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Mission Slimpossibles Team Chat - August 2025

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Here is your Team chat room for August 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:
Downsizers: @HorsesRock9999
Mission Slimpossibles - @micaroo4
Weight No More - @BodyTalking and @daria0919
WaistAways - @MaddawgMadsen
Shape Shifters - @LaurieWrobo and @nancyinmiami

HOW IT ALL WORKS: The August challenge runs for five weeks, from August 3rd - August 30th.

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 August on the road! 😎

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  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 8,060 Member

    I am one of your Mission Slimpossibles captains along with the fabulous @Katmary71 ! Our motivator is the inspiring and supportive @micaroo4 !

    MY INTRODUCTION

    Hi everyone. My name is Chris. I live in Southern California with my husband, cute one-eyed pirate pug named Daisy (9 yrs old) and pug pup name Violet who is 2 yrs old. Up until my mid-20s, I was a healthy weight but then the mid-20s hit and along with that came medications that made me gain weight as well as poor lifestyle choices. At my highest weight, I was 257 lbs. I had gastric bypass surgery on Dec 20, 2024 to save my life. I had to do something fast as I was losing my mobility. I haven’t had to use a cane (except at Comic-Con) since my surgery! I hope to get down to around 155 lbs, or whatever is healthy for me. That's about 30 more pounds. For exercise, I like to walk with my husband and friends. Up until my surgery, the arthritis in my knee limited me a lot. I am doing a lot better since surgery and a cortisone shot. Besides walking, I occasionally do water aerobics or hike. I also joined a gym at the beginning of June, and very much enjoy going and lifting weights. My goal is to age gracefully and be able to get up off the floor if I fall. I want to remain independent as long and as much as possible. My husband and I love to cook, I've got 9,279 recipes saved but who's counting? LOL Seriously, I do and they are all organized, so if you need a recipe for ANYTHING, let me know! I've got everything from healthy foods to pet treats to recipes for cleaning supplies. My hobbies: reading, making artwork and crafts, photography, and cooking. I do straight-up calorie counting of healthy foods and tend to eat high protein/low carb.

    Here's me:

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    Here is Daisy:

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    Here is Violet:

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  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 8,060 Member

    @TeresaW2024 It is , isn't it? SO healthy looking (for now lol)! Thank you. It must be a relief to know that the hospice nurse has so much experience and the hospice has a good reputation. I wish you strength in this process. I can only imagine how hard it is.

    @baodell17724 I think we can take a little out of each of those diets and have one good plan , eh? They all sound reasonable. Thanks for sharing. I am sorry for the gain, I hope you don't have to have more iron transfusions!

    @littlebabekitty @alimalli86 Great job !

    Hi all. I went to the gym after work yesterday even though I had a headache (and still do). I had a nice upper body workout, although I skipped one exercise that I thought would aggravate my headache. We went grocery shopping after that and got all the groceries except for the produce store. Today, I am meeting my old boss at a museum, it should be fun. I have to cut it kind of short because we have to pick up the rental van and get the new couch. For dinner last night, since it was going to be 8 pm before we got home and I knew I wouldn't feel like cooking, I got a fresh-looking margherita pizza with pesto from Sam's that was a take-and-bake pizza. It was okay and it was better than cooking.

    Tracked yesterday? No

    Want to keep track of your steps with the team? Add a tab to the Google Sheet!

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-c4S-GIz9asx1ghzcAnNdyEH1LkXL670f-2mZ4AFUqk/edit?gid=0#gid=0

    My phrase for the year: "A new era of me."

  • jessicakrall8
    jessicakrall8 Posts: 5,927 Member

    The August Week 1 Group Challenge is live and ready to begin on Sunday, Aug 3rd. Please join us for a 2nd week of our successful Partner Walking Challenge! Here's your link:

    August Week 1 Group Challenge - Partner Walking Challenge (2nd Week) — MyFitnessPal.com

    Find a partner and join us…it's great fun!! See you in the chat thread! LET'S DO THIS!!!

    Jessica 😎

  • Veta2018
    Veta2018 Posts: 681 Member

    @trooworld - I used one of your recipes and made the Kale-Walnut Pesto Pasta with a little added protein...hehehe.

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  • micaroo4
    micaroo4 Posts: 4,590 Member

    @Veta2018

    That's a beautiful home 🏡

  • vegan4lyfe2012
    vegan4lyfe2012 Posts: 1,387 Member

    My name is Jennifer and I’m a single 51 year old living in beautiful Southwest Michigan, right on the Lake (throw a stone across the Lake and you’d hit Chicago). I have an American Blue rabbit (her name is Kismet). I have 3 children in their 20s and 5 grandchildren (the oldest turned 2 in April). I go by Grammy since I consider them to be my Grammy Awards 😊

    I love to rubber stamp (I’m a Stampin’ Up demo) and make cards. I'm a Christian and also love horror movies. I’m a tea freak (I am a tea reviewer) and love love love fun indie nail polishes. I have worked in Community Development at my County for over 20 years. Tea is life.

