Welcome to The May Challenge!

This is a fun , motivating, stress free way to set personal goals for the month.

Please complete the template below, weigh- in each Sunday: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.

Vicky wiil do our stats, I hope! THANKS Vicky!

I hope you join us,

Joan

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Name, real or screen~

Age~

Weight on May1st~

Goal Weight for May 29th~

Exercise Goal for May~

Dietary Goal for May~

Personal Goal for May~

Date Banded~

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~

Name, real or screen~ Meka

Age~ 31

Weight on May1st~ 299.8

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 291.8

Exercise Goal for May~ 5 days of 30 min on elliptical and 30 min on bike. Jump rope for 5 min each of those days.

Dietary Goal for May~ Stay between 1250 and 1450 and no fried foods or candy!

Personal Goal for May~ Go on my first date with my new friend on May 6th and feel confident about my looks! Buy a size 18 jeans by the end of May! Yea!

Date Banded~ 02/23/2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 61 pounds

Name, real or screen~ Liz

Age~ 27

Weight on May1st~ 222

Goal Weight for May 29th~215

Exercise Goal for May~ Work myself up to 35 mins / day

Dietary Goal for May~ No more late night snacking

Personal Goal for May~ To call all my sisters each week

Date Banded~ 2/18/2011

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~35lbs

Name, real or screen~ Joan

Age~ 50

Weight on May1st~ 197.4

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 189.8 (might be a bit much to shoot for but I'd love to be down another decade )

Exercise Goal for May~ gym 2-3x per week, walk or other exercise 2-3x per week

Dietary Goal for May~ 2 fruit and 2 vegetable servings daily

Personal Goal for May~ fit comfortably in my new size 14 capris

Date Banded~ 12-02-10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 28# (35# since preop diet)

Welcome to our new challenge. I hope we all make this a great month! Spring clothes are here and Summer clothes are right around the corner. Here's to feeling and looking better as the weather continues to warm up!

Joan

Name, real or screen~ Becky

Age~39

Weight on May1st~245.4

Goal Weight for May 29th~235.0

Exercise Goal for May~30 minutes per day

Dietary Goal for May~2 fruits and 2 veggies per day

Personal Goal for May~ control my sweet tooth with sugar free fat free alternatives

Date Banded~ 12/21/2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~43 since banding 56 since preop diet

looking forward to the challenge. at a stall have had one fill and need a boost!

I will weigh in officially on Monday's because my scale is at work.

Edited May 2, 201115 yr by beckyrlnd

Name, real or screen~ Maura (screen name: mauraclegg)

Age~ 42

Weight on May1st~ 181

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 175

Exercise Goal for May~ Keep on walkin'!

Dietary Goal for May~ more exercise and maybe upping calories to 1000 a day

Personal Goal for May~ Go clothes shopping!

Date Banded~ June 8 & 9, 2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 81 lbs

Name, real or screen~ Teresa

Age~48

Weight on May1st~ 326

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 316

Exercise Goal for May~ Gym 5 days a week

Dietary Goal for May~ Under 1200 calories a day

Personal Goal for May~ New Hair Style

Date Banded~ June 29, 2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding 108 lbs.

Name, real or screen~ vickyd

Age~ 45

Weight on May1st~ 253.2

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 245

Exercise Goal for May~ To increase walking distance to 3 miles

Dietary Goal for May~ To keep carbs below 30g per day

Personal Goal for May~ To find a new job

Date Banded~ 12/2/10

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 71.8

Name, real or screen~ Tracy / Wheeler5051

Age~ 36

Weight on May1st~ 251

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 240

Exercise Goal for May~ Work out at least 5 days per week

Dietary Goal for May~ Follow my liquid and mushy diet as directed

Personal Goal for May~ Get more active

Date Banded~ 4/22/2011

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 5Lbs pre-op / 5lbs post-op (10lbs total) so far!

Name, real or screen~Mint2BSkinny / Meghan

Age~28

Weight on May1st~249.0

Goal Weight for May 29th~240.8

Exercise Goal for May~20 min jog 4 days a week

Dietary Goal for May~ stay with in my calorie range

Personal Goal for May~Be Proud of myself

Date Banded~2/24/11

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~10.9lbs (3cc total in fills)

Oh! This is exactly what I need right now. Let's do this

Name, real or screen~ Heather

Age~ 34

Weight on May1st~225

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 218

Exercise Goal for May~ 30-45 minutes 5 days per week

Dietary Goal for May~ drink more Water on the weekends and stop snacking in the evening (crackers are the devil)

Personal Goal for May~ get rid of old clothes and re-do my bedroom

Date Banded~ 03/08/2011

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 12 lbs

This is awesoome, I am TOTALLY IN!!!! I was just banded on April 15th, no fill yet and am not really feeling any restriction so this month will be a struggle until I get my fill, SO HERE WE GO!!!

Name, real or screen~ Brandy

Age~ 32

Weight on May1st~ 232

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 215

Exercise Goal for May~ 30 minutes a day

Dietary Goal for May~ NO chips AND SALSA!!!!

Personal Goal for May~ Spend more time outside playing with my kids

Date Banded~ 04/15/2011

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ Only 9 lbs

Good morning everyone. I want to join in on this for the month of May. I was banded on April 29th. Is it to soon to join? Here are my stats.

Name, real or screen~t.redfield

Age~ 30

Weight on May1st~ 308

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 290

Exercise Goal for May~walk once a day for 20 mins with the dog and gym 3 days a week

Dietary Goal for May~ get through the post op diet

Personal Goal for May~ positive start to my new journey

Date Banded~ 4/29/11

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 8lbs.

Good morning everyone. I want to join in on this for the month of May. I was banded on April 29th. Is it to soon to join? Here are my stats.

No, it's not too soon to start! Jump right in.

Joan

Name, real or screen~ Liz

Age~ 27

Weight on May1st~ 265.00

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 250

Exercise Goal for May~ Join a gym!

Dietary Goal for May~ Eat right, even while on vacation this week :-X

Personal Goal for May~ To lose another pant size

Date Banded~ March 15, 2011

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~29 lbs (more from my heaviest but I use my tickers starting weight)

Name, real or screen~ Andrea

Age~ 32

Weight on May1st~ 267.5

Goal Weight for May 29th~ 258

Exercise Goal for May~ Walk outside more now that it's getting nice out

Dietary Goal for May~ Eat more hardy proteins now that I have decent restriction

Personal Goal for May~ I would love to be in the 250's. I'd like to be out of them, but that is a lot to ask of me (slow loser) in a month's time

Date Banded~ 08 December 2010

Total Weight Loss Since Banding~ 32lbs