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Know exactly what you mean. I have been trying to break into the 220's for 2 months now. Final weight in at 231.

The results for last week's weigh in have been posted. March Pre Spring Challenge Big congratulations to CTMom who is now no longer a fat person with a BMI in the normal range. legnarevocrednu is in Onederland Congratulations to everyone who has already met their goal, to those close to meeting their goal, those who have lost any weight at all and even those who have gained weight this month. I think that everyone of us at least once in our life threw up our hands and thought "what's the use I will never loose any weight, let alone enough to make a difference". Just because you are participating in this challenge proves that you are making an effort. I expect to see everyone back for next months April Showers Challenge.

Holy Moly, 6 pounds in one week. I'm happy with 6 pounds in a month anymore.

Down to 233, only a pound but seeing I was up 4 pounds on Monday after a bad weekend I will take it.

Here are the results of week three. March Pre Spring Challenge Congrats to all who are making head way towards their goals, both scale and non-scale. To those of us who aren't don't give up. Best bio goes to Jessica, I'm such a sap for a love story.

Like Misha even though the scale hasn't been moving much I found out today that I can now fit into a 44 pants. Now 44 still seems big but compared to the 60 something (don't know my exact pants size since I only wore stretch band pants before) I was wearing this is a big event. The thing about this is the a size 44 is normally the largest size pants sold in stores, if you want larger you have to go to the big and tall store. It has been quite a few years since I was able to go to Target or Khol's and buy clothes, although Goodwill is still my main shopping source, it is nice to know that I could buy new clothes if I wanted to.

Down 1 pound to 234, not to great seeing that the month is half over, but still better than a gain I guess.

You are already on there under Terry which is the name you gave in the questions at the start of the challenge.

if you post your weight here on the Thursdays I will put it on the chart and upload on over the weekend.

The results are have been posted for the first week of the challenge. http://www.larryp.com/challenge/march/spring.html So let's have a few introductions so we know who we are supporting. I'm Larry and I am from Indianapolis, IN. I will be 60 years old this July (I hate to think about this). I am married, I have 4 grown step children and 6 grandchildren, all boys and three cats who live with us, they think we live with them. I never was overweight when I was younger but years, the problem was that I had the attitude that moderation was for monks, so years of eating what I wanted and heavy drinking plus the fact that I am by nature a lazy person put on the weight. A couple of years ago I went to the mailbox after it had snowed and slipped and fell down. I couldn't get up and had to crawl through the snow to my car so I could pull myself up off the ground. I ended up getting my hands frostbit and at that point decided that drastic measures needed to be taken. Now 155 lbs lighter I feel better than I have in years. In my personal life after loosing 100 lbs I decided I was going to learn to play an instrument, My wife has played guitar and sang since high school but I never had the motivation to actually sit down and learn how to play, even though we have one of almost every kind of instrument in the world in our house. Last summer I found a ukulele in the closet that I had purchased on E-Bay years ago and repaired. I put new strings on it and started practicing. My gosh what I had been missing all my life, I am now obsessed with playing this little instrument, it just makes me feel so good. There is a problem though, It is a ailment called Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome. At this point I own 11 of these things. For anyone who in interested here is a recording we made at home, I am not playing on this, I have just reached the point where I feel comfortable playing in front of people so maybe next month I I will make a recording with me playing on it. This is my wife singing and playing baritone ukulele to an old Gus Khan-Richard Whiting tune called Ukulele Lady. The song was first published in 1925 and has been recorded by Arlo Guthrie, Bette Midler, and my favorite version by

You know that your weight lose is working when you can measure how much you have lost from your waist size in feet. BTW your before and after pictures show what a tranformation you have made. Not only are you thinner but you so much more cheerful and happy than before.

Start out the month good lost 3lbs but then gained it back +1. This morning back to 235 so no change for me.

I have the new table up for this months challenge at this link March Pre-Spring Challenge. Good luck to everyone and even if you don't make your goal at least you are trying and that makes you a winner. The best part of running this challenge is that I have to read everyone's posts, so that is the reason for the questions, yep it's for my entertainment. So!!! To Justdoit130 yes you can pretend you are 29 years old for as long as you like, but "laying on the beach!!!!" does not count as an exercise/activity. To Carol who's personal goal March is to "start a you tube channel", we will be expecting a link by the end of a the month. and to Megan, try walking where it's not boring. Stay tuned, more to come.

