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What is your name or nickname? Kaye
Your Team? Flight Attendant Fit Force Team
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Perth, Western Australia
What is your favorite summer activity? Staying indoors in the airconditioning
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? knitting, crocheting, reading, games on the ipad
Your favorite exercise? walking and I attend a weekly strength training class for the over 55's
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? to lose 5%, I haven't done it in a while
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? clothes fitting better and being/feeling healthier
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Vegetarian, i also watch my salt and sugar intake and portion control
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? finishing a 11kms bush trail hike, over rocky terrain
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? learning how to drink more water
2 random fun facts about you? It's winter in Australia. I don't like the cold. It doesn't snow in the part of Australia where I live, thankfully. I'm getting fit for my grandson. I want to be a hands on Nanna. I'm happy that I can still get down on the floor and build blocks and get up again.
Post a picture of yourself if you like. Its a selfie taken at Easter this year. I'm not good at Selfies. I always appear to be peering at the camera.
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What is your name or nickname? Sue Your Team? Mission Slimpossible
Your Approximate Location: Suburb outside Chicago
What is your favorite summer activity? Walking and swimming
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Read, card games, Twitter, Movies, Politics
Your favorite exercise? Walk Away the Pounds and the Elliptical
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Lose more than .5 pounds, which is all I lost last season
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Cut out chocolate
]What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Eat 3 balanced, healthy meals, cut sweets
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Losing 64 pounds, going from a size 18 to 10
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? I still read health articles on PeopleOne Health, various other articles I read online
2 random fun facts about you? I love cats and I am still single at 63
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share? No
Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
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What is your name or nickname? Pam Your Team? Shape Shifters
Your Approximate Location: Near Winchester VA
What is your favorite summer activity? working in my yard
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? reading, games on computer, yoga
Your favorite exercise? yoga
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I am in maintenance might lose a few pounds accountability
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? I will be in the July issue of First For Women this is a result of Spark People they contacted me about three years ago but it didn't work out.
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Clean eating
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Losing about 100 pounds
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? I learned so much for the resources on Spark
2 random fun facts about you? I am kind of whoo whoo in my beliefs. Love decorating.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?
Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
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What is your name or nickname? Your Team? My name is Jeanne. My team is Rain Dancers
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Palmdale
What is your favorite summer activity? I love the longer hours. Hiking with my dog
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Photography, Gardening, Music
Your favorite exercise? Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Since my ankle is bothering me, just maintaining
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Get out more with my camera
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Eat sensibly
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Staying within my limits. Fats etc.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Don't beat myself up if I overeat for one day.
2 random fun facts about you? I became a Great Great Aunt. I'm related to Wild Bill Hickok
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share? No
My walking partner, Emma
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What is your name or nickname? Your Team? Pat. Positively Strong 4 Life (PS4L)
Your Approximate Location: Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica
What is your favorite summer activity? My normal activities are for all year round (we do not have the four seasons)
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Knitting, crocheting, gardening, reading, watching TV, caring for my pets
Your favorite exercise? Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Lose any weight
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Commit to an exercise routine
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Eating mindfully
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Routinely doing exercise
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? "Progress, not perfection."
2 random fun facts about you? I'm a Latina. Native language: Spanish
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share? LET'S HAVE FUN!2 -
What is your name or nickname? Jeri
Your Team? I hope to be back on team Missionslimpossible
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Indianapolis
What is your favorite summer activity? I enjoy boating with my better half
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
I love to play Sudoku, various mind and word games and I love recipes. I’ve collected a ton of recipes over the years but never have enough time to make them all. I’m also a huge Westerns fan, preferably the 1940’s and 1950’s era.
Your favorite exercise? P90X is my favorite, I do the lean routine, but I have to be careful because I have degenerative disk disease in my lower spine and I’ve injured myself bad enough that I couldn’t move. I also love to hike, take walks, and do yoga.
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I want to get better at tracking my food and exercising more which I hope helps me lose this weight so I can reach my 5% goal.
