Anyone around??

Yep, I am here too! Hope everyone has agood weekend! Amy I

Hi Lea, I'm here. I'm recovering from umbilical hernia surgery I had on Monday. Ugh...it's very painful! I didn't think it would be since I had 3 c-sections and recovered well from all of them. I weighed 188.6 (.6 pounds away from July 4th goal) on Monday - 6/25/07. I will weigh again on Monday, July 2nd. I am unable to exercise for a few weeks. Hope this won't kill my progress! Lynda

Hi Lea, I am here and ready for our mini challenge! Diane

I'm not familiar with the mini-challenge. Could you tell me more about it? I may be interested in joining in with you guys here! Thanks! --Dave 350/248/205

Hey again Dave! I just responded to your response to another of my posts! LOL The mini-challenge is a program we've got going where we have about 100 folks who participate in a challenge round. It has revolved around holidays so far. The current challenge is the July 4th challenge and ends (obviously) on July 4. Then, we start the next round which ends on Labor Day and is thus called the Labor Day challenge! We (the participants) all select a goal weight we'd like to reach by the end of the challenge period. Then, we post our high weight (pre-op), our current weight, and our goal for the end of the challenge to join the group. During the challenge, we have a weekly roll call where everyone posts their current weight to show how we're all coming along. And, we have a question of the week to help us think about our journey, our progress in the challenge, and things we can change to help us be more successful... You get the drift! Let us know if you'd like to join the Labor Day challenge!! Hugs, Lea

I'd like to join. Now I just need to decide where I want to be by labor day. I think I just may shoot for my true goal. Before then I have to decide if I want to stick with 205 for my goal, or increase it to something else. I'm thinking maybe I should post some new pics to the group to get some input. --Dave

I'm here , Lea . I hope the weekend is wonderful for everyone , too . Kathy

I here and new to the challenge and the loser's bench, but am excited to join. Kristina

Hi Kristina! In order to finish adding you to the group, I need your start (preop) weight, your current weight, and the goal weight you'd like to reach by Labor Day... Hugs, Lea

I'm here also