DOWNSIZERS Team Chat - MAY 2020
Cafelelia
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Welcome Fat2Fit Challengers!
Here is your Team chat room for May 2020. This 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. Try to post every day, and help each other succeed!
We have six great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:
Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @beka3695
Lisa - @cafelelia
Teresa - @TeresaW1020
Our Team Captains:
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @sleepymom5 and @cafelelia
Waist Aways - @jugar and @micki48
Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @beka3695
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @mari_moulin
Our Team Motivators:
Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain @katmary71 and @raleighgirl09
Trimstones - @Angmarie28
Weight No More - open
Waist Aways - @Terytha and @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - @TheMrWobbly (Fitness Captain)
Downsizers - @UTMom81 and @Kres567
Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @beka3695
Lisa - @cafelelia
Teresa - @TeresaW1020
Our Team Captains:
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @sleepymom5 and @cafelelia
Waist Aways - @jugar and @micki48
Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @beka3695
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @mari_moulin
Our Team Motivators:
Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain @katmary71 and @raleighgirl09
Trimstones - @Angmarie28
Weight No More - open
Waist Aways - @Terytha and @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - @TheMrWobbly (Fitness Captain)
Downsizers - @UTMom81 and @Kres567
HOW IT ALL WORKS:
Every challenger weighs in on their chosen day, every week without fail! At the end of each week, 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!
We also track those small, steady losses with the Green Week count. If you lose, however small an amount, it counts for 1 week in the green. The total will be by month, and cumulative - so you can really rack them up and get to your goal even if you never hit the top of the leader board.
If you need a week off, a break, a change of weigh-in day - just ask your Captain here on your team chat page. If you miss two weigh-ins in a row without asking for a break, you will be dropped from the team, so be sure to ask if you are travelling, sick, or just needing some time off.
In addition to your own team, there are F2F Full Group CHALLENGES. You can do all or none - it's up to you. Participating adds a lot to your success, so we hope to see you there often! These can involve anything fitness, health, or nutrition - and they’ll get you moving, thinking, and learning about this journey. Check the Announcements section for full group challenges.
Let’s show our fellow challengers some F2F love! Introduce yourselves right away, and let the new month begin!!
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Hello Team!
I’m new to this group, I’ve heard wonderful things
To introduce myself, I’m Piqueaboo, I live in Paris and in 2016 I hit 250lbs and decided to take action and dropped 80lbs within one year, I was 20lbs within my goal weight and then “took a break” for whatever reason? Over the next three years I re-gained some of it, but now I’m trying to tackle the remaining 50lbs I want to lose.
I’m rarely at home (I travel across Europe for work 3/5 days per week) and socialise a lot, so my main challenges are to prioritise working out, making good food choices (I eat out 3-5 times a week when not traveling, 100% when on the road) and not drink too much alcohol - so basically the main staples I had in place last time I tackled my weight loss! It’s self-discipline that I need to work on most, I think.
Really looking forward to this new adventure!3 -
MAY STEP CHALLENGE
Hello Downsizers!! Our May Step Challenge will be starting this coming Sunday May 3rd through Saturday May 30th!
Our goal is to keep ourselves moving during this quarantine. We have no excuses!! We can find so many different walking/workout videos on YouTube. Many of us can still get ourselves outdoors for walks or runs and others have backyards they can use to get those steps in. Or simply move that coffee table out the way and walk in place while watching your favorite movie or TV show.
Our challenge this month is to get our 10,000 steps in daily OR make it our goal to reach by the end of the month! Those of us who are already at 10,000 steps daily let’s set ourselves bigger goals. Let’s see if we can beat our TOTAL last month as a team! Every step counts!!
To join the step challenge, just post your daily step pledge here. Then post your steps DAILY so I can keep a tally. Let’s go steppers!!2 -
Hello Team!
