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TEAM: The Slimsons (March)

AB0215

Welcome to the Challenge new and returning teammates!! This is the conversation/weigh in thread for your Team Keep on losing because our first weigh ins begin THIS Sunday! I am here for you should you need anything - simply message me or tag me by putting an '@' just before my username (NO SPACES) and I will get to you asap! ~ Ashley @AB0215. or Krystal @Krysless2.

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osier5

Osier5
Week 1
PW: 201.3
CW: 199.8

AB0215

ABOUT THE CHALLENGES & REQUIRED WEIGHT POSTINGS

We are going to be running (Optional) Mini-challenges this month: Daily Posts.

First and foremost is that participation in this challenge is optional. It's up to you as to whether you want to try this. If you don't want to participate in these challenges, you don't have to, the choice is yours, but I would like to encourage you to participate as it seems to help keep us on track and thinking about our goals on a daily basis and it's encouraging to see other's successes and struggles so that we realize that we are not alone!!

The Daily Posts Challenge is based on another challenge on MFP called UAC (Ultimate Accountability Challenge). The way UAC works is that the aim is to follow 5 basic rules.

#1. Track EVERYTHING you eat that has calories.
#2. Stay inside your allocated daily budget. (you set your own budget)
#3. Try to do at least 20 minutes of activity a day (anything: walk, run, cycle, swim, gardening, housework, yoga, gym, etc.. As long as it gets you active and off the couch)
#4. 1 pass day permitted per week (went over calories, could not track, not enough exercise, intentional pass)
#5. Check in daily (tracking yes/no, calories yes/no, exercise yes/no).

****End of the week. those who have managed to keep to plan for 6 out of 7 days are recognized in the thread as being part of the weekly "Winners Circle".

**A side note as there has been a bit of confusion for new members in the past, this is not the same as the official results, which are weight based, this is just another tool to help you reach your weight loss goals.**

**REMEMBER**
You set your own daily budget.
You choose you own exercise and intensity (no step limit, no exercises you cannot or should not do, 20 mins of gardening counts as much as a 10 mile run, activity is activity, anything that gets you up and moving!).
Is not weight based (as weight fluctuates day by day).
Can continue beyond weight loss.

Daily check in keeps you in touch with those doing similar. Longer term weight management is hard to do on your own.

It also has frequent resets (as in a circle each week).

It works on an honor system. Being honest with yourself and others is a key to making things work. Remember, this is a judgement free zone, everyone has good days and bad days, but the way to get to the finish line is by being honest and when we have a bad day, picking ourselves up and carrying on the next day!

Consistency and new habits have been shown the only long term successful way to change weight. We all want the progress made here to last a lifetime.

Your posts should look like this:
Daily Post Sunday

Track: Yes/no
Calories: Yes/no (were you under or at goal)
Exercise: Yes/no (what type and how long)
Goals/Day/Comments: (Tell us a brief description about your how your day went or your goals for the day)

Please post your weight on your scheduled weigh in day, as if you miss weigh-ins, you may be eliminated from the challenge and we don't want to see that happen!!

Your posts should look like this:
AB0215
Week 1
PW =(previous weight)
CW=(current weight)

Please, please setup your posts in that format as it really makes it much easier for us to track your progress for the challenges and the weight loss!!

We'd like to help you be as successful as possible and if we can help in any way, please let us know. Also, if you have any suggestions for the team or fun ideas to spice things up a bit, please feel free to share them, we look for new ways to help engagement and keep people motivated!!

We are committed to this group and to help where we can, and please let us know if we can help in any way!!

Once again Welcome to March Challenge!!

AB0215

osier5 wrote: »

Osier5
Week 1
PW: 201.3
CW: 199.8

@osier5 Did you want to change to Sat for March?

WMEJA

WMEJA
Weigh in Sunday 2/28

PW: 218.2
Cw: 211.4

AB0215

WMEJA wrote: »

WMEJA
Weigh in Sunday 2/28

Cw: 211.4
Pw: 218.2

@WMEJA Nice loss!

SisuMom2019

UserName: SisuMom2019
Weight in week: February Week 4
Weigh In Day: Friday
CW (Current Weight): 223
PW (Previous Weight): 223
This week’s loss: 0.0
LTD (Loss to Date): 34.3

Time to deep -I’ve been the same weight for the past 3 weigh-ins. I even went up for a short time this past week -I could give the excuses -my husband’s in the hospital, busy work ....but I know what it is -I have stopped activity and I buy my kids treats and then I sample their treats. I am doing my Kundalini teacher’s certification and there is a lot if core strength required and I want to be able to do everything-it starts the first week of April so I am going to use that as the motivation I need to lose 8 pounds this month. There I said it-it’s out there -now for a strategy-with hubby in hospital, our schedules get thrown off and eating suffers -you don’t realize that you haven’t eaten and then you storm eat crackers or whatever you can while making supper bc you just can’t wait. I think with his discharge we all look to pull up our socks for healthy eating, prep-it’s like a wake-up call. And the sun has been coming out so warmer days ahead.

