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Here is your Team chat room for September 2020. This is where you weigh in every week, post your goals and progress, discuss any issues or topics of interest, share ideas, support your teammates, receive help when you need it, and dream big. Try to post every day, and help each other succeed!

We have six great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:

Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Beka - @Beka3695
Teresa - @TeresaW1020

[Our Team Captains:
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @mulecanter and @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @1theresamcvean and @minstrelofsarcasm
Waist Aways - @jugar and @micki48
Shrinking Assets - @Boehle and @beka3695
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @mari_moulin

Our Team Motivators:
Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain @katmary71 and @raleighgirl09
Trimstones - @Emmajhare and @angmarie28
Weight No More - @GingerPwr
Waist Aways - @Terytha and @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - @hipari
Downsizers - @Marigorringo and @Megan_smartiepants1970

HOW IT ALL WORKS:
Every challenger weighs in on their chosen day, every week without fail! At the end of each week, the tallies are done to determine the team and individuals with the most weight lost. The best losers are announced with full fanfare every Sunday. The team competition is all in good spirits - may the most losing win!

We also track those small, steady losses with the Green Week count. If you lose, however small an amount, it counts for 1 week in the green. The total will be by month, and cumulative - so you can really rack them up and get to your goal even if you never hit the top of the leaderboard.

In an effort to recognize accomplishments, we are using an optional addition to the weigh in format called LOSS TO DATE or LTD. Please just leave this new line off if you do not want to participate. Here is the new format:

Username
Weigh In Day
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
LTD (Loss to Date):

If you need a week off, a break, a change of weigh-in day - just ask your Captain here on your team chat page. If you take a break, you are moved to the Support Team. If you miss two weigh-ins in a row without asking for a break, you will be dropped from the team, so be sure to ask if you are travelling, sick, or just needing some time off. You can remain on the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions and weigh in if you want to, but your weigh-ins will not be counted on the weekly tally.

Once you reach your goal weight, you join the elite Goal Zone! After hitting your goal, you need support to stay there, and you can help your teammates join you. You must continue to weigh in every week, and if you have 2 weeks above your self-defined goal zone, you go back to the regular team to lose that amount before it builds up. You will have a chance to hone those maintenance skills and stick with your team!

In addition to your own team, there are F2F Full Group CHALLENGES. You can do all or none - it's up to you. Participating adds a lot to your success, so we hope to see you there often! These can involve anything fitness, health, or nutrition - and they’ll get you moving, thinking, and learning about this journey. Check the Announcements section for full group challenges.

Let’s show our fellow challengers some F2F love! Introduce yourselves right away, and let the new month begin!!
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  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,089 Member
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    Welcome to September!
    This will be our home, where all of our triumphs and challenges take place. Please introduce yourselves and set some goals and daily actions for the month. A good focus on the small every day stuff will get you where you want to go!

    I am Liselyn, co-captain along with @micki48. I live in rural Québec, about 85 miles east of Montreal, and I'm a retired university professor of music. I haven't retired from being a musician, but these days the performance opportunities are zero! My weight loss story? After being somewhat overweight for most of my life, I really packed on quite a lot while in an admin job that involved a lot of sitting, meetings, travel, and meals. I tried many times to lose, but it was not until I was 58 that I got really serious with both food and exercise, and lost 40 pounds. I have been in a good zone for 8 years now, always refining and figuring out the things that work best, and making sure I don't have to do it all over again. Yes, it is possible to lose weight and get in shape during and after menopause!

    I know there are people on this team who have a lot to lose, others who have lost a lot and are closing in on their goals, and others who are working on losses that are stubbornly resisting. There is a lot of wisdom here, and the most important lesson we learn from each other time and time again is that it is not a straight shot, there will be trials and errors, but sticking with it when it feels like you have fallen off yet again is the best thing you can do for yourself. Plateaus can be good, but going back the way you came is not!

    Some helpful information/tools:
    Posting your daily updates
    We know from experience that posting daily (or as often as you can!) makes a huge difference to your success. Use any format you like to let everyone know how you are doing on your daily goals and habits. You can report on food, exercise, water, sleep, or whatever you are tracking and trying to stick with. While you're there, talk about how you are, ask questions, and if you can answer someone else, please do! Congratulate others, commiserate, enjoy someone's rant, or go ahead and rant yourself. It all helps make the kind of community where we are in each others' heads when the hand is reaching for that off-plan snack, or the couch is feeling way too inviting...

    Weighing in
    Please try to weigh in on time! When you post, put your weigh in at the TOP of a message, so it is clear and easy to find. If you cannot post your weight for whatever reason, please request a week off, or if you need a longer break, you can request to move to the "Support Team" where you can still participate but your weigh-ins will not be part of the weekly tally. This is where members who are ill, on vacation, or just needing a break can hang out for as long as needed.

    If you are getting close to goal, you will soon be on the Goal Zone Team! Maintenance takes work, and this is where it happens. You will get good at staying where you have worked so hard to get.

    So let the introductions roll!
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
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    August sure flew by! Now we're into the September challenge already.

    I'm Amber, one of the team motivators. I live out in western Canada with my husband and fluffy cat. I have a lazy desk job and a sweet tooth but that's not stopping me, I've dropped from 276 pounds to 175. Just 30 left to go!

    My goals for September:

    1) More water. The unending battle. This is always on my goal list and always will be.

    2) More self care. The world is incredibly stressful right now. Its more important than ever to eat good food, get good sleep, and do some fun activities.

