WEIGHT NO MORE TEAM CHAT - MAY 2019
Navydaddjtc
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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 MAY Challenge - We have six (6) teams returning this month!!
Our group and team leaders for the MAY Challenge are as follows:
Our Moderators;
Steve - @steplaj (Group Owner)
Greg - @Navydaddjtc
Becky - @Beka3695
Liselyn - @jugar
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
We are beginning the MAY Challenge - We have six (6) teams returning this month!!
Our group and team leaders for the MAY Challenge are as follows:
Our Moderators;
Steve - @steplaj (Group Owner)
Greg - @Navydaddjtc
Becky - @Beka3695
Liselyn - @jugar
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
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Hello fellow teammates! Welcome to May! I hope you are ready for a new month!
I am not sure if we have any new members, but I will introduce myself. My name is Kirsten, I am 47 years old, have been on MFP for 7 years, since May 4, 2012, and part of this challenge since it started, I believe July 2016. I am also a WW Lifetime member. I am trying to get back to goal. I have struggled with my weight since I was young. I have been married for 20 years (together for 26), on 6-4-19, and have 2 sons, 14 (almost 15 on June 3rd) and an 18 year old. Life is very busy, but I really try to eat healthy & stay active. I also follow IF. I was doing 16:8, now I am doing 18:6. I am feeling good. I am hoping to get as close to goal as possible by the end of the month before summer starts. I think I can drop about 10 pounds by the end of May. My ultimate goal is to be around 145-150, which I want to see on the scale before I go to Vegas in July. Time is flying, goals need to be met.
Lets have a great, successful May!
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Happy MAY!
I know that @Mrsbell8well had asked about that 100 ab challenge I did in March, and I decided to do it for May. April was a baaaaaaaad month for me, but I'm ready to face May fresh.
Here's day 1 if anyone wants to do the ab challenge and be pool ready for June!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ha236I-ulzY&t=6s4 -
I'll get a jump on it a day early....
I am Mike, 59 years old, married, 239 current weight, 180 target weight. 234 target weight for May 31. I have been on MFP for 18 months, but was inactive for several stretches. I am returning from 2 months on cheer squad, needed to deal with some ongoing personal issues.
I want to lose the excess weight because my diabetes is growing much worse, and I want to keep my toes for as long as I am on this planet. The jury on that is out. It will take diet, exercise, and good self-talk. I am here on MFP to give support to all of you, and to draw inspiration and support when I lose my mind and start thinking of doughnuts as vegetables.
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Thursday 5/2 Team Weight no more baseball
@GingerPwr
@Mrsbell8well 80minutes and 10,583steps - triple/double
@pacsnc6 40 minutes and 7150 steps -single
@hope002 66 minutes - triple
@carlsoda 15515 steps - triple
@Julie8468 strike out
Friday 5/3 Team Weight no more baseball
@GingerPwr
@Mrsbell8well 40 min and 7502 steps Single/single
@pacsnc6 60 min and 10,010 steps Triple/double
@hope002 101 minutes and 8117 steps-Triple/single
@carlsoda 11,822 steps -Double
@Julie8468 8167 steps-Single
Saturday 5/4 Team Weight no more baseball
@GingerPwr
@Mrsbell8well
@pacsnc6
@hope002
@carlsoda 8071 steps-single
@Julie8468
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Sunday Weigh Ins
@bmaison2014
@cassiegetsfit2013
@twyla77
Monday Weigh Ins
@Amsandos
@gottagetthisdown
@jedaschultz
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Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I will write my intro tomorrow. I just wanted to pull over our baseball and weigh ins to this page so we can continue on...Have a good night everyone!2
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check in for Saturday
rest day0 -
Daily Check in: Saturday
Food: Not on track at all
Water: not enough oz
Exercise and steps: 30 minute walk and 8165 steps
Well it looks like we got no one new this month. That's ok. I love our team. We have some return mates, @lenka1 and @eyesopennow . We are ready to make may our month. i am feeling overwhelmed. mom came thru the surgery ok but was miserable all day yesterday. she is really good at the theatrics! now i have no doubt she felt terrible. but she was obnoxious and demanding and with every out breath moaned. she was stable when we left. but was still moaning. i will be headed back first thing this morning. i have decided i have to muster up the conviction I had when i started this journey. i will not end up like my mom. so i will do my may intro and reflection in my next post. i ate like crap again yesterday. on purpose. i put the food in my mouth and i just didn't care. my clothes are starting to get tight. that is no a good sign. time to nip this in the bud. for good. as my mom nears the end of her life, morbidly obese and in pain, i am just starting with mine. act two is starting now. lets make sure that all of our endings are better than my moms. i have packed my bag for the day. jim will be doing the grocery shopping and the prep! please help us!!
