Weight No More Team Chat - October 2024
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Fat2Fit has five great teams. The group and team leaders are as follows - contact them any time!
Our Moderators:
Ashley - @minstrelofsarcasm
Jessica - @jessicakrall8
Lauren- @lauren_989
Megan - @Megan_smartiepants1970
Our Team Captains:
Downsizers - @Megan_smartiepants1970 and [open]
Mission Slimpossible - @Katmary71 and @trooworld
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm and @melaniedscott
WaistAways - @ashleycarole86 and @lauren_989
Shape Shifters - @jessicakrall8 and @Pupowl
Our Team Motivators:
Mission Slimpossibles - @19shmoo69
Weight No More - @rachelrjh and @BodyTalking
WaistAways - @MaddawgMadsen
Shape Shifters - @LaurieWrobo and @Cyncia85
HOW IT ALL WORKS: The October challenge runs for five weeks, from September 29th - October 27th.
Everyone weighs in weekly on their chosen day right here in the team chat. 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, and may everyone else get to work on next week!
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 single week. You are heading steadily towards your goal even if you aren't at the top of the weight loss leader board. In March we are aiming for every team to hit 50% green every week - let's do this!
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 want a break, you can be excused for a week or two, or can be moved to the Support Team for as long as you need. You still participate in the discussions, you can weigh in if you want to, but it will not count in the weekly tally. Don't worry! You can always come back even if you get dropped.
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 or re-introduce yourselves right away, and let's get October on the road!
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Hi WNM...you have a new member joining your wonderful team ... Please welcome @Kyra_TB97
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The October Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Sep 29th. Please join us for the Pumpkin Fall Challenge! Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10924589/october-week-1-group-challenge-pumpkin-fall-challenge#latest
See you in the chat thread...hope to hear from you this week!
Jessica
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CW 151.8
Sunday weigh in
I would like to join the step challenge for October with a daily goal of 5000 steps
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Hi Team Weight No More, you have 2 new members joining. Please welcome @purple1butterfly and @Sillycat1974!2
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I posted this in the September thread, so in case, it gets overlooked now that it's closed, I'll repost it here
BodyTalking
Weigh-in-Sunday
Starting weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
Previous weight: 75.8 kg/167.11 lb
Current weight: 76.1 kg/167.77 lb
BodyTalking
Steps 22-28 Sep
Total: 51,057
S 7026
M 11845
T 5918
W 10074
T 6552
F 5068
S 4574
@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
This week, I had one day where I ate more than usual, about 1900 calories, and another couple over 1500, and it's still hanging around. I just need to get the balance of Cals in vs Cals out and keep going down.
It was still a good month and I have increased my steps again.2 -
MFP USER NAME purple1butterfly
YOUR CHOSEN WEIGH-IN DAY Tuesday
YOUR CURRENT WEIGHT 178.6 lb or 81.2kg
STARTING WEIGHT 199.1lb or 90.5kg
Hello everyone
Yay I have managed to sort the problem I was having.0 -
@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
Is there an October step challenge?
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Steps
Sun-3,010
Mon-10,334
Tues-7,751
Wed-6,532
Thurs-8,232
Fri-8,025
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nansbones7708 wrote: »@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
Is there an October step challenge?
May I join please with a step goal of 5000 per day
@nansbones7708 - There is absolutely a step challenge, I will make sure you are added to it! Glad to have you as a participant!0 -
Sillycat1974
Weigh in day - Saturday
CW 235.4
SW 260
I slacked off after going to Disney for a week in June, I managed to gain about 7 pounds back and I knew if I didn't do something then I would gain it all back. So here I am again. So glad I think I've figured out the problem with posting. I'm looking forward to getting to know ya'll.
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minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »nansbones7708 wrote: »@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
Is there an October step challenge?
May I join please with a step goal of 5000 per day
@nansbones7708 - There is absolutely a step challenge, I will make sure you are added to it! Glad to have you as a participant!minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »nansbones7708 wrote: »@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
Is there an October step challenge?
May I join please with a step goal of 5000 per day
@nansbones7708 - There is absolutely a step challenge, I will make sure you are added to it! Glad to have you as a participant!
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nansbones7708 wrote: »@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
Is there an October step challenge?
May I join please with a step goal of 5000 per day
Yes there is, and yes, you can! All you have to do is post your steps for the previous week by Wednesday. If you've been watching our challenge board, you have probably noticed I will wait on you, if I've got reason to ... you can either post all your steps for the week or by day. If you post daily counts, you'll be part of the M Most Consistent!!! and Most Steps in One Day!!! competitions. If you want to post the last week of September's steps to get a feel, you can do so this week, by Wednesday.0 -
Welcome to all the new ladies & gents!
