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kaliswalker

Plz Introduce yourself to your teammates here. Let's introduce ourselves and meet our teammates. Plz copy/paste this template. Thank you.

What is your name or nickname? Your Team?
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.
What is your favorite summer activity?
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
Your favorite exercise?
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?
What diet/meal plan/style are you following?
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?
2 random fun facts about you?
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.
We will have the most successful 5% teams ever!

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mlkdud

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.
Anything else you would like to share?

Lessennan

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.
We will have the most successful 5% teams ever!

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Yiche912

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.

Catwmncat

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 situation

deskjockey925

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.

Saltlife49

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!

micaroo4

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.
Anything else you would like to share?

newpma

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?

angeandlyon

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 lol

tiffanylacourse

What is your name or nickname? tiffanylacourse aka Tiffany

Your Team? Thinner Winners

Your Approximate Location: North Central Ohio - Near Cedar Point Amusement Park

What is your favorite summer activity? Watching my kids play baseball!

What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? For fun I like to read, do sudoku puzzles, watch tv, etc.

Your favorite exercise? Lifting weights for sure.

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I'd like to lose my 5% (or more), start and stick to a workout schedule, hit 10k steps per day, and do my best to log all intake daily!

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? I'd like to fit into a size 14 jeans (currently hovering between 16-18-20ish), have less back and knee pain, & lose my double chin!

What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Macros - focusing on protein intake and overall calorie intake & (somewhat lazy) intermittent fasting.

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Doing a 5k color run a few years ago.

What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Taking it one day - or even one meal - at a time. To focus on the "Just for today" instead of the huge long term goals.

2 random fun facts about you? I'm a mom of 5 boys ranging in age from 6 - 19 - and I'm a Libra.

Post a picture of yourself if you like. (Can be seen on my profile. LOL)

Anything else you would like to share? Not that I can think of off the top of my head.

bookieNJ

What is your name or nickname? Your Team?
Mary-thinner winners

Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country
60 minutes away from NYC, US.

What is your favorite summer activity?
Swimming, going to Disney
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
Read, play Pokémon go, emoji blitz, magic kingdoms, play cards, exercise,

Your favorite exercise? Spinning though that will be gone soon as gym membership is ending

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
I want to hit 164. My weight has been fluctuating between 166-169.

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?

Looser clothes, more self control with food

What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Dash diet

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? When I got told in may that my dr was jealous of my day bp readings, Losing 8 lbs in 2 months
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Dash diet book, drink water, baby steps are good

2 random fun facts about you? I love to read many books at a time, I can identify way too many Pokémon creatures
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?

persistant123

What is your name or nickname? Kathleen
Your Team? I hope to be on Fit Force again
Your Approximate Location: Palmview, TX
What is your favorite summer activity? Aquacize
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Walk, Aquacize, Read, Hike (when it is not so HOT)
Your favorite exercise? Hiking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Hit my 5% goal
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Complete two small virtual hikes on walking4fun.com
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Keto
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? I finally hiked the Stone Mountain Falls loop, which was something that I have wanted to do for the past 12 years and did not think I could. It is a 4.9-mile strenuous hike and it took me 5 hours to complete. It did not help that I went in the wrong direction and got off the trail, but I did it!
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Baby steps and keep adding to what I have accomplished. Never Give UP!
2 random fun facts about you? 1) I just purchased a pickup and plan on purchasing a small RV to volunteer and live in next summer. 2) My cat travels with me on my adventures.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share? Thanks to the support of my 5% team and attending a Tony Robbins seminar, I hiked several trails that I believed I was unable to do in the past. While I was on vacation I conquered several of my fears and completed several of those hikes.

Golfma4

What is your name or nickname? Melrie or "Mel
Your Approximate Location: Near Winston Salem, NC
What is your favorite summer activity? Golf
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Reading - Games - Travel
Your favorite exercise? Walking - Exercise videos on You Tube
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Lose the 5%

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Thinking about that one
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Trying to stay in percentages of 30% Fat , 20% Protein, 50% Carbs.
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Increased steps to average more than 10,000 steps daily.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Keeping tabs on calories and trying to keep the percentages of Fat, Protein and Carbs right, checking after every meal or before meals to plan what I will eat.

