(POST 3) BATTLE OF THE BULGE - Summer Slimdown Challenge!!

BeachGurl815

Hi everyone, I have been away on vacation and checking in but it looks like I didn't miss much in this challenge since I left. Is everyone still hanging in? How are you doing? Does anyone need a little kick to keep going??

My weight is up a few pounds but I am ready to jump right back in and get the scale moving in the right direction again! This challenge has really helped motivate me and I hope we can keep it going to the end.

Irene8509

I think its tough to do a big challenge in July and August. Many go on vacation during this time, or are out and about with friends and family. Hope everyone is hanging in there. I am...and very excited the children go back to school next week.

cherrieruns

I'm still around, doing well so far.

cherubcrnp

Weigh in today.....what will the scale show today?

Pam aka Cherubcrnp

nlsalvatore

Hi all! I am back from vacation! I was up 2.7 pounds, but they are gone today, and I am weighing in at 199.6!!! Have a happy healthy week!

lclarkjr

Hey there BOB-ers! There is a week left until the final weigh in so has everyone had much success slimming down this summer? I know there haven't been much in the way of mini-goals and such lately, but I hope that doesn't mean everyone has fallen off the wagon. So does anyone care to share how far they've come since they started the BATTLE OF THE BULGE - Summer Slimdown Challenge?

I'll go first. I joined the challenge way back in the first week. At the time I had only been using MFP for 2 weeks and I figured joining a challenge would be the best way to keep me on track. It seemed like every other challenge was in progress so when the BOB challenge was created, I was ecstatic. I jumped on it and have been following along with the daily posts, weekly updates and mini-goals. Since the beginning of the challenge (14 weeks ago), I have lost 18.2 lbs. The smallest shirts, shorts, and pants I've owned in the last 6 years fit me comfortably now. I have been on track and stayed within my calories for 12 of those weeks and I really owe a lot of my success to the BOB challenge. The weekly weigh-ins on Monday kept me accountable during the weekend. I knew I couldn't slack off. I want to give a special shout out and big thank you to Kristy (prplangl4) for starting this challenge and putting all the work in you did to keep it going for so long. You are awesome!!

sheBB

Hi all, where did the time go! only one week left :sad: :sad: . I started BoB challenge in the third week. I was on MFP for 2 weeks prior as well. I was so excited to be in this challenge. I checked out all the posts, the mini challenges. I became addicted-in a fabulous way.

I lost 26 pounds with the BOB challenge & a total of 32 pounds so far. I feel I have the tools & knowledge now (thanks to Kristy & the BoB challenge)to lose the weight & become healthy. I am now half way there & I can truly say I am enjoying my journey. I hated to weigh myself but since the weekly weigh-ins I look forward to doing so, it kept me accountable during the weekend as well.

Thank you again to Kristy(who I hope is doing fine) & too all my friends & Bob-ers, I'm forever grateful.

P.S Congratulations Iclarkjr-only 9 pounds to go.. woo hoo! & congrats to all the Bob-ers!

nlsalvatore

Sure, I'll share! I joined BOB from the start. I was wrapping up a challenge at the school I teach at, and wanted something to keep me going during the summer months. BOB is the first challenge I ever joined on MFP. I have lost just about 18 lbs. on the BOB. Thanks to all the great members on here for their support, and to Kristy for the AWESOME job she did putting this all together. I have since joined other challenges over the summer, but this one was one of the best I have seen. The website was fantastic and the whole thing was highly motivational! Keep on losing!!

livinglifeandlovingit

I joined BOB when I joined MFP which was about 25 days ago. My sister introduced me to this site and I have been very thankful for that. I have not lost much weight (3 pounds) although I stay within my set calorie goals, however I have noticed a difference in my clothes and the way they fit, so I am stoked. I have slimmed down! My co-workers told me that I don't look as wide...ha. So we have only one more week left for the final weigh in, hopefully I will shed another pound or two. I thank all those that post nice things on the home page and through the blogs. If you start another challenge after this one, count me in!

LadyOfOceanBreeze

:happy: Hello MFP wonderful ppl!!! Fellow Bobers!!!:glasses:

I feel like I have come a very long way since beginning with this

challenge a few months ago. I stopped weighing myself after the first week

of this month because I began strength training in earnest. The scale was

not moving and it just felt right to ignore it for awhile! As it turned out the second week

of August I was wearing a size 6 and as of today, some of my new clothes are even

a size 4! I will continue with this challenge (in a way), beyond the end of the month

because I will need to in order to reach my goal weight by my Birthday next month.

I will be forever grateful to you all and especially our fearless leader, for taking the

time & to show caring for other human beings on this awesome planet of ours!!!

In this day and age where so many are only out for themselves, it is refreshing

Best wishes as we wind down here into the last few days of BOB:drinker: cheers!!!

prplangl4

All BOBers: I've been M-I-A (between my foot and the death in the family) and I haven't been tracking anything at all for you guys in a few weeks! For those who have sent weighins each week I will check my emails and record the final results (today was the last weighin of the challenge).

IF EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEND IN THEIR WEIGHINS and measurements if you were tracking those, I will add it to the spreadsheet and tabulate your final results from the overall challenge.

I'm still not able to do much cardio, but once my foot is 100% I'm going to start a new challenge (and will probably do it as a smaller closed group because too many people joined the challenge and were not dedicated and would skip weeks here and there, and some people just weighed in each week and weren't even involved in the message boards). So if you'd be interested let me know and I will hit you up when I start it up again.

Thanks all!

nlsalvatore

A big shout out to Kristy for all her hard work in organizing this amazing challenge! Thanks a million!!:drinker:

cherubcrnp

Can you believe that tomorrow is September??? where did summer go?

Pam aka Cherubcrnp

LadyOfOceanBreeze

All BOBers: I've been M-I-A (between my foot and the death in the family) and I haven't been tracking anything at all for you guys in a few weeks! For those who have sent weighins each week I will check my emails and record the final results (today was the last weighin of the challenge).

IF EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEND IN THEIR WEIGHINS and measurements if you were tracking those, I will add it to the spreadsheet and tabulate your final results from the overall challenge.

I'm still not able to do much cardio, but once my foot is 100% I'm going to start a new challenge (and will probably do it as a smaller closed group because too many people joined the challenge and were not dedicated and would skip weeks here and there, and some people just weighed in each week and weren't even involved in the message boards). So if you'd be interested let me know and I will hit you up when I start it up again.

Thanks all!

Kristi! my dear MFP friend and fearless leader extraordinaire

just wanted to say you were amazing throughout the time you were able

to be here in BOB and such an inspiration to so many of us:flowerforyou:

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! for everything & especially your

tireless dedication to this challenge~ best wishes for your future in all

you do & may all your hopes and dreams come true

I will see you back in the live homepage thread when you return:drinker: