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kaliswalker
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How many 5% Challenges have you done?
What do you like to do for fun?
What major city do you live in or near? State?
What are you health/fitness goals for this season?
How would your pet or friend describe you?
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
What was your favorite childhood TV show?
2 fun things about you?
Anything else you would like to share?
What do you like to do for fun?
What major city do you live in or near? State?
What are you health/fitness goals for this season?
How would your pet or friend describe you?
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
What was your favorite childhood TV show?
2 fun things about you?
Anything else you would like to share?
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How many 5% Challenges have you done? I started the Challenges in 2010. This is 56 for me.
What do you like to do for fun? Dance to live bands, listen to audiobooks, Happy Color app, play cards especially canasta, RV travel, try new recipes, meet new people, read online news, explore new places, have dinner parties, watch 90 Day Fiance, travel.
What major city do you live in or near? State? Vancouver Canada
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? I had Covid twice and need to regain my strength and endurance. Get back hiking. I lost 90 pounds and regained 40. I want that 40 pounds gone!
How would your pet or friend describe you? Friend - like to bring people together
What popular fad product or style did you regret? a perm in my hair
What was your favorite childhood TV show? I Dream of Jeannie
2 fun things about you? I am always looking for my reading glasses and phone. Often the glasses are on top of my head and the phone is in my back pocket. Why don't I look there first? Since I had Covid I don't remember names very well, so it can be awkward and funny.
Anything else you would like to share?
I was on a South American cruise in 2020, that became a Covid cruise. I am planning a trip to South America to see the countries I missed in 2020.6 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? Several. I cannot remember when I started.
What do you like to do for fun? I love to craft and play with grandchildren
What major city do you live in or near? State? Fayetteville, Arkansas
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? It may not sound like much but my goal is to walk to the mailbox and back. It is down a small hill and I am not able to do inclines or descents well.
How would your pet or friend describe you? I asked a friend and she said beautiful LOL She is biased She also said I am a happy person and a joy to be around. Awww (HUGS) to her.
What popular fad product or style did you regret? definitely the hair perms
What was your favorite childhood TV show? I don't remember right now. I do remember the chores and then playing outside until the sun started going down.
2 fun things about you? I like to do crafts, mostly memory keepsakes and a little poetry.
Anything else you would like to share? I am a die hard Arkansas Razorback fan (college football)
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How many 5% Challenges have you done? All since the 2011 Winter 5% challenge and the in between breaks.
What do you like to do for fun? Hang around with friends and family, walk as I can, DYI stuff cause it's fun, read, games, stretch like a mad woman, cook (weird before the pandemic I hated it) I'm a 2 time cribbage local champion. I love to encourage others.
What major city do you live in or near? State? Greater Portland, Maine area right on the harbor.
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? I did a very successful maintenance for the Spring 5% challenge. For the Summer it's going to be maintained my weight. Along with that eating healthier. It's amazing to look back and see the improvementd I've made.
How would your pet or friend describe you? Izzy (12 year cat) and Oscar (1 year old very foolish boy kitty) would say I spoil them and I sure do! They do me also. My friends day I have a unique sense of humor, but also a good listener.
What popular fad product or style did you regret? Strangely I'm not one to hop on the band wagon. Lol I took did the hair perming but my Mom was a stylist. I did it to spend more time with her and I did look "cute".
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Carol Burnett. Lol the whole family (10) would laugh so hard together.
2 fun things about you? I'll sneak in something funny into a conversation just to see if it's caught. Or I think it's funny it's for my joy. I love getting away, but only for a day or 2. Years past I hated to go home.
Anything else you would like to share? Awww Great Grandma to 2 precious boys. I've gone from 288 to 170. My health has taken a nose dive, but my attitude has greatly improved. I love the 5% and credit my success to it. Of course I did the work, but with tons of encouragement.5 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? 55 I took a break for the Winter 2020 but soon came back. I just love this challenge and all of the members.
What do you like to do for fun? Yard Work!! (Never did it until last year), who knew I would be mowing and lopping at 70 years old.
What major city do you live in or near? State? The largest city near me is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
What are your health/fitness goals for this season? I gained back nearly all the weight I lost last year. I won't go into details but I did learn a lot about myself during the last 5 months.
How would your pet or friend describe you? My pets adore me. They know I hold the key to the food cabinet.
What popular fad product or style did you regret? Good question, smoking as a teen.