I’m new to this group, I’ve heard wonderful things
To introduce myself, I’m Piqueaboo, I live in Paris and in 2016 I hit 250lbs and decided to take action and dropped 80lbs within one year, I was 20lbs within my goal weight and then “took a break” for whatever reason? Over the next three years I re-gained some of it, but now I’m trying to tackle the remaining 50lbs I want to lose.
I’m rarely at home (I travel across Europe for work 3/5 days per week) and socialise a lot, so my main challenges are to prioritise working out, making good food choices (I eat out 3-5 times a week when not traveling, 100% when on the road) and not drink too much alcohol - so basically the main staples I had in place last time I tackled my weight loss! It’s self-discipline that I need to work on most, I think.
Really looking forward to this new adventure!
Welcome to our team!! So pleased you decided to join us! I am also in France! Very cool. If you are ever in my area we should get together for coffee or lunch or a workout 🥰. Obviously not any time soon as we are in confinement but some day right 😅. Hope our team can help you reach those goals! ❤️💪🏻1 -
Good Morning Downsizers!!
Happy May Day!! It’s the start of a brand new month, good luck with all your goals!2 -
Friday, May 1 --- check in
Today's To Do List --
do chair yoga + 5 min walk, drink all water, be mindful of food choices; log everything
Get outside today is a Must ... supposed to be mid-50s after lunch and I desperately need OUT!!
Do one computer research project for at least 30 min.
@Cafelelia - thanks for creating our May thread.
@Piqueaboo -- welcome to the Team!
@panda4153 -- Thanks! Good luck with your goals as well
@mari_moulin -- Thanks for creating the May walking program. I'm still trying to do 3-4 chunks a day of 5-minute walks. Maybe in a couple of months, I can add my name into your list of walkers. As for now, I'll just admire those who do!!
Over the past couple of months I've found being in relative isolation extremely difficult. After analyzing my March data, I realized several things and will be tweaking my goals accordingly. I'm also adding a new goal: doing computer research each day. I realized that a major issue with March was the almost total lack of mental stimulation. Yes, I talked with many friends/family via phone. Yes, I interact via computer with several others, another group or two, and MFP groups/threads. What is missing is challenging mental stimulation of a more sustained nature. So, I'm going to challenge myself to find an interesting topic and do research on that topic. It can be serious or funny, scientific or silly, technical or methodical, just something that catches my interest and my goal is to learn more about it. Don't need to become an expert; just more knowledgeable.
Have a good day Y'all
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Friday, May 1
Hello all and happy Friday! Hope you are all gearing up for a healthy month. I have strapped on my Garmin watch for counting steps and am going to try to use my rowing machine at least 4 times a week this month.
Weighed in this morning for a May starting weight of 170.6 lbs. I haven't been in the 160s for over a year, so I'm hoping I can get there shortly. Weekend eating is always a struggle for me so I'll need to be careful to stay on track before Monday's weigh-in.
Goals for today:
(1) rowing machine workout
(2) at least 3L of water
(3) at least 5000 steps (sad goal but quarantine life...)
(4) under 2000 calories. This seems like a lot but I have a zoom lunch scheduled with friends and it's Friday, meaning wine.
Does anybody want to try to do at least 4 at-home workouts with me in the next 7 days?
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lisasolo149 wrote: »Friday, May 1
Hello all and happy Friday! Hope you are all gearing up for a healthy month. I have strapped on my Garmin watch for counting steps and am going to try to use my rowing machine at least 4 times a week this month.
Weighed in this morning for a May starting weight of 170.6 lbs. I haven't been in the 160s for over a year, so I'm hoping I can get there shortly. Weekend eating is always a struggle for me so I'll need to be careful to stay on track before Monday's weigh-in.
Goals for today:
(1) rowing machine workout
(2) at least 3L of water
(3) at least 5000 steps (sad goal but quarantine life...)
(4) under 2000 calories. This seems like a lot but I have a zoom lunch scheduled with friends and it's Friday, meaning wine.
Does anybody want to try to do at least 4 at-home workouts with me in the next 7 days?