    I have always been a yo-yo dieter, but mostly up. I have just over 60 pounds to lose (goal is 155). I am, by nature, a Negative Nancy, but I am trying to stay focused and positive. I see my therapist biweekly and he’s been a tremendous help with understanding that my ADHD causes me to be a dopamine chaser…both with food and acquiring things. We are now working on tools to address it.

    My Mantra: 2025 is MY year!

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    Michael (SIL) with Brayden; Hunter (D) with Byron; Ashley (DIL) with Amelia; Marcus (S) with Sophie; Sydney (D) with Oliver; Kalyn (Niece) with Zoey; Patrick (Nephew in law) with Elliott

  • Cornanda
    Cornanda Posts: 1,507 Member

    Hello Slims, I'm Lisa- Been in this group for about 5 years now. I really appreciate the support it provides. I have struggled with my weight since young adulthood, successfully getting rid of extra weight several times. The struggle became real as I aged. Currently, I am having success with the Mayo Clinic diet. It's been fun fitting into clothes that I have not worn in YEARS.

    I live in Florida, been married to DH for 33 years, 2 adult children off doing young adulting and my pup- Gus. For exercise, I walk, strength train, stationary bike and do step aerobics. I love nature and reading.

    In a few days, I am heading to Wisconsin to spend some time helping my parents out as my Dad is having surgery. My Mom has dementia. I hope to be able to pop in here, but we'll see.

    Got called on the carpet at work on Friday- asked a question about workflow bottlenecks that leave us with nothing to do. My manager told me that I am aggressive and bossy and I ask too many questions that make her feel she is not doing a good job. (she has given me great evaluations every year though…. hmm….) I'm glad that I will be away from work for awhile to think things over. It seems things may be tricky going forward.

    Here is a little AI thing that my sister made of Gus-

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  • micaroo4
    micaroo4 Posts: 4,590 Member

    @Cornanda - hmmm...aggressive, bossy, asking too many questions and making the boss feel like she's not doing her job…sounds like ME! I've been told to pace myself - my reply is that I DO pace myself, this is my pace, too bad if you can't keep up! Someone has to get the work done! 😉

  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 8,060 Member

    @Veta2018 Awesome live video ! I've never seen NIN in concert but would love to. Great job with the food choices and exercise! Your pesto pasta came out well and good idea to add the protein. That's a very Instagram-worthy picture! :) That's great you finished building your house and have no mortage, LUCKY! I love your new house. AND you have room for a garden, wonderful! Benny is so sweet looking, and so is Carson, he's adorable!

    @vegan4lyfe2012 I love that picture ! Thank you. I know, I am sure to kill that plant lol but it is beautiful. The new couch is very firm, so if I jumped on it, I would probably break my ankle lol. Thank you! I can't believe I'm down 72 lbs! Awww, thanks. The pic of me is at Balboa Park here in San Diego. I'm glad you took a week off. That's good that Oliver now has a rescue medicine. Oh no! Poor baby. That little baby has been through a lot, huh? That's cute about Byron's hand in the popcorn.

    @digger61 Congrats on the loss !

    @Cornanda I can't picture you aggressive or bossy . Do you think that is an accurate accusation or is she full of it? I'm sorry that happened. I love the AI Gus! Very cute.

    @TeresaW2024 I'm glad you had such a good day . That kind of relieves a little of the hard, no? Happy birthday to Hanna! That's nice that Joe's son is coming again. I hope it's a good day for you guys.

    Hi all. The museum was fun: we saw two exhibits there, one was called "Fashioning an Icon" and was about using imagery of the Virgin of Guadalupe in textile design, so lots of dresses and tops mostly. Beautiful. The other exhibit, "Historic Footprints" was Native American "ledger drawings" from Fort Marion. Ledger drawings are drawings made my Native American captives/prisoners at Fort Marion in Florida. The drawings were an adaptation of materials: they made their drawings on actual ledger paper. It was a fascinating exhibit. There were also contemporary ledger drawings. The couch pick-up was complicated: we had to take our old couch to the landfill (it was not in good enough shape to give away) after we rented a UHaul van. It was stressful driving that van: It was huge and I couldn't see out the back of it because it had this metal grate with holes throughout it. It was just my husband, me, and a furniture dolly getting both the old couch out and the new couch in. It was on a wing and a prayer that we got through that. The new couch is too big for our space (I thought it might be) but it is better than our old couch. We will have to get a new coffee table as the current one is too big with the couch. Also, the new couch is a sectional and the connectors to keep the sections together are damaged, so on one side, we need to replace the connectors. It's turned into a bigger project than we thought.

    Tracked yesterday? No

    Want to keep track of your steps with the team? Add a tab to the Google Sheet!

