WEIGHT NO MORE - NOVEMBER CHAT
Beka3695
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WELCOME TO WEIGHT NO MORE TEAM CHAT ROOM
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 NOVEMBER Challenge - We have six (6) teams returning this month!!
Our group and team leaders for the NOVEMBER Challenge are as follows:
Our Moderators;
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 - @micki48 and @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 NOVEMBER. 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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Hi Everyone! My name is Pam. I am one of the team's co captain along with @Cafelelia . Our team motivator is @nstephenson01 I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia. During the summer I was 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 also am in PT for gluteus minimus and medius tears and also have been having some issues with my knees.
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 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 am not willing to continue 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. We are now getting into the holiday season, we need the support now more than ever! Let's have a great November!7 -
I ask that you please check in daily or more if you please. But minimally daily. Many of us here check in with the following format.
Check in for: Thursday
Logged food: yes, on track
Water: 64 oz
Steps or exercise: 10000 and 30 minutes of yoga
You can check in daily however you want really, just as long as your check in. most check in for the day before. kind of like a report. so today is sunday, my daily check in will be for what i accomplished yesterday.
So come on in and introduce yourselves. Tell us a little about yourselves and what your goals are. Lets get healthy together, "One day at a Time" Oh yea, and feel free to visit last months thread and read thru it if you'd like, it will give you a little feel of who we are. And please star this in your favorites so it is easy to get too.
Now, our way to weigh in on weigh in day:
User ID: Sleepymom5
Week Number: Week 1
Previous weight: 201.8
Current weight: 201.2
Please be sure to weigh in promptly. But if you can't and something comes up, just don't ignore it. Come here and explain and we will get you excused from the weigh in.4 -
Please come introduce yourself and post some goals for November! I look forward to reading the introductions each month.
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Hi, I'm Debbie. I'm 56, married 35 years and have two daughters. Our oldest is 30 and has special needs and lives with us. Our youngest is married and lives in the next state over. We live in Central Illinois and I stay home and am the caregiver for our daughter. usually is way Here are my goals:
Today - stay within my calories, drink my water
Week - Stay within my calories
Month - lose 5 pounds
Year - lose 10 by the end of the year.
I do well with my exercise(step challenges with my daughter and son in law most weeks, I usually lose but stay close to them). I also go to the gym with my husband every morning during the work week. I walk on M,W,F and do weight machines on T,Th. Sleeping is hard for me and I rarely get enough. I do great with writing down my food and do it faithfully every day with everything I eat, I just eat too much and too many snacks. I joined Weight Watchers three weeks ago and have been very successful with it so far.
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Hello everyone! I can't believe we are heading into November already! Christmas decorations are up all over the mall, so crazy! I am not ready for Christmas yet!
My name is Kirsten, I am 47 years old, been married for 20 years, have 2 sons, 19 & 15. I work full-time in the financial industry. I have been part of this challenge since it started, I think in July 2016, it has grown a lot since then. I am also a WW Lifetime member, been on WW on & off since I was 14 years old. I am currently over my WW goal, trying to get back, I attend meetings on Saturday morning. I also follow 16:8 IF and workout 5-7 days/week. I became very overweight in high school, I was never skinny, but I was not too big until I was about 17 years old. I struggled with my weight for years. I turned things around when I was 21 years old, my friend asked me to be in her wedding and I did not want to be the FAT bridesmaid. I went on a crazy diet & exercise plan, dropped a ton of weight and felt great. I do not know my highest weight, but I was around 225, not sure.
I have been able to keep most of the weight off, I have fluctuated through the years. The last few months have been a struggle. When I see my weight creeping into the 170's I begin to panic. As I hit 175, I knew I had to get back in control. I am feeling good, back on track and sticking to the plan! I seem to be able to stick to my plan throughout the holidays, I do not know why, but I do. I am hoping to be back in the 150's by the end of the year. My goal weight is around 147, but I am not rushing it, this is a lifestyle, there is no end to this journey!
Hope you all have a great November!
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Hello everyone! I also can't believe it's almost November! It was last November that I gave up sweets and that means its been a full year! Seriously time flies so fast!
