CAPTAINS CORNER - OCTOBER
Beka3695
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WELCOME TO THE CAPTAINS CORNER
This chat room provides a place for the CAPTAINS to meet and chat about the challenge, discuss any issues, post comments, share ideas, etc...
We are beginning the OCTOBER Challenge - We have six (6) teams returning this month!!
Our group and team leaders for the OCTOBER Challenge are as follows:
Our Moderators;
Mari- @mari_moulin ( GROUP FOUNDER)
Steve - @steplaj
Greg - @Navydaddjtc (GROUP OWNER)
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @beka3695
Our Team Captains
Team Workout Warriors - @Navydaddjtc and @Fitness327wk
Team Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @teresaW1020
Team Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Team Weight No More - @sleepymom5 and @cafeleia
Team WaistAways - @terytha and @jugar
Team Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @beka3695
Our Motivators
Team Workout Warriors - @Fitness327wk
Team Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain
Team Trimstones - @angmarie28
Team Weight No More - @nstephenson01
Team WaistAways - @evangsimmons170
Team Shrinking Assets - open
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 OCTOBER. 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
This chat room provides a place for the CAPTAINS to meet and chat about the challenge, discuss any issues, post comments, share ideas, etc...
We are beginning the OCTOBER Challenge - We have six (6) teams returning this month!!
Our group and team leaders for the OCTOBER Challenge are as follows:
Our Moderators;
Mari- @mari_moulin ( GROUP FOUNDER)
Steve - @steplaj
Greg - @Navydaddjtc (GROUP OWNER)
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @beka3695
Our Team Captains
Team Workout Warriors - @Navydaddjtc and @Fitness327wk
Team Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @teresaW1020
Team Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Team Weight No More - @sleepymom5 and @cafeleia
Team WaistAways - @terytha and @jugar
Team Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @beka3695
Our Motivators
Team Workout Warriors - @Fitness327wk
Team Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain
Team Trimstones - @angmarie28
Team Weight No More - @nstephenson01
Team WaistAways - @evangsimmons170
Team Shrinking Assets - open
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 OCTOBER. 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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@Beka3695, could you please add @AustinRuadhain as the Slimpossibles motivator. I edited it on the thread you posted on my team. She is phenomenal and I want her to get all the credit she so deserves. Thanks!
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OWNER,MODERATORS AND TEAM CAPTAINS JUST A REFRESHER TO REMIND US ALL. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE WITH YOUR TEAMS
THESE GUIDELINES WERE INITIATED BY OUR FOUNDER @mari_moulin NOTHING HAS BEEN ALTERED THEY ARE IN THE ORIGINAL FORM AS POSTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2016...
*F2F GUIDELINES AND WEEKLY WEIGH-IN RULES*
The guidelines or "rules" for our group are:
1) We welcome any and all suggestions! This is OUR GROUP! If it is criticism, just be kind about it.
2) BE KIND! We are here to motivate and support one another. NOT to judge or criticize! PLEASE be sure your posts and comments are positive and supportive to one another. Pause before you hit the "post" button. But feel free to share your struggles!
3) BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER of this group and your team! Check in FREQUENTLY..... Without YOUR group "activity" we will have a dull, boring group! Please try to comment daily or at least every few days! Support others, and look for support! You will have more chance for success if you do!
4) We will have fun challenges going on ALWAYS! You can choose to not participate in the challenges, but the MORE you join in and participate, the more likely you are to lose weight and stay motivated (not to mention it also makes the group more fun)! Challenges can be done at any level of fitness!
5) We will have WEEKLY weigh ins! It's for ACCOUNTABILITY!!! We all go on vacation, or travel from time to time. If you can't weigh in, please let your captain or the moderator know. A challenger missing 2 weigh-ins for the month will be placed in the teams CHEER SQUAD for the month. 2 late weigh-ins will count as 1 missed weigh-in.
6) Weekly Weigh-Ins are entered in your team thread!! Your team captain or a moderator will be entering them onto the spreadsheet as they come in. Please check the spreadsheet to ensure your weights have been entered in case one was missed. On your weigh in day please go into your team thread and enter your weights as it is demonstrated below so your captains can easily find your weigh-in.
