SHRINKING ASSETS DECEMBER CHAT

Navydaddjtc

Welcome CHALLENGERS

This chat room is where the CHALLENGERS on this team meet. Here is where you weigh in every week, post your goals and progress, discuss any issues or topics of interest, share ideas, support your teammates, receive help when you need it, and dream big. Cheer each other on to success!

We are beginning the DECEMBER CHALLENGE - We have six (6) teams returning this month!

Our group and team leaders for the Challenge are as follows:

Our Moderators:
Greg - @Navydaddjtc (GROUP OWNER)
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @beka3695

Our Team Captains:
*Team Fitness Warriors - @Fitness327wk and @shbarbor
Warriors Fitness Captain.- @Navydaddjtc
*Team Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and
@TeresaW1020
*Team Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
*Team Weight No More - @sleepymom5 and @cafeleia
*Team Waist Aways - @jugar and @micki48
*Team Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @beka3695

Our Motivators:
*Team Fitness Warriors - @ConfidentRaven
*Team Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain
*Team Trimstones - @Angmarie28
*Team Weight No More - @nstephenson01
*Team Waist Aways - @Terytha and @evangsimmons170
*Team Shrinking Assets - @TheMrWobbly (Fitness Captain)

HOW IT ALL WORKS:
Each week, every challenger weighs in, and the tallies are done to determine the team and individuals with the most weight lost. The best losers are announced with full fanfare every Sunday. The team competition is all in good spirits - may the most losing win!
If you need a week off, a break, a change of weigh-in day - just ask your Captain here on your team chat page.
In addition to weight loss, there are F2F Full Group CHALLENGES. We have 3 different kinds of challenges. NONE is mandatory. You can do all or none - it's up to you. Participating adds a lot to your success, though, so we hope to see you there often! Here they are:
Weekly Group Challenge - The six teams take turns to provide a Challenge for the entire group. These are posted Sundays in the Announcements area by the team assigned that particular week (see below). Everyone in the F2F Group as a whole is welcome to join in and get to know challengers from other teams. There is a new challenge every week, so you can try many new ideas.

F2F Moderators’ Challenge/Topic of the Week - The moderators also post a weekly challenge or topic in the announcements area. These can involve anything fitness, health, or nutrition - and they’ll get you moving, thinking, and learning about this journey.

Internal Team Challenges - Every team can run internal challenges - a step counting team, daily goals, weekly games or anything that can help keep everyone involved and on track. Your ideas are welcome - just post them here.

This Month’s Weekly Team Challenges will be provided by:
Week 1 – Team MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES
Week 2 – Team TRIMSTONES
Week 3 – Team WEIGHT NO MORE
Week 4 – Team WAISTAWAYS
Week 5 – Team SHRINKING ASSETS
Note: If for some reason your team is unable to provide the weekly challenge please let us know ahead of time so another team can take your place or the moderators 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.
Let’s make our new challengers feel welcome and show them some F2F love!! Introduce yourselves, and let the new month begin.

THANKS! YOUR MODS

Navydaddjtc

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER CHALLENGE ON TEAM SHRINKING ASSETS
@aliciap0116 AND @ells_runs
LET’S HELP IN GETTING THESE TEAMMATES SETTLED
THANKS GREG
LISELYN WILL POST THEM ON THE (insert month) SPREADSHEET

lindamtuck2018

Welcome to the team @aliciap0116 and @ells_runs!

Adakizim09

I want to join

aliciap0116

Thanks @lindamtuck2018 and everyone else - I am excited to be here!!

SallyLuvsFitness

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving week!! It has been awesome hearing you sharing your NSVs this week! 🦃💃🦃 Awesome job team!

Wednesday November 27th Challenge - Day Four Tmo!



Not stress out the day before Thanksgiving and especially overeat...

I will not stress about cooking, family members and count my blessings! It’s been an incredible year team! How I am going to do that tmo: start the day with gratitudes journal/Bible time, enjoy the day and workout Tmo before Thanksgiving.