My name is Sheryl, I'm a CPA, I'm 64 years young, I love to dance (mainly clogging and line dancing) and I foster Rescue Dogs. I have 2 adult sons aged 27 and 30. One son lives in Chicago and one lives about 45 minutes from me. I live in Romeo Michigan which is a small town about an hour north of Detroit. I work full time during tax season and part time the rest of the year.
I joined this challenge about when it began back in 2016 while I was recovering from hip replacement surgery on both of my hips. I'm glad to say that both hips work great! In fact, most of the time I forget that they are metal - so that is a good thing. I love the support from the members of this group and I find that you guys help to keep me strong and stop beating myself up when I have a bad day.
I find that I can be very honest with you guys without judgement - and I really appreciate that. I end up getting suggestions and all kinds of great advice from other people who are just like me. Lets all have a great month!5 -
Hi everyone! I am Lisa from Toronto, Canada. I am co-captain with the lovely @sleepymom5. I just turned 53 last week, and have been with my husband for 20 years. We have two boys, ages 13 & 9. I am a lawyer and I stepped back from a busy career 2 years ago to spend more time with my family. I run a part time practice from home, which I started last year, and I love the flexibility. My weight came on in my mid-30s with a super busy job, and then having kids later in life. I have fluctuated ever since. I started on MFP in 2018 and lost 20 lbs, but got injured (sciatica) last November. I gained again with the injury and I joined this team in January of this year. It has been up and down this year as I reinjured my leg again in July, but got back on track in September. I am down 15 lbs and have 18 lbs to go to get to my goal weight of 135 lbs. I am a lifelong runner, but cannot run right now with the injury. I work out with a trainer twice a week, and have learned to love our stationary bike again. I started doing IF in September thanks to this group, and do 14:10 or 16:8 most days.
My November goals are to lose 4 lbs, continue to gain more muscle mass and to try to return to yoga (if my PT say ok).
Registration is still open for about a week, and if any new team members join, please jump on and tell us a bit about yourself.
Let’s make November a great month and finish 2019 strong!5 -
Hello all,
My name is Patsy, I am 67, married 49 years, mother of two and grandmother of two teenagers. I was always skinny until I hit 40! The pounds crept up a few at a time until I reached 179 about three years ago. I plateaued there for a long time then decided to switch to zero calorie soft drinks. Since I was drinking 2 or 3 a day that was a lot of calories and I managed to drop ~15~ pounds. Since then I have lost then gained back about 3 more. I joined this group a year ago and love all the suggestions and give and take on here.
Last week my husband and I drove from North Carolina to Massachusetts for a family get together at Mom's. My brother who is an author had a book signing at a local bookstore and we all were there for him. (Seven of my eight brothers and sisters were there.) We got together several times over the four days I was there and had a great time. All 9 of us have not been together since my dad's funeral in 2006 but we live scattered around the country and not all retired yet which makes it hard to coordinate. Sometimes we miss each other by a few days.
I am determined to lose another 20 pounds but don't really care how long it takes, losing slowly is the right way!?
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Hello again!
@cyndiesstuff I'm giving an update. Not much is new other than I was having a hard time staying on plan, I just did not care about what I was eating and exercise was lacking. I am feeling much better now that I am back on track, feeling motivated! Also, we got a puppy in August, he is adorable. He is Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie mix), 6 months old, and in the process of potty training, which is not easy. His name is Nico, named after one of the NJ Devils hockey players, my older son is a Devils fanatic!!! Everything else has been pretty consistent, working full-time & taking care of the hubby & sons.5 -
Hi, I'm Linda, 50 and live in Michigan. I don't have kids but have 3 grown nephews who are married.
This will be my second month on this team. Thank you to all who have encouraged me! It has been helpful.
I have one great niece who is almost 9 months old and another great niece or great nephew who will arrive around Thanksgiving.
I have had a weight issue most of my life and have lost and gained many pounds over the years. I have lost about 40 pounds since January of 2018 and probably have around 50 or so more to lose. I work with a trainer at my gym twice a week, he works me really hard, which is what I want. I'm much stronger now than when I started. He has given me workouts to do on my own when I'm not working with him. I usually give myself one rest day per week and weekends usually do some low intensity exercise at home.
I have support and accountability from my trainer and other people in my life but can always use more.
My goals for November are basically continuing from October.
Get in fruits and veggies and water. Would like to do the following everyday but know that's not realistic so I'm going for 4 days per week.
