Shape Shifters Team Chat - OCTOBER 2022
jugar
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We have five great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:
Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Megan - @Megan_smartiepants1970
Ashley - @minstrelofsarcasm
Jessica - @jessicakrall8
Our Team Captains:
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @Megan_smartiepants1970
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @trooworld
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm and @melaniedscott
WaistAways - @jugar and @ashleycarole86
Shape Shifters - @jessicakrall8 and open
Our Team Motivators:
Downsizers - @fatfifties
Mission Slimpossibles - @katmary71
Weight No More - @rachelrjh
WaistAways - @conleywoods
Shape Shifters - @angmarie28 & @PatriceFitnessPal
HOW IT ALL WORKS: The October challenge runs from October 2nd - 29th. F2F months always start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, so adjust your calendars!
Every challenger weighs in weekly on their chosen day right here in the team chat thread. 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 celebrate those small, steady losses. If you lose, however small an amount, you are in the green! At the end of the month, we celebrate everyone who lost at least a bit every week. You are heading steadily towards your goal even if you aren't at the top of the weight loss leaderboard.
To make your weigh-in easy to find for your team Captains, please put it right at the top of a message, and use this format:
Weigh In Day:
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
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 inform your team captain if you are traveling, sick, or just need some time off. If you take a break, you can be excused for a week or two, or are moved to the Support Team for longer. You can remain on the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions, you can weigh in if you want to, but it will not count in the weekly tally.
Once you reach your goal weight, you join the Goal Zone! You continue to weigh in every week. 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 weekly 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 and year begin!!
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FAQ for New Shape Shifters Members
How do I post my weigh in?
Userid
(Day of Week) Weigh-in
PW: 204 lbs (previous weight)
CW: 202 lbs (current weight)
LTD: 12 lbs (optional loss to date)
Where is the Weigh in stats spreadsheet?
Start at the Fat2Fit Main Page and under the header information, you’ll see a section at the bottom that says “TO ACCESS THE SPREADSHEETS FOR JANUARY CLICK HERE” followed by the link in blue. Once you click on that link, it will take you to the Summary page. Find Shape Shifters on the tabs at the bottom and click on that and that brings you to the stats page. Also on this page (scrolling down), you’ll find the Step Challenge chart as well. This is where we record your daily steps if you sign up to be part of the monthly step challenge. More info on how to sign up is below! Join us!
How often should I post in the chatroom?
Whenever you have a question, suggestion, story, news announcement or just want to brighten someone's day!! There's never too much...and please share recipes, tips, laughs, challenges, cartoons, pictures of your pets, pictures from walks you've taken, etc...we love it all!!
What if I have to be out of town during my weigh in?
Send a message to one of the Captains (JessicaKrall8) in the chatroom or in a private message on MFP's mail and let her know your circumstance...if it's just for a week or two, you can be excused from the weigh-in. If you must leave for longer than a month, you may be moved to our support team until you return. When you're ready to come back, send another message and the MODS will move you back to active status.
What happens if I miss a weigh in?
If you're late, you'll be marked as LWI (late weigh in). If you fail to report in at all, you'll be labeled as NWI (no weigh in). After two NWIs, you're put on the drop list if you explanation has been provided. It's always best to let your Captain know what's going on and she'll make sure you're covered.
How do I sign up for the Step Challenge?
Send the Captains a message that you'd like to join, provide your daily step goal and tell her your favorite place to walk. It's that simple!
Do I have to re-register each month to remain part of Team Shape Shifters?
No, your membership will carry over month to month. The only place where this is NOT true is for the Step Challenge. You have to sign up each month to participate in it and this gives you the opportunity to adjust your daily step goal.
If I've missed anything or questions arise, just post them! We'll find the information you need as much as possible! Hope this helps!
Welcome!
Jessica
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Hello all!! So excited to get started! WI is on Wednesday so I will post then. Username is
Terrimccrery
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@msashleybing Please update your steps from Sep 14 to Oct 1st. Thanks!
@leni1us Please update your steps from Sep 22nd to Oct 1st. Thanks!
@nataliewr0403 Please update your steps from Sep 24th to Oct 1st. Thanks!
@khill875 Please advise your first name for the chart and your daily step goal. Thanks!
All steppers, please update your steps for Week 4. Thanks!
Everyone has done an amazing job with their walking this month!! Very proud of each of you! So, how has it impacted your month? How do you feel? Any thoughts of your step goal for October?!!
Taking registration for the October Step Challenge! Remember to sign up again, adjust your daily step goal and share your favorite place to walk this time of year!! Hope you'll join us and "keep it moving!!"
Jessica
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Encouraging all my new members and current members alike...please make a new commitment to get more involved in supporting your team and being involved.
Here are a few suggestions:- Post more often!
- Share your story!
- Give us your challenges!
- Share your triumphs!
- Post your NSVs (non-scale victories)!
- Ask a question once a week!
- Share a weight loss tip!
- Post your favorite recipe!
- Take a pic on your latest walk and share it and why you found it interesting!
- Share your thoughts on water intake, sugar-free drinks, etc.
