WEIGHT NO MORE - April 2019

Beka3695

WELCOME WEIGHT NO MORE!!

This chat room provides a place for the CHALLENGERS to meet and chat about the challenge, discuss any issues, post comments, share ideas, etc...

We are beginning the April Challenge - We have six (6) teams returning this month!!

Our group and team leaders for the April Challenge are as follows:

Our Moderators;
Steve - @steplaj (Group Owner, Moderator)
Greg - @Navydaddjtc (Moderator)
Becky - @Beka3695 (Moderator)

Our Team Captains
Team Workout Warriors - @Navydaddjtc , @MelissaFeagins and @steplaj
Team Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @Kres567
Team Weight No More - @sleepymom5 and @cyndiesstuff
Team WaistAways - @BMcC9 and @jugar
Team Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Team Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @Beka3695

Our Motivators
Team Workout Warriors - @navydaddjtc
Team Mission Slimpossibles - @tess5036 and @Kres567
Team WaistAways - OPEN
Team Weight No More - @ihp2015 and @Mrsbell8well
Team Trimstones - @angmarie28
Team Shrinking Assets - @KelGen02


Captain’s responsibilities include:
* Entering weights for your team into the spreadsheet.
* Be active in team discussions, encouraging and supporting the challengers as they post.
* Encourage challengers to participate in challenges and in group discussions.
* Post daily / weekly challenges and topics to promote team involvement and help keep the team engaged.
* Participate in team discussions encouraging team participation.
* Help remind challengers when they are due to post (and especially when overdue to post) weights.
* Encourage participation in the moderators challenge and in the weekly team challenges.
* Remind your challengers to enter their weights on time by tagging them or messaging them when they are pending.
* Answering any questions that may come up about challenges, weigh-ins, the spreadsheets etc.

Motivator’s Responsibilities include:
* Be active in team discussions, encouraging and supporting the challengers as they post.
* Encourage challengers to participate in challenges and in group discussions.
* Participate in team discussions encouraging team participation.
* Help remind challengers when they are due to post (and especially when overdue to post) weights.
* Encourage participation in the moderators challenge and in the weekly team challenges.
* Coordinate with your awesome team captains to see if they can use any assistance or if they have any specific tasks they feel you can assist with.

F2F-WLC CHALLENGES:
- - WEEKLY GROUP CHALLENGE (Challenges hosted by teams for the entire group)
- - MODERATOR'S CHALLENGE (Challenges hosted by the moderators of the group)
- - INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES (Challenges within teams themselves)

Team Weekly challenges will be announced in later communications

(Note:The team order for challenges follows the team order in the group standing sheet on the spreadsheets)

HOW OUR CHALLENGES WORK:
We have 4 total possible challenges and NONE are mandatory. Our challengers can do none or all it's up to them. So we have...

The F2F Weekly TEAM Challenge - posted each week on Sunday in the announcements by the team who is assigned that particular week (see above for your week). This is for the F2F Group as a whole.

F2F Moderators Challenge/Topic of the week - This challenge is provided each week in the announcements area. One of the moderators will either provide a challenge that will involve anything fitness, health, and nutrition.

Individual Team challenges - these are challenge done within your own team. You can chose daily, weekly, or monthly challenges (weekly seems to work best). You can make this whatever you wish as long as it's health and fitness related.

Note: If for some reason your team is unable to provide the weekly challenge please let me know ahead of time so another team can take your place or so I can provide the challenge.

Good Luck Teams: Please let us know if there is anything wrong or if you notice something that needs to be fixed or modified. Everything seems ready to go for APRIL. Registrations are almost done and we have quite a few new challengers. Make sure you are going into your new team threads to welcome anyone who has started posting. Let’s make our newbies feel welcome and show them some F2F love!!

THANKS, YOUR MODS

Navydaddjtc

JUMP ON OVER AND COMMENT TO THE DISCUSSION
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10735847/april-fat2fit-weight-loss-challenge-and-support-group/p1?new=1

sleepymom5

Hi Everyone! My name is Pam. I am one of the captains along with @cyndiesstuff I am from the suburbs of Philadelphia. During the summer I am mostly at the Jersey Shore. I have been married 28 years and have 5 children 27-19. I am a nurse but sorta retired at the moment. I am still deciding what I want to do. I have to the fall to figure it out as I plan to spend the summer in NJ.

