FAT 2 FIT WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE AND SUPPORT GROUP

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WaistAways Team Chat - FEBRUARY 2023

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jugar
jugar Posts: 10,139 Member
edited February 2023 in Social Groups
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Here is your Team chat room for February 2023. This is where you weigh weekly, post your goals and progress, discuss any issues or topics of interest, share ideas, support your teammates, receive help when you need it, and dream big. Try to post often, and help each other succeed! Bookmark this thread to make it easy to land there any time.

Fat2Fit has five great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows:

Our Moderators:
Liselyn - @jugar
Megan - @Megan_smartiepants1970
Ashley - @minstrelofsarcasm
Jessica - @jessicakrall8

Our Team Captains:
Downsizers - @lindamtuck2018 and @Megan_smartiepants1970
Mission Slimpossible - @broncobuddee and @trooworld
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm and @melaniedscott
WaistAways - @jugar and @ashleycarole86
Shape Shifters - @jessicakrall8 and open

Our Team Motivators:
Downsizers - @fatfifties
Mission Slimpossibles - @katmary71
Weight No More - @rachelrjh
WaistAways - @conleywoods
Shape Shifters - @angmarie28 & @PatriceFitnessPal

HOW IT ALL WORKS: The February challenge runs from January 29 - Feb 25. F2F months always start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, so adjust your calendars!

Everyone weighs in weekly on their chosen day right here in the team chat thread. At the end of each week, the tallies are done to determine the team and individuals with the most weight lost. The best losers are announced with full fanfare every Sunday. The team competition is all in good spirits - may the most losing win!

We also celebrate those small, steady losses. If you lose, however small an amount, you are in the green! At the end of the month, we celebrate everyone who lost at least a bit every week. You are heading steadily towards your goal even if you aren't at the top of the weight loss leaderboard.

To make your weigh-in easy to find for your team Captains, please put it right at the top of a message, and use this format:
Weigh In Day:
PW (Previous Weight):
CW (Current Weight):

If you miss two weigh-ins in a row without asking for a break, you will be dropped from the team, so be sure to inform your team captain if you are traveling, sick, or just need some time off. If you take a break, you can be excused for a week or two, or are moved to the Support Team for as long as you need to. You still participate in the discussions, you can weigh in if you want to, but it will not count in the weekly tally.

Once you reach your goal weight, you join the Goal Zone! You continue to weigh in every week. If you have 2 weeks above your self-defined goal zone, you go back to the regular team to lose that amount before it builds up. You will have a chance to hone those maintenance skills and stick with your team!

In addition to your own team, there are weekly F2F Full Group CHALLENGES. You can do all or none - it's up to you. Participating adds a lot to your success, so we hope to see you there often! These can involve anything fitness, health, or nutrition - and they’ll get you moving, thinking, and learning about this journey. Check the Announcements section for full group challenges.

Let’s show our fellow challengers some F2F love! Introduce yourselves right away, and let the new month begin!!
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  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,139 Member
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    It's February 2023 already!

    This is our home for the month, where all of our joys and challenges take place. Please (re)introduce yourselves and set some goals and daily actions for the month and the new year. Focus on the small every day choices, and you will get where you want to go!

    I am Liselyn, co-captain along with @ashleycarole86 . I live in rural Québec, and I'm a retired university professor of music. It was not until I was 58 that I got really serious with both food and exercise. As of October, I hit 10 years on maintenance, always refining and making sure I don't have to do it all over again. Yes, it is possible to lose weight and get in shape during and after menopause!

    I know there are people on this team who have a lot to lose, others who have lost a lot and are closing in on their goals, and some who might be working on losses that are stubbornly resisting. There is much wisdom here, and the most important lesson we learn from each other time and time again is that it is not a straight shot, there will be trials and errors, and sticking with it when it feels like you have fallen off yet again is the best thing you can do for yourself. Plateaus can be good, but going back the way you came is not!