@kirsten11872 you know our stories are all so similar. i am so glad you are here with us. you may goal is lofty! But we are all here rooting you on. one day at a time, you will be one step close to your goal!!
@eyesopennow Mike, your view on lifes events is amazing. we are going to learn together how to take that humor and boost ourselves up. relearning how to think about food is a difficult undertaking and that is all of our goals. one day, food will just be food. no more no less. and until then we will figure it out together. and i will tell you from personal experience. ending every day with a little debbies brownie is not the answer. now lets empty out the kitchen cabinets of all the garbage. throw it away. i promise it only hurts for a little while.
okay all. i have to get my exercise done and get to the hospital. i will do my intro and reflection in my next post.
and in the words of @eyesopennow "Doughnuts are not veggies" Put it down!! lol
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Hi all, I have been on MFP since July 11th 2019. I am a success story. I have to pinch myself when I say that to make sure it’s real. I have lost a total of 54 pounds. Went from a 3x to a size 6.
Many of you have been on this journey with me from the beginning. I have jumped in with 2 feet and plan to stay in. I have 7 pounds to go to be at my goal weight and in the “normal” range. I have been all over the place constantly re-evaluating and tweaking as necessary to reach my goal. There are lots of ways to determine success. For me, it’s that number on the scale. I either lose or I don’t. It is a direct reflection of my behaviors. If I am on target the scale will drop, if not I need to change my behaviors. I started out logging faithfully all my food. In October I was still having severe digestive issues even though I was losing weight. I again decided to refocus on my health. I gave up sugar, alcohol, caffeine, dairy and all animal products. I have been doing yoga daily for about 6 months. I began my first week with a 10 minute walk. I am now training for my first 10K on June 1st. I set my goals and with the accountability of this team, I reach my goals.
My name is Angelina. I’m 62 years old. In the best shape of my life. Married to Molly. My parents live with us. I have recently received a promotion in February and just found out Friday that I have been promoted to an officer of the bank.
Life is so good! Taking control of my health and weight has rippled into all areas of my life. I feel like a winner. I read about many of my teammates here that struggle. Yup that was me too. My deteriorating health was a blessing. It terrified me and forced me into action. We all have our bottoms and our own personal journeys. There’s not too much we can post that others can’t relate to. We are all in this together. Many of you have been in my shoes. I am down here now at this teeny tiny weight. I need continued support to see that final goal number on that scale then the support to stay there. Blessings to each and every one of you.5 -
April/May
April I lost 2.6 pounds. I finally see 140’s on that scale. I lost 1.5 inches. I survived a week of training in NC. We revamped our financial budgets and goals. I completed 30 days of yoga and stayed on track with my 10K training program.
Splurged on a makeover...nails, makeup, and lovely size 6 new wardrobe.
May goals:
lose 3 pounds to weigh 146
100 day ab challenge
Lift weights 2X a week
Yoga daily
Finish my 10K training program
Memorial Day begin a 39 day running streak challenge till July 4th.
Check in daily.
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I mentioned that Molly and I are working on 12 weeks of goal categories. We checked off finances and this past week exercise. This week our category is health.
We will be making calls to schedule physicals and mamos etc. taking daily vitamins. Getting 64 oz of water in each day. I also plan to focus on Dr. McGregors daily dozen app for balanced nutrition.
I am going to log my food this week as well and follow daily calorie guidelines.
Molly also suggested daily meditation to stay centered with all the job/life demands and to help reduce stress levels.
I think I will go back to oil pulling this week as well.
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WEEK 1 MOD CHALLENGE ....DRINK IT UPhttps://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10742403/week-1-mod-challenge-drink-it-up#latestLET'S DRINK TILL WE SHRINK2
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Daily Check in: Saturday
Food: logged and on track
Water: at least 80 oz
Exercise and steps: 5k walk and 13,508 steps
That effin scale really does make a difference in my attitude although I don't want it to. I am only .4 above my lowest (recent) weight. It is like I have a whole new attitude. I had a few good days strung together so that is really what should be motivating me, not because the scale went down. The scale was kind today so I was happy, if my weight was up, I would have been bummed out. One of these days I will get it into my thick skull!