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Being able to get out of bed without a stabbing pain in my back
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? I love the South Beach plan, a low carb lifestyle with plenty of healthy meats, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains with some dark chocolate spurge from time to time 😊
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? I lost 40 lbs on the South Beach diet years ago before my diagnosis.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Dr Arthur Agaston’s books opened my eyes to better understanding food and how my body responds to different foods.
2 random fun facts about you? I love to laugh and joke, and I love frogs and toads. There is something simple, gentle, and humble about these little guys that just makes me happy.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share? Yes, before this challenge I couldn’t find the inner strength I needed to push myself and was going to give up, but by the grace of God I was blessed to find you all and I’ve got my determination back again. This challenge opportunity has changed my life more than I can say so I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
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What is your name or nickname? catnurse1 or Kat
Your Team? PS4L for Spring and hopefully Summer
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Wasilla, AK, about 45 miles from Anchorage, otherwise known as the Big City
What is your favorite summer activity? gardening
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? take care of my fur babies, read a LOT, and crossword puzzles. Oh, and computer pinochle
Your favorite exercise? walking and yoga
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Actually lose the 5% weight!
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? organizing my pantry
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? low fat and low sodium, but nothing structural
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? keeping my blood pressure down
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? trying yoga and realizing that it really works
2 random fun facts about you? retired veterinary assistant and I live in one of the coldest state in the U.S. and don't like any temperatures under 80 degrees
Post a picture of yourself if you like. It's not me, but it's my "bench potato" kitty Sebby who is one of my garage cats that is visiting Ellie's place.
Anything else you would like to share? There's no such thing as too much wildlife!
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What is your name or nickname? Shann Your Team? Mission SlimPOSSIBLE
Your Approximate Location: France
What is your favorite summer activity? Outdoor walking, particularly the beach
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? I still have young-ish children so just getting out with friends for anything 'adult like' is fun! I gave up lots of myself years ago and am now finally just starting to find the time to get a hobby and interests, and I'm starting to fall back in love with swimming and really enjoy a leisurely solo cycle on my old clunker of a bike!
Your favorite exercise? Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? 5% so I can then go into a stability or maintenance mode over the autumn and winter and just find balance and then kick into gear again come next spring.
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Fitting into smaller sizes and hopefully toning up my arms and abs. And I'd like to try kite surfing!
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Nothing in particular. I eat fairly clean, don't ever do fast food, but I overdo portions and like many have a bit of a chocolate addiction! but I'm getting better about not overeating with logging and trying to lose my boredom, late night and procrastination eating habits...
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Since February of this year, I've dropped about 20 pounds thanks to being honest with myself about what I was consuming and finally deciding that I am entitled to make time for myself without feeling guilty about it.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Being a part of a team has kept me accountable and has given me enormous support. In my 'real' life, I'm the only one in my entourage who really needs to lose weight so it's hard to find an accountability partner. I found that support online with my SlimPOSSIBLE teammates. (Thank you so much!!!) And finally realising that I am worth investing in and that if I don't, no one else can or will.
2 random fun facts about you? I am perfectly capable of maintaining calm in an accident situation and can easily help, not being afraid of blood, etc. BUT I think that wiggly teeth are the most disgusting things and cannot look at them!
I am a flossing fanatic (have been since childhood) and cannot imagine not flossing in the morning and before going to bed! (Too bad my physical fitness habits are not so good!!
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Post a picture of yourself if you like., Nah, you don't really want to see me
Anything else you would like to share? I hope to get down to 70kg by the end of the summer. And although my 'ideal' weight should be around 55kg, I want to be at about 63kg which is where I think I'd feel good. I guess I'll know when I finally get closer.
Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
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Name: Evelyn Red Hot Chili
SteppersApproximate Location: Lake Superior, Gulf of Mexico
Favorite summer activity? Waterfront dining and walking
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Senior center lunches snd special events. Small group activities at church (ie: Knit prayer shawls, stitchers group, mitten ministry)
Your favorite exercise? Walking
Want to accomplish? 2-3% weight loss would be great. Babysteps!