I am in! I need to find a beginner cardio workout and be consistent.3 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »lisasolo149 wrote: »Friday, May 1
Hello all and happy Friday! Hope you are all gearing up for a healthy month. I have strapped on my Garmin watch for counting steps and am going to try to use my rowing machine at least 4 times a week this month.
Weighed in this morning for a May starting weight of 170.6 lbs. I haven't been in the 160s for over a year, so I'm hoping I can get there shortly. Weekend eating is always a struggle for me so I'll need to be careful to stay on track before Monday's weigh-in.
Goals for today:
(1) rowing machine workout
(2) at least 3L of water
(3) at least 5000 steps (sad goal but quarantine life...)
(4) under 2000 calories. This seems like a lot but I have a zoom lunch scheduled with friends and it's Friday, meaning wine.
Does anybody want to try to do at least 4 at-home workouts with me in the next 7 days?
I am in! I need to find a beginner cardio workout and be consistent.
I have tried some youtube workouts like this one which I like because they are noise-free in my wood frame building:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYD7f5b_qj4&t=545s
I also just downloaded the Peloton app which is free for 90 days right now and apparently has great at-home workouts but I haven't tried any of them yet. If anybody else has recommendations for good workouts I would love some new things to try out.
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Hi all! I am Linda and I am the one of the team captains. @mari_moulin is the other captain. She is the founder of the group and is amazing. We have an awesome motivator @Kres567.
I am 55, married, mother of 3 and have three beautiful granddaughters. I also have 2 fur babies. You will probably hear me mention my granddaughters a few times during the month. I live in Southwestern Ontario.
I started my journey in February of 2019. I have lost 54 pounds so far and I owe a lot of my success to this group. The accountability and support from teammates is awesome.
My goals for May
1. Lose 4 pounds
2. Walk 8000 steps Monday to Saturday
4. Continue increasing my walking distance each day
5. Drink 8 cups of water a day
6. Join @lisasolo149 in her challenge to do 4 home workouts in 7 days
7. Continue to do tai chi
Look forward to reading your introductions and goals for the month.1 -
Here is the step challenge again. If you are interested please let me know so I can add your name in the steppers list. Again it doesn’t matter if you can manage 200, 2000, or 20,000 a day. Join in and let’s walk together ❤️
MAY STEP CHALLENGE
Hello Downsizers!! Our May Step Challenge will be starting this coming Sunday May 3rd through Saturday May 30th!
Our goal is to keep ourselves moving during this quarantine. We have no excuses!! We can find so many different walking/workout videos on YouTube. Many of us can still get ourselves outdoors for walks or runs and others have backyards they can use to get those steps in. Or simply move that coffee table out the way and walk in place while watching your favorite movie or TV show.
Our challenge this month is to get our 10,000 steps in daily OR make it our goal to reach by the end of the month! Those of us who are already at 10,000 steps daily let’s set ourselves bigger goals. Let’s see if we can beat our TOTAL last month as a team! Every step counts!!
To join the step challenge, just post your daily step pledge here. Then post your steps DAILY so I can keep a tally. Let’s go steppers!!0 -
Yes, please add me to the step challenge list.1
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I am in for the step challenge!1
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I'm also in for the step challenge - not going to manage 10 000 steps but I will aim for 6 000 (my average at the moment is 4 000 steps) and hopefully exceed every day.
May 1 - I walked 10 578 steps (I went outside and did a Lesley Sansone 30m workout)
My goals for May
1. Lose at least 5lbs
2. Work out 6x per week
5. Continue drinking 3l per day (I went up by 1l a week ago)
6. Stick to my calories!
7. Get to Week 6 of my SWEAT program
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Awesome @Lindamtuck2018 and @piqueaboo! I’ve got you both in the step challenge 😁 all that matters is that we do our best @Piqueaboo!0
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Hello Team. My name is Mari and I am co-captain for @lindamtuck2018. I am here to help her out when she needs me and I am taking care of the step challenge for her. Thank you Linda for being a great leader for our amazing team! I also work alongside our supportive motivators @UTMom81 and @Kres567 to help keep up with our teammates posts and help as best we can with motivation and support.
