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.

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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

I'm weighing in this icy morning at.... 265!! My goal is 266 so I went past that. Yay!! I go in for my fill today so hopefully all goes well. Keep the numbers coming!

Just a quick check in.

Joan...217.2

I am down from January 1st but did not meet my goal.

Congratulations to everyone for making positive changes this month and meeting or working towards your goals!!!

Hope you all will join us on The Sweetheart's Challenge!

TTYL, Joan

if today is our last weigh in. then I made goal. Yeh!!!!!!

checking in at 260.

really enjoying the challenges. keeps me going! Thank you everyone that is starting the posts and recording the records. I am having fun. checking on everyone's status.

Congrats to all that participated.

Hey everyone! Congrats on all the success this week!

I'm checking in at 195. That's 1.6 down from last week. My goal was 193.6, so I missed it by 1.4 pounds but I'm still happy about how I did this month. 6.6 pounds (a little over 1.5 pounds a week) isn't too shabby And definitely looking forward to the Valentines Day Challenge!!

So:

isaviolinist

195 pounds

Thanks for recording it!

Shannan here, 214.5 and that's after lunch, oops...not goal but feel good about the 5.5 I did lose. See u all in the sweetheart challenge

I want to play!

Name, real or screen~ Heather

Age~ 25

Weight on January 3rd~ 276

Goal Weight for January 31st~ 266

Exercise Goal for January~ 40 minutes on the treadmill 5 days a week

Dietary Goal for January~ Make sure my portion sizes are correct

Personal Goal for January~ I really need to stay focused on the exercise!

Date Banded~ 12/13/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 8lbs? don't remember the exact amount I lost prior, I think it was 15

I did it!! 266 this morning \o/

Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to all who met their goals and those who didn't! We've gotta keep on trying. I met my January goal and am now down to 193.6. Haven't got to the gymn yet and that is my next goal. Wish me luck!

Barbara

Amy here..last wi in jan.. i am up +1 ..... i didnt make my goal but there is FEB !!!! thanks everyone for the support !! keep it up i need all the help i can get ! c ya next week in the feb challange !

Chloe here - I made my goal!!!

I weighed in at 203.0 yesterday morning - down 1.8lbs from the week before.

what a great way to start the my year.

I go in for my first fill tomorrow - nervous & excited.

cheers,

chloe

Hey, can someone post a link for the Feb challenge thread? LBT is completely dysfunctional for me (has been for awhile since the switch over but it just keeps getting worse and admins have stopped responding to my messages...guess they don't care) and I can't see any new posts under New Content (it just says "No new posts to display") and all of the threads I subscribe to under My Content are erased (I get the same error message: nothing to display). So I have no way of accessing it. :-(

Congrats on everyone's success! I hope to reach my goal for February. Though it is a little bit steep. But definitely gotta aim high. We'll see how it goes.

Here's the link isaviolinist (hope it works):

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/123920-the-sweethearts-challenge/

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FINAL NEW YEAR WEIGHT-LOSS UPDATE!!!

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Congrats on everyone's success! I hope to reach my goal for February. Though it is a little bit steep. But definitely gotta aim high. We'll see how it goes.

Here's the link isaviolinist (hope it works):

http://www.lapbandta...arts-challenge/

Hey Va Viv - thanks so much for posting the link for me. It did work and I'm on board for the new challenge now See you there!!