NSVs: new set of measurements since April 14
Basic plan: WW, 5% living habits, Volumetrics,
Sense of pride: Lost 100 pounds.
Advice: Participate fully in these challenges. Share.
Two random facts: Designed four stained glass windows for church (created one: two doves with seven olive leaves). I love God's word and being part of His people.
Will post photos on our private team page.
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What is your name or nickname? Sheila Your Team? Mission Slimpossible
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Rochester, NY
What is your favorite summer activity? Boating, car cruises, car races
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Same as my summer activities
Your favorite exercise? Zumba
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Loose some weight, be stronger
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? wear a smaller size
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? lower sugar/ carbs
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? run/ walking 5k's/ obstacle courses
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? progress not perfection- this has helped me not to give up if I mess up.
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What is your name or nickname?Brandi or Mlkdud
Your Team? Thinner Winners
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Panhandle of Texas
What is your favorite summer activity? Swimming
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Knit, read, hike
Your favorite exercise? Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Keep losing weight
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Keep blood sugar under control
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Mediterranean
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Don’t really have any
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Be consistent
2 random fun facts about you? I have been on MTV. I hate Play Doh so much so I can even hardly type the word.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
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What is your name or nickname?Nan
Your Team? PS4L (hopefully)
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Edinburgh, Fife, Scotland
What is your favorite summer activity? Taking a picnic to a nice quiet beauty spot and soaking up the calm and the view
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Walking in the great outdoors, my church, knitting. For relaxation I’m currently knitting a 2ply baby shawl.
Your favorite exercise? Walking, in the early morning watching the sun come over the horizon, listening to the birds.
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I’d like to meet my 5% goal this time.
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Get my BP back to a sensible level, doctor and I both know it’s immovable stress.
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? We eat 1950s style mostly since mum(91) still does most of the cooking
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Recognising that I can walk past the candy jar
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Folks on the Spring constantly telling me I must slow down. It’s hard for a workaholic.
2 random fun facts about you? I have abseiled from the Forth Rail Bridge. I have walked over the Atlantic!
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?
Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
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What is your name or nickname? Your Team?
~ My name is Lise (pronounced Lees) and I am the ML for the Tenacious GR8ters.
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.
~ I live in a little town called Almonte, about 35 minute drive from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
What is your favorite summer activity?
~ I would say walking and gardening.
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
~ I love to sew, drawing, reading, cooking and baking, enjoy watching some good movies in the evening, etc.
Your favorite exercise?
~ Walking, free weights, Zumba, Turbo Jam, Taebo, Tai Chi.
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
~ Lose my excess weight that I have put on since returning to Canada and continuing on my journey.
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?
~ Clothes fitting a bit better. Then I will have a variety of clothes to wear. Right now, I am pretty limited.
What diet/meal plan/style are you following?
~ None. I have done too many diets over the course of my lifetime and they did not work for me. I measure the quantity of food eaten.
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
~ Right now, I am not happy with my progress and need to develop discipline once more to achieve my ultimate goal.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?
~ Keep at it until you succeed.
2 random fun facts about you?
~ I am fully bilingual in English and French; I love children and animals.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
of course as a baby!!
Anything else you would like to share?
~ I cannot think of anything at present.
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What is your name or nickname? Cat Your Team? Positively Strong 4 Life
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Tampa, Florida
What is your favorite summer activity? Anything outdoors enjoying the glorious sunshine
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Playing on the computer/phone
Your favorite exercise? Chewing... chewing is my absolute favorite! Gazelle is my second favorite
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Get back into maintenance range 135-138
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Hopefully stop the rollercoaster, up and down 5-10lbs
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Healthy Lifestyle/IF/Balancing Macros
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Losing 60lbs in 11 months and keeping it off for almost 2yrs, so far... Reducing BP, Cholesterol and A1C strictly through nutrition and exercise... without any meds
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Track, Track, Track and Off Your Seat and On Your Feet
2 random fun facts about you? 1) I have mastered the art of being Inefficient and walk over 10000 steps daily INSIDE my house. 2) I eat like a Beast and prepare 7-8 separate meals daily as hubs does not eat most of the same foods (he's disabled and can not fix his own)
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?
