Downsizers Team Chat - OCTOBER 2021
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Here is your Team chat room for October 2021. 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 often, and help each other succeed!
We have six great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:
Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Teresa - @TeresaW1020
Megan - @Megan_smartiepants1970
Ashley - @minstrelofsarcasm
Our Team Captains:
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @Megan_smartiepants1970
Mission Slimpossibles - @broncobuddee and @TeresaW1020
Trimstones - @jessicakrall8
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm and @melaniedscott
WaistAways - @jugar and @ashleycarole86
Shrinking Assets - @Beka3695 and @TheMrWobbly
Our Team Motivators:
Downsizers - @TheresaM787 and @Poobah1972
Mission Slimpossibles - @AustinRuadhain @katmary71 and @trooworld
Trimstones - @angmarie28
Weight No More - @rachelrjh
WaistAways - @conleywoods
Shrinking Assets - @hipari
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. At the end of the month, we celebrate everyone who lost every week. You are heading steadily towards your goal even if you aren't at the top of the weight loss leaderboard!
To make your weigh-in easy to find for your team Captains, please put it right at the top of a message, and use this format:
Username
Weigh In Day:
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
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 inform your team captain if you are traveling, sick, or just need some time off. If you take a break, you are moved to the Support Team. You can remain on the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions, you can weigh in if you want to, but it will not count in the weekly tally.
Once you reach your goal weight, you join the Goal Zone! You continue to weigh in every week. 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 weekly 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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checks in, walks around the new room ..ohh looks great very Halloweeny!
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Here's to a brilliant month!!4
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NSV: I've lost 1 inch on my waist in 1 month 🥰 😁 and people have noticed I've lost weight. Yeay!!6
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Wishing everybody the best for the October challenge! 😸5
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Hi all and welcome to the Downsizers October team chat! My name is Linda and I am one of the team captains. My counterpart is the amazing Megan aka @Megan_smartiepants1970.
I am originally from Newfoundland but I live in Southwestern Ontario. I am 57 years old, married, retired due to a disability and have 3 adult children. I also have 3 beautiful granddaughters and will have another one come early November. Hayley and Norah live in Ontario but little Stella lives in Scotland. I am hoping to make a trip to Scotland this fall/early winter. My granddaughters are one of my reasons for trying to get healthy. I want to see thenpm grow up and maybe meet some great grandchildren. I have two fat cats, Nick and Lady.
I struggled with my weight since the birth of my son 35 years ago. So I have been overweight most of my adult life. I started my weight loss journey in February 2019 and have been with F2F ever since. I have had a couple of ups and downs since starting my journey but I never gave up. As of today, I have lost 64 pounds. I am losing weight slowly and I am ok with that. I have a bad back and neuropathy so my exercise choices are limited. My main form of exercise is swimming and workouts in the pool. I am looking forward to this month. After vacation for part of September, I am ready to get into a routine. I am lowering my zone minutes goal as last months was very unrealistic.
October goals
1. 5000 steps daily
2. 500 zone minutes weekly
3. Stay with in daily calorie goal
4. Track accurately
5. Reach 80 laps by end month
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Housekeeping
Weigh In
I will post a weigh in reminder every day. If you can’t weigh in just let me know. Please use the following format for reporting your weight as it makes it much easier for us to find. Let me know if you need to change your weigh in day or have to miss a week.
Username
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):
Daily Check In
Checking in daily is important. It is the key to making the group work for you. You can do this is any format you want. Things you may want to report could include calories, exercise, water intake, goals or anything you want to share. Share your successes with the team, any struggles or questions you may have.
Step Challenge
Megan takes care of the step challenge. She will make a post with everything you need to know.
Other Resources
On the main page of our group you will find many resources. This is where you will find the idea lounge, recipe sharing, weekly challenges and the habit tracker.
Team Motivator
We are looking for two team motivators. If you think you maybe interested or want more information please let us know.
If you have any suggestions for the group please let myself or Megan know.
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Hi,
I’m Deb. A soon to be 58 y.o., 5’7” divorced female living in Iowa. I am also a kidney/ pancreas transplant recipient with a prosthetic eye and my last 3 labs show that I have improved to stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Started changing my life on March 8, 2020 when covid was diagnosed within an hour of my home. Weight and exercise were the only factors that I could improve to lessen poor outcome if I got Covid.
I have used mfp to determine calories and deficits. Still read the stickies in the forums. They are filled with great advice. I have worked on choosing how I react to stresses and building healthy habits. I strive for consistency but not perfection. Try to learn from mistakes and develop new strategies to keep from repeating the same ones often.
