Also - I made a banner for those participating in the challenge if they want to use it - the URL for it is here: http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...hallenge-1.jpg

Just copy and paste the link into your signature, enclosed by [IMG] and [/IMG] and it should be there! :D

I'm 250 last week, but today (Sunday) is my weigh in..50 lbs might be pushing it, but I'm in..

Hello and welcome Jenichip1!

Raichu, Thank you so much! I love the banner! :)

I am feeling great, so happy I changed my lifestyle. I have so much energy! :)

228.8 today. Maybe I really can do this!

PeanutsMom, you can do this. One meal, one snack, one choice at a time :)

thanks Angihas!!

my loss has been pretty slow the last couple of months - 5 lbs a month in Jan and Feb. So 33.4 lbs by June 21 seemed VERY ambitious. But I've lost 4.4 lbs this past week, so hopefully, I found a way (using the GWF) to rev up my loss and make the remaining 29 lbs amount achievable in that time frame.

My sister in law and I were talking about the 10-15 we each put on over the winter and how in the summer it seems SO much easier to lose weight, after looking at what we've been eating vs activity level, we figured out, when its 32 or lower, noone wants that chilly fruit or frozen smoothie, we want warm, hearty soups, so my goal this summer is to find more calorie friendly soups for this upcoming winter, but with 65 degrees yesterday and 70s today, I noticed I instinctively reach for more fruits, cold veggies and -light- foods, and easily pass on the heavier stuff. (this is a hint to me that I was never meant for cold weather climes and that I should now move to the tropics)

I think we CAN and will do this :)

My official weigh-in for the past 2 weeks was today and - drum roll please - I'm down 6.5lbs! I've been stuck for a while so that is HUGE! I think I'll weigh every week (and hope the scale doesn't take over) just to encourage myself to come online to post the results and get motivated by all of you!

Feb 22: 232.5
March 8: 226

Yahoo! I think I can do this :)

Raichu, I love the banner! I'll use it as soon as I can have a siggy. :)

Angihas2 - I totally agree with you. I can lose weight in the summer, but I always seem to gain a bunch of it back come winter. This year WILL be different!

Thanks, Raichu!

Krysi Congratulations! :carrot:

OK. I think this is the 2nd or 3rd challenge I've joined, but I keep moving the deadline back because I keep eating too much, but June 21st sounds doable to me. I THINK I can do ONEderland by then. Let's go!!!

CW: 215
GW: 199

Great job, Krysi

Hello and welcome ThinkinThin! Yes you can! :)

I would LOVE to join the challenge!

My current weight is 233 (down a pound since yesterday!)

34 lbs to go!!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! :cheer:

yay everyone!! So many people and so much great progress!

Hello Yodi711, thanks and good luck to you too! :)

Definitely in. I need some motivation.

SW:235
CW:238
GW:199

Hello and welcome birdtostone! :)

Is it OK if I stay in the challenge but don't check in with frequent weights? :hug:

how are we doing today ladies? i hope everyone had a fantastic day!!

Catowned, Yes, that is fine. :)

I am doing really good Angihas2, thanks! I hope you are having a great day!

Sw: 229.6
Cw: 227.4
Gw: 199.8

SW: 228
CW: 226.5
GW: 198

Only lost 1.5 this week--but I consider it a triumph considering where i am in my cycle! yay for ONEderland! Here we come!

Still going down.. but slowly. :(

Down 1.4 pounds this week. I am hoping that I have another pounds or so in water/congestion weight that I will lose soon because on Monday I was down to the weight on my ticker and now I am slightly above it.

I am down a pound (four sticks of butter!)...20 to go for onederland.

congrats stellargirl, knobhdy and beverlyjoy!!

Excellent work ladies!! I weighed less this morning, but its not normal weigh in day, so I'll hold off. I like Sundays, it helps the focus not go out the window on weekends

Hey ladies, and nice going!

I feel like I should invest in a new scale or something. The one I'm using is SUPER, way old and I'm not sure if it's as accurate as it should be anymore.
I weighed myself yesterday and came in at 238 (minus outerwear) for my first weigh in here, and then I went back later to weight my cat WITH clothes on, I came in a 235. I checked it twenty times after that and it stayed, so I'm not sure.

