I have found the Countdown to 199 very motivational and now I am hopefully in onerland for the future I want to aim for the next milestone. From the poll I conducted the majority decision was for a countdown to 175 - so that's what we are aiming for.

I hope to get there by the end of September. I've 23 pounds to go - or 1 stone 9 lbs as we would say in England. I am presently 198 (14 stone 2 lbs) - a 23 lbs loss would bring me down to 12 stone 7 lbs by my calculations and I have not been as low as that since 1992. A long time ago.

Good luck everybody. My weigh in day is Friday. Please add your name to the list and cut and paste as other challenges using the latest post.

We will see how we go. Maybe we can keep a running total of all the pounds we lose!

magpies - 198