Shape Shifters Team Chat - DECEMBER 2022
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Armygirlarmyof1 wrote: »I totally have lost track of time yall and forgot to weigh in this morning. I will be back on track next week. This holiday stuff has had me so messed up lately
@Armygirlarmyof1 Go ahead and weigh in tomorrow morning and report it...no worries...happens all the time. Let me know. I've done it myself once in a while, especially if I'm rushing to get ready for work...
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@kodakslim WELCOME TO OUR TEAM! We're glad you found us! On behalf of the team and our two wonderful Motivators @PatriceFitnessPal and @angmarie28 WELCOME!! I'm Jessica, your team Captain! I've been here with the Shape Shifters for five years! I hope you will find the team to be as helpful and supportive as I have found them to be. Take a few minutes...go back to page one of this chat thread and read our FAQ file which details many of the questions you may have. If you have questions not represented there, please post your question and one of us will get back to you.
Also, take a minute and introduce yourself and tell us what your goals are for January and beyond! Jump right in on the discussions and make yourself at home.
Good luck in January!
Jessica
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Hi everyone
Thank you for having me
SW: 161 lbs
GW: 142 lbs
I was with MFP back in 2019, after I had my son and had some excess weight to lose. I believe I started at 184 lbs and got down to 133 lbs. I remember feeling good at my new weight, but it soon crept back on and I’m up to 161 lbs.
My goals for January: track my food daily, and get out for a short walk everyday. This is what helped me last time.
My weigh-in day is Friday. I’m looking forward to chatting with/supporting you all 4 -
Step Enthusiasts!! Now taking registration for January's Step Challenge! Reply back with your first name (for the chart), your favorite place to walk AND your daily step goal and that will get you registered!
How will you challenge yourself in January?!! Are you an indoor walker? Treadmill walker? Outdoor walker? How do you stay motivated? Do you enjoy step challenges with Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch, etc?
Be sure to post your steps in the January chat thread every few days in the format:
JessicaKrall8
01/05: 4868 steps
01/06: 8058 steps
01/07: 10615 steps
Hope to see you there!
Jessica 3 -
Hi SS... You have another new member joining your team ...Please welcome @messycreator 3
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Hi! I just signed up for my first ever fitness pal group and then was assigned to Shape Shifters for the January Challenge. Glad to be here! Am I supposed to sign up for a step challenge? I already found the weigh in sheet and the habit tracker? Anything else I should know? Do we share our logged meals or anything?1
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »
Step Enthusiasts!! Now taking registration for January's Step Challenge! Reply back with your first name (for the chart), your favorite place to walk AND your daily step goal and that will get you registered!
How will you challenge yourself in January?!! Are you an indoor walker? Treadmill walker? Outdoor walker? How do you stay motivated? Do you enjoy step challenges with Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch, etc?
Be sure to post your steps in the January chat thread every few days in the format:
JessicaKrall8
01/05: 4868 steps
01/06: 8058 steps
01/07: 10615 steps
Hope to see you there!
Jessica
Hi @jessicakrall8
Could I please join the step challenge?
MFP Name: Kodakslim
First Name: April
I wouldn’t call it my favourite place to walk, but i feel comfortable walking round my block. It takes me around 30 minutes.
Daily step goal: 5000
I know it’s not much, but admittedly, I’ve been very inactive for a long time, so I’m starting small.
I’ve dug out my Fitbit again, charged it up and it’s ready to go!
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Steps:
12/23 8,307
12/24 10,326
12/25 9,370
Please add me to January step challenge. I really don't have a favorite place to walk since in SE Wisconsin it's winter, ice, snow, rain, cold - I usually get my steps in walking around the house, riding my recumbent bike and workouts - I bowl in a league on Tuesdays
I have a fitbit and usually do challenges with a couple of friends1 -
Another new member joining your wonderful team ...Please welcome @brttny7979 2
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Hi! So excited to be here. I’ve been on/off MFP for over 10 years. I struggle with binging/restriction, but have been working on moderation and sustainable changes since July and am down 43 lbs. Hit a plateau the past month (holidays) and looking to gain support/motivation. I’m excited to travel with just my husband this week for the first time since having my last baby (3 years ago) so it should be interesting. I have a history of getting derailed when out of my routine and am eager to have this challenge to keep me accountable. Thanks for including me!
User- brttny7979
SW- 198
CW- 155
Goal- 130
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Steps ~ I would like to be added for January again with 17.000 daily steps, thank you!
24 Dec: 18.917
25 Dec: 17.816
26 Dec: 19.577
Good morning Shape Shifters and welcome to the new members.
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. I enjoyed reading my new book, though my 'mistake' was starting last night. I planned to only do 30 minutes, which was pretty silly of me to think that would work, so I went to bed 45 minutes later than I wanted. Still got my 8 hour sleep goal though, and actually for the first ever got a sleepscore of 90! That was cool.
