Hi again everyone! Welcome to all of our newcomers. My name is Melinda and I am acting team captain right now. I have been active on mfp since mid-Jan of 2018 and this is my 11th round on the Biggest Loser Challenge. I started at a whopping 315lbs. after quitting an active job, having surgery, starting my own business, and being on very high doses of steroids. I am now down to 233lbs. which is almost where I spent the majority of my adult life. My diary is open for anyone's viewing pleasure and I am willing to help out in any way that I am able. As far as personal life/hobbies: I am married to my high school sweetie for 20 years, no kids, 2 cats. I own a carpet, tile, grout cleaning business which keeps me pretty active and I am nightshift 911. My husband and I build arcade cabinets and program emulators (think old-school Pac-Man), we like Cons, and pretty much anything fantasy or sci-fi. GO TEAM FLAB-U-LESS!!

Hello All, Kristi here. I am so thankful for this Biggest Loser Challenge, has helped me lose 12 pounds and inch closer to my ideal weight. I creeped into the overweight BMI this year after being on some medications and going through a major depressive cycle. Thanks to finding a spinning bike on facebook marketplace and starting MFP again I have gotten back under control. My fitness level has increased dramatically and I feel so much better about myself! Looking forward to crushing my goals in July to be ready for Vacation come August 7!!

happy7811 wrote: »

Hi everyone.My name is Barb i am a newbie here ,but not on fitness pal.
I use to follow along with the biggest losers shows lost the weight but when they
Cancelled show i gained back.then tried off an on on my own but gave up .so this should hold me acountable.
Good luck to Everyone.

Welcome aboard @happy7811!

Hey everyone! My name is Amy. I have been battling with my weight over the last almost 15 years since having my first child. I have successfully lost 30 pounds several times over the last 6 or 7 years. I fall the wagon and tend to end up gaining more weight each time. I am going to get back on track and stick to it. I need to do this so I can be healthier for my kids as well as wanting to look and feel better when we go on our cruise in January.

Hi again everyone! So....Sunday, June 30th., officially kicks off our July Challenge! This challenge runs from June30th to July 27th. So the 1st weigh ins will be those people that chose Sunday as their weigh day. Sorry for the confusion, it keeps things equal.
We are also going to be running (Optional) Mini-challenges again this month: Question of the Week and Daily Posts

First and foremost is that participation in these challenges 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".

A side note as there has been a bit of confusion for new members in the past, 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 10 mile run, activity is activity, anything that gets you up and moving!).
Is not weight based (as weight fluctuates day by day).
Can continue beyond weight loss.

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

It also has frequent resets (as in a circle each week).

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/Date)

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

The Question of the Week Challenge is a fun participation booster and we will be using it sometimes just as fun and sometimes it can help to foster new ideas for others as we all are different and have different experiences so sharing ideas can help someone else with motivation of freshening up their routine even!! Keep on the lookout for these questions.[/color]

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 posts should look like this:
Username:
Week: November 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, please setup your posts in that format as it really makes it much easier for me to track your progress for the challenges and the weight loss!!

I'd like to help us be as successful as possible and if I can help in any way, please let me know. Also, if you have any suggestions for the team or fun ideas to spice things up a bit, please feel free to share them, I look for new ways to help engagement and keep people motivated!!

I am committed to this group and to help where I can, and please let me know if I can help in any way!!

Your team Captain,
Melinda @mram3582

Hi, my name is Becky and I have been trying to lose weight for a while.. it seems like most of my life...I made it into my 50's and over the 200 mark.. Farther into the Obese category than I want to be....now it is time to really try to get the weight off and get in shape... I do well mostly on the week but I tend to sabotage during the weekend.. I am going to make July atleast a month that I can get back into the 190's even it if is 199.9.

As you see have cats and I have a dog... No 2 legged children .. All my kids have 4 paws. I have been married to my best friend for over 13 years.

I try to crochet to keep my hands busy when not at work so I don't munch my way through the evening

Hi everyone. I'm Rhonda. Welcome to all of our new and returning teammates! I'm looking forward to a new month. @mram3582 Please include me in this months "daily post" challenge. I need more accountability if I'm going to win this battle of the bulge! The struggle is real, y'all!

Here's to our victory!

I'm catching up today on everyone's post. MFP wouldn't let me log on yesterday. I managed to get on for 10 mins before it booted me off again.

Checking in i hope this right place.
My goals today for real starting day is. Exercise,strength ,water 8-10 cups i have probles with that siince i am a coffee drinker.an my 3 goal is to stay close to 1250 to1300.

Daily post for Sunday, 6/30
Track: Yes
Calories: Over by 229
Exercise: No