- Share your latest restaurant trip and how it helped or hurt your planning.
- Give a recommendation for a new product you found at the grocery.
- Talk about your favorite or newest workout.
- Discuss your self-care routine.
- Post an article you read which impacted you in some way.
I could do on and on, but know this...whatever you share, is probably something someone else needs to hear. AND, the more you contribute to the team, the more you'll reap in reward. I dare you to prove me wrong!
Enjoy your weekend! Good luck in October! Let's see what we can accomplish together!
Jessica
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How will you SHIFT your SHAPE this month, Shape Shifter?
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We were supposed to row in a race tommorrow but canceled due to the weather forecast. Some members of my usual rowing group planned to race with a group of breast cancer survivors, and we only had one practice together. In fact, not everybody was able to attend the practice, so we just signed up to race for the fun of it. I was hoping to improve our finish time compared to last year -- incremental progress. It's disappointing that we can't race but I'm grateful for the beautiful evening row we had together. Here's a photo:
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Hello Shape Shifters! I'm Patrice, a 56 year old woman living in the Washington, DC area. Our rowing coach took the (above) picture of us rowing on the Potomac River, approaching the boathouse dock in Georgetown. It's easier for me to achieve my fitness goals in the warm weather because I'm accountable to the other rowers. If one of us doesn't show up or give our best, it makes it more difficult for the others.
The winter months are a challenge for me so I'm working to build better habits for winter conditioning. My goal is to maintain my weight between 120-130 while building muscle, increasing my flexibility, and improving my balance. So, I'd like to incorporate more weight training, yoga, and core strength exercises into my weekly routine once the fall rowing season ends on November 4th.
I also have a work goal to set up a website and develop my business by launching an online class and attracting new clients. On the personal side, I am working to declutter and downsize. My husband and I have two adult children who both attend college. One is an eight-hour car drive to the north, studying just outside our hometown of Boston, and the other is an eight-hour car drive to the south. We also have an 11-year old Boston Terrier who is a lot of fun.
We would like to gradually find more work-life balance but college tuition, student housing expenses, and aging relatives will keep our travel plans on the horizon for a little while longer. For now, downsizing is my way of preparing for the future but it's difficult to find the motivation. So, I'm working to build the habit of donating a few items each week.
I'll look forward to encouraging and supporting one another this month so we can make progress toward achieving all our goals. Best wishes Shape Shifters!6 -
jessicakrall8 wrote: »@msashleybing Please update your steps from Sep 14 to Oct 1st. Thanks!
@leni1us Please update your steps from Sep 22nd to Oct 1st. Thanks!
@nataliewr0403 Please update your steps from Sep 24th to Oct 1st. Thanks!
@khill875 Please advise your first name for the chart and your daily step goal. Thanks!
All steppers, please update your steps for Week 4. Thanks!
Everyone has done an amazing job with their walking this month!! Very proud of each of you! So, how has it impacted your month? How do you feel? Any thoughts of your step goal for October?!!
Taking registration for the October Step Challenge! Remember to sign up again, adjust your daily step goal and share your favorite place to walk this time of year!! Hope you'll join us and "keep it moving!!"
Jessica
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The October Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sun, Oct 2nd. I hope you'll join us each day this week for Daily Journaling. It's something creative and a little different. Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10874984/october-week-1-group-challenge-daily-journal-prompts#latest
Hope to see you there!
Jessica
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@PatriceFitnessPal What a beautiful picture! I'm assuming that was a sunrise...the colors are just glorious! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you @jessicakrall8! That picture was taken at sunset but you’re right that we usually row early and see beautiful sunrises. I don’t practice in the evening too often but Georgetown has good energy at that time. I wouldn’t want to travel there daily because of heavy traffic and dealing with parking, but it’s nice to get out of my usual routine sometimes. There are lots of young people enjoying the river on paddle boards and kayaking, and it’s a pretty part of the river. I’ll post a few more pictures tomorrow. Happy Saturday!1
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Hello Shape Shifters and welcome to the new members!
My name is Laura and I live with my cat Tinus in a very small town in the Netherlands. I like to go for walks with my camera in the nearby National Park Dwingelderveld, I love reading fantasy books, singing, jigsaw puzzles, postcrossing and playing Flight Rising. Some other things I enjoy: tea, feeding the garden birds, incense, boardgames, cows, snow, walking my cat Tinus (got to keep him and the birds safe!), encyclopedias, astronomy & painting (badly).
I seriously started my weight loss journey in October 2020 and by January this year I had done a decent job of losing weight. Sadly, the past 9 months I have been doing really bad. I pretty much had a non stop food party; eating whatever, whenever and as much as I felt like. I am still not really sure what caused me to lose control so badly and for so long, but it means I am currently back where I started. I was too afraid to weigh for several months so I have been on the support team for a while. Now I am ready to work on my health again, and hopefully, keep the weight off in the future.
Highest weight April 2020: 247 lbs
Weight January 2022: 195.3 lbs
Current Weight: 244.7 lbs (yeah, it's not pretty)
I hope everyone will have a great October with lots of small steps towards better health.
