Weight No More Team Chat - July 2025
Here is your Team chat room for July 2025. This is where you weigh in, post your goals and progress, discuss any issues or topics of interest, share ideas, support your teammates, receive help when you need it, and dream big. Try to post often, and help each other succeed! Bookmark this thread to make it easy to land here any time.
Fat2Fit has five great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows - contact them any time!
Our Moderators:
Ashley - @minstrelofsarcasm
Jessica - @jessicakrall8
Lauren- @lauren_989
Megan - @Megan_smartiepants1970
Our Team Captains:
Downsizers - @Megan_smartiepants1970 and [open]
Mission Slimpossible - @Katmary71 and @trooworld
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm and @melaniedscott
WaistAways - @ashleycarole86 and @lauren_989
Shape Shifters - @jessicakrall8 and @frankwbrown
Our Team Motivators:
Mission Slimpossibles - @micaroo4
Weight No More - @BodyTalking and @daria0919
WaistAways - @MaddawgMadsen
Shape Shifters - @LaurieWrobo and @nancyinmiami
HOW IT ALL WORKS: The June challenge runs for five weeks, from June 29th - August 2nd.
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, and may everyone else get to work on next week!
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 single week. You are heading steadily towards your goal even if you aren't at the top of the weight loss leader board. In March we are aiming for every team to hit 50% green every week - let's do this!
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 can be moved to the Support Team for as long as you need. 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 or re-introduce yourselves right away, and let's get July on the road! 😎
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The July Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Jun 29th. Please join us for the Fill the Plate Challenge and spend the week working on your nutrition with the team! Here's your link:
July Week 1 Group Challenge - Fill the Plate Challenge — MyFitnessPal.com
See you in the chat thread!
Jessica 😎
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Previous weight 178.5 lbs
Current weight 177.4 lbs
Sorry I am late posting, I had a crazy week (it's my son's last year in primary school, so lots of extra events, show and things to remember) and it was my daughter's ballet show (rehearsal Thursday, show Friday and all day yesterday, with me chaperoning)
Sun 15th 22,611. Sun 22nd 25,687
Mon 16th 22,303. Mon 23rd 21,080
Tue 17th 12,021. Tue 24th 14,868
Wed 18th 11,357. Wed 25th 16,643
Thu 19th 18,629. Thu 26th 11,065
Fri 20th 13,337. Fri 27th 12,019
Sat 21st 16,448. Sat 28th 2,958
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Current weight 114.9
Saturday 21st 7624 steps 3.14 miles
Sunday 22nd 16589 steps 6.87 miles
Monday23 rd 14949 steps 6.52 miles
Tuesday 24th 16872 steps 7.04 miles
Wednesday25th 17583 steps 7.50 miles
Thursday26th 14548 steps 5.84 miles
Friday 27th 13931 steps 5.63 miles
Sorry its late.
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Hello July! The new text editor and I are not friends, and my super long introduction post's format is no longer supported, so we're gonna write this over again from scratch and then copy and paste the new intro month after month…
ANYWAY
Hi, I'm Ashley! I'm one of your captains here for Team Weight No More. I am also one of the Moderators for the Fat2Fit group, so let's just say I keep plenty busy. If there are any questions or concerns or things you need, I'm your girl!
Here's the Basics…
Name: Ashley
Age: 29 (until August!)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Ohio, USA
Occupation: Chemical Engineer and Intellectual Property Manager by day, and Certified Personal Trainer by early morning/late evening (since November 2023!)
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 234lbs
Current Weight: 181lbs
Lowest Weight: 6lb 10oz (August 28th, 1995)
Lowest Adult Weight: 155lbs (although there were some heavy ED vibes, so I wouldn't romanticize that time of my life too much)
Medical Diagnosis: Multiple Sclerosis
My (Abbreviated) Health Journey…
I've struggled with my health my entire life, spent a lot of my childhood in and out of hospitals, all that fun stuff. I also grew up in a Clean Plates Club™ household, around people who taught me how to eat my feelings (my delicious, delicious feelings) and were not fond of physical activity or spending time outside. Needless to say, this resulted in an unhealthy relationship with food, a distaste for exercise, and being uncomfortably overweight.
