Downsizers Team Chat - DECEMBER 2023
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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 @Pupowl
Our Team Motivators:
Downsizers - @Slimmersixties & @NachDeezy
Mission Slimpossibles - @katmary71
Weight No More - @rachelrjh
WaistAways - @conleywoods & @cleaneater80
Shape Shifters - @Sbus12 and @Cyncia85
HOW IT ALL WORKS: The December challenge runs for 4 weeks, from December 3 - 30. 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. 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 want 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. Don't worry! You can always come back even if you get dropped.
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 last month of 2023 begin!!
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Hi everyone! I'm Kathy and I'm Mission Slimpossibles team motivator, we have the wonderful @trueworld and awesome @broncobuddee as our team captains. I'm 52 and live in the Sacramento area in CA with my two cats. I've been on MFP this round and in in this group going on 5 years next month (think I started this team a few months after I joined and it's the one group that stuck). I just had a lower back fusion (L3-L4)/fusion revision (L3-S1) and am a month out, I'm currently doing home PT and walking plus chair cardio when I'm not up for walking. I volunteer at the food bank farm, have a garden, am secretary for a local charity, and do some part-time claims stuff when I can. Weight is up a little but I'm focusing on maintaining for now. I have chronic pain/nerve issues and health issues and am focused on staying as healthy as I can and hopefully get my pain decreased.
@trooworld I'm so glad things are better with the pups, I was worried about them. I ended up getting a tea sampler instead of an advent calendar, it had really good reviews but the tumeric ginger didn't have much flavor. Hopefully it's the only dud and I picked a bad one to start with! Good luck with the pups tonight!
@BadNoodle Oh you look beautiful! Great NSV to be posting a full-body photo rockin that dress!
@Veta2018 Oh no I'm sorry to hear about your night in the hospital, upper back and shoulder pain can feel a lot like something is wrong with the heart and if BP is higher from pain it confuses things. I hope the cortisone shots kick in fast! I was talking with two other people who have had multiple back surgeries and we were all saying we wished we could stay on steroids all the time. 150Lbs here you come!
@vegan4lyfe2012 DavidsTea is really good, a friend on MFP sent me a couple to try and they were so good. Like I said to Chris I'm hoping I started with a dud one as this tea had great Amazon reviews but of course can't always trust reviews. I should've asked here first! That'll definitely be fun for you and Hunter to do. Your nails are beautiful and festive!
My step goal is going to be around 4000, I'm not at that yet but am headed out for the night and plan to be walking around.
Let's have a great December!1 -
I weighed in today and am ready to get started!
Username: @FindingSamMon
Weigh-in Day:Friday
Challenge Start Weight: 237.6
Step Goal: 6000
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Hi everyone! I'm Kathy and I'm Mission Slimpossibles team motivator, we have the wonderful @trueworld and awesome @broncobuddee as our team captains. I'm 52 and live in the Sacramento area in CA with my two cats. I've been on MFP this round and in in this group going on 5 years next month (think I started this team a few months after I joined and it's the one group that stuck). I just had a lower back fusion (L3-L4)/fusion revision (L3-S1) and am a month out, I'm currently doing home PT and walking plus chair cardio when I'm not up for walking. I volunteer at the food bank farm, have a garden, am secretary for a local charity, and do some part-time claims stuff when I can. Weight is up a little but I'm focusing on maintaining for now. I have chronic pain/nerve issues and health issues and am focused on staying as healthy as I can and hopefully get my pain decreased.
@trooworld I'm so glad things are better with the pups, I was worried about them. I ended up getting a tea sampler instead of an advent calendar, it had really good reviews but the tumeric ginger didn't have much flavor. Hopefully it's the only dud and I picked a bad one to start with! Good luck with the pups tonight!
@BadNoodle Oh you look beautiful! Great NSV to be posting a full-body photo rockin that dress!
@Veta2018 Oh no I'm sorry to hear about your night in the hospital, upper back and shoulder pain can feel a lot like something is wrong with the heart and if BP is higher from pain it confuses things. I hope the cortisone shots kick in fast! I was talking with two other people who have had multiple back surgeries and we were all saying we wished we could stay on steroids all the time. 150Lbs here you come!
@vegan4lyfe2012 DavidsTea is really good, a friend on MFP sent me a couple to try and they were so good. Like I said to Chris I'm hoping I started with a dud one as this tea had great Amazon reviews but of course can't always trust reviews. I should've asked here first! That'll definitely be fun for you and Hunter to do. Your nails are beautiful and festive!
My step goal is going to be around 4000, I'm not at that yet but am headed out for the night and plan to be walking around.
Let's have a great December!
Think you posted this in the Downsizers team chat by mistake!
