TEAM: Gutbusters (June)
AB0215
Posts: 7,141 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! ~ Ashley @AB0215.
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! ~ Ashley @AB0215. 0
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Excited to be back for June!2
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I am Super excited to start this challenge!3
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Let the games begin 😁3
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I'm starting over.. again. Accountability means a lot to me. Every time I step away from here, I gain a lot of weight. Took May off, and I'm up 8 lbs!
I'm a 49yo homeschooling mom to an amazing almost 12yo boy. I was healthy and thin most of my life until about 9-10 years ago. Then... I gained 70 pounds and got diagnosed with diabetes plus fatty liver disease. My son has some serious health issues and I'm his main caregiver, except when hubby helps me out on weekends. I'm always functioning at a high stress level, which doesnt help with my health. I lost 35 lbs 2 years ago but then my son's health went downhill and I gained almost all of it back.
Hello and good luck to all the old and new faces here!8 -
Hi team! Welcome to JUNE! I am your captain, Megan!
Little about me: 40 year old mom and teacher. My main focus is on maintenance; I lost 50+ pounds about 20 years ago and have maintained since. I try to keep myself around a certain weight (hovering at the top of that right now!)
I live in Chicago and, as you may know, we continue to work hard to battle Covid here. We open up a bit on Monday! I am very proud to be Staying Home and Saving Lives! But there are challenges and I have been so down the last month, especially; I have felt like I have no goals and no structure in my life; I found myself taking little pleasure in anything; that needed to change.
I am ready to do my best to change that and have some new structures built in for myself, mainly around filling my emotional cup in healthy ways (family, safely seeing a few friends, more reading) so I don't need to do it with chips.
Please, take a moment to tell us about you. thanks for joining!
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Hi, I'm Betsy and live as an expat in the Middle East. Our country has been in severe lockdown. It's been a hard and difficult few months as I know it has been for many of us.
I think my main issue is not comfort or boredom eating.
I have a husband and two sweet boys we decided to homeschool as the schools are planning on not being open in August. All the feels.3 -
It's Sunday! Welcome to JUNE!!! Wonderful. mix of old and new friends! Glad to see everyone!
Please say hello if you haven't!
@pen1172
@Cutetomato13
@miss_fit_ellie
@Smilee3233
@The_Quail_Queen
@Kenyaa3
@SquirrelSquad
@allietuge
@GLouis4
@inshapeCK
@KaraCramphorn
@S_Ohara
@ThatExpatMom
@Tickie99
@Colleen790
@Doingitforme20
@flourchild225
@ilarrotta
@Metubal
@Matthewsfive
Sunday weigh in from:
@pen1172
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June week 1
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I’m proud of this team’s work! And happy to be part of this team.
Let’s rock June!5 -
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I’m Janice living in Australia. Learned recently I have high cholesterol and fatty liver so am trying hard to lose weight particularly to improve health.
1 June
Exercised? Yes. 50 minute walk
Calories? Yes in budget
Tracked? Yes3 -
It's Monday, June 1. I am so happy you're here. If you haven't done so, please take a moment to introduce yourself. Our team does best when we're all actively involved! Then, it's a community!
Weigh in's today from:
@Cutetomato13
@miss_fit_ellie
@Smilee3233
@The_Quail_Queen
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June week 1
PW
CW
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Happy Pride Month everyone!
Happy to be back for June. Hoping for a larger margin of success this month *fingers crossed* but no matter what I am grateful for everyone's support and proud of myself for sticking with the challenge
We got this!! 2 -
I guess I missed the "tell us about yourself" part, so buckle up:
CW: Eating Disorders and oversharing haha
35 y/o cis woman (pronouns she/her) living in the city of Chicago. I work from home doing boring work in the mortgage industry. I have several chronic health issues that make weight gain v easy and weight loss v difficult. (Severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, Fibromyalgia, multiple subluxations in my spine, Sciatica, etc)
BUT my partner and their little niece are hyper active people and I want to be able to keep up with them and go on adventures, so I'm finally taking myself seriously with weight loss/building endurance.
Important to note is that I am not ashamed of my fat body. I am VERY pro-body acceptance and radical self-love. I spent many years struggling with EDNOS (Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified) meaning I would binge, purge, and then starve for 3-5 days, etc but since I never became underweight I couldn't be considered Anorexic or Bulimic. I struggled with this pattern from ages 14-until last year. It's only very recently that I learned to love myself no matter my size. And because of that I hesitated a lot to join a weight loss challenge. I was very worried that it would trigger my pattern of starving.
However!! I am pleased to say that last month (while not a perfect month) I did feel completely in control of my eating. Even when I overate it was a choice rather than a compulsion (ex: period days lol) and when I was eating less it was still within my recommended calorie amount, never too little. This all may sound like not a big deal to the average person but for someone with 20 years of eating disorders... I felt GOOD about my eating for the first time as an adult last month, and that was in part because of the challenge and how I was approaching food.
So I am back for this month and I am super excited! I am here to be stronger, faster, and more active.
I look forward to seeing how we all do. Remember to love yourself and treat yourself with kindness. Guilt and shame are not productive emotions and you deserve better than that. We may all be working on changing our bodies, but you are BEAUTIFUL and you deserve to hear good things even from your own brain.
