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Peaches wrote the following in another (long) thread.

"o.k. then, check my 'ticker' I am down those crummy 3 lbs that I gained over the holidays!!!
:)

SO now its on to the next MINI goal. 10 lbs gone by Jan 31st..

WHo's in with me to do a mini challenge, 10 lbs at a time????

Cammon' I know you wanna!!! You lurkers out there."

I'm ready for that challenge! My next goal was 10 pounds less by January 31st. Thanks for the challenge Peaches!

Mary

p.s. I may have posted this before, but a great site I found to help get you back on track. 5daypouchtest.com I found it to be really helpful and I lost five pounds during the five days and it broke the plateau I was on. And it helped me kick a few habits that I was stuck in as well.

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Ok! Turtle turtle on the wall who will lose the most of all. Not me for sure, but I hope to lose 2 lbs by end of January.

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Well I am not looking to lose weight but I am willing to challenge myself to working out and eating better... so I am willing to challenge myself to take a class or work out at least three times per week

Heather

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Well thanks ladies, that's a start.

I was hoping that people would be interested in posting other threads apart from the one that is going on and on.

I promise to stick to my goals as well. And if I do lose that ten pounds, I'll be a happy girl.

Mary

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Ok....I'm up for a challenge !!! I'm not going to pick a # of pounds I want to lose because at this stage that # isn't the most important thing to me.

I have pretty much been at a stand still for the last year and within 20-30 lbs of my original goal. I still want to get to that goal but it isn't important to me if I do it in 6 months or 6 years...simply because I am SO much healthier and happier than I was.

As of yesterday I started the 5 Day Pouch Test (with a few minor variations) and I also started the Beck Diet Solution book which I bought 6 months ago....and promptly put on a shelf and ignored !!!

So my January challenge is to finish the pouch test to get the scale moving and stick with the book to get my brain and motivation moving !!!

Patricia

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Do we all check in at the end of January to accept the Feb. challenge? or is this challenge meant to be only one month?

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Do we all check in at the end of January to accept the Feb. challenge? or is this challenge meant to be only one month?

Doddie,

Not my thread but I would suggest we check in as we go... so we are accountable and cheering each other on!

I suck I haven't made the gym yet the bag is packed but I can't do yoga until my wrist heals long story but there is aquafit on Thursday and just plain jane cardio! So tomorrow gym... and thurs.. Tonight I have dinner plans it is a special occasion dinner which I am glad don't happen every day.

On the upside I am eating better... fruit, back to my loved desired and adored spinach salad for lunch with some more veges and hard boiled eggs.... so I am getting back to some of my basics now I just need to stop the sugar... darn xmas leftover home made chocolates!

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Sorry, for some reason I'm not being notified when a post comes in.

Let's check in about our own personal challenges and we can make a new one for February!

Patricia, how did you get on with the pouch test? I did mine again to get back on track after Christmas and I don't know how much I lost as I was afraid to get on the scale, but when I did brave it, I was 1/2 less than I was before Christmas, so I considered that a victory. I'm back on track with my eating, and am exercising again five days a week, despite a really sore foot. (heel spurs)

Mary

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checking in......and arrrrrrrrgh! Why does my body do this? Every saturday. 226 224 222 223 now 227 geeezzzzzzz I get so frustrated with this routine. Never fails up, down, down, down, up but in the end always a small loss. Only by looking at my chart can I get a gleam of hope to keep on slogging. Oh well, may have my 2 lbs by end of month hopefully

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Well I am not weighing but I should step on the scale at the gym tonight! I joined the gym signed up for a personal trainer went three times last week... I have a training session tonight again so that is going well.

Now my sugar challenge.. I have been avoiding chocolate etc because I am seriously addicted and dependant... so last Tues I gave up the chocolate and I haven't had a cookie etc since. Now I have had sugar in the form of fruit and some booze... a glass of wine here and there and a margarita but compared to my norm as of late that is leaps and bounds from where I started a week ago.

I can not tell you how hard this has been how many times I have idly picked up a chocolate bar or almost reached for a cookie in the last week just not even thinking. I can't tell you how much I wanted it when my body went into withdrawal and my head started pounding and didn't stop for days. I can understand how people relapse because mine issue is minor... I can't imagine being a drug addict or a smoker and going through this...

So off to the gym to pay a lad to kick my butt into shape ;-)

Heather

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Hi: In my experience, any addiction, no matter what type, alcohol. drugs, or food is a bummer to try and control.

Unfortuantely for me, I seem to have the addiction to salt and fats. My GP insists I weigh in every Saturday and when I visit him he records it. His interest is what keeps me going knowing I have to account to not only myself but him.

Have fun at the gym and high energy is my wish to you.

I can not tell you how hard this has been how many times I have idly picked up a chocolate bar or almost reached for a cookie in the last week just not even thinking. I can't tell you how much I wanted it when my body went into withdrawal and my head started pounding and didn't stop for days. I can understand how people relapse because mine issue is minor... I can't imagine being a drug addict or a smoker and going through this...

So off to the gym to pay a lad to kick my butt into shape ;-)

Heather

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Hi: In my experience, any addiction, no matter what type, alcohol. drugs, or food is a bummer to try and control.

Unfortuantely for me, I seem to have the addiction to salt and fats. My GP insists I weigh in every Saturday and when I visit him he records it. His interest is what keeps me going knowing I have to account to not only myself but him.

Have fun at the gym and high energy is my wish to you.

Doddie,

Thanks for the good wishes.... I love the gym while I am there, other than Jamal is going to kick my ass and push me hard again of that I am sure! I used to weigh daily and haven't in about 5 years since I was at goal for about 6 months and just after plastic surgery I stopped. It worked very well for me for a long time... but in this case I had my own reasons for not caring if I gained and weighing daily wouldn't have stopped me it would have just made some other things worse.... I think there are merits to judging your progress by the scale and by how you look and feel. I have to say sitting and talking to Dr Yau when he moved my port back in Oct helped a lot. Knowing he is there whenever I need him or call Slimband helps too... at the time Dr Yau and I were talking I just wasn't mentally ready to make any of the changes I knew were coming.... and I knew they were coming and exactly what they were because I had been here before.... that was prebanding so I knew how much work I had to go. I just didn't factor in the Migraine headaches that were my body begging me for sugar.

Heather

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Getting back on track is one of the hardest things in the world for me, because I (like you) know what is coming. Starting out fresh with the band it was all new, scarey, enlightening, all the emotions to keep me going. It is when I revert to old habits that I have that terrible fight with myself because I know what is coming.

How did you get yourself moving?

Doddie,

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Getting back on track is one of the hardest things in the world for me, because I (like you) know what is coming. Starting out fresh with the band it was all new, scarey, enlightening, all the emotions to keep me going. It is when I revert to old habits that I have that terrible fight with myself because I know what is coming.

How did you get yourself moving?

Doddie,

I started in Dec ad I just did something every day for 20 days... mine was treadmill.. I know I need to move and I feel better when I am moving so as trite as it sounds I am just doing it.

When I was talking to Dr Yau we were talking fitness and I was asking him about his running program... and he agreed it is the same thing... he just started doing what he was telling his patients to do and he ended up running more and more and he loves it... so it is finding something you enjoy and just getting up and saying no TV program is worth the sacrifice of your health... and besides you can tape it and watch it later ;-). So I am trying to get into a mindset where nothing is as important as me and my fitness and my joy... so I am going and I enjoy working out while I am doing it and I have developed a love of the steam room as my reward and I don't get that unless I go and move!

Good luck Doddie just do something for 5-10 mins and then increase it daily!

Heather

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