Come on over! 💃💃💃Please share with your team and also with the entire group at Fat2Fib:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10773424/week-4-group-challenge-non-scale-victories-happy-thanksgiving#latest

ells_runs

Thank you Linda and everyone for lovely welcome 😊

I'm Ellie, 41 years old and I'm from UK.
I'm 5'3 and my starting weight is 220lbs.
I just started following ketogenic diet and I'm hoping that getting rid of sugar will help my weightloss.

Good luck all 😊

lindamtuck2018

Happy thanksgiving to all my American teammates! Have a wonderful day!

lindamtuck2018

@aliciap0116 and @ells_runs the team chat is quiet now as we are finishing up the November challenge. Everyone will be migrating over to this team chat in the next few days.

ells_runs

Thank you @lindamtuck2018

Looking forward to it 😁

aliciap0116

Thank you @lindamtuck2018 and hi Ellie! Looking forward to it; this sounds fun!!

lindamtuck2018

Hi all! Welcome to or back to the challenge.

I am Linda, I am 55 and from Ontario, Canada. I am married with 3 grown children and 3 beautiful granddaughters. I have 3 fur babies. My beagle Molly helps me reach my step goal daily.

I have been with the Shrinking Assets since February. I started mfp last December but it wasn’t until I joined the group I got serious. I have lost 55.2 pounds so far.

Stats
5’4”
SW 262.8
CW 207.6
GW 140.0

Goals
- 204 pounds
- 8400 steps Monday to Saturday
- Log everything
- Workout twice a week

Here’s to a good month all!

kilobykilo

@aliciap0116 and @ells_runs welcome to Team Shrinking Assets!

I've had a rubbish november but am determined to have a positive december along with all the fun and food the month will surely bring!

Goals:
- End the challenge for the year in the 170s
- Over10000 steps a day on at least 6/7 days (too many 8000 days are creeping in for my liking!)
- Exercise 3x a week, running or otherwise
- Get back to logging!
- post in here everyday.

Navydaddjtc

THE TALLIES FOR THE WEIGHT LOSS AND SUPPORT GROUP ARE IN
HERE IS HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN

AS A WHOLE WE LOST 3.3 POUNDS OR 0.01%


THE WINNERS ARE...

TEAM % Trimstones 0.32%
INDIVIDUAL % kmfeig87 3.68%
TEAM LBS LOST Trimstones 11.2
INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST kmfeig87 5.0

PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Trimstones 0.32%
2nd WaistAways 0.15%
3rd Shrinking Assets 0.03%

PLACE TEAM LBS LOST
1st Trimstones 11.2
2nd WaistAways 5.9
3rd Shrinking Assets 1.3

PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @kmfeig87 3.68%
2nd @Krystalkayefisher 1.83%
3rd @amytriesww 1.76%

PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST
1st @kmfeig87 5.0
2nd @Krystalkayefisher 3.8
3rd @amytriesww 3.7

HONORABLE MENTIONS
@jenready
@Pearl4686
@DreaRN15
@Lindamtuck2018
@mrmcgrath
@tryingagain5
@offitgoes
@CharlesScott78
@reflectionofme

Navydaddjtc

THE TALLIES FOR THEWEIGHT LOSS AND SUPPORT GROUP ARE IN
GRAND FINALE
HERE IS HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN

AS A WHOLE WE LOST 132.9 POUNDS OR 0.57%



THE WINNERS ARE...

TEAM % Shrinking Assets 1.15%
INDIVIDUAL % Krystalkayefisher 5.98%
TEAM LBS LOST Shrinking Assets 51.9
INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST CharlesScott78 19.4

PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Shrinking Assets 1.15%
2nd Workout Warriors 0.90%
3rd Weight No More 0.77%

PLACE TEAM LBS LOST
1st Shrinking Assets 51.9
2nd Workout Warriors 41.1
3rd Weight No More 23.9

PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @Krystalkayefisher 5.98%
2nd @Lindamtuck2018 5.03%
3rd @amytriesww 4.93%

PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST
1st @CharlesScott78 19.4
2nd @Krystalkayefisher 13.0
3rd @amytriesww 11.0

HONORABLE MENTIONS
@CharlesScott78
@kmargut
@ConfidentRaven
@Safari_Gal_
@walkerjulian78
@Shortgirlrunning
@KathynDes
@cafelelia
@mrmcgrath

Beka3695

Hi Team!!!!

