you feel stuck, down in the dumps?? we are gonna fix that!

 OK NO MORE CRYING.  Ladies we are going to take action...
 Before thanksgiving, we talked about pairing up in couples to keep each other accountable for exercise and food accountability..
  So here's what we are going to do...
    I need a list of your goals for the month or two month goals.. Exercise and accountability...
Then we will put the names in a bowl at Becca's house and pair people off.. If Leslie, Holli, Lisa and ohhhhh I cant remeber the brunette's name... dang im sorry... you know who you are, want to play then we will put the four of them in a different bowl so they can have there own party..  If you dont mind traveling to louisville for the party hey. your welcome... Louisville is pretty much the center of where all of us are from...
   We all need this, we are all in a funk, and BATHING SUIT season is coming... SO  LET'S DO THIS!!!  ALL  IDEA'S ARE WELCOME...
  We need the list of participants by feb 7 at becca's shin dig.. we can start on the 8th if you want,, I dont care about the super bowl on the 9th  so I will post the rules and pairings on the 8th so we can start on the ninth...
  Only rule i can remeber is that we paired off so that we could do a small dollar amount gift for the person in the pairing that lost the most weight of the two.. SO you get a small reward for your hard work instead of just bragging rights!!!!
    ANY OTHER IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS???
Dawn

Hmmmm Sounds good.. But I wont' be at beccas on the 7th WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Sounds like a great idea to me - but I need someone who doesn't mind being paired up with a DSer, my rules are different but I still have them.  I love prizes and am very willing to throw some cash in the pot!

Ya know,  that could be a good motivational tool for someone.  Trying to keep pace with you!  I might be game for that!

Either that or an RNY person who loses at a pace closer to a DS than a band anyway.

actually I am a very slow loser - and have been in a stall really for the last 6 weeks.  I don't really mind though, not yet - I just want to be down to at least 180 by my one year anniversary - that puts me at 80% EWL and on track to lose it all.  So I have 10 lbs to lose in 3 months anyone else with a similar goal will do nicely -

You know I am in! I need all the motivation I can get! How do you want to do the weight thing though.....trust or actually weigh in? i think we should include Sandi since she has to work and cannot be there. She is in the same boat as well as the rest of us. All of us bring our own scales and weigh in maybe in front of our partner?

This is a great idea.  It helps keep everyone on track and it gives you someone to talk with if something isn't working quite right.  We have exercise buddies at the gym I go to that we are accountable to and they to us.  I have met two really great girls that I've gotten close to this way. 

Just remember while you gals are doing this, I'm doing the same thing in Glasgow every Monday night at 6:30 pm CST.  And if it's any consolation, I have someone the size of Barbie weighing me each week. 

We also have to tell our buddies how much we want to lose.  We check up on each other to see how it's going. 

Good luck to all of you.  And if it's okay with you, when you post how you've done on here, I may post too.

Laura

Awwwwww Thanks LeeAnn for thinking of me..=)))

I'll play!    have to pair me with a bandster though!   

 Ok. you DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT BECCA'S TO PLAY.  I just figured at Becca's I could have Becca to help with the drawing and documenting of partners!!  Laura, I dont mind if you play if you want to partner up here too.. Vicki in a clamshell I was gonna suggest Becca or I could partner up with you maybe make it a lil more even as we are closer to goal??  The goals can be anything too. like Leslie is maintaining so maybe hers is to maintain and exercise..
  As for scales, we could do that this way... We can all weigh in the morning of the challenge first day  and pm it to our partners or we can post it on the board.. NOTHING LIKE BEING ACCOUNTABLE!!! We can do it any way you like..
  Open to suggestions so let 'em rip!!
Dawn