Around the time I graduated from college, a doctor told me that I was on the verge of being pre-diabetic. As a child of a type 2 diabetic who did not take good care of himself, this terrified me. The same week I started my first "big girl job", I took my first spin class. Little did I know it would be the first of over 1200 spin classes (and counting!). Even littler did I know that it would lead to me attending bootcamps, trying out every fitness studio in the area, and eventually getting my personal training certification. And now? Now I coach group fitness classes (approx. 8 classes every week), have a personal trainer of my own, and design my own workouts.
This isn't to say that all the results I've reached are from exercise alone. I've established healthier eating habits, begun drinking more water, getting better sleep, and giving myself proper time to recover. From experience, I can say that your shape is determined by how you move, but your size is determined by what you consume. At over 180 lbs, I am more comfortably wearing clothing that I bought when I was "skinny-fat" at 160 lbs - I have more muscle, less fat, and noticeable muscle definition. That number on the scale is not a sign of health, just a measure of how much mass you have.
I have struggled against an eating disorder, an exercise addiction, a multiple sclerosis diagnosis (which still shapes my life to this day), long-term international travel, frequent work trips, dramatic break-ups, the general dating scene, debilitating health complications, family drama, holidays… whatever you're experiencing, know that you are not alone in your struggles. Whatever your situation, things are not hopeless, even when they feel like they are.
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@Emilienewme and @annliz23 - Better late than never! I updated both of your weights in the mastersheet, you are good to go!
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BodyTalking
Weigh-in 29 June
Starting weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
Previous weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
Current weight: 81.3 kg/179.23 lb
BodyTalking
Steps 22-28 June
Total: 34,167
S 1421
M 7423
T 6088
W 7551
T 609
F 1938
S 9137
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This weeks steps
06/22-11,492
6/23-6,129
06/24-10,258
06/25-11,077
06/26-8,547
06/27-13,545
06/28-7,312
06/29-5,715
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today I rode my bike to my mother in laws to take her trash out instead of driving. She lives a half mile down the road. When I got to her house I saw she had already put it out. So I decided to just ride around. It was nice getting that in early. I beat the heat and rain.
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@blessedgrandma5 - Oh that sounds so nice! It's been storming so much around here, and my work schedule has been so crazy, I feel like I haven't had the opportunity to properly enjoy the summer. You bike to anywhere in particular after your mother-in-law's, or just go where the wind took you?
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steps
Sun-2,762
Mon-923
Tuesday-0
Wed-2,668
Thursday-3,790
Fri-3,192
Sat-5,367
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only walking 30 minutes on the treadmill. I have been having a pain after my surgery. The dr has given me some meds but they are not working. He said it will take time because my nerves were really compressed but I hate not being able to do anything. I only sit around inside and then move to outside. Gets boring after a bit. At least my granddaughter is here every day hanging out and keeping me company.
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Weigh In Day: Monday
PW (Previous Weight): 218
CW (Current Weight): 217
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Hi everyone
can I join the group again please?
Cw: 78.5kg
I needed to take a month out in June.
My aim this month is to get more exercise.
I am going to do 100 squats & 100 plank shoulder tap a day this month.
Monday's has been done.
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@minstrelofsarcasm @melaniedscott
Sorry that my Monday checkin is on Wed.
PW-222
CW- 222.3
Steps 6/23 to 6/30
M 4221
T 7292
W 7966
Th 11603
F 5216
S 6179
S 3788
M 7947
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@purple1butterfly - Of course you can join back in, I'll re-add you to our sheet right now. What day of the week would you like your weigh-in to be?
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Question of the Week - What advice would you give to yourself when you were first getting started on your health journey?
For our Monday weigh-ins, I am still missing:
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this is a good question @minstrelofsarcasm
Question of the Week - What advice would you give to yourself when you were first getting started on your health journey?I think I would tell myself don’t give up and don’t become obsessive.
