Welcome to the monthly challenge. July is here and time to start working mid-summer activities. The Summer 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 July 1st the come back every Sunday on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th and post your updated weight. I will keep track of the weights 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 lose.

The first three items are required all others are recommended, but the last one is the most fun. If you are new to our monthly challenger please leave a short introduction.

Name, real or screen~

Goal weight for July 31st~

Weight on July 1st~

Age~

Dietary goal for July~

Exercise goal for July~

Personal goal for July~

Date banded~

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~

What is your favorite 4th of July activity~

Great Job checking in! Those that haven't checked in I rolled over your weight and highlighted it in yellow, so if you have a current weight for 7/8 let me know and I will update. As a challenge group we've lost over 47lbs so far this month Holy Cow!

Good Luck this week!

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Down 1lb since challenge started!!!

Dawn checking in at 176! 3 pounds down this week!

Checking in at 314.6! Down 1.4 from last week and passed my July goal already! So I will change my July goal to 312 and see if I can hit that!

Checking in at 213. Down 1 lb. Pretty good considering I was at a picnic yesterday with lots of tempting food... sigh!

Not sure if I missed it or not, but what is your goal and where did you start out on July 1st? I see you are 201 now Great job! Let me know your beginning weight and goal weight

yes i was on the spread sheet at the beginning of the thread, checking in 199.9

yes i was on the spread sheet at the beginning of the thread, checking in 199.9

just noticed lol selena and smilinginside they are both me lol

Checking in... down 3 pounds!! Very excited. Was retaining a lot of Fluid since surgery on Monday... they literally fell off the last few days. Sooo close to TWODERVILLE!!

Weight on July 15th: 303

Weight on July 8th: 306

Weight on July 1st: 307

Checking in at 314.6! Down 1.4 from last week and passed my July goal already! So I will change my July goal to 312 and see if I can hit that!

Way to go on passing your goal already!! Rocking it!

Checking in at 167.8

Checking in at 184. I Lost the 2 pound Water gain from last week plus 5 more actual pounds for a total of 7 pounds!!

1 pound to this months goal!! I might even be able to see 179 by the end of the month.

Checking in at 217.5- I think that's down 3.

Weighed in at the EXACT same as last time - 202.2! Can we say "plateau"?! I even had tonsillitis all week last week, struggled to eat even liquids, and didn't lose an ounce. Oh well, it's better than gaining I guess!

I gained 4 lbs?!?!? Ugh! Back to basics starting tomorrow I'm doing my pre-op diet again. Need control!!! I'll update the sheet as soon as I have a chance (usually at work, lol) Lisa.

Hey I'm the same weight as last Sunday which is 288

Got a lot going on but I'm gonna keep working on getting to my goal weight for the month Ima go back on a liquid diet for a few days

good morning...im checking in at 176.2...not sure if thats up or down...im loosing inches...so happy here !