Shape Shifters Team Chat - JANUARY 2023
jugar
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This month's F2F goal? Let's not be that dreaded drop-out statistic! Stick with your new year energy and follow through. As a team we can do it!
Fat2Fit has 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 Slimpossible - @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 January challenge runs from January 1 - 28. F2F months always start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, so adjust your calendars!
Everyone 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 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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WELCOME @Nixoncat1 to our team!! Glad you found us! Hope you'll find this support resource as wonderful and helpful as I have in the past five years! I'm Jessica, your Team Captain. On behalf of the whole team and your two Motivators @PatriceFitnessPal and @angmarie28, we're anxious to watch you meet your goals!
Take a few minutes and introduce yourself. Let us know a little about your goals for January and beyond! Also, go to either pg 1 of this December thread and read our FAQ or look for the FAQ on page one of the new January thread. It should answer many of your basic questions about how things work around here. Anything not covered, just post a message and several will likely chime in to help. We want to be a source of inspiration and help on your journey!
Good luck in January!
Jessica
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@kodakslim Looks like that's what's listed on the chart, so yes, go with that.
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Gm yall. I'm so glad today is the last day of the year and the holiday season is coming to a close. Not so much eating out for awhile. Ugh. So how are yall getting into 2023?2
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nancyinmo
Saturday weigh in
SW: 185.2
CW: 186.2
Well, this could have been much, much worse lol. Glad the holidays are coming to an end!
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year— May we all reach our goals in 2023!!!3 -
Went for a walk this afternoon,it was alot milder than it has been.Not many people in my local park.So beautiful & peaceful,not climbed these stairs for a while 😏
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Happy New Year to everyone.
Let's hope we all work hard to meet our fitness goals.Good to have the support of my Shape Shifter friends on here.Couldn't do it without our inspirational captain @jessicakrall8 thank you so much for your time & positive encouragement you give to the team.
Best wishes & hope 2023 is a great year.
Another photo of the park,shame there wasn't a band playing today.
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izzyred9400 wrote: »Happy New Year to everyone.
Let's hope we all work hard to meet our fitness goals.Good to have the support of my Shape Shifter friends on here.Couldn't do it without our inspirational captain @jessicakrall8 thank you so much for your time & positive encouragement you give to the team.
Best wishes & hope 2023 is a great year.
Another photo of the park,shame there wasn't a band playing today.
Thank you @izzyred9400 for your friendship, support and kindness this year through some rough patches. Thank you for your kind words! You guys inspire me so much! I wouldn't say I met all of my goals this year, but I'm stronger and have increased my walking, so there's that! Just think...you and I could walk the park, then curl up on one of those benches to read and talk about the coming new year!! Wish we lived closer, my friend!! LOVE that picture!
I just finished putting together our Group Challenge for next week and it's a great one! Will get everone motivated and ready to take charge in 2023 I believe! Hope all of my Shape Shifter friends will join us starting Sun, Jan 1st for it. I'll be posting the new link a little later this afternoon! Watch for it!
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The January Week 1 Group Challenge is ready to begin on Sun, Jan 1st. Please join us for "Things to Decree in 2023". Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10880699/january-week-1-group-challenge-things-to-decree-in-2023#latest
Hope to see you there!
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Happy New Year to the absolute BEST support team around! Thanks for encouraging me and keeping me accountable, but smiling all year long! May 2023 bring you good health, happiness and lots of love!
Jessica 4 -
January Habit Tracker! A great way to check off those little habits every day:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10878952/habit-tracker-january-2023#latest3 -
January Habit Tracker! A great way to check off those little habits every day:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10878952/habit-tracker-january-2023#latest
Happy New Year!!
I have already put mine in😊1 -
Another wonderful new member for a new year! Welcome @zog_a_log
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@cre804 - What a small world, that was Keller UMC right after the 7:30 service.
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Fri 12/30: 10,944
Sat 12/31: 11,1012 -
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Hello Shape Shifters! Time to post a short intro again to kick off January.
My name is Laura, I am 34 years old and I live with my cat Tinus in a small village in the Netherlands. I like reading fantasy books, singing, jigsaw puzzles, photography and being in nature.
I started gaining weight after a horse riding accident which left me unable to do any exercise for over a year. Mentally I wasn't in a great place either and that is something I will always struggle with. I have lost weight while in this group once before. The same time last year I was in onederland, but then I lost control over my food for 10 months and I had to start over in October. Let's just consider that the test run! I plan to make my loss last this time. Since I have been weighing in for the group again, I have lost 28 lbs, so am not doing too badly.
Highest weight: 247.0
Current weigh: 217.1
End of January goal: 208.3
Other goals: 17.000 daily steps, remember vitamins, calorie deficit, 8+ hours sleep and 3 workouts a week
I wish everyone good luck with their January goals!
