TEAM: Flab-U-Less (June)
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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 10th 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 237lbs. 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!!3
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Hi again everyone! So....Sunday June 2nd., officially kicks off our June Challenge! This challenge runs from June 2nd to June 29th. 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 @mram35823 -
I completely missed the fact that it is June now. Sorry, I would have posted earlier.0
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Looking forward to motivation and accountability. When I was younger I could eat whatever I wanted and didn't really gain much. I didn't have kids until in my 30's. I was able to lose the baby weight initially, but now the past several years I've gained about 5lbs a year. I know that doesn't sound terrible, but the years and pounds add up. I now have 40-50 lbs to lose. Ready to start the journey to a healthier me!2
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@gloliver3 I’m away from a scale... on vacation and didn’t do my weigh in today. Please just use my weight from last Friday. Thanks! And thanks for volunteering to be our new co- captain!1
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Daily post for May 31st
Track: Yes
Calories: over -this vacation is killing my eating!
Exercise: Yes!! Walked and swam! Yay1 -
Daily post Friday may 31
Track...yes
Calories...under
Exercise...yes1 -
Daily post for May 31st.
Track: Yes.
Calories: Over by approximately 60cal.
Exercise: Yes, walked for about 30 minutes.
Daily post for June 1st.
Track: Yes.
Calories: Under.
Exercise: No.0 -
Daily post for May 31st.
Track: Yes.
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, walked for about 60 minutes, 60 minutes OTF
Daily post for June 1st.
Track: Yes.
Calories: Under.
Exercise: water aerobics 60 min, powerwalking 60 minutes0 -
Happy June!!! We actually got lots of sunshine today- a pleasant surprise since it was supposed to rain!
6/1
Tracked-yes
Cals-over by 80
Exercise- yes 45 min spin class
I am slightly obsessed with spinning lately! I’m hoping it helps me take another 5 pounds off this month! Off to a great start!1 -
Hi everyone! I'm Rhonda. I'm 50 and the struggle is real when it comes to my weight. But I am more determined to make this second half of my life better, stronger, and healthier than the first. At my absolute highest, I hit 375 in December 2016. I still didn't get serious about losing weight until October 2018; thankfully, by then I was down to 360, which is still unhealthy. I'm starting off the month of June at 339. I have declared this month to be my breakthrough month, especially when it comes to exercising. My personal mantra for the last 10 years in other areas of my life has been, "I don't know what I can't do until I try." So I'm applying that to my exercising lifestyle because that it the missing piece to my journey; I haven't been as consistent as I know that I should, but I repeat: This is my BREAKTHROUGH month.
That said, it's time to go get my Leslie Sansone workout in.
Wishing us all a successful month!
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Daily post 6/1
Track: Yes
Calories: way over
Exercise: no0 -
Hi , my name is Lali, I have been a MFP member since Aug. 2012. My weight at that time was 239.1lbs. Two years ago, I lost 50 lbs but I have regained 15lbs. . I am presently weighing 195 lbs. My ultimate weight loss goal is 170-175 lbs. Trying to lose these last few lbs has been very difficult for me. I have logged in for 2477 days and this is what keeps me going. I do some form of exercise 3-5 days a week and I know that I have to resume eating mindfully in order to accomplish my goal.
Welcome to the newbies and also to our new Co- captain.
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Daily Post...June/01
Track..Yes
Cal...Under
Exercise... Yes..Gardening x30 mins and walking x30 mins
My goal this month 1) Eat mindfully
2) Weigh and measure all foods1 -
Hi all, weighing in this morning the scale read 233.8. I cant complain about that, its lower than my start weight of 235! I hope everyone is doing great!3
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So, Sunday June 2nd is the official start of the June Challenge! 1st gladiators in the arena are:
@empire5
@LenGray
@Rutledgek99
@WA_Teacher
Happy start to a bright shiny new month! Have a wonderful day everyone!2 -
Daily post : June 2nd.
Track: Yes.
Calories: Under.
Exercise: No.1 -
Daily post: June 1
Track:yes
Calories: over
Excercise:yes, walked
Had friends over tonight so didn't do too good keeping an eye on calorie intake.0 -
Daily post - 1st June
Tracking: yes
Calories: over by 150
Exercise: 30 minute walk0 -
LenGray
Week 1
Sunday
PW: 268.4
CW: 266.22
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