Yesterday went well. I dropped my calories by a few 100 calories and don't count my exercise calories burned so I doubt I will be under until I get used to the lower calories. I didn't have a very productive day around the house so I have to make up for that if I ever want to get to the shore. My niece was up and out by 9am! She has 3 places in Philly she is looking at today so fingers crossed. Wed. will be three weeks so depending how she makes out today, I am going to have to have a little talk with her and give her another week or so. I am hoping it doesn't come to that and she gets one of the apartments she looks at today. Time to get moving-I am going to catch up here, exercise (in basement, it is a rainy day) and then cleaning. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
@carlsoda Thank you for participating in this very long baseball season. You have been a great teammate on both the baseball team and our regular team!
@kirsten11872 Let's make May our month!! We can do this!!
@GingerPwr Thank you for posting. I am going to give it a whirl. My daughter asked for the link when I told her how great you look! Also, can you give us your last few days of baseball so we can submit. It was a long season Lol! Thanks again for participating!
@eyesopennow I am so happy you are back! I like your goal for May, you can totally do it! Don't always feel like you need to be the comic relief either (although I for one enjoy it Lol!) We are here for support for you in good and bad times.
@hope002 A well deserved rest day!! Thank you for participating in the long baseball season. You are a great member to our team! The regular team and the baseball team!
@cyndiesstuff I am glad the surgery was successful and your Mom is recovering. I am sure I mentioned before that I worked in the ICU for over 10 years. Your Mom is in good hands, don't stay longer than YOU need to. You have to take care of yourself and before you know it, she will be home depending on you. Hopefully there will be a little time in rehab between the hospital and home. I am so proud of you too. No pep talk needed. You took accountability for yesterday. No excuses and then you planned for today and are ready for success. I am so glad to see that Jim even stepped up and is doing the shopping and prepping so you don't have that hanging over your head. Relax and be with your Mom but as soon as she gets to be too much either leave or take a break. Like, a long break, a walk, maybe get a book and read, meditate in the chapel...anything to relax and recharge. Hugs girl! Don't worry about us here, we will keep on keeping on!
@nstephenson01 I don't know why they keep putting Irene as motivator instead of you. We have corrected this several times, they correct it on the spread sheet and then the same thing happens. Ugh! Sorry about that!
@mrsbell8well I always love reading your intro. Such success! You had an awesome April AND looks like May is going to be awesome too!4 -
THE BASEBALL CHALLENGE HAS COME TO AN END
I WILL BE TALLYING IT ALL AND WILL POST THE RESULTS LATER
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@Mrsbell8well What is this about a promotion?! Congratulations!! Will this effect all the hard work you have been doing in your newish position? So excited for you! Life is good!2
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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.
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 221 lbs. 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.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 listen to the Phit and Phat podcasts daily. The things they talk about really have hit home with me. Especially making small, doable changes. I have done so many restrictive diets and crazy exercise regimes and lost weight only to gain it all back when I just couldn't keep it up anymore. This time I am not making any changes that I can't keep doing my whole life. It is really a lifestyle change. I totally get that now. The weight is coming off slower than I would like but it is coming off and that is what is important.
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. The information that changed my thinking was from reading everyone else's successes and struggles. If I wasn't on this team, I wouldn't be where I am now. I have lost the additional weight I put on from that slump in 2018, have gotten to and stayed in onderland AND really feel like this isn't going to be a rollercoaster any more. Let's rock this month!!
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Baseball one last time thank God!!!
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Yoga 36
Abs 6mins
Running 36 minutes
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I didn't really reflect on April or make my goals for May above because I wanted to share something that I heard in my PNP podcasts. (This is when I wish I was a better writer so bear with me) The topic I was listening to was about reflecting on the past month and setting goals for the coming month. They suggested think in terms of KEEP, STOP and START. It is as easy as it sounds. What did you do last month that worked and you want to continue doing (Keep)? What did you do that didn't work or maybe worked at some point but you don't need anymore(Stop)? Maybe you needed a snack between lunch and dinner and you find you don't need it anymore. Finally, what is a new habit or exercise (or really anything) you would like to try (Start)? If you do this all year, you will have 12 new healthy habits and stopped 12 things that aren't working.
Reflecting back on last month, I actually didn't gain when I went back and did the math from April 1 to May 1. I lost .6. Not as much as I would have liked but it wasn't a gain and I did get through Easter and Hilton Head. It is what it is and time to move on. This month I want to-
Keep-working on eating to satisfied. I am still having problems overeating but I am improving. I also want to keep listening to my podcasts, hitting my little daily goals and planning my food and day in advance.
Stop-reading the Beck's diet solution. I actually finished it. I still have work to do and will probably always refer to it. I think it was when I started reading this book, that I really changed the way I thought of this whole process. I learned so much and developed many great habits . I also want to stop eating what is not on my plan. I am working on this.
