Happy Monday to all of you...

I want to start a scale challenge...this is for all of you (including myself ) that get on that scale more then once a week...

Today I have made the challenge to myself to only get on it every Monday morning..

As of this morning my weight is 229

This is a great way to not obsess with what the scale reads through out the week if I have some challengers to do it with me

Next weigh in Monday 7/27

Any takers??

Thanks Miss Betty... I feel a little out of the loop... guess the forum doesn't stop just because I am busy playing hostess for the holiday! I am turning into a domestic wife-type... frightening.

Glad to be back aboard!

Darcy

hi,

weight in at 258 today, been out with a bout of migraine , trying to get the last 25%in control. so missed alot, take care

margie

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margie

295/258/ -36

WHEN YOU HANG IN THERE FOR YOUR LIFE, YOU USALLY WIN...

DeLarla, I promise not to go to Numero Uno pizzeria without you! There, I've just saved myself from one of many food temptations.

Let me think about this Chicago bash for awhile. . . I guess there are enough of us in the area to pull it off, and there are relatively cheap flights available to O'Hare and Midway for any durn foreigners. We'd have to do it when the weather's better, or all those Texas roses would freeze! Maybe next summer?

OK, I'll start a new thread so this one can get back to the scale challenge.

Zoe, Penni has a next bash thread. I think it is sticky, so should be at the top of someplace.

Welcome back, Darcy. How was your Thanks-Christmas? Hope you had a great time with you family. Did you get your quilts done in time? Sorry about your gain; I had one too. :ermm

I hope you are feeling better, Margie. I've been lying low, too, with an irritated esophagus. I think it is on the way to normal now. I really have to watch the amount I eat, or I pay big time. OUCH! Well, onward and downward!

Hi guys. Looks like you all have been doing a wonderful job. Well, I contacted my doctor about my pregnancy and he is going to leave the fillin until mid-Jan. unless I can't keep anything down. Both my ob/gyn an "regular" doctor want me to keep a close eye on my weight. The more I gain the worse my diabetes will be. My ob/gyn asked if the entire fill could stay in to control my weight.

Well I got on the scale tonight and to my surprise.. I am now weighing at 215!!!!!! I have not seen that weight in years!!!

Congrats Natalie you are doing fantastic, you'll be in Onederland before you know it!!

Great job Natalie! Keep up the good work! I'm right behind you. I am hoping to make it to 219 by Monday. I'm crossing my fingers and exercising my butt off literally!

Good Morning

12/6/2004

Today is my 8 month anniversary since I started this journey

-1.5 lbs loss for me this week

for a total of 72 lbs in 8 months

Fabulous! Happy 8 months!

Great job girls! No loss again for me, but no gain either. I am really looking forward to my first fill on Wednesday! I have been exercising alot, but not seeing the benefits right now.

Betty,You are doing great. I'm sure you are probably becoming one Buff Babe ;-)with all that exercising and with the weight you have already lost! Good luck on your fill wed.

Way to go Michelle! That is terrific loss! Happy Bandiversary to you!

ONE pound for me this week. BUT- It's probably more like 2-3 because I am "swole up like a toad" for some reason today. My hands are so puffy that I can't bend my fingers and my ankles are swollen, too. I don't usually have this problem. I wonder if it's because I didn't drink enough water yesterday or something?

For now, I will be happy with the pound, drink some green tea(I've heard that helps with fluid retention), and look forward to a good drop in weight next week.

Thanks Laurie - I swell up too if I don't drink enough water. I have a tendancy to hold water anyway, and since they took me off my water pills, I have to make sure to drink lots of water.

Well no weight loss this week but a loss of 1/2 inches off both neck and waist.

since only 4 pound loss since 11/04 Dr has me coming in on Dec/17 for my third fill. I have had 1.5 cc put in so far. Also he had my daily calorie intake reduced from 1600 to 1400. That will help. But the change in inches but no weight loss is probably due to the increase in excersing I have taken up since the Holiday Challenge. I can live with this.

Michelle, My 4 month anniversary is this coming Friday -72 for me also.

Off to Vegas this afternoon with my son. Going to have to be very very careful there with my restrictions open wider then I want. But Will power and lots of walking should help.

Lisa I'll call you for our mini-bash lunch if you can still make it.

Ok Harrahs here I come lossen up them slots Baby needs new shoes

Hey Michelle this is my 8 months anniversary as well. I had forgotten we were banded the same day. Too cool. I am down another lb. WHOO HOO!! That makes it 55 lbs for me total. I am so thrilled with my weight loss right now.

I am sure I have lost more inches but haven't measured myself yet. I will do that after I do my morning routine.

Off to take son to school then walking.