Good morning all! 🙋‍♀️ And welcome to all of the newbies!

My name is Sue, and I am 61 years old. I live in southern Maryland, am married, have two grown kids (1 in Seattle, 1 in VA), 1 grandbaby (VA) and 1 fur baby 🐶. I work full time, currently teleworking which appears may go on forever. I love to read, ride my bike, quilt, and make greeting cards. I am always up for a challenge and am usually involved in multiple reading, fitness and Fitbit challenges at any given time. 📚🚶‍♀️

I have been on MFP for almost 10 years now and part of TBBT for almost 2 years. Wow...time sure does fly!! I joined TBBT after COVID/teleworking caused my weight to climb. I am still down from when I joined TBBT but between weddings, vacations and holidays my weight has crept steadily up since last summer. 😕

The days are getting longer, and slowly getting warmer, so I am looking forward to being able to get back outside and bike / hike / kayak. My goal for April is to end lighter than I started. ⚖️ Not going to assign a number to that, will take whatever.

Here's to another great month for TBBT!!! 🎉

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Oh yeah and Welcome!!! 🤗

We are going to be running a daily post challenge or MUAC(Mini Ultimate Accountability Challenge) Based on another MFP Challenge called the UAC

Participation in this challenge is optional but highly encouraged for the following reasons:
- Helps to keep your goals in focus daily
- 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
- Many of us who participate and have successfully lost weight, m would all agree that the daily posting MUAC really is the key!

The way it works: 
#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".We started tracking yesterday. Sunday, April 3rd

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 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:
Krysless2
Week 1
PW =(previous weight)
CW=(current weight)

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!!

Monday 4 April
Track: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes

Monday April 4
Weigh-in: 232 lbs (I call this weigh in 2 birthdays and a funeral)
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: No

Hello and welcome back and welcome new members. I’m Melissa this is my 3rd month with this challenge. It had kept accountable. I have lost 16 lbs since the middle of January. I started with a weight of 250. I’m currently to 234 as of this morning. I can’t wait to continue to kick butt this month.

Sunday April 3rd
✔️Track: yes
✔️ Under Calories: yes
✔️Exercise: yes I’m counting work as I was not sedentary at all at work working as a nurse
✔️ Water: yes

Monday April 4th
✔️Track: yes
✔️ Under Calories: yes
✔️Exercise: yes working
✔️ Water: yes

So I bought new water bottle and that keeps track of my hourly count. It’s a gallon and the last three days I have managed to keep up even at work. So my challenge this month is keep up with my water and try to exercise when I can. My life is chaos and hectic but I try to exercise when I can and when my schedule allows. I do not have a sedentary lifestyle. My goal weight for this month is to reach 225-229 lbs.

DaffyGirl88 wrote: »

Smlisley wrote: »

Monday April 4
Weigh-in: 232 lbs (I call this weigh in 2 birthdays and a funeral)
Tracked: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: No

@Smlisley I am sorry about the funeral, but I couldn't help but LOL at the movie reference.

I had to do it lol

My name is Karen and I have been doing this challenge since January. I am a Kindergarten teacher and have a family with 2 teens. We foster puppies, but currently don't have any puppies. I enjoy running and hiking and biking.

Okay y'all it's Wednesday and there's only a dozen posts in the thread. WTH is everybody?? 🤨🤷‍♀️ It's too flippin' quiet out there.

@BlissfulK
@Mrscanmore
@Smlisley
@maryphum
@prehistoricmoongoddess
@rawrxamberx
@sandkp
@kkmark
@brandi_84
@cmhubbard92
@ForLangston
@HASWLRS
@Krysless2
@melissan84
@susanshaughnessy80
@A7Xmomma
@ddpurplelion

melissan84 wrote: »

Hello and welcome back and welcome new members. I’m Melissa this is my 3rd month with this challenge. It had kept accountable. I have lost 16 lbs since the middle of January. I started with a weight of 250. I’m currently to 234 as of this morning. I can’t wait to continue to kick butt this month.

Sunday April 3rd
✔️Track: yes
✔️ Under Calories: yes
✔️Exercise: yes I’m counting work as I was not sedentary at all at work working as a nurse
✔️ Water: yes

Monday April 4th
✔️Track: yes
✔️ Under Calories: yes
✔️Exercise: yes working
✔️ Water: yes

So I bought new water bottle and that keeps track of my hourly count. It’s a gallon and the last three days I have managed to keep up even at work. So my challenge this month is keep up with my water and try to exercise when I can. My life is chaos and hectic but I try to exercise when I can and when my schedule allows. I do not have a sedentary lifestyle. My goal weight for this month is to reach 225-229 lbs.

Can you show us a picture of your new water bottle?