    3) More core strengthening. I have determined my inability to do push ups is because my core is too weak and I want to be able to do at least one by the end of the year.
  • KellyBgetsfit
    KellyBgetsfit Posts: 1,713 Member
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    Hi! I am Kelly. I am a wife and a mother of 4 ages 1-15. I am a Kindergarten Special Education Teacher. I have about 20 pounds to lose. I keep gaining and losing the same 5 pounds.

    September Goals
    1. Log all my food
    2. Workout 5 days a week
    3. Self Care (I'm stealing from @terytha)

    I can usually maintain without logging but I can't really lose ( and this week, I can't maintain either). Working out is definitely partof my self care and I have not been doing that enough. I want to add in weekend walks, and if it ever cools off, evening walks. I just want to squeeze in a little bit more me time.

  • FatSlayer1016
    FatSlayer1016 Posts: 127 Member
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    @jugar -can I change my weigh in to Sundays? And I will still use the starting weight of 164.2 that I gave when I first registered. Let's see if she changed tomorrow am?!

    @Terytha - I too want to focus on core strengthening! Want to chat about creating a mini fitness challenge and help each other stick to it?
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
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    September Habit Tracker

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  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,089 Member
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    FatSlayer1016 wrote: »
    @jugar -can I change my weigh in to Sundays? And I will still use the starting weight of 164.2 that I gave when I first registered. Let's see if she changed tomorrow am?!

    @Terytha - I too want to focus on core strengthening! Want to chat about creating a mini fitness challenge and help each other stick to it?

    No problem! Sundays it is.
  • theweeonemfp
    theweeonemfp Posts: 27 Member
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    Theweeonemfp
    Weigh in day - can I change this from Monday to Saturday? My start weight was 193 on 29th Aug
    PW (Previous Weight): 192
    CW (Current Weight): 193
    LTD (Loss to Date): +1
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,089 Member
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    spyro88 wrote: »
    Hi everyone

    I am in a bit of a grump today because I sprained my ankle yesterday walking to the shop and now I have to rest it for a couple of days and not go to the gym! :disappointed:

    I'm a bit worried it could disrupt things (it often only takes the smallest thing for me to stop my routine) so I hope I can get back to it afterwards, and am trying to not overeat whilst I'm not at the gym. I really love having the extra calorie buffer from exercising!

    Fingers crossed I can get past the next few days!

    Hope you are all having a great weekend!
    That is NO fun! I hope it gets better fast - lots of ice! And it is easy not to let this derail you. Track your calories and you will feel amazing if you keep it in check. Fill up on lots of vegetables and other high volume foods so that you feel like you are eating a lot even if it is not too many calories. You can do it!
    theweeonemfp wrote: »
    Theweeonemfp
    Weigh in day - can I change this from Monday to Saturday?
    Done! Next Saturday you can fix this. You know what to do!
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,089 Member
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    FatSlayer1016 wrote: »
    Weigh-In Day!!
    PW. 164.2
    CW. 162.7
    LTD. 1.5 (60.3 since highest recorded adult weight)

    I have felt so much better about life since I joined this group Tuesday. I hit my 6k steps everyday, logged my food everyday and stayed under or right at most days. My outlook has turned to more positive than negative. I can't wait to see how long it takes to see that scale say 159 for the first time as an adult....
    Today is my Saturday

    . Sadly we have overcast skies and a high of 62 and I'm planning on spending the day with my partner, so here's to hoping I can convince him to find some kind of long pants that he can keep on (he has lost like 65# since we started dating in November!) and getting us both some exercise. Have a great Sunday ya'll!!
    You are off to a great start! You are the first GREEN weigh-in of the week :smiley: It is amazing what getting a few spot on days under your (loosening) belt can do for the morale. You will be wearing the team tiara when you hit 159 for sure! We have a virtual tiara for all our awesome losers.

    So no moaning about 62 degrees - it is even cooler up her. We have a fire in the kitchen wood stove both yesterday and today. The chill is real! I love it though. You can hike faster :wink:

    Oh! BTW - always use that "since highest recorded adult weight" as your start point for your LTD bragging!
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
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    FatSlayer1016 wrote: »
    @Terytha - I too want to focus on core strengthening! Want to chat about creating a mini fitness challenge and help each other stick to it?

    Whoop, just saw this. I'm down, but I don't really have much of a plan beyond doing more tent planks and bird dogs lol.
  • FatSlayer1016
    FatSlayer1016 Posts: 127 Member
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    @jugar - I'm not complaining about the cold, I LOVE fall hiking and I'm an October baby, so its my favorite time of year! My S.O is just a baby about the cold, so I don't know of I can convince him to go outside with me today.
    As for my LTD, if it's okay I would like to post both amounts, the smaller number will be since joining this group and therefore this round of the "battle against the belly fat" as well as my LTD since joining MFP, which is that bigger number.
  • BaileyCat88
    BaileyCat88 Posts: 39 Member
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    Hi All, I'm Bailey and I'm a 5th/6th grade reading and math specialist. I live with my husband on an island in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, near Seattle, where the ferry boats go back n' forth. My profile says I've been on MFP since 2012, but really I just started over in August after years of not using MFP. Everyone here's been super great. I'm still just starting to get the hang of logging but my real success for last month was how much I was able to up my walking steps...never was much of an exerciser!

    @micki48 Weekly Step Challenge
    Sun - 10,706
    Mon - 11,034
    Tues - 11,034
    Wed - 8,089
    Th - 5,717
    Fri - 8,086
    Sat - 2,392 ....took a day off and escaped reality by reading a book :wink:
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