GoBlue1981 wrote: »

Hey All, as we transition to February, I’m going to try a couple new things to increase participation and accountability here. Please feel free to participate in whatever interests you, or whatever you feel would be helpful. I’ve noticed as we continue on (many of us have been here several months now) this may be becoming monotonous so we forget our day, for some of us this is brand new and hard to remember. For whichever reason (or another reason all together) the weekly reminder emails/messages I’ve been sending have gone from 5ish a week to 15ish a week. That just means more and more of our team (over half) is struggling to remember to come in and check-in and weigh in on their weigh-in day once a week. So we need some inspiration & motivation!

I’ve heard lots of great suggestions, having everyone setup calendar reminders for their day. I like that idea, please consider it if checking in once a week onnyour day is something you’re struggling with remembering, I’d also like to consider having a volunteer from each day group (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc) reach out to the other members of their day each week to check in on them and see how things are, and if they weighed in. I will still send formal reminders for everyone each week by Saturday, but if you’d like to volunteer to check in on team members from your day, let me know and I’ll get you the list of teammates from the February list when it’s final. (Some days have more than others, right now Monday and Friday are the busiest days for us).

Other things we could do if you’d like is do step challenges in addition to Craig’s challenge, I’m happy to track that for anyone who would like to participate internally with our team in weekly and monthly challenges for that...I don’t wear a tracker personally, but would be happy to log steps for the team if the team wants to log steps daily/weekly.

Lastly, I’d love to hear other things people are doing “beyond weight loss” whether it’s adjusting how you’re cooking, finding new recipes, rewarding yourself with non-food items, etc to try and live healthier beyond the scale. I’m always up for hearing positive things beyond the numbers going up and down. The war with the scale can be a long one, so realizing there are lots of battles to be won along the way is crucial to not being discouraged and burning out!

Please let me know your thoughts, feedback, etc to continue to have our team be the most successful, enthusiastic place to be!

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