Start-I need to get a strength training routine that is regular. I stopped going to the trainer because of my shoulder and now my hip. I am going to look into those videos that @nstephenson01 does.
I always struggle with making weight goals and April I wasn't even close. However, I always had problems with planning too and now I can't live without it Lol! So my goals for May is to average 1 pounds per week which would be 4 pound this month which would put me(from this mornings weight) at 193 lbs. Maybe I will overshoot and end up at 191 which takes me from obese to just overweight...
Now I need to really get moving! Have a great Sunday everyone!!5 -
Saturday 5/4 Team Weight no more baseball
@GingerPwr
@Mrsbell8well-78 min and 10,393 steps-triple/double
@pacsnc6
@hope002 Rest day-bunt
@carlsoda 8071 steps-single
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@cyndiesstuff I posted Thursday's and Fridays's baseball scores on the moderator's thread. I told them we will add @gingerpwr when we get it. I will post Saturday's when we get all the totals in too.
@mrsbell8well I had so many other things to say to you I forgot to thank you for participating in the baseball game! Thanks for hanging in there, it was a long season! Lol!1 -
WEEK ONE GROUP CHALLENGE PROVIDED BY THE WORKOUT WARRIORSBEST GROUP CHALLENGE EVER'......THIS WEEKS GROUP CHALLENGE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE WORKOUT WARRIORS TEAM
HERE IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK
THIS A TEAM CHALLENGE MEANING YOU COMPETE WITHIN YOUR OWN TEAM....
THE CHALLENGE IS ..THE MOST STEPS IN THE WEEK..SO TEAM CAPTAINS YOU COPY AND PASTE BLANK ROWS ON THE STEP SPREADSHEET TO ALLOW ROOM FOR THOSE THAT ARE TAKING PART IN THIS CHALLENGE.THE MOST WEIGHT LOST IN A WEEK......... THIS WILL BE DONE ON THE SPREAD SHEET FOR THE WEEKTHE MOST WATER DRANK IN THE WEEKTHIS CAN BE KEPT ON THE DAILY CHECK OR HOWEVER YOUR TEAM DOES THAT
NOW IF YOUR THE WINNER FROM YOUR TEAM I WILL MAKE YOU A CERTIFICATE AND E MAIL IT TO YOU AND I WILL POST IT ON THE TEAM THREAD AND IN THE CAPT'S LOUNGE FOR EACH TEAM WINNER.
THE ONLY RULE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE THE WINNER IN ALL THREE CATEGORIES...TEAM CAPTAINS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON YOUR TEAM IF THERE IS TIE THE MODS WILL MAKE THE FINAL CALL WITH THE ADVICE OF THE TEAM CAPTAINS
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I almost forgot to congratulate our winners from Week 5 AND for the month of April!!
Week 5 congrats to @carlssoda, @julie8468 and to @kirsten11872 - our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners! Awesome work Ladies!!
For the month of April....drum roll please...@julie8468, @kirsten11872 and @cyndiesstuff- our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for the entire month of April! Wtg!4 -
Hi!
My name is Twyla and I’ve been on MFP for 3 or so years, but never used it consistently until i joined this group! The support from @cyndiesstuff, @Mrsbell8well, @sleepymom5 and everyone else really helps me when i slip up - in the past i’d throw up my hands and say ‘this is too hard, it’s not working!’ and go back to my old ways of fast food and never working out, but seeing how hard everyone works here and hearing about other people’s struggles and seeing their success despite everything else going on in their lives just reminds me that sometimes things happen in life but we just have to do our best and keep trying.
And when i’m having a tough time (like i am right now) with gaining, I know I can always count on this group for some words of wisdom!
I’m 41 years old, and my heaviest weight was about 2 years ago at 150lbs, which was all held in my midsection. 5 feet 4 inches with little scrawny arms & legs, abd everything else in the middle (and face). I looked like a Weeble and wasn’t happy with how my clothes were fitting or how i was feeling about myself. My goal weight originally was 125lbs, which I hit towards the end of last summer, and i maintained between 124 - 126ish for quite a while, then somehow now I’m almost 130lb again. @cyndiesstuff was right (as usual) that I should read up on ways to maintain, which i have started doing now. It’s harder than I ever thought it would be - for so long i was just working towards this number, but never put any thought into what would happen when i got there!
