Mango challenge - the tough one! 12 Dec to 25 December

[Never Give Up]

Hello all you brave people! Who wants to join me this fortnight?
'Where there's a will there's a way"
You can do almost anything if you put your mind to it

I'll check again before thursday to see how many takers we have

Lesley

[JayCee]

Absolutely Lesley, I am in.

JC

[Odette79]

I'm in again!!

[singmealullabyy]

Im in again

[Winterboots]

I would like to be in but am going out this Thursday. I will be having grilled chicken and salad (all cohen friendly) but again, will have to gauge the amount. Is this allowed?

[Myf]

Hello there,
if i am still in the running for Butterfly's challenge can i join this one as well and does that mean that i get 2 mangoes instead of one plus the xmas icon?
Count me in anyway i need the motivation
Cheers
Myf

[Never Give Up]

Hi winter boots, below are the rules for the mango challenge. My understanding of deviation free, is no deviation from the plan - foods, amounts etc. But that's my understanding. could you contact the restaurant and ask them to make up your meal - other places have done it - you just make sure you ring well ahead, and tell them the amounts and what you're eating. Or if it's friends, maybe bring your own meal on your own plate? I've done that many times - even on a wine and cheese night! I took mozzarella and celery & cuc sticks and some tomatoe, and had them on my crackers - and drank soda water so it can certainly be done!

Myf, this challenge is for a fortnight that ends on the 25th - so you'd get a mango for that, plus the icon from butterfly's challenge, (I keep thinking it's dedicated and dateless or something...lol! )
so it would be 2 in total for this present fortnight, if that makes sense....

Rules and instructions for the Mango Challenge
We've put together a list of the rules and the instructions on how to add mangos to your signature, so you don't have to spend so much time looking for them!

Rules:

We are going for 14 days deviation free
Mangoes are to be added at the end of each fortnight
Anyone can join at any time, but for new participants, more than 4 days after the beginning of the challenge and you will need to wait till the next one starts. Those who have been in the previous challenge can join after the 4 day period (unless, of course, they have deviated)
If you join after the start date, you still have to have been d-free since the official start of the challenge to be eligible
You can only use mangos in your signature if you are part of the mango challenge and have confirmed the d-free fortnight (Anyone who uses them without this will have their whole sig deleted)
If you earn five or more mangos, please only have one in your signature and the number, for example x 5
Deviate once and you’re out for the fortnight
Deviate again and you lose all your mangoes

have a great week girls!
Lesley

[Never Give Up]

And the starters are:

JC
Odette
Sing (hope you don't mind me shortening your name!)
WB
Myf
Lesley.

anyone else is welcome to join - you just need to have been deviation free since today, and you have until Thursday to post!

have a great week everyone!

[butterflydreamin]

Hi Lesley,

Count me in too please

Thanks

Butterfly

[toothfairy]

Good on you all, I'm going to follow each and everyone of you. Definitely be joining you all once this op is out of the way on the next new year challenge. Go Girls!!

[Myf]

i'm out

[evince]

Count me in. NGU you've encouraged me to give this my best shot!

[Never Give Up]

Ok, the starters are:
JC
Odette
Sing (hope you don't mind me shortening your name!)
WB
Lesley
Butterfly
Evince

You are more than welcome butterfly, may as well get another mango! AND we can have as many of those as we want
Yippee Evince, glad to see you on board. You won't be sorry!
Never mind, Myf - the next one starts soon - I won't be around to start it - might see if there's ppl interested before I go away, and then perhaps some else can check on the thursday for the complete list. don't forget, you can still be DF even though you're out of the running for you mango - it will have a friend very soon I"m sure
Ok, onwards and downwards!
Lesley

[evince]

I'm not sure if I'll be out as I'm flying and won't be able to weigh my food. As I understand the challenge rules state you have to be 100% on plan to get a mango. Does this mean I'm automatically out?

[evince]

Sorry everyone am out My diary spills on why...

[Never Give Up]

Hi Evince, yes, me too....took more than the usual amount of crackers to work, forgot I'd taken more...and so had more when I got home! I've been pretty tired (like everyone else I'm sure!), but I think my thyroid is maybe part of the problem. I'm upping the dose from tomorrow - my Doctor contacted me about my blood tests, and it was showing as low, so that explains a few things, including slower losses than in the past...At least I wasn't imagining it! and things should improve, so I'm feeling much happier.
Hope everyone else is bopping along to their mango reward!
I'll put up a new thread for the next challenge either this Friday or Saturday - I won't be able to check who's on board on the first thursday, so if someone would like to do that...? I'll try and post in the second week - hope to get to a computer by then...
have a great week everyone!
Lesley

[Odette79]

Woohoo!! 2nd mango for me!! Got through christmas day deviation free, super stoked about that!

Off to claim my mango!

Od

[JayCee]

Very happy to report no deviations ... mango claimed!!

Thanks for organising the challenge Lesley.

JC

[MissNat]

Congratulations to those of you who remained deviation free at Christmas-- that's a tough challenge! Yo must feel like superheroes now!

[butterflydreamin]

Mango claimed for me too.

Thanks

Butterfly