TEAM: Flab-U-Less (September)
AB0215
Posts: 7,141 Member
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.
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. 1
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Hi all! Mell here and I'm really excited to start this challenge. I struggle with portion control and binge eating, but I'm working on that.3
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Hi Team! I'm happy to be here. Looking forward to taking part and losing a few lbs in Sept. Just back from a short vk .. and working on losing the lbs I gained. Hopefully easy on/ easy off?? We will see?
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MellOnTheMove wrote: »Hi all! Mell here and I'm really excited to start this challenge. I struggle with portion control and binge eating, but I'm working on that.
HI Mel 1 -
I'm here! Joy reporting for duty3
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Checking in for today! I have managed to fast till 1pm which makes it a 17 hour fast for me today. One of my goals is to increase to 18 hours fasting with a 6 hour eating window. I'm famished!3
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Hi team!
My cw is 242lbs. I don't have goal weight, every lbs gone makes me happy.
I try to follow food plan (calory restrictions)2 -
Hi all, am targeting a weigh-loss of 10 lbs by mid October. Aligning my target to a dragon boat race I am participating in. Just recommitted this week to counting calories, along with moving more. I struggle with stress eating, craving sweets and carbs, and sitting too much! Do really like veg and salads, but despite liking them my go to when I am stressed is carbs and sweets. So trying to break that habit and be more balanced.
For exercise currently walk my dogs for 30 min x 1-2 times a day; paddle with my dragon boat team 1-2 times a week for an 1hr long practice, and am swimming laps a couple times a week for at least 20-30 minutes. Deal with hip flexor and Achilles’ tendon issues, so know I need to make stretching a daily thing I do. Also want to work on strengthening my core.
Am 55, 63 lbs to lose to reach my goal weight.2 -
Sorry.. recent time restrains I have to leave the Sept Challenge. Good Luck to everyone though.1
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Sorry I am late! I totally missed that Ashley had put up this thread already! 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 13th 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 245lbs. 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!!2
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Hi again everyone! So....Sunday, Sept. 1st., officially kicks off our Sept. Challenge! This challenge runs from Sept 1st to Sept 28th. 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 @mram35824 -
@mrsjar5311 I do intermittent fasting most days. My eating window is usually 8 hours. I would like to decrease it also. I am following to see if I learn any tips.1
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Welcome to all. New members.
Sorry this is late.i just wanted to say good luck to each an everyone of you.this is my 3rd month here an enjoying it.1 -
For this month, my goal is to get under 300 pounds by my birthday. Which is on the 24th. That means I would have to lose 9.5 pounds in 24 days.
Or 0.4 pounds per day. 4 -
You can do it! I just restarted calorie counting this week and am already down 3 lbs. Though they say 1.5-2lbs a week is a good steady, realistic and healthy goal so you aren’t far off. It is just a matter of staying focused on calories and staying active. I am trying to lose 10lbs by Oct 12th bringing me down under 190 to 188. Just in time for a dragon boat race I am participating in.2
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Alrighty folks! We're live in September!! First gladiators in the arena are:
@empire5
@Katchoi
@LenGray
@WA_Teacher
It is a bright and shiny new month! Lets make it happen! GO TEAM FLAB-U-LESS!!3 -
@mram3582 I noticed that on the September spreadsheet it does not have my current weight for September's starting weight. It has the weight from last week.0
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Hello teammates!
I'm a 5th grade ELA teacher in Washington State. Currently things are a little busy as I prepare for the new school year. My goal for September is to get out of the 220s and drink at least 64 ounces of water daily.0 -
It's 1st Sept here! Well almost finished as I'm 3 hours away from my bedtime!
Track: Yes
Calories: 387 calories under - yay!
