Shrinking Assets Team Chat AUGUST 2020
Beka3695
Posts: 4,126 Member
Here is your Team chat room for July 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
Teresa - @TeresaW1020
Our Team Captains:
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @1theresamcvean 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 - @Emmajhare and @angmarie28
Weight No More - @GingerPwr
Waist Aways - @Terytha and @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - @hipari
Downsizers - @Marigorringo and @Megan_smartiepants1970
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.
In an effort to recognize accomplishments, we are using an optional addition to the weigh in format called LOSS TO DATE or LTD. Please just leave this new line off if you do not want to participate. Here is the new format:
Username
Weigh In Day
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
LTD (Loss to Date):
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 take a break, you are moved to the Support Team. 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. You can remain on the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions and weigh in if you want to, but your weigh-ins will not be counted on the weekly tally.
Once you reach your goal weight, you join the elite Goal Zone! After hitting your goal, you need support to stay there, and you can help your teammates join you. You must continue to weigh in every week, and if you have 2 weeks above your self-defined goal zone, you go back to the regular team to lose that amount before it builds up. You will have a chance to hone those maintenance skills and stick with your team!
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!!
We have six great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:
Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @Beka3695
Teresa - @TeresaW1020
Our Team Captains:
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @1theresamcvean 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 - @Emmajhare and @angmarie28
Weight No More - @GingerPwr
Waist Aways - @Terytha and @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - @hipari
Downsizers - @Marigorringo and @Megan_smartiepants1970
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.
In an effort to recognize accomplishments, we are using an optional addition to the weigh in format called LOSS TO DATE or LTD. Please just leave this new line off if you do not want to participate. Here is the new format:
Username
Weigh In Day
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
LTD (Loss to Date):
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 take a break, you are moved to the Support Team. 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. You can remain on the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions and weigh in if you want to, but your weigh-ins will not be counted on the weekly tally.
Once you reach your goal weight, you join the elite Goal Zone! After hitting your goal, you need support to stay there, and you can help your teammates join you. You must continue to weigh in every week, and if you have 2 weeks above your self-defined goal zone, you go back to the regular team to lose that amount before it builds up. You will have a chance to hone those maintenance skills and stick with your team!
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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I am Julie, one of your Team Captains. My counterpart and bestie is Beka, aka @Beka3695.
I also have an 18 year old that just graduated "virtually" in May. He also decided to up and move out graduation night so I had a pretty rough ending to May.... and then July 4th weekend, he moved back. I really just feel like a storage unit and a roof. We haven't been getting along very well and it has completely thrown me off, as well as this Covid19 crap.
I started my journey many moons ago. I was 237, got to 132 then got lazy and I am at 175
August Goals:
-For the first time in months, do some grocery shopping for meats (I have only been buying veggies, cheese, hummus to try to clear out my freezer
-Meet my step goal of 10k every day so that I can up it September.
I am keeping my goals for minimal this month because I keep saying I am going to do this and that, then I feel horrible about myself when I dont.
If you have not already, feel free to friend me.3 -
Hello, not new to mfp but new to joining a group such as this one. I have lost, gained, lost, and gained repeatedly over the years.
42 year old female, 5’6”, CW 184. Goal weight 135. Mom of 7 dogs.
Started building a home gym over a year ago and while it STILL isn’t completely done, I gave up on the excuses and started using it. I don’t work out as often as I should though because in the process of building the gym, it turned into a literal second job. My husband and I buy and sell used gym equipment now and that eats up A LOT of time, but since the machines are so heavy, at least I burn a bunch of calories and build some muscle helping move them.
I joined the group because my husband isn’t working out currently and I could use some extra support to keep me motivated and on track.3 -
Hi everyone!
I’m Hipari, and I try to motivate everyone on this team. I’m 28, live in Finland and have been married exactly 11 months today. We’ll be celebrating our first wedding anniversary at the end of August, and I’m happy to report that unless I gain in August (unacceptable!) I’ll be celebrating it lighter than my wedding.
I’m 5’8 and currently hovering around 212-213lbs. My current end goal is about 175lbs, which is where I’ll evaluate and feel for a more precise goal. However, I hope to become a mom and gain and lose some pregnancy weight along the way before reaching that goal. The major goal I do hope to reach this fall before my birthday in November is the cluster of one-derland, below 90kg (198,4lbs) and reaching overweight BMI (197,6lbs).
My goals for August:
- Get below 208,9lbs, which is where Happy Scale tells me I’ll be 25% done
- Find a good workout rhythm with gym, cardio and my two new hobbies: aerial acrobatics and ”regular” acrobatics, that should be floorwork and trampoline tricks
- returning to my personal trainer post-lockdown
- Keeping my eating in check and logging every day2 -
Hello!
I'm Jen, 50 yrs old, three amazing adult children and two adorable grand babies. I have two silly rescued pit bulls and volunteer with several rescues in the area. I love all animals and nature. My kids call me a hippy dippy lol. I live on the coast in Virginia and love gardening, running, biking, lifting weights and yoga. And of course being on/in the water:)
Looking forward to making this journey with you all! I started in October at 224 pounds and am down to 171 as of now. Let's do this!2 -
Thanks for the introductions @bigblues11 , @hipari , @slunburg and @boehle. Lovely to hear a bit about each of you.
I posted my intro on the last day of the July thread but I’ll put it here too.
To introduce myself I'm 46, 160cm (5'3"), Australian originally but have spent most of my adult life working internationally. Currently I'm in Buenos Aires (along with my husband, a USAian who I picked up while I was living in Bulgaria). We've endured one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in the world. We went into lockdown March 19th and they've started the tiniest lifting of restrictions this week - but for the last 4 months I've only been out once a week to go grocery shopping (until the recent week there were no exceptions for exercise - you're now allowed out to exercise but only at night and given it's mid-winter I'm not really keen on 10pm walks!).
I lost about 50lbs with MFP about 10 years ago. Kept it off for a few years but acquiring a husband, several miscarriages, several moves of country, injuries and a few other bits and pieces of life and I had put quite a lot of it back on. The first month of lockdown I was working insane hours, stressed out and using comfort eating/baking to cope. Finally, once the insanity settled down a bit I decided enough was enough. Started tracking properly on MFP and got myself back on track. I didn't weigh the first couple of weeks (because our scale had a flat battery, the grocery store didn't have the right sort of batteries and in a lockdown we couldn't go anywhere else to get one) but when I did get a battery and weigh I was 75kg (165 lbs). That was 97 days ago. I'm currently at about 66kg (145 lbs).
Looking forward to using this group as an additional way to keep me engaged and focused as well as to getting to know all of you and hopefully supporting as you all drop weight.5 -
Dogmom1978 wrote: »Hello, not new to mfp but new to joining a group such as this one. I have lost, gained, lost, and gained repeatedly over the years.
42 year old female, 5’6”, CW 184. Goal weight 135. Mom of 7 dogs.
Started building a home gym over a year ago and while it STILL isn’t completely done, I gave up on the excuses and started using it. I don’t work out as often as I should though because in the process of building the gym, it turned into a literal second job. My husband and I buy and sell used gym equipment now and that eats up A LOT of time, but since the machines are so heavy, at least I burn a bunch of calories and build some muscle helping move them.
I joined the group because my husband isn’t working out currently and I could use some extra support to keep me motivated and on track.
So glad to see you here! I missed catching you on the registration thread - sometimes my head is not quite attached. But you found your way and are now on the official spreadsheet! Good luck!2 -
Got ideas for full group challenges? Have any suggestions about how to make F2F better? Head on over to the Idea Lounge, and sound off
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10802654/the-idea-lounge#latest
It is time to dream up more challenges for the next month - what will help you stick to your goals? It is a blast to meet people from the other teams, and all get together on a particular challenge. It can relate to food, water, exercise - whatever you like! We have quite a good collection going, but it is always fun to add more.1 -
Hi Everyone!
So excited to meet all of the new team members.
I started my journey in March at 234lb, and have so far lost over 25lbs. I've slowly gained weight my whole adult life, and tried MFP before unsuccessfully. A switch flipped for me, and I'm saying "no more" to my emotional eating and poor stress management. My health is so much more important to me now, and I had no idea how much better I'd feel! Very serious about making this a lasting change.
Onederland is within my sights now. My goal for August is 199.9lbs! I think I can do it based on. My avg monthly losses. I haven't been that weight since my late teens!4 -
So Saturday’s are my weigh in day. I maintained at 184. Now, it is that time of the month, so I’m hoping it’s mostly just water retention, although it was not a stellar week for either calorie consumption or working out.
Here’s to a better start to August!1 -
Username: xioalongbao
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight): 145 lbs (65.7kg)
I know that the first week of weigh ins starts tomorrow but I guess this should be my start weight rather than what I put when I registered (which was almost a week ago).1 -
Happy August! My name is Wendy, 44 years old. I live in Wisconsin with my husband and dogs! I have been on this journey for like 15 years. Something click d in my head this year when I turned 44. I decided I was done half-@ssing this. I am going to focus and make lifestyle changes that will help me meet my goal. I aim to lose about 50 pounds by my 45th birthday, July 1, 2021.
Username: imgwendolyn2015
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):188.8
LTD (Loss to Date):3 -
As I read through everyone's introductions/stories, I am amazed at the life stories. I just love how we've come together from all over this planet - different stories, different experiences, but with a common goal of losing weight in order to be healthy. I know that probably sounds a little sappy - but it inspires me and also humbles me to be part of a group like this! OK - moving on.....
I posted this in the July thread - but since Saturday is my weigh-in day, will repeat here.
biketheworld
Saturday
PW: 210.6
CW: 207.8
LTD: 17.2
Didn't quite make my 207 goal - but definitely went in the right direction, had a great week, and am completely satisfied with results. Thanks for putting out a challenge because it definitely helped me focus. The month as a whole wasn't very productive, but I feel back on track.
Next week's goal - 206.25 -
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Hello Shrinking Assets! Another new person heading your way - @elf31 (every team needs an elf, right?) will be with you soon!
Hi everyone!
I joined a group like this maybe 5/6 years ago and it helped me lose about 30lbs. Then I stopped. I'm very motivated again to finish my journey, lose more weight and get stronger. I am currently 161lbs and very flabby/weak. =(
My goal weight is around 135lbs. But I also want to be stronger and be able to ride my bike for miles again. E L F are my initials, but I have been known to be generous... so maybe I'm here to gift the team my pounds.
Username: elf31
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW (Previous Weight): 161 (Day one, so where I'm starting?)
CW (Current Weight): 161
LTD (Loss to Date):3 -
Hipari
Sunday
PW 212.9
CW 212.82 -
Hipari
Sunday
PW 212.9
CW 212.8
I did commit to getting back under 213 after the sailing trip (and 212.9 was a rolled pre-vacation weigh-in), so mission accomplished. Barely. Goal for next week: get under 212, so 211.9 or less.
This weekend I’m just letting go and enjoying, no guilt. Back to logging on Monday. Yesterday I went on my student nation’s (I ca explain the organization further if someone’s interested) traditional summer trip that’s always a secret beforehand. The only thing you know when signing up is the start and return time & location. You just show up, board the bus and see where the bus takes you. This year we went to an old scenic canal area with lots of cafes, villas and artesan shops, had lunch at a gorgeous old villa, went on a 1.5-mile nature trail, toured a vineyard and had a tasting there. We were back in town at about 10pm, and went for some pizza with friends. While it sounds like the feast-y thing to do, it was really the mature adult responsible thing. The trip always has a pit stop at the nation’s summer house and drops off people there. Based on the group chats I read this morning, the younger members really turned on the party at the house, and they’re already back at it sipping their morning drinks on the lakeside pier there. I’m really happy there’s a new group of energetic young members taking over the party, it makes me feel better about moving on to adulthood.
Today I was supposed to have a lovely chill day in a town about an hour away, seeing my childhood bestie who moved there temporarily for a summer job, and meeting my cousin who lives there - her baby was born in March but I obviously haven’t had a chance to meet her yet. Well, it turns out my friend broke up with her fiancé literally yesterday and she’s back here in our childhood hometown where I still live. She said she’s been holed up in her apartment thinking and obsessing about the decision so much she hasn’t really been able to eat lately. She wants to go out and try to get some energy, so I’m taking her out for brunch today. Selfishly I’m a little upset about their break-up as they were together for more than 10 years, we’re friends with her (ex)fiancé as well and used to a lot of stuff as a double date, and also the fact that this will throw a wrench in my low-calorie eating plans as I know I will indulge when I pay for a big brunch buffet. Still, today it’s my job to support my friend and help with her needs, which today are talking/listening and taking her to that brunch and making sure she eats. I’ll also drive her and her car back to her summer job town as she hasn’t been sleeping well, and then going to see my cousin and her baby later tonight.
Tomorrow is Monday and I have to go back to work after my 2-week vacation. Ugh.1 -
There are still some people signing up! Please welcome the newest Asset @sextonamg 1
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Wahoooo way to go Shrinking Assets!! You all have had an amazing month and are an inspiration to every team on Fat2Fit! Keep up the great work and see if you can do it again for August!
The Green Challenge Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small the loss the weights are recorded in green. Remember slow and steady wins the race! 
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I am Beka, one of your Team Captains and Group Moderator. My counterpart and bestie is Julie, aka@Boehle.
I am 43, married, mom of 2 daughters, Mimi of one amazing grandson, and human mom to 3 fur babies. I usually live in the beautiful mountains of Northern Georgia, but currently residing in Florida as I am acting Nanny to my sweet grandson.
I started my journey 2 years ago at 242 lbs, lost down to 174 and maintained almost 9 months before gaining back to 232. It is only failure if you quit... right???
August Goals:
- Continue to chip away at the scale. I would like to see a 7 lb month!
- Continue to my NEAT or non-exercise activity thermogenesis.
- Increase my EAT - exercise activity thermogenesis.
- focus on consistency of steps - A coworker and I have found a system that seems to be working...
- Continue training for the Peachtree.... which has been rescheduled from July 4th to Thanksgiving Day. June and July will be considered “HEAT TRAINING” being in Florida. Once back in Georgia or the weather cools here, I will start working on time/distance.
If you have not already, feel free to friend me. Please make your diaries open. Your teammates (umm - or me) might want to borrow your ideas that keep you in check.4 -
Hello everyone, I am 52 (going to be 53 in September), I live in the beautiful Mantua Ohio, and my highest weight was 189 when I started on MFP over 8.5 years ago. About 6 years ago I was 145 and could wear a size 4. Today I am hanging about 166 and about a size 10-12. I am 5'5. I am following low carb and no process food-Ha when I am following my plan. I love to walk and trying to get back to jogging. Fell pretty good that I can walk 6 miles daily if I wanted.
My husband is semi retired which is stressful financially (he is 15 yrs older than me) but we are doing well. The pandemic has impacted my eating and drinking but I am going to make August really count. I found out Friday that I will be back working from home for month of August. I worked from home March 13 - July 1, and they now decided to send us back home.
My husband is high risk so I don't mind that we don't go anywhere while this virus is hanging around.
Goal for Aug-stay under calories, exercise (walking and weights), limit alcohol and get the scale down.
I have 2 dogs I adore and 5 Betta fish. (Pandemic hobby). Glad to be in such a supportive group even though I don't post alot.
We can do this.0 -
Hello y'all
I am Lacey!! I was a big girl as a child. Honestly. I am smaller now than I ever was in highschool. My smallest ever was 130lbs. That was when my oldest daughter was about 2! I have lost over 100lbs 3 times in my life. Gained it back with babies twice!! Now I'm trying to get to 150lbs. We own a residential cleaning business!! We are finally getting some new cleaning specialist!! Woo woo!! Soon my focus will not be so work oriented and I can give my weight loss the attention it needs. I am an emotional eater. Very addictive personality!! Food has always been a source of comfort. From when I was a young girl living in very hard times. Food was all I usually had to enjoy. Very hard to change habits that run so deep! BUT IM DOING IT AGAIN!!!! Want to be the best me I can be!!
I accept the 2lb challenge!! I will lose 2lbs by next Saturday weight in!! Yesterday I enjoyed a cheat day from hell!! Hahaha needed that *kitten*!! Today FOCUS!!! STARTING THIS WEEK STRONG!!!
HOPEFULLY I WILL KEEP MY HEAD IN THE GAME AND I WILL BE HERE MORE TO CHEER YALL ON AS WELL!!
I APOLOGISE FOR BEING A SLACKER LATELY!! YALL DESERVE BETTER!!
IM ON IT!!!!!2 -
WEEK 5
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Shrinking Assets 0.38%
2nd Downsizers 0.32%
3rd Weight No More 0.29%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Shrinking Assets 14.3 Lbs
2nd Weight No More 13.8 Lbs
3rd Downsizers 10.3 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @19shmoo69 3.5 %
2nd @CassieGetsFit2013 2.33%
2nd 2 @KellyBgetsfit 2.33%
3rd @1theresamcvean 2.14 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @19shmoo69 9.0 Lbs
2nd @CassieGetsFit2013 4.6 Lbs
3rd @mari_moulin 3.8 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Beka3695
@biketheworld
@Canadiangirl1984
@KristieJC
@carriestrine
@michelleywardell
@gwamajtw91
@angmarie28
@trooworld
@MommaGemz
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Oh and I'm currently 169- heaviest I ever was 265!!!!! That was my starting point all 3 times!! This last journey after Megan. I have lost to 160 3 times and then I left go and get back to 180 before I panick and start working again!!! Not this time!! 150 is happening and then I'm gonna see where I go from there!!1
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PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Mission Slimpossibles 1.76%
2nd Shrinking Assets 1.62%
3rd Weight No More 1.03%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
1st Mission Slimpossibles 72.5 Lbs
2nd Shrinking Assets 62.0 Lbs
3rd Weight No More 48.7 Lbs
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @DesertColibri 5.65 %
2nd @Megan_smartiepants1970 5.41%
3rd @Jax_Grim 4.87 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @Megan_smartiepants1970 13.2 Lbs
2nd @kelgen02 12.0 Lbs
3rd @Jax_Grim 11.5 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Freeglerock
@jennifersusanmcdougall
@KUMEcyclingteam
@Emmajhare
@lenka1
@eggfreak
@Terytha
@cherrymajoni
@bethanie0825
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Let's have a big shout out to these lovely people hitting some major milestones!!!!
30+ lost
@1theresamcvean
Rumor has it that she is extremely close to GOAL, TOO!!!
Under 225
@Jax_Grim
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Hi! I'm Alex and I started my weightloss journey less than a week ago 😂😂 I'm 28, married w/ a 1 year old, live in North Carolina, and I'm currently in nursing school so my stress stays pretty high most of the time. I lost my baby weight pretty quickly from a mixture of stress and forgetting to eat but lockdown has me back up to almost my third trimester weight 😭 I still look ok in my clothes (I did have to buy new jeans) so I was initially fine with it. Then I took my son swimming and I saw pictures of myself in a bikini... That was Monday. I just wasn't happy about the way I looked at all and my self confidence took a bit of a hit.
So anyway, I'm at 163 right now and my goal is 145.
I'm excited to be a part of this group and I'm super ready to get to it!
PW: 163
CW:163
LTD: __4 -
Aside from posting results today, I have been priming a bedroom for paint. This is the one from my post last week that 'melted.' We have spent the last two days sanding and dusting. It has been an ordeal. I realized I am FAR from a painter!!
I wanted to say how happy I am with our week 5 and monthly results!! WAY TO GO TEAM!!!
Can we do it again this week? ABSO-FREAKING-LOUTLY
WHO IS COMMITTED TO GREEN THIS WEEK?
For the new folks, on our spreadsheet - green represents a loss and red a gain...
My goal for the week is a 1.4 or more loss. This would give me an even 50 lbs loss and keep me on track for my 16 lb challenge. Current status 2.6 of 16 gone.
This week will be a challenge for me. I am back at my real home this week. My husband has said 3x already that he was excited for me to cook for him. I will continue my Mod IF this week and try to keep lunches in check. I will be going for pre-work walks to help get my steps in.
Transition is a part of life. We have to learn to think on our feet and not cave when our situation changes.
I cannot wait to see what this week brings!!!!!
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The WEEK 1 Challenge is UP! Enjoy -
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10805773/team-on-my-shoulder-week-1-challenge-august-2020#latest0 -
One more new person for you, oh great and wonderful Shrinking Assets! @ForLangston will be along forthwith 1
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