Shrinking Assets - December 2020 Team Chat
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Xiaolongbao wrote: »Sorry to see so many people struggling at this time. I really hope things improve for everyone doing it tough right now and well done for still turning up and not just disappearing off the radar.
@Beka3695 and @boehle - please move me to support team for the next few months. We’re about to have our last week in Argentina and then head to the US for a few weeks before attempting to move to Australia (which will involve being locked in compulsory quarantine and eating what we’re provided for 2 weeks). So I’ll have no scale access until mid February at the earliest - and that’s a best case scenario if all goes according to plan. And given covid a best case scenario is optimistic!
I’ll still be checking in here and following everyone’s successes. Just no weighing. I hope once I do come out the other side of all these changes that I can use this group to help me get back to focusing on weight.
What an exciting move. I’ll have you moved over... please keep stoping by though!!0 -
Beka3695
Saturday
Prior week: 172.0
Current week: 167.8
Loss for the week: -4.2
Goal weight: 155.0
Total loss: 75.2
Pounds till goal: 12.83 -
Cre804
Weigh in day: Friday
PW 197.5
CW 198.5
That gain was at least partially water-had roast beef the night before and it always makes me retain water. I felt the whoosh right after I weighed in so hopefully I can make progress before next Friday. This time of year is so challenging and I haven’t even started baking the holiday cookies.3 -
SW : 270
GW : 199 (initially) now 18819/05 - 27006/12 - 210.0 ... 0.1 ... 60.0
26/05 - 267.0 ... 3.0 ... 03.0
01/06 - 263.0 ... 4.0 ... 07.0
08/06 - 259.0 ... 4.0 ... 11.0
15/06 - 257.4 ... 1.6 ... 12.6
22/06 - 255.8 ... 1.6 ... 14.2
29/06 - 254.8 ... 1.0 ... 15.2
06/07 - 252.8 ... 2.0 ... 17.2
13/07 - 250.8 ... 2.0 ... 19.2
17/07 - 249.2 ... 1.6 ... 20.8 weigh in early this week as I am away for a four day weekend
27/07 - 247.6 ... 1.6 ... 22.4
03/08 - 246.5 ... 1.1 ... 23.5
10/08 - 243.3 ... 3.2 ... 26.7
17/08 - 241.0 ... 2.3 ... 29.0
24/08 - 238.9 ... 2.1 ... 31.1
31/08 - 236.4 ... 2.5 ... 33.6
07/09 - 233.6 ... 2.8 ... 36.4
14/09 - 230.8 ... 2.8 ... 39.2
21/09 - 228.5 ... 2.3 ... 41.5
28/09 - 226.9 ... 1.6 ... 43.1
05/10 - 227.5 .. +0.6 .. 42.5 First blip in 4 months, acceptable for a holiday
12/10 - 223.7 ... 3.8 ... 46.3
19/10 - 220.3 ... 3.4 ... 49.7
26/10 - 219.2 ... 1.1 ... 50.8
02/11 - 216.8 ... 2.4 ... 53.2
09/11 - 215.0 ... 1.8 ... 55.0
16/11 - 212.9 ... 2.1 ... 57.1
23/11 - 212.3 ... 0.6 ... 57.7
30/11 - 212.6 ...+0.3 .. 57.4 Oops!
