I guess it's time to get ready for the next challenge...
St. Patrick's Day Challenge!

Here we go with the rules and instructions:
1. Be sure and log in here on Monday, February 17, 2014 to post your start weight and your goal weight for the challenge.
2. When setting your goal, keep in mind that this challenge is only 4 weeks long (5 weigh-ins).
3. Weigh in every Monday and post your updates here.
4. Watch the data at St. Patrick's Day Challenge to see our progress as individuals and as a team.

GOOD LUCK!

Old challenges
- Valentine's
- Christmas/New Year's
- Thanksgiving
- Halloween

Starting weight: 207
Goal weight: 195

Current weight: 224

Challenge goal weight: 215

start weight 168

goal weight 160

I didn't make my last goal, but this one I'm gonna get!!!

SW 274.4

GW 263.... That will be 50 pounds since surgery!

Start weight:154

Goal weight: 144

Good luck, losing leprechauns!

First day checking in:

CW 244, My goal for the challenge is to be at 235!!

Thanks for the reminder Bea!

Feb 17.2014 starting weight 217

goal for the St Patty's Day Challenge is 209

i hope to lose 8 lbs.

So I've been on a carb binge it feels this weekend. I forgot to weigh in this morning, so I did after eating dinner.

CW 224.2

GW 210.0

Not sure if it's a realistic goal, but let's try!

Good luck everyone!!

Hi Bea, thanks for setting this challenge up.

Starting weight 189

Goal weight 181

This is awesome! I'm 179 today, also I started the gym this afternoon. I hope to be in the 160s by then, I'm only 3 weeks out and I've lost 15 pounds. Surgery was on 1/23/14 and starting weight was 194.6 so excited to see more results and the support really helps

Beginning weight is 203

Ending Goal 198 I freakin hope this ends up finding me in onderland!!!

CW: 255.6

GW: 245.0

Bea, I don't understand the technology behind all this Cloud stuff. My starting weight today is 189. My goal for six weeks is 180. What else am I supposed to do???????? I don't get it.

Miss Mac, no worries at all about not "getting this". This is actually a good excuse to explain things to the challenge newcomers.

• All that is required on your part is to report in every Monday (or whatever day you pick...we're not really particular about that).
• Part of the fun is watching the changes in a visual way, especially as you can look at other challengers and see how they are doing.
• The "cloud" is just a web space that's available to others (like a web page is) to view. I have put an Excel spreadsheet of our progress in a "cloud" location that belongs to me.
• There won't be much to see until week 2 of the challenge when the comparisons start. Other data points, like how many people are in the challenge, how much is being lost each week, the per person average of losses each week, etc. are all a part of the fun.
• You'll know that I've updated your data to the spreadsheet when you see that I have "Liked" your update post.

I think that covers most of the points, but other veteran challengers are welcome to chime in as well. For me, it just seems that when I approach losing as a kind of "team sport", it makes it more fun. The big losses give us an opportunity to shout about it, the little losses give us support from friends who understand, and the ever unpopular "gains" let us know we are only human and our bodies are not always under our full control. What better way to experience all of these phases and the emotions that go with them than with a group of individuals who TOTALLY know how we feel!

Welcome to the challenge!

I am in!

Edited February 18, 201412 yr by Sleeveless n Seattle

Start weight: 310# Goal weight: 290#

Edited February 18, 201412 yr by Sleeveless n Seattle