Gone for Good Club - July 2006

[jqpublic 1]

Sorry that pitcher is so large I'don,t know how to make them smaller.

Ive been around LBT for 17 months now,and Im not banded! but many people have helped me with my weight loss journey to save my life. before I lost my weight my highest weight was 310 now 196.5.

I lost it all by Diet and over Exercising low calorie,s lots of Water and friends on this site.

I'tryed every crazy diet, there was nothing was working tell me Docter told me that I, could die because of weight and the problems that go along with obesty. And I, started to come down with PANCREATITIS

And TYPE 2 DIABETES.

So I made a life style change and it worked,also blood sweat & tear,s.

and hundreds of mile's of walking jogging biking and what ever else,before last june when I hurt my back and SI joint. now its walking in the pool small walks these days.Swimming

[MoOrLess 0]

WTG JQ! How awesome....over 100 lbs lost - amazing and fantastic! I LOVE the tattoo........my son just got his first one and I know how proud he is - but yours is representative of something special and important!!! Be proud! and show it off!

I'm not banded either --- I can't imagine the success you have achieved! Thank you for the motivation!

EDIT: how did I miss FUPA attack?!!!!!!!! O M G .....hit the delete button quick -- FUPA attack!!!!!!!!!

[Tricia K. 0]

Sorry that pitcher is so large I'don,t know how to make them smaller.

jq, I sent you a smaller version of it in private message.

[jqpublic 1]

Tricia, Just Wanted Say Thanks.john

[Tricia K. 0]

Tricia, Just Wanted Say Thanks.john

You're very welcome.

[lianna 3]

John, I love the tat! What a great daily reminder of how your dedication and hard work have gotten you so far.

Girls, the FUPA stuff cracks me up!!! Its great to come here and start my day off with a laugh as well as motivation!

[nolagirl2 0]

funny my stats should be:

Pfunkem - H 333/ S 315/ J 288/ G 180/ C 268 (-65 lbs total, -4 this week)

[PhotoNut 7]

Just so y'all know. Funny is out of town for a few days so the Members and Honor's pages wont be updated until she returns.

A big hello to all the new folks joining! :welcome:

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Since there are so many of us in the club and each month's thread gets so long, it becomes difficult for some people to browse through because of all of the long signatures at the end of each post. So we ask that you un-check the "Show your signature box" before posting. You'll find this option at the bottom of the "Quick Reply" window and also in the Additional Options section of the Edit screen you go to when you click on Post Reply or on the Edit button. Thanks!!

IMPORTANT REQUEST: I've received a few PMs from some of our members who are beginning to feel a bit left out and uncomfortable about posting on the GFG threads. We need to remember that we have a very diverse group of members. Young, old(er), male, female, liberal, conservative. It's important that we all feel at home here, and I believe the best way to do this is to stay focused on what the club is for. Weight loss and lapband support. I do encourage everyone to feel free to have friendly chats, but please be considerate and focus these chats around topics that everyone will want to join in or at least glean motivation and information from. We need to be cautious about offending others so that all of our members feel part of the group. I hope everyone sees that this isn't a critism of anyone who has been posting, only a request to leave room for everyone to participate. Thanks a bunch. You losers are the GREATEST!!

[PhotoNut 7]

The Gone for Good Club June Challenge

Winner is...

*drumroll*

FunnyDuddies!

Rule 1: 49 Rule 2: 78 Rule 3: 107 Pounds lost: 28

Grand total: 262

Funny will have the honor of placing this badge in her signature line..

The top five scores were:

FunnyDuddies 262 (Perfect scorecard)

Pfunkem 254 (Perfect scorecard)

MyChevyGirl 241

MoOrLess 238 (Perfect scorecard)

TellyMelly 237

Congratulations Funny, and the rest of the GFG Club for a great June Challenge!

All of you did really great this month!

I look forward to our next challenge and will be thinking about ways to spice it up a bit!

By the way, Funny and Mo aren't banded yet.

Although Funny gets her band on July 12!

Way to kick some butt ladies!!

Results were verified by Tricia K. and PhotoNut in independent reviews of the scorecards.

[Tricia K. 0]

:cheer2:

:Banane55: :Banane56: Congratulations, Amy!! :party: :Banane46: :cheer2:

[MoOrLess 0]

WTG Amy -- (FuddyDuddies) --- I can't imagine how much more awesome and successful you will be when you have the band too! Amazing job with no band - congrats!

[Telly 4]

Congrats funny banana panties!

[Kathi 0]

Way to go Funny!!!

JQ- Love the tat! You are awesome inspiration!

[Mystjin 0]

Congrats to everyone for the big losses!! Love the tat JQ - now you've got me to thinking about getting one when I have lost a bunch!

I have got to get serious about exercise! It has NEVER been a part of my life so it really seems hard to get it started, especially with the 2 jobs! I KNOW that it has to become a part of my new lifestyle, I am just trying to figure out how best to do that. Riding a bike seems like a good thing to do (outside- not a spinning class), but I don't have one. Swimming or Water arobics seems like a good thing to do and I have a free membership (for 3 months) to a gym as part of my lap band surgery. I have full intentions to start the water arobics class on Monday. I'm going to do it...I'm going to do it...I'm going to do it.... That is my new mantra! Maybe it I say it enough it will actually happen. :cry :paranoid :) YES, I'M GOING TO DO IT!!!

[beachgirl 2]

WTG AMY,

Girlfriend your losing more before we get the band than I probably will with the band. Hope your having fun and one week from tomorrow we will be in surgery. Getting close. Hope everyone will be praying for us and everyone else getting banded here shortly. I know I'm a nervous wreck and I thank everyone for they're support so far.