07/12 - 209.5 ... 3.1 ... 60.5
14/12 - 209.3 ... 0.2 ... 60.7
21/12 - 211.5 .. +2.2 .. 58.5
28/12 - 219.2 .. +7.7 .. 50.8
01/01 - 217.8
04/01 - 215.2 ... 4.0 ... 54.8
11/01 - 213.2 ... 2.0 ... 56.8
18/01 - 213.0 ... 0.2 ... 57.0
25/01 - 210.4 ... 2.6 ... 59.6
01/02 - 207.9 ... 2.5 ... 62.1
08/02 - 206.2 ... 1.7 ... 63.8
15/02 - 204.7 ... 1.5 ... 65.3
22/02 - 202.7 ... 2.0 ... 67.3
29/02 - 196.4 ... 6.3 ... 73.6
07/03 - 196.2 ... 0.2 ... 73.8
14/03 - 195.2 ... 1.0 ... 74.8
21/03 - 194.4 ... 0.8 ... 75.6
28/03 - 193.8 ... 0.6 ... 76.2
04/04 - 194.2 .. +0.4 .. 75.8
11/04 - 197.6 .. +3.4 .. 72.4
09/05 - 202.8 .. +5.2 .. 67.2
16/05 - 200.4 ... 2.4 ... 69.6
23/05 - 200.2 ... 0.2 ... 69.8
13/06 - 208.2 .. +8.0 .. 61.8
21/06 - 207.2 ... 1.0 ... 62.8
28/06 - 209.2 .. +2.0 .. 60.8
12/07 - 215.0 .. +5.8 .. 55.0
19/07 - 213.3 ... 1.7 ... 56.7
26/07 - 211.5 ... 1.8 ... 58.1
02/08 - 210.1 ... 1.4 ... 59.9
09/08 - 209.0 ... 1.1 ... 61.0
16/08 - 208.4 ... 0.6 ... 61.6
23/08 - 207.5 ... 0.9 ... 62.5
30/08 - 204.8 ... 2.7 ... 65.2
06/09 - 202.2 ... 2.6 ... 67.8
13/09 - 199.7 ... 2.5 ... 70.3
20/09 - 197.3 ... 2.4 ... 72.7
27/09 - 197.2 ... 0.1 ... 72.8
04/10 - 196.3 ... 0.9 ... 73.7
11/10 - 195.2 ... 1.1 ... 74.8
18/10 - 196.8 ..+1.6 .. 73.2
25/10 - 196.8 ... 0.0 ... 73.2
01/11 - 201.5 .. +4.7 .. 68.5
08/11 - 201.4 ... 0.1 ... 68.6
15/11 - 199.9 ... 1.5 ... 70.1
22/11 - 212.1 .. +12.2 .. 57.9
29/11 - 210.1 ... 2.0 ... 59.9
13/12 - 207.6 ... 2.4 ... 62.4
Amazing what I can do when I concentrate!3 -
Today was a better day. Let's hold on to the momentum.2
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floecity
Friday
PW 198
CW 197
LTD 36 lbs2 -
BigBlues11
Friday
PW 158.6
CW 157.9 (-.7 pnds)
TLD -66.1 pnds
Sorry for the late check in.0 -
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
PLACE TEAM LBS LOSS
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @raleighgirl09 3.10 %
2nd @imgwendolyn2015 2.77%
3rd @Beka3695 2.44 %
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOSS
1st @raleighgirl09 5.6 Lbs
1st @lelbarou 5.6 Lbs
2nd @4newrunner22 5.0 Lbs
3rd @SisuMom2019 4.8 Lbs
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@spyro88
@Terytha
@vegan4lyfe2012
@eaturpasta
@PlaneMonkey
@Zumba_Luvah
@GabiV125
@dawnw990
@tryingagain5
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Morning Shrinking Assets
Here is the link to the week 3 challenge
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10818028/december-week-3-challenge-7-day-stress-free-challenge#latest0 -
Please note that the top three team lost over 20 pounds each!!
This is very rare, especially in the Holiday season!!!
Way to go Challengers!!!!
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Wayyyy to go Team Shrinking Assets!! Getting over 75% in December is incredible! Keep up the great work and finish this year strong!
The Green Challenge Percentage of people who lost weight this week. No matter how small the loss the weights are recorded in green. Remember that even if your team doesn’t rank the highest in weight loss for the week you can still be the Green Percentage winner by having the most losses in your team! So keep it up!! 
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RobRos310
Weigh In Day: Sundays
PW: 158.6
CW: 154.5
I apologize for missing last week.2 -
Even though I asked to be moved to the support list on Saturday due to moving, I’m still in Argentina through the end of the week. So I’m still doing my regular daily weigh-in. This morning I saw this...
My final goal was 60kg.
Now I’m not really to goal - I’ve been 60.x (with a different x each day) for a month. This certainly won’t move my trend weight to goal. AND I had “issues” last night with many bathroom trips (I assume something I ate disagreed with me - I don’t feel sick at all).
But fun to at least see it before I’m without a scale for a few months!
