Weight loss army!!

blondie76 – Oh I’m glad you like it! I’ve figured out a way to keep all the colours and shapes the exact same every week so the consistency will be nice. I’m the same way, I know this sounds super negative but I honestly think I might have given up if it weren’t for this group or at least be doing a heck of a lot worse. Showing off for summer is going to be so much fun! Don’t thank me, it’s all of us in the “army”, you’re just as much to thank as I am.
JustGizzy – Hello there! Welcome to the army, we’re incredibly strict and do not tolerate anything but a 5 pound loss per week! NO NO, I’M TOTALLY KIDDING. We love everyone and encourage everyone no matter what the case (thank goodness because I’d be kicked out of my own army if it were the other way). Looks like you’ve already read the basics for the group! Fantastic, I’m impressed already. I just need your current weight and when you weigh-in next Monday pop by, check out the new challenge for the week and post your new weight!
natgayle – If weekends are bad then this is the army to join! Monday weigh-in sure keep you in check! I do the chart every Tuesday so basically you post your current weight, post your updated weight on Mondays on this thread and BOOM you’ll be on the chart! Hope to see you on Monday!
enromero – “SOMETHING SO SMALL”, are you kidding me! That’s FANTASTIC!! My goodness, what a great feeling! You need to celebrate! Thank you for being a part of this army! I love love love your victory story! I’m so proud of you! P.S. I’m still too scared to try mine on again but maybe you’ve inspired me. . .
barty – You certainly did do the long half! Great job! I love doing charity walks, I’m a big fan of them. Let me know if you do another one and I’ll try and pledge you!
davedylan – Sounds good, so we weigh-in on Monday’s and I post a graph of the progress on Tuesdays.
aprilchampalmer – I’m sorry to hear that, I can’t imagine how stressed you must be right now. On the up side of your news, CONGRATS ON THE INCHES, or lack there of. . . Oh lady, I bet you are going to look nothing short of fine in that cream coloured suit. I’m expecting photos! Haha. Hooray for your wedding dress victory. . .hmm, maybe I should pull mine out.
justahorsen – Allo and greetings from the Weight loss army!! Don’t worry, we never “assume everyone knows how to do things on this site”. I try and break everything down for every newbie. You are more than welcome to take a glance through the thread to get caught up on everything that has been happening. As for right now, we weigh-in on Mondays, I post a progress graph on Tuesdays and I usually post a challenge for the week. There isn’t a current challenge this week but believe you me, there will be one this week!
pressica – Thanks so much welcoming the newbies, I’m sure it makes joining a lot easier. It means a lot! If nothing else, I think this group definitely offers support too! I hope you’re having a great week!


Alright recruits, so I noticed that I didn’t give a challenge this week. . . .hmm, someone was slacking there. I’m going to blame melbhall, no I’m kidding, it was totally me, sorry about that. This Monday I’m cooking up a fun challenge. . .

P.S. I’m truly sorry for the all CAPS and !!!!, I just finished working out and I think I’m still pumped up!

allislefttogain – Wow, so tell us, how does it feel to be so close to your goal? That’s so exciting! Congrats!
luly727 – Once again welcome! Slow and steady is the best way to go, the highest success rates are with those who lost the weight at a slow and steady pace. You’re doing wonderful!
hooah_mj – Happy to have you back, You’ll have to check out the orange I found and let me know if that is Longhorn Orange or not, if not let me know if it should be darker or lighter and we’ll go from there.
chgraham – Great work on the loss this past week! Keep it up!
melbhall – Loving the new photo, Wes and you look great! Once again happy birthday and hooray on losing this week!
metfanlisa – I’m sorry to hear about your gain, great job on seeing where it might have happened and being able to smile and say “Here’s to a new week!” I know you can do it!


Well recruits, I’ve been in a funk for the last 2 weeks, boo. I did lose this week but it was only 0.3 pounds, I’m going to take that and smile seeing as I haven’t been very focused the last 2 days. I really believe that I would have had a great weigh-in this week if it wasn’t for my actions on Friday and Saturday. Oh well, live and learn right?!
LW – 200.9
CW – 200.6


So, the challenges for this week are. . . First off, I think it’s super important that we keep the water in there, that means AT LEAST 8 8 oz (250mL) glasses a day. Also, some form of exercise is right up there so we'll be keeping that one in here too, 30 minutes per day for a total of 210 minutes of exercise for the week but it doesn’t matter how you want to split it up, 60 minutes one day, 45 another, as long as at the end of the week you have 210 minutes (or more if that’s under you own personal goal). Well, three for three sound better than two for three so let’s keep up the 6 servings per day of fruits and veggies!

I wanted to add a fun challenge this week. A challenge that has nothing to do with getting healthy so much but not counter the healthy habits either. This week I want everyone to do one thing that they’ve never done before. It doesn’t have to be crazy and huge like sky diving, it can be anything. Lean the intro to one song on a guitar. Eat dinner by yourself in a restaurant. Go to a movie alone. Ask someone out, if you’re single, please no cheating on spouses for this challenge. You get the idea, so go out there and make your heart jump by trying something completely new to the norm and report back and let us know what it was and how it went!!

healthyeater9 – Baby steps are where it’s at! Great job!
fordbarth – Happy to see you post today! That’s awful about the ticks. Did you get them all off the dog? The army does feel like it is getting bigger with all the "hellos" and "is there room for one mores" but alas it is actually shrinking. . .almost all of the folks who say hello never return and several of our original recruits are MIA. That being said, we are still stronger than ever and will continue to push each other! I’m so happy that you like the challenge!
barty – My goodness you’ve been a busy bee! Sounds like everything is going wonderful for you and you deserve you! I love BBQ! Congrats on the pound down! I think with the nicer weather we’re going to see some really great results from everyone!
enromero – You are busy, make sure you don’t wear yourself out. You are doing so well!
bowbee – Thanks for the drive by! Look at you go! 1.8 pounds down! Fantastic!