The Rules.................On Oct 1 you will weigh yourself and write it down DO NOT PM ME. On Oct 31 weigh yourself again and PM me with your loss. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOU PM ME. I will not keep track of you loss you HAVE to do it yourself. If you would like to post your weight on the thread that is your choice, you do not have to tell anyone your weight. On Nov 1 I will announce the biggest loser. The people who didn't lose as much weight has to send the biggest loser a FQ. You will follow this thread for support, recipes and encouragement along with personal trials and tribulations. So exercise, eat healthy, lose weight and most of all have fun.

This months FQ theme...................... Oct is the month of Halloween, pumpkins, scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns. It is also the month that all the Christmas catalogs arrive in my mailbox. This month the winners prize will be CHRISTMAS FQ's. As always if you do not have Christmas fabric you can send what you have, I do not want anyone left out just because they don't have the themed FQ.

Let the fun begin :D :D :D :D

OOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPP almost forgot you can not win/ be the biggest loser 2 months in a row.

Are we still going by who lost the most pounds or are we doing percentage this month?

I'm in :D
I never win but I like the motivation and accountability.
I am losing just not big numbers

I'm in I've been trying to stay on a healthy eating plan for a while now.....and I'm not doing very well at it maybe this will motivate me!
although I'm sure I won't win my FAT loves me! LOL

OK.. send the fool farther. I'm in!

I'm going to give a try ... been putting it off too long!

I'm in too. Win or lose, I'm a winner either way. Any pound lost is 2 pounds not gained!

I'm in again! Doing this last month was a big help.

Okay, I'm in too.

Count me in too.

Mee tooo! Gotta do something, maybe this will be IT!

Please put me down as joining. Maybe this will be a big incentive.
Ruth

okey dokey----I'm in for Oct. too.

I'm in for the october challenge!

Count me in. I'm sitting here eating a candy bar and need help!!

I know doing % is more fair, however I am not good at math and with so many people joining each month it would be a full time job. People have said they would do the math and then I never hear from them again. They sign up and that's it not even a PM at the end of the month. Also I know bigger people usually lose more wight but that is not always the case I have had some months where the biggest loser was 8 or 10 lbs other months several people had lost 12-15 lbs. It is a crap shoot and this is all for fun for this month will will stick with the lbs lost. If someone is a math wiz and wants to take on the job, not just say they will take it on but follow through then next month we could do %.

delete

Thank you. I have my FQ ready to go from sept. challenge. Lol

Katy- you can have another small candy bar on October 31 :D
Reward for all your true effort :D

HAY I WANT A CANDY BAR................I only like Milkways or PLAIN chocolate, like Nestles or Hersheys

I got deleted what did I do??????

I said it was nice to have you doing this once again. I love that you post pic and share your stories. I think that is what I said.

Missy is missing I guess she is having a Mike day or she hasn't found us yet but we ALL know Missy will be in for Oct.

I see Leota is in again.......................at the rate we are going we are here for the duration.

This is new for me, but I'm in!

(There's a picture of a grandboy on my avatar - instead of me - for a reason!)

Count me in again I only lost 2 pounds in September. I will keep trying.!!!

As always your resident Missy will be participating in another weight loss challenge!!!

Yay for Tru!! You are so wonderful for running these challenges each month!! Thank you thank you thank you!!

Missy

trupeach - I'm just going to say something and get your thoughts. This is on the honor system so we're trusting whoever says they lost the most every month. What if the person who said they lost the most isn't exactly being honest? I'm not saying this has happened but human nature being what it is, it's a possibility that a future winner might take advantage. Can we have another requirement as well, like checking in on the thread twice a week or something like that? I'm not expecting to win anytime soon so I have no problem sending a FQ to whoever does win but I would hate to find out later down the line that someone mislead the group.

Just my thoughts...

I am looking forward to the challenge and hope it helps me out, I need lots of help, am not at all worried about the prize or anything, but if you would like to do the percentage thing, I made a spreadsheet I could send you, just PM me your email, all you would do is fill in the name, start weight and finish weight, and it would calculate the percentage, then just sort by column and it will tell you lowest to highest. Let me know.

I don't know why either. Oh well, I saw it before it was deleted so I know what you said. I didn't see anything wrong.

2lbs. is better than no pounds. I think I lost weight because of this thread, it gave me motivation to work towards a goal and with my addiction to fabric this is definitely a motivator. I am not the winner but I lost weight and that is what counts.

big numbers or small numbers you are losing and that is what matters!! Good for you!!

I'm in for October.

Right there with you...eating a Peppermint Patty as I read this :hunf:

Count me in too. I know I didn't win for September, so I'm back for another go at it.

This helps me stay motivated, so count me in also.

Judy

There are always going to be people who don't play fair. There have been swaps. Secret Santa and Secret Quilt Angel that people have not forfilled their duty. They receive pressies but don't send to the person they are suppose to. No one but me knows the weight loss of anyone so they couldn't really cheat. 1 month a winner might have lost 9 lbs and the next month I have several people losing 9,12 or 15 lbs. If someone is that DESPERATE to cheat and mislead everyone then they must need the FQ more then anyone else. My feeling is they need more help then just weight loss and FQ's. Let them have the FQ's they have to live with themself for cheating. There are many of us who have been doing this for several months we KNOW we will never win and it isn't really the winning it is the love an support we get from each other.

I'm in

I'm in all the way!!

Thank you trupeach. I appreciate you answering my concern. I'm sure other people have the same concern but just never brought it up. I had a great time on last month's thread and I'm looking forward to this month's thread. :)

Okay, okay!! I'm getting off my fat behind and joining the group! Better get my walking shoes out and dust them off!! I hear the trail in my park calling my name!! :lol:

I am IN !!! Right after my physical in late July I went home to see my Mom and have been eating non-stop ever since!! My husband just made caramel popcorn balls and I keep having to wash my hands so I can type!!
I'm literally bursting out of my jeans :(