Yesterday morning was a bit interesting. I always go out with Tinus in the morning as soon as it is light enough, so we were in the backyard around 8:15. We were there for 10 seconds when I heard someone calling out to me. Woman was yelling from her bedroom window 2 houses over, saying she was locked inside with her son and if I could please get some help. So I took Tinus inside, grabbed my phone and called the emergency line to get hold of the fire department. I walked over to her place in the meantime to get some more information.
Poor thing had been locked in a small bedroom with her young son since around 5 in the morning. The doorhandle fell off, her phone was in a different room, nobody else was home, everything was locked and she had just moved there, so nobody had a spare key. Since she was at the back of the house and not on the street side, she didn't see anyone outside until I went out with Tinus. I waited in her backyard for the fire crew to show up, which took about 15 minutes.
When the truck arrived, around 8 very sleepy looking guys poured out.
It seemed a bit overkill to me, but maybe that is just a protocol thing, I have no idea. There was a porch area at the back, so it wasn't really that easy to get to her window. It was also not designed to hold people, so it wasn't super safe to just get on the porch roof either. They ended up using a metal plank on the seemingly strongest part of the porch roof to divide the weight. Then they had a long stick with a tool taped to end that she could use to open the door. And they had the lightest member (that's not saying much, they were all heavier than me I think 
) go up to get the tool over to her.
It all worked out fine thankfully. When she came outside I saw that she was also very pregnant, so I am pretty sure that was one of the longest and most uncomfortable 3,5 hours of her life! So thanks to Tinus, we got to help people again. So useful having a cat to walk.
Happy Tuesday everyone
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JenHul Monday weigh in
PW 176.5
CW 178.5
Steps
DEC 12 = 12,554
DEC 13= 13,653
DEC 14= 11,857
DEC 15= 14,111
DEC 16= 16,198
DEC 17= 5648
DEC 18= 8842
DEC 19= 12,637
DEC 20= 13,229
DEC 21= 10,054
DEC 22= 6491
DEC 23= 11,881
DEC 24= 13,321
DEC 25= 10,959
DEC 26= 8354
sorry for the gain team, darn holiday treat & wobbly pops!2 -
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 12/25: 10,693
Mon 12/26: 11,4932 -
Tuesday Weigh Day
TexanMom8152
PW 242
CW 239.6
Welcome @trappedskinnyb, @kodakslim, @messycreator and @brttny7979
@pupowl - What an amazing story, so glad you were able to help your neighbor.
Selfie that Jason took of us and my Mom and Stepfather Christmas Eve service.
We put Jason on the bus to the bowl game in Houston yesterday afternoon. it was kind of strange having an empty house again this morning.
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Could I please join the step challenge?
MFP Name: Kodakslim
First Name: April
Daily step goal: 5000
I know it’s not much, but admittedly, I’ve been very inactive for a long time, so I’m starting small.
I’ve dug out my Fitbit again, charged it up and it’s ready to go!
@kodakslim I have you on the list and will get you recorded as soon as the new spreadsheet is ready. The month begins on Sunday, Jan 1st. Welcome to the fun and good luck in January!!
Jessica
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LaurieWrobo wrote: »Steps:
Please add me to January step challenge. I really don't have a favorite place to walk since in SE Wisconsin it's winter, ice, snow, rain, cold - I usually get my steps in walking around the house, riding my recumbent bike and workouts - I bowl in a league on Tuesdays
I have a fitbit and usually do challenges with a couple of friends
@LaurieWrobo Your daily step goal?
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brttny7979 wrote: »Hi! So excited to be here. I’ve been on/off MFP for over 10 years. I struggle with binging/restriction, but have been working on moderation and sustainable changes since July and am down 43 lbs. Hit a plateau the past month (holidays) and looking to gain support/motivation. I’m excited to travel with just my husband this week for the first time since having my last baby (3 years ago) so it should be interesting. I have a history of getting derailed when out of my routine and am eager to have this challenge to keep me accountable. Thanks for including me!
User- brttny7979
SW- 198
CW- 155
Goal- 130
Welcome @brttny7979 ! Please take a moment and read back to pg 1 of this chat thread and familiarize yourself with the FAQ file. If you have questions, let us know, but sounds like you're an old pro at MFP! I'm Jessica, your Team Captain. If there's anything I can do to help with additional support, just say the word. Sounds like you have very reasonable goals...can't wait to celebrate with you as you hit each one of them!!
Enjoy traveling this week! Good luck in January and beyond! On behalf of the whole team, again, WELCOME!!
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Hi SS... Another new member joining your amazing team ...Please welcome @trappedskinnyb
@trappedskinnyb Welcome to the team!! Glad you found us. Please back up to pg 1 of this chat thread and read our FAQ and let us know if you have any questions. I'm Jessica, your Team Captain. On behalf of our whole team and our two wonderful Motivators @angmarie28 and @PatriceFitnessPal , we're so glad you're here!