My story in a nutshell...I was never overweight, although I always thought I was fat growing up. I gained A TON of weight with my pregnancies and ended up at 221lbs. Unfortunately that ended up being my heaviest even when I wasn't pregnant . At the end June of 2012 I decided I either had to get serious and lose weight or accept that I am obese and live my life. I got a fitbit and joined MFP on July 1, 2012. Since then, I have gained and lost 30 or more pounds a few times. I have never gotten back to that starting weight but have gotten close. Although I haven't been as successful with my weight loss as I would like, I have learned a lot. I eat so much healthier than I used to. I also am in good physical shape, I love to hike, walk, kayak and bike. Actually anything outdoors I usually enjoy. I do have a home gym in PA which has a bike, treadmill, elliptical, weights and a few other things. I also see a trainer twice a week when I am in PA. This winter I discovered the Leslie Sansone tapes which I also enjoy. I want to enjoy exercising and not have it be a chore. I am always looking for fun, new workouts.
As far as eating, that is where I struggle. I do eat healthy for the most part but I am now figuring out that I am eating too much. I am working on not eating unless I am hungry and to stop eating when I am satisfied. I am doing well but am still working on it. I also am reading The Beck Diet Solution and listening to the Phit and Phat podcasts. The things they talk about really have hit home with me.
This team is more than just weighing in weekly. Checking in daily really helps keep me focused. I also learn a lot from everyone and also get support when I really need it. I was in a terrible slump most of 2018 and this team pulled me out and put me on a good path. I have lost the additional weight I put on from that slump, have gotten to onderland AND really feel like this isn't going to be a rollercoaster any more. Let's have an Awesome April!
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amsandos

Hello I have been in the group since just before Christmas. Having decided that there is no good time to start a diet so I would just work with what I have. I have been up and down throughout. In that time I have lost about a stone 14lbs which is progress. I have another 10-12lbs to lose. My lose isn't particularly fast but I want to be thin for life and that means changing habits and mindsets. That is serious work. Thanks to the recommendation of the group I have been listening to the Phit and Phat podcasts and they have been really helping me.

I have been overweight all my life and have a 'fat family'. My mum and dad are both overweight. My dad recently had a stroke which means that he is paralysed down one side. It has also changed his personality. It is not a pleasant thing to see. There is a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in my family on both sides. I have seen the effects and it is serious stuff. Whilst I have having my daughter I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The nurse said that you are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes if you have had gestational diabetes. My mission is to try and avoid type 2 diabetes by keeping the weight off. That means diet and exercise. The exercise thing I have got down. I have joined a triathlon club and I run regularly but boy am I a greedy girl. I just love my food. My diet in the main is really healthy I cook food from scratch. However the office environment I work in has biscuits (cookies) and cakes pretty much everywhere on tap. When I started working there I was like an unstoppable train. I put myself on a sugar ban in January and for the most part have broken the habit of cruising the biscuit barrel. There are other bad habits that I need to confront. I have noticed lately that I tend to eat when I get tired. So I need to make sure that I am sleeping enough and have strategies for dealing with it. If today is anything to go by it is a work in progress.

From 1st April to 14th April I will be eating for maintenance as I am doing a really challenging half marathon which involves a lot of hills. I was hoping to run it with my friend but I have been running slow lately and I am not sure I will keep up with her. So my plan for the first 2 weeks of April is to eat for 2 on the Phit and Phat hunger scale. I won't be eating an sweets (candies), biscuits (cookies) or cakes. However I will be eating plenty of scratchy carbs and protein.

The group have been massively supportive and the discipline of checking in helps to keep me on the straight and narrow. Not to mention the hints and tips I have picked up along the way. Looking forward to sharing the weight loss journey with you.

carlsoda

Hi all, I live in Minnesota, work full time and only one child left at home - she’s my profile picture and you will hear me talk about her lots 😻

I’ve done weight watchers a few times only to gain it back but what really worked for me was my version of Atkins. More Whole Foods, low carb, lots of healthy fat and protein.

I just finished Whole30 (today!), lost about 7 pounds and feel so much more energetic! Have less than 2 lbs to get into my healthy weight range and I think I want to lose another 5 lbs or so. Still working on belly fat 😁 which is the most unhealthyist (is that a word?)!

Looking forward to seeing what April brings!

Thank you all for being supportive and a kind group! I love reading your posts!

