wander216 wrote: »

Wander216
Sunday weigh in
Pw 177
Cw177

Hey guys, I don't want to assume anything since we have a new team Flab-U-Less/Gutbusters but we have a couple of things up for a vote.

Team name-we can keep Flab-U-Less or we can create a new one, or even a combined team name like Flab-U-Less Gutbusters! Any comments/thoughts are welcome and appreciated.

Next up is Weekly Challenges. Normally we try to do something to foster daily participation, something like the Mini-Accountability-Challenge we've done in the past where we track activity, food intake, etc and we can certainly do that again if we like that. Personally, I think it helps to remind ourselves of our goals daily and stick to a plan that gets us to the end goal, this is actually a form of another goal, called a process goal. Process goals ultimately get us to our outcome goals (in this case weight loss) and therefore it can be a really useful tool long term, however, it's not the only option, we can do step challenges or anything really, and suggestions are welcome!

And lastly, any volunteers to help with team admin would be appreciated. We've had @Augos and @looneycatblue before and if you're up to it, you can continue to add weights for the team and hopefully it won't seem so like so much if you're both working together. Also if anyone is interested in helping, the more the merrier and just let me know. I am also creating a spreadsheet for the daily challenges as well.

ABOUT THE CHALLENGES & REQUIRED WEIGHT POSTINGS

We are going to be running (Optional) Mini-challenges this month: Mini-Accountability Challenge

First and foremost is that participation in this challenge is optional. It's up to you as to whether you want to try this. I definitely encourage participation for a couple reasons, one of the being it helps to keep your goals in focus daily but also it's motivating to see others working on the same things and having the same struggles too. It's defintely a reminder that we're not alone and we are a team!

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. (you set your own 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. 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".

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)

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)

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:
AB0215
Week 1
PW =(previous weight)
CW=(current weight)

Please, please setup your posts in that format as it really makes it much easier for us to track your progress for the challenges and the weight loss!!

We'd like to help you be as successful as possible and if we can help in any way, please let us 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, we look for new ways to help engagement and keep people motivated!!

Welcome to the Challenge!!