Take a few minutes and introduce yourself and tell us a little about your goals for January and beyond! I hope we get to watch while you meet them, one at a time!
Again, welcome and good luck in January!
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messycreator wrote: »Hi! I just signed up for my first ever fitness pal group and then was assigned to Shape Shifters for the January Challenge. Glad to be here! Am I supposed to sign up for a step challenge? I already found the weigh in sheet and the habit tracker? Anything else I should know? Do we share our logged meals or anything?
Hi @messycreator and welcome to the team!! We're glad you found us! Take a few minutes and go back to page one of this chat thread and read our FAQ file. I think it will answer most of your questions. If not, just post and we'll get back to you. The habit tracker, you can keep on your own, but the weigh-in sheet is managed by me, so just post your weigh-ins each week on the day of week you chose, in the chat thread following the format you'll see in the FAQ file and I will take care of updating the chart. If you want to join the step challenge, follow the instructions in the FAQ file, post your request in the chatroom, your first name for the chart and tell me your daily step goal and your favorite place to walk this time of year and I'll get you registered.
Again, welcome...look forward to watching you hit your goals each week! Take care and good luck in January!
Jessica
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jessicakrall8 wrote: »LaurieWrobo wrote: »Steps:
Please add me to January step challenge. I really don't have a favorite place to walk since in SE Wisconsin it's winter, ice, snow, rain, cold - I usually get my steps in walking around the house, riding my recumbent bike and workouts - I bowl in a league on Tuesdays
I have a fitbit and usually do challenges with a couple of friends
@LaurieWrobo Your daily step goal?
Jessica
Kepp it at 6,0000 -
12/16-11,766
12/17-5,554
12/18-12,985
12/19-15,247
12/20-10,673
12/21-5,193
12/22-4,534
12/23-11,196
12/24-5,716
12/25-14,415
12/26-15,6562 -
Hello everyone. Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season!!! We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve and I worked 12 1/2 hours on Christmas. Ive been working a ton lately because we are short staffed and no one wants to come in and pick up shifts so its been me and my 70 year old co worker picking up the slack, ugh. But coming into the new year I want to step back a smidge and work on getting back into my workouts.2
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AC204
Sunday
PW: 187.7
CW: 186.7
Hope everyone is doing well! Recovering from the flu has been much slower than I'd like. I start to feel better and have tried to get out for a walk a few times but my energy is not 100% yet and still congested. Yesterday had a bit of a relapse so took it easy yesterday and today. Hoping to feel good enough to get back to my 3 mile walks soon!
Goal = 7000/day
12/12 - 8266
12/13 - 3815
12/14 - 4140
12/15 - 3020
12/16 - 1290
12/17 - 3132
12/18 - 2838
12/19 - 6733
12/20 - 2604
12/21 - 5785
12/22 - 3072
12/23 - 6412
12/24 - 4111
12/25 - 8039
12/26 - 23352 -
I hope you feel better soon @ac204. I’ve been hearing how scarce some of the medication has become due to all the cases of flu, winter colds, etc. Sorry to hear you’ve had lingering symptoms but it’s good you recognized them coming on and got some rest.
I’ve enjoyed the pictures and stories — Thanks for sharing!
@Pupowl - You really are the neighborhood heroine! I’m glad you were able to respond to your neighbor in distress — again!!3 -
Here’s my weekly weigh-in report:
Name: PatriceFitnessPal
Weigh-in day: Thursday
PW: 131.5
CW: 132.8
SW: 168
LTD: 35.2
I made a pumpkin pie because I wanted to use up a can of pumpkin that’s been in my pantry for awhile and the recipe calls for buttermilk. That wouldn’t be too bad except I think I’m the only one eating the pie 🙄!3 -
Hey all
Hope you don’t mind me checking in, just for my own accountability really (I’m recently new to the team )
I just started using MFP again a couple of days ago. I stayed within my allowance on Tuesday and was over by 100 calories on Wednesday. I’m fine with this though, as my daily calorie intake over the past year was out of control.
Today I took the dreaded “before” photos. When I was with MFP back in 2019, taking progress photos really helped keep me motivated.
I’m looking forward to feeling healthy and confident again.
I hope everyone is well 6 -
Welcome @kodakslim and all the new members of our Shape Shifter team!3
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Steps
27 Dec: 17.134
28 Dec: 18.069
I had too many Christmas cookies yesterday, and pizza, and I went to bed too late. Oops. I doubt I will have a loss this week.
Glad to be getting my dryer today though!
Happy Thursday everyone 5 -
@jessicakrall8, WI this morning was 217.0. Pw was 216.8. I guess not too bad for the holidays but having little ppl in the house was lots of exercise time.2
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