I’m back home and really wanting a salad!!! LOL. Hubby said the same thing. Time for some raw veggies!

We are nursing a sick pup today. We think he must have gotten into someone’s thanksgiving scraps and devoured them. He is not feeling well at all.

Hope everyone is having a nice Sunday

Navydaddjtc

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.

Navydaddjtc

GOOD MORNING
CHALLENGERS AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER CHALLENGE

A QUICK INTRO HERE
I AM GREG AKA @NAVYDADDJTC
I AM THE GROUP OWNER, MODERATOR AND FITNESS CAPTAIN FOR THE FITNESS WARRIORS

I HAVE TAKEN A STEP FROM THE TEAM CAPTAIN POSITION I HELD TO FOCUS ON THE GROUP AS A WHOLE

A LITTLE ABOUT ME
MARRIED TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE MARCIE KATHLEEN 30+YEARS, 2 SONS
I AM A DISABLED COMBAT VET SERVING 2 TOURS IN VIETNAM AS A MILITARY WAR DOG HANDLER WITH THE US SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (NAVY SEALS, MARINE RECON AND THE ARMY GREEN BERET) I HANDLED SHADOWX-117 FOR 5 YEARS UNTIL HE WAS KIA ON OUR 2ND TOUR IN NAM DURING THE FALL OF SAIGON IN APRIL OF 75. AT THE SAME TIME I WAS THE VICTIM OF A WELL PLACE BOBBY TRAP WHICH COST ME THE LOWER PORTION OF MY RIGHT CALF AND MY RIGHT FOOT. SO GOES THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATION OF WAR AND WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE WITH A LOT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY.

I HAVE BEEN A WARRIOR FROM THE GET GO. I JOINED IN 2016 TOOK A SMALL BREAK AND CAME BACK AFTER GETTING A NEW PROSTHETIC TO WORKOUT ON AND WALK WITH.

AS WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAY SEASON I WOULD LIKE ALL OF THE CHALLENGERS TO BE AWARE OF THE CALORIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONSUME AND BE MINDFUL THAT IT WON'T DETER US FROM OUR GOALS AS A TEAM AND AS A PERSON.

AS A CHALLENGER I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR TEAM,THE MODERATORS AND YOU.
PARTICIPATE IN THE MODERATORS CHALLENGE, THE GROUP CHALLENGE AND YOUR TEAM CHALLENGE. THESE CHALLENGES ARE COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY; HOWEVER IT CONQUERS 2 THINGS... YOU MEET AND CHAT WITH OTHER CHALLENGERS AND YOU PUSH YOURSELF TO BE A HEALTHIER YOU.
LET’S HAVE A GREAT DECEMBER CHALLENGE WITH OF LOT OF WEIGHT LOSSES AND FUN TIMES’
GREG

lindamtuck2018

Steps
11/25 12,610
11/26 14,714
11/27 14,374
11/28 11,925
11/29 12,804
11/30 8,121

TeresaW1020

Week 1 Challenge: Sharing is Caring Brought to you by team Mission Slimpossibles!!
Please post in your groups and pop over to the challenge thread and post there as well so we can all get to know each other better!!

Week One: Sharing Is Caring





SHARING SUNDAY
I joined Fat 2 Fit because I love the idea of challenges and working together as a group toward our goals. Being involved with my team Mission Slimpossibles has been so much fun and so motivating. I love how my team truly cares about each other and does their best to always be so supportive.

boehle

I'll type up my intro At work tomorrow but here's yesterday's official results.

Luciicul

Hi all, November is my eleventh month on the challenge. I'm Australian, mum to a 14 yr old.

