TEAM: Flab u Less (April)

craigo3154
craigo3154 Posts: 2,572 Member
Welcome to the Challenge new and returning teammates!! This is the conversation/weigh in thread for your Team :) Keep on losing because our first weigh ins begin THIS Sunday! I am here for you should you need anything - simply message me or tag me by putting an '@' just before my username (NO SPACES) and I will get to you asap! ~ Craig @craigo3154.
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  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    @craigo3154 if you need a co-captain I would like to help :)
  • craigo3154
    craigo3154 Posts: 2,572 Member
    edited March 2018
    Djou11 wrote: »
    @craigo3154 if you need a co-captain I would like to help :)

    @Djou11. Replied in "CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS" thread.
  • koirakoira
    koirakoira Posts: 166 Member
    Thank you @craigo3154 for setting this up!
  • 12774
    12774 Posts: 1,416 Member
    I'm in
  • jamesfamily4
    jamesfamily4 Posts: 18 Member
    Hi, had a good month for March, looking forward to April and maybe no snow???
  • Frens0614
    Frens0614 Posts: 741 Member
    Yes, thanks @craigo3154 for doing this! It's the most organized group I've seen and I'm really excited to have some motivation from everyone else in a similar boat as me.
  • bisonpitcher
    bisonpitcher Posts: 519 Member
    I didn't seem to get rolled over into the April spreadsheet. I'm sure it was just an oversight, but I definitely still want in. Thanks!
  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    Hi, had a good month for March, looking forward to April and maybe no snow???

    Looking forward to a good month of April too, and most definitely looking forward to warmer weather :)
  • craigo3154
    craigo3154 Posts: 2,572 Member
    Frens0614 wrote: »
    Yes, thanks @craigo3154 for doing this! It's the most organized group I've seen and I'm really excited to have some motivation from everyone else in a similar boat as me.

    @Frens0614. Thank you. I try had to keep everything on track. I find the people are worth the effort.

    Best of success for the month ahead.
  • tthomson1979
    tthomson1979 Posts: 3 Member
    Hello everyone. I’m new to the group this month. Very excited to start being healthy again. Ive taken a hiatus after 2 kids ...... time to get back at it!!!!
  • aganey
    aganey Posts: 501 Member
    Hey group. Been doing this challenge since January. Jan was great, Feb and Mar not as successful. I'm looking forward to a fresh start in April to get back on track. We can do this!
  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    Hello everyone. I’m new to the group this month. Very excited to start being healthy again. Ive taken a hiatus after 2 kids ...... time to get back at it!!!!

    @tthomson1979 Welcome aboard and yes kids have a way of sucking up all our time and energy, but remember healthy happy parents makes healthy happy kids. :) We're all in this together
    aganey wrote: »
    Hey group. Been doing this challenge since January. Jan was great, Feb and Mar not as successful. I'm looking forward to a fresh start in April to get back on track. We can do this!

    @aganey Happy to still have you with us, let's make April a good one together. :)
  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    I didn't seem to get rolled over into the April spreadsheet. I'm sure it was just an oversight, but I definitely still want in. Thanks!

    @bisonpitcher looking into it. @craigo3154 can you help me out with this I checked and I'm not seeing his name either.
  • wyhorzegal
    wyhorzegal Posts: 152 Member
    Welcome everyone!! and thanks @Djou11 for being our new leader! :)

    I joined this group in Jan and I am now -32 pounds down. I love these challenges and everyone is so helpful!

    I live in one of the most beautiful places in Wyoming, and I spend as much time outside on my horses as possible. I am in my 40's and i just want this weight to be gone and to be healthy! I know my horses are loving me being lighter too! :)
  • SavannahS2016
    SavannahS2016 Posts: 350 Member
    Hi all look forward to joining in this journey with you all. Quick hi to our leader @Djou11 looking forward to getting to know you and others more.
    I am Savannah, I am 26 and I have 2 children one almost 5 yearold boy and his baby sister who is 4 months old. We live in Wales in the UK and enjoy spending time outside (weather permitting lol)
    I want to lose weight to be more healthy would like to give running a go and to fit back in a pair of pre baby size 12 jeans.
    Good luck to all of team Flab-U-Less feel free to add me :)
  • koirakoira
    koirakoira Posts: 166 Member
    Thank you @Djou11 for stepping forward.
    I second @aganey on everything she said
  • tslose
    tslose Posts: 420 Member
    Thank you @Djou11 for being our leader. I can only imagine what it takes to keep up with all this. Thank you also @craigo3154. As it is a tremendous amount of work but looking through the comments it looks like you have it down. I am very excited about this challenge . I am hoping this is it. I need to get back on track and lose at-least 20lbs. I am 53 from Tennessee and my weight fluctuates from 160-180. I have to get it under control. I tend to go all in and then fade. I need to stay on task. Go team Fab-U Less!!
  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    @SavannahS2016 Happy for you to join us, totally understand the pre baby jeans, I have a bin full that I still hope to one day fit back in :) you've got this momma.

