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Hi guys - just in case anyone was interested, I started a Thanksgiving challenge. Here is a link to the spreadheet: Turkey Day Challenge!!

I also created a spreadsheet for the New Year Challenge. Its similar in date to the Christmas Challenge if you want to join that one: New Year Challenge!!

With these spreadsheets, if someone deletes them (which is so Jerky, so I hope they dont) it won't be a big deal as youre just entering your start weight, goal weight, and your actual current weight (as opposed Week 1:-3.2, Week 2:-2.4) etc.. So if it gets erased, you just need to remember (or estimate) your start weight, re-enter your goal weight, and enter your current weight (as opposed to trying to remember the number of pounds you lost every week for a bunch of weeks). The spreadsheet does the rest of the calculating!

I love challenges so much so join in!

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Count me in for both challenges!:thumbup:

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Count me in for both challenges!:smile2:

Yay!! The more the merrier! :wink2:

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I am in too.

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Well, poop! I just discovered it was decimated too.

I had all my weights, so I reentered them, and I will be still doing the challenge to the end for my own benefit, but what a bummer. The next challenge I join, I'm going to make sure I download and save the spreadsheet each week after I enter my weights!

*sigh*

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It looks like someone started a new Christmas Challenge in case anyone was interested: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ak2Ill9eR_EidG1WRTUyU0FXVkNqSXZPcnloVUtvSGc&hl=en

And the weigh-ins haven't started yet so you haven't missed anything :eek:

And don't forget to sign up for the Christmas and Thanksgiving challenges! Links are in my signature.

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I hit my goal of 199 yesterday and have updated the new version of the spreadsheet with each week's loss. On to the next challenge!

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After not losing weight for almost two weeks, I finally lost 2lbs.

Whoo Hooo!!!:) I got a fill on Friday and hope that it continues.

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We are a month out from finishing this challenge- just wondering how everyone is doing.

I know this week was awful for me- I had my third surgery on Tuesday (to replace the port they removed during the last surgery) and haven't been active at all because of the pain. Coupled with the over-abundance of food from Thanksgiving, I know I've put on a few pounds.

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