Exercise: Yes. 6.2 mile walk. Total time was 1 hr 48 mins
Goals/Day/Comments: Had guests round. So had to carefully manage my calories so I could eat with them. Total balancing act!1 -
Hi, I'm Mary and this is my 10th month with the Biggest Loser Challenge! It has helped me be more accountable - I just logged my food for 365 consecutive days. i've never done that in my life. I'm stuck in the 180s now after having lost 120lbs post gastric bypass surgery almost 15 years ago. I've maintained that weight loss, which I'm proud of, but my BMI is 33 and I'd like it to be closer to 26. I've lost 8 lbs with this challenge - not a lot, but I'm okay with that.
I've included 'before and after' pics. Hope these links work.
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Hello Katchoi here.
This us my second month. I did pretty well I think last month. Fell off the tracking wagon at the end but am ready to get back up and keep this weight loss going.
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Username: Katchoi
Weigh in week: Sept week 1
Weigh in day: Sunday
Todays Weight: 231.70 -
Welcome everyone! Hello to all the newbies and glad to see all the veterans in this month's challenge! It's gonna be Flab-U-Less!!1
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@TypingToaster last week's weigh in would be this month's starting weight for you. All the people that are in the challenge already just roll over to the next challenge.
@Katchoi That is the way to start off the month!1 -
[/b]Hello, everyone! I am Miyoka, from Brooklyn.
I started MFP at 158lbs in February of 2012 to support a friend and to lose 20lbs. I lost 23lbs during that time.
After reaching my goal, I took a hiatus from MFP. I was a dancer, so I felt I would be fine. I stopped dancing in 2016 (started back this year) and from 2016-2019 I gained 56lbs! I did not even see it coming to be honest. Despite the fact, I was not active and I was eating an entire pepperoni pie sometimes. I just assumed I would never gain weight, but I never thought to weight myself. I was unhappy. After, going shopping one day and feeling absolutely devastated, I decided to order a scale and BAM! The truth was there. I needed to make some changes. I started dieting, fasting, juicing, but I was inconsistent. I was too ashamed to dance, bc I had to buy new clothes. I did not even really know what to do in the gym and I was just depressed.
In May, I re-downloaded MFP I’ve been bouncing around in the 180s since. Until last month, I had a serious sit down with myself. I love myself and I know I can do this and I will. I lost 12.6 lbs in August and I am determined to do the same this month. It’s my birthday month, so I am going to be very cautious of what I’m putting in my body during my month of celebrating. I know this group can help. Super excited to join you all on this challenge. Let’s go! If you read all of that, I adore you!🥳💞7 -
@mram3582
Username: Miyoka_Tata
Weight-in Week: September Week 1
Weight-in Day: Sunday
Previous Week Weight: N/A (on 8/31 I was at 176.4)
Today’s Weight: 1761 -
Inspired by all the great stories in this group.
Username:DJMKT
Actual Name: Diana
Weight as of Sunday, Sept. 1- 195.6
My weigh in day is Monday, was 198.7 last Monday, so am down 3lbs
Walked - 1.25 miles this morning with my husband and dogs in TX 86% humidity, still getting.
Planning to swim laps today.
Miyoka, hope you are back to dancing! It is a great from if exercise. You made me think of how much I love Zumba stopped because of an Achilles’ tendon issue may have to try again this month.3 -
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Inspired by all the great stories in this group.
Username:DJMKT
Actual Name: Diana
Weight as of Sunday, Sept. 1- 195.6
My weigh in day is Monday, was 198.7 last Monday, so am down 3lbs
Walked - 1.25 miles this morning with my husband and dogs in TX 86% humidity, still getting.
Planning to swim laps today.
Miyoka, hope you are back to dancing! It is a great from if exercise. You made me think of how much I love Zumba stopped because of an Achilles’ tendon issue may have to try again this month.
Thank you, Diana! @DJMKT 💞
If it’s okay, you should definitely try Zumba again. Start if easy. As for me...I am tired of making excuses and plan to jump back into dancing tomorrow! Wish me, luck and thank you!🥳
Let’s kick September’s butt in a good way!0 -
WA_Teacher
September Week 1
Sunday
Previous Weight:224.4
Current Weight: 223.81 -
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: No
Goals/Day/Comments: today is my first day of controling myself and proud I'm under calories altough I'm hungry already...1
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