    @tslose I tend to go all in for a few weeks too and then fall off track, we're all here with you to keep you focused. :)
    feel free to reach out
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,346 Member
    Djou11 wrote: »
    Hi everyone, just wanted to take a few seconds to say a quick little hello. I'm the new captain to the AMAZING Flab U Less team. it's my first time ever holding such role in this group, I hope to be as good as our past leaders :)
    Feel free to msg me anytime. I little about me ... I'm 40 yr old, from London Ontario, Canada. Mom to 5 amazing kiddos (almost 20, 18, 4 1/2, 21 months and 8 months) I have been struggling with my weight my entire adult life.
    I joined this group in February and my struggles are still quite real. I just recently started eating according to the Keto diet + IF, hoping this is the right solution for me. I would be happy to get a little hello/intro from new and old members, and please feel completely safe to share whatever you need/struggle with along with your good days and victories (non-scale victories too )

    Whishing you all a very good healthy April xox
    Thanks for signing up to be captain!


  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,346 Member
    I'm turning 50 in a year and a half, and I got an idea that I'd like to to be able to wear a bikini by the time I'm 50. I weigh 164 lbs. now and want to be in the 140s by then. Not a string bikini for me, but a tasteful two piece classy bathing suit.

    I recently saw a picture of me from eight years ago, when I weighed in the 180s (for me that was my heaviest weight ever), and I felt sad for myself. I looked sad. Weight is relative as you know. So, for me that weight was just unhealthy, because it represented a bad time emotionally in my life.

    Not only because I looked unhappy and unhealthy, I just felt that I was working so hard at being the perfect mom and teacher, that I lost who I was. I lost my identity pleasing others. As I stared at that picture, but I knew that I was in a bad state of mind numbing myself with alcohol and snacks. I remember watching The Bachelor each week chowing down on a big bag of Doritoes.

    I am so happy I found MFP a few years, and since November, I found these challenges to be so helpful and motivating. I want to end this decade on a positive healthy, happy note. I am looking forward to my 50s. I'm getting over this people pleasing disease and living for others' approval. Many of you have evolved beyond that , but I'm a little bit slow in my evolution.

    Anyway, that's who I have been and where I want to be in the next year. Thanks for letting me share. I had no plan on revealing all this on this post, but the words just poured out.
    Happy Easter! And I'm looking forward to April- spring, rebirth, and renewal. Xo
  • koirakoira
    koirakoira Posts: 166 Member
    Happy to see you again @JulieAL1969 . Thanks for sharing your journey. April will be the the perfect month for us all to being active, stick to our plans, or have a new start.

    Happy Easter!
  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    @JulieAL1969 thank you so much for sharing your journey with us. I know that you're will rock that bikini
  • Djou11
    Djou11 Posts: 167 Member
    Hi everyone,
    Hope everybody is well. I just wanted to take the time to wish you Happy Easter (for those who don't celebrate it, Happy long weekend lol)
    Hope we all get to spend some good times with our family and loved ones. I also know how tempted we'll all be by all that chocolate and decadent food, but before overindulging remember that you're on this journey because you love your body more than anything else, therefore you will do everything in your power to keep it healthy longer. We're all at different stages of our journeys but we all share the same struggles, so pls msg us in moments of temptation, we're here to support each other.

    Happy Easter and my You all have a blessed weekend xoxo
  • ToadstoolBetty
    ToadstoolBetty Posts: 292 Member
    edited March 2018
    Hi everyone.
    I tried to do the biggest loser in January and was put into this group but I wasn't in the right mind and kind of failed.
    I turn 40 in October and seriously want to be as close to 10st as I can be.
    I've spent the last 2 years trying to get back to this weight but I lose a stone to stone and a half to gain back 12lbs the first year and 10 this winter just gone.
    So starting over and really want to get closer this time. I'm a stone lighter than I was when I started last year so hopefully I'll get there this time.
  • lar25473
    lar25473 Posts: 183 Member
    Hi!!! Do we weigh in today? Or is that next Sunday?
  • ToadstoolBetty
    ToadstoolBetty Posts: 292 Member
    lar25473 wrote: »
    Hi!!! Do we weigh in today? Or is that next Sunday?

    Next Sunday if your weigh in day is Sunday for week 1 as they already have your start weight.
  • MiltonBuddy
    MiltonBuddy Posts: 17 Member
    Hi Everyone! Still trying to figure out how this community and challenge works but glad I found you! I need the motivation and accountability! Didn’t even realize it existed until last night! I’m 48, work in Safety, Quality and Regulatory, have two kids, 19 and 17 and live in Milton, Ontario (pretty darn close to London, Ontario and @Djou11
  • MiltonBuddy
    MiltonBuddy Posts: 17 Member
    Half my post was lost so I’ll try again!
  • ToadstoolBetty
    ToadstoolBetty Posts: 292 Member
    Starting on Easter Sunday and while kids are on holiday isn't the best start. Seriously over food wise. Then I did that thing of using that as an excuse to finish the kids food off.
    I know better. Starting properly tomorrow and now need to make up for today.
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