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Watching this list grow day by day has brought a smile to my face on a frequent basis and It has crossed my mind that it would be a very comforting and encouraging list for those that are pre-banding. I have felt zero pressure... only joy to see so many having such great success with their bands!

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no pressure here...its like having a fund raiser and settin a goal of 1,000 if you dont make it OH WELL you still had the fun of participating and its not like we are letting anyone down!

michelle

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Me too...we have all achieved so much - I don't think anyone was starving themselves in order to make up the last few pounds or lying awake at night trying to cope with the stress!!! So amazing to see all our weight loss together - wonder what weighs 4000lbs? A truck? 5 elephants? I'm useless with weights........!!!!

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Betty 54

Paula 43

Kelly 65

Becky 77

Carol 102

Alex 110

Nana 49

Rich 20

Larae 22

Maureen 73

Marie 56

Wyld Blu 73

Penni 54

Vera 60

Darcy 59

Kelly 39

michelle 135

mary 65.4

greg 77

Sharon 35

Tricia 60

Darcey 23

cindy 88

Melissa 39

Michelle 80

Jonathan 27

Lisa 70

Lauren 23

Babs in TX 150

Bright 82

Jamie 5

Megan 60

Katie 29

Bobby H. 46

Estela 23

Angela 37.5

Terri 43

Teresa 86

Kristie 187

Pat 26.5

Carmen 98

Rica 60

Deniseg 35

Sue 101

Nancy 71

Nancy Smiles 67

PamRN 44

Teresa 100

samy 22

Zoe 50

Audrey 172

Nancy 61

Melissa 54

Sarah 41

Linda 77

Jessica 25

Janie 132

Kyleigh 50

Leatha 75

Fiona 203

Wade 60

Total: 4041.4 :cool:

Wade Beasley

Dr. Cacchione

11.17.2003

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Hey wade for some reason you did not copy the entire list. Might want to edit your post to reflect that. Or better yet just wait cause I think there will be a NEW post started in a day or two.

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wonder what weighs 4000lbs? A truck? 5 elephants?
My PT Cruiser (Chrysler) weighs 3300 lbs., so I would guess a typical American SUV would be about 4000. I think of it as 100 giant dog food bags @ 40 lbs. each!

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Penni, will you lock this thread on the 1st and start a new list? This way there will always be a month-to-month comparsion. Either that, or you'll have to send each and every person on the list regular reminders to update their numbers. Or something like that?!?

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Not a problem. I will lock this thread on the 1st and record the initial loss from the previous month. Is that OK with everyone?

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The only reason to lock this thread is so people won't get confused as to which one to post their weight loss on. We don't want to have two lists going in one month. IT is hard enough to keep things accurate on one post.

Did I explain that well enough? Sometimes this late at night I get myself confused. LOL!!!

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I am planning to start a thread with the month in it, for example Weight Loss thread for the month of March. Hopefully that won't cause any problems in the future.

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