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Hey Y'all!

I'll kick in a prize, too. Some scratch tickets or something.

I am going to post along with you - but it will be hard for me to play properly, since I don't have a scale - and, my gym doesn't have one yet, either. I will HAVE to focus on life, since I have NO IDEA of my current weight.

My NSV for this week? 15 minutes on the Evil Eliptical machine before my heart rate got too high to continue. I do treadmill, & bike, too - but the eliptical is the one that kicks my butt - so that's what I call an NSV.

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Okay so my official starting weight was 305. I have already lost 5 lbs!

My NSV - I actually folded clothes today! (hated it! hated it! hated it!)

1/1/06 ~ 3/1/06 LBT WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE LIST OF FABULOUS PRIZES!

1. Gift basket from Slumber Parties by Lisa (DeLarla)

2. Shanna

3. Anwyn

4. A gift from Jess (jessiebear)

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Hey Everyone, I would like to join this challange..

My Goal is to loose 10lbs or more. Right now i weigh 279.5 so goal is 269.5 or less..

I get weighed again on 01/10/06 and won't get weighed again til the end of the month..

01/06/06- NSV-I confortable fit into a size 3x shirt...Weight is 279.5

01/10/06- Lost 2lbs, 8 to go on challenge

NSV-I can wear a size 8 ring :) MY high school ring was a size

10.5

01/23/2006 but my NSV for this week is that i noticed at lot of guys looking at me in the mall :)

Due to my doctors office getting overwhelmed with patients. I will not get weighed again til march. So....i haven't posted in a while because of this..

2/12/06 NSV, Went sleigh riding with my neices for 1 1/2hour!!!!

02/15/2006 got weighed...Lost 5.5 wooohoo..Have 2.5 lbs to go for challange.. :) NSV..I have hope again...

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OK, I think I've got it now.

Starting weight - 256

(what I weighed a couple of days ago when this challenge was issued, and I accepted -)

Goal Weight on March 1, 2006 - 244 pounds

= 12 pounds down or 1.5 pounds for almost 8 weeks - (Barely enough to keep me from being disqualified as a bunny, and just enough to avoid qualification to join the turtle club)

Recent GIANT NSV -

In Winter of 2004, I went skiing with my CEO. I was in such bad shape that I had to make up excuses when I could only last two runs. (knees, goggles fogging up, can't see, boots hurt, etc.)

Yesterday, (one year later) I did over 15 runs with him, kept up, and would have loved to continued skiing, except the lift closed! My, what an amazingly beautiful day, and wonderful experience to be able to ski again!

What's more, I looked up the caloric consumption of a day's skiing. Figuring half the time was on the lift and half the time was spent skiing, I still burned 2,200 calories. ;) BURN IT, BABY!!! :banana

See you all on the other side of the scale on March 1, and GOOD LUCK!!!!

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Delarla, I guess I didn't commit as commted as I thought I was! I need commited - hehe! Did anyone get that?? I have confused myself!

Oh, I remember, please add me to your wonderful list!

Weight as of 1/4 - 244, my goal is to make it to 225 by the end of the challenge!!!

Thanks dear! I apologize for the confusing note, but I had a piece of cake (first pure sugar crap since surgery), and it's killer late here!! Forgive me??

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Wow, look at that hottie picture, vinesqueen!! WOOT WOOT!

You go girl!

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I haven't been on much lately, so I'm just getting around to posting. I gained back 2 lbs and am struggling.

Start weight: 240

Goal by March 1: 224

NS Goal by March 1: size 20 jeans fit comfortably (size 22's just started fitting in Dec)

What I need to do:

* Stop overeating

* Get in all my Water every day

* Exercise

And I know if I start with the Exercise, the other two will follow. I just need a good kick in the pants.

On the plus side, I'm being really productive at work AND doing a great job of decluttering the house and preparing for a year of construction and remodeling. So there's other stuff going on. I just need to spend less time online & watching TV so I can focus on the weight loss too.

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hey girls and boys...here is my NSV for this week

I GOT A JOB!!!!!

Now they will not reposses my life from me haha

not going to say anything about weight here...just NSV for today

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start: 1/3/06 210 lbs

1/8/06 205 lbs (-5) -- I totally got back on track this week!

NSV- my supervisor hadn't seen me in two weeks (over the holidays) and she said My God, you're getting smaller! I hadn't lost any additional weight between Christmas & New Years, so that really made me feel good and realize that even though you're not losing pounds, you're probably losing inches! That being said, here's NSV #2

NSV 2- I bought a pair of pants just before Christmas and I hadn't worn them until one day last week I wore them to work. They fit looser.

NSV 3- I moved down one BMI category (from severely obese to obese)

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I assume checkins will be Mondays as in previous challenges? I'll check in tonight since I weighed in this morning and don't know if I'll have a chance to be on tomorrow.

Start: 240

Now: 236

NSV for the week: I got off my butt and exercised 2x last week. As I had stopped exercising over the holidays, it's great for me to get moving again.

My other NSV unrelated to banding: I made great progress on my decluttering goals AND on one of my goals at work. :banana

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I lost two pounds this week and have a super NSV!

1/03: 211 Exercised between 45 and 60 mins everyday this past week.

1/09: 209 Went from Morbidly Obese to just Obese!!!!

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I weighed my self recently at home and the scale said 371.5(butt nakid). This is my weight watchers scale so I weighed my self at work and it said I was 375 so I finally made some sort of progress and was happy about that until I ran into a coworker who was told by another co-worker that I had surgery too and she says she had gastric bypass and I told her I have the band. She informed me that she lost 64 lbs in 9 weeks and when I said I have lost 45 in a year she looked shocked like that's all but she has 300-400 to lose I only have 100-150 to lose which one is better. I am still happy for her though and glad she is finally feeling good about herself but she has motivated me to get myself in gear it is just some friendly compitition

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Great NSV's everyone!!!!!!!

As for the scale: My scale is wacked it said I was 171,183,183 all with in a few minutes so I do delclare (for fear of being disappointed later) No weight loss for me.

181 and holding (I think)

NSV:

1-My size 12 jeans are getting loose, noticed this morning - I'm thrilled

2- ab chair 3x this week

3-Better control this week over the chocolate demons.

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