TEAM: Run Track Minds (February)
AB0215
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Welcome to the Challenge new and returning teammates!! This is the conversation/weigh in thread for your Team 
Keep on losing because our first weigh ins begin THIS Sunday! I am here for you should you need anything - simply message me or tag me by putting an '@' just before my username (NO SPACES) and I will get to you asap! ~ Ashley @AB0215 or Craig @craigo3154
Keep on losing because our first weigh ins begin THIS Sunday! I am here for you should you need anything - simply message me or tag me by putting an '@' just before my username (NO SPACES) and I will get to you asap! ~ Ashley @AB0215 or Craig @craigo3154 0
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Hello Team Run Track Minds and Welcome to February!!
My name is Tracy @tlgale I will be your captain for this month.
A little about myself...I started my weight loss journey a year ago and am now 60lbs lighter! I still have a long way to go yet though, about 80lbs. December and January were rough for me but I'm ready to get serious again (for the hundredth time!). My goal for February is to get back into tracking everything, staying within calories for most days and getting enough water.
I have a 4 year old son with spastic quad CP and his different abilities and needs are my main motivation for wanting to get the weight off. As he grows and gets heavier, I need to shrink and get stronger!!
Please feel free to introduce yourselves and share your goals for the month as well.
We are going to be running a (Optional) Mini-Challenge this month: Daily Posts/Ultimate Accountability
First and foremost is that participation in the challenge is optional. It's up to you as to whether you want to try this. If you don't want to participate in these challenges, you don't have to, the choice is yours, but I would like to encourage you to participate as it seems to help keep us on track and thinking about our goals on a daily basis and it's encouraging to see other's successes and struggles so that we realize that we are not alone!!
The Daily Posts Challenge is based on another challenge on MFP called UAC (ultimate accountability challenge). The way UAC works is that the aim is to follow 5 basic rules.
#1. Track EVERYTHING you eat that has calories.
#2. Stay inside your allocated daily budget.
#3. Try to do at least 20 minutes of activity a day (anything: walk, run, cycle, swim, gardening, housework, yoga, gym, etc.. As long as it gets you active and off the couch)
#4. 1 pass day permitted per week (went over calories, could not track, not enough exercise, intentional pass)
#5. Check in daily (tracking yes/no, calories yes/no, exercise yes/no).
**REMEMBER**
You set your own daily budget.
You choose you own exercise and intensity (no step limit, no exercises you cannot or should not do, 20 mins of gardening counts as much as a 10mile run.
It is not weight based (as weight fluctuates day by day).
Daily check in keeps you in touch with those doing similar. Longer term weight management is hard to do on your own.
It works on an honor system. Being honest with yourself and others is a key to making things work. Remember, this is a judgement free zone, everyone has good days and bad days, but the way to get to the finish line is by being honest and when we have a bad day, picking ourselves up and carrying on.
Your posts should look like this:
Daily Post (Sunday)
Track: Yes/no
Calories: Yes/no (were you under)
Exercise: Yes/no (what type and how long)
Goals or Day: (Tell us a brief description about your how your day went or goals for the day)
Please post your weight on your scheduled weigh in day, as if you miss weigh-ins, you may be eliminated from the challenge and we don't want to see that happen!!
Your weekly weigh in posts should look like this:
Username:
Week: February Week 1
PW =(previous weight)
CW=(current weight)
Just type PW & CW if you'd like (or if it's easier, you could keep a note on your PC desktop to make it easier to copy and paste from week to week.)
Please setup your posts in that format as it really makes it much easier to track.
Welcome to February! Let's all have a great month 😀3 -
Would anyone like to volunteer to be co-captain and help me out??0
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Hello Team. I'm Sarah. Can't wait to start. I might not have a huge amount to lose, but I am dedicated to losing it! I have a open dairy if you want to add me as a friend to maybe help me if you see something holding me back. I work nights, so my post aside from the weekends will be in the afternoon. We got this! Hope to see and hear from all the members soon. Eyes forward, head up, one foot in front of the other! (Sorry I would help you team leader, but I just have such a off schedule I can't this time around)3
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Hi everyone.
Im excited to be back to MFP- was here a few years ago and was able to be close to/ or maintain my goal weight of 145 (im 5”7 and athletic build). The weight has crept back over over the years and im currently 169 - size 8. Looking to get back into my old clothes (total loss of about 20-25 pounds) decided to join this challenge as extra motivation.