Mrsbell8well

I will post my intro shortly but if you all don’t mind...I need to do a check in. Yesterday we took breakfast over to Molly’s nieces and nephews. I had never met them. There are 9 kids in one family. 2 are from her sil previous relationship, 3 biological, and the others adopted from China and 1 from Vietnam. We had such a great time visiting with them. A really special family. I took over cereal, milk, orange juice, cream cheese bagels, strawberries and I made bacon and scrambled eggs. Molly made hot chocolate and coffee.
The memorial was lovely.
Back at her mom’s cottage I put together more snacks with vegetables and dip, fruit and more popcorn. For dinner I made chili cheese hot dogs for a very large group of family members. Fudge pudding pops for dessert.
I smelled the coffee, watched people eating bagels, Fritos, hot dogs, chocolate frosted brownies and at the end of the night bottles of wine. I was acutely aware all day what I “couldn’t” eat. You all know me I made sure I had plenty of good nourishing food that I could eat. It’s rare that I feel deprived. But I saw myself drinking and eating everything...it felt really strange. That would have been the old me. But it left me eating my food more often than I’m used to. I didn’t want to be left out. I was never tempted but it made me kind of sad.
Then pictures...I have to admit I looked so good yesterday...but when I saw the pics, I was critical. I look at myself and think I look skinny. I see pictures and think dang I need to lose more weight.
This morning people have headaches. Not me. I’m going to do yoga and have my organic almond yogurt and organic berries for breakfast and a cup of Kapha tea. I’m ok. It has been a very successful weekend.
Thanks for giving me a space to get things off my chest.

Mrsbell8well

Molly and I.
My organic lunch vs Popeyes fried chicken that others ate.

sleepymom5

Sunday's Weigh Ins
@CassieGetsFit2013
@twyla77

Monday's Weigh Ins
@Amsandos
@bmaison2014
@gottagetthisdown
@jedaschultz
@NuggetBrain

sleepymom5

@amsandos and @carlsoda Thanks for the intros. I actually enjoy reading them every month.
@Mrsbell8well I am so happy you powered through and didn't give in to temptation. You are human and used to enjoy these foods so I am sure this will happen from time to time. Just remember how proud you are today for not giving in AND how good you feel! You look beautiful! Love the dress! That is a frame worthy pic of you and Molly! What a busy weekend you have had. Hope you get a chance to relax today and it isn't all cleaning and traveling.

sleepymom5

So now onto Team business:

(Copied without permission from @cyndiesstuff's March post. I am pretty sure she won't care)

I ask that you please check in daily or more if you please. But minimally daily. Many of us here check in with the following format.

Check in for: Thursday
Logged food: yes, on track
Water: 64 oz
Steps or exercise: 10000 and 30 minutes of yoga

So come on in and introduce yourselves. Tell us a little about yourselves and what your goals are. Lets get healthy together, "One day at a Time" Oh yea, and feel free to visit last months thread and read thru it if you'd like, it will give you a little feel of who we are. And please star this in your favorites so it is easy to get too.

Now, our this is how to weigh in on your selected weigh in day:

User ID: Cyndiesstuff
Week Number: Week 1
Previous weight: 145.5
Current weight: 144

Shirin_K

Daily Check in for: Saturday
Food: Logged, over
Water: 40 oz
Exercise and steps: 11,600 steps

I had a fun day yesterday, but ate too much! I didn’t log my food ahead of time and also strayed from the plan…not a good combination for me. Today is a new day! Going to log my food for the day right after this and make time to exercise (either walk outside with family or exercise video).

@Mrsbell8well It’s a very nice photo of you. And great job on how you’ve handled the hard situations thrown your way this month.

I’ll be back to put an intro on here later!

Navydaddjtc

CAPTAINS
1) YOUR NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOUR TEAMS AS OF THIS MORNING....
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10735430/april-fat2fit-weight-loss-challenge-and-support-group-registration-page/p1

2) TALLIES ARE DONE AND WILL POSTED IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION ON THE HOME PAGE TOMORROW BY BECKY (@BEKA3695)

3) THERE WERE A LOT OF NWI'S AND MISSED WEIGH IN'S ON SOME OF THE TEAMS MINE INCLUDED
PLEASE CAN WE ALL DO OUR DUE DILIGENT AND KEEP OUR SPREAD SHEETS UP TO DATE AS TIME PERMITS.

4) EVERY SUNDAY I START ON THE TALLIES AT 0500HRS OR 5 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME I GO THROUGH EACH TEAMS THREAD BACK 2 PAGES ..THAT'S IT IF I DON'T SEE THE WEIGH IN OF THOSE MISSING IT GOES IN AS A NWI. I DO THAT SO THE GROUP STANDING WILL CONTINUE TO BE CURRENT FOR THE TALLIES. IT CAN BE CHANGED TO A LWI IF YOU SO DESIRE AS THE CAPTAIN. LET ONE OF US MODS KNOW AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO CHANGE IT TO THE LWI.
THESE TALLIES TAKE ABOUT ABOUT 1-1/2 HRS. TO DO FROM START TO FINISH..IT'S A TON OF WORK FOR US SO IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF YOUR SPREADSHEETS ARE AS CURRENT AS POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS

