Your thinking is solid - I would go for 175, spend some time getting used to your body at that weight and then determine if you want to maintain or go on.

Hey everyone,
I would like to join, my start weight is 230lbs and my goal weight for July is 219lbs. So here it goes!
7/7- 230
14/7-
21/7-
28/7-

I want to join in. I have been soooo off track for several weeks now. I knew I had to come back to 3fc today and get it going again.

SW 257.8
CW 257.8
GW 252 for July

I will have to weigh on July 29th. Going on vacation that day.

My morning weight went up for a few days, but I got a pound loss this morning!

SW: 172.4
CW: 169.8
GW: 165

minoja75: I agree with princessbgirl that your thinking is solid. My original goal weight was 150, smack dab in the middle of my recommended BMI range. But I was feeling so much better about my body at 190 that I knew that I didn't need to lose 40 pounds more. I reset my goal to 170. I continue to think of 170 as the top end of my maintenance range. 165 is more where I want to be -- it's just challenging enough to maintain at 165 that I don't go off the rails (too often) but not so challenging that I would be unhappy to eat this way the rest of my life.

Thank you for your input princessbgirl and gardenerjoy I think I will definitely aim for 175 and see if that is the me weight.

Finally broke 230...YAY! I feel like I have been in the 230's forever. I know it was because of being off plan for the last 2 months...I am actually pretty lucky with the way I was eating not to have gained back a lot of what I had lost. Not going to press my luck like that again. 229 on the scale today...so happy. 7 pounds to go to meet July goal...a little worried with this vacation coming up and getting to have all that West coast food we can't get on the East coast and have been missing. I think I will just have to factor in a cheat day or two...

Congrats on your loss gardenerjoy!

I want to join. I feel like the more challenges I join, the better. It gives me motivation. Right now I weigh 185.6 and I would like to be at least 178 by the end of July.

SW:185.6
CW:185.6
GW: 178

I had a bad weekend a didn't stay on plan very well, but me and the friend I walk with have decided to try to take a break from the drinking, so hopefully that will help me make my goal.

I am joining too.
SW: 194.8
GW: 184.8
I am thinking I have some water weight right now, so I do not think a 10 lb loss is out of range for me.

Sarah - I am like you, challenges really motivate me too. :0)

Good Morning everyone!!! I hope this finds you all having a wonderful on plan day!

Today I am going to keep visualizing my goal and get back on track with my exercise. Good luck to you all!

7/4: 140
7/8: 139.5
This month's goal: 138

Tabbycat here.

I will join in this month.

My goal is to get down to 130.

Welcome back to everyone from previous challenges, and welcome to our newcomers! It looks like everyone has great goals in mind! Hopefully we're all off to a good start this month!

Here is our goal list for the month. Please let me know if I've missed anybody or if I've listed any goals wrong. I'm not usually organizing this challenge and I'm doing my best to stay on top of it!

July Weight Loss Challenge Goal List

aniela26: Get to 195
cat eyed: Lose 3 lbs
cinderelly: Get to 215
dcapulet: Get to 210
envelope: Get to 184.8
Flattum2be: Get to 219
gardenerjoy: Get to 165
irinaelenav: Lose 5 lbs
JazzyPeggy: Get to 252
LeeciesLosingIt: Get to 165
minoja75: Lose 12 lbs
PaintedButterfly: Get to 136.8
pfyoung: Get to 170
Sarah1321: Get to 178
Steph7409: Get to 136
Tabbycat: Get to 130
Thedollylala: Get to 205
tyla: Get to 138

Good luck everyone!

Thanks for posting the goals aniela26! I've just realised I have no idea why I said 146.8 or why I've been posting 140 numbers! I'm in the 130s! Would you change my goal for me please to 136.8? Thank you! I've obviously not got my head around being in the 130s yet lol.

Well this month is off to a fantastic start weight loss wise for me! Hehe I'm 0.4lbs from my goal for this month already

Start Weight: 138.8lbs
Goal Weight: 136.8lbs

02/07/12: 138.4
09/07/12: 137.2
16/07/12:
23/07/12:
30/07/12: 136.8

Weight change so far: 1.6lbs lost

Done!