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Good morning Shape Shifters. I have been doing a decent amount of puzzling. The jigsaw I finished yesterday took me quite a while. It was a really busy picture, but not too overwhelming. I don't enjoy frustrating puzzles, thankfully this one was on the right side of challenging. Yesterday (Oct 1) was World Postcard Day so I figured that would be a good time to start postcrossing and sending cards again. I requested 5 addresses and I will be sending cards to Germany, USA, Ukraine and two to Russia. Mailboxes don't get emptied on the weekend here, so I will post them tomorrow. Hopefully they will all arrive safely. I wasn't feeling well yesterday and I hope it wasn't because of the puzzle. While it is somewhat relaxing, it also takes a lot of concentration and staring at small pieces. I had a really bad headache and felt a little nausseated. I will try to figure out if it happens after working on a puzzle for a long time. Though maybe I just had an off day. At least I remembered to eat this time! Anyway, I had a good nights sleep and I feel fine now. Happy Sunday everyone
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@jessicakrall8
My final steps for last month:
Sat 10/1: 6,684
I'd like to do the step challenge for October, keeping my daily step goal at 10,000.
Thanks!
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Good afternoon everyone. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress for this month.
My weigh in day is Sunday
My HW was 255 in 2018
My current weight is 188.9
My final weight will be 150
My goal for this month is to exercise at least 3 times a week and go hiking/walking at least 3 times a week. Small steps.3 -
alleykat69 wrote: »Good afternoon everyone. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress for this month.
My weigh in day is Sunday
My HW was 255 in 2018
My current weight is 188.9
My final weight will be 150
My goal for this month is to exercise at least 3 times a week and go hiking/walking at least 3 times a week. Small steps.
@alleykat69 Great goals...and again, welcome to the team. If you wear a Fitbit, Apple watch or Garmin...any kind of step tracker, since you already walk and hike, you should sign up for our Step Challenge, set your own daily goal and let it help motivate you! Let me know if you're interested...I believe the instructions were posted both in the FAQ on pg 1 of this thread or in my invite for step challenge registration for the month. Good luck for October!
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Way to go Shape Shifters!! Great achievement for last week and for the month of September. CONGRATS to all who placed and who had honorable mentions!! Keep it going!
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@pupowl love that puzzle pic too...the birds and butterflies are so vivid...I loved your last set of pics with Tinus staking his claim in the middle of the puzzle table. My last cat, Lacy Sue, was the worst at stealing my pieces...I just stopped doing puzzles...LOL I miss her little sneaky self though! Lost her in the late fall of 2020.
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I'm not using MFP to journal my food - now there's a charge for barcode scanning @ $20/mo
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Congratulations for making it on to the leader board again, Shape Shifters!
@alleykat69 - I really like the way you stated your future weight. ‘My future weight will be’ … You didn’t say, ‘I’ll try’ or ‘my target’ etc. I WILL
I’m going to visualize success that way! Thanks for leading the way on thinking positively.3 -
LaurieWrobo wrote: »I'm not using MFP to journal my food - now there's a charge for barcode scanning @ $20/mo
So I will not be posting my food journal here
I wasn't aware there was a charge for using the barcode feature, as I pay annually for the full version, so I guess it's included. Sorry @LaurieWrobo ...change is hard when it's something you're so used to and then you have to stop using it. Hopefully you can find another tracker you like to use. I'll be honest though...I never really used the barcode feature anyway. I've gotten so used to searching or looking up something on Google, that I just never did. Let us know what you decide to do for your journal component.
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It's been a few months since I went to the Support List...lots of stress...kitchen remodel...living in half of my house...but I made it through and have to say I'm proud that I kept up with my walking...had to cut back a little bit because of my knee and everything going on, but in August did 30 intentional miles and 7k steps a day. In September did 32 intentional miles and 7.2k steps a day. I did gain some weight during this time, but it could have been worse, so I'm not beating myself up too badly.
This week, I've done better on watching what I ate, planning ahead and although I was still eating out some, not as much. My appliances were in by Thursday and over the weekend, I've started some preliminary cleaning and switching to the new refrigerator/freezer. Weighed in a week ago for my returning "starting" weight...tomorrow is my first real weigh in. I'm nervous, but anxious to get back to the grind. Hope I haven't disappointed anyone (other than myself)...I'm human. Time for the real work to begin in earnest again.
Appreciate some extra love and support this coming week! Hope you all have a terrific Monday. Still taking sign ups for the step challenge this month...
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I started running 5K once a month back in March. I had just gotten to the point where I could walk 5K, then I saw a "weekend 5K run" challenge on my Garmin watch and decided to give it a try. My pace then was ~18:00/mi (which involved a lot of walking). Ten weeks ago, I started a 5K training program on my Garmin watch. It involved doing cadence drills and slowly increasing the distance week to week. Today that program culminated in my first 5K where I was walking only about 10% of the time. On this run, I set a few personal records: best 1 km pace = 14:23/mi, best 1 mile pace = 14:56/mi, best 5K pace = 16:16/mi. At half my current age, I was running twice that speed, but I'll take it. 😊
Two years ago, just walking a quarter mile was a challenge.3
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