Welcome to the March Madness Challenge!

This is a fun , motivating, stress free way to set personal goals for the month. I hope you join us.

Please complete the template below, weigh in each Monday, and list your name with your weigh in, screen or real. Lindsey (I hope!) will do our stats on a separate link. (Thanks LIndsey!)

Joan

Copy and Paste this template:

Name, real or screen~

Age~

Weight on February 28th~

Goal Weight for March 31st~

Exercise Goal for March~

Dietary Goal for March~

Personal Goal for March~

Date Banded~

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~

Name, real or screen~ phershey

Age~29

Weight on February 28th~ 200

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 190

Exercise Goal for March~ try to excercise 5 days a week

Dietary Goal for March~ drink more water!

Personal Goal for March~ go down a size in jeans

Date Banded~1/13/11

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 25 pounds

YAY! this is my first challenge i am soooo excited to do this! so glad to have a team where we can help each other out!

Name, real or screen~ Ashley - reverie

Age~ 20

Weight on February 28th~ 133.6lbs

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 127.6lbs (though I'll be happy breaking the 130s)

Exercise Goal for March~ To keep on pushing through P90X. To jump rope for more than a few minutes, faster pace on the treadmill, and increasing my push ups.

Dietary Goal for March~ To stop running for my granola each day; healthy but I gotta stop!

Personal Goal for March~ To become more content with myself.

Date Banded~ 05/10/2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 112lbs.

Name, real or screen~KEAMREEVES

Age~42

Weight on February 28th~209

Goal Weight for March 31st~200

Exercise Goal for March~WORK OUT 5 DAYS A WEEK

Dietary Goal for March~MORE PROTEIN LESS CARBS

Personal Goal for March~STAY FOCUSED ON MY GOALS

Date Banded~6/5/2009

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 60LBS

I'm in...

Name, real or screen~ Vicky

Age~ 45

Weight on February 28th~ 280

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 269

Exercise Goal for March~ Train for 5K

Dietary Goal for March~ Reduce carb intake

Personal Goal for March~ Go down another pants size

Date Banded~ 12/2/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 45 pounds

Also, if Lindsey doesn't want to do stats anymore I will volunteer...

Name, real or screen~ Tami

Age~ 38

Weight on February 28th~ 209

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 199 - onederland for my anniversary in April!

Exercise Goal for March~ Get through our new INSANITY - just the warm up program cause i heard that's gonna kick my butt!

Dietary Goal for March~ Continue to watch my calories & make healthy choices

Personal Goal for March~ to be able to tell my oldest "I got through the INSANITY warm-up! Take that!!!!" LOL - my boys have been a great support to me and they are only 11 & 13!

Date Banded~ 10/25/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~55lbs

Name, real or screen~ va_viv

Age~ 25

Weight on February 28th~ 210.4

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 199

Exercise Goal for March~ work out at least 4 times a week

Dietary Goal for March~ watch my portion sizes

Personal Goal for March~ get to onederland!!!!

Date Banded~ 10/6/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 55 lbs

Name, real or screen~ JourneyGirl - Wendy

Age~ 37

Weight on February 28th~ 236

Goal Weight for March 31st~226

Exercise Goal for March~ 5 days a week, sit ups, sit ups, sit ups!!

Dietary Goal for March~ Eat only when hungry

Personal Goal for March~ Listen to what my stomach is telling me, get down 1 size in jeans, 50 full sit ups with ease!

Date Banded~ 2-22-11

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 5 pounds (started at 253 one month ago)

Name, real or screen~ Chloe

Age~ 38

Weight on February 28th~ 193.6

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 185 (this is my halfway point - big number for me!)

Exercise Goal for March~ kickboxing 2x week

Dietary Goal for March~ stay focused on protein

Personal Goal for March~ eat slower!!!

Date Banded~ 12/20/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 32lbs

Thanks, Joan, for setting up another challenge. I love e'm!!!!

cheers,

chloe

Name, real or screen~ FayfayE

Age~ 22

Weight on February 28th~ 232

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 222

Exercise Goal for March~ 3-4x week. Atleast 2kickboxing classes a week.

Dietary Goal for March~ Eat fish 2x week

Personal Goal for March~ Want to wear my M.Kors jeans to NY on the 25th.

Date Banded~ 12/20/2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 22lbs

Name, real or screen~ MEKA

Age~31

Weight on February 28th~308

Goal Weight for March 31st~299

Exercise Goal for March~5 DAYS A WEEK

Dietary Goal for March~1400 CALORIES ON WORKOUT DAYS/1000-NON-WORKOUT

Personal Goal for March~DON'T CHEAT

Date Banded~2-23-10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 52

Since I do this from a phone I can't copy n paste (or idk how to sorry!) But I will try to get it all in. Thanks lindsey for doing this again..if I was more tech savy I would help u, but sadly that is not the case, and joan for starting it- even when I have a bad week or, gasp, gain a pound or 2 for weigh in this group always has motivating posts and I appreciate it

Shannan

Starting 207.8

Goal 202

I need to re-start measuring EVERYTHING I eat and not just eye balling bc my eyes r huge!

Banded 12-15-10 total wt loss 39.2 ( but I like to say 40 to feel better )

Name, real or screen~ KOKIE

Age~ 37

Weight on February 28th~ 216

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 199 - I WANT ONDERLAND!!!!

Exercise Goal for March~ treadmill 5 times week

Goal for March~ measure properly and start treadmill

Personal Goal for March~ don't beat myself up over not loosing at others' paces & celebrate each little victory

Date Banded~ 02-07-11

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 3lbs...lost 35- PRE-op diet so now working on the stubborn fat...starting weight was 249...

Hello,

I am glad to see some old members and some new! Welcome!

I hope we all have a great month and reach our goals. : )

Vicky~ Lindsey hasn't checked in yet so I don't know if she'll do our stats. Thanks for the offer, I'll keep you posted.

Name, real or screen~ Joan

Age~ 49 (I'll turn 50 on March 18th, yikes!)

Weight on February 28th~ 214.6

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 207.6

Exercise Goal for March~ go to the gym 3x per week

Dietary Goal for March~ no mindless eating

Personal Goal for March~ eat slowly and chew well

Date Banded~ 12/04/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 10.4#

Name, real or screen~ Jess

Age~ 28

Weight on February 28th~ weigh in Tuesday's, so as of March 1st is 220.8

Goal Weight for March 31st~212#

Exercise Goal for March~ workout 4-5 days per week

Dietary Goal for March~

Personal Goal for March~ ignore the junk food at work

Date Banded~ 12/20/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 25# (don't have exact # in front of me)

This is my first time doing a challenge. Hopefully my weight loss will increase. Right now I am not losing at a rate consistent with my goal. But I went kickboxing for the first time yesterday and I hope to continue with that and the gym

Name, real or screen~ Tanya

Age~29

Weight on February 28th~ 187.2

Goal Weight for March 31st~ 180.0

Exercise Goal for March~ Go to the gym more

Dietary Goal for March~ Quit eyeing those sweets!

Personal Goal for March~ get into size 10 jeans (almost there!)

Date Banded~ August 12, 2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 56 pounds