2 random fun facts about you?
Post a picture of yourself if you like.- Later

KMasz

Name or nickname & Team? Kate, team Red Hot Chilli Steppers!
Your Approximate Location: North-central Massachusetts, USA
Favorite summer activity? Swimming at a local rock “gorge”
Fun, interests, hobbies? Making wine, cooking/baking, snuggling with my puppies & kitties (can you see why I might need to lose 5%?!)
Favorite exercise? Beach Body workouts
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Losing 5%, gaining consistency!
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Improve my nutrition, less “junk” foods & better macro balance
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Calorie counting/restriction
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Running a 10k with an average pace of 8:06 …was quite a few years ago now…
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Just keep returning to it, you won’t always be perfect and life will happen, but you can’t let it keep you down
2 random fun facts about you? I currently have 29 chickens and am remodeling my house
Post a picture of yourself if you like. I would not, but here are my puppies!

LindieMaeP

What is your name or nickname? Linda aka Deskjockey101Your Team? PS4L
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Vancouver BC Canada
What is your favorite summer activity? Walking with my phone camera ready for my Walking Treasures
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Sunsets and Camomile Tea, it lets me know I made it through another day!
Your favorite exercise? Walking inside or outside
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? be a loser ! 5% or so
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Help my body heal ( Meralgia Paresthetica nerve issue )
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? I like the Dash Diet, so will be incorporating, I dislike tracking my food
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? have to think about this...
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? a suggestion from a physio-therapist about meals - 1/3 meat to 2/3 greens, helps a lot and I always revert to that!
2 random fun facts about you? I'm fun ??? thought I missed that bus ... but I do like to dance around the living room and play computer games. Did someone say Super Marios? Still have my Nintendo !!!
Post a picture of yourself if you like. Please see profile pic

Anything else you would like to share? I am thankful every day that I crawl out of bed to face another day of what ever it may bring, and I am thankful for my Heavenly Father who embraces me when I am at a low ebb - he never lets my hands drop.

lavalily

ALOHA!!!
What is your name or nickname? Your Team?
Lucy (not a nickname) and I’m one of the Tenacious GR8TERS
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.
I’m on the Big Island of Hawaii and the big city near me is Honolulu, on the island of Oahu
What is your favorite summer activity?
Sitting on my orchid lanai with a cup of coffee or iced tea
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
I belong to a gym and I go there regularly. I am an author, so I write for fun and for profit, I am also a musician (piano, guitar, recorder, singing, writing lyrics).
Your favorite exercise?
Lifting weights or any machine that replicates that
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
Stay on maintenance with my weight, but mostly I want to increase my leg strength
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?
Strong legs and the ability to walk longer distances
What diet/meal plan/style are you following?
Vegetarian Low carb/high fat (Diet Doctor)
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
I achieved weight maintenance about 15 years ago with Weight Watchers
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?
Don’t let the slips define you – just get back on track and keep going
2 random fun facts about you?
I’ll be 88 in September and I just retired as a college prof in September 2021.

Kurtize

What is your name or nickname? Joyce (Kurtize) Your Team? Rain Dancers

Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.
Dallas is the biggest city near me, live in Smith county, East Texas

What is your favorite summer activity? Just relaxing

What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? play computer games, read, listen to music, spend time with family and friends

Your favorite exercise? Walking

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Get back on track, grained weight

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?
Get myself organized and on a schedule

What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Nutrisystem

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
I lost over 25 libs and was feeling great

What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?
Don't give up, don't except miracles over night, be patient with self and it is ok to slip and make mistakes, just start over, every day is a new day and a new beginning

2 random fun facts about you?
Was very active in Red Hats, led many church bible studies and functions, was on TV dance show as a teenager in late 50's

Post a picture of yourself if you like. 2019, celebrating friend in center 65th birthday we were all in red hats together, I am on the right.

Anything else you would like to share?

Kopsbaby

Plz Introduce yourself to your teammates here. Plz copy/paste this template. Thank you.

What is your name or nickname? Donna
Your Team? Rain Dancers

Your Approximate Location: Spring Mills, PA
What is your favorite summer activity? camping and swimming. Enjoying the sunshine and warm weather.

What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
Camping, grandkids, driving my Mustang

Your favorite exercise? Swimming and walking

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
To finish the challenge with a loss.

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? To have my clothes fit better.

What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Higher protein, lower carbs

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? When I briefly got down to a size 12, a 14 would be great now.

