V's Personal Birthday Challenge!

Start Date: 10/01/07
Upcoming Birthday: 4/26/08
Duration of Challenge: Almost 30 Weeks

Starting Weight: 167
Goal Weight: 125
Total Pounds to Lose: 42
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 1.4lbs.

Checkpoint 1: 11/17/07
Goal Weight: 152
Weigh IN: 153
(Loss/Gain): -14lbs.

Checkpoint 2: 1/11/08
Goal Weight: 137
Weigh IN: 149
(Loss/Gain): -4lbs. (Yikes, I was way off the mark on this one. Darn holidays!)

Checkpoint 3: 3/03/08
Goal Weight: 131
Weigh IN: 137.3
(Loss/Gain): -11.7lbs.

Checkpoint 4: 4/26/08 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 125
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Personal Reward: I'll have to think about this one.

Krista's Personal Birthday Challenge!


Start Date: 10/3/2007
Upcoming Birthday: 03/05/2008--->23rd b-day!
Duration of Challenge: 5 months 2 days

Starting Weight:253lbs
Goal Weight: 167
Total Pounds to Lose: 86
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 4.4

Checkpoint 1: 11/05/2007
Goal Weight: 235
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Checkpoint 2: 12/05/2007
Goal Weight: 218...that ones gonna be hard cuz the holidays
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Checkpoint 3: 01/05/2008
Goal Weight: 201
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Checkpoint 4:02/05/2008
Goal Weight:184
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Checkpoint 5: 03/05/2008 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 167
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I added an extra check point so that I could have an even amount of time between them all, and not have to go almost 2 months between one of them....

my first checkpoint is supposed to be tomorrow but i ate WAY WAYY too much the past 2 days! i'm starting over tomorrow (gah i promise) and i'm changing my checkpoints! LOL!!

checkpoint 1 oct 11
checkpoint 2 oct 18
checkpoint 3 oct 25
checkpoint 4 nov 4

Lexia's Personal Birthday Challenge!

Start Date: 11/10/2007
Upcoming Birthday: 15/06/2008
Duration of Challenge:248 days

Starting Weight: 219lbs
Goal Weight: 164lbs
Total Pounds to Lose: 55lbs
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 1.5lbs

Checkpoint 1: Dec 1 2007
Goal Weight: 207lbs
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Checkpoint 2: 1st Feb 2008
Goal Weight: 194lbs
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Checkpoint 3: 1st April 2008
Goal Weight: 182lbs
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Checkpoint 4: 1st June 2008
Goal Weight: 170lbs
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Checkpoint 5: 15th June 2008 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 164lbs
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Personal Reward: To go out for the day wearing a vest top and jeans.

Hi Everyone! I just updated the birthday calendar at the beginning of the thread to list all the new people who signed up! This is going to be a great year!!!

Remember to edit your exisiting history post with your updates along the way.

Good luck everyone!!! I can't wait to see you reach your goals!

I've got a long way to go until my first checkpoint!
I think i'm doing pretty good so far, and i feel i can definitely reach my november goal.
Hope everyones doing well

Dari's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date: October 15th
Upcoming Birthday: May 10th
Duration of Challenge: 7 months-ish

Starting Weight: 139.8 as of yesterday
Goal Weight: 115-ish
Total Pounds to Lose: 24.8
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: just under a pound a week, I think.

Checkpoint 1: (DATE) December 1
Goal Weight: 134
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Checkpoint 3: (DATE) March 15
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Checkpoint 4: May 10 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
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Personal Reward: trip to Winnipeg to clothes shop.

Hey Casanova!! Glad to hear you are on your way to meet your November goal! Great job!!!

I have been trying to motivate myself for a few weeks to join this challenge. IT is now time. My goal is small since my wt loss has been so slow. Insonsistent exercise and poorer eating the last 2 months with busy schedules and just hard when I really was good.

Lisa's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date:10/17/2007
Upcoming Birthday:1/9/08
Duration of Challenge:12 weeks

Starting Weight:165.7
Goal Weight:150.0
Total Pounds to Lose:15.7
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose:1.3

Checkpoint 1: 11/10
Goal Weight:161.1
Weigh IN:163.2
(Loss/Gain):-2.5

Checkpoint 2: 12/1
Goal Weight:157.2
Weigh IN: 161.6
(Loss/Gain): -4.1 total

Checkpoint 3: 12/19
Goal Weight:153.3
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Checkpoint 4: 1/9/08 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight:150.0
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MissMarie's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date: 10/19/07
Upcoming Birthday: 3/1/08
Duration of Challenge: 20 weeks (~4+ months)

Starting Weight: 181
Goal Weight: 140
Total Pounds to Lose: 41
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 2

Checkpoint 1: 11/16/07
Goal Weight: 170
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Checkpoint 2: 12/21/07
Goal Weight: 160
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Checkpoint 3: 1/25/08
Goal Weight: 150
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Checkpoint 4: 3/1/08 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 140
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Personal Reward:
Probably a new pair of jeans at each weigh in because hopefully my size 12s won't fit anymore by 160 or so!!

