Is anyone interested in a New Year / January challenge? Is there an active one already that I couldn't find?

I love challenges and find them fun as well as motivating. If you'd like to join me, we can delelop our ideas for a challenge. I would suggest we each post our starting weight on Monday the 3rd and what our plan is for the month to reach a realistic weight loss goal.

Also to introduce ourselves so we can get to know each other.

Copy and Paste this template:

Name, real or screen~

Age~

Weight on January 3rd~

Goal Weight for January 31st~

Exercise Goal for January~

Dietary Goal for January~

Personal Goal for January~

Date Banded~

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~

Joan

My weight today is 289.4 (name on the chart is Vicky) - down 4 lbs from last week and 9.6 lbs from the start of the challenge...and all this with no fill...WOO HOO!!! :D

Viv checking in with great news! I have a loss of 3.8 lbs. I am at 215.8.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Good Morning! I am happy to see that everyone was succesful this week who has posted their weight! I on the other hand was not. : (

Joan 219.0

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.

What a great idea! I will change up my routine this week. Thanks for the suggestion!

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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Good for you!

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

Great job!

Hi Everyone!

It's my first weigh-in on the challenge since I just had my surgery four days ago - on Wednesday. On Thursday, I don't think I would have said it was worth it, but things have been improving steadily since then AND I have lost 11 pounds since the pre-op diet began!! My goal for January was to reach 198 pounds and I'm now at 199. So I'm feeling very good about the whole thing. Can't get back to exercising yet but when I do I will take your good advice, Va_Vi, and change things up a bit each week. It's so easy to get into a rut and a routine.

I'm not as hungry as I thought I would be. I'm still eating just fluids, clear and full, and I find that I am feeling full after a very small amount of food. Let's hope it stays this way.

Good luck to everyone this week!

Barbara

It will get better each day. I'm glad you are feeling OK.

My weight today is 289.4 (name on the chart is Vicky) - down 4 lbs from last week and 9.6 lbs from the start of the challenge...and all this with no fill...WOO HOO!!! :D

Yeah Vicky!

Viv checking in with great news! I have a loss of 3.8 lbs. I am at 215.8.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Yahoo!!!

Have a great day, Joan

Checking in at 268! No loss but no gain and I'm glad because it is now my time of the month. I decided to weigh myself just out of curiosity. Congrats to everyone!! I go in for a fill next Monday. I need one bad! I've got a 14 cc band and I'm at 8.1 cc's and I have very little restriction. My goal for this week is stepping away from the liquids during meals. I think if I set an exercise goal I set myself up for failure so I'm going in a different direction this week to see how things go. Keep numbers coming!!

Hello everyone. Chloe weighing in today at 204.8. down 3.6lbs from last week!!!

Also, a MAJOR mental milestone for me....for the first time in better than 5 years, I weigh less than my husband! yippee

Starting to add more exercise - I Zumba'd for the first time last week & went to a strength training class over the weekend. Loved them both!

have a great week!

chloe

checking in today.

i am at 264.6. Yeh down bout 2 1/2. that is good.

Checking in at 268! No loss but no gain and I'm glad because it is now my time of the month. I decided to weigh myself just out of curiosity. Congrats to everyone!! I go in for a fill next Monday. I need one bad! I've got a 14 cc band and I'm at 8.1 cc's and I have very little restriction. My goal for this week is stepping away from the liquids during meals. I think if I set an exercise goal I set myself up for failure so I'm going in a different direction this week to see how things go. Keep numbers coming!!

I need a fill, too. Mine is scheduled for Feb. 4th. I have 4.5cc in a 10cc band (I think).

Hello everyone. Chloe weighing in today at 204.8. down 3.6lbs from last week!!!

Also, a MAJOR mental milestone for me....for the first time in better than 5 years, I weigh less than my husband! yippee

Yahoo! I am almost to that point, too!

Starting to add more exercise - I Zumba'd for the first time last week & went to a strength training class over the weekend. Loved them both!

have a great week!

chloe

Excellant!

checking in today.

i am at 264.6. Yeh down bout 2 1/2. that is good.

Good for you!

TTYL, Joan

Hey Everyone -

Today I'm at 196.4. I'm glad for a loss, but this weekend was pretty bad as far as eating (totally ate WAY too much of all the wrong things), so I'm not surprised that I only lost .6 of a pound. Oh well. Hoping for a bigger loss next week in order to make my January goal of 193.6.

So...

isaviolinist

Weight: 196.4

Good Morning! I am happy to see that everyone was succesful this week who has posted their weight! I on the other hand was not. : (

Joan 219.0

Hang in there Joan! I'm sure the scale will start moving in the right direction for you soon!!

Hello everyone. Chloe weighing in today at 204.8. down 3.6lbs from last week!!!

Also, a MAJOR mental milestone for me....for the first time in better than 5 years, I weigh less than my husband! yippee

Starting to add more exercise - I Zumba'd for the first time last week & went to a strength training class over the weekend. Loved them both!

have a great week!

chloe

Woo Hoo!! That is great! I can't wait to get to the point where I weigh less than my husband!!

Hi Sorry I am late checking in. I lost 1.6 pounds this week

Kathy

Sorry for being late too, shannan here checking in at 216...I will take it! Sitting here waiting for the first fill, hope its not too harsh, let u all know next week

Hey Everyone -

Today I'm at 196.4. I'm glad for a loss, but this weekend was pretty bad as far as eating (totally ate WAY too much of all the wrong things), so I'm not surprised that I only lost .6 of a pound. Oh well. Hoping for a bigger loss next week in order to make my January goal of 193.6.

So...

isaviolinist

Weight: 196.4

Good job!

Hang in there Joan! I'm sure the scale will start moving in the right direction for you soon!!

Thanks for the encouragement!

Hi Sorry I am late checking in. I lost 1.6 pounds this week

Kathy

Yahoo!

Sorry for being late too, shannan here checking in at 216...I will take it! Sitting here waiting for the first fill, hope its not too harsh, let u all know next week

Good job! My fill was a breeze. It was less discomfort than an IV stick or blood draw.

Hope everyone is having a good day. I need to make it to the gym this PM.

Joan

I am checking in really late. 2 pounds down at 257lb.

I deleted all the entries who haven't been back since entering so it is easier for us to read. I also deleted the current weight section because our current weight is from the first week/ entry you have. I hope this is easier for everyone to read!

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