RunningA5K

HW - 280.3 SW - 256.3 CW - 178.8 TPL - 101.5 TPG - 140 Keep posting...the weekly numbers will come later this afternoon!

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I always hesitate to give Vitamin advice, but will tell you what I do... I use the Opurity Vitamins that are specifically made for Sleevers. I do this for several reasons... 1. Research indicated that lab results are better after using these vitamins (my labs have all been perfect since my surgery) 2. This allows you to only have to take one kind of vitamin (plus Calcium and Vitamin D), but you don't have to take a slew of other supplements along with a 'normal' vitamin. I like the ease of taking one vitamin..regardless of the taste...which leads me to the next point... 3. It does taste terrible (they claim it's orange berry flavored...it's more orange-y to me)...but once you chew it up and swallow it, it's done...and FOR ME...it's worth tolerating 15 seconds of icky-ness for the benefits of #1 and #2. (I usually take it in the middle of drinking my Breakfast shake, so then I can just drink some chocolate Peanut Butter tastiness and the taste is gone in seconds). Just my two cents worth...

I had emailed Quest to see if I could get a sample of the chips. They said that because it was new, they didn't offer samples. I was very interested to see how they would taste, but won't buy them/pay for shipping without having tried them first. Which flavor did you get? Here are the ingredients (for Mrs. RRn) Protein Blend (Milk Protein Isolate, whey Protein Isolate), Dried Potatoes, Corn Starch, High Oleic Sunflower Oil. Contains less than 2% of the following: Sea Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Natural Flavors. I have been eating Quest bars for probably 6 months, and love them, although I was just introduced to the Victory bar, and although they don't have quite the texture as the Quest bar, I really like them as well, and am getting them now.

Okay, it's time for the numbers...we're looking FANTASTIC and are getting very close! Total pounds to lose goal: 3770.8 Total pounds lost so far: 2898.3 We are currently at 76.8% of our total goal, with several people already meeting their personal goals! Congratulations to each and everyone of you for your progress. Keep those numbers coming in!

Final call for numbers for this week's tally... I'll post our numbers in a few hours...giving some people the chance to get their numbers in... It's looking good folks!

I finally hit a milestone a few days ago....(hit the 100 pound lost mark! Woohhoooo) HW: 280.3 SW: 256.3 CW: 178.8 TPG: 140 TPL: 101.5

Mooncat, I am a bit confused by your numbers. TPL from your HW is 136. TPL from your SW is 121. I wanted to make sure your CW was accurate, because I couldn't calculate a TPL number of 73, and want to make sure I get you down for your total weight loss!

Hello everyone, and I hope you all had a nice 4th of July! I'm a day late in posting the numbers, because my days are all messed up! LOL I'd like to continue the independence day celebration with some more fireworks: We currently have 31 people who are participating (meaning they have posted in the last two months) Total Pounds Goal: 3925.8 Total Pounds Lost: 2840.9 Drum roll....we are currently 72% to our overall goal! I don't think there is anymore fantastic news than that for today! Congratulations to all of you and continue your wonderful work and transformations!

Gotchya down dearheart! Thanks for the post and congratulations on the 70 # mark! I'm posting our numbers next!

Time for some numbers: Total Pounds Goal: 4313.8 Total Pounds Lost: 3017.9 That means we are 70% to our total goal! WAY TO GO!!! Keep up the GREAT work!

Hi everyone! Great job on reporting those numbers. I love updating the spreadsheet and seeing all of the great losses. Keep reporting in, and I will post our weekly numbers later today! (Thank you to everyone who is using the new formatting of reporting..it makes it much quicker for me to report on the spreadsheet.) HW - 280.3 SW - 256.3 CW - 187.6 TPL - 92.7 TPG - 140.3

Thanks everyone for updating your numbers. The percentages will be a little bit lower this week than last week since many of you have updated your total pounds wanting to be lost which raises that number. Currently here we are: Total pounds to lose: 4207.8 Total pounds lost to date: 2894.3 (that is AMAZING) Percentage towards goal: 68.7% GREAT job everyone!

