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...also, feel free to send me a friend request if you would like some extra encouragement.1
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Hiya from Europe 👋
I've been experimenting with this in August and found it disheartening to be out of Winers Circle relatively soon. 3 passes are not much; 28 days of behaving are a lot! It means taking each day seriously and not slipping off!
I'll make a little experiment: I set my goal on maintaining (though I intend to lose back about 5-7lb) and plan to not eat all my calories back. It's merely for the mental impact and basically the same of setting MFP on losing and eating back everyhing.
September was a month of sort of resting, but I need to get back to working out hard, since this is what kept me sane during the whole pandemic. I just need to take the time to work out during the day and not when everyone's sleeping. Its enough already that I workout from home or that I give the kids a chance to bike along when I'm running. Weather permitting, weekend are family active time: hikes, biking tours, high ropes courses...
I felt like a quitter in September and missed the lovely team I found here. I did quite well, given that I focused on other aspects. Gained at most 3.3 lbs. Yet, I want to be back in the team❣Let's give October a chance!7 -
If we are introducing and bearing soles, here it goes:
- Growing up, I was labeled the “chunky” daughter. At my high, I was 125 lb, and 5’ 4.5”.
- Plenty of various diets over the years plus pregnancies and such.
- Jump to 9/13/01. Two days after 911. The previous weekend, I had gone clothing shopping for an outfit for my impending 40th birthday (a supposed surprise party, but my husband knows better than that). Nothing in the regular clothing department hung right, so I had an ah-ha moment and decided to go to Lane Byant with the theory that they know how to cut clothing for a fuller figure. Guess what, I was too small. For a brief period of time, I recall debating with myself whether I should lose weight to be happy in regular clothing or gain weight so I could be happy in the Lane Bryant options. On 9/13/01, I joined WW with a plan to not give up. I weighed in at 168.8.
- Over the next 9 months, I got down to 140.0 (my then goal) and became WW staff. I worked for them for 12 years with my weight see-sawing from high of 152 and low of 135. In my later years, I worked as many as 13 meetings a week supporting hundreds of members.
- I retired from WW 6 years ago, and began focusing on me. Bit by bit weight went down with tracking and finally embracing the gym. At daughter’s wedding May 2017, I was no higher than 126. Three days later, the trainer that I had connected with at the gym was fired. Wedding motivation gone, and my exercise world gone. Summer 2018, I tried keto. Ending up with a hemorrhoidectomy caused by the constipation (yes, I had underlying tendencies, but Keto did me in). May 2019, somehow, I was at 129 and head was in a good place, but over the past 16 months excuse after excuse got me to 153 lbs. and no exercise.
- Returned to MFP in earnest 9/14/20, one day off from 19 years from joining WW (interesting coincidence – I think it speaks to my finding the fall motivating)
- I turn 59 on Oct 26!
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Hi everyone! I am Michelle. It has been many months since I was a member of UAC but I am back and ready to do this!6
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Hiya from Europe 👋
I've been experimenting with this in August and found it disheartening to be out of Winers Circle relatively soon. 3 passes are not much; 28 days of behaving are a lot! It means taking each day seriously and not slipping off!
I'll make a little experiment: I set my goal on maintaining (though I intend to lose back about 5-7lb) and plan to not eat all my calories back. It's merely for the mental impact and basically the same of setting MFP on losing and eating back everyhing.
September was a month of sort of resting, but I need to get back to working out hard, since this is what kept me sane during the whole pandemic. I just need to take the time to work out during the day and not when everyone's sleeping. Its enough already that I workout from home or that I give the kids a chance to bike along when I'm running. Weather permitting, weekend are family active time: hikes, biking tours, high ropes courses...
I felt like a quitter in September and missed the lovely team I found here. I did quite well, given that I focused on other aspects. Gained at most 3.3 lbs. Yet, I want to be back in the team❣Let's give October a chance!
keep going mate. It took me 7 goes before getting into the winners circle :-) This is a great motivator though so good luck with it.
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Happy pre-birthday Dave.
This is my first time in a group challenge. For the past two months, I've been doing the monthly plank challenge in the main forums. My elbows were displeased but bore through it.
My weight-loss/body fat lowering progress was halved in the past month. While I realize I'm quite close to maintenance, my goal for this challenge is to see if accountability and a smidgen less food can get me back to my previous rate of body fat loss.
OCT Exercise: Kettlebell (KB) workout program, daily walking, stair climbing and random calisthenics.
OCT Nutrition: Hit my protein macro (40%) at least once a week 😭 Not surpass my carb and/or fat macros more than 3x a week 😪
Thanks :-)
Good luck with the challange this month :-)1 -
Good morning from Idaho...thought I would join for a bit of needed accountability. I am wanting to lose about 30 pounds but have yet not been consistent to log in my whole day’s food and stay focused to the end of each day. I seem to always start well. I thought at first I would try this challenge all by myself for a month to see if I could do it but now am thinking the best choice is to really commit to one month of getting back to the basics. Thanks to all of your sharing so far!6
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Hi, friends! I am looking forward to creating some positive lifestyle changes this month. My ultimate weight loss goal is 30 pounds. During the month of October, I hope to build a solid foundation of daily exercise and meal planning. I am experiencing IBS symptoms after most meals and eliminating trigger foods will be part of my journey this month. I am excited to be undertaking this challenge with all of you.5
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Good evening! I joined this month and realized I’ve never cleared out any of my past challenge groups! I have UAC threads back to 2016! And the last one was exactly a year ago... I fall off the bandwagon when I don’t have an event coming up. I seem to be able to focus on no more than a couple projects at a time - and health maintenance definitely falls in the project category for me because I’m lousy with any kind of maintenance. Just ask the beau who does most of the house cleaning 🥰
On the good side, I’m still about where I usually am - mid 180s and just jumped from my size 16s to my size 14s. But I can’t recall the last time I wore size 12. That’d be a welcome goal! But more importantly this time I’ve been focusing more on the healthier eating. Someone else mentioned leaky gut - not sure if that’s an issue for me or not, but it is a potential with hypothyroid which I DO have... so for the past month or so I’ve gone gluten free, low sugar, minimal dairy and have given up sodas entirely (Diet Coke was my biggest challenge to give up!)