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Donna Reed, sigh, Paul Petersen. The Rifleman, sigh, Johnny Crawford
2 fun things about you? I died twice but here I still am. Does that count as 2?
Anything else you would like to share? I am looking forward to this challenge and wishing everyone God's Blessing as we travel together.5 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? I don't really remember but I think I started in 2016.
What do you like to do for fun? Play guitar, pickleball, card games, board games, word and number puzzles, walking.
What major city do you live in or near? State? Live near Vancouver, BC, Canada
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Would like to start strength training and increase my stamina.
How would your pet or friend describe you? Kind, reliable, reserved, organized
What popular fad product or style did you regret? I am not an early adopter of fads so don't have any that I regret.
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Walt Disney every week.
2 fun things about you? I enjoy singing and karaoke. I walk our dog for 1.5 to 2.0 hours most mornings and I like to get 10,000 steps before breakfast.
Anything else you would like to share?4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? Around 50. If Lynn (kaliswalker) is at 56, I'm close to that number although I didn't keep exact count. I started with the Challenges after the first one had already started.
What do you like to do for fun? I've recently picked up crocheting again and I find I'm really enjoying it. My first project was an oversized lap robe for my mother ~ crocheted to look like the German Flag. My parents are both from Germany and my father passed at the end of August, 2022. I gave the finished blanket to my mother to remember my father's birthday this past March. It wasn't a perfect piece, but she loves it and loved the sentiment behind it.
What major city do you live in or near? State? I live in NJ, the western part near PA. If any of you know where the Crayola Factory is in PA, I'm less than 1/2 hour from there.
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To reengage in my healthy lifestyle journey. I'm kind of lost at this point. I know WHAT needs to be done, I just have to find my 'Spark'!
How would your pet or friend describe you? I have no idea, but I do know that oftentimes, I'm the 'friend' that people come to when they have a problem. My pet loves me unconditionally and when I'm home, she is follows me wherever I go; so I guess she thinks I'm OK!
What popular fad product or style did you regret? I tried to stay away from fads, but in my younger days - of course, I fell for some of them. I was in HS in the late 70's - you would wear hip-hugger bell bottoms that were W-A-Y too long so that you would walk on the pants. Eventually the legs would fray and you would have long pieces hanging off of your pants ... 3 people behind you in the school hallway could trip on those pieces, LOL. Those bellbottoms, they would be worn with mens lumberjacks ... not sure what we were thinking back then.
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Childhood show ~ when I was really little, I would watch Captain Kangaroo. When I got older, I remember always taking my bath and getting ready for bed on a Friday night in time to watch The Partridge Family.
2 fun things about you? I don't know how 'fun' these are but ... I love theatre, especially musical theatre and I try to get involved with a production at least 1-2 times/year (I'm not doing a show this summer, however, and miss it a lot). I've been active in our local Women's Club for the 15(+/-) years.
Anything else you would like to share? Nothing that I can think of right now.Heidi (hicim705)
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How many 5% Challenges have you done? A lot
What do you like to do for fun? walk, day trips, flea market and yard sales
What major city do you live in or near? State?( Lehighton, Pa) Middle of Allentown and Jim Thorp, Pa
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? lose inches from waist
How would your pet or friend describe you? lovable and loyal
What popular fad product or style did you regret? none, really. I don't really follow
What was your favorite childhood TV show? too many but anything with horses and I did like Tarzan and Shirley Temple
2 fun things about you? I love animals and I love my day trips
Anything else you would like to share?5 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? Don't know the number but started the challenge before the Spirited Underdog team was formed on SP and have been doing them ever since
What do you like to do for fun? Games on my tablet, reading, crafts, watching baseball ( Red Sox), played Pickleball for awhile but then it got too competitive and wasn't fun anymore
What major city do you live in or near? State? Providence, RI
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To continue losing weight and going to exercise classes at the Senior Center
How would your pet or friend describe you? No pets, friends would probably say quiet, caring, giving
What popular fad product or style did you regret? None I like to do my own thing
What was your favorite childhood TV show?
The Lone Ranger
2 fun things about you? Coached Little League baseball for 10 years, if someone says I can't do something I do it
Anything else you would like to share? Gramma of 7 ages 24, 21, 21, 21, 21, 14 and 11. The 21s are 2 sets of twins.4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? This will be #15 including In-Between Challenges
What do you like to do for fun? What my gs play sports, cook, online jigsaw puzzles and apparently EAT!