Have a great week all.4 -
weigh in day Monday
PW 255.5
CW 259
not going in the right direction... so I really need to start logging everyday and start really focusing....
little story.. growing up I was always struggling with my weight. Yet I only weighed 150. Which for my body was fine. I always looked at women who were bigger and told myself, NEVER... fast forward to me in my 40s 100 lbs heavier. I now know why women that big got that way and why it was/is so hard to lose it. You get lazy and struggle every day to move. Its so much easier to sit around and not do anything about your health. This has to change for me. I need to be able to move around and be an example to my daughter. Her telling me she wants to be big like me is not how I want my baby girl to be. I am not saying that other big beautiful women are not healthy. I am saying that for me being this size is not for me. I really need to get myself in that shape. I hope I can..
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Way to go team!2
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Hello Assets! I thought I just posted this, but it disappeared. Trying again:
I'll have the report from the F2F survey done tonight so we can see what ideas people have come up with. If you have not done it yet, it is still open -
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NDQHF22
I'll close it tonight. Thanks to everyone who participates!0 -
Tuesday check-in
lckiehl
Prior weight: 189.5
Current weight: 189.1
I'm honestly shocked that I'm down at all this morning. I really need to regroup and get my butt in gear. I added in a lot of sugar and junk food this week and find myself craving it move now ugh. Back on track this week and then likely loosen the reigns a bit for Christmas. This weight loss is creeping along right now and I know I need to get motivated again to reach my goals.4 -
Wednesday weigh in:
PW: 149
CW: 151.2
Nothing to say.....I gained, and I'll move on. Been a stressful time.....☹4 -
A confession of falling off the wagon...
I received a call yesterday that my mom was hospitalized with covid. Being 7 hours away I began to panic, not that there is anything I can do if I had been with her. I immediately had thoughts of my 71 yr old, obese, HBP, diabetic mom with covid.
After a couple hours of phone calls with various people, I find out she was hospitalized for cellulitis in her foot, but did test positive for covid, but it appears to be a mild case at this point.
The emotional damage was done. I ate like crap. But, I didn’t drink. I am 290 days sober.
This is just a confession6 -
Question of the day:
How do you get your mindset back after a mishap?0 -
Question of the day:
How do you get your mindset back after a mishap?
I remind myself that letting one mishap turn into another and another and another is how I keep getting back to an unhealthy weight.
I want to be healthy so I feel good both physically and emotionally. I want to be able to keep up with my dogs. I want to be the old lady who can run circles around the whippersnappers. And yes, damnit I want people to be like “oh my god you look great” or “I never would have guessed that you’re 42”! And I can’t have those things if I let a mishap turn into a spiraling disaster of “f it let me just eat anything and everything”.
Of course I was assuming the question related to eating/tracking mishaps. But I currently approach everything in my life in generally the same manner currently where I kind of get a bit tough with myself. Not beat myself up for the mishap, but cut the poop out before it gets out of control. So it happened, can’t undo it, dwelling on it will only make it more likely to happen again.4 -
A confession of falling off the wagon...
I received a call yesterday that my mom was hospitalized with covid. Being 7 hours away I began to panic, not that there is anything I can do if I had been with her. I immediately had thoughts of my 71 yr old, obese, HBP, diabetic mom with covid.
After a couple hours of phone calls with various people, I find out she was hospitalized for cellulitis in her foot, but did test positive for covid, but it appears to be a mild case at this point.
The emotional damage was done. I ate like crap. But, I didn’t drink. I am 290 days sober.
This is just a confession
You are amazingly strong!! You are my hero I swear!! Your journey is real honest and beautiful!! I am thankful to know you!! Sending healing to your mom and a quick recovery!! Sending strength to you!! You got this!!1 -
Well I had several months of mishaps now I am slowly adjusting my habits. Now yesterday I sat down and ate a lil cause my emotions were outta control. As soon as I realized why I was eating I put it down and went and moved my *kitten* to make room for the mishap!! Today water water water!! Shrink the belly! Eat when I'm hungry stop when satisfied!! Listen to my body and find other ways to get emotions dealt with! Journaling helps me a lot!! Need to be more diligent with it!! Seems like each day right now I have a mishap. It's hard living this close to my mom. She has drank a gallon of whiskey a week my whole life. Her memory is failing because of it. We live with 2 different people. Drunk Darla by night. Kinda mom by day. She doesn't see how or why it affects us. She wants me to do it with her. Spiteful Darla gets mad and does crazy *kitten* that mom just can't believe happens.....the struggle is real y'all!! So there....guess that needed to come out haha1
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F2F Survey Report (a bit long, but please read!)