As of yesterday, I am down 86 pounds and close to goal. Have been sedentary since April so deficit is 0.5 lbs/wk. Water weight fluctuations hide the loss most weeks but long term trend has me losing weight. Am looking forward to being able to resume activities and upping calories. Use CICO and unable to digest dairy so dairy free. Otherwise nothing special.
Wishing everyone success on their health and fitness journey.6 -
Hi Everyone ...Welcome to our Dazzling Downsizers Team ... I am so happy to have our new members join us
My name is Megan I am the co-captain of this amazing team with our awesome captain Linda ... I have been with this wonderful team over a year and I absolutely love it ... I am also a moderator with 3 other awesome ladies so if there are any problems ..questions etc within F2F group you can come to me and all 4 of us moderators will put our heads together to solve the problem ...Also I am in charge of recruiting so most of you have already met me .. Now a little bit about me .... I was adopted as a baby ... I was born in Alberta Canada...We left Canada when I was 2 ..I have lived in California since I was in the 2nd grade ...Eons ago ...I have 2 wonderful kids ...Austin 21 almost 22 (October 24th) and he is in the Navy ......Alyssa who is almost 16 (October 5th ) whom I have homeschooled since day 1 (she is a junior in H.S) now ....We need to go down to DMV to get her a permit so she can learn to drive (YIKES)lol..I am an animal lover ... I have 2 grandma cats...Kylie and Mocha ( both calicos )I have 2 dogs ...Dakota my German Shepherd who turns 4 on Oct. 10th( he has bad hips so he isn't able to walk with us (but he does get exercise in our pool and walks around the backyard and Aspen my walking partner who turns 4 a week before my Birthday in December .. I also have a very talkative bird named Petey ( I don't know who talks more him or me ) LOL
I have been on and off MFP since 2009 ...I had a bad habit of giving up and deleting my accounts ..I have had many struggles ..I was hospitalized in 2019 for 9 days for the flu/pneumonia and also was diagnosed with T2 diabetes ... I have had many stress fractures in my feet so I have a screw in my right foot ... I have had 2 hernia surgeries that latest one this past April ... I deal with migraines often (the smoke here in California is not helping) I have been overweight since I had my kids .. I managed to lose 78 lbs back in 2009/2010 on here but of course I gained it back and then some .. I am tired of being a yo-yo so I have decided after taking the entire month of September off it is time for me to jump back on the saddle ..So yesterday was my 1st day back on Keto ... it was also my 1st day weighing in yesterday ... I gained 32 lbs ... I am determined to lose what I gained and more ... My October Goals are.... Keep doing Keto & stay within 10% Carbs .... Walk 5 days a week ... lose 5 lbs a month ( or more) Pre-log my meals ( this helps me stay on track) Meal prep weekly
As for our step challenge ... If anyone is interested to be added , removed , Excused etc. please let me know ... All you do if you want to join is let me know what your step goal is and try to hit that everyday ... at the end of the week I post the top 5 steppers and I also recognize everyone who pledged their steps .. It is very motivating ...I have a chart where I can convert almost any kind of exercise into steps ...weight lifting ...swimming ...etc ..I hope to see many of our newcomers to join our step challenge 5 -
Hi! I’m a newbie here! My weigh in day is Monday so do I use the weight I said on the day I joined as my PW? Just want to start right. ❤️❤️2
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Pickles175 wrote: »Hi! I’m a newbie here! My weigh in day is Monday so do I use the weight I said on the day I joined as my PW? Just want to start right. ❤️❤️
Yes you will use the weight that you signed up with 2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Pickles175 wrote: »Hi! I’m a newbie here! My weigh in day is Monday so do I use the weight I said on the day I joined as my PW? Just want to start right. ❤️❤️
Yes you will use the weight that you signed up with
Thanks Megan!
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Pickles175 wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Pickles175 wrote: »Hi! I’m a newbie here! My weigh in day is Monday so do I use the weight I said on the day I joined as my PW? Just want to start right. ❤️❤️
Yes you will use the weight that you signed up with
Thanks Megan!