What major city do you live in or near? State? Tampa, Florida
What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Lose a couple lbs then maintain again
How would your pet or friend describe you? Crazy, Loving, Loyal and a Hopeless Romantic
What popular fad product or style did you regret? UniPerm ~ only had one but apparently the hairdresser did not know what she was doing and FRIED my hair! I ended up with a HUGE afro!!! Took many cuts and years to get my hair healthy again.
What was your favorite childhood TV show? The Love Boat and The Carol Burnett Show
2 fun things about you? I make up silly songs and sing them to my cats. That's only one thing but I have two cats so it should suffice.
Anything else you would like to share? Without the motivation and encouragement from my team and the OAL's I would have put back on all the weight I lost (50+lbs) long ago.4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? No idea. I’ve sat out a couple, but I think winter 2011 was my first.
What do you like to do for fun? Read; enjoy the plethora of parks in my area
What major city do you live in or near? State? Tampa Bay area, Florida
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Make my 70th year a healthy one insofar as I can, drop the rest of the pandemic weight for good, USE the tools I have
How would your pet or friend describe you? Friend: nonjudgmental listener. Pet: excellent staff except for not serving meals fast enough
What popular fad product or style did you regret? Never have been much for fads
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Roadrunner cartoons BEEP BEEP
2 fun things about you? I’m an avid reader of Pride and Prejudice variations and sequels. I really do spoil our little senior cat Eve. She has her own set of dishes that includes glass stemmed bowls for breakfast and dinner, a tiny Limoge dish for the baby food meat she gets for lunch, and a gold rimmed demitasse cup as her very own water mug since she kept trying to drink from mine. She has 24 toes; triple thumbs in front and an extra toe on each back paw.
Anything else you would like to share? My summer will include some special travel. When we retired, our older daughter said she wanted to do a daddy trip and a mama trip. She and husband rented an upscale camper van and went to half a dozen national parks. She and I will meet friends in Great Britain and cruise the Norwegian fjords.3 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? I think this is #6.
What do you like to do for fun? Read, do sudoku puzzles, be out in nature, meet with friends, visit with family, travel, eat great food!
What major city do you live in or near? State? Ann Arbor, MI
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To build up healthy habits again; to slim down a bit before my son's wedding in September; to increase my jogging mileage and strength.
How would your pet or friend describe you? Living life deeply; goofy sometimes; loyal; possessing a good sense of humor; diligent in the things I believe are important; very capable of playing and having fun
What popular fad product or style did you regret? Hmm.... I can't really think of any. Maybe thinking that straight hair was unstylish; my hair was constantly permed for about a decade. I came to accept my straight hair while in grad school.
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Hmm.... This is a hard one. Maybe Star Trek, the original series. Or Gilligan's Island.
2 fun things about you? 1. I love animals. 2. I enjoy the outdoors, hiking and backpacking.
Anything else you would like to share? I want to get serious about shaping up this summer so I can be healthy and also look fabulous in my son's wedding photos in September.
I drive down to visit my mother in IL every 3-4 weeks. 4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done?
This will be my 4th one.
What do you like to do for fun? My family has recently taken up bike riding together. 🥰 I also read and am a workaholic.
What major city do you live in or near? State? Tacoma Washington
What are your health/fitness goals for this season?
Just to become healthier. Ride more with my family, continue focusing on cutting processes sugar out of my diet.
How would your pet or friend describe you? The mother hen. Always putting everyone else before myself. 😅
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
Perms. Lol
What was your favorite childhood TV show?
Sailor moon 🌙
2 fun things about you?
I habitually make weird noises unintentionally. I also like to go on adventures!
Is there anything else you would like to share? I have 4 kids (one of them being a fur baby) ages 16- almost 3. I have a super loving husband who I love and adore. Because of all of them and, of course, myself, I want to do better and be better for all of us.4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? 40
What do you like to do for fun? I enjoy listening to music, dancing, reading, walking and gardening.
What major city do you live in or near? State? I live close to Anaheim. I live in California.
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? I want to lose 10 pounds
How would your pet or friend describe you? I am kind.
What popular fad product or style did you regret? Perming my hair
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Facts of Life
2 fun things about you? I enjoy going for walks and gardening
Anything else you would like to share? I was born in New Orleans Louisiana. My birthday is in July.4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done?
This will be my 26th, not counting the IBCs
What do you like to do for fun?
Mostly I like to sit at my computer and write, but I also love gardening, playing piano or guitar, and 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles
What major city do you live in or near? State?
