Welcome to the monthly challenge. April showers bring May flowers so this months May Showers Challenge is a fun way to keep track of your monthly weight loss while gaining and giving support to other bandster's.

Copy and post the template below and fill in the information that you are comfortable sharing on Sunday May 1st the come back every Tuesday on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 30th and post your updated weight. I will keep track of the weights and try to get a table listing everyone's results on the following weekend.

Good luck to everyone and remember this isn't a contest it's a challenge and you are a winner no matter how much you loose.

The first three items are required all others are recommended. If you are new to our monthly challenger please leave a short introduction.

Name, real or screen~

Goal weight for April 29th~

Weight on April 1st~

Age~

Dietary goal for April~

Exercise goal for April~

Personal goal for April~

Date banded~

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~

What is your favorite flower~

Hi Larry sorry in late in the month but I would live to still join if it's not too much trouble for u. Do you do thus every month? This is great!!

Name, real or screen~ Andrea (andi525)

Goal weight for may 31st: 179

Weight on may 1st~ 196

Age~ 26

Dietary goal for May - eat a balanced diet, including more protein

Exercise goal for May - walk everyday ( I was just banded may 4th so no real exercise yet)

Personal goal for May - start appreciate the little successes

Date banded~ may 4th

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 10 lbs current weight is 186

What is your favorite flower~ yellow roses

Thanks!

Hi Larry sorry in late in the month but I would live to still join if it's not too much trouble for u. Do you do thus every month? This is great!!

Name, real or screen~ Andrea (andi525)

Goal weight for may 31st: 179

Weight on may 1st~ 196

Age~ 26

Dietary goal for May - eat a balanced diet, including more protein

Exercise goal for May - walk everyday ( I was just banded may 4th so no real exercise yet)

Personal goal for May - start appreciate the little successes

Date banded~ may 4th

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 10 lbs current weight is 186

What is your favorite flower~ yellow roses

Thanks!

No problem, go ahead and post your current weight and I will update the table this weekend. Yes we do it it every month but you have to read the posts to find the name of next months challenge. You also may want to leave a brief introduction, most of us do these challenges every month so we have a built in support group.

Thanks Larry! My current weight is 184.5.

Hi everyone! I wanted to leave a little introduction as well, my name is Andrea, I am 25 but will be 26 on the 25th this month. I am 5"3' and was 200 lb for my adult life. Every year I continued to gain 8-10 lbs since I was 18. I just kept getting bigger no matter what diet I was on or how much I exercised, so I decided to get the lap band so I could stop gaining and get control of my life. I didn't want to be anymore overweight than I was in my late 20's or 30's, so I made this decision in hopes it would help me in the long run. I was banded may 4th and am in mushy food right now, but so far so good

Hello Andi....hope your enjoying this site as much as i am....and congratswith getting control of your life !!!

Hello everyone. I'm late posting...because believe it or not...my scale is broken. I know that I am "up" a few pounds (but I have now switched from mushies to real food). I will either get it fixed or get a new one by next week so I can post a real weight--and hopefully a loss. I will let you know that the last time I was able to get an actual weight...it was 247.5...which is up from the last posting...I am really looking forward to that first fill and being able to actually feel full.

Until next week....hope everyone has a great week.

Hello Andi....hope your enjoying this site as much as i am....and congratswith getting control of your life !!!

Hi! Thank you dee257! really enjoying this site so far!

name~ TAMARA

Goal weight for May 29~ 290lbs

Weight on May 1~309lbs

Age~29

Dietary goal for May~eat more fruits& vegetables

Exercise goal for May~ workout more than 2X/wk

Personal goal for May~ control anger

Date banded~ April 25,2012

Total weight loss since banding~ 20lbs

Favorite flower~daisy

So today I weighted in at 299lbs haven't been under 300lbs in a couple of yrs

My goal weight for the end of May is 290lbs

So today I weighted in at 299lbs haven't been under 300lbs in a couple of yrs

My goal weight for the end of May is 290lbs

Congrats I'm 8 lbs away from 299!! Good luck !

Checking in at 236. 2 lbs away from 50 lbs lost since surgery!

Che king in at 183.0!

Congrats I'm 8 lbs away from 299!! Good luck !

Thx

Checking in at 225 down 4lbs from last week

Dawn checking in at 189. No change this week. I am very pleased however that I am 7 months post op and have lost 70 pounds. I knew I would lose weight but I didnt think it would be so drastic so quickly! I love my band

Ok... I worked hard theis week to undo the the 4 pounds I gained from the cruise. So I weighed in at 200 this morning. Realy? could it not be 199!!! I have been trying now for 3 weeks to land on this elusive number.....Maybe my scales don't go that low....that's probably it.--haha

Anyhoo......200 it is..I better see 199 tomorrow!!

Sorry Larry I forgot to check in on Sunday.

It wasn't such a good week in the weight loss dept. But it sure was a great week in the bahamas!! So I was 205 on Sunday.

Thats about a 4 pound gain....really thought I would have maintained. I tried so hard to be good on the cruise ship. But I guess that isn't too bad....could have been worse.

And as of today (wednesday) I'm back to 201 (the same weight I was the day before the cruise)!! So it really just cost me two weeks of weight loss.....It was worth it.

We always weigh in on the 1st, 8th, and so on. So weigh in is on Tuesday this month.