Lally's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date: 17th October 2007
Upcoming Birthday: 20th August 2008
Duration of Challenge: 10 months, 3 days

Starting Weight: 146 lbs
Goal Weight: 120 lbs
Total Pounds to Lose: 26
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 1.7

Checkpoint 1: 14th November 2007
Goal Weight: 139 lbs
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Checkpoint 2: 20th February 2008
Goal Weight: 125 lbs
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Checkpoint 3: 21st May 2008
Goal Weight: 122 lbs
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Checkpoint 4: (20th August) Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 120 lbs
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MoonGoddess's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date: 10/17/2007
Upcoming Birthday: 09/20/2008
Duration of Challenge: 11 months & 3 days

Starting Weight: 179.6
Goal Weight: 150
Total Pounds to Lose: 29.6
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 1

Checkpoint 1: December 20, 2007
Goal Weight: 168
Weigh IN: 181.4
(Loss/Gain): +1.80 lbs. higher than my starting weight! Ug.
Reward: new health/fitness related book/audio book not rewarding myself for that gain.

I'm readjusting my goals to something more manageable since I didn't meet the first goal.

Checkpoint 2: March 20, 2008
Goal Weight: 170
Weigh IN: certainly not 170! Have to adjust again!
(Loss/Gain): grrr.
Reward: new sneakers

Checkpoint 3: June 20, 2008
Goal Weight: 180
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Reward: new fitness DVD or book

Checkpoint 4: September 20, 2008 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 165
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Reward: new sneakers



Personal Reward: hm... have to think some about this one! Something good. - decided I would reward myself along the way. Then something really special at the end. Maybe a weekend get away? Hiking in the mountains, beach time in a new spot up the coast? We shall see.

Great Idea!

This challenge can provide me with a short-term goal, and hopefully keep me motivated enough and will allow me to reach my long term goal (200 lbs).

Nelson's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date: 10/17/2007
Upcoming Birthday: 11/30/2007
Duration of Challenge: 45 days! (yikes)

Starting Weight: 258
Goal Weight: 238
Total Pounds to Lose: 20 pounds
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: ~3lbs

Checkpoint 1: 10/27/2007
Goal Weight: 250
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Checkpoint 2: 11/07/2007
Goal Weight: 245
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Checkpoint 3: 11/17/2007
Goal Weight: 240
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Checkpoint 4: 11/30/2007
Goal Weight: 238
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Personal Reward: An awesome party in my honor.

Does anyone know of a good reliable home-scale that I can use? I picked one up from Target awhile back, and it seems very finicky, and I can change how much I weigh just by leaning forward or backward a bit.

Margaret i.e. Omega's Personal Birthday Challenge!
Start Date: 20th October 2007
Upcoming Birthday: 26th July 2008
Duration of Challenge: 40 weeks

Starting Weight: 13st 11.8 lbs i.e. 193.8 pounds
Goal Weight: 9st 8 lbs i.e. 134 pounds
Total Pounds to Lose: 59.8 pounds
Average Pounds Per Week to Lose: 1.5 pounds

Checkpoint 1: 29th December 2007
Goal Weight: 12st 11 lbs i.e. 179 pounds
Weigh IN: 12st 1.6 lbs i.e. 169.6 pounds TARGET EXCEEDED
(Loss/Gain): 24.2 pounds

Checkpoint 2: 8th March 2008
Goal Weight: 11st 10 lbs i.e. 164 pounds
Weigh IN: 11st 2.2 lbs i.e. 156.2 pounds TARGET EXCEEDED
(Total Loss/Gain): 37.6 pounds

Checkpoint 3: 17th May 2008
Goal Weight: 10st 9 lbs i.e. 149 pounds
Weigh IN: 10st 5.6 lbs i.e. 145.6 pounds TARGET EXCEEDED
Total Loss/Gain): 48.2 pounds

Checkpoint 4: 26th July 2008 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Goal Weight: 9st 8 lbs i.e. 134 pounds
Weigh IN: 9st 6.4 i.e. 132.4 pounds
Total Loss/Gain): 61.4 pounds


Personal Reward: The sheer joy of nearing my goal is reward enough!

Checkpoint 2: 10/22/2007
Goal Weight: 190
Weigh IN: 196
(Loss/Gain): -2

Oh I'm off to a freakin' fantastic start...