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@minstrelofsarcasm i just rode wherever. I live in a rural area so I normally don’t have to deal with traffic. I love where we live. I am about an hour between Dayton and Columbus. 30 minutes from Xenia, Springfield, London and Washington Court House. So I am close enough to stores and activities but far enough for the quiet.
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I am down woohoo!!! 195.2 not a lot but hey, I will take it lol
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Melanie is taking hits from all directions, so I'm going to take over the step challenge for a bit and pull my weight a bit more around these parts. Let's see if I remember how to do this…
~ Week Three Results - June 15th-21st ~
Total Steps: 445,512
Number of Steppers: 7
Average Steps per Stepper: 74,881 (+2.68% over week two!)
~ THE LEADERBOARD ~
@Emilienewme - 116,706 total | 16,672 average - Most Steps in One Day!!!
@annliz23 - 90,459 total | 15,077 average
@blessedgrandma5 - 71,342 total | 10,192 average - Most Consistent!!!
@golf2bFit - 56,426 total | 8,061 average
@SadiDiary - 43,956 total | 6,279 average
@BodyTalking - 39,470 total | 5,639 average
@ljdanny - 27,153 total | 3,879 average
Emilienewme, golf2bFit, and BodyTalking met their step goals for June Week Three! Love to see it! Way to keep it going! Way to hold yourself accountable!
~ Week Four Results - June 22nd-28th ~
Total Steps: 374,637
Number of Steppers: 6
Average Steps per Stepper: 71,187 (-4.93% compared to week three)
~ THE LEADERBOARD ~
@Emilienewme - 104,320 total | 14,903 average - Most Steps in One Day!!!
@annliz23 - 102,096 total | 14,585 average - Most Consistent!!!
@blessedgrandma5 - 68,360 total | 9,766 average
@golf2bFit - 46,992 total | 6,713 average
@BodyTalking - 34,167 total | 4,881 average
@ljdanny - 18,702 total | 2,672 average
Emilienewme met their step goal for June Week Four! Way to bring it!
TOTAL STEPS FOR JUNE: 1,205,958
Yep, you read it right… 1.2 MILLION for the month, way to go team!
For July Week One (June 29th-July 5th)…
- Step counts are due by Wednesday, June 9th! I will do my darndest to post results by the 10th, but sometimes things happen and I run late and there's nothing you can do about it
- You can share daily step counts or your weekly total, just be sure that total is JUST Sunday through Saturday (29th-5th) so the numbers aren't skewed
- If you have a step goal, or want to update your step goal, post it here! We'll keep track of it in our spreadsheet so we can award you properly
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CW 195.8
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I am going to weigh-in on Sunday
Sorry I forgot to post it.
Tuesday, Wednesday 100 squats 100 planks done. Thursday I cannot remember but I was working. Friday 80 squats, 80 planks.
We are on a day out today, I will fit them in some how.
I will post my steps on Sunday. I will have to estimate Friday's steps as my fitbit was dead.
I hope everyone is well
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Ljdanny
Thursday
Cw 188
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Weigh in day Saturday
Previous weight 177.4
Current weight 177.2
I have started sessions with a personal trainer to focus on strength training and it is going really well. She has also readjusted my calories and macro to have more protein so I expect it will be a bit different from a weight loss point of view but I already can see a bit more toning in my arms / shoulders
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Zumba_luvah
Pw- 222.4
Cw- 222.4
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CW 114.9
Saturday 13831 steps 5.63 miles
Sunday 10745 steps 4.35 miles
Monday 3743 steps 1.35 miles
Tuesday 16856 steps 7.01 miles
Wednesday 10827 steps 4.33 miles
Thursday 17299 steps 7.33 miles
Friday 12625 steps 5.09 miles
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The July Week 2 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, July 6th. Please join us for a 7-Day Video Walking Challenge and burn some calories, while having some fun AND raising that heart rate! Here's your link:
July Week 2 Group Challenge - 7 Day Video Walking Challenge — MyFitnessPal.com
See you in the chat thread! Remember to post daily and share your experiences!
Jessica 🤗
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Saturday weigh in:
SW:247
CW: 245
Yay! This week was a success
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