Pre-Challenge Activity #1: INFORMATION and YOUR INPUT! ℹ️🔠
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My goal is the get in a better mindset to get healthier. I would love to also lose 5%, but losing weight is secondary to being healthier. I injured my feet last year and have lost muscle strength and tone. My second goal is to get exercising regularly again. I am a teacher, so the summer is giving me time to transition. I start August 1, so I want to get some basics settled by then. I am using the intent AP for meal planning. I like it. I am tracking food on Lifesum. I am watching macros focusing on real foods and veggies most. I am hoping that I can join this community to walk this journey with some fun likeminded likegoaled new friends. Thank you!1
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I exercise and walk daily, however I have started working out in the late afternoon and I find myself less motivated and having less time to finish my workouts when it is late. I would like to start working out in the mornings again and eating a little healthier.1
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I am new here and so excited to have found this challenge! My big goals are to incorporate strength training into my daily exercise (even if it's just squats in the living room!) and more fresh fruits and veggies as snacks.1
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My sister and I are working together to lose weight this summer. So far I have lost 2 pounds. She found an old book she had with a very specific menu plan for lower sodium, lower cholesterol. It is helping. I will need accountability on getting exercise and water in.1
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For quite sometime now I've lost my Spark. I think before even Sparkpeople closed, which I miss terribly, by the way. The good thing is that despite my lost spark, I've still been here in the challenges not to lose connection because I know that one day I'll get my Spark back! I'm really hoping that time is now. I'm going to do my best getting myself and my mind fully engaged in the challenges and my daily goals. I think actually doing these 5% activities is a step in the right direction!
My plan is really to help with my diabetes so I can reverse and be medication free. So I need to walk, spin bike, and resistance train daily for blood glucose control, especially before and after eating. Doing both steady state and HIIT cardio, and strength training different muscle groups.2 -
I feel like I failed miserably in the Spring challenge. I need to get more sleep so that I have more energy.
I also need to put myself first, getting my workout comes before the housework. I also plan to start building muscle. Basically eat less and move more2 -
Having had a total knee replacement in April is my motivation to keep moving..keep exercising and get in as good a condition as I can. No way I am going to go thru that surgery and then not do what I need to do for a successful rehab and recovery. I want to enjoy life for as long as I have life!!2
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Thanks for posting the history of the challenge, and the link to the SparkTeams blog article. Interesting reading!
(I also signed up at one if the other challenges mentioned, that sjso migrated from SparkPeople 😎)
Stopping at that point for now. I'll be back for the actual Pre-Challenge Activity #1 👏
Cheers!
- mk
(Maine 🌧️☔)
I am back to finish.
(I really did enjoy reading that history, ty for posting it!)
I have been in an 18-mos 10k/day steps goal since Dec 4, 2021 thanks to a really great bunch of people I was lucky enough to stumble upon at Fitbit. We had a daily goal day challenge every day until the day Fitbit killed their challenges and open groups in March 2023 😩😡.
I am here at MFP for the food logging tools (which are vastly better than Fitbit's, btw!). I joined some challenges hoping to reinforce that, bc I need it. While I did manage to lose 30 lbs over about 18 mos at Fitbit (started 6 mos before steps goal streak started), I regained it all plus 5+ lbs more this fall and winter 😬.
My goals and hopes for the challenge are:
1.) To maintain/reinforce food logging habit that I restarted on Apr 30 (May 1?) of this year
2.) To add strength training and or stretching/yoga to my daily exercise. I really need to do more than walking.
Cheers!
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I am planning to keep my routine and focus on what I eat the frst two weeks . Then i will start with a running routine while I am on a vaction , because in september I have a competion. Back home i want to do my swimming and running routine .
I want to loose weight and change my habbits, I hope this challenge and the site gives me a focus on what I want. I always need people tha inspire me around.1 -
I'm new to this group and so glad I found it. Yesterday, I was talking to my coach (professional development but we also talk life in general) and she asked me what were my intentions for wellness in this summer season? I told her I was going to make better use of my MFP Premium and use the warm summer weather to have more movement outside. We belong to a pool and I aim to be a better swimmer by improving my breathing and strokes by doing some lap swimming. I started an H20 walking class this week that goes until August. I also plan to do some yoga, pilates and/or walking for at least 15 minutes daily and build it up from there. I've been carrying the "baby weight" since my son was born 8 years ago, so I am ready to focus on me! This 5% challenge is perfect for a former gym rat who has been very inactive for years and on the tail end of recovering from a partial knee replacement. 5% is not daunting and breaks up my large goal of losing 40 pounds into a small, doable chunk. I look forward to supporting everyone and being accountable to this amazing group. Thank you!!!1
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My exercise plan for a successful 2023 Summer 5% Challenge is simply to move daily. It will be a mix of elliptical for cardio, strength training and walking. I will set up a flexible schedule for myself. If I'm too sore one day to do strength training, then I will walk that day instead. If it's a walk day and it's raining, I will either do the elliptical that day or maybe dust off my step and find a 90s step video on YouTube As long as I commit to moving daily, I will consider this challenge a success. 1
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I joined SP in 2010 and reached my goal weight+ in 2011, 49# total. Being in maintenance and staying in maintenance has been a challenge. Weight has fluctuated a bit, creeping upward. That's what brought me to the 5% challenges. I participated in my first challenge during the time (right before) the SP website closed.