Thanks everyone for following the new format...it is making it MUCH easier for me to record these...AND I see that some of the goal for how much you want to lose has changed for some folks, so it makes the spreadsheet much more accurate! Keep up the great posts. I'll be sending out the numbers tomorrow! HW - 280.3 SW - 256.3 CW - 191.4 TPL - 88.9 (so close) TPG - 140

Numbers for the week (we're looking really good so far) Total pounds to lose - 3606 Total pounds lost to date - 2591.1 We're amazingly at 71.9% of our goal...already in just 6 months! Congratulations everyone...you're doing a fantastic job!

Hi everyone! My apologies for being MIA for a few weeks. I've been keeping track of everyone's weight loss. I need to ask a favor...if you could please start doing your posts in the following format I would appreciate it...it would help me tremendously: HW (High Weight) SW (Surgery Weight) CW (Current Weight) TPL (Total Pounds Lost) TGP (Total Goal Pounds) The Total Goal Pounds is how many pounds you are wanting to lose in total. The reason for this is because if you haven't posted for awhile, I have removed you from the list, which means that I no longer have your info, and how many pounds you are hoping to lose...or if you newly join, and start posting your numbers, I don't have your goals. This also helps all of us see how close you are between your total pounds lost (to date) and how many pounds you are hoping to lose. If you have any questions, please let me know...thank you so much for using this new format...it will keep me from having to manually adding up each person's loss for the week which will make it quicker for me to post our numbers (which I will do in a separate post)

Hi everyone! Here are the numbers for the week: Total pounds to lose goal: 3835 (I have had to remove some MIA participants so the number is lower) Total pounds lost to date: 2586.6 We are now at 67% of our goal! Congratulations and have a great week!

Hi everyone! Thanks to everyone for posting their weigh in's...nice to see some of our friends who we haven't seen for some time! Welcome back and congratulations on your weight loss so far. Here are our stats for this week: Total pound to lose goal: 4495 Total pounds lost so far: 2749.9 We've jumped up to a wonderful 61% of our goal! Congratulations everyone, and keep up the great progress!

Hi everyone! I'm on time for once....here are the stats for this week: Total pounds lost goal: 5021 Total pounds lost to date: 2924.6 We're at 58% of goal! Congratulations everyone! Keep up the great work. Thank you all for continuing to post your weekly stats. I hope that you all find this motivating and supportive!

No change for me...been in a stall for 2 weeks (as of tomorrow) HW -280.3 CW - 204.8 It's like my body doesn't want to allow me to hit ONEderland.....ppfffttttt...

Hi everyone! I'm a day late on the stats...sorry...had a meeting yesterday afternoon and wasn't able to get these posted until today. Total pounds being lost (goal) - 5021 Total pounds currently lost - 2882 We are at 57% of our goal! Congratulations everyone! Keep up the great work!

Alrighty...drum roll please... Currently have a goal of losing 4771 pounds Current pounds lost to date: 2719.2 We are at 57% of goal! Congratulations to everyone! Keep up the AWESOME work!

I appreciate all input. I, too have very fine hair, and I wear it very short (pixie cut), so I have been pretty nervous about it. I take 5000 mcg of Biotin a day, and make sure to maintain my protein levels, and thankfully I haven't seen any come out...keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way

Hi everyone! Here are our numbers for the week: We have 38 active members posting regularly (thank you all!) Goal pounds to lose is 4671 Pounds lost so far is 2603.8 We are at an astounding 55.7% of our goal! Congratulations everyone, and keep up the GREAT work!

I have a question for you on the hair loss...are you finding it coming out in certain instances, or can you just put your hand in your hair and pull it out? I've been concerned about the potential for hair loss, but I am not sure if it is something you see in your brush, or if you can just pull it out with your hand.