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Hello Team Downsizers ....First I would like to welcome our new members @FindingSamMon welcome back to our amazing team and welcome to our team @prodigal6766 ....I hope you enjoy it as much as I have ...I have been with this group for 3 years and absolutely love it ... I have been on and off of MFP since 2009 (I had a bad habit of giving up on myself and deleting my accounts..I promised myself that I would not give up on myself ever again(been on this screen name since 2018) Second let me introduce myself ... I am Megan and I am the co-captain of this marvelous team along with our amazing captain Linda..I am also one of the moderator's so if a problem arises please let me know so that I and the other moderator's can solve the problem ... Most of you newcomers have already met me since I am in charge of recruiting ...Now a little about me ... I was born in Alberta Canada..I was adopted as a baby...I have lived in California most of my life ... I would love to move to Colorado.. I am an animal lover... I have 2 dogs a German Shepherd named Dakota who is turned 6 years old on 10/10( and a Siberian Husky named Aspen who will be 6 years old 12/22) ... I lost my 2 grandma kitties Kylie 17 1/2 and Mocha 17 recently within 4 days apart and a parrot named Petey (not sure who talks more him or myself LOL) I am a mom of 2 ..Alyssa who turned 18 on 10/5 and graduated high school on June 9th my little girl is not little no more ..I have home schooled her from day 1 .. She has been on honor roll every year who wants to be a veterinarian once she receives her diploma ... I have a son named Austin who is 24 (had a birthday on 10/24 who is married with 2 kids and was in the Navy now he has graduated from the academy and is a cop.. I am a very proud mama
Now lets talk about the step challenge that I am in-charge of for our team ...If you want to be added please give me your name and a step pledge that you plan to hit daily and post your steps either daily or weekly (whatever is easiest for you) in here .... If you want to be removed , change your step goal , excused etc. please let me know ... I do have a converter chart where I can convert most exercise into steps ...On Sunday mornings I will put up a reminder of the people's steps I need ...
I will not being doing any goals this month due to still being sick with bronchitis ... I had a lot of health issues...but I am happy to say that I am off all meds ..I am no longer type 2 diabetic ... I had kidney stones ... 3 hernia surgeries ... a screw in my right foot due to stress fractures ... Left foot has arthritis in the ankle and I have quite a few bone spurs in the foot .. ... I also have tendonitis in my knees and I was born with hip dysplasia..As many of you know I am out of commission for who knows how long due to playing ball with the pups in the backyard and falling in one of the craters my dogs dug up...I broke my ankle in 2 places and tore tendons and ligaments ...I had surgery on 10/19 where I have a plate and 4 screws and I had an infection where one of the screws is ..... I had my 2nd foot surgery on 12/15 3rd foot surgery happened on 1/31 where he put a rod in my foot (which is giving me problems)
4th surgery happened on 3/31/23 where I have 2 new rods in my leg and more screws in my foot
5th foot/leg surgery happening on 7/7/23 ...6th foot surgery happened on 8/25 where I have a plate and more screws.. 7th surgery happened on September 16th when I lost my balance and fell in my home .. and had to have the rod that I bent replaced ... Crossing fingers, toes and eyes that I am done with surgeries
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FindingSamMon wrote: »I weighed in today and am ready to get started!
Username: @FindingSamMon
Weigh-in Day:Friday
Challenge Start Weight: 237.6
Step Goal: 6000
Welcome back. You're very brave starting in a month which can be such a challenge to us! I'm sure you'll succeed3 -
I'm Lis, 60 from the uk but been living in Spain for 22 years. I spend 8/10 months of the year travelling in my rv, it's my happy place where i control my eating with no problem and exercise loads. Just done 3 months visiting some fantastic places!
I started on mfp in August 2021 at 276lb. I'm currently 181.2 just 5.2lb away from my goal of 100lb lost! Hoping to get there by the end of 2023 but it's a challenge as now I'm back home which means less exercise and more socialising but I'm determined to finish my fantastic 60th year on a massive high!4 -
Little bit about me. I have lived in South Florida for the last 46 years. Originally from Virginia. I’m 57, divorced, one son and I haven’t worked in 8 years because of bipolar disorder l and back issues. I have struggled with my weight ever since I got into the car business back in 1995, going from a svelte 180 to over 300 lbs over the course of several years!! I have tried a couple of diets, tried working out, but never could stick to anything. I am type 2 diabetic now and that hasn’t helped. For some reason, about 2 months ago, I started to become deeply concerned for my health and committed to eating better and sleeping better. I started MFP at 305 lbs and I currently weigh 274. I can tell you that MFP and the community have been foundational in my quest for health. I thank God for you guys and look forward to better health and fitness in the foreseeable future.
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Housekeeping
Weigh In
I will post a weigh in reminder every day. Please use the following format for reporting your weight as it makes it much easier to find. Let me know if you need to change your weigh in day or have to miss a week.
