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!!!

no change...i'm ready to shoot myself :angry

Maryb - H 219/ 1st Dr Visit 207/ S 201/ 1st G 180/ 2nd G 150/ Final G 130/ C155/ SBMI 26.9/ CBMI 26.6 (-64 lbs total, -2 this week)

C 194.5 (-108.5 total, -5.5 this week)

BMI-28.7

Let's try this again - frozen computer screen earlier....

C 261 (-17.5, -0 this week)

Once again no loss - I'll just keep reminding myself that muscle weighs more than fat - as my clothes keep getting bigger lol

'tis almost embarassing to post after Emilee's -5.5 lbs in a week! Wow girl - what did you do! Way to go - congrats girl!!!

C 220 (-87lbs total, -2 this week)

:Cry:waaaah! I saw 218 last Friday, I swear I did! Where'd it go?? waaaah!:Cry:

Okay, I have been doing some up and down and up and down on the scale, but here's some good news. July17th I entered my measurements on sparkpeople. I checked them the other day and I have lost 2 1/2 inches. That's 1/2 inch each from my bust, waist, abs, hips and thighs. Nothing lost on arms and bra band. My bust measurement is really wonderful cuz that means some back fat is coming off, right? I need to get to Curves and check my body fat %. Oh, and exercise, too, right?! Heh.

C: 215.5

Down 3 (didn't post last week--out of town)

P'Nut: I've been watching 216 come and go for 3 weeks. The dreaded 220 came up again for one day after a minivacation, pizza (crispy crust), carmel apple, fudge and fries. Ok--I feel better after that confession. I'm going for a fill next Tues. I can eat anything if I eat it slow enough! Scarey!

I have been out of town and the last time I weighed I was 229. I haven't weighed in almost 2 weeks, and since I started my MC when I got home I have decided to wait and weigh when it's over. Hopefully that will be this Friday. My hope is to be about 227 or less. I have been flexuating between 231-229 for almost 3 weeks!! :faint: I will report with my current numbers for next Wednesday's weigh in. I will skip this weeks weigh in. Hope to have big numbers for you next week!!!!!!!!

Jen

Okay guys, less than one pound so I'll say it for next week. Just got my fill yesterday so maybe it'll get better.

no change again this week

mmmmm kay only a pound. but....I have not been working out (return from time off=mucho work) and I have been having some financial "challenges" that have required a lot of working on this week., and geez its hot here......like real bad.....so I've been hitting the Gatorade....I'll be out of town doing volunteer work this weekend, so I'm getting back on the exercise wagon Monday!!! (oh, and walking around and making good choices this weekend)...

H185/C161/G110 (-1 pound)

Ta-Daaaa!!!!! Yesterday I checked in at 179.0, yay me, right? This morning, I hit a new low...ready?

177.8!

It will be nice when 179 is my nighttime weight, ya know? THAT's when I'm really below 180! I'm with you girls (pinkylee and jenn) on the up and down and up and down. Let's do this ya'll! Yippeeeee!!!!

Hey, Paula... come with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kathy, we are right at the same weight. We should help eachother get to goal!! I hit 177 two days ago but am back up to 178 this morning. That's ok though, I am still down 1 lb this week. I am going camping this weekend though so we will see how that works out--lots of drinking, bad food...I will try to be good but it is easier said than done once I have drinks in me.

~Liz~

03/10/06

(H)241 ©178 (-1 this week) -63 lbs total goal weight-160 (almost there!!)

Hey Pinky, guess what I saw on that scale this morning? You guessed it! *laughs* Why oh why am I slacking off now when I'm so stinking close to 100 pounds gone and Onederland?? This is nuts! I'm the one cracking the whip over everyone else's head. The unforgiving, no excuses, queen of stick-to-it! *yawn* I feel so lazy about it all of a sudden. Someone light a fire under my arse! *laughs*

And where's Funny? What about Telly? I'm having withdrawals ladies! Tricia K?? Yoohoo! Why's it so quiet around here?

:omg: AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

OK. Now is it quiet?