👑CROWN UP👑
Wearing your crown means you understand your life has a calling, and that you must walk worthy of that calling each day. It means you you've committed to being the best you, no matter the situation5 -
What is your name or nickname? Diane
Your Team? Mission Slimpossible
Your Approximate Location: Kent County, Delaware, USA
What is your favorite summer activity? Fishing
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Gardening, Dancing, Fishing, Beaching, Travel, Swimming, Hiking, Hanging with the Family
Your favorite exercise?
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Lose my 5%
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Wearing my 2pc Bathingsuit
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Counting Calories, Staying within Macros, Mostly Whole Foods
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Don't wait to get started or get Back on Track
2 random fun facts about you? I teach 6th grade Sunday School. I'm an only child.
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What is your name or nickname? Saltlife49
Your Team?Hopefully/possibly Tenacious GR8TERS
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.Buffalo, N.Y.
What is your favorite summer activity?Gardening and just simply being outdoors!!
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?Gardening, take walks, bike rides, camping, geocaching, reading
Your favorite exercise?Walks & bike rides
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?Losing at least 5%
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?feeling better overall
What diet/meal plan/style are you following?low calorie/low fat and trying to add low sodium
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?none at this time
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?"progress not perfection"
2 random fun facts about you?I am a mom to 4 sons
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?I am very happy to have found former friends/SparkPeople!
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What is your name or nickname? Mica Your Team? Mission Slimpossible
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. New Hampshire
What is your favorite summer activity? Bicycling
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Bicycling, birding, hiking, crocheting
Your favorite exercise? Bicycling, walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Maintain (at goal weight) and improve Strength!
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Stay on track with my "walk the year" goal of 2022 miles in 2022; commute to work by bicycle every day possible, weather permitting; improve Strength
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? I track food and stay within range calories & macros
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Reaching and maintaining my goal weight, achieving my "walk the year" goal for the past 2 years (this is year 3)
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Consistency!
2 random fun facts about you? Cat lover (all animals really, but cats live with me); I play guitar
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
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What is your name or nickname? Your Team? Lindsey, Newpma, Thinner Winners
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Liverpool,England
What is your favorite summer activity? Walking outdoors, exploring new places
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? I love to read also enjoy drawing when I get time.
Your favorite exercise? Depends on my mood but I love Pilates and dancing around like a fool.
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I really want to lose my 5% I think I've only ever managed it once every time a challenge starts something seems to throw me off track.
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? I really want to focus on toning up and also want to start taking more time to do the things that make me happy.
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Intermittent fasting
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? I'll tell you when I have one
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Counting calories and tracking doesn't work for me.
2 random fun facts about you? I've had sewing machine for over a year and it's still in the box I'm going to start making and altering my own clothes. I want to start writing again.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?
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What is your name or nickname? Your Team? Angela(Ange) I believe 5% summer challenge
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.-Ontario,Canada
What is your favorite summer activity? when I can , sit outside and listen to the birds..walk when I can
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? cook, read, and workout when I can
Your favorite exercise? weight lifting....and kickboxing( but can not do right now)
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I just want more control of ME and not what my doctors want for me...some how I got really lost and off track...
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? It is my 25th anniversary(35 yrs together) and I really want to be able to wear my wedding set again
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? right now I have far too many restrictions with food for all my conditions...
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? wish I was there yet...but when I do I will share:)
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? again not there yet...still a work in progress...
2 random fun facts about you? I am a huge animal lover...and very sarcastic...
Post a picture of yourself if you like.- still learning this MFP thing...not sure if I know how to do it here
Anything else you would like to share? just embracing my new normal...but taking more control of me back..instead of the guinea pig I have become over the last 10 years...I look forward to cheering u all on and having the support back....my calories are set low so please no negativity...under doctor assessement...I think...I may have upset them lol2