What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Drink lots of water. Do something, anything.

2 random fun facts about you? I am a twin. I have been in PA longer than I was in my home state of Florida.

Anything else you would like to share? Been married for 33 years in August. Between us we have 5 children and 8 grandkids. 3 of them are now graduated from high school.

Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
We will have the most successful 5% teams ever!

steviebee888

What is your name or nickname? Your Team? steviebee888; my team is PS4L
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Indiana
What is your favorite summer activity? Spending time with friends
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? I love to read, journal and workout
Your favorite exercise? Run/Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Break this plateau and get into the 150s
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Fit more in my clothes
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Carb-cycling
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Run a half marathon in all 50 states; completed in Apr. 2019
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Running has definitely taught me about dealing with the ups and the downs (some days are good runs, some are okay, and others are just bad)
2 random fun facts about you? I love the Golden Girls and I have 2 fur babies
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share?

CSEGUIN2

What is your name or nickname? Connie
Your Team? Tenacious Gr8ters
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Windsor Ontario Canada
What is your favorite summer activity? Hanging out with friends
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Crochet, reading, gardening, cooking and baking, also volunteering at our country Fair in Harrow.
Your favorite exercise? Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Finding my motivation and getting back on track.
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Ride my bike more.
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? I aim to stay in the range of 1480 -1700
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Becoming more active.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Keep moving. It doesn't matter what it is.
2 random fun facts about you? Hmmm....I love to help friends with gardening, and I have a Rottie
Post a picture of yourself if you like.

Anything else you would like to share? Not that I can think of.

kkinnea

What is your name or nickname? Your Team?
Kristen => kkinnea. I have been on the Shape Shifters since moving to MFP

Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.
Minneapolis MN USA

What is your favorite summer activity?
Enjoying the sun

What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
Music, writing software, learning languages

Your favorite exercise?
Running!

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
Lose 1-2 more pounds

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?
Eating as healthy as possible for most meals

What diet/meal plan/style are you following?
Logging food

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
Being able to complete a marathon

What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?
Being kind to myself, consistency

2 random fun facts about you?
I own 2 Toyota Camrys
I like my grey hair

Post a picture of yourself if you like.
No good ones with grey hair - yet!

Anything else you would like to share?
I enjoy our 5% community!

losemicaroline

What is your name or nickname? Carol. I have asked for a seat in Fit Force.

Your Approximate Location: Colorado, but on the Western Slope, near Utah.

What is your favorite summer activity? I like bobbing about in pools, and picnics.

What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? When I have time, I enjoy reading for fun.

Your favorite exercise? My stationary bike--but I have just returned to a gym and hope to find a way to enjoy weight-bearing exercise.

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? It would be great to lose 5%. I have just returned to MFP after a long hiatus.

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? More energy!

What diet/meal plan/style are you following? Well, I should be following a low-carb diet and some days, I do.

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Consistently riding my stationary bike.

What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Dunno. I guess it would be the willingness to keep trying. I have been overweight since infancy.

2 random fun facts about you? I am obsessed with cats, though I no longer have one. I am funny in person, less so in writing.

Post a picture of yourself if you like.

Anything else you would like to share? This seems like the kind of group I am looking for and I am excited to get to know some of you.

KMasz

Ceriusly1 wrote: »

2 random fun facts about you? I have a small business in alternative medicine, and my GrandPrincesses were born 3 years apart on the same day. The oldest was a month early and the youngest was a week late.

Crazy how things like that happen! My two brothers were born on the same day, 13 years apart!

walkintofit

What is your name or nickname? Your Team?[/Debbie, walkintofit, Fit Force 6
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Southern Idaho, Twin Falls
What is your favorite summer activity? gardening,
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? kayaking
Your favorite exercise?walking, rowing
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?maintaining weight
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?get stronger
What diet/meal plan/style are you following?mfp calorie range
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?lifting weights
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?no random eating
2 random fun facts about you?worked as a taxi driver, won a couple art contests

DawnGW26

What is your name or nickname? Dawn. Your Team? Fit Force

Your Approximate Location: Canyon Country, CA, USA

What is your favorite summer activity? Hiking, walking, swimming, camping

What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Painting, ceramics, listening to music, CrossFit classes, weightlifting, road trips

Your favorite exercise? jogging, CrossFit classes (they're hard, but I love it anyway)

What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I'd like to lose at least 5 lbs.