Welcome to the monthly challenge. This month is the "Be My Valentine Challenge". Copy and post the template below and fill in the information by Wednesday Febuary 1 the come back every Wednesday on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th and post your updated weight. I will keep track of the weights and try to get a table listing everyones results on the following weekend. Good luck to everyone and remember this isn't a contest it's a challenge and you are a winner no matter how much you loose. Name, real or screen~ Goal weight for Febuary 29th~ Weight on Febuary 1st~ Age~ Dietary goal for Febuary~ Exercise goal for Febuary~ Personal goal for Febuary~ Date banded~ Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ Do you have any Valentines day plans (How do you plan to handle Valentines dinner)~

Here are the final results, Sorry they are late, I will try harder next month. Congratulations everyone regardless if you made your goal or not. A special congratulations to Mandy for loosing over 200 lbs total, quite an accomplishment. If you haven't already joined sign up for next months Pre-Spring Challenge. Be My Valentine Challenge Results

Name, real or screen~ Larry Goal weight for March 30th~ 228 Weight on March 1st~ 235 Age~ 59 Dietary goal for March~ Cut out snacking at night Exercise goal for March~ At least 3 nights a week and something on the weekend Personal goal for March~ Get my taxes done Date banded~ 1/20/2011 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 155 What is your favorite outdoor excercise/activity~ Biking and disc golf.

Final weigh in at 235, made my goal but just barely. It is starting to get warm so I need to clean up my bike and get ready for spring, only problem is that they are predicting snow this weekend. Come on spring!!!! Be sure to join in on the March Pre-Spring Challenge.

It is posible, I lost over 100 lbs with very little exercise, but I was extremly overweight and at the time was so out of shape I wasn't able to excercise, now I have to work a lot harder at loosing weight. So I would say it is posible up to a certain point but not feasable to obtain my ultimate goal.

Well I got back in time to update the schedule but after staying up until 3AM for three nights in a row playing music and drinking Irish Whiskey I ended up taking a nap and slept all afternoon. I promise to get it updated by this weekend. The good news is that even though I drank a lot calories over the weekend I didn't snack at all so I still ended up loosing 1/2 pound for the weekend. Be sure to join up for next months March Pre-Spring Challenge

Down to 235.5 only .5 away from my goal. Let's see if I can maintain on a weekend music trip. I have been having trouble making the time to get the chart uploaded, I will try to get it uploaded this weekend but it depends on when I get home from Metamora.

Down 2 pounds to 238. I hope everyone had a good Valentines Day. I went out to dinner with my best friend whom I proposed to 19 years ago this week, then we came home and watched zombie movies.

Now that I have your attention where is this weeks quiz. Oh, I didn't mention there would be quizes. My bad! What habit do you have left over from your max weight that you need, or would like to break? Here is mine. I still drive around the parking lot looking for the closest parking space, even though I know the walking is good for me and I don't mind walking anymore. I even caught myself doing this at the gymm the other day. So starting today, well maybe not today since it is so cold it makes you remember that men have nipples too, but as soon as it warms up I am going to start parking as far away from the store as I can.

This months winner for best name goes to "Sweetheart Amy" (amyloveslou)! The worst lier award goes to Andrea for posting her age as 28 31(lol) The best response to the Challenge Question "Do you have any Valentines day plans (How do you plan to handle Valentines dinner)" goes to Ready4therealme - This one's easy for me! After 15 years of marriage, I was divorced a little over a year ago, and am loving life alone. I'll be my own valentine and love myself enough to stay on track! and the runner ups Puppypaws57 - Only LOOK at the candy!! sweetheart Amy nope ! i dont belive in that EVERYday you should tell your loved ones how much you love them..its just a money maker for hallmark Joyce - I get a fill on VD. So I'll drink my Protein shake in a stemmed glass! The best checkin post award goes to Mandy - check in time i didnt do so hot this week cause i was sick but i did lose 1 lb and i think that was the lung i coughed up ! Start 247 now 246 ! And the Way More Information than I needed award goes to. Andrea - Checking in today @ 299 up 4 lbs from last week....thanks Aunt Flo lol Remember that all awards judged by an panel of partial judges (ME), bribes are incourged.

Good morning Lady's at least I think I am the only guy here. The latest results have been posted at the following link. The Be My Valentine Challenge

Weighed in at 240 this morning, 3 lbs down from last week, now let's see if I can keep it going in the right direction. I have been bouncing around 240 more or less for 2 months now. Sorry I didn't get the results posted over the weekend. I will get it taken care of this weekend.