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July 4Th Challenge

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Newfoundlove    95

Newfoundlove
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I'm in for my first challenge!

HW: 253

SW: 233

CW: 220

GW: 210, but hope for less

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Melissa D    34

Melissa D
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My first challenge as well. I'm 2.5 weeks out, so not sure if my goal is doable or not, but I'll try!

Pre-op diet weight 221.5

SW 210

CW 195.5

Goal 179.5 (16 lb loss, 4 lb/week)

Goal #2 start Couch 2 5K in June and sign up for my town's 5K in September!

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shannon27    13

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I've never done a challenge, but I'm in. I am a very slow loser but going to try to be aggressive by eating better and exercising more. I want to lose 12.8 pounds.

Highest weight: 215

SW: 204

CW: 174.8

July 4th goal: 162 & Exercise 5xs a week.

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MzPecanBrown    86

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July 4th ends on a Wednesday so do we want to weigh in on Wednesdays?

I'm good with that. That way it's consistent.

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takingthejourney    23

takingthejourney
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I'm glad I stumbled upon this!! I want to do the challange as well!

Current Weight - 215

Challenge Goal - 205

Would love to be in ONEderland by then but not sure it will happen for me need to bump up the Water and exercise!!!!

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jhansen71    257

jhansen71
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Just posting to keep this fresh. Anyone want to join our July 4th Challenge? Please feel free to join us...

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Cmullinvegas    39

Cmullinvegas
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I'm in, my first challenge as well. My surgeon said I should lose 15 pounds a month so that's my goal.

Highest weight-271

Pre-surgery-254

Yesterday ( June 1) - 223

July 4th goal-208

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Georgia    2,911

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Yaay me! Lol Rode my bike 2 miles AFTER pushing it down the hill and then UP the hill. Folks, this ain't just ANY hill. Straight up ! My driveway is a long straight up drive to the top of a hill! It scares everyone who has to drive it the first time. All I could think of the whole time was " da da da da daa da. Da da da da daaa da...". Think Dorothy. Lol

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former_vbg    198

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Ok, I'm in... a lot of life drama for me the past month and a half. I'm ready to get with it and finish this journey!

Starting Surgery Weight: 271

Current weight: 142

4th July Goal weight: 130

Final Goal weight: 120

Let's rock n roll!

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Georgia    2,911

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Former_vbg, Wow! That is a low goal. How tall are you? Awesome weight loss shofar?

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former_vbg    198

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Former_vbg, Wow! That is a low goal. How tall are you? Awesome weight loss shofar?

Thanks NannieG. I'm 5'3", so I'm a shortie... LOL I haven't seen my surgeon since a few days after surgery- he's in TX, I'm in MO. I've worked w/my PCP during the past year and he set the goal of 120# for me w/the reasoning that it would give me 5# of wiggle room. He has seen me struggle for years on the weight thing and so I am going for it. I haven't been 120# since probably junior high... 140's probably early high school. By the time I graduated h.s., I was probably knocking on 200#...

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bratvp63    118

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This was a great week in so many ways, first I lost 5 pounds and second I finally made it to twonderland! Tonight I'm going clothes shopping since none of my pants are staying up. Etiher that or buy a pair of suspenders. I'm so gonna kill this challenge. I have so much more energy now it's so hard to believe.

HW: 358

SW: 335

CW: 302 now 297

GW: 282

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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