stephh

I know it's probably silly, but I made my goal. Please, may I have a green box?

That's not silly at all! I'm sorry I missed you. I will make it green once I get home. Congratulations! Great job!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays! This challenge is now closed. Check out the Valentine's Day Challenge at: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/358148-valentines-day-weight-loss-challenge/ hosted by @@vsgSarah3 !

We had 124 people complete this challenge and lost a total of 1353.2 pounds! We had 11 people lose over 10%, which is absolutely incredible! @@Amberina lost the most with 14.14%. We had 33 people reach their goal weight, which I think is pretty awesome considering the time of year it was!

I wish everyone the best of luck in their continuing journey. I'll see you back at the challenges once I can lose weight again!

Good Morning everyone!

I am 269.8. Was hoping for more, but I will take it!!

I am sure it doesn't matter much now, but I wasn't highlighted as being in the two hundreds. LOL

Thanks for all you've done Steph!!

That's a huge accomplishment! In sorry for missing it. You're highlighted in red now =)

Hey Steph, How often do you have these weight loss challenges? This is my first and it has been a tremendous help!!!

I actually will not be continuing running these. @@vsgSarah3 offered to step up and continue them though! I'll be in contact with her today and will make sure the link to the new thread is posted here =)

Previously they ran back to back and for 6-8 weeks at a time. It's up to Sarah though!

142.8 this week... this last 2.8 is gonna stress me out haha. I just wanna meet the goal for once! Lol. Congrats on your bundle steph, very exciting.

I'm a SAHM and could take a swing at the challanges, however I'm not a pro at excel... i would need u to give me a crash course haha

Thanks! VSGSarah3 said she could take over as well. I'll put you down for a back up.

Do you like being a SAHM? I'm considering not going back to work this time.

I'm by no means a pro on here but I would love to give it a try if you have no other takers. You can private msg me with more info and how to get the spread sheet. Let me know! Congrats!

This is great! Thank you, Sarah!!! I'll be in touch with you =)

How do I view the spreadsheet? Congratulations on the baby!

Thanks! It's on the first post of this thread. There is a link you click on and it should take you directly to this challenge.

Congrats! Very cute announcement!

Thanks! We love Starbucks =)

We don't have one in our town, but our 2 year old still knows what the green lady means lol.

The spreadsheet has been updated. Please let me know if I made a mistake or missed your weigh in!

We had a blast at Disney! It was so beautiful and decorated for Christmas! It even snowed in the Magic Kingdom while we were there.

Also, if you have a food allergy, I would highly recommend adding Disney for a vacation spot. My husband has Celiac disease, and they catered to him and he ate like a king all week (and didn't get sick!). We would go back just for that!

I'm still looking for someone to take over the challenges when this one is over. Here's why

Hi!

I am one week post-op today and think I did great at losing over 7 lbs!

Current weight is 281.4. ????

Steph,

Please add me to the spreadsheet. I joined over 2 weeks ago.

Sorry, you're added now! I went on vacation right after you joined and never had a chance to add you. Sorry for the delay!

Surgery in the morning:)

Good luck!!! Let us know when you're out =)

I want to join...Sorry I am late!! I have been busy planning my surgery! (Which is this Monday 12/7)

Here are my weights:

Nov. 9th starting weight: 310.8

Nov. 16th weight: 306.6

Nov. 23rd weight: 303.8

Nov. 30th weight: 293.4

Goal Weight for 12/31: 280.00

Hi! Welcome! I will get you added tomorrow! Good luck with your upcoming surgery!

Hey everyone... Our challenge made it into the December newsletter!!!! WOOHOO!!!

I stayed the same this week.

Don't forget I'll be at Disney next week, and won't be updating the spreadsheet until much later/the Monday after.

Also, I'm looking for someone to take over the challenges at the end of this one. I've got a lot of (great) things going on, and I don't feel that I can update the spreadsheet in a timely enough manner anymore.

Hello Stephh, ty 4 everything and to you all happy holidays Lord willing, surgery is this Friday, I will not be able to update weight for Monday but ill try, but i wanted to let you know so that you didn't think that I quit participating. Also, ive almost surpassed my goal during this 2 week liquid so i want to change it plz from 155 to 150 by end date. Ty again, Dee Dee )

Woohoo!!! Good luck with your surgery!!! Let us know how it goes. I won't be updating next week's weight until the following week anyway

My weight today is 271.8

Hi! Are you new to the challenge? If so, what is your goal weight for 12/31? If not, did you change your screen name? Thanks!

