How many 5% Challenges have you done? I think that this is my 7th. I know that I did 3 or 4 with Sparkpeople as an Awesome A, and this will be my 3rd on My Fitness Pal.

What do you like to do for fun? Historical reenactment camp (this means in a canvas tent wearing umpteen layers of clothing in fashion in the late 1700s), garden, read, sew, spend time with my family, movies, games

What major city do you live in or near? State? I live about 60 miles south of Cleveland, OH

What are your health/fitness goals for this season? I want to spend more time exercising outside! I hope to be able to get my bicycle refurbished so I can ride it. I would love to find a hiking buddy because I'm not sure hiking alone would be safe, and I'd love to do some hiking. I also would like to join a gym and see if I can build some muscle!


Anything else you would like to share? I did pretty well in the last challenge, and hope to continue my losing streak! I'm hoping to be more active in my group, and I'm very thankful for the people who are leaders who make these challenges possible! May we all have success in this next challenge!

How many 5% Challenges have you done? IDK. Started on Spark almost 4 years ago and have done them

What do you like to do for fun? Not much anymore except some bowling since I am full time unpaid caregiver for my Mom

What major city do you live in or near? State? SE of Columbus Ohio

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Don't go any further backwards like I've done since having to live full time with Mom

Anything else you would like to share? Working on plans to move to Tennessee within the next 6 months. Live with my 2 aunts where I can help with my 1 disabled aunt and I will also have help with Mom

How many 5% Challenges have you done? 6 I believe

What do you like to do for fun? hike and travel. I love to hike in Europe especially the Scottish Highlands

What major city do you live in or near? State? I live near Seattle Washington. Will be moving probably next month to either Oregon or Helena, Montana

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To get back in shape and active again.

Anything else you would like to share? I really have slid over the past few months. I am up 9 lbs from late last year and my hiking is down to weekly instead of daily. I intend to change that.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? Many back on SP, first one here

What do you like to do for fun? walking, soon gardenng, travel although it's been sparse for 2 years

What major city do you live in or near? State? Hyannis, Massachusetts

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? I want to get rid of the Covid 10, plus the knee surgery 7, and get back to goal. I want to be consistent with exercise.

Anything else you would like to share? So good to see so many familiar usernames!

How many 5% Challenges have you done? This will be my 3rd one.

What do you like to do for fun? I like sewing, line dancing class, singing in a voice ensemble.

What major city do you live in or near? State? Central Florida.

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Would like to lose 5 or 10 lbs.

Anything else you would like to share? Retired and enjoying life.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? This will be my 2nd one


What do you like to do for fun? Going to car races, boating, cruising and working out with my friends at the studio. Spending time with my Grand kids when I can as they live across the country.

What major city do you live in or near? State? Rochester, NY

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Get back to walking 2 miles on lunch, continue getting stronger and keep my eating in check

Anything else you would like to share? I like this challenge, it helps me stay accountable

Yeah I was finally able to join

How many 5% Challenges have you done? Joined 2017

What do you like to do for fun? play games on computer, making healthy recipes of the ones I use

What major city do you live in or near? State? Suburb of Philadelphia PA

What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Lose 7lbs, cook more healthy foods, exercise more

Anything else you would like to share? I’m a widow, I have 2 girls 1 boy 5 grands 1 cat Bella. I’m semi-retired, work 3rd shift every fri & sat and any days they need me. I sometimes get in over my head helping the down and out.

Hi I'm Spring, former Sparker.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? I think a couple of years worth, but this past winter one I had to drop out of because I had too much going on with a new house purchase. Now that the majority of the big work is done I can get back into participating in this challenge.

What do you like to do for fun? Play golf, paint, make jewelry and other artsy stuff, and read.

What major city do you live in or near? State? I just moved to South Carolina a few months ago, but I think in my heart I'll always be a Jersey girl.

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? I've been eating healthy foods, but my exercise has mostly consisted of the work I've been doing around the house (painting, repairing, yard cleanup, etc.). So my main goal for this challenge is to get a solid exercise routine in place - yoga, cardio and ST.

