Hi all,

I haven't posted much. To be honest, my weight was moving without much effort but it has stopped moving so much. I love my doctor but he is very conservative and even though I know I need more restriction, he has only done a .5cc fill and won't do another one until January. He says this is mainly because due to a pre-surgery fill I already have 3.5 cc's and I have already lost 28 pounds so he thinks my weight is moving quickly enough.:tongue2: I am ready to make it move on...

I would like to ask anyone who needs the support and wants to set a New Year's goal to join me. I didn't want to duplicate what anyone else was doing and I did searches to try to find one here but the only one I found was the November 07 bandsters.

Who is up for a challenge? I want to lose 12 pounds by 2009! You set your own goal and lets see it we can make it.

So here is my vital info -

Rachelle--------Current 237--------New Year's Goal 225

Just wanted to quickly come on and update that I've reached goal! 181lbs to 169lbs before New Years and Im 168lbs plus change as of today!

Good luck to everyone still striving for goal! You can do it! And even if you don't, you're down however much you've lost, and that's a success in it's own right!

I don't think I will make goal by next week, but I have finally lost 2lbs. I have been stuck for the past 3 weeks at the same weight! Woo Hoo!

I have 4lbs to meet my goal - it would take a miracle, but I will be happy with any downward movement!

Ick. I put on 3 pounds this week. Travel, no exercise, visiting family, emotional stress all caught up with me. It's just a bump in the road though, and I'm getting back on track. We'll just have to see how things go this week.

Congrats Lellow! Enjoy your trip!

Brad

Start 281 - current 271 - 2lbs to go to the New Year Challenge Goal.

I had a new treadmill delivered up here in the beautiful mountains with several feet of snow on the ground and am on vacation this week - so my goal is to get 5 miles per day of walking and exceed the remaining 2 lbs.

Good luck to everyone and keep up the good work! :hurray:

New Years Challenge Results -

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !!!!!!

I am checking in two days early because I am going to Disney World with the family to Celebrate the holiday.

I am 2 lbs short of my goal but I lost 8 lbs since the challenge started Nov. 15.

I am very happy with my results. I did splurge over the past few weeks. I postponed my December fill until Jan 6th so I could enjoy the holiday.

Next Goals are very important. I plan on losing 20 more lbs by May 1st....

Good Luck to all....

Aug. 15 Band Day 316

Nov. 15 - 276

Dec. 30 - 268

Total lost in 4.5 months 48 lbs....

Hey since I had a really nice holiday...I was happy not to gain any weight. Lost a pound. Down to 174, four pounds from goal. I will see what my weight is on Friday before I change my ticket.

Woo hoo! I've lost the 3.2 pounds I put on over Christmas, plus another 0.6, to put me at just 0.2 from my end of year goal. And I'm not gonna pout over that little bit - it'll be gone by this time tomorrow anyway!

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!

Happy New Year fellow bandsters!!! I am happy to report I blew my goal out of the water!! I started 231, my goal was 220 and as of today I am 207!!!! Thanks everyone for this Challenge it was a great inspiration. I can't wait to hear about everyone's sucesses. I hope you all have a wonderful 2009.

Wow! That's incredible! What a way to start the new year. Congratulations!!:Yawn:

Wow Carramia! That's a great weight loss!

My turn to check in. I was 244.5 at the beginning and my goal was to lose 10 pounds to weigh 234.5. I am ecstatic to report that today I weigh 231 for a weight loss of 13.5.

Thank you!! I know I was surprised too. Very Awesome to all of you too!!! :Yawn::thumbup:

Congrats to all that met or exceeded their challenge! WTG!

I started at 212, goal 202, current 205. At least it went down!

Happy New Year!

Ok this challenge did not work out so well for me. :confused:

I think the need for a fill and the holidays did a number on me. I was better than I have ever been before which is wonderful, but overall the Desserts got me.

For this challenge, I lost 6 lbs. Not what I wanted, but hey I will take the loss!

Congratulations on the great losses!

I haven't posted much lately and have, as they say, fallen off the wagon, I've gained over the holidays despite having had a fill on Dec. 23rd!. I have made some very bad choices - holiday treats and chocolates have been my downfall - its now time to get back on the wagon and to get serious about the weightloss. This is much harder than I thought! :confused: