Introductions!

RangerRickL
RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
Welcome to the October 2020 Ultimate Accountability Challenge!

Some of you have been with this challenge for months and some are brand new. This is one of the hardest challenges to stay with throughout the entire month.

FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS!! Log every BLT (Bite, Lick, Taste). Stay strong and true to yourself....YOU WILL SUCCEED!!

Please feel free to share as much information as you feel comfortable sharing about yourself with the rest of the group. I look forward to getting to know all of you a little better.

GOOD LUCK
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  • jules7890
    jules7890 Posts: 145 Member
    Hi everyone😁 Looking forward to killing it in Roctober! 👻
  • jules7890
    jules7890 Posts: 145 Member
    Hello everyone!

    My name is Lisa, and I'm a graduate student living in Ithaca, NY. I'm a devout Crossfitter and never mind being teased about it, haha. I went on a nutrition plan with a coach for 6 months this past year, and lost 35lb. When COVID hit, I gained by 10lb! Very annoying. I'm ready to shed that weight and then some. I'm at 176, I want to get down to at least where I was at 164lb short term; perhaps 158lb long term.

    I really hope I can keep up with this group. This is exactly what I was looking for, accountability with like minded folks!

    Thank you to the organizers for your work!

    Best,
    Lisa A.

    Welcome, Lisa! Oct is my 3rd month. Very seasoned members here w lots of inspiration! All the best in October 🎃🙌🏽
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    If you are a noobie for UAC, consider coming over the September Challenge as "practice" while waiting for Oct 1 to roll around (especially if you know you are "only start on Mondays" type ... as Oct 1 happens to be a Thursday this year ..... just sayin' ....)

    Either way, we long-termers will be seeing you here in the Oct Group starting Oct 1!

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/138256-ultimate-accountability-challenge-september-2020
  • RoseReads1
    RoseReads1 Posts: 4 Member
    Hi Everyone. I am in my 30's, I am 5'3 and 3/4ths :smile: I am re-starting my journey to wellness. The joy of thyroid issues(eye-roll), but I refuse to let it be an excuse. I have a huge goal that I am breaking down to a much more manageable one. I'm working in an educational setting, so my times to eat are very strange and my schedule is completely different from my husbands as he works 2nd or 3rd shift depending on the week. Long term I have about 65lbs to loose. My goal for October is to log all the things and get in at least 9500 steps daily.
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    Happy pre-birthday Dave.

    This is my first time in a group challenge. For the past two months, I've been doing the monthly plank challenge in the main forums. My elbows were displeased but bore through it.

    My weight-loss/body fat lowering progress was halved in the past month. While I realize I'm quite close to maintenance, my goal for this challenge is to see if accountability and a smidgen less food can get me back to my previous rate of body fat loss.

    OCT Exercise: Kettlebell (KB) workout program, daily walking, stair climbing and random calisthenics.

    OCT Nutrition: Hit my protein macro (40%) at least once a week 😭 Not surpass my carb and/or fat macros more than 3x a week 😪
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    Oh, and I track everything daily already so this is a moot point for me.

    Can't wait for the challenge to start. You all sound like wonderful people 🤗
  • magerbele
    magerbele Posts: 1 Member
    Hi Everyone!
    My name is Maggie and I’m 35. Have 2 kids and work as a Merchant Assistant. I’ve went yo-yo dieting since February when I started keto and realized it was not for me. I gained the same 5 -7 on and off until I broke and said enough. I started running again back in August and try to get in at lease 3 miles 3-5 times a week. I need to add strength training to my program and in October I’m cutting out sugar and alcohol. Lord help my family 😂.
    Happy to be part of a challenge group to help keep me accountable and not looking for me to buy something! Best luck and stay strong 👍🏻👍🏻

    💕Mag
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    Sounds great @maltedtea!
  • ...also, feel free to send me a friend request if you would like some extra encouragement.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    dewit wrote: »
    Hiya from Europe 👋

    I've been experimenting with this in August and found it disheartening to be out of Winers Circle relatively soon. 3 passes are not much; 28 days of behaving are a lot! It means taking each day seriously and not slipping off!

    I'll make a little experiment: I set my goal on maintaining (though I intend to lose back about 5-7lb) and plan to not eat all my calories back. It's merely for the mental impact and basically the same of setting MFP on losing and eating back everyhing.

    September was a month of sort of resting, but I need to get back to working out hard, since this is what kept me sane during the whole pandemic. I just need to take the time to work out during the day and not when everyone's sleeping. Its enough already that I workout from home or that I give the kids a chance to bike along when I'm running. Weather permitting, weekend are family active time: hikes, biking tours, high ropes courses...

    I felt like a quitter in September and missed the lovely team I found here. I did quite well, given that I focused on other aspects. Gained at most 3.3 lbs. Yet, I want to be back in the team❣Let's give October a chance!

    keep going mate. It took me 7 goes before getting into the winners circle :-) This is a great motivator though so good luck with it.

  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    Happy pre-birthday Dave.

    This is my first time in a group challenge. For the past two months, I've been doing the monthly plank challenge in the main forums. My elbows were displeased but bore through it.

    My weight-loss/body fat lowering progress was halved in the past month. While I realize I'm quite close to maintenance, my goal for this challenge is to see if accountability and a smidgen less food can get me back to my previous rate of body fat loss.

    OCT Exercise: Kettlebell (KB) workout program, daily walking, stair climbing and random calisthenics.

    OCT Nutrition: Hit my protein macro (40%) at least once a week 😭 Not surpass my carb and/or fat macros more than 3x a week 😪

    Thanks :-)

    Good luck with the challange this month :-)
  • Intrinsicat
    Intrinsicat Posts: 473 Member
    Good evening! I joined this month and realized I’ve never cleared out any of my past challenge groups! I have UAC threads back to 2016! And the last one was exactly a year ago... I fall off the bandwagon when I don’t have an event coming up. I seem to be able to focus on no more than a couple projects at a time - and health maintenance definitely falls in the project category for me because I’m lousy with any kind of maintenance. Just ask the beau who does most of the house cleaning 🥰

    On the good side, I’m still about where I usually am - mid 180s and just jumped from my size 16s to my size 14s. But I can’t recall the last time I wore size 12. That’d be a welcome goal! But more importantly this time I’ve been focusing more on the healthier eating. Someone else mentioned leaky gut - not sure if that’s an issue for me or not, but it is a potential with hypothyroid which I DO have... so for the past month or so I’ve gone gluten free, low sugar, minimal dairy and have given up sodas entirely (Diet Coke was my biggest challenge to give up!)

    And as for the event? Well, here’s hoping it’s an April cruise if they can figure out how to safely test and board the ships by then!
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    dewit wrote: »
    Hiya from Europe 👋

    I've been experimenting with this in August and found it disheartening to be out of Winers Circle relatively soon. 3 passes are not much; 28 days of behaving are a lot! It means taking each day seriously and not slipping off!

    I'll make a little experiment: I set my goal on maintaining (though I intend to lose back about 5-7lb) and plan to not eat all my calories back. It's merely for the mental impact and basically the same of setting MFP on losing and eating back everyhing.

    September was a month of sort of resting, but I need to get back to working out hard, since this is what kept me sane during the whole pandemic. I just need to take the time to work out during the day and not when everyone's sleeping. Its enough already that I workout from home or that I give the kids a chance to bike along when I'm running. Weather permitting, weekend are family active time: hikes, biking tours, high ropes courses...

    I felt like a quitter in September and missed the lovely team I found here. I did quite well, given that I focused on other aspects. Gained at most 3.3 lbs. Yet, I want to be back in the team❣Let's give October a chance!

    @dewit
    When I began my weight loss journey, I admitted to myself that I was gaining 2lbs most months. SO, I focused on portion sizes & maintaining. I counted maintaining as a TWO POUND loss, as I took the time to clean out my unused kitchen, stock food, measure out portions.

    Slow & gradual change works. It’s most difficult in the beginning. Self-kindness works best.

    YOU are a Winner just by being here & posting each day. Period.