And as for the event? Well, here’s hoping it’s an April cruise if they can figure out how to safely test and board the ships by then!4 -
Hiya from Europe 👋
I've been experimenting with this in August and found it disheartening to be out of Winers Circle relatively soon. 3 passes are not much; 28 days of behaving are a lot! It means taking each day seriously and not slipping off!
I'll make a little experiment: I set my goal on maintaining (though I intend to lose back about 5-7lb) and plan to not eat all my calories back. It's merely for the mental impact and basically the same of setting MFP on losing and eating back everyhing.
September was a month of sort of resting, but I need to get back to working out hard, since this is what kept me sane during the whole pandemic. I just need to take the time to work out during the day and not when everyone's sleeping. Its enough already that I workout from home or that I give the kids a chance to bike along when I'm running. Weather permitting, weekend are family active time: hikes, biking tours, high ropes courses...
I felt like a quitter in September and missed the lovely team I found here. I did quite well, given that I focused on other aspects. Gained at most 3.3 lbs. Yet, I want to be back in the team❣Let's give October a chance!
@dewit
When I began my weight loss journey, I admitted to myself that I was gaining 2lbs most months. SO, I focused on portion sizes & maintaining. I counted maintaining as a TWO POUND loss, as I took the time to clean out my unused kitchen, stock food, measure out portions.
Slow & gradual change works. It’s most difficult in the beginning. Self-kindness works best.
YOU are a Winner just by being here & posting each day. Period.3 -
October will be my second month. I had far too many pass days in September and it was generally quite a difficult month for me, but the daily check-ins definitely helped. I also had too many binge eating days so having fewer in October is one of my main goals! I'm currently travelling and can't weigh - before I left I'd lost close to two kgs (in the first three weeks of sept), but I suspect some of that may have been regained. We shall see on Monday. 😬
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Hello everyone.
Welcome all who are new or are returning. I am looking forward to going through the month of October with everyone.
I reside in SFL and am so happy our weather is getting cooler. I do not stay in FL for the summers, but love, love, love fall through spring here! Where else can I see (and practice) the wearing of winter boots when it's 70 degrees out!!
I was a WW for many years and found the meetings held me accountable. I was not thrilled with the changes in the program. For me I found the biggest thing that kept me on track was the daily recording of my intake. As soon as I slipped in that area the weight would start to creep back up.
I have also found my get healthy plan seems to start every 10 years or so. I get the weight off, keep it off, and then slowly but surely gain it back. This last round it took me forever to get motivated. Since I am not so young I realized I needed to get back to a healthier lifestyle, if I wanted to have decent retirement years. They are right around the corner.....
Again, looking forward to spending the month with the UAC team! We can do this!!!4 -
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I been lurking this group for a while thinking about getting back to it.
The necessity is kind of approaching. I am only like 3 or so pounds above my GW but that 3 pounds is what is still left of my last winters weight gain.
Yeah. Just now coming off of last winter's weight and it is getting ready to be winter again.
When I am well behaved dietarily my wife does better. We got kind of a goal of 300 pounds between the 2 of us. That is because the air mattresses we camp on have that as a weight limit. That is a pretty weird motivator I guess.
I exercised pretty good over the summer. Got 5 months in a row of merit badges for bicycle climb. Yeah, that don't pan out in winter... less exercise and more party equals winter weight gain.
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oldDogBiking wrote: »Hello -
I been lurking this group for a while thinking about getting back to it.
The necessity is kind of approaching. I am only like 3 or so pounds above my GW but that 3 pounds is what is still left of my last winters weight gain.
Yeah. Just now coming off of last winter's weight and it is getting ready to be winter again.
When I am well behaved dietarily my wife does better. We got kind of a goal of 300 pounds between the 2 of us. That is because the air mattresses we camp on have that as a weight limit. That is a pretty weird motivator I guess.
I exercised pretty good over the summer. Got 5 months in a row of merit badges for bicycle climb. Yeah, that don't pan out in winter... less exercise and more party equals winter weight gain.
That's actually so sweet 😍 Couple health goals get me every time.
Come on back in to UAC, @oldDogBiking...the water's fine!2 -
Hi i have returned to mfp and this group today. It was very heartening to see the uac still here. Thank you ranger rick and all the other people i remember for being here its a huge support and inspiration. Ive been off trying other things to lose weight (including not trying to lose weight!) Am in same situation weight wise (very heavy) but worse off in my heart and mind - achieving the three uac goals today is the success i need. So i look fwd to checking in later with my first day achieved and accounted for. Best wishes to you all.4
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@Mail4mand I didn't know you before but it'll be fun getting to know you now! Welcome back 👋🏿2
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@Mail4mand Nice to meet you! I am new to the group this month, but I really love it!2