Fruit goal: 4
Veggie goals: 4
Water: 64 oz
Username: tryingagain5
Weigh in day: Wednesday
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Hi, my name is Cyndie and I live in Michigan in farmland!! I have struggled with my weight since I developed a chronic pain condition in 2010. I have spend a lot of time learning or relearning how to live my life. I got married
in June to an amazing man. I transferred to a new job in the same company at the end of July. And then at the end of August. The unthinkable happened. My youngest son's best friend (family) was going to start his family with a lovely lady. The delivery day came and the baby was perfect. Lily! so precious and so small. 5 lbs 6 oz. She had the baby C-section. They went home from the hospital and all seemed fine. Until it wasn't. Two weeks after the birth, the Mom was sitting on the toilet and went to stand up and dropped dead. Just like that. Dead. Come to find out she had a blood clot that went to her heart and killed her. I didn't even think. I just left on the next flight to florida. Baby lily's daddy, didn't have a mom. So I Jumped in. I taught that man everything I could about how to be a dad and how to be a mom. The out pouring of support from the community and their friends was amazing. Lily also has colic. So it was more than tough. But Dad and baby Lily are doing well. As well as you can be, I suppose given the situation. The amazing thing is that my husband and my boss told me to take all the time I need.
So I am back. I have gained a little weight but I am ready to pick back up where I left off.
Wow. November already. Time sure does fly by. I have been with this group since September 2017. I started my weight loss journey January of 2017 when I had reached my highest weight of 196 pounds. I am only 5 foot tall so that was a lot of mass to stack on this short little frame. Currently, I weigh 160.5 pounds and need to loose about 30.5 more pounds. So with the help and support of my Teammates and friends here I have lost a total of 36 pounds. I started my weight loss journey using the simple calories in/calories out method (ci/co). but now, have been using intuitive eating. i have developed some unhealthy food issues over the last 40 years and i am working on changing some very old engrained beliefs about food and my body. My main form of exercise is walking and yoga. I have some sort of chronic pain condition. None of the experts can seem to agree on what it is so I just call it chronic pain. I have been ill since 2010 and they (the supposed experts who can't even agree on what it is) don't believe that my pain will go away.
I just got married June 14th this year. He is a wonderful man, Jim who is kind and loving and totally understanding. I have 2 adult children both with addictive personalities and my oldest has schizophrenia. He is 34 years old and who lives on his own but is still very dependent on me to live his life. My youngest is a 29 year old man who lives in Florida and just got out of a 90 day treatment program at the VA. I have two grandchildren, one is 14 and one is 5 and i don't get to see either. I live in michigan and work full time as an office manager of a finance company. I was just hired at a different office within the same company. My parents are both 86 and my mother has been extremely sick the last few years. So i spend lots of time with doctors visits, hospitals and physical therapy. Besides getting to know one another, the reason i tell you all of this is because i want you to see first thing that life happens and i have been losing weight anyway. It is all a choice. If you want it bad enough you will do what it takes to make it happen in spite of your hectic chaotic life.
I am an open book. I come here and tell the good, the bad, and the ugly. It is the way this works.
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@cyndiesstuff What an amazing Mom/friend you are. And wonderful that your boss was OK with you just leaving to help out for as long as needed. We learn in many ways that life can be short - there is no guarantee. Hope the Dad and baby will be OK and that they have a support system in place.
I am so glad you are back to give us support and encouragement too.3 -
I am an almost 43 y/o adoptive mom of three teens with one foster daughter and three rescue dogs. I work full time in a high stress job that I mostly love and am privileged to have. Since puberty I have been overweight but not obese with a stable weight and largely health eating habits for 20+ years. Then I was married briefly to a man who had serious anger issues. He ate a diet lacking veggies, fruits, or many healthy options. He ate a large quantity of meat, processed foods, fast foods, soda and candy. I made my choices and they started to reflect his way of eating after a very short time. I gained a lot of weight. I had been wearing size 12 for years and went all the way up to size 20. Interestingly enough to me now I also outgrew all my shoes! I did not weigh myself for many years and therefore don't have a good sense of my actual weight gain but it was significant.
