You have a new member heading your way....Please welcome @moamb

We are almost done with March, as hard as it is to believe. I hope this year has only gotten better for all of you.

@moamb - Welcome to Team Weight No More! I'm Ashley, one of the captains here, along with the marvelous Melanie ( @melaniedscott ). If there's anything you are curious about, please do not hesitate to ask. We have folks here from all walks of life, plenty of different perspectives at your disposal.

@goingape - Best of luck on your body scan! I'm doing one next week, and I'm a little nervous for it. Haven't done one before.

@rachelrjh - Personally, my goal weight is somewhere in the 140s (although it's been over a decade since I weighed anywhere close to that, so I have no idea what it feels like). I'm 5'7", so slightly taller than you. However, it just hit me that I haven't updated my goal weight at all since I started on MFP, and I may feel different about it when I start getting close to it. I'm thinking that I'll just pay attention to how I feel and run with that.

@annliz23 - That cake is so cute! I can't blame you for eating it. Not one bit.

Update on Me:

My scale and I are not friends right now. I'm still retaining water from my chest injury (and still recovering very slowly), and there may be some extra water retention between my cheat meals from last weekend and my cheat meals throughout the week and the extra snacking I've been doing and the alcohol I drank and other bad habits here and there. Although it's not all bad news. My calves and my arms have become firmer, so there's definitely been some muscle growth/fat loss. Time to work on disassociating myself from the number on the scale. I've been good about it in the past, but that clearly wasn't enough to extend into now.



Between the seven strong steppers who posted their steps last week, our team managed a staggering 513,984 steps. Folks, that's an average of 73,426 steps per person over the course of the week. That's (ahem) dang impressive. That's worthy of praise and recognition, easily.

Our Top Stepper last week was...

Debbie outdid herself this week, totaling 123,021 steps over the course of the week, which equates to an average of 17,574 steps per day. She was also one of our most consistent walkers, deviating no more than 1,300 steps on average each day, which makes her numbers all the more impressive. That consistency and dedication keeps us looking up to Debbie every single week, if not every single day. Fantastic job!

More than 10,000 Steps Per Day (on average):

More than 5,000 Steps Per Day (on average):

Hi all. I'm Mo (Maureen). I'm looking forward to being a member of the team. I'm not sure what the norms are for introductions, so I'll keep this pretty brief. I'm 62. I'm a professor. I live in Orlando with my husband, dog, and cat. I'm about 20 pounds from my goal weight--but I've been stuck there for a very long time. I've decided I need to make losing those last pounds (for good) a priority. So, a little accountability and support will be much appreciated. And, I look forward to the opportunity to reciprocate as well. I'm a little introverted, but I'll do my best to be a good team member. Thanks for including me!

Hello all! Hope you are doing well! The Spring is here, the nice weather has arrived!

I have been doing badly & I can feel the effects on my body. The scale is up even more than it was on Saturday. I am determine to get back on track! I hate that I was at goal & now I am back up so much, it sucks!!!

I am starting an 11 day shred tomorrow with my Isagenix group. I am hoping it will give me the jumpstart I need. I have events coming up & I want to look & feel good!

I started this morning off will a high intensity cardio workout. It felt so good to start my day with a good sweat! I am going to try to get back into my early morning workouts. I can do this!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend & have a great week!

Welcome Mo & @pizzafruit (do you have a name?)! I'm Melanie, Ashley's other captain half. To be fair...Ashley does most of the work. And does it well.

@pizzafruit I broke three bones in one of my feet four years ago and I've come to the conclusion I won't ever get back to what normal was. But I think as long as you stay active and keep them moving, you can still do pretty well.

Well, I spent the weekend doing very little (besides being dizzy). I did a great job of eating nearly everything in the house. That has to stop. I'll blame it on stress ... MIL is in the hospital (again) and my husband is getting sucked into the vortex of silly and unreasonable demands. The upside of the pandemic is it puts the kabash on some...they don't allow over night visitors. Last time she insisted she couldn't be left alone and someone had to stay with her...usually expecting my husband to do so...and then would not let him sleep, knowing he had to go to work the next day. Long, irritating story. I am NOT telling it. It would lead to ranting. And, in general, I like his family. Just not their behavior, sometimes. Plus side to losing half your hearing...you cannot hear the phone in the middle of the night.

