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Can pre-opers participate? My surgery date is 9/5 and I'd love to lose 20 lbs by then. The last week and a half will be the high protein/low carb preop diet.

Of course you can! Here we are all for one and one for all. Welcome to the gang :)

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Do we just weigh in and post here in this post?

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Do we just weigh in and post here in this post?

Yes. I usually have to go back and either quote myself or recap my goals when I post my results so others can see my progress.

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I want in

Sw. 264. 4/30/12

Cw. 229

Gw. 199

Get in 64 oz Water

40gm protine

Work out 3x a week

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I'm in!

CW: 197

GW: 176

I also want to run a 5k in August.

Good luck to everyone!!

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Up my Protein, I get my Water in, get up to 3 miles a day (it's been 100 out and I haven't been walking as much). Weight. Current 207 - Goal 185 pounds.

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I'm in!!!

I'm 6 weeks post op and seem to be slowly losing but I'm gonna set my goals high!

SW 220

GW 199

To also:

Get 50 to 60 oz of Water

Get all my Protein from food, not supplements 72-80g

To exercise at least 5 days a week

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1. Lose 20 lbs

2. Get in all of my Protein, liquids & Vitamins on a daily basis

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1. Lose 20 lbs

2. Get in all of my Protein, liquids & Vitamins on a daily basis

3. Exercise 3-4 times each week

Littlebits

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I want to hit the 100 lbs lost mark by my birthday which is 9/13 so I have 9 weeks and a few days to drop 45 lbs. which means 5lbs per week...soooo here goes.

Current Weight 385

Labor day Goal 345-350

Birthday Goal 340

Drink more Water, excercise more eat more Protein.

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Ok...I'm in for this, my first "challenge"!

My birthday is September 1st, and I had set a dream goal to be at 250 by my birthday. I'll use that same goal for this challenge.

Starting weight (morning of surgery): 302.4

Current weight: 284.6

Weight to lose for challenge: 34.6 lbs

We'll see how well I do! :)

Best of luck to everyone!

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I'm in!

7/6/12 -- SW - 209

8/7/12 -- Birthday Goal to reach Onederland

9/3/12 -- GW - 195

  • increase Water intake to 80+ oz day
  • increase pace from walking to jogging

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I'm in too. I'm eight months out (nearly nine) and it's slowed down a lot... so I seriously need to kick-start everything again.

Wt loss Goal: 20

Exercise (ugh): 5x wkly

Good luck everyone!

Forgot to add a few things:

SW 192 1/2; GW 172 1/2

Keep Protein over 80; carbs under 50; cals around 900-1000.

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Do we weigh in once a week on a designated day or just on Labor day?

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