I live in Hawaii and the biggest city is Honolulu, on another island.
What are your health/fitness goals for this season?
To continue maintenance and hopefully take off another couple or so pounds. I also want to improve my ability to walk.
How would your pet or friend describe you?
Reliable, consistent, loving, and a good lap to sleep on
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
Not sure - they were all fun for as long as they lasted - bell bottoms, big hair, but also the white shirts with the collar turned up with rolled-up jeans (late 40s). I wouldn't mind going back to that one!
What was your favorite childhood TV show?
Didn't have TV until I went off to college.
2 fun things about you?
I'll be 89 years old at the end of summer, and I'm still mentally active and involved with Life!
I only retired from being a college prof in psychology at the age of 87 - and I hate retirement! There was no real reason to retire except I thought it might be time.
Anything else you would like to share?
I have 4 adult children, 9 grandchildren, and so far, 11 great-grands.
My name is Lucy and here are my two modes of transportation.
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How many 5% Challenges have you done? All of them I think. Took a while to find the right one for me
What do you like to do for fun? Gardening, it’s my me time.
What major city do you live in or near? State? Edinburgh
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To stick to the plan and lose my fipirst 5%
How would your pet or friend describe you? Too caring
What popular fad product or style did you regret? The Nana moskouri specs
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Pinky and perky
2 fun things about you. Can’t think of any
Anything else you would like to share?
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How many 5% Challenges have you done? Since 2014 I believe
What do you like to do for fun? Read, play computer games and go to lunch with friends
What major city do you live in or near? State? I live in East Texas
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Get back to healthy living habits
How would your pet or friend describe you? Patient, loving, and sometimes aggravating
What popular fad product or style did you regret? Dying my hair
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Howdy Doody (dating myself), Hopalong Cassidy, Lone Ranger, Dragnet. Also a number of radio mystery shows
2 fun things about you? love to socialize and be with people, play board and card games
Anything else you would like to share? No4 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? Too many to remember. I go back to SP.
What do you like to do for fun? Photography, garden, walk with my dog Emma.
What major city do you live in or near? State? I live in Palmdale, Southern California. (high desert)
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? Garden daily. Ride my cardio bike, and walk more.
How would your pet or friend describe you? Loyal, kid's around a lot, adventurous, spoils my pets rotten.
What popular fad product or style did you regret? I never really followed fads. Maybe the mini skirt? Wish I had those skinny legs now lol.
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Father Knows Best, Bonanza, most cartoons.
2 fun things about you? I am a major animal lover, and also love mother nature.
Anything else you would like to share? I have been researching my family trees. Right now I am doing the Hickok side (my dad). When I finished that I will start with my mom's side (Blair)3 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? I lost count. I have been doing since Spark People.
What do you like to do for fun? Organic Gardening, Shopping, Arts & Crafts, Reading, Running and all types of Fitness.
What major city do you live in or near? State? Raleigh, NC
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To maintain weight loss
How would your pet or friend describe you? Snuggly and loving.
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Lucy
2 fun things about you? Socialize with Running Community and Gardening
Anything else you would like to share? I have a sweet Cockatoo named Cleo who is close to 40 years old. I have been married for 39 years and have one son 33 years old, who is still single.2 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? Too many to remember!
What do you like to do for fun? Jigsaw puzzles, reading, cross-stitching
What major city do you live in or near? State? near Boise ID
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? walking - have to get this knee arthritis to cooperate
How would your pet or friend describe you? Loyal and kind
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Brady Bunch
2 fun things about you? My hubby is a football widow (NFL) and I drive a '70 Mustang Convertible cherry red
Anything else you would like to share? I feel like my mom title has been replaced with dorm mom as 3 young adults live her (2 are my kids and 1 is "adopted" in). Add to that, one terrier/pug/border mix and one Alaskan Malamute and it's chaos!2 -
How many 5% Challenges have you done? This Is my first
What do you like to do for fun? Garden, Hike, Fish and camping
What major city do you live in or near? State? St Albert Alberta
What are you health/fitness goals for this season? To lose 5% of my weight
How would your pet or friend describe you? Loyal, adventurous and fun to with
What popular fad product or style did you regret?
What was your favorite childhood TV show? Star Trek and Lost in space
2 fun things about you? I love to camp and play cards with friends and family
Anything else you would like to share? I have 4 married kids and 13 grandkids. I drive a truck for a living. I am married for 38 years.1
