TEAM: The Slimsons (December)
AB0215
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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! Should you need anything, please post here and your team Captains will answer as soon as possible.
Keep on losing because our first weigh ins begin THIS Sunday! Should you need anything, please post here and your team Captains will answer as soon as possible. 0
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Hello Team Slimsons and Welcome
My name is Gloria @gjaholy33 I will be your captain for this month, which means motivating and keeping track of your weight. I am 43 yrs. old, been on this journey since 2004. It's been a long uphill battle, but I refuse to give up until I meet my long-time goal of 200lbs.
Over the past few years, I've been diagnosed with various diseases (i.e. asthma which has overlapped into COPD ergo the oxygen continuously, gastroenteritis, events & hiatal hernia, acid reflux, pulmonary hypertension, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol (as of January😥😥), chronic pain in the back and knees). Last month I was hospitalizedand came away with a new diagnosisof heart failure which cause a few more restrictions. .
Current Weight: 499.8lbs
52.2lbs and 25 inches lost overall so far.
When you have God's Power as your strength acknowledge your faults, and then start making one small change at a time.
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE! Not giving up even if I need to start from the beginning
If interested follow my progress at:
https://www.youtube.com/@gloriousglo
Looking forward to reading everyone's post and knowing we will have a successful month. We're in this together 💪🏾❤
Welcome to:
let's make things happen this month together!!
REMEMBER WE GOT THIS!💪🏽💪🏽
Your Captain,
Glorious Gloria @gjaholy33👍🏾👍🏾❤
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ABOUT THE CHALLENGES & REQUIRED WEIGHT POSTINGS
We are also going to be running (Optional) Mini-challenges again this month: Question of the Week (assuming I can remember to do that) and Daily Posts
First and foremost is that participation in these challenges 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.
#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/Date)
Track: Yes/no
Calories: Yes/no (were you under)
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)
The Question of the Week Challenge is a fun participation booster and we will be using it sometimes just as fun and sometimes it can help to foster new ideas for others as we all are different and have different experiences so sharing ideas can help someone else with motivation of freshening up their routine even!! Keep on the lookout for these questions.
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:
Username:
Week: December 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:
Challenge
WE CAN DO THIS!!💃🏾💃🏾👍🏾👍🏾💪🏽💪🏽
Your Captain,
Glorious Gloria @gjaholy33👍🏾👍🏾❤❤
***Co-captain Vicky (@vicky2767)
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Hi team. I needed to take care and focus on some personal issues, but I’m glad to be back. Good luck to everyone.
And Thank you Gloria for all that you do always0 -
Gloria, my starting weight will be 209.8
Thank you. I would like to keep my weigh in day as Sat.0 -
Praise'm Praise'm Happy Sunday,
The December Challenge will begin on December 4th. See you then0 -
Gjaholy33
Weigh-in day: Thursday
December Week 5
PW: 498.3lbs
CW: 495THE BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN BEGINS. . .
MY GOAL is to be 470LBS or below BY MY BIG DAY
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Good morning. Dec challenge starts tomorrow. I just wanted to say I’m happy to be back. Looking forward to a great Dec with all of you.
The holidays can be a tough time to lose weight. So let’s remember to be kind to ourselves this month.2 -
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Good morning everyone. Dec challenge starts today. We got this!!!
