lianatherunner wrote: »

Hello! I am here to introduce myself. I'm 45 years old and from Seattle! I have been on MFP a couple of years and I haven't really used the social features much. I used to be on SparkPeople and the social aspect helped so much, and honestly, I'm struggling.

I was a very heavy child and I was 250 lbs in my early 20s. I'm only 5'1" if I stretch up really tall.

My life has been a roller coaster with depression and chronic illnesses, but I was in an AMAZING place two years ago. I got down to 125 lbs. I ran a marathon. I was on top of the world even though I still had horrific chronic pain and Illnesses. I have regained 15 lbs in a year. I can't. I'm supposed to be marathon training and I'm struggling so much. It was difficult before, but manageable. I'm thinking of just going down to the half-marathon, to be honest.

I run about six half-marathons a year. It's a lot of money but that money ensures I stay in shape for it.

Aside from that, I'm a musician (viola) and artist and I live alone with my beautiful cat.

I will actually be out of town next Sunday (weigh-in day).

I tried to post a picture of my beautiful cat Mildred, but it won't let me, so just picture the quintessential Halloween cat, silky black with yellow eyes.

@lianatherunner

Hope this team helps you to continue on your loss journey! Sounds like you found a tremendous way to stay fit and keep you exercising regularly with your running. I'm in love with walking, so I can relate. Sorry about the depression and chronic pain you mentioned...I have several friends who suffer with chronic conditions, so I'm familiar with their plights and trying to find ways to deal with them. I think the fact that you're addressing it up front and working to get back on track quite impressive.

Your kitty is beautiful...thank you for sharing her picture with us. We love to share our fur babies...

Again, welcome...and let us know how we help keep you motivated. I bet your viola music is so beautiful...I find the viola quite unique and haunting when I hear it...gives a reflective, touch of sadness vibe. Love to hear the string quartets...simply lovely.

I have marked you as Excused for next week, but if you find, since you're just starting with us, that you'd like to weigh in early, before you leave, just post it before you travel and I can get it recorded for you. First couple of weeks is usually when you see lots of changes in your nutrition patterns, so people are usually anxious to weigh in and see those drops. Just let me know.

Jessica

Step Challengers, I hope to post the winners for October next Saturday, so if you could check the chart, there are 6 team members who need to update their information from Week 4. Thanks in advance! Numbers are pretty impressive for the month!

Jessica

I forgot to weigh myself this morning; Sundays are my weigh-in day. I will post my weight tomorrow, Monday October 30th.

Here's a pic of my new kitty [/img]

Final steps for October:
Fri 10/27: 10,362
Sat 10/28: 15,302

I'd like to keep going with the step challenge, staying at 10,000 steps/day.
My favorite place to walk is in the woods or at the beach, but both of those are too far away for every day. So I generally have to settle for one of two trails or two parks.

10/22-9,947
10/23-10,041
10/24-10,009
10/25-9,705
10/26-5,136
10/27-9,988
10/28-3,150

Love reading all the introductions and seeing the cats!
@Itadakimasu7 The mushrooms pictures were super cool, thanks for sharing! I am sorry your family doesn't appreciate art. I have a lot of respect for people who put in blood, sweat and tears to develop a creative skill. I would much rather receive an art gift than a food one any day of the week. It is one thing I really dislike about holidays: a lot of them just turn into binge food fests. I sometimes feel like people don't know anything else to do together except eat. I am glad I live alone and don't have any family nearby so I can just do my own thing with holidays.

@LaurieWrobo beautiful kitty

JenHul
Monday weigh-in day
PW: 149.7
CW: 149.0

Steps:
Oct. 26= 7973
Oct. 27= 3758
Oct. 28= 14,814

I would like to sign up for the Nov. step challenge. I will keep my steps to 10,000 per day. I am going to download Audible and start walking on the treadmill to get my steps in, due to the icy, slippery, snowy ground here.
Welcome to a new Month Shape Shifters!

Steps:
Oct 29= 8169

Your body is the conduit for your soul. Honor it with nourishment, healing and self-care.

jugar wrote: »

Shape Shifters - you have a new member coming your way, ready to jump in. Welcome @dommylifts Have a great November!

Welcome to our team @dommylifts! Glad you've joined us. I'm Jessica, one of your Captains and the other is @pupowl. On behalf of us and our two motivators @sbus12 and @Cyncia85, we hope you find the team to be a great source of encouragement and inspiration for your journey! So take a few minutes and introduce yourself...tell us a little bit about your goals for November and the months to come.

Also, I encourage you to go back to pg 1 of this chat thread and read the FAQ for all the beginner advice you might need. I also encourage you to partake as often as possible in our chats, challenges and group challenges...they're all aimed at helping you stay active and live a healthier lifestyle.

Let us know how we can better support you! Good luck in November!
Jessica

MagnusMLQ
Monday
PW 230.3
CW 232

DarinGettingHawtin2013 wrote: »

Daringettinghawtin2013
Mondays
Previous weight - Not sure what to put here because I'm new?
Current weight - 176 pounds

@DarinGettingHawtin2013 In your case it would be the starting weight you gave us when you signed up for the group! Next week you can use 176 as your previous weight and go from there. So PW is just the weight from the week before.

Good morning Shape Shifters. I went for a walk yesterday morning. It was a bit windy, but the temperature wasn't bad. Lots of birds singing again. I didn't do much the rest of the day. I got the hybrid calisthenics book delivered in the evening. I will make a start with the routine today. I also changed my vitamins habit to calisthenics 6x a week because the vitamins are pretty locked in so I rather track something new. Happy Tuesday everyone
October 30 numbers

• Sleep: 9h 6m ~ 82 score
• Steps: 20.880
• Zone Minutes: 89
• Calories: 1241