Valentines Challenge Week 5 - almost there!

[robijax]

Wow, where did January go????

Thank you for all of your well wishes for my husband. He is making progress. This will be a 3-6 month recovery but he feels a little better each day and we are seeing signs that the surgery was a success.

CONGRATULATIONS to the first two buddies who met their goal this past week!!!! AprilHope has lost 5 and Debbie (Grinner) has lost 8.4 with a goal of 8! I am SO proud of you buddies! Keep up the great work!

OK - two more weeks to go for this challenge! I am so impressed by so many of the awesome losses. It is so inspiring to see those numbers build up week after week. Like I said last week - I will not make my goal but I will continue to see how close I will get.

When you post your losses it would help if you give me your loss for the week and total for the challenge. If nothing else, give me the total for the challenge. If any of the totals below are wrong please let me know and I will correct them.

Buddies pledging to loose 4 pounds:
Dawn (dawmich) joining us for the final two weeks of the challenge!

Buddies pledging to loose 5 pounds:
AprilHope down 6.2 GOAL!!:)
Girlaroundtheway
Michelle (mmedwards) down 5.5 GOAL!!:)
Sharon (SharB) down 2.8

Buddies pledging to loose 6 pounds:
Carmen (Green Lady)
Jamie (scraphappy)
Panda (Panda Bear 62) down 4.4

Buddies pledging to loose 8 pounds:
Abbysv down 5.8
Becky G down 3
Cathy (PhatLady) down 6.4
ChristineP down 7
Debbie (Grinner) down 10.4 GOAL!!:)
TerriD down 4

Buddies pledging to loose 10 pounds:
Abbyla down 6.8
Beth (bethsj) down 5
Bev (justdoit51) down 10.5 GOAL!!:)
Liane Liss down 4.8
Nately
Pross down 7.4
Sodacracker down 3
Sweetheart
Wannabeskinny down 4.6

Buddies pledging to loose 12 pounds:
Angelhugs down 8.4
Darlene (tootired) down 6.2
Heather (flgal) down 1.5
Josie (Sweetjab) down 11.8
Molly (zuzu) down 6.5
Robbie (robijax) down 4.8
Sarah (wwlifer) down 7.2

Buddies pledging to loose 14 pounds:
Pat (Patricia 001)

Buddies pledging to loose 15 pounds:
Lynda (ktf120)

Buddies with other pledges:
Hanna - non scale pledges:
~exercise 5 times per week (35 times total for challenge) 21 times dones
~go to 5 weigh-in's been to 3
~get back into the habit of drinking 4 liters of water per day doing it!
***lost 3.5 pounds while doing so! :)
Alicia Constance - non scale pledges:
~will get back on track with eating and exercise
~will see the scale go down and not up
Heather (flgal) - non scale pledges:
~go to Curves three times a week
~do WW CD five times a week
~drink 8 glasses of water a day
***lost 5

Week 1 - January 2nd-8th
Week 2 - January 9th-15th
Week 3 - January 16th-22nd
Week 4 - January 23rd-29th
Week 5 - January 30th-February5th
Week 6 - February 6th-February 12th

[Pross]

Way to make Goal AprilHope and Debbie!!:goal:

And from last week....

Great Job Hanna! How Awesome!:headover:

Robi - great job on .4 - every loss puts you one step closer!
Becky - way to go on the 1.0!
Soda - 1.8 - keep it going girlfriend!
Abby - 1.4 - cool!:cool:
Terri - don't get discouraged, I'm sure the .8 + more will be off next wi!

[angelhugs]

Sorry I didn't post this sooner, it was a very busy weekend!1 I was down 1.6 lbs at WI on Sat. That makes my total 8.2 lbs. I probably won't make the goal I set, but I am going in the right direction and that's what counts. Considering my unexpected vacation and getting stranded in Florida, I didn't do too badly! :)
I will attend my normal weekly WI on Wed. so this week will be a short week, but I intend to continue the downward trend. :p
Keep up the good work all. And WTG those who hit goal. You are an inspiration to the rest of us.

[Hanna]

HI There!!!

I did not make it to WI this week. I have been to three, though, if you might be so kind as to update that, Robbie??? :buddysmoo

I am also drinking my water almost every day, and will work on the 4 litres every day until the end of the challenge.

Thanks for keeping track of us Robbie! And good luck to all buddies!

Hanna

[robijax]

I'm down .8 this week.

[grinner]

Well, another weigh in today, and down another 2 lbs.! So that is a total of 10.4. Something is definitely working!
Debbie

[PhatLady]

Whew, last week's gain was a fluke. I'm down 2.6 this week for a total of 6.4 :headover: I'm almost to the 40 lb. mark! :bcbsalute

[Panda Bear 62]

Since I haven't posted in a while, I'll just say that I'm 4.4 pounds down, total.

Makes it easier on the record keeping.

Panda

[AprilHope]

I didn't have an official w/i yesterday.. we just registered for our new 12-week at work session. But our leader brought her scale anyway and I was down 1.2 for the week brining my challenge total to 6.2.

[dawmich]

Hi Robbie and all BCB buddies. I am obviously late for this challenge but can I finish the last 2 weeks?? Please Please :-)

I will pledge to lose 4 pounds by Valentine's day.

Thanks Dawn

[angelhugs]

down another 0.2 lbs in my short week. that makes the total 8.4 for this challenge. I WI on Wed evenings so it will actually be the 16th when I finish.
How's DH Robbie?? And how are you holding up with the additional stress of caring for him and helping us so much? You are an angel:angel and we all thank you. :kiss:

[ChristineP]

Hello,

I am down another 1 pound, for a total of 7 lost. Only one more to go to make my goal!

Christine :D

[Pross]

Welcome Dawmich - of course you can join us! There's also a thread out there - countdown to Onederland (to reach under 200 lbs) - thought you might like to join us there too...

I'm with you Angelhugs - wi on Wed nights (usually - had to work last night so going this morning so my final posting will be on 2/16...)

Way to go Christine - 1lb to go to your Valentine's goal - keep up the great work - you can do it!!

[Pross]

Down 7.4 total for the challenge :strong: Going to be strong and make it!!! 2.6 to go!

[mmedwards]

I lost .5 lb this week making my total lost 5.5 lbs! :headover:

[JUSTDOIT51]

Another week late posting :embarrass Down 1.5 lb :D! Robijax, this challenge has really been motivating - thanks for taking care of us! Bev

[Sweetjab]

Down 1 more. After 2 really great losses it seems a little low. It does put me within .2lbs of my 12lb goal. So total of 11.8 for the challenge. Good luck to everyone on the last leg of our challenge.

Take care,
Josie ON :D

Start Dec. 31----- 196.6
Jan. 7------ 194 (down 2.6)
Jan. 14---- 193 (down 3.6)
Jan. 21-----189.4 (down 7.2)
Jan. 28-----185.8 (down 10.8)
Feb. 4 -----184.8 (down 11.8)

[sodacracker]

Hi Robijax,

Just caught up with this post and saw that my loss is listed as 3 lbs - which it is, as of today! I was at 1.8 lbs last week and WI today down 1.2 for a grand total of 3 lbs towards my 10 lbs goal.

Obviously not going to make my goal as I have been sitting on a high plateau for weeks but was sooooo happy to lose 1.2 this week.

Thanks

[TerriD]

Hi there,

i only lost .2 this week, but it is in the right direction anyway....

Almost there!!!!

[AbbySV]

I lost .2 pounds this week, for a total loss of 6 pounds.

[tootired]

Robijax,

I lost 2.4lbs this week... People are starting to notice and say something...

Thanks for doing this one...
Darlene