I'm Melanie, 48 (argh, that's still new) and I'm from Kansas. I’m the other team Co-captain. Truly, Ashley does most of the heavy lifting. I generally do the steps challenge.
Welcome to October! Sometimes I post an intro and sometimes I forget until the last week. I've been on MFP for a long time (more on that in spoilers, if you're interested). I am happily childfree, married for 24 years and I don't love exercise but I do like walking. I need to lose weight to aid medical conditions and because I don't like what I see in the mirror.
The rest is my standard stuff, read it or don't; don't if you've been around a while and already did, up to you.
My (really short version) storyOnce upon a time, I was very skinny and could eat anything I wanted and not gain weight. I was pretty active and took meds that probably ramped up my metabolism (and put me at risk of severe medical problems). But that was a long time ago and things are different. Now I an the opposite of skinny,stress eat and I look at anything yummy and gain five pounds. I need to lose 80 lbs.My special snowflake challengesI'm fairly significantly asthmatic (on meds all the time).What I do about it
I have terrible allergies, mostly mold. Which is literally everywhere. And cats. Anything that doesn't have square pupils (but not things with square pupils!?! I have no problem with squid, apparently!), including people sometimes.
I have migraines.
And I have connective tissue issues (not enough collagen, too stretchy, lots of joint slippage).
August 2020, I acquired some vertigo problems and persistent deafness on one side. Yay. Fall of '23 the ENT decided to call it Meniere's and recommend hearing aids, which are good.I take glucosamine and collagen supplements for the connective tissue problem. When I have bad days, I also drink collagen peptides (but I really dislike them). I've been supplementing with Vitamin C for decades, not really knowing why. In the past few years, I learned Vit C helps the body produce and process collagen. Suddenly, my lifelong obsession with the C makes sense.What is the point behind all this?
My neurologist recommended I take 500 mg of ginger and 400 mg of Vitamin B2 every day to reduce migraines, it has helped a lot. The migraines are so much better (almost non-existent) and manageable when they happen. The ginger also helps with the vertigo. I have no excuses for not doing exercise when the vertigo is managed, except for being lazy.
After adding some nasal sprays and sinus irrigation, adjusting my diet a bit, adding copious amounts of ginger, and stopping coffee (EXTREMELY, TERRIBLY sad), I’ve got the vertigo mostly under control.The special snowflake stuff is not woe-is-me drama llama. It is that everyone has to do what works for them now. The stuff a lot of people go on about (like HITT) are not good for me, and are sometimes dangerous, for me. Sometimes people get down on themselves because they don't do the stuff everyone talks about (HIIT, Insanity, stair steppers, etc). I not only don't do those things, I shouldn't. But I should exercise. So.. same to everyone else, do what worksand is good foryouMy GoalsMy daily goal to get about 30 minutes of walking a day at least during the week isn't doing much for me. I try to get a walk in otherwise but frequently fail. Had a gym membership but wasn't using it and canceled it at the begining of the year. Weather in good ish, no excuse to not walk. I waffle between getting my 30 and doing nothing and doing 4 mile hikes with my husband.
Anyway, I've been with WNM for a long while now. Early days, I lost a lot but blah blah blah, it came back and brought friends. I changed jobs in April '24. The new job gives me opportunity to I move more but I also drive a lot and do a lot of documentation, so...sometimes don't move enough. Need to work on that.
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Hello everyone and welcome new members
I'm Mairi, from Scotland but living in Czechia. I teach English to children and adults. I have arthritis and struggled with pain over the summer but it seems to be getting better now that I'm on meds again. I enjoy creating AI images - used to do stained glass, jewellery and graphic design but not since covid times. Whenever my husband and I go on holiday, I like to soak up the current culture and historical remnants plus collect sea glass if we're on the coast.
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I weighed myself this morning and am glad to see that I lost the end of week excess: 75.4 kg/166.2 lb
Plus, I've just realised that I got back to my MFP starting weight from November 2019: 75.5 kg/166.5 lb
Since the beginning of July, I have managed a total loss of: 4.6 kg/10.2 lb
My highest weight, during the pandemic, was: 83.9 kg/185 lb
So that's an overall loss of: 8.5 kg/18.8 lb
Now, I must continue as my body is not the same as it was 5 years ago and it needs much work.
