tlgale wrote: »

FireVixen_Fayth wrote: »

I won't be able to weigh in until the 4th is that fine?

@FireVixen_Fayth Your weigh-in day looks to be on Tuesday's..is that correct? If so, that would be the 4th and right on time!

Alright perfect. I don't work Tuesday and Wednesday which is why I prefer it xD

kellyjellyjeanbean wrote: »

Hi everyone, I'm Kelly. This is my first time joining the challenge and I'm looking forward to the additional accountability of all you internet strangers relying on me to help the team win!

A little about myself -- 42yo F from Ontario, Canada. I'm married with two kids (18yo boy and 19yo girl). I'm about to be a semi empty-nester as we move the kids off to the University this weekend. I work from home in a pretty stressful job so I'm on the hunt for some new hobbies so that my job doesn't become my entire life without the kids around to keep me busy.
My starting weight is 170.6lbs and my weigh in day is Thursday. I hope to lose 5-7lbs this month.

Welcome to the team!
I am also from Canada.. Newfoundland

Hello Team Run Track Minds and Welcome to September!!

My name is Tracy @tlgale I will be your captain for this month.

I added a little about myself in my previous comment, please feel free to introduce yourselves and share your goals for the month as well.

We are going to be running a (Optional) Mini-Challenge this month: Daily Posts/Ultimate Accountability

First and foremost is that participation in the challenge is optional. It's up to you as to whether you want to try this. If you don't want to participate in these challenges, you don't have to, the choice is yours, but I would like to encourage you to participate as it seems to help keep us on track and thinking about our goals on a daily basis and it's encouraging to see other's successes and struggles so that we realize that we are not alone!!

The Daily Posts Challenge is based on another challenge on MFP called UAC (ultimate accountability challenge). The way UAC works is that the aim is to follow 5 basic rules.

#1. Track EVERYTHING you eat that has calories.
#2. Stay inside your allocated daily budget.
#3. Try to do at least 20 minutes of activity a day (anything: walk, run, cycle, swim, gardening, housework, yoga, gym, etc.. As long as it gets you active and off the couch)
#4. 1 pass day permitted per week (went over calories, could not track, not enough exercise, intentional pass)
#5. Check in daily (tracking yes/no, calories yes/no, exercise yes/no).

****End of the week. those who have managed to keep to plan for 6 out of 7 days are recognized in the thread as being part of the weekly "winners circle". This is not the same as the official results, which are weight based, this is just another tool to help you reach your weight loss goals.

**REMEMBER**
You set your own daily budget.
You choose you own exercise and intensity (no step limit, no exercises you cannot or should not do, 20 mins of gardening counts as much as a 10mile run, activity is activity, anything that gets you up and moving!).
Is not weight based (as weight fluctuates day by day).

Daily check in keeps you in touch with those doing similar. Longer term weight management is hard to do on your own.

It works on an honor system. Being honest with yourself and others is a key to making things work. Remember, this is a judgement free zone, everyone has good days and bad days, but the way to get to the finish line is by being honest and when we have a bad day, picking ourselves up and carrying on the next day!

Consistency and new habits have been shown the only long term successful way to change weight. We all want the progress made here to last a lifetime.

Your posts should look like this:
Daily Post (Sunday)

Track: Yes/no
Calories: Yes/no (were you under)
Exercise: Yes/no (what type and how long)
Goals or Day: (Tell us a brief description about your how your day went or goals for the day)

Please post your weight on your scheduled weigh in day, as if you miss weigh-ins, you may be eliminated from the challenge and we don't want to see that happen!!

Your weekly weigh in posts should look like this:
Username:
Week: February Week 1
PW =(previous weight)
CW=(current weight)
Just type PW & CW if you'd like (or if it's easier, you could keep a note on your PC desktop to make it easier to copy and paste from week to week.)

Please setup your posts in that format as it really makes it much easier to track.

Welcome to September! Let's make it a great month!!

Hey, sorry I though I didn't have to weigh in until next Sunday as week one, oops!

Hobii18
Sept 2, 2018 (week 1)
Pw: 212
Cw: 210.2

Hello Playmates,

Please forgive my tardiness in posting but I will be trying to check in as often as I can, I'm 56 years old and from the UK, I'm fairly active compared to what I was a few months ago ... currently have restarted C25K (W1D3 later today) and I' averaging around 6K steps a day which I am looking to increase.

Good luck to all, feel free to add me, my vitals below

Name:BrendanScrote
Weigh in day: Sunday
W1 Weight: 273

I'm fairly new to all this (despite having joined MFP 5+ years ago) so please let me know if anything is missing from the above.

FireVixen_Fayth wrote: »

9-2-18
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes under a bit
Exercise: Yes walking around 2.5-3.5 kph and did around 115 minutes I think
Goals or Day: my goal is a fairly high one but I'm working on it hard, and I mean hard. I've done it before and will again. I promise that!

@FireVixen_Fayth 115 mins..wow, great burn!!

Daily Post (Sunday)

Track: Yes
Calories: Yes, under
Exercise: Yes, 30 min. walk
Goals or Day: I had a nice NSV yesterday...I didn't have to stop and catch my breath during my walk! The park that I went to kind of does a loop where you go on an incline one way. About a month or so ago when I was there I had to stop twice and this time I didn't have to at all.

@BrendanScrote your weigh in day seems to be Saturday on the spreadsheet, was it suppose to be Sunday?

tlgale wrote: »

Welcome to the team!
I am also from Canada.. Newfoundland

My father's family is from Newfoundland. I did a road trip there visiting St. John's and surrounding areas with my sister and grandmother a few years ago. My grandmother grew up in an orphanage in St. John's. We spent time with family I had never met, toured coast lines and drove for hours through the rugged countryside. It was a great trip timed perfectly, just before my Grandma's long slide into alzheimers. Great memories.