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-c4S-GIz9asx1ghzcAnNdyEH1LkXL670f-2mZ4AFUqk/edit?gid=0#gid=0

    My phrase for the year: "A new era of me."

  • Veta2018
    Veta2018 Posts: 681 Member

    Veta2018

    Sunday, August 3

    PW: 136.2 lbs

    CW: 135.6 lbs.

    Oh my gosh! My neighbor keeps mowing parts of my yard. It bothers me because it's different lengths then what I mow. Also, she mows the grass clippings into my driveway and the street. Yesterday, I caught her passed out on her mower next to my driveway. She was ok. Her husband said she drank a fifth of Jager and it was only 10AM.

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  • txcritter69
    txcritter69 Posts: 339 Member

    My quick intro:

    My name is Sandy and I live in Copperas Cove Tx. with my Hubby John and our 2 furbabies Tigger (cat) and Diesel (dog). We have 2 wonderful Children both married and have families of their own. I am a grandma to 5 boys ages 13 to 22. I'm a retired correctional officer of 21 yrs. I have been pretty much able to keep my weight down until my 40's. My weight topped out at 186 after I quit smoking. Now thanks to Wegovy I am back to the weight I was before having a heart attack and quitting smoking 155 lbs. I still have roughly 30 lbs to go. We will see when I get down to 130 if I want to keep going.

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    My plan for this month is to workout out every morning Mon thru Fri in my workout room and hit my 7k step goal On the weekends It will be recovery and self care.

  • minstrelofsarcasm
    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 3,043 Member
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    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 3,043 Member
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  • 19shmoo69
    19shmoo69 Posts: 1,437 Member

    19shmoo69

    Sunday

    P. W. 221

    C. W. 221

  • 19shmoo69
    19shmoo69 Posts: 1,437 Member

    Good morning, it seems it’s introduction time. Oddly enough I don’t introduce myself each month. But this month I will. 

    I’m Darren. I live in Arkansas. I am a follower of Jesus. I’ve been in the group for a really long time. I left once and came back. My weight has been an issue most of my life. My heaviest was over 312. I am currently holding at 221. I’ve not been this light in a really long time, decades perhaps. I’ve tried all sorts of diets. I have made a nutrition change. I only eat meat and animal fats. You could say that @vegan4lyfe2012 and I are opposites.

    Back to the intro, I really like music, all kinds. I mostly listen to Christian music but I do occasionally listen to non-Christian music. My preference is metal and yes paint that with a broad brush. I’m not much on music sub-labels. 

    I enjoy running. I’ve joined a running group and have gotten separated and lost more than I have staying with the group. Lol. It’s frustrating but I’ll not give up. 

    I’ll end this now because if not I’ll ramble on forever. 

    Have a blessed day. Just so you know, you have been prayed for today.

  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,615 Member

    WEIGH IN UPDATE
    WEIGH INS DUE TODAY FROM     @laurelfit57 @sleepygirl79 @s @sleepygirl79 @vegan4lyfe2012
    Reminder To WEigh In Tomorrow From @AustinRuadhain @AustinRuadhain @bobboyardee

    Hi gang! Running out the door to meet a friend after I feed and medicate the kitties, will catch up tomorrow keep being awesome!

  • sleepygirl79
    sleepygirl79 Posts: 266 Member

    @Katmary71 did you get my message about this week’s weigh in? Tagged you in a post in Julys thread

  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 8,060 Member

    Congrats, team, on achieving 1st place for the month and 3rd place for the week! Congrats to @digger61 @AustinRuadhain @Cornanda @littlebabekitty @sleepygirl79 and @19shmoo69 for leading the way ! Way to go! @davors19 @Cornanda @Digger61 kept it in the green all five weeks , way to go!!!

    @Veta2018 Congrats on the loss ! Oh gosh, that sucks about your neighbor and what she is doing to your yard. Drinking a fifth of Jager at 10 am is not good!

    @txcritter69 Great pics of Tigger and Diesel ! Congrats on your success.

    Hi all. We started the day yesterday by going to the gym. I didn't feel like going, but commitment took over and we went. I am glad I did. We were going to go to a free art festival...we made it as far as the parking lot when my husband said he didn't feel like going so we turned around and went for coffee and read instead. The weather was nice, not too hot (that's coming though, late August/September!), so it was enjoyable. We came home and my husband made us shrimp tacos, which were restaurant quality and delicious. I took a much-needed nap and then put my clothes away and went to bed.

    Tracked yesterday? No

    Want to keep track of your steps with the team? Add a tab to the Google Sheet!

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-c4S-GIz9asx1ghzcAnNdyEH1LkXL670f-2mZ4AFUqk/edit?gid=0#gid=0

    My phrase for the year: "A new era of me."

  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 8,060 Member

    @littlebabekitty Congrats on 20 lbs down !

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  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 8,060 Member

    @davors19 Congrats on 30 lbs down !

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