Happy August 1st everyone!!

This will be our home for the Gone For Good Club – August Challenge.

For any newbies out there, the gone for good Club is our way of “banding” together for support and encouragement as we take off those pounds…(I know, cheap pun)

…Once each pound is lost, we consider it Gone For Good!!!

Weigh ins are on Wednesday in this format: current weight (total loss, this weeks loss) like so: C-350 (-36, -2) This person’s current weight is 350, they have lost 36 lbs so far and they have lost 2 lbs this week.

Feel free to join at any time, by posting a brief introduction for yourself and let us know what you are challenging yourself to. Whether you are banded or not, we are very happy to have your company!

This is not a competition, but just for a little added incentive to each of us, FunnyDuddies has promised a gift to the biggest “loser”, and I will be awarding a prize to the participant with the most creative exercise idea during the challenge.

This month’s challenge will involve keeping a close eye on our BMI’s (Body Mass Index) Here is a link to a BMI calculator so that we can make sure we are all using the same one:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm

So here’s the challenge: Let’s see how much we can lower our BMI’s over the next few weeks. I want to hear that we are all guzzling our Water, eating healthy, and moving, moving, moving. The more creative the exercise the better! Share your ideas…

And we are all going to try to fight those demons who lurk in closets and cupboards…the one’s that make us crave no-no foods and try to convince us to slip into our old habits and negative patterns. We are united, we are strong and these pounds will soon be GONE FOR GOOD!

Welcome to the club for August, and good luck!!:clap2:

Sunshine

PS

Just a reminder, when posting on this thread, please remember to take out the check mark on "show signatures". This can be such a long thread, that it gets hard for those on dial up to participate. Let's try to keep it as "clean" as possible.

Thanks!!!

My polka dot dress.

WOW!!! Telly... you are so close to your goal! Keep it up girl!

I LOVE the new avatar P'Nut!!! You look tons younger.

Heathergurl, where have you been woman? Your daughter is beautiful and she looks like her hot polka dot wearing mamacita!

You look straight out of the 1950's in that dress. You know, the way models/women had real nice curves back in the day? You've got that look in that photot. It's a great picture.

What a great idea, to buy a dress. Damn, I can't remember the last time I actually wore one.

PNut--

Your new pics are amazing! What a transformation. You look so young!!! Next time you go buy wine, you may be carded!!!

Telly--

I'm so glad ur back. You are one motivational gal.

To everyone who posts regularly here--THANKS!!! You are brave, inspirational, entertaining, handsome, beautiful, funny, witty---need I go on?

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you look HOT Heather. Beautiful! I can't wait to get to that point myself!

Heather...

Very impressive. You look stunning! Great work!

Everyone card P'nut!

Thanks everyone... I feel awesome! I love working out at the gym. That is what I would tell people my hobby is these days.

Heather~ you look great and your daughter is such a cutie cutie cutie !!!!

Paul....what wonderful NSVs - playing with your daughter and more acting parts! woo hoo!

Heather wow girl - you look wonderful and your daughter is a beauty too!

Yep Telly -good to have you 'kickin ass' again lol

P'Nut - is that really YOU? seriously -- omg you are one hot chick!

Aww Heather, that dress looks so fun and carefree for the summer! Love it and you are looking so good. I'm so happy for ya gurly. And yup, that babe of yours is a looker like her mom.. adorable!

Paul - wow!! Great news about the independent film gig NSV thingie! That absolutely rocks!

Again, thanks for all of the sweet comments. Trust me, the first day I get carded there will be one very noticable NSV thread on the board! LOL

P'nut~look how adorable you are !!!!!!!!! I just saw your pic. WOW !!! Good job girl.

P'nut you look pretty as a peach

Paul, congrats, It's so cool I tell all of my family and friends that I personally know a movie star. I feel cool now.

Heather you look awesome too.

And of course does Telly EVER not look good, I don't think so!!!!

Have a great week everyone!!!!!!

Well.. does a newly shaved headed Telly sound wrong? I'm about to do it. Any final words? Think *G.I. Jane*

NO TELLY!!! Your hair is SO gorgeous!!!

Was gorgeous, "WAS". It's slipping away into new growth but it hurts to see it this way. I need to intervene.