A little about me, I am 41 years old mom of 3 boys (2 teens and one preschooler) and married to a great and supportive guy. I've struggled with my weight my whole life and am finally very close to my goal. I've now been stuck at my current weight range since last December and am desperately trying to start losing again. I was doing really well at the beginning of march then all hell broke loose with this virus. My current goal is to at least maintain my weight or lose a teeny bit if i can. I managed to have a small loss in April so fingers crossed I can keep that going.
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »lisasolo149 wrote: »Friday, May 1
Hello all and happy Friday! Hope you are all gearing up for a healthy month. I have strapped on my Garmin watch for counting steps and am going to try to use my rowing machine at least 4 times a week this month.
Weighed in this morning for a May starting weight of 170.6 lbs. I haven't been in the 160s for over a year, so I'm hoping I can get there shortly. Weekend eating is always a struggle for me so I'll need to be careful to stay on track before Monday's weigh-in.
Goals for today:
(1) rowing machine workout
(2) at least 3L of water
(3) at least 5000 steps (sad goal but quarantine life...)
(4) under 2000 calories. This seems like a lot but I have a zoom lunch scheduled with friends and it's Friday, meaning wine.
Does anybody want to try to do at least 4 at-home workouts with me in the next 7 days?
I am in! I need to find a beginner cardio workout and be consistent.
I would love to join you and Linda for your workouts this week. Will you be posting the videos you want us to do with you?1 -
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Friday, May 1 --- check in
Today's To Do List --
do chair yoga + 5 min walk, drink all water, be mindful of food choices; log everything
Get outside today is a Must ... supposed to be mid-50s after lunch and I desperately need OUT!!
Do one computer research project for at least 30 min.
@Cafelelia - thanks for creating our May thread.
@Piqueaboo -- welcome to the Team!
@panda4153 -- Thanks! Good luck with your goals as well
@mari_moulin -- Thanks for creating the May walking program. I'm still trying to do 3-4 chunks a day of 5-minute walks. Maybe in a couple of months, I can add my name into your list of walkers. As for now, I'll just admire those who do!!
Over the past couple of months I've found being in relative isolation extremely difficult. After analyzing my March data, I realized several things and will be tweaking my goals accordingly. I'm also adding a new goal: doing computer research each day. I realized that a major issue with March was the almost total lack of mental stimulation. Yes, I talked with many friends/family via phone. Yes, I interact via computer with several others, another group or two, and MFP groups/threads. What is missing is challenging mental stimulation of a more sustained nature. So, I'm going to challenge myself to find an interesting topic and do research on that topic. It can be serious or funny, scientific or silly, technical or methodical, just something that catches my interest and my goal is to learn more about it. Don't need to become an expert; just more knowledgeable.
Have a good day Y'all
Last month I decided to take up baking to occupy my time but the end results weren’t too good. I was eating it all lol. So I decided to start some online piano lessons and this has helped me focus my time and energy in something other than what I can pity in my mouth. I decided that I would come out of confinement with a new skill that has nothing to do with food. I can understand how much you’ve struggled these past couple of months. We may not all be in the same boat but we sure as heck are in the same storm.
About the step challenge, You don’t have to have lots a steps everyday to be a part of it. You just do the best you can and let us help keep you motivated to move as much as you can daily. Let me know if you change your mind. ☺️ have a wonderful day ❤️2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Hi all! I am Linda and I am the one of the team captains. @mari_moulin is the other captain. She is the founder of the group and is amazing. We have an awesome motivator @Kres567.
I am 55, married, mother of 3 and have three beautiful granddaughters. I also have 2 fur babies. You will probably hear me mention my granddaughters a few times during the month. I live in Southwestern Ontario.
I started my journey in February of 2019. I have lost 54 pounds so far and I owe a lot of my success to this group. The accountability and support from teammates is awesome.