In August of 2018 I decided I needed to go back to my healthier ways and try to get my weight back to my prior baseline for my kids. They need their mama around and they also need a good role model for healthy eating. I weighed 228 pounds on my 5'5.5 inches at that time. I started making small changes and committed initially to recording everything I ate in the MFP diary. Slowly over time I started weighing my foods, getting a handle on portion sizes, find out out which foods I already loved that were good everyday choices, and following calories in/calories out.
I also started trying to move more. I am not a fan of exercise and am committed to only making changes I can do for life and love doing. But I do love walking my dog in neighborhood, hiking trials in the woods, walking on the beach, and yoga. So I have started doing these things more. I find I have a lot more energy also. I found a god way to work my love of reading books into moving more and I now listen to audiobooks while I walk or hike.
I have lost about 70 pounds and my BMI is down from 37 to 26!. I am about 10 pounds from my initial goal, which is to have a normal BMI (less than 25). I have found my initial weight loss actually quite easy. I found my underlying love for healthy foods and more movement to be a good way to lose the weight. Now that I am close to goal I find it harder to continue to lose. Smalls things (like one candy bar on halloween or an extra serving at dinner) seem to thwart my loss. But I have already won. I am 70 pounds lighter with an almost normal BMI. I am in size 8-10 and have so much more energy and health. I am committed to the last 10 pounds and to making on-going changes but I am not in a hurry. I remain committed to making small sustainable changes that are in alignment with things I love; this will not be about deprivation and sacrifice for me.
Recently I have been trying to lose about 0.5 pound a week which is 250 calories deficit each day. I had a plateau around 163 pounds for 5 weeks or so over the month of August and then broke through to 160 in September. The month of October saw me in the 150's for the first time in decades. My goal is 152. I am almost there! Does anyone else have the song from Princess and the Frog running through their head now? Lol.
I don't know exactly when I joined this group but it has been many months. It has been such a source of inspiration and support and accountability. Just the process of writing out my progress and my goals has give me focus and helped me find peace in the current place I am in my journey. I read the posts daily. I am not able to post often due to my . . . well my life I suppose. Raising 4 kids with special needs and working full time limits my time on the site to a few stolen moments in the bathroom (lol), in my bed at night or when I am waiting for an elevator.
Recap of October:
- Weight loss of only 0.4 pounds (so maintain this month). I did see as low as 157.8 pounds but was sick for 3 weeks this month. I think the loss was from feeling bad and then I was starving when I started to feel better. I was off my routines. I overate.
- I had to buy another new bra and down another size in the band and the cup. I think I lose all my weight in the chest at this point. My weight is only down about 5 pound from the last time I had to buy bras. I am almost in the regular sizes that can be found in most stores and bought for less than $75 a piece. Yay!
- I found a really cute bathing suit in the bra store that has a lot of support for my upper half. I am a little nervous that I will lose another 5 pounds and it will be indecent, but there are worse things than spending $100 on a swim suit and only wearing it once because you lost too much weight to wear it again
- Court process for my little foster has oscillated from us adopting her to her moving to a new home soon and back again in the last few weeks. Hard to know. Loving her well while she is in our home. Hoping for her best future. Court date might be this month but I won't know if this gets changed until . . . well it does, I suppose. It seems likely that it will.
- Have not been to Yoga in weeks. Couldn't expose those sweet people to my constant coughing and nasal drainage. Planning to go today and tomorrow. Yay! I have missed it. Which in and of itself is a win.
Plans for November:
- Back on target for about 0.5 pound/week in November, which will be harder with the holidays upon us. My goal is 2 pounds.
- I definitely do better with my weight loss when I log all my calories and stay at my goal (duh!) but find it harder to log daily than I may be willing to commit to every day of my life. I am trying to find a balance and log a few days each week. I will continue to do that.
- I am inspired my one of you (can't remember now who - sorry) with the concept of eating more fruits and veggies to crowd out the higher calorie foods. I genuinely love fruits and veggies and already eat many each day. I have been thinking of ways to add more and I think the main issue for me is just keeping them in the house. I have a house full of heathy eaters. I buy 5 bananas, a bag of apples, two bags of mandarin oranges, a bag of romaine lettuce, a bag of sugar snap peas, 2 pints of raspberries, 2 pints of grape tomatoes, and 2 bags of grapes. This lasts about 3 days.
