Hi guys,

I really hoped to code some neat stuff for the new challenge, but with some new challenges in my own life (newly single dad, new pastor, moving to a new house in a new town, you know, little things like that =) ) I just haven't had the chance.

I have, however, set up a new challenge, beginning this Monday and ending ON Labor Day.

On Monday, please weigh in and post your beginning weight here. If you don't want your weight posted, tell me to post it as "0", and we'll only track what you've lost, not what you weigh.

Peace,

Jonathan

P.S. The site is here:

http://www.waistingaway.com/wlc

I am down 2 more pounds today!! Horray! 228. this morning & I think i even saw the flash of 225 for a brief moment-lol I can wait to be in my teens & than below 200 again. I simply can't wait!!!

I'm down to 222lbs(-1 pound for this past week) this morning, I finally hit 10 pound loss for the challenge!!

Bad new for me, I'm up 2lbs. :cry I knew this was coming, as I lost all restriction about 10 days ago, and I've really been making bad food choices, not to mention that I've hardly exercised. I'm off to see my doc today, and hopefully get another fill, and some motivation to go back to the bandster basics.

-50lbs since banding 3/30, and -22lbs since the challenge began

FINALLY....

-2.

180 now.

I've been working out SO HARD this week! Last night I knew my son had some fig newtons in his room and I could hear them calling to me, "Kare....come EAT US! WE'RE YUMMMY! EAT! EAT!"

But I PERSEVERED and abstained.

I haven't weighed all week because I was looking forward to seeing a dip on Monday for this challenge. 3:00 a.m. I got up to pee and decided it was officially Monday so stepped on the scale. OHNO! SAME as LAST Monday!! It hadn't budged a jot! Just sat there glaring 193 at me!

I was SOOOO PISSED! I went back to bed and layed there--GRRRRRRRR--and thought, just what the HECK do I have to DO???!! Then I thought, I might as well go eat the damn Fig Newtons. But by that time I was too snuggled to get up so I said to myself, "okay, Fig Newtons FOR BREAKFAST!!" and went back to sleep.

Alarm rang at 6:30 and I trundled off to the bathroom. There sat Helga (my dominatrix scale's name) just taunting me. What the heck, might as well stomp on her again....

and WHAT DID SHE SAY??? 191!!!

So I don't know what the heck my body did between 3 and 6 a.m. but I am happily, joyfully, exctatically DOWN TWO!!!

And newts are untouched. (Now THAT'S AN NSV!!!)

Hey Jonathan! Just put my new stats on your "Waisting Away" site. I thought we were supposed to list the loss from the beginning of this "Labor Day Weightloss Challenge." Your loss is listed at 118#.

Honey pie if you've lost ONEHUNDREDANDEIGHTEENPOUNDS since the start of this challenge, I wanna know WHAT you're doin'!!

But really, a 118# loss is phenomonal at any pace. GOOD JOB!

Lost another pound. I am at 180 today! I'm thrilled with that considering I ate everything but the kitchen sink this weekend!!! Hehehe

Tricia

my son had some fig newtons in his room and I could hear them calling to me, "Kare....come EAT US! WE'RE YUMMMY! EAT! EAT!"

Kare, the very first rule is NEVER GIVE YOUR NAME TO COOKIES, EVER. If you do, this is exactly what happens to you... they call you up in the middle of the night wanting to know if you want a good time. It's just so much simpler to not give them your name. Or your phone number. That's a bad idea too.

No NSVs for me. And I'm not going to step on the scales until I have too...

So I was wrong on the not having any NSV to report.

I had to go buy a big skirt for my Middle Eastnern Folk dance class... Yeah, they don't want us to call it "belly dancing" here, they feel it has "negative connotations." Yeah, what ever, it's belly dancing. I went to several stores trying to find a skirt that would match the requirements, let alone worry about the size thing... So at the 4th and final store I found one, a cocoa dip-dyed skirt. The biggest one was a LARGE, so I wasn't too hopeful. But I was brave and went to try it on. IT FIT! I just bought a size LARGE skirt. Not 2X, not XL, but just LARGE!!!

Mind you, when I bought my Large jacket, I really suspected that the label was wrong, that it had been marked Large in error at the factory, an that it was some sort of cosmic joke on me. Sort of like that pair of size 18 pants that I was able to fit into (didn't buy but that's a different story). I felt that was in error as well. Maybe it wasn't an aberation, maybe it's the truth.

I feel like I have no restriction at all. I still haven't lost any more weight, but I'll take my size shrinking.

Ahhhhh shucks... 6 more days.. and I wont make my goal... I give up!!!!

Good Luck to all of you though.. You are all doing GREAT!!!

Holding at 213...hope that every one is meeting there weight loss goals.

I'm cashing out.

Started at 179.7(180), this morning I'm 171.7(172).

I met my goal of 5 lbs plus 3 for a total of 8.

I was never put on the chart. Good luck to everyone, and have a great weekend.

Aww, you guys quit cashing out!! Well done though. Maybe we didn't hit our goals but we are DOWN from where we were! That spells SUCCESS!!!

Each morning I get on the scale (I know, I know) and I'm down .2 pounds. I did 196.8, 196.6, 196.4, 196.2, 196.0, and this morning, 195.8. Huh? Anyhow, it's down and at the end of the week I'm losing a pound or two a week, right? So it's all good anyway.

I'll weigh in on Monday, Labor Day and post my morning bleary-eyed by the coffee pot pic. It will be interesting to compare a 12 or so pound loss (I was shooting for 15).

Ya'll don't forget your picture, okay? Maybe someone could do them side-by-side for us?

I nominate Jonathan for Moderator so he can get in here and do these things. Yeah? Yes!!! Jonathan for Moderator!!! Poor Penni is likely to get overloaded, especially with maintaining the Before/After thread. And all the pics I e-mail to her. I just love my idea...Jonathan?

Are we doing a Fall '05 Challenge? I get lots of mileage out of knowing I'm weighing in each week. I'm very happy with what I have accomplished!!!! Thanks everyone!!

I definately vote for a fall 2005 challenge. How about from Labor day until Monday of Thanksgiving week. That is 10 weeks.

I too like the accountability knowing that I'll weigh in every week. And seeing others in the challenge succeed definately motivates me.

I've already met my goal of 20lbs for this challenge, and can't wait until next Monday's weight in to see what the final numbers are. I'll have the camera ready bright and early Monday morning for the after pic.

I'm in. There are probably entire catagories of NSVs I haven't hit yet.