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Please let me know tomorrow 10/3 if you want to be added, removed , Excused etc for our step challenge and please give me your step goal if you want to join ....Thanks 1
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Please let me know tomorrow 10/3 if you want to be added, removed , Excused etc for our step challenge and please give me your step goal if you want to join ....Thanks
I decided to set my step goal to 11,000. That is a combination of steps and exercise converted steps.3 -
Daily Check-in (10/1 stats):
Steps: 16,120
Floors: 10
Calories Burned: 834
Daily Intensity Minutes: 284
Total Intensity Minutes: 541/150
Early W/O: Yes😊4 -
@lindamtuck2018
The little things add up, lol. The bulk of yesterday was dancing around like a fool for Hubs, dog and cat for 2+ hrs. Hubs had earphones in... Dog and cat wandered in and out of the room!! As I have stated before, I might look like a fool; but, I'm a very happy and healthy one. I'll run/walk in place in public and do wall/counter pushups, etc. You'd be surprised at the the opportunities that present for moving more throughout the day. Of coursed there is planned exercise. I just have a "take no prisoners" attitude when it comes to movement. Squats in public are an absolute NO for me, however!!😳🤣🤣4 -
@lindamtuck2018
The little things add up, lol. The bulk of yesterday was dancing around like a fool for Hubs, dog and cat for 2+ hrs. Hubs had earphones in... Dog and cat wandered in and out of the room!! As I have stated before, I might look like a fool; but, I'm a very happy and healthy one. I'll run/walk in place in public and do wall/counter pushups, etc. You'd be surprised at the the opportunities that present for moving more throughout the day. Of coursed there is planned exercise. I just have a "take no prisoners" attitude when it comes to movement. Squats in public are an absolute NO for me, however!!😳🤣🤣
One thing I do at home is fold one item of laundry at a time and walk to put it away. It adds up. Same when putting groceries away. If I have 3 things of coffee for example, I bring one at a time to the storage room.4 -
We are going to start our mini team challenges tomorrow. This week we will be asking you to share and post each day.
Sharing Sunday
What started you on your weight loss journey? Who or what will keep you strong?
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »@lindamtuck2018
The little things add up, lol. The bulk of yesterday was dancing around like a fool for Hubs, dog and cat for 2+ hrs. Hubs had earphones in... Dog and cat wandered in and out of the room!! As I have stated before, I might look like a fool; but, I'm a very happy and healthy one. I'll run/walk in place in public and do wall/counter pushups, etc. You'd be surprised at the the opportunities that present for moving more throughout the day. Of coursed there is planned exercise. I just have a "take no prisoners" attitude when it comes to movement. Squats in public are an absolute NO for me, however!!😳🤣🤣
One thing I do at home is fold one item of laundry at a time and walk to put it away. It adds up. Same when putting groceries away. If I have 3 things of coffee for example, I bring one at a time to the storage room.
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lindamtuck2018 wrote: »We are going to start our mini team challenges tomorrow. This week we will be asking you to share and post each day.
Sharing Sunday
What started you on your weight loss journey? Who or what will keep you strong?
I started my journey without MFP when I delivered my son in 1999 at 242 lbs .... I got down to 150 then I got preggo with my daughter in 2005 ... I tried every diet but nothing worked ... I found MFP in 2009 and lost 78 lbs ...I was on top of the world ..then I lost 3 people within a few weeks apart and I gave up and deleted my account .... My husky and my daughter are my walking partners so they help to keep me strong My head is in the game this time around ... I will succeed ... something is different this time around I am actually anxious to be on keto this time around and looking forward to what I can accomplish ... I think it is because I feel healthy and I am walking 5 days a week besides meal prepping weekly ...I feel prepared this time around 4 -
Happy Sat night everyone! I made small choices at dinner to help get ready for tomorrow, like ordering a side salad instead of fries with my gluten free sandwich. Looking forward to a big day of batch cooking tomorrow!3
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Happy Sat night everyone! I made small choices at dinner to help get ready for tomorrow, like ordering a side salad instead of fries with my gluten free sandwich. Looking forward to a big day of batch cooking tomorrow!
Great job ... I too am batch cooking tomorrow ... making all purpose low carb bread (Good Dee's ) a bunch of hard boiled eggs / deviled eggs ... keto pumpkin bars with cream cheese ...different flavors of cream cheese fluff (PB, Raspberry, pumpkin, lime and lemon 2 -
lindamtuck2018 wrote: »We are going to start our mini team challenges tomorrow. This week we will be asking you to share and post each day.
Sharing Sunday
What started you on your weight loss journey? Who or what will keep you strong?
I only have time for one post and I saw this so thought I would comment on it haha
This time around (because, like many people, this isn't my first rodeo!) I was just sitting at home one day, watching tiktoks of people losing weight, and I was just in a huge funk- I was the highest weight ever, and unable to do my job properly, or anything for that matter.
On October 16th (I think it was) I posted a tiktok just showing what I looked like and I decided that the next day I was going to give this a go. so I started back on MFP (been a member for years) and then in November I found this amazing group!
It's been up and down the last year, but I'm still significantly less than I was this time last year!!