Username: (Your MFP username)
Weigh in week: (The week you are entering your weight for ex. Week 4)
Weigh in day: (The day you weigh in each week. Sun - Sat)
Previous Weight: (The last weight you entered)
Today's Weight: (Your weight on your chosen weigh in day)
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANYTIME IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AT ALL
gregor5453@gmail.com OR ON THE MFP PRIVATE MESSAGE0 -
Hello and welcome back for another month!
Welcome to @Fitness327wk - new co-captain of the Workout Warriors
Sally! Just remember, Sally - no emojis on the spreadsheets 
Any time you have any questions or need a hand, just shout!
Everyone else - the opening weights for October are all in, but be sure to double check that I did not make any mistakes. If anyone wants to change days, be moved to support team (cheer squad), or needs an excused week, please let me know here and I'll change it - thanks!
I will be CLOSING all of the September chat rooms later today. Please post the link to your October chats there so no one gets lost.0 -
@jugar Weight No More's team motivator MrsBell8well decided to step away from the position and from our team as she has reached her goal and has been very busy lately. We will let you know when we get a new one.0
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For Trimstones - @jessicakrall8 you had put in new member Loriab901 with a starting weight of 155, but Greg had given me 158 as her starting weight. I confirmed that it is 155 on the start thread. Just to make sure it's clear...
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For Trimstones - @jessicakrall8 you had put in new member Loriab901 with a starting weight of 155, but Greg had given me 158 as her starting weight. I confirmed that it is 155 on the start thread. Just to make sure it's clear...
Got it @jugar I had just posted that in the registration page for @Liselyn . It's correct now at 155. Thanks, Jess1 -
LAST 90 DAYS
The moderators have put together an extended challenge for the last 90 days of the year. Being the last 90 can be difficult, with EVERYTHING that is going on - these 5 steps are designed to keep you centered during the chaos.
Check out the new EP Moderators' Challenge. Five little things you do EVERY DAY for the last 90 days of the year. You can adapt the list for yourself, but they should be five attainable things that if you do them every day for the rest of the year, you will hit the New Year as a new you already.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10766872/5-for-90-the-last-90-days-of-2019#latest2 -
I just saw a post from @notsolazylisa who would like to leave the challenge for now. I told her that she would be welcomed back if she decided to return. 0
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TeresaW1020 wrote: »I just saw a post from @notsolazylisa who would like to leave the challenge for now. I told her that she would be welcomed back if she decided to return.
OK - I'll put her on support team, and she can weigh in if she wants to. Be sure to check in with her at the beginning of the November challenge to see if she wants to come back. Thanks!2 -
Hi it is Pam from Team Weight No More. I am going away so I need an excused weigh in for next Friday. I have to do things when I think of them Lol! I wish I could have one tomorrow but I have to face the scale. Not the best week for me...0
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sleepymom5 wrote: »Hi it is Pam from Team Weight No More. I am going away so I need an excused weigh in for next Friday. I have to do things when I think of them Lol! I wish I could have one tomorrow but I have to face the scale. Not the best week for me...
NO WORRIES PAM WHEN YOU WEIGH N TOMORROW ONE OF US WILL PLACE A EXC NEXT TO THE NEXT FRIDAY WEIGH IN.
GREG1 -
Hi Everyone - Just to update you all... The MRI of my knee has confirmed I do have a Medial Meniscal Tear in my right knee. I am still undergoing physical therapy, now have a knee brace, have had two cortisone injections and am on a new NSAID to help with the pain.
The pain is still pretty severe, even on Motrin, with the brace, and on the new NSAID. Recovery is expected to be 6-8 weeks with a re-eval at that time. At this time they are considering my case non-surgical. Hopefully the condition will not worsen, if it does, the knee may lock and then it would require surgery.
Regardless, I think my fall activities are on hold for the now.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, continue this soon!
