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@Vtoria3 WOOHOO that's the goal to have many newbies along with those of us who have so much to share with them. TY TY TY AND HI!! Happy to you and everyone else with us!!

AWWWW @Kurtize, today I am FINALLY starting to feel human again!! I even went grocery shopping.
@rbn_held , HI!! So nice to see you also!! Did you find the team you'd like to be with for the fall?
@Patti241 Is it fall there yet? WOOHOO as of today (GRAND DAY!! Hehehehe) looks like we will no longer hit the mid 70s or higher!! Today maintance let us know they'll come around to any units with an AC to take them out. We will soon be turning on only our heat!! Living in Maine, not many of us have central AC.
Todays walk while getting grocery shopping done. Leaves are just starting to turn. They'll not reach a peak until around the 3rd week of Oct. Aso fresh fall flowers, are GORGEOUS!

Hello everyone - I totally enjoyed participating in the challenges this year. And altho I never made a 5%loss in the 8 or 10 week period, I looked back at where I was when I started this year A definite loss… and holding. I’d like to join for the fall but will be on vacation until 10/15 so will miss the initial weigh in. Could I late enter my starting weight?
I kind of like being randomly placed on a team. So can I just not select a team and be randomly placed? That is, if the late weigh in is acceptable.

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Hello everyone - I totally enjoyed participating in the challenges this year. And altho I never made a 5%loss in the 8 or 10 week period, I looked back at where I was when I started this year A definite loss… and holding. I’d like to join for the fall but will be on vacation until 10/15 so will miss the initial weigh in. Could I late enter my starting weight?
I kind of like being randomly placed on a team. So can I just not select a team and be randomly placed? That is, if the late weigh in is acceptable.

WB!!! WOOHOO I hardly ever make my 5% now, but like you I am still seeing progress!! Its a WIN/WIN!!!! SUPER CONGRATS!!!! We'll probably be invited to our teams around the 2nd of October. Notice: Probably around, but it'll be close. Once you are on a team please notify by email your Captain (Challenge Leader) and also Baggage Handler (Weigh In Leader). ENJOY THE TRIP!!! Always fun to get away!! Please also keep track of what exercise amount of time you do (do you find on vacation you get in more exercise? I DO!) and once you are home you can jump on in and report it.
@Patti241, it sure does!! Its feeling fallish now!! I am so pleased!! You know WINTAH is my favorite time!
@Kurtize, LOVE that painter of my heart. We sure do have many choices that make us happier.
@nansbones7708 , Nan so happy to see you back with us on the 5%!!! Also that Anne who has been through an unreal time is able to be out and about!! You have also been through so much. Yet, you did not quit instead you are back and encouraging so many Nan!! WB HOME!!!

When is the FALL Challenge starting?

@Dianedoessmiles1 thanks for the giggle. Laundry and bathroom cleaning are the two jobs that come to mind for me. No sooner are they done……

@nansbones7708 , LOLOL As soon as they are done (laundry/dishes) they reoccur again RIGHT OFF!!! I saw a show once of a woman who does her laundry in the "all natural" so she'd not have any laundry to do. LOL But, of course she had to get dressed and TA DA that causes laundry AGAIN!!! Ehhhh that's okay we do not get bored!!!
@Patti241, HI Patti how did the day go? Mine was slow, as I did a wee bit to much yesterday and woke up feeling IIIICKKK!! But once I took a nap this afternoon I AM READY TO GOOOO!
@SweetPeasMom55 , LOLOLOL LOLOL OH I'd of LOVED the look on the interviewers face "I won't be out on maternity leave." LOL I'd of laughed so hard!! You got the 2nd interview,, I had worked in HR for a large grocery store. If I was calling you back for the 2nd interview you could pretty much be guaranteed I WANTED YOU!!! I'd usually have 2 or 3. CONGRATS!!! WOOHOO!!!
Today I woke up with another sore throat and thought "OH NO!" but it must of been the LAST HARRAH!! After an afternoon nap I feel so much better and READY TO GO TOMORROW!!!

Are any of you willing to help us recruit? We'd LOVE to have your help!!!

What do you like about the 5% Challenge? Please let us know below. If you are new to the 5% Challenge, what are you hoping you'll get out of being with us?

@Catwmncat will do!
@Dianedoessmiles1 well fingers crossed I get it. Good to know you would have hired me.😁

@Sweetpeasmom55,, GO FOR IT!!! You'll do FANTASTIC!!!

Saw the dermatologist this morning he is putting me on new cream which isn't as harsh on the skin. He also told me about 2 other options now available, each has side effects, one is an oral pill but it does lower all your immunity and the other you give yourself shots 2 times a month. Just thinking about them.
@Sp33dy143 - WTG

@Sweetpeasmom55 great attitude and answer to interviewer, you will do a great job and I hope they hire you.

It is cooler, 77. Nothing else is too new, got all our pictures divided for the kids and will send once I get some small boxes. Trying to make a list of all the things that need to get done. This won't be our last move, because Don eventually wants to go live in independent living place. Life has always been an adventure for me. Hugs and blessings


.“Believe in yourself and watch the miracle unfold!”
- Erica Tucci

@Kurtize Thanks for the support. When Doctors give me options I take the time and decide what would be best for me. Best of luck.

@Dianedoessmiles1 I see in your activity#1 that you want to exercise more but not just walking.
You’ll remember my mum made it to 92 and kept active to the end. She used to lie in bed in the morning, turn down the covers and do leg raises, and arm raises.
I keep telling myself I’m going to start toilet squats, I spend lots of time there and I could do a couple of extra stand up, sitdowns each time I use the facility

@SweetPeasMom55 I feel your pain. Senior care isn't easy. Growl or gorge is the stress relief option and we don’t want to shout so candy here we come.
Have you no siblings who can share the care?
Tell someone you’re struggling and need some help and support. It’s not failure it’s admitting that your burden is too big. I should have done it when I had mum to care for. I didn’t and it broke me.
Can you take 5 minutes to sit back and view your situation like you’re watching a movie of it and think what you’d tell the movie mum on how she could do things differently? Laugh at it and then challenge yourself to make yourself a reorganised timetable of the things you need to do and see if there are some you can combine and ALWAYS leave yourself time for yourself.
Plan your meals in advance, batch cook and freeze half (making a meal for 4 takes no more time than making it for two)
Take your own healthy nibbles to work and eat only the amount that you have planned in your tracking for today.(okay, @Dianedoessmiles1 I hear you laugh that I’m suggesting ideas you’ve seen me struggle to carry out in the past)

Since I grew up in the Midwest, I remember what autumn is like. It was probably my favorite season when I lived where we had four seasons. Now it's always the same (which I love even more), but I still remember as a child, walking into the woods for a picnic on my birthday with my parents. So I may sit at the ocean's edge instead of hiking in the forest, but I still love remembering. That's been many years ago, and I'm not sure people can just walk into a forest to picnic now without special permission. (watching the ocean from my office window!)