Although it's still a little early, I wanted to go ahead and get things set up for a new challenge...the

Christmas - New Year Challenge!



1. Be sure and log in here on Wednesday, November 27, post your start weight and your goal weight for the challenge.
2. When setting your goal, keep in mind that challenge is 5 weeks long.
3. Weigh in every Wednesday and post your updates here.
4. Watch the data at http://sdrv.ms/1cGHwsS to see our progress as individuals and as a team.

GOOD LUCK!

Old challenges - Halloween: http://sdrv.ms/19Qmc3j

Old challenges - Thanksgiving: http://sdrv.ms/1c1AT8J

I just found this thread. Can I join in or is it too late?

You're definitely welcome to join in on the fun. Just post your weight here now and your goal weight for New Year's Day. Then drop by every Wednesday and let us know how you're doing. Welcome to the Challenge!

I'd like to join as well. From my tracking on My Fitness Pal, weight on 11/27 was 234. Today I am at 227.6 Thanks!

Goal weight by New Years 210.

Edited December 5, 201312 yr by Jen GA Peach

Starting weight:258.8

New years goal weight:239. I would like to start the new year in the 230's!!

257! After a month long stall the scale is slowly moving

I'd like to join as well. From my tracking on My Fitness Pal, weight on 11/27 was 234. Today I am at 227.6 Thanks!

Goal weight by New Years 210.

Welcome to the group, and it looks like you're off to an AWESOME start! Nicely done!

I just found this thread. Can I join in or is it too late?

You're definitely welcome to join in on the fun. Just post your weight here now and your goal weight for New Year's Day. Then drop by every Wednesday and let us know how you're doing. Welcome to the Challenge!

Thank you! My weight this morning was 167.8My goal weight is 160 and I would love to see that by New Years! My weight loss has slowed as I get closer to goal. Hopefully I can make it

My loss has really slowed down so we'll see.

CW 151

Challenge goal 145

Still 151 but buckling down so hoping for a loss by next week.

With a little over half reporting in so far this week, this looks like a GREAT start to the Challenge! 9 people report a 3 lbs loss or greater (AWESOME!) and 2 of those lost a whopping 6 lbs! 28 people report a total loss of 57 lbs (an average of 2 lbs per person) several people are within a few pounds of a major break point Chellemetime - 1.1 lbs to go BELOW 150! Coachdk - 1.1 lbs to go BELOW 260! HardWork 13 - .1 lbs to go BELOW 240! Hunter - 1.1 lbs to go BELOW 260! Irs - .1 lbs to go BELOW 210! julia7665 - 1.1 lbs to go BELOW 140! livvsmum - .1 lbs to go BELOW 220! nsharrah - .2 lbs to go BELOW 180! and MORE Woo Hoo! Happy Holidays, indeed!

Bea! You're awesome!! Thank you for taking the time to do this!!

I'm in. Starting weight 186.6.....goal weight 179.

I weighed in today at 182.1. Sorry I didn't post yesterday.

I've gotten to "know" many of you just by reading your online interactions and have to say this is the greatest support group ever. As a group, people are informative, supportive, open, caring, and just plain fun to be around. It takes a bit of time to search through profiles and get a peek at who you are and what's going on with you. So, I was wondering if we might want to take a minute to introduce ourselves, post a photo, or do something a bit "more" here in this topic thread.

My name is Bea and I am a mother of 4, grandmother of 7, and great-grandmother of 1. At 53 that may sound a bit of a stretch, but a couple of those in the mix are steps. Anyway, I'm not a fast loser but have been consistent. Here I am at the halfway mark on my journey (68 down, 64 to go) and I find things slowing considerably. Still, I'm doing just fine in my journey I think. I have a high stress job (Marketing Manager at a $50 million company) and have an extra stressor in that I'm currently working on my PhD. I also keep an apartment in the city (Houston) while I go to my home in the country, where hubby is, on the weekends. I have to say I am LOVING my sleeve (and so is my sweetie!) and what it has done for me already. Thanks so much to all of you for being here for me since, even when I don't interact a lot, I READ READ READ postings here every single day and find them to be incredibly helpful!

Here's a recent picture of me so you'll have an idea about what I look like:

I've gotten to "know" many of you just by reading your online interactions and have to say this is the greatest support group ever. As a group, people are informative, supportive, open, caring, and just plain fun to be around. It takes a bit of time to search through profiles and get a peek at who you are and what's going on with you. So, I was wondering if we might want to take a minute to introduce ourselves, post a photo, or do something a bit "more" here in this topic thread.

