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For those who have participated already....Congratulations on your Easter goal weight loss! And lets keep going! For those who are new, please join us on our new goals for Mother's Day! I am not going to set the pounds, I say, you challenge yourself! Pick an amount you have to work harder for! And let that be your goal! Mother's Day is Sunday, May 9! Let's start this Monday as our first weigh in day, right after Easter. Keep posting every week on your progress. Good Luck to everyone!

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Well Hello Again, lol. I have set my challenge goal! I am going for 20 lbs starting on Monday! Let's see how close I can get to it! :thumbup:

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And mind you, I realize that my 20 lb goal in right about a month is a bit far-fetched, lol, but, that is the point to me. It's something I will have to bust my tail to reach. Which means, LOTS OF EXERCISE! Lets see just how close I can get!

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Me too! I am going to weigh in on Monday the 5th and that will be my starting weight. Then we have 5 weeks, I have been averaging 1.6 pounds a week during the Easter challenge so I will go with 9 pounds (I hope to weigh 149 before Monday and then my goal will be 140) That is less than I have weighed in 16 years! That will be my Happy Mothers day gift to me!

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Congratulations on your progress! That is an excellent goal for you then! 140 is my dream weight! I have never weighed less than 170....So I suppose that is mine! I would LOVE to be 170 by Mother's Day! : ) And the best Mother's Day gift I could give myself! :thumbup:

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For those who have participated already....Congratulations on your Easter goal weight loss! And lets keep going! For those who are new, please join us on our new goals for Mother's Day! I am not going to set the pounds, I say, you challenge yourself! Pick an amount you have to work harder for! And let that be your goal! Mother's Day is Sunday, May 9! Let's start this Monday as our first weigh in day, right after Easter. Keep posting every week on your progress. Good Luck to everyone!

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GREAT idea!! Honestly, these challenges have been great motivation for me! Since it is only about 5 weeks away, I think 10 pounds might be reasonable, which will put me at 160 (holy crap!) I'm getting soooo close to my (first) goal weight!!

Good luck to everyone!!!!! :thumbup:

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I will say 10 for me by mothers day. Good luck guys!:thumbup:

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I am in too. I would like to lose 10#.

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I would like to say 20# but that's probably not likely since I am going to the Highpoint Furnitire market Apr 14-21st and will probably drink there. So I'll aim for 10#'s.:thumbup:

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I'm in for 10 lbs by Mother's Day. I'm so close to goal, it will be a challenge.

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since i can start excersing next week and i havent had my first fill yet (scheduled 4/19 so right now no liquid in band) my goal is going to be 5-10 lbs. im at 247 (plateaued right now) so i want to at least be 240 by mothers day or less. :thumbup:

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Count me in too. I would love to lose 10lbs by Mother Day.

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Hi count me in. I would like to be 15 lbs. lighter but, realisticallys speaking I will choose 12 lbs. for the challenge. I currently weigh 184 lbs. I have lost 38 lbs. and would love to be down 50 lbs. by May 9th. Would hopefully this is the motivation I need. I currently have very good restriction but, just not a fast loser but, fine with that.

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Yay! I'm in for 10.

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I'm in for 10 too, that'll put me at 240...I haven't weighed 240 in, err, at least 15 years. Do we have a spread sheet going anywhere yet?

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