I did use the restroom before that and I have a ginormous bladder... so that could have had something to do with it? Maybe.

as someone who recently went through the experience of buying a new scale after losing 30 lbs, and having the new scale be significantly higher than the old one, I'd HIGHLY recommend buying a new one now, and using that for your starting weight.

And I can't even say exactly what the difference between the two was because the old scale would give me so many different numbers. I ended up with a 7 lb difference, which probably included some normal fluctuation TOM weight, but it was what the new scale said on the day I switched over so it's the number I went with. I'm still 1.4 lbs aware from my old number - this hasn't been fun, so if you are in a position to avoid it, by all means, do so!

Congrats everybody!! This is so exciting!!

I am down 2lbs this week to 220! I am one pound away from 20lbs, and 5 pounds away from losing my first 10%!!

I, too, am afraid that when I go back to America and use a more accurate digital scale that I will be higher... so I always shift around on this crazy cheap piece of junk and use the reading I get 5x out of 7!

I went around saying my weight was 220 at doctor's visits and stuff for a solid 4 years because I was too chicken to weigh myself! Slowly but surely... I can't wait for the "size whoosh" in ONEderland!!

Congrats everyone! You are doing great! :)

I did the same thing for two years!! I just didn't want to look at that scale! Lol.

I think I've found a solution to my scale problem while being absolutely thrifty.
The family friend I babysit part time for has a nice, digital scale and I can use it at least twice a week.
I also made a workout schedule that fits in perfectly for me as I just don't have the funds for gym membership at the moment.

It gets me working out five days a week with two solid workouts, and the option to alternate two others. WOO! for motivation.

I have had a horrid day, but stayed on track. Storms and tornados ripped through the state last night, which meant no one slept nearly enough, topped with a cancelled stats class I drive 50 mins one way for, (it was the only one I could get into and I need it for my degree plan), and I didn't get the call until I was 5 miles from the exit, lab class, home with the kids and rearranging schedule while trying to figure out how to juggle everything I need to do. Thankfully, lifestyle change is almost 2nd nature because I ate on campus today which is usually a HUGE problem as they have everything under the sun and this teeny, tiny psuedo salad bar tucked off in a corner and a really tiny cooler of fresh fruits and yogurts on the other side of the dining area, so you're forced to walk through all the other food options, with their smells luring you in, I did glance through them all, before acknowledging it would simply be a light calorie day until I got home and walked out of there with 2 bottles of water, a yogurt/fruit parfait, granola on top, which I scraped off and half a multi grain bagel(which I made an employee go get nutrition info on) and peanut butter. I dont understand how this college can encourage fitness the way they do, then have the crappy food choices with very little healthier choices. Meh. Either way, it's home, I stayed on track and the day is more or less over.

great job angihas!!

I'm in a similar place - I have some temptations in the house because of having a kid (not awful stuff, but things like a 90 calorie fudgesicle that would be fine for me to have) but I'd rather get to Onederland, so it's easier to just say no!

oh, good, it worked!

I made the Summer Onederland challenge banner tiny - I wanted to use it but I didn't want my signature to be too long.

hi People, I hope it is not to late to join, but I want in, this gives me something to look forward too.
SW~235
CW~227

Hi everyone,

I would like to join in. I am new to the forum, and am still looking around at all there is here. It is huge! I was happy to find this thread. I have made very rapid progress throughout my journey, but the loss has recently slowed/stalled. I have hit some major milestones recently: more than halving my BMI, more than halving my start weight, and officially being overweight instead of obese. I am confident that I can break through this rough patch and reach onederland (my next major milestone) by summer! And I look forward to following all of your journeys to onederland also. :)

Mar.10/10: 212.4 (SW for challenge)

Down 2.2 lbs this week! I'm at 225.5 total! I hope everyone else is getting some good results!!!

Angihas, my home college is the EXACT same way. It's focus is sports and health but when it comes to meals, I've actually had to write the Dean on several occasions to ensure we had the salad bar at night (and we sometimes still don't.) Worse, no one seems to care. UGH!

(and by the way...CONGRATS on your victory over the cafeteria! That's no small feat!! :carrot:)

What a day, Angihas2, congrats on staying on track!

**** and welcome to the group, Azulfire, and Joannie! :)

Congrats on the weight-loss, Meagan!

My weigh-in day is tomorrow, I hope to see something good! :)