Username
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
Daily Check In
You can do this in any format you want. Things you may want to report could include calories, exercise, water intake, goals or anything you want to share. Share your successes with the team, any struggles or questions you may have.
Step Challenge
Megan takes care of the step challenge. She will make a post with everything you need to know.
Weekly Group Challenge
Each week there is a group challenge that runs from Sunday to Saturday. Jessica, one of the moderators, will post a link each week. Take time to check them out.
Introductions
Take time to introduce yourself. It’s fun to get to know each other. If you have been on this journey for awhile tell us about your successes.
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Welcome to December! I am Linda and I am one of the team captains along width Megan who does an amazing job. I am married with 3 adult children. I have 4 beautiful granddaughters ranging in age from 2 to 18. I have two fat cats named Lady and Nick.
I started my weight loss journey in February of 2019. It’s been slow going but I finally reached my goal weight in November.. I have binge eating disorder and in 2018 started therapy. I learned to manage my binge triggers and reduce the binge eating. Getting this under control was a big help in my success. I joined this group right at the beginning of my journey and never would have reached goal without it. Thank you to all my present and previous teammates for all your support.
My fitness definitely needs work. I lost my motivation months ago and have not been going to the pool as much as I should. I am working on improving my walking. I have a bad back(nerve issues). This along with neuropathy and venous reflux causes quit a bit of pain. I can’t go for long walks anymore so I do mini walks. I started a new medication to help with the neuropathy pain but it will take another 2 or 3 months to get to the proper dose. I have increase my steps over the last few months and I feel my walking is getting better. This is so exciting to me. I am going to try increasing my steps to 4750 for December.
My biggest NSV to date is being insulin free for the last 2 years. Losing weight is the best thing I ever done for my diabetes. I wish I could have figured this out years ago.
Goals:
Maintain my weight
Close my rings daily
4750 steps daily
15 minutes minimum of walking each day
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Slimmersixties wrote: »I'm Lis, 60 from the uk but been living in Spain for 22 years. I spend 8/10 months of the year travelling in my rv, it's my happy place where i control my eating with no problem and exercise loads. Just done 3 months visiting some fantastic places!
I started on mfp in August 2021 at 276lb. I'm currently 181.2 just 5.2lb away from my goal of 100lb lost! Hoping to get there by the end of 2023 but it's a challenge as now I'm back home which means less exercise and more socialising but I'm determined to finish my fantastic 60th year on a massive high!
I not sure if I told you before but when you joined and watching you lose so much weight really inspired me. I am turning 60 in June. You made me want to go from those fat fifties to slimmer sixties. Thank you.2 -
Just wanted to add a few things.
Please add myself @lindamtuck2018, Megan @Megan_smartiepants1970, Lis @Slimmersixties and Nach @NachDeezy as friends. I promise we won’t bombard you with messages.
This one in particular happens a lot in December. Please continue to post your weight even if you are up. I know people tend to struggle more during the holidays but by posting your weight no matter what the number keeps you in the group and still here once the holidays are over. Personally, I tend to struggle in August to late fall. I found by continuing to keep post my weight it kept me from totally giving up and gaining all my weight back. This is a very supportive team. Remember, we are here for the good, the bad and the down right ugly.
Finally I will be posting the introduction questions over the next few days instead of all at once. The first is:
Tell us about yourself. What is your name or what you would like to be called? You could include a little about your family, where you live, pets , work, hobbies, etc. Share as much or as little as you would like. Most of you have done this before but it is good to share again.2 -
A bit of holiday humour:
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The December Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Dec 3rd. I hope you'll join us for the "Hello December Challenge" and get your fitness fix on! Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10904491/december-week-1-group-challenge-hello-december-challenge/p1?new=1
See you in the chat thread.
Jessica
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »Slimmersixties wrote: »I'm Lis, 60 from the uk but been living in Spain for 22 years. I spend 8/10 months of the year travelling in my rv, it's my happy place where i control my eating with no problem and exercise loads. Just done 3 months visiting some fantastic places!
I started on mfp in August 2021 at 276lb. I'm currently 181.2 just 5.2lb away from my goal of 100lb lost! Hoping to get there by the end of 2023 but it's a challenge as now I'm back home which means less exercise and more socialising but I'm determined to finish my fantastic 60th year on a massive high!
I not sure if I told you before but when you joined and watching you lose so much weight really inspired me. I am turning 60 in June. You made me want to go from those fat fifties to slimmer sixties. Thank you.
Thank you Linda and ditto .... watching you get to goal has inspired me to! Looking forward to joining you in maintenance!
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Downsizers! You have a new member joining you. Please welcome @myhands4God ! Have a fantastic month.3
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Welcome myhands4God.1
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I think I should have done this yesterday
@prodigal6766
Weigh-in day: Saturday
Challenge starting weight: 274 lbs
Daily step goal: 10,000 steps (except Sunday)2 -
Welcome to the team @myhands4God!1
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Steps:4,987
Lots of housework and Christmas shopping to do today. Better get started.