A big thank you to all the people who responded to our survey! Sixty-four responses were submitted. There was a lot of love, and many great ideas. Here are the highlights and some insights into how you can get even more out of F2F:
First of all, over 96% of you find that being on one of the F2F teams has helped you lose weight and improve fitness, 41% consistently and 56% at least some of the time. This is great! Most people are active in the team chats, and enjoy them as the best part of F2F.
The full group challenges are used by about half of the respondents. There are a few people who are not aware of them, or just get frustrated with MFP navigation. I know that navigating around the different areas of F2F can be tricky, especially if you are using a phone or tablet, but if you all bookmark/mark as favorite the F2F “home” page, you can find everything from there more easily. Here it is:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/114605-fat-2-fit-weight-loss-challenge-and-support-group
Full group challenges are meant to be optional, so there is no problem if you don’t have time or they do not interest you. We try to vary them as much as possible. Some people would like more fitness-based challenges, especially if they include modifications for those who need them. We’ll keep this in mind! If you have other suggestions, they are always welcome in the Idea Lounge (get there from the main page link above).
Internal team challenges also get about a 50% thumbs up (step teams, etc.) and some people would like to see more of that, others find it just clutters up the chat thread. Keep reading for some ideas on how to improve your experience if you are not feeling like your team does it for you!
One of F2Fs strengths is the openness to different approaches, ways of supporting one another, ages, levels, and general styles. A few people who answered the survey were unhappy with what I would call the team style or “feel”. Too much chat, not enough chat, too many challenges, not enough, too strict, too open - you get the idea. If you are feeling any of those things, please take some time to read the other team chats. Just browse through a few days of each, and see if there is one that fits your own style better than where you are. A change of team is always possible, and sometimes gives renewed energy and feeling more “at home”. Never hesitate to ask for a change if you want to give that a try!
If you want to make your team even better, go ahead and suggest some ideas. See what your teammates think, get involved, and you will improve your own weight loss while helping others. Don’t just wait for the captains to do everything :-)
A couple other problems people encountered that can’t really be fixed easily:- Tracking difficult? Not sure what this means. Members do not need to track - only post weekly weigh-ins. If you have any problem, please ask on the team chat or by message. I’m sure it can be made clearer.
- Too many new people on the team at the beginning of each month. No one likes it when this happens. This is why it is super important to make new people feel welcome, have their posts answered, spend some time chatting with them so they do not feel like strangers and don’t just disappear. No team needs new members if no one leaves… it is in everyone’s interest to build a community where you only need a couple of new people from time to time. The first week each month is the key to keeping members, but sometimes it just isn't the right moment, or they signed up for too many things. It happens - so do your best to keep them, and don't sweat it too much if they decide to leave.
Some new ideas that might be fun:- Body measurements instead of just weight - maybe monthly?
- Full group thread on how to set goals, kind of a step-by-step
- Weekly milestones? Habit tracker record for the week, fitness goals accomplished, etc.
- Maintenance chat - there is one! Called “Goal Zone” - check it out! Link from main page.
- Full group discussion threads - check out the Idea Lounge (can be ANY kind of ideas), and the Recipe thread.
- Buddies - feel free to set this up with anyone on your team, or if you want to know who has which fitness tracker, there is a thread on the main page for that as well.
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Weigh In Wednesday:
KittyInBoots17:
PW: 233.0
CW: 233.0
It's exactly the same! I'm pretty happy with it cuz I did have some goodies, but didn't overdo it - and I guess it balanced out!2 -
Question of the day:
How do you get your mindset back after a mishap?
Let it go! Hop back on track and look forward, not behind. Perfection is unrealistic. We are winning this health journey if we forgive, permit and accept mishaps, and move forward with our goals
Much love to you and your mama! You've got this girl!3 -
@Beka3695 I'm praying for quick recovery for your Mom!
I've had my fair share of mishaps over the last few months. You've seen my struggle. What really works for me is really letting go on the day that I feel down. I don't log and don't feel guilty about it either. Then the next day I start out with my IF and the energy I feel from that combined with eating better and logging again is what works.
I also use the MFP personal blog space to get all of my feelings out and I created a vision board. One of the items on there is a list of my "why's" to remind myself why I'm doing this.
Take care lady! 🙏💗2
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