What will keep me strong? this group helps with motivation for sure, even though I don't post as much as I used to. My wife has also cut out sugar and fast food out of her diet (mostly) and is willing to try new things with me. Also my friends and family who know that I'm working on getting myself to a healthy weight (not told everyone)6 -
hi all. happy saturday night. may you all have a wonderful second half of the weekend.
check in for 10/2:
steps - 10331 lots of time with my hands in my pockets today. can't touch the cars.
sunburn - ouch. yep
calories 1687?? ate McD for breakfast while waiting for urgent care to open. daughter has another double ear infection with no pain. ate lunch at the car show. they have lots of kettle corn, sausages, corn dogs, etc. i had half a falafel sandwich with been sprouts, 12 garlic fries and a root beer float. i will consider that a win.
exercise - 3 hours looking at great paint jobs and getting burnt.
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sharing sunday (it's only 58 minutes until sunday here. close enough.)
what started me? getting tossed a life ring by my Dr. after being house bound for 1 1/2 years and giving up on life. i grabbed that ring and held on tight.
what will keep me going? remembering where i was and knowing if i go back i will be dead. it scares the crap out of me.4 -
hi everyone, my name is Roger. 57 y/o. married, adult daughter who still lives with us. i live in san diego. i started getting fat while in the Navy. i got booted in 1995 after 12 1/2 years because of it. i kept getting fatter as time went by and it really escalated in 2008 when i lost my last job and hurt my back. i couldn't stand up straight for 2 years. overnight, literally over 1 night, something popped free and i could stand and walk without pain. i started losing weight after getting a chemical stress test but was chased out of the gym by fat shamers after losing 60 pounds. i gained back 100. i almost died one night in 2012 or 13 when my blood pressure med increase kicked in and made my b/p plummet to 50/0. that didn't make me lose weight. in 2017 i became house bound. i was unable to stand more than 2 minutes, couldn't walk 150 feet. i was unable to go to my dr. appointments for 2 years so my dr. called me and said he wouldn't renew my prescriptions until i came in. i had to tell him why i wasn't coming in - i couldn't fit in a car or walk into his office. he referred me to home based care, thankfully, which i had never heard about. when home based care took my case, they almost didn't, i weighed 566 pounds. i was released from them earlier this year down more than 200 pounds. i am currently down 298 pounds, off both of my b/p meds, no longer pre diabetic. i don't have a specific diet, just calories in. i don't count calories out since it can drastically change from website to website for the same thing. i have been losing 10-11 pounds a month since october 2019. i hope i start to slow down soon.11
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hi everyone, my name is Roger. 57 y/o. married, adult daughter who still lives with us. i live in san diego. i started getting fat while in the Navy. i got booted in 1995 after 12 1/2 years because of it. i kept getting fatter as time went by and it really escalated in 2008 when i lost my last job and hurt my back. i couldn't stand up straight for 2 years. overnight, literally over 1 night, something popped free and i could stand and walk without pain. i started losing weight after getting a chemical stress test but was chased out of the gym by fat shamers after losing 60 pounds. i gained back 100. i almost died one night in 2012 or 13 when my blood pressure med increase kicked in and made my b/p plummet to 50/0. that didn't make me lose weight. in 2017 i became house bound. i was unable to stand more than 2 minutes, couldn't walk 150 feet. i was unable to go to my dr. appointments for 2 years so my dr. called me and said he wouldn't renew my prescriptions until i came in. i had to tell him why i wasn't coming in - i couldn't fit in a car or walk into his office. he referred me to home based care, thankfully, which i had never heard about. when home based care took my case, they almost didn't, i weighed 566 pounds. i was released from them earlier this year down more than 200 pounds. i am currently down 298 pounds, off both of my b/p meds, no longer pre diabetic. i don't have a specific diet, just calories in. i don't count calories out since it can drastically change from website to website for the same thing. i have been losing 10-11 pounds a month since october 2019. i hope i start to slow down soon.
Roger, your story is very humbling, motivating and impressive. Lee🙂🧡4 -
Just a silly question. What is the reason you picked your weigh in day?
I chose Thursday because it gives me time to think about the upcoming weekend; and time to recover if I overindulge.😊🧡✔
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Sharing Sunday
What started you on your weight loss journey?
I was just so big and wanted to be more healthy, I recently got diagnosed with arthritis and I was walking with a stick and so breathless and unfit, I got fed up with the pain and struggling to walk and at 51 this was not a place I wanted to be in already, so here I am losing weight and going to the gym.
Who or what will keep you strong?
So MFP has really helped me to keep going and joining this group has really helped!!! The biggest thing is everyone at work can see I am losing weight and I just cant stop now, stopping is not an option because they ALL expect me to keep going especially my manager! ..plus they all saw me struggling and now I'm not, it would be madness to stop, they would all be so angry lol...plus I am determined to just keep going and I will never stop, THIS IS MY TIME.6 -
Hello Fat2Fit team members! Here is your OCTOBER HABIT TRACKER. Click the link and follow the instructions and start tracking your healthy habits today!
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