6-Month Weight Loss Challenge Starts TODAY!!

JourneytoHealth
on 7/1/07 12:02 am, edited 7/3/07 1:08 am - Non-OP

Hello Everyone, Today is the day that we start the challenge. Some of us have given ourselves some pretty big goals. I'm going for 48 pounds which will get me to Onederland, so I have my work cut out for me. I'll have to average about 2 pounds a week to make my goal. It's a stretch but not impossible. I'll certainLY have to stay on my game, stick to my meal plan most of the time and and get my butt moving 6 days a week. I'm still missing some start weights so if yours is not posted, let me know, that is if you want it posted. This is a 6-month challenge so this is going to be more of a marathon than a sprint, so we will need to support each other along the way. I will start gathering the July weight losses on the 1st of August and do the same for the subsequent months. So, are we ready? Good luck everyone!! Ladies and gents, on your mark, get set -- GO!

Participant	Start Weight	Goal #s
Aimee	323	45
Angela B.	239	45
Becky	227	40
Bfrench	204	42
Blue38380	230	30
Bridget	316	75
Bridget (BAShinn)	165	20
Chris I.	291	35
Christa	249	60
Cmuss	238	50
Delilah	244	45
Denise	279.5	30
Diva 274	283	40
Donnamarie	235	35
Gael	279	45
Heather K.		50
Janina	336	40
Jean	310	50
Just Bud	254	54
Katie M.	285	50
Kelly K.	272	30
Leonetta C.	347.8	45
Maren	378	100
Melinda R.	355	60
Mamanay		25
Mommy3x	314	32
Neecee	184	10
Shari S.	312	65
Sonora	240	60
Tali	247	48
Tishak2	185.4	40

~Tali~

Neecee O.
on 7/1/07 3:59 am - CA

Ha-a-a-ay there! I kicked off my new goal challenge with a 2.75 hour bike ride. Gorgeous day today here. Ten pounds will be so exciting for me, too, but I plan on making it happen! That is about the rate I have been losing these days...half pound a week. 21 weeks or so, right?

BAShinn
on 7/1/07 4:16 am - AR

VSG on 11/17/07 with

Tali...if it's not too late, would you add me? I'm at 165 and would like to be at 145. Twenty pounds.

Bridget A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are. ~Chauncey Mitchell Depew
SW: 275 CW: 225 GW: 150

Total lost: 50 lbs.

sonora
on 7/1/07 4:18 am

I fell off the wagon this week and have been hermitting since. Glad I saw this. Today's going to be my fresh start. I'm also meeting with a trainer tomorrow morning (SCARED AS ALL HELL)! Put me down for 60, starting weight of 240. Ugh, that HURTS to type. I gained about 10 pounds - NO****er weight, I assure you - with just 5 days of mammoth binges. It would have been so nice to start at 230. But here I am!

JourneytoHealth
on 7/1/07 6:28 am - Non-OP

Welcome Bridget and Sonora, I have you both down.

~Tali~

kitties4
on 7/1/07 7:05 am - Cleveland, OH

My official starting weight as of July 1, 2007 is 279.5 pounds. Please add that to your chart for me. I've already put that I want to lose 30 pounds by December 31, 2007. Denise Phares

Maren McGregor
on 7/1/07 7:49 am - Southwest, WA

VSG on 10/17/07 with

Hi, I think I want to get in on this too. I can't believe I am putting this out there but here goes. My current weight is 378 and my 6 month weight loss goal is 100lbs. Please add me to the roster. Best of luck to each of you!

Maren

Jupiter6
on 7/1/07 8:37 pm - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

Maren-- that's a heck of a goal. You sure that's do-able, non-op? I started at 368, and lost about 56 pounds in 4 months, and everyone tells me that's pretty fast--- faster than a lot of post ops. Don't stress yourself out!

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

Maren McGregor
on 7/1/07 10:23 pm - Southwest, WA

VSG on 10/17/07 with

Hi Shari, Yes i am sure it is do-able because I have done it before, am I sure it is do-able AGAIN? H*LL NO,

but I will do the best I can and see what happens. I know for me that if I am not really challenged I will not give it my all. Maren

Maren

Jupiter6
on 7/2/07 1:09 am - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

I like your attitude! I just know that it does slow some as you go from super-sized to smaller-sized, so don't hurt yourself! Now I have to figure out how the hell I am gonna lose 75 pounds...who talked me into this madness? Oh, the pressure!

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

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