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!!!

Played an hour of tennis and running around throwing a football with my boyfriend yesterday.

And decided to NO vending machines this month. And getting lots and lots of Water in during the day.

I'm in! woo Hoo! Wild Ride, here we come!

Stats: H 358 C 311 (woo hoo!) G 170-150

Total 47 lost (yippee!) 4 this week.

and drinking Water?? You betchyersweet bippee!! It's been nasty hot and I just can't get enough!

~Gone for Good Club August Challenge

Score Card~

Points earned for Rule 1

For each day that you drink a minimum of 64oz of water, you earn 1 point.

You may earn a bonus of 5 points for a perfect month.

Week 1: 8-02__1__8-03_1____8-04__1___8-05__1___8-06___1__8-07_____8-08_____8-09_____Week's Total_____

Week 2: 8-10_____8-11_____8-12_____8-13_____8-14_____8-15_____8-16_____Week's Total_____

Week 3: 8-17_____8-18_____8-19_____8-20_____8-21_____8-22_____8-23_____Week's Total_____

Week 4: 8-24_____8-25_____8-26_____8-27_____8-28_____8-29_____8-30_____Week's Total____

Bonus earned_____Grand Total_______

Points earned for Rule 2

For each increment of 30 minutes that you exercise this week, you earn 1 point.

Week 1: 8-02_1__8-03_1__8-04__1_8-05__1_8-06___8-07___8-08___8-09___ Week's Total___

Week 2: 8-10___8-11___8-12___8-13___8-14___8-15___8-16___ Week's Total:___

Week 3: 8-17___8-18___8-19___8-20___8-21___8-22___8-23___ Week's Total:___

Week 4: 8-24___8-25___8-26___8-27___8-28___8-29___8-30___ Week's Total:___

Grand Total:___

Points earned for decrease in BMI

For each .1 increment your BMI decreases you earn 1 point

Starting BMI: 38 (at the start of the challenge)

BMI Week 1____

BMI Week 2____

BMI Week 3____

BMI Week 4____

Total decrease in BMI for August___

Points earned for Weight loss

For each pound that you lose during the challenge, you earn 1 point

Beginning weight 8-02: 242.4

Weigh-in weight 8-09:

Weigh-in weight 8-16:

Weigh-in weight 8-23:

Weigh-in weight 8-30:

Total lost during challenge:

Total points earned for Rule 1:

Total points earned for Rule 2:

Total points earned for weight loss:

Total Challenge points earned:_____

Hey all! I'm in...but I am sooo busy right now!! I will get all of my stats updated when I get back from the BEACH on Monday!

Lapband - $14,000

Protein shakes - $30.00/month

Gym Dues - $50.00/month

Going from a size 24 to size 16 swimsuit - - - PRICELESS!!!!!!!!

H265 S262 J262 C241 G145

I think I've lost one more pound but has just about stopped. I guess that's 21 pounds so far. I can't wait to get fill next Tuesday, (had to schedule one week early, eating too much) I called and rescheduled it. Dr. Curry says he like to be aggresive on the first fill 2cc's and then sneak up on sweet spot from there. Come on weight loss.

Sherri

Sorry i am posting late.....my internet went down and i didnt get a chance but anyways i am down -5 this week for a total of -34

C - 261, -17.5, -0 (once again this week I am the same weight)

but I won't complain because the heat and Water retention have me going up and down as much as 3 lbs - happily landed back down on weigh-in day - I'm thankful

WTG Cheri on that itsy bitsy teeny weeny bathing suit! My new NSV was buying two new camis yesterday - two sizes smaller than the last one I bought! What is everyone else's new NSV????? Post and let us know!

I have 2 NSV's.

1) I purchased a size 12 tankini to wear on my Florida trip this weekend.

2) When I sit down, I now have that visible 'line' on the side of my legs that defines the quadricep muscle. Does that make sense?

Awesome Tricia! A 12? That is so great!

I posted this on the before and after pics... but here it is in this thread too.

What is everyone else's new NSV????? Post and let us know!

I put on a tshirt the other day, plain grey older one, to work around the house.

An hour later my wife asked me why I put on one of her old shirts... it was one that used to belong to her dad... a men's medium...

MEDIUM. Granted, it was old and stretched out, but it was still a medium. I went out and bought some new ones, and a regular new large fits great. I used to wear 3-4x shirts, now a large to medium!!!!!!

I have 2 NSV's.

1) I purchased a size 12 tankini to wear on my Florida trip this weekend.

2) When I sit down, I now have that visible 'line' on the side of my legs that defines the quadricep muscle. Does that make sense?

AWESOME! Did you know the average American woman wears between a 12 and 16?

That means you are there, girl! Anything from here on is gravy! Pretty soon you will be skinnier than average!

BTW, I'm going to Florida this weekend too, great minds must think alike. Will be my daughter's first time on an airplane, she is 5 and petrified... Patsy Kline and Amelia Earhardt... long story, but she keeps asking if it is gonna crash. Hmmm double dose of drowsy Dramamine, maybe? Anyone got any tips?

Here are my current stats.

Tricia K. - H 283/ S 274/ J 188/ G 160/ C 188 / BMI: 30.3 (-86 lbs total, -1 this week)

Good luck, everyone. :confused:

P.S. my current weight is a guesstimate because the scales are hidden. I won't really know what I weigh until next Wednesday.

I may only weigh myself every 2 weeks. I haven't decided just yet.

Woohoo! I'm in. Sorry I'm a day late for my weigh-in.

MollyMolly - SBMI 48.3 / CBMI 35.8 / C 222 (-77 lbs total, -4 this week)

My NSV tonight was having all the girls at work complaining about their weight and their bellies....when I chimed in complaining they all yealled at me and said "skinny girls aren't allowed in this conversation" all said in a nice way. These women have only known me for about two weeks. and were SHOCKED when I told them I weighed over 100 pounds more two years ago.