Started putting up the Christmas decorations yesterday. Got most of the inside done. We get a real tree so we are waiting on that. (Can’t get the real tree too early otherwise it dies before Christmas). Today we’re going to try to get the outside done and tonight the next town over is having their Christmas parade. My friends daughter is in the marching band for the HS and marching in the parade so we are going to go see her. Starts at 4pm. Seems late to me but it is what it us. Means dinner out. But that’s ok. Hope you all have a wonderful day.2 -
walk4today
December week 1
Saturday
PW 231.6
CW 232.42 -
Daily check in
Tracked yes
Calories over
Exercise yes2 -
Daily Post
Sunday 12/4
Track yes
Calories under
Exercise yes2 -
Daily Post
Sunday 12/4
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise yes 15 minutes of Calisthenics
Water 60oz
Steps 4,019🚶🏾♀️
Monday 12/5
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no (too sore)
Water 60oz1 -
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Daily Post
Monday 12/5
Track yes
Calories under
Exercise yes1 -
Daily Post Sunday
Track yes
Calories yes and over excessively
Exercise yes yardwork0 -
Daily Post Monday
Track yes
Calories yes and under
Exercise yes yardwork0 -
My name is Mary. I am 62 years old married and have been on the weight loss then weight gain since my early 20's. I joined this challenge in July 2020. This challenge offers support and accountability in my process of becoming a healthier person. I thank everyone for sharing their stories because they are inspiring. I am not alone in my endeavor to maintain a healthier weight. I would especially like to say thanks to Gloria and Vicky for being motivated leaders. You ladies are awesome. My July 2020 weight was 204lbs. So it works.0
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Praise'm Praise'm Happy Tuesday,
Feeling empowered today although today is not a good day pain wise. I woke up so it's a blessing 🙌🏾.
As some of you may know, after a recent diagnosis of heart failure back in October I need to weigh myself daily, to watch for fluid build up, which may be a deterrent. I also had to shrink my water intake from 130oz to 60oz which is extremely hard but I'M TRYING🤣 Due to having to keep my HR down most days I can't exercise but trying to increase my walking so can at least do that if nothing else. I'm a work in progress. 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
After using this template, I actually have been doing a good job. So far I am back down to 56lbs total lost hoping to see 65-70lbs by my birthday 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 but not pressuring myself just taking it day by day. So if I can stay the course YOU CAN TOO! DON'T GIVE UP! #onestepatatime #byhisgracealone #WeAreNotAlone #BeEmpowered
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Praise'm Praise'm Happy Tuesday,
Feeling empowered today although today is not a good day pain wise. I woke up so it's a blessing 🙌🏾.
As some of you may know, after a recent diagnosis of heart failure back in October I need to weigh myself daily, to watch for fluid build up, which may be a deterrent. I also had to shrink my water intake from 130oz to 60oz which is extremely hard but I'M TRYING🤣 Due to having to keep my HR down most days I can't exercise but trying to increase my walking so can at least do that if nothing else. I'm a work in progress. 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
After using this template, I actually have been doing a good job. So far I am back down to 56lbs total lost hoping to see 65-70lbs by my birthday 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 but not pressuring myself just taking it day by day. So if I can stay the course YOU CAN TOO! DON'T GIVE UP! #onestepatatime #byhisgracealone #WeAreNotAlone #BeEmpowered
You got this gloria! I did not know of your diagnosis. You continue to amaze me by your positive attitude and your ability to keep going no matter what get thrown at you1 -
Daily check in
Mon
Track no
Calories ?
Exercise yes0 -
Bemybestby60 wrote: »My name is Mary. I am 62 years old married and have been on the weight loss then weight gain since my early 20's. I joined this challenge in July 2020. This challenge offers support and accountability in my process of becoming a healthier person. I thank everyone for sharing their stories because they are inspiring. I am not alone in my endeavor to maintain a healthier weight. I would especially like to say thanks to Gloria and Vicky for being motivated leaders. You ladies are awesome. My July 2020 weight was 204lbs. So it works.
Mary, we are all in this together. You got this!0 -
Daily Post Tuesday
Track yes
Calories yes and over
Exercise no0 -
Bemybestby60
December Challenge Week 1
Wednesday weigh in
Previous weight 187 lbs
Current weight 185.5 lbs0 -
NiceBemybestby60 wrote: »Bemybestby60
December Challenge Week 1
Wednesday weigh in
Previous weight 187 lbs
Current weight 185.5 lbs
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