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Congratulations on another winning month of losing, Shape Shifters! I’m so happy to see all the familiar names on the leader board, and it’s especially rewarding to see the consistent progress of your four weeks ‘in the green’ @SavageMrsMoose, @Pupowl, and @ac204. Great work, team!
Thanks for kicking off the introductions @Pupowl. It’s always nice to learn new things and get to know one another better. Happy New Year!5 -
Greetings, Shape Shifters!
I’m Patrice, a 56 year old woman from northern Virginia, just south of Washington, DC in the USA. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lived there through college. My husband grew up in the same neighborhood so we frequently visit friends and family there. We say, “we’re going home” no matter which way we’re traveling.
My father was a professional athlete so our family moved many different places during the hockey season when I was young, but we always returned to the same house in Boston. I miss the ocean terribly, and occasionally I yearn for a snowy day, but I enjoy the early spring here. I spend three of the four seasons (March-November) rowing on the local rivers with an 8-person ‘sweep’ group three days a week and individual sculling whenever the weather cooperates (e.g., wind, water current, air and water temperatures, etc.).
I’ve always been active but I didn’t pay as much attention to building healthy eating and sleeping habits as I should have because I was able to bounce back more quickly from setbacks in my youth. However, as I got older, I gradually gained weight as it became more difficult to find time in the day to workout — mostly due to the added responsibilities of parenting, work, and volunteer commitments. Now, my sons (ages 21 & 22) are both in college. So, I am trying to get a rid of the weight and other stuff I accumulated while on the busy treadmill of life.
The COVID lockdown prompted me to reflect on things I wanted to improve so I started with my health. I was able to reach my goal of 125 pounds in September 2021 and maintained my target range of 120-130 until recently. Now, I’m over 130 pounds so I’m no longer a member of the ‘goal zone’ group, and I weigh-in weekly. Last year, I focused on building strength/muscle, increasing flexibility, and improving balance.
This year, I need to return to more accurate tracking of calories and macronutrient balance first. I want to join more yoga classes to continue working on last year’s goals, too. I have some other habits I’d like to work on but I’m a big believer in taking baby steps so I’ll start here and add some aspirational goals to the habit tracker and weekly challenge space. Best wishes for 2023 Shape Shifters!4 -
My last days of Steps for December
12/30 12,980
12/31 7,6764 -
Hey team! My name is Lynn and I am so excited to be here! Found this challenge early December but missed that cut off. So - here I am! Planning to give it my all - or find out all I have to give. I live in Minnesota, USA, have 2 boys (8 & 9 y.o.), hubby, and just trying to find my way around this 40+ me. I lost 52 lbs 7 yrs ago so I know I can do this. Looking forward to doing thus with people!4
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Hi SS...Another new member joining your awesome team ..Please welcome @Lynniebinny76
@Lynniebinny76 Welcome to the team! Glad you found us. Please take a moment to read our FAQ file at the beginning of this chat thread and if you have additional questions not covered there, please just post and ask. One of us will get back to you. I'm Jessica, your Team Captain. On behalf of our whole team, welcome and we look forward to getting to know you.
Please take a moment and say hello and let us know a bit about your goals for January and beyond. Good luck!
Happy New Year!
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Welcome @zog_a_log to our team!! Glad you found us! Please take a moment to introduce yourself and tell us all a little about your goals for Jan and beyond! I'm Jessica, your Team Captain. Along with our two Motivators @PatriceFitnessPal and @angmarie28 I'm excited you've chosen to continue your journey with us. Please let us know how we can better support you.
Read through our FAQ which is the second post in this chat thread on page one. If you still have questions, just post them and one of us will try to find answers for you.
Again, welcome and good luck in January!
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Steps:
12/28 6,519
12/29 8,697
12/30 7,359
12/31 10,5943 -
alleykat69
Weigh in: Sunday
SW: 255
PW: 190.6
CW: 192.0
Steps for December 25 to 31
Sunday 1403
Monday 3808
Tuesday 2497
Wednesday 3774
Thursday 3111
Friday 3647
Saturday 43732 -
Check-in ~ January 01
Steps: 19.818
Calorie deficit: yes
Workout: yes, 1/3 for the week
Vitamins: yes
Sleep: 8h 41m / 85 score
Good morning Shape Shifters. I had a decent day. I did some reading, Netflix, gaming, a lot of laundry with my new dryer and a Dance with Deepti workout in the evening. The increased stepping blocks didn't do as much as I was hoping, so I figure it is time to get off my lazy butt and do something. Instead of a handful of zone minutes, I got 40 of them with the youtube workout so it was well worth it. I had fun with it as well and I am only a little bit sore today. I would like to do more than 3 a week, but I am starting slow. This is the one I did last night: https://youtu.be/_5lVcFSMZag
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Userid zog_a_log
(Day of Week) Weigh-in Monday
PW: 9st 9lbs (technically 9 st 9.8lbs)
CW: 9st 9bs (technically 9st 9.4lbs, so maybe I have lost 0.5lbs! bring on next week!)
LTD: 0 lbs1
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