My goals for May
1. Lose 4 pounds
2. Walk 8000 steps Monday to Saturday
4. Continue increasing my walking distance each day
5. Drink 8 cups of water a day
6. Join @lisasolo149 in her challenge to do 4 home workouts in 7 days
7. Continue to do tai chi
Look forward to reading your introductions and goals for the month.
I love that you are still doing your TaiChi. Is there a particular video you are using. I would like to add this for myself as a goal this month.0 -
Weigh In Day -- Saturday May 2, 2020
SW - 308.6
LW - 295.4
CW - 294.4
diff = -1.0
Total Loss to date -- 14.24 -
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mari_moulin wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »lisasolo149 wrote: »Friday, May 1
Hello all and happy Friday! Hope you are all gearing up for a healthy month. I have strapped on my Garmin watch for counting steps and am going to try to use my rowing machine at least 4 times a week this month.
Weighed in this morning for a May starting weight of 170.6 lbs. I haven't been in the 160s for over a year, so I'm hoping I can get there shortly. Weekend eating is always a struggle for me so I'll need to be careful to stay on track before Monday's weigh-in.
Goals for today:
(1) rowing machine workout
(2) at least 3L of water
(3) at least 5000 steps (sad goal but quarantine life...)
(4) under 2000 calories. This seems like a lot but I have a zoom lunch scheduled with friends and it's Friday, meaning wine.
Does anybody want to try to do at least 4 at-home workouts with me in the next 7 days?
I am in! I need to find a beginner cardio workout and be consistent.
I would love to join you and Linda for your workouts this week. Will you be posting the videos you want us to do with you?
I am going to do a Joanna Soh beginner workout on YouTube.1 -
mari_moulin wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Hi all! I am Linda and I am the one of the team captains. @mari_moulin is the other captain. She is the founder of the group and is amazing. We have an awesome motivator @Kres567.
I am 55, married, mother of 3 and have three beautiful granddaughters. I also have 2 fur babies. You will probably hear me mention my granddaughters a few times during the month. I live in Southwestern Ontario.
I started my journey in February of 2019. I have lost 54 pounds so far and I owe a lot of my success to this group. The accountability and support from teammates is awesome.
My goals for May
1. Lose 4 pounds
2. Walk 8000 steps Monday to Saturday
4. Continue increasing my walking distance each day
5. Drink 8 cups of water a day
6. Join @lisasolo149 in her challenge to do 4 home workouts in 7 days
7. Continue to do tai chi
Look forward to reading your introductions and goals for the month.
I love that you are still doing your TaiChi. Is there a particular video you are using. I would like to add this for myself as a goal this month.
I am using the videos from the taiflow channel. There are different modules you can do.1 -
May 2 - I walked 122 steps (something inside my knee snapped and it was super painful to move)
Weigh In Day - Sunday, May 3, 2020
May Start Weight: 195.6
Current Weight: 191.2
May Loss: -4.2lbs
Total Loss to date: -57.8lbs1 -
May 2 - I walked 122 steps (something inside my knee snapped and it was super painful to move)
Weigh In Day - Sunday, May 3, 2020
May Start Weight: 195.6
Current Weight: 191.2
May Loss: -4.2lbs
Total Loss to date: -57.8lbs
I’m sorry to hear you are in pain. I hope it gets better soon and that you are able to move it without too much pain. The May step challenge officially starts today (Sunday) so no stress about yesterday’s steps.
Congratulations on your weight loss this week! Well done 👍🏻 feel better soon. ❤️0 -
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Saturday check in
Calories: over
Exercise: 69 minute walk
Water: not enough
Steps 5/2 13,679
Yesterday, I walked 4.59 km, short of my 5km goal. I can’t believe how sore I am from doing the hill on Friday. I am setting 5km for my goal again today.
Today’s goals
1. Walk 5km
2. Drink 9 cups of water
3. No binge eating
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