Okay Guys, I think everyone was happy with 1 month, so I started the thread. Here are my goals. Good Luck to all!!:canada:

:scalesno: Yaaaaaahhhhhhhh, WTG!! :)

 

Mandi, that is SUCH great news!! You have been patient, and you've been a good patient, and now its paying off!! Good Going!! Get that ticker up and running, we wanna see it NOW!!

Waaaaaay to go Mandi!!!Ye haw!!!!! I am down though and not happy. I have stuck with fluids, ( 'cept one day, but not much) and I musr be consuming maybe 800 or less calories a day and I have GAINED>.........How does that work? I was 297 , now 300, this is sooo frustrating...... I have gained and I am drinking just fluids, I have soup....tomato, yogurt or fat free pudding and . I don't frigging get it. I mean if I am gaining so early in the race....then what will happen later when I am allowed to eat????

Thank you guys, it's nice to see such a huge jump in the numbers.. and like I said, that's about a months loss in one week for me, so it's pretty crazy.

Believe it that I WAS on the scale everyday, just to confirm that I wasn't insane and the scale was going down. I've almost missed the 230's completely, and that's the numbers I was looking forward to, cause that about where I met Dan, and the last weight I actually remember being. The 220's and less are whole new territory for me!

Kim = I'm gonna yell at you. Don't worry about losing weight right now, seriously. *They* say if you lose anything at all before your first fill, you should take it as a bonus, cause that's not what you're aiming at doing right now for the first 6-sh weeks. I didn't lose very much at all before my first fill... like maybe 10 lbs or something, and that was mostly in the first couple weeks. 2 weeks before AND 2 weeks after my 1st fill, I stayed exactly the same! Then it started, and I lost pretty consistantly, but slowly. 0.6 here, maybe 1.4 there... sometimes I'd gain 2 lbs.

It's gonna happen, just give it some time, and be as patient as you can!

Now I'll hug you for yelling at you. :hug: It's tough love.

Wow, I've never been hit by a fish before...thats a new one for tough love for sure! I guess i am frustrated because I am eating /drinking rather approx 8oo or so calories a day, so I don't understand why nothing much. And with a fill and eating something, I can't see how I will be eating so little/less than what I am drinking now that is...although heh heh, I haven't had a BM for days, and maybe I am just full of S**T!

BUt most importantly WEIGH to go Mandi!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

HAHA, I think you are!!

Also... I know people get mad when they're told this... but why not trying eating around 1200-1300 calories a day, for a week, and see what happens? I really think 800 is too little, maybe you're starving, and holding on to everything you take in?

*nods* I fully concur with all Argon has said, Kim!

well yes and if Yoda says so, then I must be doing something wrong...lol...( I watched all the Star wars too) hey argon that new ticker is beautiful.

Thats one hell of a ticker Mandi! It's beautiful in every way. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

congrats.mandi on your weight loss that is awesome. make sure you drink the nutritional shakes.

ya...nutritional shakes does NOT mean Ben & Jerry's cookie dough chocolate chip ice cream made into a shake...

mmmmmmmmmmmmm cookie dough.........................

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Okay Guys........final week of challenge!!

I think everyone has had a pretty good August, No?

I for one will definately reach me exercise goal, but unless I get something chopped off I doubt I'll reach my weight-loss goal, however I still feel good at what I did do......4 more days!!!!!

Well... I've not been successful with the exercise part of what I wanted to do. I won't make excuses.. I just hate it. I didn't want to. That's why!

*jumps behind a tree waiting for the sh!t to fly* LOL

But I'll be able to say I lost as much as I wanted to.... and a tad more.

Next month, I'm sticking with purely a weight challenge for myself.

Cloe, you've still got a week, I'll cross my fingers for you on those last 5 pounds!

Hmmmm well I did have "chips" (ie. pringles) 3 times in August...*sigh* (only a wee bit though). And I have 2-3 more lbs to lose to meet my Aug weight goal of an 8 lb loss. I don't weigh again until Sat (2 Sep) so I will give myself until then. maybe with my new fill I just might be able to make it.

Yeah, I can't "forbid" myself any foods for any future challenges....I hate being "deprived" of anything even if I'm the one saying I want to be deprived...it makes it so much worse for me. Who knows, I may not have had any chips at all if I hadn't have made it a big deal...ya know? So, future challenges will not involve deprivation for me!! LOL. Good habits yes.....absolutely.

all in all...not bad....course I'll be happier if I meet my weight goal next Sat!

Good luck all.....keep at it; you got a whole week left!

I have not been succussful with my excerise, not because I was lazy, I think I overdid it,tried to increase my time before I was ready for it, pulled a muscle in my back, and have been in agony for two weeks now.

Next challenge I hope to do better, you did great Cloe.:clap2: :clap2:

Maria:)

Aww... sorry to hear that Maria. At least you gave it a try though Take it easy next time, and feel better soon!

I'm not gonna get to wow you guys with another huge loss on Wed... sorry but happy to say. It's looking like it's gonna be more of a 'what I was REALLY hoping for' loss.

Anyone else love antipasto? Mmmmmm... I had some for lunch today, but it just wasn't as good as the stuff I used to get from Costco. I just might have to make a Costco run one of these days and pick up some goodies.