What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? fit into slimmer clothes!

What diet/meal plan/style are you following? I tend to eat mostly Mediterranean type foods, I'm working on portions and no snacks/2 meals per day. I've been dabbling with intermittent fasting.

What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Lately, getting stronger with weight training, but last year I was training for a half marathon. The event was cancelled, but I did get up to 13.1 miles on my own while training.

What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Take things slowly, and build up over time, to avoid any injuries!

2 random fun facts about you? I'm a digital artist for visual effects and animation studios. When I was much younger, I worked at the local amusement park as a stage technician for their live shows.

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Anything else you would like to share? I'm formerly from the Invincible Indigos team on SP.

Thanks for doing all introductions on this thread so we can all follow each other here.
We will have the most successful 5% teams ever!

katiecondy1

What is your name or nickname? Katie
Your Team? Positively Strong 4 Life
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country.
Colorado Springs, CO
What is your favorite summer activity?
Swimming
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies?
Garden, woodwork, knit or crochet, read, hike, play with and train dogs, horses (anything to do with horses)
Your favorite exercise?
Hiking/ riding horses
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season?
Achieve 5% goal in weight loss
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer?
Increased fitness and self discipline
What diet/meal plan/style are you following?
Balanced CI/CO..
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements?
Riding a 32 mile trail ride
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you?
So many sources , impossible to pin it down
2 random fun facts about you?
I love to laugh and make others laugh
I do have a sarcastic sense of humor..(thanks to my Dad..he taught me!)
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Anything else you would like to share?
Wishes for success to every member of each team...Progress not Perfection!!

Eternalminded

What is your name or nickname? Your Team? Julie, Slimpossible
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Central AR
What is your favorite summer activity? Swimming
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Camping, Hiking, being with my family and friends
Your favorite exercise? Walking
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? Lose 7 pounds
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? More energy
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? I am not following one.
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? Just feeling better about myself - more energy, being able to keep up with my son. (older mom)
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? Moderation in all. (food wise) Move more.
2 random fun facts about you? I lived in Honduras as a missionary teacher. I am crazy about all things Christmas.
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Anything else you would like to share?

stacie917

What is your name or nickname? Stacie
Your Team? Shape Shifters
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. Texas
What is your favorite summer activity? Hibernation
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? Read, exercise, trying meals from the BudgetBytes website, gardening (very beginner, my hubby does a lot of it) ,picking up new hobbies only to abandon them a few days later, some home improvement, child rearing mostly
Your favorite exercise? Hiking, especially in the woods
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? I want to lose 5% of my bodyweight
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? Getting in my strength training 2X/week, it is not my favorite. Cardio is my jam.
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? CICO, mostly. Experimenting with low carb 2 days a week right now.
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? I've lost 50 some odd pounds since 2019 after my youngest was born. Now I am trying to get to a normal bodyweight before I hit 45.
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? The Beck Diet has helped me a bit, mostly in how I talk to myself and realizing that tripping doesn't mean I have to throw myself down the stairs.
2 random fun facts about you? My kids like to play with my arm fat and we recently rescued a kitten from the side of the road, so now I am a surrogate kitten mama.
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Anything else you would like to share? Thanks for letting me join.

nbruns83

What is your name or nickname? Nancy
Your Team? Fit Force
Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. southern Idaho
What is your favorite summer activity? being outdoors on our farms
What do you like to do for fun, interests, hobbies? reading, cooking, baking, sewing, knitting
Your favorite exercise? jogging, swimming
What do you want to accomplish this 5% season? get my sweet tooth under control
What non-scale victories (NSVs) will you accomplish this summer? lose inches from my waist?
What diet/meal plan/style are you following? cooking from scratch with fewer simple carbs
What are your proudest health/fitness/physical achievements? completing three half marathons, and still jogging, pain-free
What health/fitness advice/knowledge has helped you? heart rate monitoring; polarized training, and stretching and strengthening with Essentrics, aka "Classical Stretch" on PBS
2 random fun facts about you? I like to pull weeds, hang clothes outdoors, and iron.
Post a picture of yourself if you like.
Anything else you would like to share? DH and I are both retired. He was a farmer, and I was an elementary teacher. We're both trying to figure out how to make this stage of life meaningful and useful.