Need accountability buddies- let’s lose 25lb by Sept 1

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  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    How do I add you?
  • Silhouette_man
    Silhouette_man Posts: 104 Member
    @BMcC9, I am close to Toronto. It was winter till yesterday. It is going to get warm this weekend. Up to 13 degrees on Sunday and next week it will be very warm some days. Long over due.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    Partial progress on the Friending thing ... someone must have sent me a Friend Request, because there is now a little "4" beside the head&shoulders icon on my Home tab (thank you, whoever you are) . But when I click on it, that webpage STILL doesn't open. Sometimes it gives up, sometime it says "System administrators have been notified of the problem".

    Do I have to make sure something is checked off in my settings somewhere?
  • JuliBiGoolee
    JuliBiGoolee Posts: 204 Member
    BMcC9 wrote: »
    OK - HOW do I add a Friend from this group? The process seems to have changed while I was inactive for several years ....

    I'm on my phone app but, click on their user name, bring up profile, click on person icon, it'll prompt to send message (I don't think you have to write anything but I just put I'm also on this challenge and add my profile name) then click on the send arrow. Another way is to go under "friends" and search them using their user name. And add friend
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    Thanks, JuliBGoolee. Watch for a message and a Friend request from me.

    Can whoever else sent me a Friend request also send me an email? Then I will know who to try and Friend Request back if my settings don't eventually correct themselves so that I can see and accept incoming.
  • xxzenabxx
    xxzenabxx Posts: 935 Member
    Me too! I'm in. I think I need some motivation and accountability to get back on track.
    CW: 154lbs
    GW: 130lbs
    Target for 20th May: 150lb

    We can do this.
  • melanie3885
    melanie3885 Posts: 3 Member
    I’m in!
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    I see many people posting "I need some motivation" or variations. Do you know the difference between motivation and dedication? (I got the following from a fitness poster I saw once upon a time)

    "Motivation is when you do what you have to do because you want to.
    Dedication is when you do what you have to do even when you don't want to."

    When Motivation is low, stick with Dedication.

    Dedication gets you through plateaus and other personal challenges until measurable, visible progress re-appears (seemingly by magic, but really because it just finally reached critical mass), and perks up your Motivation.

  • xxzenabxx
    xxzenabxx Posts: 935 Member
    BMcC9 wrote: »
    I see many people posting "I need some motivation" or variations. Do you know the difference between motivation and dedication? (I got the following from a fitness poster I saw once upon a time)

    "Motivation is when you do what you have to do because you want to.
    Dedication is when you do what you have to do even when you don't want to."

    When Motivation is low, stick with Dedication.

    Dedication gets you through plateaus and other personal challenges until measurable, visible progress re-appears (seemingly by magic, but really because it just finally reached critical mass), and perks up your Motivation.

    Yes I 100% agree! I know I just wrote that I need motivation but what I really need is dedication.
  • karenesg
    karenesg Posts: 318 Member
    BMcC9 wrote: »
    Partial progress on the Friending thing ... someone must have sent me a Friend Request, because there is now a little "4" beside the head&shoulders icon on my Home tab (thank you, whoever you are) . But when I click on it, that webpage STILL doesn't open. Sometimes it gives up, sometime it says "System administrators have been notified of the problem".

    Do I have to make sure something is checked off in my settings somewhere?

    It was me! I tried again. Let me know if you get my msg and friend request. Not completely sure how it works on different devices. Hopefully we can figure it out lol
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    Thanks, karenesg. I now see a 5 beside the head&shoulders, but no emails. And still can't open. I am strictly pc-access. I will try sending YOU a friend request and see what happens. Let me know if it gets through.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    I now have 2 Friends and I got mail! (still can't access the pending incoming Friend Requests, but at least the ones I sent out worked!) <3B)<3
  • ripadula2957
    ripadula2957 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm a little late to the discussion but I'm in!
    My mom is getting remarried in about a year and I need to go down a size before her wedding. I'm a little down from 170 lbs.
    I probably won't do daily check-in's but I'll be on here at least once a week.

    Height: 5'2"
    Weight: 166 lbs. (last I was on a scale a couple weeks ago)
    Body Fat: 35%
  • eyelikesharx
    eyelikesharx Posts: 20 Member
    YES! Needed this
  • NameAqui
    NameAqui Posts: 2 Member
    I’m in!
    SW 195
    GW 9/1 is 170
    Ultimate GW is 135
  • Willowwhirl
    Willowwhirl Posts: 6 Member
    Congratulations!
  • argentum
    argentum Posts: 11 Member
    I am in!!!! Need support to get this weight off!!! Please add me, friend me or whatever it is here at MFP. :)
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    Congratulations!

    Thank you!!
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    argentum wrote: »
    I am in!!!! Need support to get this weight off!!! Please add me, friend me or whatever it is here at MFP. :)

    I will send you a friend request.
  • argentum
    argentum Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks!
  • sherrilyn1
    sherrilyn1 Posts: 9 Member
    I'm in!
  • JuliBiGoolee
    JuliBiGoolee Posts: 204 Member
    Weekly weight in:
    SW on 4/2: 205
    W1: 201.8
    W2: 200.9
    W3: 198.6
    GW on Sept 1st: 180
    On a side note, during the last week I've seen the scale say 203, 201, 200.6, all over the place. Thanks to MFP peeps I'm reminded weight loss is not linear. I saw one person post a line graph of their weight loss over the course of a year (a jagged zig-zag line that had up to 5 lb difference from day to day, but the trend went down over time). I didn't let it ruin my spirit or negatively change my diet decisions. And low and behold, the scale was below 200 for the first time since before I got pregnant (my daughter is 2 lol)!!!
  • JuliBiGoolee
    JuliBiGoolee Posts: 204 Member
    Weekly weigh in. Last week I weighed 201.8 and this week I weigh 199.8! So I lost 2 lbs and finally met my first short term goal of being under 200 lbs again (onederland). I am so happy! I have lost 41.2 lbs since August (and 19 lbs since joining MFP in January). My goal weight is 160 so I have a ways to go yet. Hope everyone else had a good week!

    Me too! Welcome to the finally under 200 crew! I did a little dance in my kitchen after I weighed myself this morning.
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    Weekly weight in:
    SW on 4/2: 205
    W1: 201.8
    W2: 200.9
    W3: 198.6
    GW on Sept 1st: 180
    On a side note, during the last week I've seen the scale say 203, 201, 200.6, all over the place. Thanks to MFP peeps I'm reminded weight loss is not linear. I saw one person post a line graph of their weight loss over the course of a year (a jagged zig-zag line that had up to 5 lb difference from day to day, but the trend went down over time). I didn't let it ruin my spirit or negatively change my diet decisions. And low and behold, the scale was below 200 for the first time since before I got pregnant (my daughter is 2 lol)!!!

    Congratulations! It really feels good!
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    April 1st weigh in: 168
    April Wk3: 164.9

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  • blueraffi
    blueraffi Posts: 8 Member
    I'm defiantly in!
  • Msnatalieann
    Msnatalieann Posts: 56 Member
    I'm ready. Been going on my own for the last week. I have a long way to go but 25 is a great start. Feel free to add me because I need buddies!

    SW 295
    GW 267
    CW 292
  • melaniehubbard
    melaniehubbard Posts: 121 Member
    Please add me.I need the support,thanks
    Sw257 April 9th
    Cw 253