5% challenges keep me motivated. Even when/if the scale doesn't budge, I need the team motivation.
My favorite exercises are: line dance, once or twice a week. Water aerobics, three times a week. Walking when my walking buddy is available (hit & miss, for now.)
Now that I'm over 60 y/o, extra weight doesn't want to budge. Yes, it's frustrating. Oh, and the aches and pains aren't so nice, either. But, I'm not giving up.1 -
My exercise tends to lag over the summer; it’s just too hot here in Florida. I’ve recently discovered mall walking. I have a Sparkfriend in South Florida who goes all the time who inspired me. I never shop there so it hadn’t crossed my mind. Question: can someone explain in simple terms the easiest way to post pics on MFP?
Hi To answer your question about posting pictures on MFP, I've circled the icon that you need to click whenever posting a picture into a comment. Once you click on the photo icon, it will ask you to "attach a file". Click that and it will proceed to your camera roll (if posting from your phone.) I have better luck with photos if I've previously cropped the photos to more of a square shape...which helps them to post upright and not diagonally. Hope this helps.
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Re: pix - if you're accessing MFP via Android app, pix won't load. You can still do it, tho. Just go the the full site, using your browser. Then pix will upload 👏.
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I am so thankful for the 5% challenges continuing here on MFP. Miss sparkpeople much less & feel supported by the Shapeshifter team. I have lost close to 20 lbs over the last 2 years & am working on my final 10 lbs. They are very slow in coming off 🙃 I have health issues Thyroid, Fibromyalgia & IBS that add to the challenge. My goal for the summer is to get my weight below 180 & stabilize it there. I am on a low carb, low fodmap & limited calorie plan and try to walk daily & do strength exercise. I weigh myself daily & am learning more and more what my body needs to be healthy. I am a work in progress & am thankful to have friends & support on this journey. Thanks 5% leaders & teammates. I appreciate you & feel blessed to do this life journey with each of you.
Smiles Barb 😎1 -
My exercise plan for a successful 2023 Summer 5% Challenge will be to move/exercise more and eat healthier. I am reaching perimenopause and find the weight harder to come off as well as my energy level lowering. So that is my main goal and I hope I can not feel so alone and get through this hurdle in my life.2
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My plan for the challenge is to keep up with the exercise despite being gone from home a lot (I am even taking my scale with me). I have a list of short workout videos and I plan to walk and hike every day (unless I am on a plane...lol). I love these challenges.2
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My plan for the challenge is to be as active as I can in every possible way. I have videos and dvds of everything from tai chi, to yoga, sweating to the oldies, an exercise ball, exercise bands to all kinds of aerobic exercise workouts. I have small free weights, kettlebells, a jump rope, a hula hoop, a total gym, a treadmill, and a good pair of shoes...so there is no excuse for me not to keep at it, rain or shine, whether or not the power is on.2
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I just want to stay active during the summer, so getting my 10000 steps every day, going to the crossfit or yoga twice a week and going for a run twice a week. My running is not going that good so far, but I hope that by the end of the summer my running has improved so I can run 10 km.2
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Our indoor pool is closed for renovations for the next 4-6 weeks. It has also been over 100 since June 11 and the humidity is high. I finally made arrangements to join Planet Fitness on July 1.
I will be focusing on strength building right now. My cardiologist has put some restrictions on my cardio, but I still plan on walking at least 20 minutes a day. A lady in our resort is leading a yoga class 2X per week so I am going to give that a try.
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Summer 5% challenge motivation:
I am back in the 200s again, and I really need help with this. I seem to be having a much harder time losing weight with perimenopause. Loss is slow, even when I exercise and am pretty strict with my logging, so it can be very demotivating. My blood pressure is up, and I do not want to be on any medication if I can help it.
Summer heat sucks the life out of me and makes any outdoor exercise suck. I need to move early mornings and evenings, outside of my indoor exercise.
My eating habits tend to be really good for a few weeks, then something will get to me, and I will binge. I need to get that under control.
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