MUSCLES4HUSTLES

Username: mfplm9608317
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 176.4
CW: 184
LTD: 7.6lbs

Sorry I didn't have my Friday weight this week, I was on vacation week last week at my in-law's and we ate out a lot. I didn't workout much since I was away from my gym, so have a massive gain this week going into March. My goal is to get back to where I was and continue to 160.

digger61

Daily Post
Saturday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes

MUSCLES4HUSTLES

DAILY POST: Sunday

Track: No
Calories: No
Exercise: Yes, Cardio
Water: No

osier5

@AB0215 Yes, I do want to change to Saturday but I wasn't sure if I could so I posted today since it was the day that is listed in the spreadsheet.

osier5

Daily Post
Sunday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes

Bemybestby60

Daily Post
Track yes
Calories yes and over
Exercise no

walk4today

Daily Post
Sunday
Track: yes
Calories: yes, under
Exercise: yes, walking

Chalmation

Daily Post Sunday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes under
Exercise: Yes 5 mins outside walk, 15 mins walking at home with Leslie Sansone

southgirl94

Mar Wk 1 - Sun, 2/28

Hi, everyone. I am Leah, a 26-year-old graduate student. I have been plagued with weight issues for years, but it got worse in college and after I moved to NC from GA after graduation. I suffer from a damaged left knee due to a work injury that did not heal properly. Both ankles and my right foot are currently causing me issues. I have gained at least five pounds since New Year’s, and I twisted my left knee last night when I fell at a restaurant I ate at with my great-aunt. So, to say the least, the last few weeks have been tough.

Track: Yes
Calories: Alright (I ate lunch at a buffet and only got one plate of food. Plus a small ice cream. Pretty good, I think.)
Exercise: Nada - Can’t with my knee right now.

purple1butterfly

UserName: purple1butterfly
Weigh In Day: Thursday
CW (Current Weight):
PW (Previous Weight): 192.5lb 25/02/2021
This week’s loss:
LTD (Loss to Date):
I'm new to this, hopefully I will get it all right. Please let me know if I make any mistakes.

AB0215

osier5 wrote: »

@AB0215 Yes, I do want to change to Saturday but I wasn't sure if I could so I posted today since it was the day that is listed in the spreadsheet.

@osier5 The spreadsheet wasn't final yet so I hadn't changed it. I've changed it now.

osier5

@AB0215 Thank you!

dvdadie

Username: dvdadie
Weigh in week: March week 1
Weigh in day: Monday
Previous Week's weight: 219.6
Todays Weight: 223.6

Got below 220, got complacent, took 4 or 5 days off, and lost about 4-6 weeks of progress.

On the bright side, it’s a new month and it is starting on a Monday.

MUSCLES4HUSTLES

DAILY POST: Monday

Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes, Cardio
Water: Yes

Chalmation

Daily Post Monday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes under
Exercise: Yes 30 minutes walking with Leslie Sansone

walk4today

Daily Post
Monday
Track: yes
Calories: yes, under
Exercise: yes, aerobics, walking

osier5

Daily Post
Monday
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes

southgirl94

Mar Wk 1 - Mon, 3/1

Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: None - Won’t be able to exercise for at least the next week because of my twisted, bruised knee. At this point, if I could take a half mile walk this weekend, I’d be happy.

Jen_967

Daily Post
Sunday
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: moving all day

Monday
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: finished unpacking most of day.

Thank you @AB0215 for helping me out with sheets. Much appreciated and congratulations to the team for a great week.

Funny story. My new land lord gave me a patio set and last night my son were sitting out on the deck. My son wanted to see what the umbrella looked like open. When we went to come in he couldn’t get it back closed. So I said just do it the morning. So I woke up this morning to the landlord calling and saying her mom was driving down my road and there was something on my roof. I said my roof? She said the umbrella and starting laughing. I had to take a picture before they got it off the roof. Too funny...lol

Jen_967

Jen_967 wrote: »

Daily Post
Sunday
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: moving all day

Monday
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: finished unpacking most of day.

Thank you @AB0215 for helping me out with sheets. Much appreciated and congratulations to the team for a great week.

Funny story. My new land lord gave me a patio set and last night my son were sitting out on the deck. My son wanted to see what the umbrella looked like open. When we went to come in he couldn’t get it back closed. So I said just do it the morning. So I woke up this morning to the landlord calling and saying her mom was driving down my road and there was something on my roof. I said my roof? She said the umbrella and starting laughing. I had to take a picture before they got it off the roof. Too funny...lol

Jen_967

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purple1butterfly

DAILY POST: Monday
Track: yes
Calories: no
Exercise: Yes, Cardio
Water: Yes

vicky2767

WMEJA wrote: »

WMEJA
Weigh in Sunday 2/28

PW: 218.2
Cw: 211.4

Nice

vicky2767

southgirl94 wrote: »

Mar Wk 1 - Sun, 2/28

Hi, everyone. I am Leah, a 26-year-old graduate student. I have been plagued with weight issues for years, but it got worse in college and after I moved to NC from GA after graduation. I suffer from a damaged left knee due to a work injury that did not heal properly. Both ankles and my right foot are currently causing me issues. I have gained at least five pounds since New Year’s, and I twisted my left knee last night when I fell at a restaurant I ate at with my great-aunt. So, to say the least, the last few weeks have been tough.

Track: Yes
Calories: Alright (I ate lunch at a buffet and only got one plate of food. Plus a small ice cream. Pretty good, I think.)
Exercise: Nada - Can’t with my knee right now.

Hope you feel better.