Ready for November! The holidays are coming soon. Happy Halloween.
I am Patsy 69 years young and trying to lose very slowly. I need to lose about 15 pounds but am on immunotherapy for liver cancer and the doctors would prefer I maintain for now. Nine months to go unless the cancer goes away sooner and I can convince them I am done! Oh don't I wish!!! We thought it was "dead" end of July but PET scan revealed live cells in one lymph node and a few in the original tumor in the liver, so very disappointing.
I was always skinny as a child in the 1960s and could eat anything and everything until my 40s. Then I started gaining a few pounds a year, reached 179 about five years ago. Down almost 20 but keep gaining and lose those five pounds that won't stay away!
Welcome newcomers, this is an active group that will share successes and fails too. Ask questions and someone here will find an answer.

Hello Team Weight No More!! My name is Pearl. I am 44 years old. My weight has been up and down ever since having my first child 21 years ago. My long term goal is to lose 40 pounds. For this challenge I am shooting for a 5 pound loss. I am looking forward to learning and sharing with you all on this journey

Happy New Month, Everybody! So happy to see all the new faces in the chat (and the old ones too, not that I'm calling anyone old, I swear)!

I am minstrelofsarcasm, also known as Minstrel, also known as Ashley, also known as "that sweaty girl in the corner"... I am one of the co-captains along with the ever-marvelous @melaniedscott. My role here is to provide some real talk, some good motivation, and a few too many jokes about stress eating for anyone's comfort levels.

The Basics:

I am 26 and currently living in Ohio. I work as a combustion engineer for an industrial manufacturing company (I set things on fire for money). I am fascinated by all facets of science, whether that be nuclear physics, nutrition, geology (I hear it rocks), chemistry, etc. Feel free to ask any of your questions when it comes to the science of things. I can't guarantee I'll know the answer, but I can definitely figure it out and provide an answer in a way that's (hopefully) understandable.

Why I am Here:

I love numbers, and when I discovered that I could get healthier (as my doctor told me I absolutely had to do) by keeping track of numbers, I signed up for MFP. My original weight was 8lbs 2oz, and while I don't think I'll ever make it quite that low ever again, my goal is to never be above my highest weight of 234 (September 2014).

Despite having joined this wonderful community, I didn't take my weight loss or my health seriously until after I graduated college in May 2017 and was told by a different doctor that my eating and (lack of) exercise habits put me on the road to diabetes. I'll admit, I was terrified. I grew up with a diabetic parent who took no actions towards improving their health to reduce their dependence on insulin and is now facing some very serious health complications. I didn't want that to happen to me - I wouldn't want to put anyone through having to worry about me in the same way I worried about them.

So I searched "gym" on Google Maps, and signed up for a free class with the first place that popped up in the results, a spin studio. Since July 1st, 2017, I have completed over 1000 spin classes. I guess you can say they hooked me.

In other news, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in December 2019 after an arduous journey from doctor to doctor, through several misdiagnoses (why is it that the first thing a doctor will suggest is anxiety if you're female and show emotion in the doctor's office?), 14 vials of blood drawn for blood tests, 3 weeks of being unable to consistently feel the left side of my body, 2 MRIs, 1 spinal tap, and a partridge in a pear tree. I could go into a long rant about everything, and I have, but there's no need to fill my introduction with things I've written time and time again (I'll post a link to my blog, for those of you interested in my madness).

In Summary:

Since joining MFP, I have lost over 70 lbs, regained about 15 while on a three-month business trip in France (wine and cheese is my weakness), lost 5 of them, gained 5 of them, maintained throughout 2020, yo-yo'ed for the first few months of 2021, and here I stand (sit) at 170 lbs, a good 64 net lbs lost. I don't have a goal weight anymore, since BMI was developed by a mathematician and not a doctor, and as long as I feel healthy, I can weigh whatever I want (somewhere in the 150's sounds pretty good right now, but I guess we'll see).

As for exercising, I still have a membership to the spin studio, but I also do regular functional training HIIT classes to build up some resistance training on top of my strong cardio regimen. I'm aiming to hit my 1000th spin class by my birthday at the end of August. I'm a bit behind my weekly quota, but I have faith I'll be able to work something out.

If you want to know more about me, or my journey, feel free to ask questions, or you can find my blog here: LINK

Blog posts I’m especially proud of:

• Creating a Sense of Accountability - This is my first blog post ever, and I’ve grown a lot since then, but so many of the same factors are still present in my life
• Timeline of a Post Vacation Bloat - Follow how my weight fluctuates throughout the week after my return from a short vacation, and the factors that I believe played a role in each shift
• BMI is BS - I essentially wrote a history lesson on BMI and why you shouldn’t base your self worth on it. Most likely, your BMI is misrepresenting you.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you even more as we work our way through the month!

Sunday 31st October
PW 120
CW 120
Steps
Sun - 12,188
Mon- 11,552
Tues- 11,907
Wed- 2,005
Thurs- 11,023
Fri - 10,843
Sat- 7,087

Twyla77
Weigh In Day: Sunday Oct 24
Previous Weight: 147.8
Today’s Weight: 148.6

Steps for the last week..

10/24- 5,543
10/25- 5,173
10/26- 14,017
10/27- 8,066
10/28- 12,767
10/29- 9,104
10/30- 3,509

Happy November!
Sorry I missed Friday. I’ll weigh in this Friday.
Welcome to all the new members. I’m betting this is your moment. I’ll tell you more about my self later. It’s been a journey .

I updated my weight yesterday, since my Tuesday nights have been taken over by spending time with a new friend, which usually entails takeout and alcohol. Given I'm still battling some sort of cold/flu thing, I'll take any loss I can.

November Week 1
Weigh In Day: Thursdays
PW (Previous Weight): 196.8 (October 28th)
CW (Current Weight): 195.8 (November 4th)

Loss to date: 75.3 lbs

Kaj848
Thursdays
Pw:157.8
CW: 158.0

@ama3387 - I am glad you are here with us (quiet or otherwise). Talking with a counselor can be incredibly helpful. I also hope you can find activities you enjoy to fill your time off.