Hi all! I’m new! I’m Charlee! 29 years old on Wednesday. My husbands and I are in our trying to conceive journey and with my weight and hypothyroidism I am doing my best to lose the weight.

SW (for this): 273.8

Good luck everyone!

Hi all, I’m Jamie. I have tried WW too many times to count without success. Many friends I know have turned to calorie counting and having great success. I am retired, have 100 to lose approximately. What I’m doing differently is checking in daily! Oh yes, I live in Niagara. Canada

Hi everyone. I am back to MFP after a 4 year hiatus during which I have gained back all the weight I had lost and then added on another 20. This last year I made a move to the other side of the world with my husband and two kids and it’s been hard to focus on my health. Since Covid-19 I’ve been quarantined with my new elliptical, and I’ve been staying in track with HIIT workouts, swimming, yoga and cardio on the elliptical. I’m really looking forward to seeing some results. I love to encourage others and I hope to support everyone on the team as we go. Looking forward to this group. so glad to be here.

Hello. This is my third time on this challenge. I lost 80 lbs in 2018 being apart of this for 7 months. I lost my house in a storm, my mom a month before that, and my father in law a month after. My life was falling apart and I didn't care anymore. I took care of my son and grieved while living hotel to hotel due to no longer having a home...or a mom. During this, I ended up VERY unexpectedly getting pregnant for my daughter and leaving. I'm back, and ready to lose this baby weight and more!! I was down to 160 lbs thanks to this amazing group. Unfortunately, im starting well into the 200's. Hoping to be close to 210 by the end of this month, but that would take a lot of dedication which is my goal. It's nice to see I'm not the only one starting over .

Veedot I am so glad you’re here. I am sure we can all help each other get to where we need to be. Pre-diabetes is scary, but it can be completely turned around. Take it one day at a time.

Hi again everyone! So....Sunday,May 31st., officially kicks off our June Challenge! This challenge runs from May 31st to either June 27th or July 4th (Ashley hasn't posted if we're doing a 4 or 5 week challenge for this yet. . 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

Good morning (I’m in Nigeria, so it’s my morning),

Daily Post Sunday May 31st

Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes (elliptical 40 min x3, vinyasa yoga 40 min x1 and HIIT 25 min x 3)
Goals/Day/Comments: my goal is purely weight loss, I’ve been staying motivated with workouts and have been very active for months this and not seeing pounds come off.
So this week 2lbs is my goal.

( this week I spent 1/2 of the week sick, so I was only active 3 days.)

moosemoose123
june week 1
CW 139.4
PW 140

Username: Kakemery
Week: June Week1
PW =159
CW=157

Sunday 31st may

Track: Yes
Calories: Yes (just under)
Exercise: Yes (25 mins jogging)
Goals/Day/Comments: my goal is to exercise between 20-30mins daily and stick within my calorie goal.

Hi everyone. My name is Lori. I have been using MFP off and on for a few years. Back in December I decided I needed to make some lifestyle changes. I was over 300lbs and feeling terrible. So I started doing intermittent fasting and using MFP to track my eating. I have lost almost 50lbs so far and my AC1 has gone from 6.1 to 5.7. And I feel great. I have been helping Melinda as co-captain when I can. If you'd like you can send me a friend request and my diary is open.

Welcome everyone & good luck!

Sunday May 31st

Track: Yes
Calories: Right on- I have a nice deficit with calories burned.
Exercise: Yes- Cardio.
Goals/Day/Comments: My goal is to have a nice deficit everyday, while eating enough calories.

I've posted my intro on here like 3 times and I'm not sure what happened. I will keep it short this time lol
I am Kelli, 38, mom to 4. I work in tech and my role is super fast paced which means it gets stressful. I have a tendency to emotional eat. I had hip surgery about 2 years ago. Lost all my.fitness progress, gained 35 lbs and had a painful recovery. I finally got to.a place where fitness felt better and really recommitted in Jan. I am down 20 lbs and and trying to lose 20 more :-) Looking forward to this!

Sunday 31st may

Track: Yes
Calories: Yes (just under)
Exercise: Yes (21mins Jumprope ans 30mins strength training)
Goals/Day/Comments: my goal is to exercise minimum of 30mins daily and stick within my daily calorie.