challenge!!!

I lost 5 pounds total! I'm really glad that we get some texture this week!!! How did we do this for 4 weeks??? Anyway, Good luck to everyone this week. What do your menu plans look like for this week. I need some suggestions! Hugs, Teresa

Good mornin Teresa, Well I am not officaly doing this but have been lurking and I have lost 4 lbs. in the last week. Thank God I am back in the 360's. The Holiday's did me in. Its those Nasty/Evil Carbs. So I am working on getting in at least 80-90+ grams protein. I just went to Wal-Mart last week and stocked up on protein bars. MY menu is going to be kinda a basic one: * Breafast - 3ozs. of oatmeal and coffee (2cups of reg.) * mornin snack - protein shake or protein bar and water * Lunch - tuna salad wrap or egg salad wrap (use half of low carb whole wheat wrap & 4 oz. of salad made with ranch dressing) * afternoon snack protein bar and water (Crystal Light ) * Dinner - Bean soup ( lentils & chicken or pork, split pea and pork) or or chicken white bean chili. after dinner cup of coffee. * Night snack - protein shake I try and get in at least 80 to 100 ozs of water in / day. Thats is not counting the 3 to 4 cups of reg coffee, I have to have my coffee. Also usually after my workouts on Monday Wednesday and Friday I drink 20 ozs of Gatorade or Power aide to replentish my electolytes. Hope you all have a great week, I am aiming at losing 5 pounds this week. Unless this cold hangs around then I will have to go sweat it out in the sauna at the gym... Take care, Tom 536/368/250 -168lbs

Tom you are part of our team !!! Thanks for supporting us and giving sujestions. See you lighter. Joanne

It has been a good week but mysterious ha ha. I lost a total of 4 lbs this week. What is mysterious is I passed out and thought maybe my calories were to low so yesterday still keeping my proteins high, I raised my calories which in turn raised the carbs. Then boom this morning I gained 2 lbs of the original 6 I lost this last week. Don't worry I have a call into the Dr.'s office today. We will get to the bottom of this. I am still very pleased with the 4 lb loss since this broke the plateau that I have been on. Here's to week one and here we come week 2!!!! Tara surgery 4/18/05 289/173/150

Tara, Please let us know how you make out. See you lighter. Joanne

I don't know where I'm suppose to post my weight cause I'm a late starter on the challenge but here it is 257 as of 1/9/06. Congrats to everyone else on the past week's weight loss.

Patti, How much does that make you lose for the week? This was where you post. Good luck on week #2. See you lighter. Joanne

Teresa, Thanks for being the first one to post your loss for week #1. I had a support group meeting tonight so I am late posting. Sorry!!! I lost 17 lbs this week but remember I had gained 13 lbs. At least I am down by 4 lbs so the P/B works for sure. I have 7 results so far for a tolal loss of 40.6 lbs. Way to go All !!!! Everyone who has not posted your results please do so !!! See you lighter. Joanne

i didnt start last week like y'all did but i did start on monday,, so far only protein shakes, slimfast or soup and of course my water,, four pounds in four days !!!! yeah!!!! this is the first the scale has moved in almost two months,, 20 lbs from goal !!!

Janine, That is super !!! P/B definitely works.Keep it up and that 20 lbs will be off before you know it. See you lighter. Joanne