Since joining this challenge I've lost 48.6kgs / 107.2lbs (40.7% body weight), moved from 3rd class obese category to upper end of the healthy category, reversed my insulin resistance and sluggish thyroid, my sleep has improved (am no longer an epic snorer, for which my husband is grateful), I wake refreshed in the morning and have much better energy levels during the day. Stress can be an issue for me - my daughter has health issues and I am primary carer - however, I have stopped stress eating and am pretty good at sticking to my new way of eating.

I eat a wholefood diet that is low-carb, moderate protein, moderate healthy fats, includes naturally fermented foods high in probiotics, and I do intermittent fasting. In recent months I've increased my exercise so I get 30 mins a day, usually involves (slow) run 2-3 times a week, yoga 2-3 times a week, swimming once a week, as well as some walking.

I have gained and lost weight a number of times over the years: seems a terrible cycle, with each gain bigger than the previous loss. Am hoping this new way of eating is sustainable long term, not just for weight loss but for maintenance ever after.

My stats:
169cm / 5'7'
41 years
Highest Weight: 263.5lbs/119.5kg (27th January 2019)
Dec SW: 157.6 lbs (25 Nov)
Dec Goal: 157 lbs (30 Dec)

My main goal for December is not to go backwards! Christmas will be a big challenge - not just the Xmas day celebration (which I am not too worried about) but because I will spend 2 weeks with family, it will be high stress, with lots of conflict between my way of eating & living versus theirs. So while the first 3 weeks of this month I'm still following my normal eating and exercise routine, the last two weeks will require some compromise - and I just hope the two even out and I don't go back into the "overweight" category.

Luciicul

Luciicul
Week 1 weigh in (Monday)
PW: 157.6 lbs
CW: 156.3 lbs

I've finally edged into the BMI "healthy" category!

aliciap0116

Hi everyone, I’m Alicia. I’m 48, married, mom to three (6, 18 and 20), and work full timeI joined MFP in September and have lost about 24 lbs so far. I attribute a lot of that success to a MFP thread where I have been able to give and receive support, and where I met @lindamtuck2018.
It has truly transformed my journey by finding real people to connect with, share highs and lows, and by holding me accountable for my goals. So when Linda mentioned this challenge I thought it would be fun to try! Thanks for letting me join the fun!

LaurieWrobo

Steps
11/28
5,060
11/29
1,943
11/30
8,567
I forgot my Fitbit @ home on Friday so those are not true steps for that day
I also have joined Pure Barre for unlimited workouts membership....trying to change it up and get toned....

ells_runs

Hi all!
Sharing Sunday/Monday 😁

I've joined the challenge because it is my first week back and I need all the motivation I can get 😁
I'm hoping to meet some like minded people to get me going especially through the Christmas season 😍

TheMrWobbly

Welcome to @aliciap0116 and @ells_runs - it would be great if you could join the weekly step count for the team. I would like to get us up to a million steps a week so anybody wanting to join would be great. Just type the date and number of steps on a posting here and I will log them in the tracker.

Those that normally submit that are missing November dates are;
@boehle 25th-30th Nov
@LaurieWrobo 24th & 27th Nov
@ngk2000 26th-30th Nov
@lindamtuck2018 24th Nov

December is a difficult time either peak summer or peak winter in many placese. Don't let the weather put you off your stride . It is a time to enjoy good company and good food & wine so mix it with some good workouts and come out smiling in the new year!

Congratulations @Luciicul on a fantastic achievement of getting into the healthy BMI range. Very, very impressive - hope to follow you there next year!

iamworthy14

Iamworthy14
Mondays
Pw?
Cw 159.4

lindamtuck2018

Sorry @TheMrWobbly

11/24 5,473

lindamtuck2018

Week 1 group challenge - Sharing is caring



Sorry, I am a day late. I had joined mfp 2 months previous to joining this group. I was going nowhere with it. This challenge helped me focus and get on track. It is somewhere I can turn if I am slipping and need a boost in my journey.

lindamtuck2018

Week 1 group challenge- Motivation Monday My daughter sent me this one time when I was struggling. I really love it.