Hi everyone!!!! I live in a rural community in Ohio. I have been on this health journey for a long time. I have gone up and down with my weight. I am striving to focus on health more than the scale. I am married and have 4 adult grown sons. Three out of the four are married. One son has three children and one has a baby due in February. I have a dog, 2 cats and 4 chickens.

Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW (Previous Weight):198
CW (Current Weight):194.5

Step goal-9,000 steps
Workout goal - 5 out of 7 days

Pw: 211.8
Cw: 210

Have a great week everyone.

** CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE **

To everyone who pledged themselves a weight loss gift for Christmas here are the latest results!

Congratulations @RoblinB for becoming our 3rd team member to reach their Christmas goal.

rwillems wrote: »

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Sunday
@cormierannie
@rwillems
@laquita606
@abeks
@Mama530

Monday
@adianeschu
@Hotspur11
@ChickieBoom22

Good morning Downsizers. Here are my weigh-in numbers:

Name: rwillems
Weigh-in Day: Sunday
PW: 2788.0 lbs
CW: 279.8 Lbs (Up 1.8 but below 280! My personal challenge)


@lindamtuck2018

Take it one week at a time and one goal at a time.

myhands4God wrote: »

Hi everyone!!!! I live in a rural community in Ohio. I have been on this health journey for a long time. I have gone up and down with my weight. I am striving to focus on health more than the scale. I am married and have 4 adult grown sons. Three out of the four are married. One son has three children and one has a baby due in February. I have a dog, 2 cats and 4 chickens.

Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW (Previous Weight):198
CW (Current Weight):194.5

Step goal-9,000 steps
Workout goal - 5 out of 7 days

Nice loss! The scales is only one measure of our success. I think with focusing on eating healthier and exercise a decrease scales will follow.

Katmary71 wrote: »

Hi Downsizers sorry for accidentally posting at the start of your thread and making things confusing, one of my Mission Slimpossibles friends let me know where my post went. Time to get the cereal out of the freezer and get the milk out of the pantry! Haha have a wonderful December!

It wasn’t that long ago my intro post went on another team chat. When I can’t find my keys the freezer is the first place I look. 😂

abeks wrote: »

Pw: 211.8
Cw: 210

Have a great week everyone.

Great start to the December challenge.

What a great November Downsizers.

Congrats to our week 4 and December top weight losers.






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@Megan_smartiepants1970
Sorry...busy weekend!!!
11/26 7102
11/27 7538
11/28 7403
11/29 8401
11/30 8255
12/1 8145
12/2 5007
Thank you!

PW-215
CW-215

11/26-7679
11/27-8973
11/28-7154
11/29-8658
11/30-9105
12/1-6574
12/2-7761

Step Challenge - Goal 8,500

11/26 ~ 11,739
11/27 ~ 5,733
11/28 ~ 10,157
11/29 ~ 3,760
11/30 ~ 2,964 Oh the joy's of transition. Apparent the socket that I was using to charge my fitbit doesn't work..Fit bit died and I didn't realize it.
12/1 ~ 6,881
12/2 ~ 9,692

Steps Goal: 6,000

12/3 - 11,477

abeks wrote: »

Pw: 211.8
Cw: 210

Have a great week everyone.

Great job!

ddainiak wrote: »

@ddainiak
It’s not a problem changing your name. I just have to make sure I change it on the spreadsheet. How was your weekend getaway?

Thank you Linda - was wondering how it works. Will do it next week. We had a wonderful time away. I got on the scale this morning and it wasn't as bad as I anticipated. Back at it today.

Here we are on the balcony of our room, sunset and harbor in the background.



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Absolutely beautiful picture

ChickieBoom22 wrote: »

How is it already December...what the heck?! Happy December everyone!!

I'm Chickie and I am 44yo and live in NY. I'm in an acapella chorus that I LOVE (I love music and I love to sing). I also love to read (historical fiction, thrillers, horror) and I love to travel.

I have been on a weight loss journey for the last 20 years with varying degrees of success but I've never been able to keep the weight off and always end up gaining it back plus a little extra to keep things exciting.

Really happy to have found this community!

Weigh-in day: Monday
PW: 237.8
CW: 235.2

Congrats on the loss! When I read your introduction, I was trying to figure out how long I have been dieting. It’s been 36 years. I never had a weight problem until I was 26. I didn’t have a weight problem until I had my second child. This is the first time I have stayed with a program. I think counting calories and checking in here daily is what works for me.

ddainiak wrote: »

@ddainiak
It’s not a problem changing your name. I just have to make sure I change it on the spreadsheet. How was your weekend getaway?

Thank you Linda - was wondering how it works. Will do it next week. We had a wonderful time away. I got on the scale this morning and it wasn't as bad as I anticipated. Back at it today.

Here we are on the balcony of our room, sunset and harbor in the background.
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I want to change my username but I can’t think of something I like. The picture is great. You guys are a beautiful couple.

Question

Why are you on this journey? What pushed you to start?

In January my husband went back to work on a temporary assignment. It was the first time in my life that I was alone. I thought what a great opportunity to focus on me for a change. I vowed to get healthy, give up some bad habit, exercise more etc. I had this thought about walking the entirety of the Airline Trail in Connecticut (which runs literally in my back yard). I started the journey on January 12, completing a little at a time and finished the 62 mile (in and out) trail on February 22 and lost almost 15 pounds. I blogged my progress on Facebook - which kept me accountable (god forbid I failed and the world knew). When I completed that, I started my 2,023 miles in 2023 goal and also found MFP. These two challenges which have kept me accountable and made losing weight fun (it's still hard though). Greg and I were just talking and I thought it would be nostalgic to do the trail again - this time with him!