Anyway, drama all weekend, exacerbated by dizziness and the stupid tinnitus that WILL. NOT. STOP. Sigh. I made a big batch if Spring Minestrone (Moosewood), which I count as a spring summoning ritual (you're welcome!), which I've been enjoying. I also made beef jerky for the first time. It dried faster than expected and maybe too much but I kind of like it crispy.

Hubs & I have signed up for a stupid weightloss program through my health insurance (we've done it before, I don't like it, but points are points) and I'm prepping. It combines IF with low calorie and (purportedly) intuitive eating (No calorie counting...but don't eat blah, blah, blah because they're too high in calories). If I say I'll do it, I have to make SOME effort. I refuse to skip breakfast (that way leads to madness...really, me, angry and cranky) or drink watered down OJ, which they recommend. Other than that, I'll try and that means only allowing very specific snacks (jerkey, strawberries, peanuts). But jerky is super high in sodium and potential migraine causing additives so...made my own low(er) sodium version. Anyway. Be warned, there may be progam ranting in the future!

Just wanted to say howdy!

205 this morning. down from last week, but dont remember what it was last week lol

melaniedscott wrote: »

Welcome Mo & @pizzafruit (do you have a name?)! I'm Melanie, Ashley's other captain half. To be fair...Ashley does most of the work. And does it well.

@pizzafruit I broke three bones in one of my feet four years ago and I've come to the conclusion I won't ever get back to what normal was. But I think as long as you stay active and keep them moving, you can still do pretty well.

Well, I spent the weekend doing very little (besides being dizzy). I did a great job of eating nearly everything in the house. That has to stop. I'll blame it on stress ... MIL is in the hospital (again) and my husband is getting sucked into the vortex of silly and unreasonable demands. The upside of the pandemic is it puts the kabash on some...they don't allow over night visitors. Last time she insisted she couldn't be left alone and someone had to stay with her...usually expecting my husband to do so...and then would not let him sleep, knowing he had to go to work the next day. Long, irritating story. I am NOT telling it. It would lead to ranting. And, in general, I like his family. Just not their behavior, sometimes. Plus side to losing half your hearing...you cannot hear the phone in the middle of the night.

Anyway, drama all weekend, exacerbated by dizziness and the stupid tinnitus that WILL. NOT. STOP. Sigh. I made a big batch if Spring Minestrone (Moosewood), which I count as a spring summoning ritual (you're welcome!), which I've been enjoying. I also made beef jerky for the first time. It dried faster than expected and maybe too much but I kind of like it crispy.

Hubs & I have signed up for a stupid weightloss program through my health insurance (we've done it before, I don't like it, but points are points) and I'm prepping. It combines IF with low calorie and (purportedly) intuitive eating (No calorie counting...but don't eat blah, blah, blah because they're too high in calories). If I say I'll do it, I have to make SOME effort. I refuse to skip breakfast (that way leads to madness...really, me, angry and cranky) or drink watered down OJ, which they recommend. Other than that, I'll try and that means only allowing very specific snacks (jerkey, strawberries, peanuts). But jerky is super high in sodium and potential migraine causing additives so...made my own low(er) sodium version. Anyway. Be warned, there may be progam ranting in the future!

Just wanted to say howdy!

Hi Melanie! Thank you for the thoughtful response. I'm so use to seeing user names I forget we all have real identities. My name is Mary and I'm really looking forward to meeting the challenge. I had thought about doing Keto and then read up on it. Their program has you log foods too. Aside from my feeling it's too complicated, after logging a maximum of 4 items in the journal, you get directed to another page where you agree to pay additional money. That only proves what I've known all along. MFP is still the best program out there. Have a great day!

Another new member heading your way ...Please welcome @Calli1616

@calli1616 welcome to the team

Another new member heading your way ... Please welcome @Just_Kisha