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Hello Downsizers, my name is Jim and I live in St. Louis, Missouri with my wife Susan and our youngest son who's a high school senior (soon to be empty nesters). We have another son in college and two adult daughters. We're big travelers and have taken the kids to all 50 states to visit all the capitals and many National Parks (45+) along with a few Canadian provinces and Caribbean islands. I used to travel a lot for work (many times overseas) but changed jobs 7 years ago and now it's all pleasure trips at this point.
I've been overweight for probably 20 years but once was in great shape and so I know I have it in me to get back to that (relative to my age now). I had dropped to 205 lbs about 2 years ago but regained most of it back and am now hovering right around 240.
Pros: I eat pretty healthy and otherwise have good medical history
Challenges: Workaholic, insomnia, portion control
I'm glad to be a part of this team and am looking forward to sharing in our collective success (1 week at a time). We recently celebrated with some friends at a Christmas-themed pop-up restaurant. I'm the one at the end of the table on the bottom right and Susan is on the far left side on the bottom left. Everything was very festive and we had a great time and I had an arugula and beet salad and split a turkey sandwich with Susan (good choice!) ... but also a few too many drinks (oh well, no one is perfect right?).
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Welcome to our amazing team @myhands4God 1
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Here is my friendly Sunday reminder of the people's step I need for November week 5 ...Please have your steps in no later than Tuesday evening 12/5/23...Thanks for your cooperation
@aactuallyaash 11/26 - 12/2
@Mama530 11/ 26 - 12/2
@laquita606 11/26-12/2
@Learningmoments 11/26- 12/2
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Hello Downsizers, my name is Jim and I live in St. Louis, Missouri with my wife Susan and our youngest son who's a high school senior (soon to be empty nesters). We have another son in college and two adult daughters. We're big travelers and have taken the kids to all 50 states to visit all the capitals and many National Parks (45+) along with a few Canadian provinces and Caribbean islands. I used to travel a lot for work (many times overseas) but changed jobs 7 years ago and now it's all pleasure trips at this point.
I've been overweight for probably 20 years but once was in great shape and so I know I have it in me to get back to that (relative to my age now). I had dropped to 205 lbs about 2 years ago but regained most of it back and am now hovering right around 240.
Pros: I eat pretty healthy and otherwise have good medical history
Challenges: Workaholic, insomnia, portion control
I'm glad to be a part of this team and am looking forward to sharing in our collective success (1 week at a time). We recently celebrated with some friends at a Christmas-themed pop-up restaurant. I'm the one at the end of the table on the bottom right and Susan is on the far left side on the bottom left. Everything was very festive and we had a great time and I had an arugula and beet salad and split a turkey sandwich with Susan (good choice!) ... but also a few too many drinks (oh well, no one is perfect right?).
Welcome aboard Jim and Susan. We take it one week at a time and try to support everyone's efforts. Things change as the nest empties out, the road trips for work end, and much of the workaholic pressure subsides. Transitions are good. No time like the present to start working on getting back down to that 205 physique. But no matter what, your friends on this team will be here to help. Nice Christmas picture, by the way.
Rick
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »
Good morning Downsizers. Here are my weigh-in numbers:
Name: rwillems
Weigh-in Day: Sunday
PW: 2788.0 lbs
CW: 279.8 Lbs (Up 1.8 but below 280! My personal challenge)
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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Here are my steps from last week.
Sun 17,471
Mon 22,117
Tue 26,039
Wed 6,620
Thu 20,501
Fri 19,142
Sat 18,988
Tot 130,878
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Hi everyone! I'm Darlene and this is my second round with the Downsizers. I am retired, 63-year-old, married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been on this weight loss journey since January 2023 and have lost 63 pounds to date. My original goal was to get out of the obese category - but made that last month. My new goal is to get to "ideal" with a five pound buffer, so I have about another 30 pounds to go. I also had a goal in 2023 to walk 2,023 in 2023 and completed that in November as well. My new goal is to get to 2,400 by the end of the year, and complete a 10K on Jan 1 (walking). Walking is my main exercise, with my current goal at 17k steps a day. I try to strength train 3 days a week, and some kind of stretch exercise once a week (don't love the stretching!). I will be changing my username shortly (when one of my other groups completes the round); hoping that it won't mess things up here - I'll let you know when it completed (thinking 17KStepsADay). My goals this month:
- 4 pounds (always my goal), although with the holidays will be happy without a gain.
- Average 17K steps a day (I usually "rest" one day a week)
- Strength train 3 times weekly
- Stretch train once weekly
- Hit 2,400 miles walked in 2023
- Be better about checking in here!
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