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Hello. I have previously lost weight with SW and then piled it all back on. I’m aiming to get to my goal weight by the end of the year and am hoping to loose 2lb a week if I can!4
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Oh and I’m in the UK. Anyone else?1
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Hi I’m Kait! First time competitor and ready to start. I got 80lbs to go so let’s get it ball going!5
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DAD! That pretty much sums up me. I spend most of my time for my 3 girls. I live in Nebraska.....born and raised a HUSKER go big red! My weight journey as had its ups and downs for sure. In 2012 i got as big as ive every been 228 and i knew i had to do something. From 2012-2013 I started P90X and went to 193. After that i joined a gym and in 6 months got down to 178. Then after that I wanted to bulk a little and never cut again LMAO. I bulked up for 2 years then in 2016 I found KETO! Now i dont think about food as a treat i treat it as fuel.
I have been doing Keto for years. It is one of the easiest LIFESTYLES......for me anyway. I dont call it a diet its just the way i eat. We all know the hardest thing about any new way of eating is being able to stick with it long term. Trust me i know how hard it is for anyone starting keto. Its hard because for most of you your whole life your body has been programed to burn CARBS for fuel. Now your only feeding it 20-30 carbs and thats through green veggies. It takes a week or two for your body to say " OK this SOB is not going to feed me carbs so im going to burn this fat." When you get to this point it is true what they say you lose your hunger totally.
I go by the 70-25-5 rule 70%-fat,25%-protein,5%-carbs. I also intermittent fast for 16 hours, so i eat in a 8-hour window. Here is my thoughts on IF. When you are feeeding your body every 3 hours whats it going to think "Got this food to burn thanks." Now if im fasted whats your body going to think" This MF is not feeding me so ill burn what he has lots of ......fat" Its funny writing this because I think of it as me vs my body LOL. In a way it kinda is MIND over BODY.
My must haves are
eggs,bacon,spanich,avocado,coconut oil,cheese, and butter. I have these things probably about every day.
Wife is calling so need to wrap this up any question about anything just friend me and hit me up. I am always willing to help any one that wants to live the NO CARB LIFE
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I am a very busy Mom/Wife. My husband refers to me as a married single mom. He is a truck driver and is gone for sometimes more than a month at a time. We have three amazing little boys ages 8, 7, and 3 and one beautiful little girl who is 1. Our oldest has multiple special needs and keeps me on my toes and always always busy.
I have struggled with my weight for longer than I can remember. I was 204 in 6th grade and 275 all through high school. My highest weight was 330 and I am now down to 297. I started WW and the program seems to be a good choice for me. I like joining in on challenges because I find it a good source of extra motivation.
I am finding it hard to get my steps in right now because it is a brutal winter here in Michigan this year. I try to do the Leslie Sasone videos on youtube but usually end up tripping over the dog, cats and children when I try to walk in the house.
I am looking to lose 10lb by the end of February. Figure that is a solid goal and should be attainable.
Wishing every one good luck.
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Good morning team
My name is Patricia and this year I am going to win my weight loss battle. Actually I don't really have a choice as I've been diagnosed with weight induced sleep apnea (bearing in mond that I live in London you might want to check the times of my posts lol).
I started January at the heaviest I have ever been - partly due to giving up smoking a year ago but mainly due to mainlining chocolate for as long as I can remember. So far I've found the calorie bit easier but the exercise really horrible, so we're going to conquer that this month. I usually manage at least 10000 steps on a work day so only count any exercise over the steps towards my 20mins goal.
Good luck everyone, let's enjoy the journey as much as the destination.5 -
Hi! I’m Stacy. I’m almost 47 and have 55 pounds to lose. My kids are finally old enough that I feel I have time to work on myself. Started at the gym in October with barre 1-2x a week and cardio 3-4 days a week. I haven’t seen much of a change so I’ve decided to pay attention to calories and really get things going!
Looking forward to meeting some goals with you all!3 -
Hi, I have been overweight all my adult life. Briefly getting to a healthy bmi before I had my children but back to overweight afterwards. I am tired of it. I need to futureproof myself. So here I am with with around 55lb to lose (5 of which are already gone since New Year).
I am very controlled Monday to Friday and relax a little over the weekend once I have gotten my exercise in.
Looking forward to my first weigh in on Friday.5 -
Hi, my name is Rob from England. I have been in this group for several months now and looking forward to a better 2019. I spend a lot of time in the car which isnt helping my progress. i am looking at reducing calories to 1800 but tried that end of last year bad timing my end but January is the dawn of a stricter me. I am currently in training for extreme events i have competed in events such as the pathfinder march 46 miles in 20 hour time limit and the grim reaper which was 40 in 20. i am in march competing in the samphire 100 in 32 hours. would like to lose a good amount of weight to help in my time as i would rather not take 32 hours so the more weight i lose im hoping this will aid me in achieving this. I am looking to join the mini challenges this year in activity and calories to help me stick to the plan.
good luck to all new and existing team mates from previous months.