But I will just keep buying more and making sure we all have access. One thing I found this week that I love thus far - I am buying bags of frozen veggies and adding these in. It is a bit easier to keep around and keep available. I have been eating pouches of Indian foods for lunch and they are meant to be eaten over rice. I ate one yesterday over the whole microwaved streamable broccoli. This was only 350 calories and I was full! Next time will need to space it out a bit so I don't get so full. I also bought riced cauliflower and plan to use that, but I loved the broccoli. And I added a bag of the broccoli to the orange chicken I made for dinner a few nights ago. I am just gong to keep adding veggies to everything! Any of you have any tricks to getting this done? Particularly easily (like I don't see time for lots of chopping and peeling and grinding to hide into my meals and such).
- Get back into my Yoga. I want to be there at least twice a week and this should be easier now that the weather is not calling me outside as much with this snow/ cold. I will still take the dog out on some nicer sunny days though. And the sweet little one if she is still with us.
- Start planning my holiday gifts and travel. I am looking for good activities for us to do as a family instead of lots of things that we don't need or food focused days (like cookie baking all day- which is a fine holiday activity but not a tradition we already have so not looking to add it to the month now). We love books around here. And right now are loving Harry Potter. I am looking into related travel as a gift for the girls. Harder to plan when I don't know if I will have the little bit with us then, but we will have plan A and plan B. She is more than worth it.
@cyndiesstuff - so good to have you back
Here’s to a great November team.
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Welcome to November Week 1!!
Wishing you all a fantastic month!!
Sunday Weigh Ins
@amytriesww
@twyla77
Monday Weigh Ins
@amsandos
@jedaschultz
Tuesday Weigh Ins
@Phoebe112476
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Saturday Check In
Food - ate way over
Water- not nearly enough
Exercise - 30 minute walk
Steps- 10148 steps
Well thats it. Ate way to much. I gave myself permission. In true diet mentality, i binged the day before i started my restart.
I meditated this morning. Starting strong with positive affirmations.
I will eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full. I can lose weight. I will eat mindfully.
Today... I am picking up my grandson, who i haven't seen in 4 years. He is 14 now. He looked me up. I cant wait to see him.
Team business:. Lets hear your I wills and I cans. Please share. Write them down and carry them with you for times when you need them.6 -
GOOD MORNING
TEAMS
THE TALLIES ARE IN
HERE IS HOW OCTOBER WEEK 5 SHOOK OUT
AS A WHOLE WE LOST 29.7 POUNDS OR 0.14%!!
THE WINNERS ARE...
TEAM % WaistAways 0.44%
INDIVIDUAL % @kx7003 4.18%
TEAM LBS LOST WaistAways 14.8
INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST @kx7003 5.5
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st WaistAways 0.44%
2nd Weight No More 0.36%
3rd Workout Warriors 0.20%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOST
1st WaistAways 14.8
2nd Weight No More 13.0
3rd Workout Warriors 6.0
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @kx7003 4.18%
2nd @reflectionofme 3.90%
3rd @machchic 2.99%
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST
1st @kx7003 5.5
2nd @reflectionofme 5.2
3rd @machchic 5.1
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Nstephenson01
@matthewsfive
@disturbed4ever13
@raleighgirl09
@GingerPwr
@jedaschultz
@Navydaddjtc
@TheMrWobbly
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November intro:
I am a success story. My name is Angelina. I just turned 63. I started MFP July 2018. One year later I hit my 60 pound goal. I used perseverance, focused and kept adjusting to stay on track. In October 2018 I decided to switch up my journey by going vegan, eliminating all medications (I was a daily pill popper for headaches), gave up caffeine and committed to organic clean eating. I did all of this for health reasons and the weight loss was a big bonus. I wear a size 6-8. I started at the beginning wearing size 3X. I loved the old me but I really love and admire the new me. Maintenance has been an adjustment. Not a shocker to say “old habits bring old results”. I was extremely happy to stay within 3 pounds of goal. But October was a nightmare for me. Kidney stone, loss hearing for 2 weeks, spider bite size of softball, I blinked and found myself at 148.6. Not ok. Adjusted back to good habits and restrictions. Wishing hard wasn’t seeing results. I’m now 3 pounds away from goal again and tracking to hit target November 23rd.