Anything else you would like to share? Thank you to all of the leaders for all of the time and hard work they put into making these challenges so successful.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? I think I'm on 15 now. I've lost track!!

What do you like to do for fun? Concerts, hockey games, happy hours, read, play games, travel

What major city do you live in or near? State? NY State - about 4 hours from NYC and 3 from Buffalo

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Tone up and eat healthier

Anything else you would like to share? Looking forward to "seeing" all my friends, making new friends and I want to say thank you to all the leaders!!

How many 5% Challenges have you done? Too many to remember!

What do you like to do for fun? Read, Bodybuilding

What major city do you live in or near? State?
Currently Charlotte, NC, but may move this summer.

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Get in a regular workout schedule with weight lifting

Anything else you would like to share? My husband is seeking a pastorate, so we will likely move soon, but we don't know where yet. We are in contact with a church in Chicago.

How many 5% Challenges have you done?
This is my first one! I'm not exactly sure what the rules are? We're just trying to lose 5% in 8 weeks, is that it?

What do you like to do for fun?

I make art, bead, love to read, play with my dog.

What major city do you live in or near? State?

I live in Canada, actually. Southern Ontario.

What are you health/fitness goals for this season?

I want to focus on getting strong and supple. And hopefully lose some weight while I'm at it.

Anything else you would like to share?

I started losing weight last year, and lost about 60 pounds. Unfortunately, due to long covid, I took a couple of months off at the beginning of the year and gained 15 pounds back between January and now. Proof once again that this a life long commitment!

How many 5% Challenges have you done? many, many. If I were on SparkPeople I would have looked up my start date.

What do you like to do for fun? Walking and gaming, reading recipes. I have simplified my cooking since the pandemic, but DH and I discuss which cooking method is best for any particular food, so that might seem complicated to other people. My current trend is to take leftovers and create burritos with them in the airfryer. Due to inflation, I have become an expert at dissecting rotisserie chicken for a variety of meals; seriously, it's less expensive to buy a large pre-cooked chicken than it is to buy raw chicken and cook it!

What major city do you live in or near? State? Baltimore, MD

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To rebuild gradually in core strength, other strength training, and aerobic ability. Over the past few years, my body developed some bizarre overuse issues, and I had to heal from them before pressing on. I NEED to be stronger to avoid surprise injuries. ... one of the stages of aging, that teaches us to respect our bodies.

Anything else you would like to share? By the time the challenge begins, I will have lasted one year of raising a Brittany Spaniel puppy. Daisy may top off at 35 pounds, 25 less than our previous Portuguese Water Dog, but we have learned that a hunting breed is even stronger, and more erratic in behavior. She is too smart for her own good. She's finally mellowing a bit.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? This is my first.

What do you like to do for fun? Read, play cards, latch hook

What major city do you live in or near? State? London, Ontario

What are you health/fitness goals for this season? I want to exercise 5 to 6 days a week. I think I will up my move and exercise goals on my Apple Watch.

Anything else you would like to share? I have lost my motivation and need to get back on track. Looking forward to the challenge.

I live in north central British Columbia, Canada.
My goal is to achieve a healthy weight, which is about 10 pounds less that it is now. I want to do that by continuing to eat healthy food, just less of it, to cut back on treats and to exercise more often and in a more vigorous way.
One exercise I enjoy very much is swimming, which is easy in the lake in summer. I might use the pool more often to do this.
Walking is the exercise I do regularly. I'd like to add some more sports to that.
Indoors, I play music and dance. Zumba used to be a favorite class I attended, but there isn't any Zumba class here now.
I enjoy cooking, so we rarely eat out.
Every summer we have our daughters visiting with their families, which we love. Our son lives nearby with his family which is very special for us, too. Aren't grandchildren wonderful!
My husband and I enjoy our rural life, nature all around us and a beautiful view from every window. We are very grateful.
As a former "Spark" member, I enjoy finding those old "friends" on this site. There is a lot of support for people to achieve their goals.
Good luck to us all!