TEAM: The Slimsons (January)
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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I’m glad to be back after quite awhile. I want to start out the new year with new goals. Happy New Year to everyone!1
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Welcome new and returning team members. Happy new year.1
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Daily check in
Sun 1/1/23
Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise yes
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Thank you @vicky2767. It’s good to be back. 😊
Daily check In:
Tracked: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: no
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Hello Team Slimsons and
My name is Gloria @gjaholy33 I will be your captain for this month, which means
motivating and keeping track of your weight.
I am 44 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, chronic pain in the back and knees).When you have God's Power as your strength acknowledge your faults, and then start making one small change at a time.
Current Weight: 480.2lbs
10 inches lost overall so far.
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE!
If interested follow my progress at:
https://youtube.com/user/gjaholy
Looking forward to reading everyone's post and knowing we will have a
successful month. We're in this together �
REMEMBER WE GOT THIS!💪🏽💪🏽
Your Captain,
Glorious Gloria @gjaholy33👍🏾👍🏾❤1 -
We are also going to be running (Optional) Mini-challenges again this month: Daily Posts
ABOUT THE CHALLENGES & REQUIRED WEIGHT POSTINGS
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)
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: January 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 January Challenge WE CAN DO THIS!!Your Captain,
Glorious Gloria @gjaholy33
***Co-captain Vicky (@vicky2767)1 -
Username: welloiledmachine
Week: January Week 1
PW =156
CW=1561 -
Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise minimal
Feeling sick will be resting all week:-(0 -
Jen_967
Jan Week 1
PW: 255
CW: 2531 -
Feel bettergemwolf110 wrote: »Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise minimal
Feeling sick will be resting all week:-(Jen_967
Jan Week 1
PW: 255
CW: 253
Nice!2 -
Daily check in
mon 1/2
Tracked yes
Calories over
Exercise yes 30 min mirror strength workout2 -
Daily check in
1/2 (Mon)
Tracked: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes- walked 2 miles and 20 mins of ST1 -
Tracked: Yes
Under: Yes
Exercise: None (work didn't allow)
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Monday
Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise no1 -
Daily Post Tuesday
Track yes
Calories yes and slightly over
Exercise no1 -
Daily check in
Tues 1/3
Tracked yes
Calories just over
Exercise yes1 -
Daily check in
Tuesday
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: yes0 -
gemwolf110 wrote: »Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise minimal
Feeling sick will be resting all week:-(
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Daily Post
Sunday 1/1
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water💧 60oz
Steps 🚶🏾♀️ 2,333
Monday 1/2
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water💧 60oz
Steps 🚶🏾♀️ 3,195 (goal despite the migraine💃🏾💃🏾)
Tuesday 1/3
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water💧 60oz
Steps 🚶🏾♀️ 2,991 (almost made it to my goal 3,000😥)
Goals/Comments: Been down with migraines 😫 and my breathing has been erratic but still determined to get my steps in just a little as this heart medication makes me a frequent flyer🤣🤣🤣 so using that to my advantage on my good days.
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Daily Post
Sunday 1/1
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water💧 60oz
Steps 🚶🏾♀️ 2,333
Monday 1/2
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water💧 60oz
Steps 🚶🏾♀️ 3,195 (goal despite the migraine💃🏾💃🏾)
Tuesday 1/3
Track yes
Calories yes under
Exercise no
Water💧 60oz
Steps 🚶🏾♀️ 2,991 (almost made it to my goal 3,000😥)
Goals/Comments: Been down with migraines 😫 and my breathing has been erratic but still determined to get my steps in just a little as this heart medication makes me a frequent flyer🤣🤣🤣 so using that to my advantage on my good days.
Hope your migraines are feeling better.0 -
Daily Check-in
Day: Wednesday
Tracked: Yes
Under: Yes
Exercise: 2 mile run at 10:30 min/mile pace.2 -
Weekly Weigh-In
Week: 1
PW: 215
CW: 215
No loss, but not surprising as New Year celebration during this week!2 -
Bemybestby60
January Challenge Week 1
Wednesday weigh in
Previous weight 187 lbs
Current weight 187 lbs1
