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chale

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Posted: July 25 2007,11:45

Let me say how much I love my ticker - having a graphic representation of the "journey" is fun AND like today when I am hung up on not yet getting into the 170s I look at my ticker calculation and find I'm 40% toward my goal! (I would NEVER have done that math). Small goals and reasons to be happy! WWhooooo-hoooooo!

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Posted: Dec. 02 2007,13:01

I've seen several people who list how much they've lost per week and/or month - how is that done? As part of the signature in Your Control Panel? I would love to be able to show that stat when I get started - it would be really motivating!

Melisma - eager beaver getting impatient with the bank balance which isn't going up fast enough

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Posted: Dec. 02 2007,13:14

Quote (MelismaMcG @ Dec. 02 2007,13:01)

Yep, they just modify their signature block each week or month and add their new loss. Great to see your enthusiasm -- it will serve you well!

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Posted: Dec. 02 2007,13:35

Thanks, Brian

As to the enthusiasm... well, I'm getting really impatient to start. Once I've made up my mind to do something, I don't like sitting around and waiting to get going. Although I'm trying to tell myself that I'm not doing that now - I'm working an insane amount of overtime between now and Christmas in order to earn the initial consult fee and the first 8 weeks of the program. I've put together a budget in Excel that takes into account my regular expenses, income, and the goal for savings each pay period - and I've incorporated formulas to automatically adjust those figures and how much more I need to earn in order to save toward the goal for the pay period, every time I work another block of overtime. That's really motivating to me, to see the numbers change every day. But I still can't wait until the bank account shows what the Excel file tells me is possible!

Melisma

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,03:09

Brian, any chance you could add a textbox sometime on the ticker page to allow us to edit our signatures right on there. It's not that big of a deal, but it would be more convenient rather than having to visit the ticker page, and then edit the signature to add the "monthly breakdown". Just a thought.

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Posted: Feb. 06 2008,03:03

Thanks for the very easy use of making a ticker, very awesome, and this is officially my first post too

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Posted: Feb. 06 2008,07:48

Quote (Doughboy @ Feb. 06 2008,03:03)

Thanks for the very easy use of making a ticker, very awesome, and this is officially my first post too

Welcome Doughboy! You are in for a most amazing journey and I see you have an absolutely fantastic start ! :clap:

We are rooting for you all the way to that finish line ! :thumbs:

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Week 2: -2.5
Week 3: -2.0
Week 4+5: +.5 Temp. Maint
Week 6: - 3.5
Week 7: - 2.0
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Week 9: -4.0

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Posted: Feb. 06 2008,09:34

Quote (tck @ Dec. 03 2007,03:09)

This is an excellent suggestion. Sorry for the delay in responding to it -- I didn't see it until Doughboy posted his new post (bringing the topic back into the 'New Posts' list). Somehow I missed yours before.

I'm adding this to the to-do list. Since that script is modifying the signature block anyway, it should be pretty easy.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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Posted: Feb. 06 2008,09:35

Quote (Doughboy @ Feb. 06 2008,03:03)

Thanks for the very easy use of making a ticker, very awesome, and this is officially my first post too

Welcome! Glad you like the tickers. It's fun to watch them move to the right! :thumbs:

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Posted: Feb. 06 2008,13:41

Doughboy!

First post and showing 36+ pounds? WOW!! :laugh:

Doin' good... no ... great.

Congrats to you and welcome to the site.

We all take care of each other, keep visiting and keep us updated.

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