My name is Bea and I am a mother of 4, grandmother of 7, and great-grandmother of 1. At 53 that may sound a bit of a stretch, but a couple of those in the mix are steps. Anyway, I'm not a fast loser but have been consistent. Here I am at the halfway mark on my journey (68 down, 64 to go) and I find things slowing considerably. Still, I'm doing just fine in my journey I think. I have a high stress job (Marketing Manager at a $50 million company) and have an extra stressor in that I'm currently working on my PhD. I also keep an apartment in the city (Houston) while I go to my home in the country, where hubby is, on the weekends. I have to say I am LOVING my sleeve (and so is my sweetie!) and what it has done for me already. Thanks so much to all of you for being here for me since, even when I don't interact a lot, I READ READ READ postings here every single day and find them to be incredibly helpful!

Here's a recent picture of me so you'll have an idea about what I look like:

Hi Bea!! Great idea! Congrats on your kids/grand kids! And on school! Whatcha going for?

I'm Stefanie- I turned 33, 2 days before thanksgiving.

I was sleeved 2/24/13- I'm down 113... I was 319 now I'm 206!

Professionally, I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Domestic Violence Offender Training Interventionist, & Certified Hypnotherapist

I received my master of science in counseling/mental health counseling in sept 13!

I do not have kids...YET- I want at least 1-2 tho!

and.... I will be late for work if I do not get ready now lol

Have a good day everyone!

I am 167 today Down a few After Thanksgiving

I've gotten to "know" many of you just by reading your online interactions and have to say this is the greatest support group ever. As a group, people are informative, supportive, open, caring, and just plain fun to be around. It takes a bit of time to search through profiles and get a peek at who you are and what's going on with you. So, I was wondering if we might want to take a minute to introduce ourselves, post a photo, or do something a bit "more" here in this topic thread. My name is Bea and I am a mother of 4, grandmother of 7, and great-grandmother of 1. At 53 that may sound a bit of a stretch, but a couple of those in the mix are steps. Anyway, I'm not a fast loser but have been consistent. Here I am at the halfway mark on my journey (68 down, 64 to go) and I find things slowing considerably. Still, I'm doing just fine in my journey I think. I have a high stress job (Marketing Manager at a $50 million company) and have an extra stressor in that I'm currently working on my PhD. I also keep an apartment in the city (Houston) while I go to my home in the country, where hubby is, on the weekends. I have to say I am LOVING my sleeve (and so is my sweetie!) and what it has done for me already. Thanks so much to all of you for being here for me since, even when I don't interact a lot, I READ READ READ postings here every single day and find them to be incredibly helpful! Here's a recent picture of me so you'll have an idea about what I look like:

Hi, my name is Julia, I am 31, I have a 6 year old daughter, I'm married, and I sit at work all day as a medical coder, which makes things harder by not moving around much all day. I started my journey in April of 2013 and was required to lose 5% of my weight before surgery doing the south beach diet, which I exceeded! I started at 212 lbs and day of surgery I weighed 188. I was sleeved on 6/26/13 and I have lost 47 lbs since surgery, 71 lbs since I started and I want to lose 16 more (I am short only 5'0). My weight loss has significantly slowed down as I get closer to my goal which has been quite frustrating. Hopefully this will give me the push I need.

I love my sleeve and I think it has been one of the best decisions I have made. I am still scared everyday that I will fail at this as I have failed at everything else, but I try to stay positive. I am wearing clothes I saved from 7 years ago before I started gaining weight and those are starting to feel loose, which makes me feel really great! Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

This is me getting a pedicure over the weekend.

Hi Bea,

My name is Dianne and I am 48 and have 2 sons, 14 and 12. I am happily married for 20 years to a wonderful husband and I am a CPA. I've lost 72 pounds and I have been stalled for about 2 months and think this will be the push I need to break this stall. I am an avid ebayer both a seller and buyer and I love to read. Have you noticed everything involves sitting (work and hobbies). I have become an excerciser though since the sleeve. I love the sleeve and wish I had done it sooner. I feel like I have a brand new life and actually look forward to going out and doing things now.

Thank you so much for devoting so much of your time to do this thread.

228lbs. Down 2. Not to shabby for the holidays.

I am 167 today Down a few After Thanksgiving

Nice!!