Ok so I haven't weighed myself since after Halloween. I had lost 13 lbs in 2 months. I got off my diet when I got really sick and was in the hospital for kidney failure. Was told not to drink Protein shakes for a while.

So here goes.

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296.

I'm back at my starting weight from September.

My heart sank. My stomach feels like it's going to fall out of my butt.

I'm a failure.

I'm so sorry to hear this! I hope you're feeling better. Hugs to you. I know you can do this!!!

11/30/2015: 383 lbs.

One of my all time fav GIFs. Thanks for making my day!!!!

Oops, finally got there. Android sure doesn't seem to like this topic, though. Crashes my tablet. When I did get to the spreadsheet, the version I see has a lot of people losing 100, 200 pounds in one week. I'm assuming this is Android punking me?

I'm sorry, I do not know. I typically do not view the Google doc on my phone, and I have an iPhone. Hopefully someone else answered your question!

Weight this week is 267

Do you have a goal weight? Thanks!

Ok, on the spreadsheet, I figured out that red numbers mean the same as the previous week, the green box is the personwho has lost the most weight? But what fyi the red boxes mean?

There is a color chart on the upper right hand side of the spreadsheet =)

Green is people who have reached their goal and red is people who have reached twonderville or onderland =)

Hi all! I'm about 6 weeks pregnant. I'm a little over a year out from VSG surgery and lost all but 5 pounds of my excess weight!!! Before finding out I was pregnant, I was eating an average of 800 calories a day. Now, I'm STARVED. I had not been hungry once since my surgery until about a week before I found out I was pregnant (should have been my first clue!). I'm eating about 1500-1600 calories a day now (which is a struggle) per my dietician. This still doesn't seem to be curbing my appetite however. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks!

hi stephh! i just had my baby 9-28-15. i started at 257 and was reached my goal of 150 when i was 14months out, then two weeks later i found out i was pregnant. i too was only taking in about 700-800 pre pregnancy. around 13 weeks pregnant i started getting insanely hungry, literally every two hours. for me it really didn't ease up until i was about 32weeks. my dr wanted me to take in about 1800 calories a day i ended up putting on 42lbs in total. i lost 15lbs after my c section taking me from 192 to 177. i have been stuck there for the past two minths unfortunately, the scale just doesn't want to move for me. keep taking in as much Protein as you can. keep high Protein Snacks with you if you're getting hungry often! congratulations on your pregnancy, you can pm me if any questions

Thank you so much for responding!!!!!! I feel like I'm in the exact same scenario you were. I feel so much better knowing that someone else is hungry too. I was afraid of it being head hunger.

Congratulations on your new baby! How was your pregnancy besides being hungry? Had you been pregnant before? Was it different? Sorry, I have SO many questions!!!

Your weight gain doesn't seem bad to me. It seems like a manageable weight and will probably come off. I already have argued with my Dr about gaining weight... He said I could aim for 10-20 pounds because I'm at the top end of my healthy weight range. So far, I've stayed steady, but I'm not very far along.

I was 155.4 this week!

The spreadsheet is updated as of 10:30 EST on Tuesday 11/24. I'll update again a little later this week.

We lost 230.6 pounds last week!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving for those of you who live in the US! I know Canada celebrated their Thanksgiving in October. Any other fun holidays I don't know about in other countries?!

Also, don't forget I'll be gone Dec 5-12, so the weights from Dec 7 will not be updated until the next week.

This weeks post will be late. Been at Disneyland with no scale. Home tonight so will weigh and report in the morning.

No problem!!!! I hope you are having an amazing time!!!!

I'm in. Thank you!

Hi! I need a starting weight and goal weight. Thanks!

173.2

Is this the correct weight/are the other weights associated with your name correct? Thanks!

I was also hoping to join. If I never make it on to the spreadsheet that's ok. I'm going to play along anyway. Last weigh-in I was 211. My goal is to be under 200lbs s by Christmas and 195lbs on New Years Eve!!

I added you =)