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TEAM: Flab-U-Less (May)

AB0215
AB0215 Posts: 7,141 Member
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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.
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  • mram3582
    mram3582 Posts: 2,482 Member
    Hi again everyone! Welcome to all of our newcomers. My name is Melinda and I am acting team captain right now. I have been active on mfp since mid-Jan of 2018 and this is my 9th round on the Biggest Loser Challenge. I started at a whopping 315lbs. after quitting an active job, having surgery, starting my own business, and being on very high doses of steroids. I am now down to 225lbs. which is almost where I spent the majority of my adult life. My diary is open for anyone's viewing pleasure and I am willing to help out in any way that I am able. As far as personal life/hobbies: I am married to my high school sweetie for 20 years, no kids, 2 cats. I own a carpet, tile, grout cleaning business which keeps me pretty active and I am nightshift 911. My husband and I build arcade cabinets and program emulators (think old-school Pac-Man), we like Cons, and pretty much anything fantasy or sci-fi. GO TEAM FLAB-U-LESS!!
  • mram3582
    mram3582 Posts: 2,482 Member
    Hi again everyone! So....Sunday April 28th. officially kicks off our May Challenge! This challenge runs from April 28th to June 1st. So the 1st weigh ins will be those people that chose Sunday as their weigh day. Sorry for the confusion, it keeps things equal.
    We are also going to be running (Optional) Mini-challenges again this month: Question of the Week and Daily Posts

    First and foremost is that participation in these challenges 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).

    ****End of the week. those who have managed to keep to plan for 6 out of 7 days are recognized in the thread as being part of the weekly "Winners Circle".

    A side note as there has been a bit of confusion for new members in the past, this is not the same as the official results, which are weight based, this is just another tool to help you reach your weight loss goals.

    **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 10 mile run, activity is activity, anything that gets you up and moving!).
    Is not weight based (as weight fluctuates day by day).
    Can continue beyond weight loss.

    Daily check in keeps you in touch with those doing similar. Longer term weight management is hard to do on your own.

    It also has frequent resets (as in a circle each week).

    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 the next day!

    Consistency and new habits have been shown the only long term successful way to change weight. We all want the progress made here to last a lifetime.

    Your posts should look like this:
    Daily Post (Sunday/Date)

    Track: Yes/no
    Calories: Yes/no (were you under)
    Exercise: Yes/no (what type and how long)
    Goals/Day/Comments: (Tell us a brief description about your how your day went or your goals for the day)

    The Question of the Week Challenge is a fun participation booster and we will be using it sometimes just as fun and sometimes it can help to foster new ideas for others as we all are different and have different experiences so sharing ideas can help someone else with motivation of freshening up their routine even!! Keep on the lookout for these questions.[/color]

    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 posts should look like this:
    Username:
    Week: November 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, please setup your posts in that format as it really makes it much easier for me to track your progress for the challenges and the weight loss!!

    I'd like to help us be as successful as possible and if I can help in any way, please let me know. Also, if you have any suggestions for the team or fun ideas to spice things up a bit, please feel free to share them, I look for new ways to help engagement and keep people motivated!!

    I am committed to this group and to help where I can, and please let me know if I can help in any way!!

    Your team Captain,
    Melinda @mram3582
  • mram3582
    mram3582 Posts: 2,482 Member
    Hi again everyone! So....tomorrow, April 28th we go live with the May Challenge! Those that chose Sun. as their weigh in are up 1st:
    @empire5
    @LenGray
    @sjuleesia
    @WA_Teacher
    @kirstydaisy94

    Remember the format for weighing in:
    username
    May Week 1
    PW: (previous weight or start weight)
    CW: (current weight)

    We're gonna have an amazing month!! GO TEAM FLAB-U-LESS!!
  • judysway361
    judysway361 Posts: 10 Member
    judysway361
    Week: May - week 1
    PW =184
    CW=185
  • Starshine15
    Starshine15 Posts: 457 Member
    Daily post for Sunday 4/28
    Track: Yes
    Calories: No, over by 35
    Exercise: No

    Welcome to all of our newcomers! And a big thanks to @mram3582 - Melinda, our fearless captain. This begins my 6th month with the Biggest Loser Challenge. I've lost 12lbs - I'm a slow, but sure, snail. Let's do this, Team Flab-U-Less!
  • mram3582
    mram3582 Posts: 2,482 Member
    Daily Post: 04/28 Sunday
    Track: yes
    Calories: over
    Exercise: no
    Daily goal: Collect them all! Tomorrow-yes please, I'll take another!
  • LenGray
    LenGray Posts: 859 Member
    Daily Post 4/28
    Track: No
    Calories: No clue
    Exercise: Not even a little
    Comments: It was awesome to see that drop on the scale today! I decided to take today 'off' with logging though. I didn't go overboard, but it felt nice to have a day where I didn't have to write everything down. Tomorrow, I'm back at it :)

    It's so great to see everyone at the start of a new month! Good luck everyone!
  • empire5
    empire5 Posts: 256 Member
    Welcome to all the newcomers!
    This will be my 5th month with team Flab-U-Less. I've lost 25lbs since joining and love the accountability of belonging to a group and checking in most days.

    Daily post - 28th April
    Tracking: yes
    Calories: even
    Exercise: 45 minute circuit class
  • dheliason
    dheliason Posts: 316 Member
    dheliason
    May week 1
    Monday
    Previous: 148.8
    Current: 148.8
  • KOW75
    KOW75 Posts: 92 Member
    KOW75
    May Week 1
    Monday
    Previous: 181.8
    Current: 182.8

    Bad week. I will get it together for you guys.
  • JodieParko
    JodieParko Posts: 31 Member
    Apologies @mram3582 I'm going to have to bow out of the May challenge due to an injury. Hoping to be back on track and be raring to go for the June challenge :-)
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