Hello Fellow Bandsters,,

Whatever catagory you feel you fit in, you are not alone. We are all on this WL Journey together!!!!

I wanted to start thinking about next week. The new year has always aspired me to make commitments and try to do new and different thing. So I bring this to you all to help develop another challenge with a combination of other challenges so loved by all.

NSV and Weight in one post.

First Start Date, January 3,2006

End Date March 1,2006

Challenge is to list on the same post 1 new NSV (non scale victory) each week along with your WL stats. It would be helpful to date your entries.

The reasoning is to keep all your stas and NSV in one place for you and others who are cheering you on to follow. By going back and editing/updating your orginal post we would be back to basic each log in. Rememberng the whys and our accomplishments each week. Something I know I forget sometimes. By the end of the challenge we should have a great idea of how it's going and a quick reference to where we need to be.

If you are not yet banded - please join in and tracking your goals and accomplishments as well.

This WL thing is truly a team sport and together we can acomplish more!

ROAR!!!!

Any thoughts, changes suggestions??? We have a week or so to refine it.

COuld one of the moderators please sticky this?

Debby

I'm up, I walked and sweated and even did 10 reps with my barbells (7 days post band removal, gotta start somewhere.)

My NSV for today is that I'm sitting here at my computer with my legs corssed! Before my band, I'd have been sprawled out like a cow waiting to be milked, that's only if cows sprawl (city girl here.)

I'm off to a 400 calorie Breakfast of mush now. Good luck to everyone, you may need it because I'm feeling mighty serious right now!

I am really excited now!!!! I want the XXX gift to be mine from DeLarla!!! So far today I have stuck with my guns, NO SUGAR. I will be walking when I get home this evening.

I'm starting at 265. I'm off my diuretic for a bit until I can get a new RX, so my weight has gone up.

1/3/2005 - Weight 265

NSV - I was able to walk up my driveway without being breathless. My driveway is a nightmare and has a 20+ degree slope (skateboarder's dream slope though), so this was a feat for me.

1/9/2005 - Weight 261

NSV - I felt like I got back on track this week. In addition to making better food choices, I exercised 5 days out of the 7.

1/16/2005 - Weight 257.4 :clap2:

NSV - Clothes felt a bit looser this week.

1/23/2005 - Weight 258.6

I made some lousy food choices this week and reaped the effects. :cry

NSV - My waist looks a lot smaller than it did at the beginning.

1/31/2005 = Weight 253

NSV - My husband told me last night that he could really tell that I had lost weight.

5 Week Total = 12 lbs

Delarla,

I will paste the Wl list on the first post along with the culumative NSV list. I would like us to focus on both the weight and NSV. We should follow and reward, the best, funniest, or whatever NSV. I've seen some really funny ones in the past. Keep one eye on the scale and the other on life. Thanks for offering a basket that was so nice of you. I'll have to think of something for it too.

Glad to hear you're doing better Delarla!

NSV 16 minutes continuous running on the teadmill avg speed 4.3 MPH. Completed 30 minutes total, Run Time 24 minutes, walk 6 minutes, AVG speed for total time 4.1. I am well ahead of plan.

Funny NSV, I would love to tell but if my DW found out I told She'd shoot me

Ok, I'm in, although I have little chance to win anything. Gee, the end of March? Hell, I have a chance to lose a whole pounds in 3 month. Geeze I really am turning into a bitter old woman.

Okay, my NSVs for the week... Last night I went skiing for 3 hours. Didn't huff or puff at all, and I didn't need my puffer either. So, that puts me at 3 NSVs.

Wait, make that 4 NSVs, I'm not sore from skiing yesterday.

Are we weighing in and posting NSV's on Monday mornings?

I hope I did this right, DeLarla! Let me know if you had something else in mind. And hey, if I win I get to buy myself something, right? And I'm gonna win that basket DeLarla, you can bet on that!!

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

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

I'm going to be a buttinski here too... If there are going to be prizes we need some rules. Obvously someone who is 350lbs is going to lose more than someone who is 170. Maybe whoever loses the largest percentage of their excess weight...? I volunteer to compute this at the end of the challenge. That way I can fix the numbers so that I win (LOL).

It would be nice to reward NSV's too but it's a hard thing to measure... Maybe we can all nominate our choice for best NSV by PM'ing Debby at the end of the challenge.

Just my ideas... Debby, feel free to tell me to jump off - it's your challenge.

I think those are awesome ideas, Anne - both ideas are very fair.

On my Soap Box

OK I'm weigh in on the prize thing. Having prizes is excited but people - keep your eye on the ball here.

I think the last week of the challenge we quote/ pm our favorite Non scale Victories and we will vote on them as a group. Depending on how many qifts we round up will determine who our winners will be. To me braggin rights for a day or two is enough to keep me going. Getting those thata girl - warms my heart and reminds me we're in this together!

When I hit my goal I will make my picture debut on the board along with my victory dance.

Weight loss is so individual but developing good habits and learning to live a new way is pretty much on all our agendas and in our control.

So at least 1 NSV along with your weight should be posted weekly. You pick the day. I tend to like the beginning of the week for myself but this is about you and what will work for you, so you pick. Please make it a point to support each other as a group, we signed up for this together and by golly (is that really a word) we will finish this together. So here we are LBT board. Tracking, supporting, kicking some butt, crying and moving - but we're getting there!!!!

Debbydo

OK I'm off the soap box - anyone what to change or edit anything please let me know.

I am in. I am new to this and not feeling really good about my weight lost so far. I work out 5 days a week thought I would of lost more by now so maybe a good old fashion challenge will do it .

:Bunny Banded 8/23/05 weight 228.5 4cc band

first fill 10/5/05 1.2 cc weight 214.5

second fill 12/05/05 1.5cc weight 210.5

Now 205 1/4/06

:) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) 185

205

Goal is 150

OK guys. I'm officially weighing in !!!!

Starting challenge weight 01-03-06 192

Goal at end of challenge: up 10 pounds

(that is my estimate of how much all the prizes will be that I get from being a looser!! lol)

Real goal: 180 I have been one of the turtles around here but am ok with that as long as I am loosing

Good luck everyone!!

My NSV for this week.....could not wear my favorite dress Sunday because it just looks so bad on me. It is WAY TO BIG!!!!

I'm going to start a separate thread just for weight loss. This way I'm not stepping on Debbydoos great NSV thread. But I'm still in this challenge! I say we have to list our NSV each Monday, how's that?

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.