I have a wonderful wife, Molly who is very supportive. My parents live with us for medical reasons. And my beautiful granddaughter, almost 10, has lived with us 3-4 days a week most of her life. My daughter is a nurse.
Good news about October I was able to accomplish my dream of biking 34 miles on the Virginia Creeper!6 -
GOOD MORNING
TEAMS
THE GRAND FINALE TALLIES ARE IN[/center]
HERE IS HOW OCTOBER GRAND FINALE SHOOK OUT
THE WINNERS ARE...
TEAM % Shrinking Assets 1.17%
tie for 1st! Weight No More 1.17%
INDIVIDUAL % @KathynDes 7.05%
TEAM LBS LOST Shrinking Assets 45.4
INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST @amytriesww 14.6
AS A WHOLE WE LOST 168.2 POUNDS OR 0.79%!!
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Shrinking Assets 1.17%
1st Weight No More 1.17%
2nd WaistAways 0.94%
3rd Workout Warriors 0.92%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOST
1st Shrinking Assets 45.4
2nd Weight No More 42.6
3rd WaistAways 31.7
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @KathynDes 7.05%
2nd @kx7003 6.67%
3rd @amytriesww 6.30%
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST
1st @amytriesww 14.6
2nd @KathynDes 11.7
3rd @TheMrWobbly 10.1
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Luciicul
@machchic
@TheMrWobbly
@Zumba_Luvah
@matthewsfive
@disturbed4ever13
@raleighgirl09
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Thank God it’s November!!! I am so happy. November 1st my boss called to tell me how proud he was of me and my work. He said if you google manager vs leader I am the definition of a leader! Very nice to hear. I have 2 employees that I trained in the past. They both want to join my team. Very excited to have them coming aboard.
November 2nd my son sent me a picture of himself and my long time best friend. She was at his bakery buying a cake. We haven’t talked in years. I called her immediately (he had her number) and we had a delightful tear filled conversation. Then someone I met a year ago called to ask me to lunch. I had set her up with my friend Dave but that didn’t work out. But Molly and I really liked her. Dave’s new girlfriend sent me a message that they are coming for a visit on the 16th. What a big change. I seem to be surrounded by friends ❤️. Including my lovely support system here. And now Cyndie’s back! I am really happy to hear about your grandchild visiting.
November is really exciting to us.
I will be back to goal weight, we are doing great with finances, out of debt (other than 2 mortgages), emergency savings is growing, our basement is almost done being organized, the whole house will be cleaned and organized by next weekend, and lots of family coming for Thanksgiving. We have money set aside for Christmas and best of all a free calendar to decorate, shop, relax and have fun in December!!!
Very grateful, life is good!
Skylynn and I getting ready to make pumpkin donuts. We just started reading Anna of Green Gables together. Family bike ride later this afternoon.
Have a great day all!!!5 -
Not sure if I'm still in the challenge, but I'm still alive...I just got iut of Rehab after a week, I couldn't sleep and was hallucinating and wasn't taking my meds properly and was ODing on Advil PMs a lot. So far I haven't ODed in over a week, I'm back on my meds and a new one, I've slept and not hallucinating anymore so far. Anyway, last week I was st 213.8, today I am at 211.2. I didn't eat in Rehab, I nibbled on things and so now I'm working on eating more again, but not too much...Haven't gotten back to counting calories for a while now. I can be on the cheerleader team if you guys want me to since I'm not here as much as I need to be. But I will do my weekly weigh ins. Love you all.8
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@CassieGetsFit2013 welcome back! Glad to hear your on a steady plan to regain your health.
@Zumba_Luvah wow impressive loss!!! You are sailing through those 90’s.
@Cafelelia have you tried zinc lozenges? I swear by them. They are nasty but it works for us. I like the elderberry or citrus ones from our health food store. I take them if I feel scratchy throats etc. it stops any cold or shortens duration. I take them at night when needed. They distort taste of food so better at night.1 -
@phoebe112476 I love your pics and ideas. I love to use lots of veggies too with meals.
