paula

We missed you! Hey, you were in MY state! Only 4 hours east of me though. If youre not a party animal, then N.O. is no fun... glad youre back

Welcome to the game Big T and Chief! So Jack... you in or out??? Well take you in your panties - we dont care!

Hey Mary, just wondering how things were going with your son?

Thanks Kim and Tracey... Im sure Jonathan will add you to the list as soon as he checks in!!!

yeeeaaah... Kaleigh has an avator again!!!! Glad to see you back!!! Is that your little boy? No offense, but he is waaay too cute to be a boy - beautiful child!!!!

I just wanted to say that if anyone else wants to join - just let us know! :cool: I need all the help I can get!

Alex, Ive just read this for the first time... cant believe Ive missed it. This touched my heart.

WOW - you get a BIG LBT hug for all that work, Jonathan! THANKS!!!! And Becky, Thats a great idea... gives everyone a little more motivation. Darcy, Im like you - just a 'hurray for Paula' will be good enough for me! :cool: I just wanted to add a little spice to it. We are involved with the Children's Miracle Network, and Ive seen how important that meager $1 can be to a charity.

I have an idea for the winner.... how about everyone donate a small sum of money ($1, 5 but no more then $10) to that person's favorite charity in our own areas (for example: women's shelter, food pantry, orphanage, animal shelter - these are places that every city has) - does this make sense? Do yall want the winner to be the one that gets to their goal first - OR the one that loses the most by June 1???

Yeah Kelly... (I was wondering about you) Add Kelly to the list! Let the game begin............

LOVED that idea Jonathan. And you can just do the updates if you want - no need to give me access to your site. Can you add everyone's name? Lets see, there is: Wade Nancy Jamie Zoe Darcy Becky Penni Bigmom Michelle Blossom Becca Illsucceed Betty Jonathan (you) Paula (me) Id like for it to be in alphabetical order. Becky suggested the end date being May 22, but I think it would be better to stick to June 1... 12 pounds in 12 weeks! (I need that extra space Becky :cool: ) Yikes Penni - Im with ya! I gained 2 pounds this week as well, so my starting weight is 202. Anyone else want to join??? -12 pounds X 12 weeks.... (seems so easy, ha!)

Hi Karen and WELCOME!!! Sorry, I cant help with the ticker thing, just came in to say 'hi' ! Hope you are able to post often. Where ya from?

WHY is that???? Just like Penni said - a bite here, a bite there - THEN its time to fix yourself a plate. And it was gumbo too, chicken gumbo (like soup)! The last 3 times Ive eaten gumbo, Ive pb'd. Maybe its the roux that bothers my stomach.... ?? Id hate to have to put that one on my "Do NOT Eat" list.

Jonathan, thats a great idea about the weigh-in's. And yes, it would be great if we could get a thread going with 3 column's. Not sure how we can do that. Bigmom????

Yeah Michelle!!! Thank you. Bigmom - thats a great idea about the total weight loss. Becky, LOL... (shhhh, she still knows NOTHING about my surgery) Heck, I gotta get motivation somewhere!!! Do any of you have 'rule' suggestions?

hmmm... how should we do this??? Any suggestions? Do you all feel comfortable posting your current weight every Monday??? or is there another way we can keep track of each others loss? Jamie, if you want to go for 25 pounds by June, thats fine with me :cool: If anyone else wants to have a different goal, thats fine too... just so we can do this together! Becca - glad to have you join us. And Jonathan, guys ALWAYS lose faster - so from the start Im predicting you as the winner. Penni - for the swimsuit thread, we could all send in photos of ourselves with our faces hidden and make everyone guess who is who... what do you think??? (lol...just joking) Becky - we are going to the in-laws for Memorial Day. I would LOVE to be in a size 12-14 pants by that time. So thats where this motivation came from.

Thanks Wade... whatever rules you guys want to have - post em! I'll go for anything!

Jamie, you are going to smoke us... that 12 pounds is gonna be gone the first week youre banded!!! Nancy, oh heck, I dont know about any rules... we can report in on Monday's, thats a good day. Thanks a million - I need this badly!

This nosey person wants to know too. Come on Girl.... were waiting to hear fom ya!

I just realized that March will be here day after tomorow... and that means summer time is just around the corner. I figured that losing 12 pounds by June 1st is doable (couldnt decide if I wanted to go for the full 15 or just 10 pounds, so I split it :cool: ) ! That's 12 pounds in 3 months. And that should put me well below that almighty 200 mark. Is there anyone that would like to do this with me? ...please???

Very good info Big T! Thanks again. The air brush tanning here in my area is a technician and charges $25 for a session. The bottle stuff still sounds a little better though... cheaper. Kelly ~ did you have a tech. or go into a booth for yours???

Just think... next year at this time - you are gonna be 1 skinny little gal!

I definately agree!

Yeaaaaaa Jamie! 18 days?? thats just a little over 2 weeks away... and gosh, thats gonna fly by!

Big T, Thanks for that information. There is air bush tanning here in my area - and the mystic tan. I didnt realize that they were different. So the air brush is better then the mystic?