Hi August All-Stars,

I like to set goals. I truly believe that a failing to plan is planning to fail. With that said, I am ready to set some goals for this summer and I thought it might be good to do them in the form of a challenge.

We can discuss the details and then decide what is best but I would like to set 3 major weigh ins - first Memorial Day (5/25/09), second Independence Day (7/4/09), and third our individual anniversary days in August.

I have set specific goals for myself for those days and it helps me to have someone tracking those as well. I was thinking that for those of us who want to set these goals, we could just track them as part of our normal Friday weigh-in with special posts on the goal dates.

I know that all of our goals will be different. Some of you are trying to get to goal weight. I am trying to get to onederland (if I make it, I will still be losing faster than my doctor would like). My goals are 8 lbs by 5/25, 9 more lbs by 7/2, 8 more lbs by 8/22. What are yours?

Anyone else have ideas or suggestions?

i havent even looked at this site in mths cause i feel so crap at how im doing,i still weight my self every day to be honest but work from my friday weigh in, but i might as well set a goal for my bandaversary.

by 1st August 2009 want to weigh 181lbs

i dont have memorial day or anything in between so its just that which is 14lbs.

oh this better work.

Edel, sounds like you are struggling. You are not alone. If you'll share with us, you are sure to get some good advice and support!

Well, I didn't make my first goal but I did have a good loss this week. I have recounted weeks and I am redoing goals. My new goal for 7/4/09 is -11 lbs (210 lbs). My goal is the same for my anniversay date -11 lbs from 7/4/09 (or -22 lbs from today) - which is ONEDERLAND!!!

I am pumped up! I have started training for a marathon. I will take the next 3 weeks and train like I am training to run 5 miles in an hour (I am at 4). Then I start a 26 week marathon training program. Then I travel to my sister's next December and run my first ever race/marathon all at the same time! I might cheat and run some 5K and 10K stuff in the fall because they are big around here.

I hope everyone is finding success even in your failures. I was reminded at a recent graduation. That Abe Lincoln had many failed businesses, Michael Jordan has missed at least 26 would have been game winning shots, Babe Ruth struck out almost twice as many times as he hit home runs. We can not succeed if we don't attempt and with attempts come a few failures. We just have to hang on to the victories.

Start:231.7

Memorial Day Goal:224

Memorial Day Reality: 229.2

Adjusted July 4th Goal: 220

Adjusted Bandiversary (8/4) Goal: 214

Well, I'm not going to meet my first goal (darn you TOM!!!), and I should probably adjust my final goal, but I'll wait on that. As of the 15th I had lost 3.5 lbs toward my goal for Memorial Day, but this week I put back on 1 lb - Water weight plus a bit of hormonal eating :w00t:. But that's still 2.5 lost since the start of the challenge. Onward and upward....or rather, downward! :wink2:

Edited May 25, 200917 yr by MistyD65

I missed my goal by a pound. But not at all upset. Any loss is better then a gain. I still hope to by 185 by July 4th - we shall see:tongue_smilie:

I hope everyone is having a great Memorial weekend.

Made my first goal, and finally under 200 pounds at 196 now. I dont think it has set in yet, prob wont until go to the doc at the end of the week and their scale says the same lol.

Well so far so good, thank goodness I had a fill so I am down 5 lbs already!

Start - 165

Memorial Day - 2 lbs (done!)

July 4th - 10 lbs more

August 1st - 10 lbs more

End - 143

I am scheduled for another fill in July which I will do since I found out that I lossed some Fluid the last time when they checked. (about 1cc's which is a lot)

I'm shooting for getting down to 200 lbs by Memorial Day. This would put me down a total of 77 lbs and at a weight that I haven't been at since 4th grade.

My Goal for July 4th is 192 lbs.

My Anniversary Goal is 182 lbs and that would put my BMI at 24.9 which would be the first time in my entire life that I wasn't overweight.

Bryan

Well, it's been an up and down last 3 weeks with a net loss of 0.5 lbs. That leaves me 4 lbs short of my Memorial Day goal of 200 lbs. I've kicked up my workout frequency and intensity, so I can attribute some of the "plateau" effect to gaining muscle mass. Altogether, I'm pretty disappointed in myself that I couldn't lose 4.5 lbs in 3 weeks.

Time to focus on my 4th of July goal of 192. Now it's 12 lbs away instead of 8. The next 6 weeks will be knuckle down time.

Bryan

I am 2.5# short of my Memorial Day goal, but I'm very pleased overall. I just started a new dance class and I'm pretty sure there will be some positive effects on both my weight and shape!

Veterans Day is every day. On this, our Memorial Day, I specifically reflect on how grateful I am for those who have given their lives in service to our country. Despite my personal struggle with weight, I am ever so grateful that I live in a country so bountiful that this problem is possible.

I hit 158 this past Friday so I am in the 150's by Memorial Day

By July 4th I would like to be in the 140's

and by August 7th my anniversary in the 130's. My goal is 130 hope I can make that by the end of August.

I think I have hit my sweet spot with the last fill. It's really restrictive.

Here are my goals:

Memorial day- 7 pounds

July 4th -15 pounds

August 14th- 15 pounds

If I can reach each of these goals I will have met my overall goal for the year...

Good luck to everyone! It's time for me to get movin!!!

I have barely reached my goal for Memorial Day. I might have to rethink my other goals, but for now I am happy with reaching my goal set for Memorial Day. Hope everyone is doing well!

Thank you Lanakilla for saying what I was thinking! I love this country in spite of its short comings. I am most grateful to those who gave their lives in order that I could enjoy the freedom and bounty we have. I am proud to be an American!

Forgot to log this one here...only did the weekly one last week...

Better late than never. Missed my goal by just 1 pound - I'm not readjusting anything for the long term though, I think it's all doable!

Well, I went to my PCP today and he said I should maintain my weight now at 144. I always wanted to get to 139. It is still in a healthy range for my bmi etc. Sooooo, while I love the idea of being at goal I think I would like to slowly lose 5 more pounds by August 22nd. The ultimate goal of course is not to gain any. Good luck everyone

I just found this thread so I missed the Memorial Day part of the challenge! I've got to start checking our actual category more often. I don't always get to check the main "new posts" as much as I like and I end up missing a lot.

Logged in to our weekly to say I regained 1.1 this week. I am SO frustrated! I went and looked at iCal, I enter in all of my Friday weights in there, only to discover that I've been bouncing the SAME 3 LBS for the last THREE MONTHS!!!!!!!!!! :tongue2: :thumbup:

I'm terrified to even enter a goal for my bandiversary but I'm going to. I was really hoping to be near goal by then but that isn't going to happen. I was a slow loser before surgery and surgery hasn't seemed to really change that at all.

Anyway.

I'm going to shoot for the mid to low 170s by August. I would like to be 179 by July 4th. We'll see how it goes.

I've been walking virtually every day. Either my 2.5 mile loop when I'm on my own, or my 1.5 mile loop with DD and DDog. Both work me pretty hard.

I started logging my food again on daily plate. I have to or I snack all day. This way, it keeps me accountable. If I really want to eat it I do but I go log it in BEFORE I eat it! Sometimes it changes my mind for me! LOL!