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I want to play!

1. Start weight: 238lbs
2. Weight lost: Since surgery, 63lbs. Since starting program, 101lbs. Since highest weight, 141lbs.
3: Losing
4: exercise goal: 3 days a week
5: Will update later.
6: Meeting my exercise goals has been tough. Diet has been mostly okay. I just try to stay carb light and hit my Protein goals.

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Also, my fur baby just passed away so I have been very down of late.


Oh I'm sorry to hear that! Be gentle on yourself, fur babies are members of the family! It takes time!

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  • Challenge Starting weight: 190
  • Current weight lost: 20.8
  • Losing or maintaining weight: Losing
  • Fitness/exercise goal: 6 days/week
  • Total weight loss at the end of challenge: (Post January 1st 2019)
  • Check in: Tell us how you are doing - (How is your diet and exercise plan going? Any struggles? Stress level? What have you overcome? Any strategies that have helped) Struggles: Lately I have been having difficulty getting in water/fluids. I am now using a straw (with permission), which is helping tremendously.

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Challenge Starting weight: 260.8lbs

Current weight lost: 118/ 82lbs

Losing or maintaining weight: Losing

Fitness/exercise goal: Start

Edited by J San

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Challenge starting weight 272
Surgery weight 319 (9/5/18)
Pounds lost since HW 93 pounds (10/17)
Exercise minimal, diet restriction with stricture, attempting to upgrade daily, but still bouts of dizziness.

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Challenge Starting weight: 237.2lbs
Current weight lost: 50.8lbs
Losing or maintaining weight:losing
Fitness/exercise goal: 3-4x a week
Total weight loss at the end of challenge: (Post January 1st 2019) 25lbs
Check in: Tell us how you are doing - (How is your diet and exercise plan going? Any struggles? Stress level? What have you overcome? Any strategies that have helped: Currently working out 3x a week and the weight is coming off slowly. Up 1/2lb today from the red dragon but that's life.

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1.Challenge Starting weight: 301.2
2.Current weight lost: 119
3.Losing or maintaining weight: lose
4.Fitness/exercise goal: at least 5 days a week.
5.Total weight loss at the end of challenge:
6. Check in:

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Please add your current weight in your responses. Thanks!;)

  1. Challenge Starting weight: 132
  2. Current weight - 132
  3. Current weight lost:
  4. Losing or maintaining weight: Maintaining
  5. Fitness/exercise goal: Less cardio more weights
  6. Total weight loss at the end of challenge: (Post January 1st 2019)
  7. Check in: Tell us how you are doing - (How is your diet and exercise plan going? Any struggles? Stress level? What have you overcome? Any strategies that have helped)

Family stress! Keeping my stress/emotional eating in check. What doesn't challenge you does not change you. Its time to get out of my comfort zone at the gym. My goal is a booty in 2019.

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  1. Challenge Starting weight: 226.1
  2. Current weight lost: -56.3
  3. Losing or maintaining weight: Losing
  4. Fitness/exercise goal: Go to gym three times per week, close "Move" ring every day on apple watch, close "Exercise" ring at least 4x per week.
  5. Hopefully a bunch lol!
  6. Check in: Diet plan is going okay, I'm still struggling a lot with snacking and making good choices for dinner. Debating whether to start trying out some intermittent fasting type plans, but have to do some more research on it before committing. One of my goals since I've started working out finally is to try to increase my Water intake. I've been doing pretty well with hitting 64 oz of fluids daily, but often a lot of that is non-water (protein shake, milk, iced tea, etc.). My new goal is to start with definitely having at least 64oz of specifically water every day, and then move up to having at least 80oz of water every day. I'm thinking of being high maintenance and getting another water bottle...I have one 32oz bottle for home, one 32oz bottle for work, and then I'm thinking if I get one more that's something like 16oz or 20oz I can keep track of hitting 80. But then I think I'm being a hoarder with too many water bottles lol! I've started working out and it's been GREAT to be back in the gym. I had a few free sessions with a trainer from when I signed up, and between those and going to some classes I feel like I've been more effective when I go than I had been before. I'd love to start working toward jogging a bit/running a little before the end of this challenge, because beign able to do running/jogging is one of my primary weight loss goals!

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1) challenge starting weight: 197
2) current weight lost: 53
3) losing or maintaining: losing
4) fitness goal: to work out at least three times a week
5) post challenge weight loss: unknown
6) check in: I was actually looking for something that was going to focus on the holidays, so this is perfect! I’m hitting the gym hard with my trainer and it feels great! Although I notice I seem to be grazing a bit more than usual, nothing unhealthy so I can help but wonder if the increase in activity means my body wants a few more grams of Protein. Hmmm :) good luck with this first week everyone!

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Starting 210 lbs
Weight lost: 78 lbs so far
Still losing
Exercise goal: attend my class 2xs per week

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  1. Challenge Starting weight: 278,6
  2. Current weight lost: 25 Pounds ( 20 pre surgery)
  3. Losing or maintaining weight: Losing
  4. Fitness/exercise goal: Walk 7 days a week
  5. Total weight loss at the end of challenge: (Post January 1st 2019) TBD
  6. Check in: Tell us how you are doing - (How is your diet and exercise plan going? Any struggles? Stress level? What have you overcome? Any strategies that have helped) I am excited for this. I will check in on Sundays..(even though today is Saturday.. LOL)

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1. Challenge Starting weight: 202
2. Current weight lost: 41
3. Losing or maintaining weight: losing
4. Fitness/exercise goal: 5x week
5. Total weight loss at the end of challenge: (Post January 1st 2019) 12-15
6. Check in: Tell us how you are doing - I have been very focused, so I don’t want to lose that during the holidays. I also have a lot of travel, so I need to take each week as a goal.

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My husband brought home an amazing pie that his co worker baked for us. It's on my counter whispering sweet nothings to me. Practicing self control.

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Take it, sit it back on his seat, put it in the Trunk, deaden the sound of its siren song!🍩🍨🍧🍰🎂🍪

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