I WILL BE GOING DARK MONDAY NIGHT I AS I HAVE PREP TO DO FOR SURGERY ON TUESDAY MORNING 0500 HRS...I WILL BE DARK AT LEAST UNTIL THURSDAY ACCORDING TO THE ADMIRAL (MARCIE). I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WELL WISHES AND ALL OF THE GOOD MOJO THAT IS HEADED MY WAY. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A WALK IN THE PARK, HOWEVER I HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST NAVY AND CIVILIAN SURGICAL TEAM KNOWN SO I AM JUST GOING TO PUT MY TRUST IN THEM AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE. HOORAH
GREG

lennoncpa

Happy Sunday everyone. Let’s have a great April!

Mrsbell8well

FYI...team. I reached out to @cyndiesstuff and she is in the process of recuperating. Surgery went well. She said to tell everyone she is thinking of our team and will be back soon.

carlsoda

First off... @Mrsbell8well I am sorry you felt critical - gosh we are always hard on ourselves aren’t we. Your picture shows a slim confident woman with super cute hair 😁 You are doing great!! And I am so jealous of your running. I used to run, but I just never do it anymore. Used to love it.

Has anyone heard from @cyndiesstuff just wondering how she is doing. Hope everything is going well and she’s starting the healing process.

Saturday check in
Food good
Water good
Steps good (no yoga)

Yesterday was my last day of Whole30 and today I start a slow reintroduction. I know I could easily turn things around and undo all my hard work. For this week, everything will stay the same but I will try having my yummy mug muffin for breakfast. They are low carb, low sugar and full of protein and healthy fats from the almond flour I use. If I feel sugar cravings I will back off.

Today we are going to do a little combination of activities. Going to check out a state park close to the twin cities and take a little hike, then head in to finish our grocery shopping and maybe a little consignment shopping.

Oh and we hired our new customer support person and she will start on the 8th. All weekend I have been texting my email ideas for training and to set up meetings with sales and IT. I want her to succeed and in the long run it will make my job easier. So fun having a new person start!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Navydaddjtc

https://darebee.com/programs/cardio-go.html

THIS WEEK MODERATORS CHALLENGE
LET'S GET THAT HEART A PUMP-IN WHAT YA SAY

Cardio Go is a low impact 30-day no-equipment program with a focus on streamline achieved through steady burn. It has a simple easy-to-follow structure and it’s designed as a running substitute.

The program is perfect for beginners as well as people at an advanced fitness level who want to add extra, moderate exercise to their day. Each session is 30-40 minutes long. Rest between sets is optional and it can be skipped.

All exercises in the program are standing exercises, at no point will you need to get down on the floor - there are no burpees, push-ups or planks. This program can be repeated indefinitely after the 30 days are up. Each day simply start the timer and go! Repeat the set for each day seven times in total. You can do more or fewer sets to increase or decrease the workout time to better fit it into your day.

sleepymom5

Check in for: Saturday
Logged food: yes and over
Water: Over 64 oz
Steps or exercise: Walking on the beach with Daisy and Nicole for 75 min and 12,619 steps

Not the best day with eating. I didn't plan well. I actually did well at each meal as far as eating mindfully but I had heavier type meals than I normally would and doing that in one day wasn't a great idea. I also had a few pieces of chocolate and some peanut butter. I am not even sure why...Oh well...new day. I don't feel like that derailed me but I am a little disappointed in myself. I will have to do the individual packs of the peanut butter at the shore. That seems to work at home. I won't eat those for some reason but an open jar of peanut butter I have problems with...Ugh!

This am we did have time to get out for one last walk before the rain came. Now to clean, pack and getting out of here. When I get home I will make a plan for the week. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Welcome to our new members
@Julie8468
@summerandskye

We can't wait to meet you!!

@Shirin_K What was it about yesterday?! I didn't have the best day with eating either. Glad you had fun though! Now right back at it-New week, new month!
@Mrsbell8well Thanks for the update with Cyndie. I was going to see how she was doing later but now I will let her rest instead.
@carlsoda Sounds like a fun day planned! Enjoy! I am also happy to hear about the new person at work, especially if it makes your job a little easier down the road. Have a great day!
@lennoncpa Hello there! Happy April! Always happy to see you checking in!
@nstephenson01 I noticed they still have Irene as team motivator so I did go to the captain's thread and let them know. Sorry about that.