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Steve, I had a bad meniscus tear a few years ago, and yes, the pain is ridiculous. But I was able to get good physio for 12 weeks, and then slowly, slowly worked with a fantastic trainer who helped me build up the strength, correct the bad hip situation that led to the tear to begin with, and I have been completely pain free for a few years now. The tear is still there, and I sure feel it when I slack off the exercises that help the most. Patience! Hopefully yours will be as well behaved. If you're as diligent! Hugs to you, my friend.Hi Everyone - Just to update you all... The MRI of my knee has confirmed I do have a Medial Meniscal Tear in my right knee. I am still undergoing physical therapy, now have a knee brace, have had two cortisone injections and am on a new NSAID to help with the pain.
The pain is still pretty severe, even on Motrin, with the brace, and on the new NSAID. Recovery is expected to be 6-8 weeks with a re-eval at that time. At this time they are considering my case non-surgical. Hopefully the condition will not worsen, if it does, the knee may lock and then it would require surgery.
Regardless, I think my fall activities are on hold for the now.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, continue this soon!
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@jugar Please switch jenready from team TrimStones for an NWI to an LWI, as she reported in this afternoon for yesterday's weigh in. Thanks, JK0
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@jugar - I messed up the spreadsheet for @twyla77’s entry. She missed last week, but posted both weights today (last week & this week). Last week was 132 and this week was 133.2. Not sure what to do, help please! Thanks0
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Hi Everyone - Just to update you all... The MRI of my knee has confirmed I do have a Medial Meniscal Tear in my right knee. I am still undergoing physical therapy, now have a knee brace, have had two cortisone injections and am on a new NSAID to help with the pain.
The pain is still pretty severe, even on Motrin, with the brace, and on the new NSAID. Recovery is expected to be 6-8 weeks with a re-eval at that time. At this time they are considering my case non-surgical. Hopefully the condition will not worsen, if it does, the knee may lock and then it would require surgery.
Regardless, I think my fall activities are on hold for the now.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, continue this soon!
Steve
Hope you feel better soon Steve!!! Rest up and follow their advice so you'll be better quickly!!
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »@jugar Please switch jenready from team TrimStones for an NWI to an LWI, as she reported in this afternoon for yesterday's weigh in. Thanks, JK@jugar - I messed up the spreadsheet for @twyla77’s entry. She missed last week, but posted both weights today (last week & this week). Last week was 132 and this week was 133.2. Not sure what to do, help please! Thanks
All fixed up for both of you - no worries!1 -
@jugar Please change the NWI to LWI for kmfeig87, team TrimStones...her weight stayed the same 133.5. Thanks! JK0
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Good morning @jugar, Thanks for fixing the spreadsheet! @julie8468 was moved to our drop list on the spreadsheet at the end of September. She returned this morning. Having had a rough month last month, she would like to rejoin the team and get the support. Are you able to move her back at this time? Her starting weight is 144.0. Thanks0
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »@jugar Please change the NWI to LWI for kmfeig87, team TrimStones...her weight stayed the same 133.5. Thanks! JK
all set! and what is the morse code K next to vikster11111 on the team list? Gave me a good chuckle this morning...
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Hi WNM @cafelelia and @sleepymom5 - I was just wandering through your chat as I do when I am procrastinating, and moved julie8468 back onto the active list for you. She only gave a "starting weight" and no week 1, so I just put what she submitted in week 1. Let me know if that seems OK. Thanks!0
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Hope ya'll are having a wonderful day!! I love being on vacation!!! 1
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WEEK 2 TEAM CHALLENGE
A POSTCARD TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF.... Brought to you by Shrinking Assets.
What advise would you give your younger self? Drop by and let the group know.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10767522/shrinking-assets-week-2-challenge-a-postcard-to-your-younger-self/p1?new=10 -
On Mission Slims, Kres567 is dealing with a family emergency and needs an EXC this week.
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broncobuddee wrote: »On Mission Slims, Kres567 is dealing with a family emergency and needs an EXC this week.
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broncobuddee wrote: »On Mission Slims, Kres567 is dealing with a family emergency and needs an EXC this week.
Thanks
No problem!
Thanks!
Our motivator reminded me of the following: KMD1214 is on break, per a message on Sept 26. Will be back in November.0
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