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Hi i am Vivek This my first week of Leto. I was overweight from past 10 years. Tired of it now. I have 45 pounds to lose. Looking for support to achieve my goal.5
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Hi, I’m Andrea and looking forward to some accountability and community to help keep me on track to achieve my goals.....4
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Hi Everyone, Welcome aboard new members!
I'm Andrea, married with 4 wonderful kids. I live in Massachusetts just North of Boston.
Im going on my second month in the group. For me the accountability helps. I started January at 166.8 (Im like 4"11)!! tomorrow is my weigh in day. I will find out then what my total loss is for the month. The plan was to be back in the 150's. It all falls on the scale now.
Whatever the number is, Im going to be ready for the spring whether it kills me. I want to look and feel good in my clothes and put on a bathing suit without hiding under a coverup. So thats the long term goal.
This month's goal is to get to 152. Ive got alot of work to do!
Goodluck everyone.3 -
Is the pw what you weighted the last time you weigh yourself? Or are we starting with a fist weigh in? I weigh myself Saturdays. Just curious as my last weight was 169.8. Do I put that at PW? Then if I lost any put it on my weight this Saturday?2
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Hi everyone and welcome new members. I'm Zoe from the UK I'm 38. Ths is my 2nd month for the challenge however I've been a member of mfp for a few years however since July when I applied from a promotion and the stress of it my weight increased.
My big goal is to lose 28lb by end of July for our big trip to Orlando (massive disney and Harry potter fan here)
Sounds so easy to do when you write but I really struggle with losing weight tend to bounce up and down the same few lbs so hoping being part of the group will help push me to meet my goal.
My mini goal was to lose 14lb by 16th Feb when we go away for my husband's 40th, however i eont hit that i am hoping to get close to 10lb.
I was also planning on start some walking exercise dvds which i didn't so this month is a must x2 -
Slivnfree1982 wrote: »Is the pw what you weighted the last time you weigh yourself? Or are we starting with a fist weigh in? I weigh myself Saturdays. Just curious as my last weight was 169.8. Do I put that at PW? Then if I lost any put it on my weight this Saturday?
@Slivnfree1982 for your first weigh in, your pw is the one that you gave as your starting weight. And if you weigh on Saturday, your first weigh in day will be February 9th. After that, your pw is whatever you were the week before.1 -
Username: flaurier
Week (feb 1st friday)
PW: 169
CW: 1661 -
User Name: lovethyneighbor
Weigh in week: Feb - wk1
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 208.6
Todays Weight: 207.60 -
lovethyneighbor wrote: »User Name: lovethyneighbor
Weigh in week: Feb - wk1
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 208.6
Todays Weight: 207.6
@lovethyneighbor this will be your week 5 in January (February challenge doesn't start until Sunday the 3rd). I've added it to January thread for you.1 -
Daily Post Friday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes - planned work out, 2752 steps before tracker died, a one mile walk to a YouTube video, and dancing with my daughter.
Goals or Day: Day was crazy but productive. Also stayed in calorie range, had a delicious dinner and had fun with the two littlest of my littles.2 -
Friday's ✔ in
Tracking Yes
Calories Under
Exercise 11364 steps. A day out shopping so some brisk walking.
Goals stay within calories. I'm happy strolling along with the plan. Yesterday was a little over 1k calories, where as a Friday night could easily mean 2 to 3k calories and that would usually run on the whole weekend. Its a 🐌 slow process!!. That's the hardest part of the whole deal. Its so easy to throw in the towel when that magic number pops up on the scale.
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Ande1020
pw: 317.2
Cw:3161 -
Hi, I am LJ. My goal for February 15 lbs and overall goal is to lose 45-50 lbs. I'm looking forward to being apart of this challenge and group. My weight has been up (mostly up!!) and down since '09 when my daughter was born. I am ready to get healthy and have some fun without feeling like I need an oxygen tank 😁4
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Daily Post Saturday (delayed)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes
Goals or Day: helped fix water which has been a pain for 2 weeks and got to see hubby. Good day.3 -
Saturday ✔ in
Track yes
Calories Under with exercise but over
Exercise yes treadmill
Goals water and try to get back to the gym tomorrow after being home sick with my daughter2
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