I cant find the "Halloween Challenge" thread, so I thought I'ld start a new challenge to help us through the holiday season! I'm on stage 2, so I have no idea what I could lose so I'm guesstimating (hoping and praying, too!):

DOS 10/11/12 - 255.5

Today10/2/12 - 242.5

Goal 1/1/13 - 220.0. (22.5 lb. loss)

I wanna play! My first challenge!

HW 379

SW 359

TW 339 (1 week out)

NYD Goal 315

24 pounds. Hope I can do it!

Okay here goes:

Surgery weight: 247.8

Current weight: 225.6

Goal by New Year's Day 2013: 200 POUNDS!! WooHoo I CAN do it!!

Oh my Goodness I think I have to revise my goal for this challenge:

I currently weigh 209.8 so my new goal for New Year's Day 2013 is to be well on my way into the 100's................................196 pounds!! Woohoo!!

My highest weight: 310

I started to lose weight & seriously inquired re: WLS

Dropped wt to: 258 =)

Pre-op appt: 245

Surgery date (Nov 12): 235

10 days post-op: 225 =D

New Years goal... 200 O:-)<

Not sure if its doable but I would Love to succeed

Game on... Good Luck to all & God Bless <3

DOS 8/29/12 242lbs

Current 206.6

New Years Day anything below 200

Down to 203.8..I can do this!

I'm in

Hw 281

DOS 249

Cw 229

Goal 12/1/13 -199.0

Initial weight 285

Surgery 8/15/12 weight 275

Current weight 233

New year goal 215

I'm in! (Hopefully I do this correctly!)

Highest weight: 489lbs

Day of Surgery: 385lbs (10/25/2012)

Current Weight: 345lbs (3wks post-op)

New Years Goal: 325lbs

(Okay' date=' so typing the numbers out was extremely humiliating- so much so that I cried. Am I alone in how ashamed I am? This is an awful feeling- especially when so many others are so very small in comparison! It feels hopeless!)[/quote']

Don't be ashamed of the numbers. They should no longer define the beautiful person you are. I share the same starting weight. I was 489 on 10/26/2011 and now I am down to 396. My New Year's goal weight is 365. So we are very similar with our weight loss, I am 9 weeks post op. We can do this just stay focused!!

Count me in!

Pre op weight: 343

Surgery date: 8-22-12

Current weight: 283

Christmas goal weight: 268; New Year's Day goal weight: 263

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Don't be ashamed of the numbers. They should no longer define the beautiful person you are. I share the same starting weight. I was 489 on 10/26/2011 and now I am down to 396. My New Year's goal weight is 365. So we are very similar with our weight loss' date=' I am 9 weeks post op. We can do this just stay focused!![/quote']

You're right- we -can- do this! It's going to be harder than hell, but it's going to be SO DAMN WORTH IT!

I know everyone has different motivation, so whatever yours may be, put it EVERYWHERE! Surround yourself with it! I just started doing this in the last 48hrs. then a friend of mine stopped by with his 3 month old granddaughter and it was like something inside of me was reignited!

Thanks for the words of encouragement, my friend! If you need me, I'm here!

I'm in. Having not reached my Thanksgiving goal, I hope to reach the New years' goal!

Start of pre-surgery diet: 360

DOS (7-2-2012): 335 lb

CW (11-20-2012): 212 lb

GW (1-1-2013): 199 lb

I didn't reach my Thanksgiving goal, and am now in for the Christmas challenge, so I'll join this one too!!

Starting weight pre op 249 lbs

Weight for surgery 239 lbs (8-21-12)

Current weight 195 lbs

New Year's Day goal weight 183 lbs

Good luck everyone!!

Before surgery: 285 (start of 2 week pre-op diet)

Contest start: 11/01 216.4

Week 1: 11/9/12. 212.2

Week 2: 11/17/12 208.4

Week 3: 11/24/12 207.2 I will take a 1.2 lb loss for the week of Thanksgiving

New Year's goal: 192

Ok I just did the Christmas one also I guess this just will make me work harder I also decided to weigh myself after I signed up for the Christmas challange and I lost 2 more lbs since yesterday

Ok now lol

H/W 345 lbs 4 years ago

Pre op weight 309 lbs

DOS 285 lbs

C/W 236 lbs

Surgery was done on August 23rd 2012

Ohh lol I forgot about my New Years Goal

199 lbs would be awesome

Ohh lol I forgot about my New Years Goal

199 lbs would be awesome