Shape Shifters Team Chat - March 2025
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Bearchested
Friday
PW: 188.0
CW: 188.0
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Izzyred9400
Sat weigh in
PW 136.6
CW 137.7
My steps @frankwbrown sorry for the long list
3/22 5,668. 3/23 7 637 3/24 14,196
3/25 10,583 3/26 19,615 3/27 13,376
3/28 11,570
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CasandraW
Saturday weigh in
PW 228.8
CW 230.8
Not the direction I intended to go.
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alleykat69
weigh in: Saturday
pw: 195.3
cw: 197.7
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Welcome to our team @raczudak! We're glad you found us!
Please take a few moments and introduce yourself to the team and let us know a little bit about your goals for April and beyond! We're all waiting to start celebrating milestones with you! I recommend going back to page one of this chat thread and reading our FAQ file to answer some of your basic questions…anything else you want to know, just ask and you'll likely get several responses.
Again, on behalf of your captains (myself), @Pupowl and @frankwbrown and our wonderful Motivators, @LaurieWrobo and @nancyinmiami, welcome! Good luck in April!
Jessica
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(Posting this here since April chat threads aren't open yet)…
The April Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin tomorrow on Sunday, Mar 30th. Please join us for Fruit and Veggie Bingo with a chance to win a recipe collection! Here's your link:
April Week 1 Group Challenge - Fruit and Veggie Bingo — MyFitnessPal.com
See you in the chat thread and have a great nutritious week!
Jessica
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Hi team, you have a new member joining! Please welcome @allisoncreekranch 😊
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Good morning/afternoon
Friday steps: 9,314 just missed it! 😕 But I did get outside on my bike so that was good. Welcome to the new team members. 🙋♀️
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Hi @allisoncreekranch and welcome to the team! Glad that you found us! Please take a few minutes and introduce yourself and tell us a little more about what brings you hear and what you hope to accomplish in April and in the months to come! We will all be here cheering you on your journey!
Please go back to page 1 of this chat thread and read our FAQ file to familiarize yourself with most common questions…if you have questions that are not covered, just post here in the thread, or the new April thread once it opens and I'm sure you'll get multiple responses.
On behalf of our leadership team (myself, Captain @frankwbrown and our Motivators @LaurieWrobo and @nancyinmiami, welcome aboard and good luck in April!
Jessica
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cre804
Friday
PW 193.0
CW 194.5
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Sorry if I am a nuisance! Just wondering when the April group is starting? Am giving myself a few days to ease in and finding it difficult to keep to my base calorie goal. Am eating about 300cals more I think probably because I lift weights, walk along (average about 16000 steps) and do a good bit of yoga. Still, it's so enlightenig to track calories and I definitely know I was eating way too much, even though it was healthy meals, my portions were too big. Anyways maybe the hunger pains will subside, will keep going!
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It’s never a problem to post a question or comment @leanneosullivan4432. The chat interaction is good.
I’ll defer to the Shape Shifters group leaders but I think the April group opens tomorrow since we usually start a new week on Sunday.Tracking calories really helps with portion control. That was the biggest learning for me when I started using MFP. Then, I started switching out high calorie items for lower ones because some foods just weren’t worth all the extra calories. For example, I used to eat more ice cream but now I typically only have ice cream if I walk to the neighborhood shop. I’ll sometimes substitute yogurt with fruit, or heat up apple sauce with cinnamon, for an at home treat instead of ice cream.
I tend to eat about 200-300 calories more than I should so, if I want that snack, I need to make sure I exercise enough. That’s how my weight creeps up over time 😬. I have to over-estimate my calories and under-estimate the exercise calories burned to make it work. Best wishes for the coming week!3 -
Saturday’s Steps
Daily Goal: 5,000
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Pedal__power
Pw 218.4
CW 217.8
Apologies for my absence and late weigh in. I have some catching up to do!
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Good morning all!
Saturday steps: 10,643
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@leanneosullivan4432 I concur with @frankwbrown on all counts. Post whatever question or frustration you have, that's what we're here for. 😁
Also, the hardest part for me is serving sizes. A small bag of vegetables will claim to have 4 servings when in reality it's barely enough for my husband and I. Not the end of the world when we're talking about riced cauliflower but it is with higher calorie items.
Not sure how familiar you are with MFP, but I would recommend eating fairly normal and logging everything for a week or so. Then you can run a report (we can tell you how) and see the details of the food you've logged (fat, protein,carbs, sodium, sugar, calories, etc). It will show you where you need to make changes. For example I eat 2 salads a day. 🥗I used to use bottled dressing until I saw the carb, sodium and sugar content, even the low cal ones. Now I use wine vinegar and olive oil.
What I don't recommend is making sweeping changes from the start, eliminating favorite foods and trying to live on carrots and celery. 😯 No one can live like that. We all have our favorites, Frank's is ice cream and mine is chocolate 🍫. I have a fun size pack of M&Ms every day. You just need to figure out what to adjust in other areas to make room for yours.
Anyway, welcome to the team! 🙋♀️
I'm Sue by the way 😁 no official team capacity just someone who's coming up on 65 so have been literally doing this for decades. 😂
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This chat is now closed. Please head over to April!
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