Hi again everyone! So....Sunday,Nov. 1st., officially kicks off our November Challenge! This challenge runs from Nov. 1st to Sat. Nov. 28th or possibly Dec. 5th if Ashley decides to make it a 5 week challenge (she hasn't posted it up 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

Hi team!
Congratulations on your progress in October!
I wish you all the best for the new month ahead!

My goal for November is to get under 143.
I feel like I have been up and down between 150 and 143 for the last 6 months... It's time to break that plateau!

WA_Teacher
Nov. WK # 1
Sunday, Nov. 1
Previous Weight: 227.6
Current Weight: 228.9

Daily Post: Nov 1
Track: Yes
Calories: Over, dang pizza and hot wings
Exercise: Treadmill for 35 mins & 1 mile walk
Water: 52 oz

Hello all! I am discovering a bad pattern with myself. I start off really strong and lose a bit of weight but by the end of the month I am burnt out and gain back what I lost 🤦‍♀️ Now that I realize this I need to change it. But not sure how to...anyone have any suggestions?

This month I really want to lose at least a pound and keep it off!

Daily Post: Monday
Track; yes
Calories: over-I ate a huge bowl of ice cream and hot fudge....before I thought about calories
It was very hard to walk again today, but I'm getting close to another medrol infusion so I'm hoping that will help. I'm slowly peeing out the water weight gain from the tecfidera. At least I know that it's not congestive heart failure or liver problems. The doctors just say that I'm salt sensitive and that my kidneys are beautiful. I've always had to watch my Na, but a 20lbs gain in 1 day was super scary.....almost as scary as another ER bill....good thing I've met my catastrophic deductible this year!

mram3582
Week 1 Nov.
PW:265.8
CW: 269.4
I'm slowly getting this out with some water pills. +19lbs last Thursday in one day. Sorry team.

Ruthieg68527
Week 1 November
PW: 190
CW: 190

November week 1
PW: : 168.2
CW: 169.4

I’m sorry guys. This has been a week. I found out my lil sis’s boyfriend has Covid and he and her have weird health problems sooooo I’ve just been worrying and stressing about them. I want to say I’ll do better next week but who knows!

Lorianncorrea
Week 1
PW: 232.4
CW: 235