    Some helpful information/tools:
    Posting your daily updates
    We know from experience that posting daily (or as often as you can!) makes a huge difference to your success. Use any format you like to let everyone know how you are doing on your daily goals and habits. You can report on food, exercise, water, sleep, or whatever you are tracking and trying to stick with. While you're there, talk about how you are, ask questions, and if you can answer someone else, please do! Congratulate others, commiserate, enjoy someone's rant, or go ahead and rant yourself. It all helps make the kind of community where we are in each others' heads when the hand is reaching for that off-plan snack, or the couch is feeling way too inviting...

    Weighing in
    Please try to weigh in on time! When you post, put your weigh in at the TOP of a message, so it is clear and easy to find. If you cannot post your weight for whatever reason, please request a week off, or if you need a longer break, you can request to move to the "Support Team" where you can still participate but your weigh-ins will not be part of the weekly tally. This is where members who are ill, on vacation, or just needing a break can hang out for as long as needed.

    The F2F Habit Tracker
    If you want a simple place to track your most important habits, give this a try. You can see how your teammates are doing too :wink: The link and how-to info are under "Announcements" on the main F2F page.

    So everyone, tell us a bit about you, your goals, what steps you are going to work on. It's fun to know your name and where you live (if you're willing to share that), what brought you here, how your weight loss journey has been, and where you are headed now. Let the introductions roll!
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 681 Member
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    YAY for February!
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 39,940 Member
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    Good Morning WA's ...You have another new member joining your amazing team ...Please welcome @39flavours :)
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 39,940 Member
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    Hi WA's...Another new member heading your way ...Please welcome @cybernurse251 :)
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,139 Member
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    Welcome to all our new members! We're looking forward to getting to know you. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
  • jessicakrall8
    jessicakrall8 Posts: 5,153 Member
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    The February Week 1 Group Challenge is posted and ready to begin tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 29th. Please join us for the repeat week of the Ultimate Points Challenge. We had quite a few calls to do it for a second week, so hope you can participate. Here's your link:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10882924/february-week-1-group-challenge-ultimate-points-challenge#latest

    See you tomorrow!
    Jessica :blush:
  • wishfuljune
    wishfuljune Posts: 2,576 Member
    edited January 2023
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    @jugar - I am so sorry I missed my weigh-in for the last Friday in January. That Friday was a busy day at work, and then my husband, my pup, and I had to vacate our home due to an electrical issue (fire alarms went off all night). I have been catching up on both sleep and home care since we returned yesterday evening.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,139 Member
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    wishfuljune wrote: »
    @jugar - I am so sorry I missed my weigh-in for the last Friday in January. That Friday was a busy day at work, and then my husband, my pup, and I had to vacate our home due to an electrical issue (fire alarms went off all night). I have been catching up on both sleep and home care since we returned yesterday evening.

    Don't worry! I will excuse you for the week - fire alarms all night are absolutely not a happy way to get ready for a weigh-in.
  • PlaneMonkey
    PlaneMonkey Posts: 568 Member
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    Hi team, I'm Courtney, 42, and I live in Val-des-Monts, Quebec Canada with my husband and our cats. We're big into DIY home renos, and lately my live has resolved around shovelling snow. Tis the season!
    I've been yo-yoing with my weight all my adult life and a year and a half ago I managed to get back to my lower set point of 190ish lbs where I look good, feel good, and can participate in sports at the level I want. I've taken a bit of a break and just maintained but now I'm ready to step up the effort again and try to lose the last 20 or so pounds to get back to peak shape. My motivation is to be able to play a higher level of hockey and not feel joint or muscle pain. This is going to require me to log my food ACCURATELY which means bringing the scale back out, and to put a habit tracker calendar up on my wall. I'm going to track water consumption, workouts in the evenings (which I find so difficult to get off the couch and go do) and logging all 3 meals each day.

    I have so many negative emotions tied up into my return to the office and the wasted money and personal time related to the commute that I'm hoping to channel it into focusing on improving myself since it's something actually within my control

    @BlueSkyNomad I also had sticker shock over the increased cost for premium. Double is excessive.

    @lauren_989 I use a paper habit tracker as well because I have difficulty with getting to a computer to track, I'm always on my phone. @jugar has mentioned that the google sheets app makes it more user friendly but I haven't personally tried it. I like highlighting the squares on the paper. @Gidgitgoescrzy you use stickers, right?
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