Btw...I wanted to mention that I started my journey weighing 202.8 and reached my goal of 141.8 😁. Currently 144.6 but moving quickly back to goal.2 -
@sleepymom5 I don’t remember that particular recipe but I remember that it was just ok. Would not make it again. Looking for a better stuffed acorn squash recipe to try. Good luck. Let me know if you find one.0
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I am sorry, I don't even have time to post. I will be back on this evening since my Mom doesn't have wifi. I have to post our challenge so I just have the time to do that. I will catch up later with everything!
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It is that time of the year again! Time to “fall back”. Today we need to set our clocks back one hour (unless you live in Arizona, Hawaii or other regions where DST is not observed) Many times these time changes effect our sleeping routine. That is why for this week Team Weight No More is challenging everyone to get a better nights sleep! Studies from the US Centers for Disease Control show that over 1/3 of us regularly skimp on sleep. Although it may not seem like it is a big deal to not get proper rest, millions of sleep deprived people mean more dangerous roads, more costly health care and reduced productivity. Sleep deprivation impairs learning, decision making, emotions and adds stress. It also takes a physical toll. The risk of heart disease, Alzheimer disease, diabetes, cancer and obesity all climb with sleep deprivation. These are some of the most significant health concerns facing people today.
One of the best way to improve your chances of getting a good night’s rest is by adopting healthy sleep hygiene habits. The chart below is from the National Sleep Foundation. This is a 7 day plan for incorporating some good habits into your routine.
When you do your daily check in with your team this week. Discuss how the tip for the night before worked for you. Hopefully by the end of the week you are able to incorporate these 7 tips and change your sleeping habits for the better!
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@nstephenson01 good job regrouping! I’m counting on us hitting our goal together. You seriously were my motivation to jump back in and quit fooling around. Show us your goal tracker.
Amazing pumpkin donuts and the baker. I only ate one. I have been waiting a long time for those donuts. Yum.3 -
November intro:
Hi everyone , I’m Timi, 45, mom of a 22 year old son. I work Full time at a big box retailer as the Merchandising Manager. I have a home full of wild little beasts... 5 dogs, 2 cats and 4 goats. My boyfriend of 13 years just found two hound puppies in the middle of the road and he decided to bring them home, which he should have known was a mistake, I would take in all the strays if I could!
I’ve been on this weight loss journey since I was a teen, I’ve always excersiced and enjoyed doing it but I absolutely love food to the point that it’s been somewhat of an obsession.
I joined this challenge a couple of years ago but ended up taking a hiatus for a few months because life got in the way. My father had a stroke last October and was in ICU and rehab for about 3 months, then I was diagnosed with breast cancer in January and was advised not to lose any weight while undergoing chemo. The bad chemo ended 5/28, I had surgery 7/16, and completed 30 rounds of radiation 10/14. I was able to lose about 10 pounds from June to September but was advised not to lose weight again during radiation. I managed to work full time during my treatment and only missed on my infusion days and about 4 weeks for my surgery. So far everything looks good, it’s been a long exhausting road, and I still have a years worth of targeted infusions every three weeks and various tests along the way, but I’m grateful for every day I have.
I’m looking forward to getting back on the weight loss journey this month, but I ended up falling back into old habits during radiation because I was so exhausted, I just grabbed what was convenient and didn’t excercise for about 2-3 weeks. I was in too much pain and tired all of the time. I’ve managed to start exercising again this week, but I still have a long way to go with my food choices, and I’m still fighting fatigue!
I’m really excited to read everyone’s intros and accompany you all on your journeys as well! Best wishes to all!8 -
@Mrsbell8well you are a total inspiration! And thanks for always providing such positive support!!
@cyndiesstuff I’m so glad you’re back and so sorry for all that you’ve been going through!! How sad!3 -
amytriesww
Week 1
Previous weight: 217.0
Current weight: 213.49 -
Sunday 11/3 check in
Food: logged and on track
Water: 64 oz
Exercise: 20 minutes at home this morning, 20 minutes at home this evening.
Slept on my new mattress for the first time last night. I think it's better for my back. I couldn't really tell for sure this morning. The sales lady at the store(who is someone I know personally) told me it could take a few days for me to notice because I've been sleeping on a bad mattress for so long. That does make sense to me. My body is used to the bad mattress.
My back was pretty good today. Didn't really have any pain so that's good.
I was posting a summary of my fruits, veggies and water on Sundays but since Friday was the start of November I decided to do that on Fridays this month.
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