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649848 tn?1534633700

Summer Weight Loss Challenge

Who’s ready for bikini time??  Certainly, not I……………..

With just 6 weeks before the first day of summer, this seems like a good time to start a new challenge, to get “fit and fine”, for the bikini, bathing suit, sundress, shorts and tank top, or whatever your favorite dress code is for summer.  

Oh, and let’s not forget that we’ll be healthier for losing those excess pounds!!

I, personally, have too much weight to lose, to think of getting into a bathing suit of any kind, this summer; I might opt for shorts and tank top …….. at any rate, it’s long past time for me to get busy and get the weight off.  

SO – in order to get as “fit and fine” as I can, and knowing that small goals aren’t so daunting, I’m committing to losing no less than 1 pound/week for the next 6 weeks – that’s from now till June 21st, which is the first day of summer.

“Only 6 pounds”, you say?……. well, that will be 6 pounds less than I weigh today, and if I am real diligent, maybe I can lose more; AND losing 6 pounds just might be the encouragement I need to keep going to lose the rest of the weight I need to lose….

I’m challenging every one of you to “meet or beat” my goal.  

All you have to do to join in, is make a commitment to lose at least 1 pound/week.  Can’t be *that* hard, right??  Hmmmmmm, we’ll see about that!!  LOL

So here we go; just post below that you want to join, then start by losing (weight, that is).  We will use our Sunday Weigh In thread to keep track of progress. For those not familiar with the Sunday Weigh In – this is a post that I do each week (on Sunday…. lol), in which we post our weight loss for the previous week, “brag” about our successes, talk about whatever problems we might have encountered, what we might do to change things, encourage those having problems staying on course, etc……….. Watch for it – I post it every Sunday morning, with the title “Sunday Weigh In (date)”.  

Everyone is welcome to post on the weigh in thread, whether or not you choose to join this challenge.

Are you ready??   LET’S “WIN” BY LOSING (weight, that is)……………….
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1666434 tn?1325262350
Hey everyone let's get this challenge up and running start posting your progress here for Week 3:

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Weight-Loss--Dieting/Summer-Weight-Loss-Challenge-Week-3/show/1528021
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I would like to take the challenge too!
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1666434 tn?1325262350
The less I eat the more I gain :(  I was always backwards from everyone else.  I would watch my girlfriends lose weight from hardly eating and me, it was like my body did a protest session on me.  Now I eat small meals and snacks.  I have tried a lot of different diets and I have to say the one that helped me the most was the Fat Smash diet.  I didn't realize how my body takes to fat soo much until I did this.  I literally lost about 4 pounds the first week I did it, and my body never does that!  I would run and exercise my butt off and not see that scale budge, but this helped so much.  You can do a search on line for the Phase I of Fat Smash to get an overview.  Everyone is different what works for one might not work for all.  High protein does not work for me :( but this did.  Keep us posted!
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Hello everyone,

New to this and would love to join in. Have soo much to lose. I am currently 362 and started the weight tracker yesterday. Wish me luck !
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1459728 tn?1306356214
Hi, im Lisa ( thought id introduce myself.) You can count me in !!!
Ive been on body trim diet  (high protine low carb) for 3 weeks now and have lost around 9kg so far but its killing me lol. The last 2 days i realised i have eaten NOTHING litterly!! Not because i have been trying but i just have no appetite and the thought of food became an annoyance :(
But today i am feeling the consequences, im verry lethargic, shakey, sick in tummy and muscles feel like i been hit by a truck..... Now im worried that if i do start eating ( even small meals 6 times a day) that its all going to be stored as my system will think its not going to get fed again :(
Ahhhhh anyhows i am so sorry for the rant. But Im in !!
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756023 tn?1338520435
I haven't been on for awhile but count me in as well.  I have 15 pounds to lose by August.
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