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Per @@goplay94123 I am posting this. I am finally under 200lbs. Not by much, but still I made it. Of this morning I am 199.2lbs. I thought I would never get here. I believe the last time I was under 200lbs was when I was in junior high or even late elementary school. That is sad to say, but trying to do better presently. I got old fat, but Lord willing, it is going to be gone fat! How many of you out there got old fat, but are working on the gone fat?!

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Thanks for hosting this, GoPlay. We all appreciate the time and thoughtfulness you put in to making this a fun challenge. I reached my goal of 194 a few days after the challenge ended. Looking forward to the next one!

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A week late for the challenge, but I made my goal of 168 today! Onward and upward… or make that downward. 18 more to my final goal!

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Thanks for the reminder. 168 is my final weight.

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Thanks for hosting and I know how you feel I finally got under 200 also this morning weight was 198.6. I'm ready for the Labor Day challenge

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When is the Labor day challenge going to start?

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Should be soon

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Stats for the Week of July 11th – And Final Wrap Up

It has been a fun and fruitful challenge! Let’s Start With the Stats for The Week of July 11th!

· We have 91 participating -

· We have 18 missing weights for the week so the weight is carried over

· The following rockstars met their July 11th goal this week!

· @@bjc1971

· @@fatchick84

· @@leag78

· @@MayMarie

· @@missruthy

· @@rnsamantha (Who wanted to keep weight <155 and achieved that every week)

· @@Roofergirl

· @@Sleeve it to Beaver (met her second goal)

· @

· @@Wolfgirl78

· The following Amazing Individuals met their July 11th goal this week AND hit Onederland or Twoderland! Way to Go!

· @@meimei25 (onederland)

· @@Mistie (twoderland)

· @@rydersmama(onederland)

· We lost 0.83% from last week

· The highest percentage of weight lost from last week to this week are:

1. @@goplay94123 with 2.63% - Go Me!

2. @@jabraham with 2.35%

3. @@rydersmama with 2.28%

·

Now On To The Overall Stats (Based on the final 91 participants)

1. We have lost 4.43% of our overall weight

2. We were only 427.5 lbs away from goal!

3. We lost a total of 836.8 Pounds (379.6.9 kgs)!

4. 25 Participants met their goal – That is Awesome!

5. 12 Participants made it to onderland or twoderland- must feel great!

6. The HIGHEST Percentage of Weight loss overall are the following overachievers:

· Gold: @@Sleeve it to Beaver: 13.60%: Starting 254.4 and final 219.8

· Silver: @: Starting 200.0 and final 176.0

· Bronze: @@rydersmama: Starting 219.8 and final 197.3

7. The highest number of pounds lost include:

@@Sleeve it to Beaver

34.6

@

24

@@blanch2daizzo

23.9

@@krae_98

23.6

@@Ginger Belle

23

@@rydersmama

22.5

@@jessjames

21.6

@@Shanni1269

20.6

@@dede0314

17.7

@@meimei25

16.5

@@leag78

16.4

8. Prize Winners: Since we all worked hard at the challenge and any weight loss is a victory, I used the following criteria for determining the winners of the prizes:

a. I took everyone who participated through the end of the challenge and logged a weight each week

b. I applied a randomizer to next to each name

c. I picked the first Active Weight Loss participant who logged each week and had the lowest random number

d. I picked the first Maintenance Mode Weight Loss participant who logged each week and had the lowest random number

Congrats to Active Weight Loss Mode Participant @@rubia72

Congrats to Maintenance Mode Participant @@rnsamantha

(If you Private Message me your email address, I will send you a $15.00 gift certificate for the https://store.bariatricpal.com/ website.)

The next challenge will be for labor day and will start up in a few weeks – so stay tuned for that! - Unless someone else wants to run it - send me a message and I will send you the documents

Thanks everyone!

Have a great and healthy week!

@@goplay94123

Are we doing something for Labor Day?

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Can you all please answer as to when and if there will be another challenge!!

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Apparently there's not going to be a Labor Day challenge since that's only 4 weeks away

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Hi all. I got sick after a trip. I will post for the Labor Day challenge Saturday. It will be for 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after Labor Day. Sorry for the delay. It has been a rough few weeks for me and I appreciate everyone's patience. I will post here and the new challenge.

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