Captain's Lounge - September 2021
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@jugar Please excuse CharmingPassion/Trimstones from this week and the next two weigh-ins. Scheduled for surgery this week and will be down in recovery for two weeks. Thanks!
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Happy Tally Day, everyone!
There were quite a few new people who never weighed in for their first week, so don't panic if you have a lot of NWIs from that source. I'll leave them in the team rosters until a second NWI just in case they remember they signed up or find their way to the chat. If you have the time to get in touch with them, that would be good, but if you're just too busy, don't worry about it. I'd love any suggestions about how we might make it clearer to people who sign up that they actually should show up or let us know...
If you do want to get in touch, you have to add them as a friend. MFP no longer lets us send a link in any message (grrrr), so you have to tell them how to find the chat thread the long way: Community - Groups - Fat 2 Fit Weight Loss and Support Group. They might have to hit "Join" in order to be able to post. Do this in the friend request message so they know who you are and what it's about - you don't have to send both the request and a separate message.
Thanks!
Two of Weight No More's "new" people a haven't logged...ever. As far as I know, they joined and never logged back in. @tripletblessed and @pooja_mittal.
I did friend them...the first accepted and disappeared the other never responded to that either...
Also...@annliz23 needs to be excused this (new) week as she will be on holiday. @ha110w33nsp00k is having trouble with her scale and needs excused--she did not respond to @minstrelofsarcasm's ask but I'd go with no to be on the safe side.
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@jugar Please switch the NWI to LWI for jenready/trimstones. She posted a few minutes after 10 this morning and forgot to post yesterday. Thanks!
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@jugar Mulecanter/Trimstones was out of town on vacation last week, which explains his NWI...please excuse him. I have beaten him with a wet noodle for not notifying us.
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »@jugar Mulecanter/Trimstones was out of town on vacation last week, which explains his NWI...please excuse him. I have beaten him with a wet noodle for not notifying us.
Jessica
I want to see the video!!! It would go viral for sure
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@jugar...@Tazaria87 (downsizers team) would like to be excused from weigh-in this week ... she is very busy...thank you 1
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@jugar
I am back! I decided to weigh in a day late so can you remove the excused. The damage was not that bad. I did update my weight in the spreadsheet.
Also, there is a few that are showing up on the support list that are active again. Not sure if it’s the funky iPad viewing of the spreadsheet. They are: azkunk, bluetail6, jimboden3 and iradi8. Thanks!0 -
I would like to be excused from weigh in this week (so many reasons).2
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »@jugar
I am back! I decided to weigh in a day late so can you remove the excused. The damage was not that bad. I did update my weight in the spreadsheet.
Also, there is a few that are showing up on the support list that are active again. Not sure if it’s the funky iPad viewing of the spreadsheet. They are: azkunk, bluetail6, jimboden3 and iradi8. Thanks!
Great job on vacation! I hope you had a fabulous time in Newfoundland - it is always one of my favourite places in the world. I have not been there in ages, though
The support list/active lists are cleaned up - 2 were already in active and 2 were not, but none had been removed from support when moved to active. Sometimes I'm sloppy! Should be all OK now, but weights need to be filled in for the month. Just keep repeating the starting weight if any are missing, and then update this week as you have them. Thanks!0 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »@jugar
I am back! I decided to weigh in a day late so can you remove the excused. The damage was not that bad. I did update my weight in the spreadsheet.
Also, there is a few that are showing up on the support list that are active again. Not sure if it’s the funky iPad viewing of the spreadsheet. They are: azkunk, bluetail6, jimboden3 and iradi8. Thanks!
Great job on vacation! I hope you had a fabulous time in Newfoundland - it is always one of my favourite places in the world. I have not been there in ages, though
The support list/active lists are cleaned up - 2 were already in active and 2 were not, but none had been removed from support when moved to active. Sometimes I'm sloppy! Should be all OK now, but weights need to be filled in for the month. Just keep repeating the starting weight if any are missing, and then update this week as you have them. Thanks!
Ok I messed up. Making notes while super tired is a bad idea. It was only azkunk and jimboden that was showing up on both lists. Iradi8 and bluetail6 are still on support. Sorry! On another note, I checked in with 888angie888 today and she will be starting to weigh in again next week. She will post a start weight on Monday and I believe her weigh day will be Thursday. I will update her starting weight when she lets me know. Thanks!
Newfoundland was great. Missed lobster season though. 😢1 -
@jugar Please excuse izzyred9400/trimstones for one more week as she's still injured and out of town until after next week's weigh in. Thanks!
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@jugar Please excuse @kroderick/WNM. Her husband is in the hospital and she has life going on...1
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@jugar
Piqueaboo would like to move her weigh day from Friday to Saturday. Also, can you excuse mszoueb from the next 2 weigh ins and jpedno from this week? Thanks!1 -
@jugar
Can you please move littleflutterby to support? Thanks!1 -
@jugar
This is the week of excused weigh ins for the Downsizers. Beautyofdreams needs to be excused. She will weigh in next week.0 -
@jugar can we excuse @kandi3570 this week? Quarantine snacks caught up with her and she has to fight them off.1
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@jugar
Can you please excuse Mari from this weeks weigh in? She is recovering from the surgery she had on Thursday. Thanks!1 -
@Jugar just letting you know that I want to be removed from support on 10/1 ..I will be weighing in on that Friday ... Thanks 0
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »@Jugar just letting you know that I want to be removed from support on 10/1 ..I will be weighing in on that Friday ... Thanks
Following @megan_smartiepants1970 's excellent example, I would also like to be removed from support on 10/1 and likewise, I will weigh in on that Friday! I've updated the chart with my beginning weight.
