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!!!

H 185/ G 110/ C 162 (-23 lbs total, -0 this week)

Um...no change....but I have been doing a lot of hiking...I've been on vacation the past week. I'm getting back on the wagon!!!

Okay....the NSV. I'll be honest with all of you. I have a sister who was bulimic and anorexic, so I'm not really a fan of the scale. I'm a fan of the clothes fit test and the endurance and fitness tests. I digress....my NSV was wearing a TANKINI for the first time this past week. My man was super wowed by it. I wish he would make better health choices. I'm hoping mine will rub off on him. Congrats to you Tricia K. I don't know about you, but I've never been close to being able to wear a 2 piece suit in any way shape or form, but I'm so glad you're rocking it!!!! Have a great time in Florida!

not sure if this is a real NSV but, I signed up for horseback riding lessons, because after years and years I was no longer afraid the horse was going to try to buck me off because i was too fat.

new before/during picture for a new month

Before (i apologise in advance if the pictures are huge)

During (171lbs)

Wow desi! You look great!

Desi, you are doing so well! My goodness! Keep up the great work girl!

I snuck a peek today and I'm at 220.. omg.. Im going to be in the teens soon! The 100 pound mark and Onderland are so close I can taste them! Woohoo!! I'll tell you what, no more wine has re-started my weight loss with a bang! I'm dropping about a pound a day! Yeehaw!

Holy Cow P'nut!!! Look at you go!

Congrats!

Desi, you look fantastic. Can't wait to get back on a horse myself.

I was looking for creative workouts. How's THIS....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

:wave: Hiyas Heather! :wave:

Long time no see gurlfriend. How's our resident hot chick doing?

P'nut... congrats on the loss. you are doing great! miss talking to ya! Heading out to the Puget Sound for the weekend! Hubby gone to Reno for Hot August Nights.. me hot August nights in my boat! never before would I of gone by myself or taken the boat or motor home! I love the self confidences I have! have a great weekend everyone!

Darn'it DeAnn, I keep meaning to write back! LOL!

(I'm so bad about that sometimes!)

Swing by and pick me up would ya?

WOW and Double WOW -- great NSV's.......it is wonderful hearing what everyone has accomplished -- way to go!

I am adding my BMI...36.7 Sorry, I forgot.

It's nice to see you back P'nut! I miss reading all your posts!

Joyce!! ROFL!! I just watched that video and I'm dying over here! That's excellent!

For those who missed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

Wow.. this has given me an idea *grins* .... stay tuned.

That was hilarious. I saved it to my favorites. I laughed my butt off.

Sherri

So, I've been quiet for a month or more. I have saved up a lot so be prepared to hear a lot from me now. *laughs*

Here's my update:

I have hives all over me. Anywhere you can imagine having one and even in places you wouldn't imagine, I have em. The doctors cant figure out why. I'm on three different types of antihistamines at once trying to get them under control.. so far *scratch, scratch, scratch* no success. The one I take at bedtime has a sedative in it so I can sleep. It kind of works, I still wake up.

The good news is, I haven't had any wine since umm.. Monday? And the weight is falling off again. I saw 218 this morning. (then 219, then 220 again, but shhh! hehe)

Dawg and I are going on a cruise in Feb with Monte Zucker, a world renowned portrait photographer. A class of about 15 students will be getting one on one instruction from Monte on board and in ports of call such as Barbados, Aurba, Dominica, and St. Thomas. Ask me if I'm excited about that.. go on, ask me! *laughs*

I was walking around in my size 12 granny panties and my size 20 shorts today, when both damn near fell off. I love swimming in clothes. It's such a wonderful change from being cut in half by them.

*scratch, scratch* Stupid hives. They're all over my face, in my hair. *sighs* These pills make me loopy. So yea, I'm probably more dangerous on here now than I was on the wine. *laughs*

The work on the outside of our house is finished. We got the house painted (changed from ugly pale yellow to darkish gray/tan (clay?) with cream trim), new fencing, new sprinklers, extended our patio, brought in sod for around the patio, modified the existing covered patio so I now have a hanging porch swing - yes, that's been a life long dream of mine! - and I even managed to plant some flowers in pots while I was drunk. *laughs* Next year, we start on landscaping, and I'm dragging DeAnn over here for guidance! Have you seen pics of her home/yard? Beautiful.

I wanted to thank all of you who have let me know, in posts on this and other threads as well as in PMs, that you've missed me and I just have to tell you guys that you're the best bunch of losers I've ever had the privilidge of knowing. Thanks for all the love. It means tons to me.

I'm homesick. I miss Wyoming. I miss Jackson Hole. I miss Yellowstone. I miss Cody. I think it's time for a trip home soon. *smiles slowly* Wow, my friends are going to be in for a shock. They don't even know I've had surgery or lost any weight. Fun. *grins*

Ok, thats enough rambling from me. Love you all. Seriously.