Mrsbell8well

Intro-
Hi team and welcome new members! It’s Springtime and we get a fresh April start. Hurrah!
I am Angelina living in the Shenandoah valley in Virginia.
I started MFP July 11th 2018 weighing 202.8. I currently weigh 151.6. 51.2 pounds to date bye bye. 8.8 more to go to hit my 60 pound goal by June 1st.
I started out wearing some 3x clothing items. I’m now size 8 wearing some 6’s. I’m 5’3.
My total motivation is health. I’m 62 years old. Last year I had problems with my throat closing and gagging with food. I had daily headaches and frequent back aches. I completely changed my life around and am still constantly tweaking. In October I changed dramatically by going vegan, sugar free, alcohol free, no gluten, no caffeine and in general I practice organic clean eating. I do daily yoga and just finished a 5k trail run with my family. Currently training for my 1st 10K. Of note...I have had zero medicine since October 15th and backaches have disappeared. I still get occasional headaches but I use peppermint oil to treat them.
I’m married to Molly since 2016. My parents live in our fully furnished basement with a kitchen and fireplace. They are in and out of the hospital on a regular basis. We live 1 mile from Hospital. Our 9 year old granddaughter lives with us part time while my daughter is a FT nurse close by.
My 3 priorities are sleep, exercise and nutritious food.
April goals-daily yoga, 10K training, 10K steps a day, and losing 4 pounds. My goal is to weigh 147. The 40’s!!!! Here I come!
This team is my biggest factor for being successful. I love all the support!!!

phoebe112476

Hello team. I am a single working mom to three teen girls living in Indiana, USA. I was overweight my adult life but not in the obese BMI category and really not very concerned about my weight (I think I look good at a higher weight for my frame - partly because I have a big bust). I was stable in my weights and wearing size 14 / XL for the most part over many many years. I am about 5' 6" tall. I was eating a generally healthy diet with lots of fruits, veggies, and no sugary drinks.

I then had a short disastrous marriage and from the stress and his way of eating (loads of sodas and high calorie foods) - I gained a bunch of weight. I was divorced about a year ago and 8 months ago decided I was going to focus on getting back to a healthy weight. This is when I realized my long time adult size was actually in the overweight BMI category. I have had an easy time losing weight, to be honest, and have been logging and following CICO. I just recently hit 50 pounds lost and am starting to feel the size 12's I bought recently are getting loose. I am in the 170's for the first time in many many years. I plan to get to about 150, which is the high end of a normal BMI for my height. I will see how it goes. Recently, I have been trying to slow my weight loss down some and am aiming for 0.5 pounds per week. I have fallen in love with yoga in the last few months after a whole life of poor balance, poor flexibility and negative feelings about any form of exercise I have previously tried. I am off to yoga class now, in fact - got to go. Have a great day team!

@Julie8468 and @summerandskye - Welcome. So glad you are on the team.

@Mrsbell8well - Awesome photo! You and your wife are so cute! Thanks for sharing your struggle over the weekend. It is so helpful for us all to recognize the parts of ourselves in the same struggles of the team members. Thanks for the update about @cyndiesstuff. Glad she is doing okay. We sure miss her posts here.

To whomever asked about foster - I was a foster parent for many years and adopted all three of mine from foster care. They keep me busy and I haven't had any new foster kids in about 7 years. I am still not officially re-liscenced as a foster but I "run in the foster circles" so to say and heard of these two girls. We continued to be honored and privileged to share this week with them.

CassieGetsFit2013

User ID: CassieGetsFit2013
Week Number: Week 1
Weigh Day: Sunday
Previous weight: 182
Current weight: 182.4

Surprisngly not another big gain like last week which I thought it would be. Didn't stick to my calories at all this week, will try again! Sorry I haven't been checking in and writing, I've been having a tough time with myself, some good, some bad and sometimes I just feel stuck with my words and I shut down and don't know how to talk.

pacsnc6

Hi I'm Patsy, 66 years old with 2 grown children and two teenage grandchildren. I live in central North Carolina.

I was always skinny when younger, I weighed 120 pounds at 9 months pregnant both times. And only kept five pounds after the second. I very slowly climbed to 128 when I had a hysterectomy at age 38 then gained a few pounds a year. Doctors always said "Don't worry it's only a few pounds" until I ht 179 a couple years ago. I joined MFP at 173 lbs in 2011 with the idea of tracking what I was eating and trying to find what I should change. I think my biggest problem was nuts (which I ate by the half cup full) and the soda. I have dropped to 165ish in the last two years. This group (I joined in Nov) is great with ideas and support. In March I was up and down 2-3 pounds so still trying to find the right balance of food and exercise.