After spending some time looking at old pictures and doing some reading, my goal weight now is 120lbs - when i was 125lbs i was happy with how i looked with clothes ON, but still had extra around my middle and some upper arm stuff etc. So i think maybe that extra 5lbs should solve that, but who knows - I’ll have to see when I get there. My lowest weight ever was around 115lbs (back in my early 30’s) and that was too skinny - it wasn’t a healthy 115lbs, it was after a bad breakup and a summer full of partying and crash diets, ugh. Not cute.
I have a wedding to attend on June 29 which I’d like to go sleeveless for, so I’m going to start working towards that!
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Navydaddjtc wrote: »WEEK ONE GROUP CHALLENGE PROVIDED BY THE WORKOUT WARRIORSBEST GROUP CHALLENGE EVER'......THIS WEEKS GROUP CHALLENGE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE WORKOUT WARRIORS TEAM
HERE IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK
THIS A TEAM CHALLENGE MEANING YOU COMPETE WITHIN YOUR OWN TEAM....
THE CHALLENGE IS ..THE MOST STEPS IN THE WEEK..SO TEAM CAPTAINS YOU COPY AND PASTE BLANK ROWS ON THE STEP SPREADSHEET TO ALLOW ROOM FOR THOSE THAT ARE TAKING PART IN THIS CHALLENGE.THE MOST WEIGHT LOST IN A WEEK......... THIS WILL BE DONE ON THE SPREAD SHEET FOR THE WEEKTHE MOST WATER DRANK IN THE WEEKTHIS CAN BE KEPT ON THE DAILY CHECK OR HOWEVER YOUR TEAM DOES THAT
NOW IF YOUR THE WINNER FROM YOUR TEAM I WILL MAKE YOU A CERTIFICATE AND E MAIL IT TO YOU AND I WILL POST IT ON THE TEAM THREAD AND IN THE CAPT'S LOUNGE FOR EACH TEAM WINNER.
THE ONLY RULE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE THE WINNER IN ALL THREE CATEGORIES...TEAM CAPTAINS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON YOUR TEAM IF THERE IS TIE THE MODS WILL MAKE THE FINAL CALL WITH THE ADVICE OF THE TEAM CAPTAINS
NOW LETS HAVE SERIOUS TRASH TALKING AND SOME SERIOUS FUN.
Let's start with who will be interested in participating in this? Who ever participates would need to keep track of their steps and water for the week or we could have people post daily here. Not sure what you all would want to do. Our baseball team may need a break for this challenge. Lol! Just post if you are interested or not. I am not sure how the weight in going to work as we all have different weigh in days. I actually don't understand about the spread sheets or anything else but we can start figuring out our team and keeping track of water and steps lol!
Team Weight No More for Workout Warriors challenge-
@sleepymom52 -
@twyla77 I always love reading over everyone's intros. I can see a difference in you since you started. You have changed your thinking, have found ways to fit working out in your busy schedule and you just came off of a bunch of successful and fun trips. I am so glad that you are a member of this team!!
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Twyla77
Week 1
Weigh in day: Sunday May 5
Previous Weight: 128
Todays Weight: 129
It’s my TOM right now so i’m hoping that’s what that gain is all about...Trying not to let it get me down, as I know I worked hard this week.
Remember my goal for the last few Sunday’s was to go to the gym 3x in the upcoming week but never managed it?
Well - this week I did it! Monday, Wednesday & Saturday!
Started the 30-Day Push Up Challenge with my coworkers on Wednesday - it starts out with ‘5 Wall Push Ups’ and we keep building up to incline pushups then knee pushups etc and by the end of the month we *should* be able to do 15 Regular Push Ups. (Not gonna lie, i was a little shaky after this mornings 30 wall push ups, so not feeling all that confident that I’ll ever get to 15 regular push ups lol, But i’m going to try!)
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@sleepymom5 I would like to join the challenge0
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User ID: CassieGetsFit2013
Week Number: Week 5
Weigh Day: Sunday
Previous weight: 189
Current weight: 191.2
I'm asking to be put on the cheerleader squad until further notice. I'm only letting myself and the team down by all the gains lately. I'm struggling with food and other issues and I may be going to Rehab for a little while, I don't want to go, but I have a reallt good Psychaitrist whoch would still be able to treat me there so I may be going. Hugs to all and I'm not letting this weight lot battle be over, nope!
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Sorry think mine meant to say week 1, not 5.3
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Last day of baseball, May 4th, check in:
Steps: 8,677
Exercise: 30 minutes of raking the lawn until I gave up. It’s mostly dead grass out there...
Busy day today, hope to have time to introduce myself this evening.
Have a fun cinco de mayo everyone! Get dancing!
Ps. I’ll join the challenge.2
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