Let's kick June's *kitten*! Love to y'all
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(it converted a-dollar sign-dollar sign to *kitten* lmao I meant let's kick June's a s s!)2
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Hi Team,
I have given myself a six month challenge to lose weight, lower my cholesterol (I’ve just been prescribed statins 😩), and improve my overall health. I am 44, married, mom of three kids & three dogs 🐶, working full time (currently from home) in Ontario, Canada. The gym has been closed since mid-March due to COVID, so this challenge will be done from home. This is month one, and I am excited to start it here!1 -
Smilee3233
June week 1
PW 240.9
CW 239.22 -
Smilee3233 wrote: »Hi Team,
I have given myself a six month challenge to lose weight, lower my cholesterol (I’ve just been prescribed statins 😩), and improve my overall health. I am 44, married, mom of three kids & three dogs 🐶, working full time (currently from home) in Ontario, Canada. The gym has been closed since mid-March due to COVID, so this challenge will be done from home. This is month one, and I am excited to start it here!
Welcome & best of luck!1 -
Hi everyone 👋🏻😁
I’m an 18 yr old joining this challenge with my mom @Smilee3233 in hopes to loose some weight before university in the fall and start my long exciting journey in becoming a veterinarian🐄🐎🐕. Im excited for this gut busting challenge and hope to kick some butt! 😁💜3 -
cutetomato13
June week 1
PW: 272.4
CW: 271.43 -
cutetomato13 wrote: »Hi everyone 👋🏻😁
I’m an 18 yr old joining this challenge with my mom @Smilee3233 in hopes to loose some weight before university in the fall and start my long exciting journey in becoming a veterinarian🐄🐎🐕. Im excited for this gut busting challenge and hope to kick some butt! 😁💜
Welcome to this Awesome group! I hope that you will come here often to share your journey with us. You sound like you have a lot to look forward to in the Fall!1 -
Smilee3233 wrote: »Hi Team,
I have given myself a six month challenge to lose weight, lower my cholesterol (I’ve just been prescribed statins 😩), and improve my overall health. I am 44, married, mom of three kids & three dogs 🐶, working full time (currently from home) in Ontario, Canada. The gym has been closed since mid-March due to COVID, so this challenge will be done from home. This is month one, and I am excited to start it here!
Welcome to our little group... we are all in the same boat, just trying to get healthier, and have some fun along the way!3 -
squirrelsquad wrote: »I guess I missed the "tell us about yourself" part, so buckle up:
CW: Eating Disorders and oversharing haha
35 y/o cis woman (pronouns she/her) living in the city of Chicago. I work from home doing boring work in the mortgage industry. I have several chronic health issues that make weight gain v easy and weight loss v difficult. (Severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, Fibromyalgia, multiple subluxations in my spine, Sciatica, etc)
BUT my partner and their little niece are hyper active people and I want to be able to keep up with them and go on adventures, so I'm finally taking myself seriously with weight loss/building endurance.
Important to note is that I am not ashamed of my fat body. I am VERY pro-body acceptance and radical self-love. I spent many years struggling with EDNOS (Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified) meaning I would binge, purge, and then starve for 3-5 days, etc but since I never became underweight I couldn't be considered Anorexic or Bulimic. I struggled with this pattern from ages 14-until last year. It's only very recently that I learned to love myself no matter my size. And because of that I hesitated a lot to join a weight loss challenge. I was very worried that it would trigger my pattern of starving.
However!! I am pleased to say that last month (while not a perfect month) I did feel completely in control of my eating. Even when I overate it was a choice rather than a compulsion (ex: period days lol) and when I was eating less it was still within my recommended calorie amount, never too little. This all may sound like not a big deal to the average person but for someone with 20 years of eating disorders... I felt GOOD about my eating for the first time as an adult last month, and that was in part because of the challenge and how I was approaching food.
So I am back for this month and I am super excited! I am here to be stronger, faster, and more active.
I look forward to seeing how we all do. Remember to love yourself and treat yourself with kindness. Guilt and shame are not productive emotions and you deserve better than that. We may all be working on changing our bodies, but you are BEAUTIFUL and you deserve to hear good things even from your own brain.
Let's kick June's *kitten*! Love to y'all
You are having so much to deal with... ((( hugs ))). Congratulations on your accomplishments last month... Let's have a good June together!2 -
May 31, Sun
Exercised? Yes. 103 mins, 12,335 steps (2 walks)
Calories? Yes in budget
Tracked? Yes1 -
cutetomato13 wrote: »Hi everyone 👋🏻😁
I’m an 18 yr old joining this challenge with my mom @Smilee3233 in hopes to loose some weight before university in the fall and start my long exciting journey in becoming a veterinarian🐄🐎🐕. Im excited for this gut busting challenge and hope to kick some butt! 😁💜
Welcome and good luck with everything!1 -
You are having so much to deal with... ((( hugs ))). Congratulations on your accomplishments last month... Let's have a good June together!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Let's do this!0 -
June 2
Exercised? Yes about 37 minutes treadmill
Calories? Yes in budget
Tracked? Yes2 -
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SquirrelSquad
PW: 316.8
CW: 318.2
Sorry y'all - p sure this is because I had to stop walking per my chiro. I will have to adjust diet to account for this.1 -
Jun 1, Mon
Exercised? Yes. 47 mins, 9,246 steps (1 walk)
Calories? Yes in budget
Tracked? Yes1 -
June 3
Exercised? Yes. 40 minute Jessica Smith workout. Indoor jogging
Calories? Yes in budget
Tracked? Yes1
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