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Just be sure to put in your October starting weight on Friday (on the September spreadsheet, you'll see yourself there on the list marked OCT). So good you'll be back! Go!jessicakrall8 wrote: »Following @megan_smartiepants1970 's excellent example, I would also like to be removed from support on 10/1 and likewise, I will weigh in on that Friday! I've updated the chart with my beginning weight.
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WNM @Kaken21 has had a couple tough weeks. She is currently on the drop list but tells me she would like to stay on the team.0
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melaniedscott wrote: »WNM @Kaken21 has had a couple tough weeks. She is currently on the drop list but tells me she would like to stay on the team.
no problem! I'll put her on support for now - she can continue to post as much as she likes, but if she wants to be back on the regular team let me know!0 -
Captains - here is an idea that might be fun.
When we get new members, they are assigned to a team based on which teams need more members, or just randomly. As we all know, the 6 teams each have a different style, personality, whatever you want to call it. I'd like to offer our team members the possibility to move around a bit - to go "visit" another team for a month, try out something different to revive the energy. You know how the enthusiasm is amazing when someone new starts, and then it wanes for some. Maybe a switch could help - and then they can choose to go back, move along again, or stay where they are. Of course, most will simply stay where they are if it is working well.
I think this could help people who are feeling stagnant, and keep members within F2F but still able to change things up a bit if they want to - what do you think?0 -
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@jugar
Is there any way when you make the recruiting post to put a small description of each team? I know that our team for example can be very chatty which can be overwhelming for some. I often wondered in the last week of a month asking if anyone would like to switch teams. I know there is a few on the Downsizers that would probably flourish on a different team. I like Melanie’s idea but how do we get them to participate.0 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »@jugar
Is there any way when you make the recruiting post to put a small description of each team? I know that our team for example can be very chatty which can be overwhelming for some. I often wondered in the last week of a month asking if anyone would like to switch teams. I know there is a few on the Downsizers that would probably flourish on a different team. I like Melanie’s idea but how do we get them to participate.
I've been thinking about perspective lately ('cuz I need some, to be honest)...Maybe the 'host' team posts about struggles and the visiting teams offer a different perspective? I just finished a leadership training series and we talked a lot about engaging unusual voices... Maybe for October and November we have a big thread where we post progress/ leader boards generally (each team gets a small link to the leader board) and use the team chat to engage unusual voices...maybe use weigh day as the visit day to break it up? Of course...that might be overwhelming, too.0 -
melaniedscott wrote: »lindamtuck2018 wrote: »@jugar
Is there any way when you make the recruiting post to put a small description of each team? I know that our team for example can be very chatty which can be overwhelming for some. I often wondered in the last week of a month asking if anyone would like to switch teams. I know there is a few on the Downsizers that would probably flourish on a different team. I like Melanie’s idea but how do we get them to participate.
I've been thinking about perspective lately ('cuz I need some, to be honest)...Maybe the 'host' team posts about struggles and the visiting teams offer a different perspective? I just finished a leadership training series and we talked a lot about engaging unusual voices... Maybe for October and November we have a big thread where we post progress/ leader boards generally (each team gets a small link to the leader board) and use the team chat to engage unusual voices...maybe use weigh day as the visit day to break it up? Of course...that might be overwhelming, too.
That’s a fantastic idea! Different perspective is something everyone can use. Everyone likes seeing the leaderboard so having a central thread would be great.0 -
@jugar
Can you move bluetail6 back to the team for this week? Also, littleflutterby will be moving back for October. Her starting weight is 304.6. She will be taking November off as she will be travelling. She will remind me closer to the end of October. Waiting to here back from a few of the people on support. I do know that cesse47 and tahm42 are sitting October out as they are still recovering. Thanks!0 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »@jugar
Is there any way when you make the recruiting post to put a small description of each team? I know that our team for example can be very chatty which can be overwhelming for some. I often wondered in the last week of a month asking if anyone would like to switch teams. I know there is a few on the Downsizers that would probably flourish on a different team. I like Melanie’s idea but how do we get them to participate.
I already ask everyone to browse the teams before signing up. I think it might be hard to make a description of each team, but if people take a look, they might see right away what they like or don't like. Often it takes a week or two to figure it out, though, so I think that posting towards the end of the month the possibility of switching teams is a great idea. I always include it in my new month opening post, but no one reads that after a new page happens, I'm sure!
Before doing anything more complicated, let's all try that first. Just make a post telling your team that they are welcome to switch teams for October - or any time they want something new and different. You can include the link to the new month registration thread and they can make the request there, or you can just let me know here and I'll move them. Thanks!0
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