minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »

~~ November Week Five ~~

In our final week of November's challenge, we face bloats from overeating and alcohol and salt and sugar and stress and and and and and and... you get the idea. There are a billion and a half reasons for gains this week, and the majority of them aren't anything permanent. Grant yourself some grace this week, and set yourself up for consistency in December.

~ Step Challenge ~

Team Statistics -

Steppers: 6

Looks like you missed my steps this week. Posted Sunday night. Won't help the average much though

pacsnc6 wrote: »

steps
Sun - 2813
Mon - 4584
Tue - 4348
Wed - 5805
Thu - 4177
Fri - 6667
Sat - 4589
Just over 11 1/2 miles this week. Have a sinus infection/cold that is making me sleepy and lazy

Welcome aboard, @Becoming_A_Butterfly and @Shawnamarie1990 !

I'm Ashley, one of the two team captains here on Team Weight No More - my lovely co-captain is
@melaniedscott , who saves me from having to do everything myself. We are here to help track your weight in the F2F spreadsheet and provide little spurts of support and motivation. Also here to support you is our fantastic motivator, @rachelrjh , who you'll see posting from time to time and improving morale around these parts.

Here's what you'll be doing:

• Your first weigh-in is next week - set yourself a reminder or five to be sure you provide a weight before the end of the day Saturday
• If you haven't provided your highest weight yet, do it soon! This is how we keep track of milestones so we can celebrate your successes with you!
• If you would like to join our Step Team, we track steps on a Sunday - Saturday basis, with the results posted every Wednesday afternoon EST
• When jugar posts the link to the December thread, I highly recommend bookmarking it so you get notifications when there are new posts and so you can find it easily
• If you have questions, any questions at all, feel free to post them here! We have members from all walks of life who would probably know the information you're looking for (e.g. I'm a scientist and I'm more than willing to help, if you have any technical questions)

So excited to have you here with us!

So I was ahead of myself yesterday when I posted my weight for the week. Today - Thursday - I weighed in at 159.8 FINALLY dropped below 160 again!

November Week 5
Weigh In Day: Thursdays
PW (Previous Weight): 194.2 (November 25th)
CW (Current Weight): 192.0 (December 2nd)

Loss to date: 79.1 lbs

Good evening. I'm new to the team. Thanks for allowing me to participate in this challenge. Lately I have been stagnant. I've been floating the 220s since July. Stress has been a main factor but I feel like my eating is holding me back as well. My HW recorded was 279lb and my CW is 224.8lbs. I do want to join the Step Team. I work for FedEx, so I tend to get alot of steps in. Today so far, I almost got 19,000 steps in. I look forward to motivating and celebrating with everyone.

Ljdanny
Thursday
Pw 185.3
Cw 185

Becoming A Butterfly
Saturday
PW: 207.2
CW: 207.2

Just wanted to make sure I had my current weight posted. I normally weigh in on Saturday mornings, but I didn't want to forget, so I am posting this one a day early.

@Becoming_A_Butterfly - You're all set! Your first weigh in actually won't be until next week, but it's good to know we have the correct starting weight for you!


@ljdanny - I hope you figure out what's wrong! I can't even imagine battling the same cough for months.


@callsitlikeiseeit - You're darn right inches lost is more important! Weight fluctuates drastically with a multitude of factors, but how your body looks and feels is much more linear and makes more sense to track. Congrats!


@CassieGetsFit2013 - I have you excused for this week, just in case. Do you have our chat bookmarked? That's how I can find it in the mess they made of the forums. And you can always just message me your weigh-ins if that's easier for you.

@ljdanny are you taking any medications that could be causing the cough. I was taking losinopril until it caused a dry cough for a month or so. Some drugs have weird side effects.

@pacsnc6 I had started taking 2 new meds in the spring so I eventually started thinking it was one of them. Both of the drs who prescribed them said it wasnt a side effect. I did try to stop taking them to see what happened but the cough didnt go away.

Rachelrjh

Pw:137.2
Cw: 140 pounds

Sad but true. Too many sweets.

Good morning Ladies & Gents! The month is almost wrapped, Ashley & I noticed we have a few outstanding weighins-- getting any stragglers in before ~10 pm is important as the monthly wrap up will get done early on Sunday morning.

Anywho! I hope this finds everyone well! I've started PT for my shoulder and am cautiously optimistic. The PT did not argue about the hypermobility stuff (docs always do)...but his eyes got a bit big when he saw how much give my shoulders have. They gave me an apprehension test and it did not make me apprehensive at all. Apparently, it should be 'uncomfortable' but I didn't notice. When I'm doing those exercises, I've added some hip flexors, butterfly crunches and the 100. As a result, I'm a little sore. Honestly, I was sore before I started, which is why I started but it is a new sore, not the getting-old-sucks-when-you-have-hypermobility-issues sore.

I am on a preserves making kick--I made three types of 'boozy' berries last night. They are mostly cranberry based ('tis the season ...the only thing I really like about it-availability if cranberries)--Cran-Cherry Chutney, Cherry-Cran Chutney, and Cran-Pear-Orange Chutney. I'll make a Cran-Blueberry Sauce when I get my hands on some blueberries (there's a story, I'm not telling) and some Kiwi Jam this morning. The kiwi is not boozy but I'll include it just for kicks. Each team at work makes a gift basket (or several) this time of year for a holiday raffle and I'll add a jar of each to one of them. And I'm gifting a couple friends with a small jar of each, too. The Cherry-Cran is weird, it has the same proportions as the Cran-Cherry but always makes less. I suspect there is a science-y explanation.

Okay, enough blather. Have a great day, guys! Also,abig welcome to our new members! And a Rah-Rah, you can do it! For everyone.

IDebraK
Start weight: 159
PW: 130.8
CW: 129.8 -- I BROKE 130!!!

Steps:
Sat: 9242
Sun: 9837
Mon: 11416
Tues: 12839
Wed: 11572
Thurs: 14575
Fri: 9315

I have 3 day weekends since I work 4 - 10 hours shifts Monday through Thursday. I'm still trying to increase those weekend steps to 10,000 per day while keeping the work week steps at 13,000. I only made the goal 1 day this week. Our workload is a lot lighter this time of year. Come February, it will greatly increase.
I work in retail merchandising for Tractor Supply. We will start setting all of the spring sets in February or late January and packing away all of the winter-related things. LOTS OF STEPS.