I am Lisa, co-captain with the Pam, @sleepymom5. I live in Toronto, Canada with my husband of almost 20 years and our two boys ages 13 and 9. We have been quarantine for around 6 weeks, and I have to say, April was a tough month. But we now have the hang of online schooling, working via zoom calls and carving out work space for everyone in the house. I am a lawyer and run a part-time practice from home, after many years in the corporate world. I am also a distance runner, and just prior to quarantine, I was getting back to some longer runs after a year long injury. Our boys play competitive hockey and we continue to keep them active during this unexpected break from spring hockey.

As you can see from the large graphic, May is a time for me (and many of us) to reset and refocus. My May goals go back to basics: make a food plan daily, eat according to my hunger scale, drink 2l of water daily, exercise 4-5 times per week, and restart weight loss targeting a 3 or 4 lbs loss this month.

Welcome back everyone and please give a warm welcome to our new members! Welcome @kenzierenzieroo and welcome back @lenka1 and @twyla77!!

So please hop on everyone, post an introduction and tell us about your May goals!

Some helpful info/reminders:
Posting Your Daily Updates (or more frequently)
We ask that you please try to check in daily or more if you please. If you don’t post daily, that’s ok, but just remember that the daily conversations that we have are a great opportunity for support through your journey. Please also post whenever you want, such as when you have a question, want to share information or tips, or if you need some extra support at a challenging moment or time.

For daily updates, you can use whatever format (or not) that you like. Many of us here check in with the following format:
Check in for: Thursday
Logged food: yes, on track
Water: 64 oz
Steps or exercise: 10000 and 30 minutes of yoga

Posting Your Weekly Weigh In
Please be sure to provide your weigh in as soon as you can on weigh in day. If something comes up and you cannot weigh in on your weigh day, please post here or message to advise me or @sleepymom5. We get you excused in advance, otherwise two missed weight ins on the spreadsheet mean that you will be bumped to the drop list (and eventually off the team). After you post, you will soon see the “insightful” reaction marked on your weigh in post. This means that either me or @sleepymom5 has recorded your weight on the spreadsheet. It is our system to make sure the other captain knows that the weight is recorded.

Here is how we ask that you weigh in weigh in on weigh in day:
User ID: *
Week Number: Week *
Previous weight: *
Current weight: *

Weekly Team Step Challenge
Post and let us know if you want to be in the weekly step challenge. We track Sunday to Saturday. You can post your steps daily, or cumulatively. Please try to post by the following Sunday by noon so that we can announce the winners.

F2F Weekly Weight Loss Challenge
Every Sunday, individual and team winners are announced on all team threads. We have kept up the Go Green Challenge, so we also announce how teams are doing over by % green (weight lost) on their spreadsheets. We have also introduced a new feature where we track and announce individuals who have consistently stayed green (lost or maintained).

F2F Optional Fun Challenges
The group also has optional monthly or mini challenges for all F2F members. These challenges are a lot of fun and a great way to get to know members on other teams. Look for them under the announcements.

Habit Tracker
The optional habit tracker is still going in the group thread for those of you who wish to use it. On this tracker, you are able to track certain habits daily. If you wish to use the spreadsheet, unlike the weigh ins, you will enter your own information on the habit tracker spreadsheet daily. Just go to the tab for Team Weight No More, enter your name & habits, then start tracking! The thread is also posted under the announcements.

Team Weight No More came in 2nd in the week 5 Green Challenge at 60% green! Congratulations to @lennoncpa and @hope002 for 5 weeks of green on the tracking spreadsheet, meaning consistent losses and/or maintains!!

For Week 5, congratulations to our biggest “losers”: @Freeglerock, @kirsten11872 and @GingerPwr! All three of you also made it to the F2F Honorable Mentions for the week!

For the month of April, congratulations to our biggest “losers”: @GingerPwr, @Zumba_Luvah and @srw32! @GingerPwr and @Zumba_Luvah also made it to the F2F Honorable Mentions for the month!

We are all winners for taking this healthy journey together!! Congratulations everyone!!