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

Congrats to everyone on their losses!

I started at 224. My goal was 214. And I made it down to 202. November and December were big loss months for me! I know that's going to slow down but as long as it keeps going south I'll remain happy.

Happy New Year everyone!

Brad

Start 281

New Year 269

Loss 12 lbs - met my goal!

Congrats to everyone! :biggrin: :tongue: :confused:

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!

Congrats Lellow! I missed by goal by 4 lbs)= But, I have to look on the bright side I didn't gain during the holidays and I still did lose a few lbs....It's a new year!

Hi Guys and Gals,

I issued this challenge and then dropped the ball. I have been fighting lots of "demons" lately and I did end up gaining. From my fill on 11/4/08 until my fill today I gained but that is going to change. By New Year's 2010, I WILL BE below 175.

Thanks to all of you for your support and hard work and congratulations to everyone who gave it their best shot.:thumbup:

I am going to stay closer to this group and use it for the support I need.

Thanks for all the congrats everyone. Sadly though, by the 31st of Dec, I had gained 1.7 pounds (from the Christmas festivities and lack of good food choices) and therefore was 0.8 of a pound over goal on New Year's Day.

Since then I haven't gained or lost, so am back at 169.8lbs.

I honestly tried to make good food choices, but often would get to someone's house for dinner and have not one serving of vegetables on the table! Almost everything was fried, and almost all the dishes were carb-based (rice or noodles, as per Asian food staples). I never realised how much fatty and calorie-loaded food my family ate.

My 2 and a half year old son also refused to be babysat by anyone, and no one was keen to watch him for me, so getting structured exercise was impossible. I managed just one trip to the gym in all 10 days.

I also broke a toenail right to the quick, and it throbbed for 5 days, so couldn't wear my sneakers for a quick run around the block, even!

So all in all, this trip was a write-off as far as trying to lose. What I'm completely amazed by is that all I've gained is less than 2 pounds.

Anyhoo, I'm home now, and I'm back on track, and the scales will NOT be going UP again anytime soon!