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I am so thrilled! I I have achieved a long term secondary goal. Evertime I go to a doc's office with the non-digital scale the nurse starts with the little metal slide weights for 200 lbs., then realizes she has to use the 250 lb start point. For the first time in 10 years I was below 250! 249.6 to be exact. I am so pumped!!!!!!!!! Well on my way to my January goal after a long stagnant period. Thanks for the motivation.:lol:

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I am so thrilled! I I have achieved a long term secondary goal. Evertime I go to a doc's office with the non-digital scale the nurse starts with the little metal slide weights for 200 lbs., then realizes she has to use the 250 lb start point. For the first time in 10 years I was below 250! 249.6 to be exact. I am so pumped!!!!!!!!! Well on my way to my January goal after a long stagnant period. Thanks for the motivation.:lol:

WAY TO GO, THAT'S AWESOME! *doing a happy dance for you!!!*

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I am so thrilled! I I have achieved a long term secondary goal. Evertime I go to a doc's office with the non-digital scale the nurse starts with the little metal slide weights for 200 lbs., then realizes she has to use the 250 lb start point. For the first time in 10 years I was below 250! 249.6 to be exact. I am so pumped!!!!!!!!! Well on my way to my January goal after a long stagnant period. Thanks for the motivation.:lol:

Good for you!!!

I am back at work after a 3 day weekend.

Lindsey~ I hope you're feeling better.

Remember to add those squats and crunches if you can!

Joan

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Hi Joan,

Thanks so much for the good wishes. I am nervous today but excited too. I'll let you know how everything goes tomorrow. Good luck to you. Have a great day.

Barbara

Yeah on reaching onederland!!! What a great accomplishment!

Yeah! You'll be in onederland next week!

Good luck with your upcoming surgery! Mine went great and I hope yours does too. Let us know how you're doing!

Joan

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Checking in. I am now 166 which is 3 pounds under my doctor's goal for me. I still haven't really decided on a goal. I was thinking 160, but as I get closer I think I may move it to 155 so I am 160 with clothes on.

Great job everybody!

Jenni

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4 pounds already! 272 :D getting my fill on Thursday hopefully that will kick it up a bit

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too late for another??

Name ~ Chloe

Age~ 38

Weight on January 3rd~ 213

Goal Weight for January 31st~ 203

Exercise Goal for January~ 3 times per week, 30 minutes a day

Dietary Goal for January~ 64oz of H20 daily

Personal Goal for January ~ keep up the food journal

Date Banded~ Dec 20, 2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 17lbs

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Sorry I am late to weigh in but I had my surgery on Wednesday (three weeks ago) so I'm trying to keep my weigh in weekly. I am VERY excited to report that I lost 4.5 pounds this week. I feel like shouting it from the rooftops!!! I increased my calories this week and I'm pretty sure that is what made the difference.

I only made it on the tredmill twice but plan to do at least three days this week.

Great job everyone! We can do this! Welcome Chloe!

Jenn

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checking in. Sorry for the late weigh-in post.

i am down 3 pounds.

digital scale read 267.0 yeh!

congrats on everyone's accomplishments!B)

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Good Job everyone! Keep it up! :D

I cant accurately weigh myself this week (its that time of the month for me), so I will have to wait for next week! But hopefully there will be some good news next week. :rolleyes:

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I am so thrilled! I I have achieved a long term secondary goal. Evertime I go to a doc's office with the non-digital scale the nurse starts with the little metal slide weights for 200 lbs., then realizes she has to use the 250 lb start point. For the first time in 10 years I was below 250! 249.6 to be exact. I am so pumped!!!!!!!!! Well on my way to my January goal after a long stagnant period. Thanks for the motivation.:lol:

AWESOME!!!

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Hello all! I hope everyone had a great week. One week to go for our January challenge. It's been challenging to say the least but I think we're all going to do great!

I wanted to post a challenge for us (since some of you have done so in the past). I went to my monthly support meeting this past Monday and it was all about physical activity. There was a personal trainer and yoga instructor there showing us chair exercises. It was awesome. The personal trainer said something that really stuck with me and I thought that it would be a good "challenge" for us for this week. She said that it was important to change up our exercise routines every so often (like adding a class a week) to keep our bodies burning as much fat as possible.

So here's the challenge...change up your exercise routine at least once a week. If you walk daily - add a bike ride, if you go to the gym - add a class, if you swim - add a Water aerobics class. I did it this week and I have noticed a difference in my weight loss. I know today is not our weigh in day so I won't post my loss yet but for the first time in 3 weeks I have a LOSS. :-D If you would like to add a class to your routine I HIGHLY recommend taking a zumba class, you won't be disappointed. It's super fun and I've been told that you can lose up to 900 calories in an hour. I LOVE zumba and I know you will too. Most gyms offer the class or you can just go on zumba.com and search for one near you.

Good luck and let me know what you guys think about the challenge. :)

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Amy is my name !! LOL monday jan 24 I am 239 !!! down 3 lbs ! I dont know how to change my rainbow thing..... yea i havnt been in the 30's since I was in my 20"Weight Loss Center is your best free resource for weight loss

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Goodmorning everyone! I am now 198.5 down 1.5lbs from last week!! Yay I'm in Onderland!!! Good luck to everyone this week! This is Michelle :D

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