That motivates me to keep going. I hope it motivates you too
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nansbones7708 wrote: »@melaniedscott @minstrelofsarcasm
Is there an October step challenge?
May I join please with a step goal of 5000 per day
Can I also join the step challenge please?
My aim is to get over 10,000 daily as I keep dropping to very little.
Sat 15,800 was at work very busy
Sun 4,116 (very poor on movement)
Mon 12,000 went for a walk.1 -
I would like to join the step challenge as well, if possible.1
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BodyTalking wrote: »I weighed myself this morning and am glad to see that I lost the end of week excess: 75.4 kg/166.2 lb
Plus, I've just realised that I got back to my MFP starting weight from November 2019: 75.5 kg/166.5 lb
Since the beginning of July, I have managed a total loss of: 4.6 kg/10.2 lb
My highest weight, during the pandemic, was: 83.9 kg/185 lb
So that's an overall loss of: 8.5 kg/18.8 lb
I looked back at my weight on Fitbit. I first logged on 1 June 2017 and my weight was 75kg. My lowest weight was 67.6 kg on 31 January 2019. So that's my next target 🎯 8 kilos is quite a lot but I'll do my best, first of all, get to 75 kg, then aiming for 70 kg and on to 67 kg 🏹
Also, I'm weighing myself and logging food and drink every day now - just to see if it helps, I think it does - here's my paper tracker for an overview.
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MFP USER NAME purple1butterfly
YOUR CHOSEN WEIGH-IN DAY Tuesday
YOUR CURRENT WEIGHT 178.6 lb or 81.2kg
STARTING WEIGHT 199.1lb or 90.5kg
1st Nov 82.3kg. 181.06lb + 3lb
I have a gluten allergy & ate something on Saturday that was meant to be clear of at work. Not happy about it.
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My niece is starting a 9 week paid for diet plan where she has been provided with stuff she must use and exercise she must do. If it’s not on the plan she can’t eat it and can only drink water. Bit strict for me I think but I’m going to try the 3 days strength and 5 days cardio in addition to my planned 5000 steps per day ( her steps mustn’t be from her cardio). Food plan is mine.
my walk for steps.
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@melaniedscott my Steps week starting September 22:
Sun 9/22. 10005
Mon 9/23 4611
Tues 9/24 5055
Wed 9/25 10566
Thur 9/26 7899
Fri 9/27 4833
Sat 9/28 11375
Also, @melaniedscott i need to drop my step average per week to 5000. I have a tendon problem in my left foot which will require seeing a specialist and doing physical therapy so I need to stay off my feet more for now.1 -
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I have two jobs, one is a nursing assistant at our local hospital & the other is working for an agency doing bar/waitress/ kp/team leader.
What things do you do?
@melaniedscott my steps for today 9,412 pls the forty minute swim and 10 minutes of exercises in the pool.
I have a 12 hour shift, I might get those steps in. Will do squats where I can & I'll let you know how many.1 -
Sillycat1974 wrote: »I would like to join the step challenge as well, if possible.
You're on the list. Just post your daily or weekly steps at the end of each week .purple1butterfly wrote: »I have two jobs, one is a nursing assistant at our local hospital & the other is working for an agency doing bar/waitress/ kp/team leader.
What things do you do?
@melaniedscott my steps for today 9,412 pls the forty minute swim and 10 minutes of exercises in the pool.
I have a 12 hour shift, I might get those steps in. Will do squats where I can & I'll let you know how many.
You're a busy bee! We inly track steps on the challenge but I applaud the additional exercise. If I was less cheap and lived closer to the pool, I'd probably try swimming (but I'm loathe to spend the amount required to swim in the city pool, especially since the hours aren't consistent and every time I try to go, there's a massive wait).
No worries. I'll adjust it.
Also, @melaniedscott i need to drop my step average per week to 5000. I have a tendon problem in my left foot which will require seeing a specialist and doing physical therapy so I need to stay off my feet more for now.
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It is Wednesday step team! Anyone who has not posted their steps already, please do so!0
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I haven't done an update in a bit, life has been hectic (as per usual), but I'm really struggling with a bloat this week and it's messing with my self-talk. My boyfriend and I attended a wedding over the weekend and I overdid it far more than expected, and the dance floor was so small that I couldn't get enough space to burn everything off...
All of this to say, I'm grateful my weigh-day isn't until Friday. That gives me some time to let the waterweight subside.1 -
minstrelofsarcasm wrote: »I haven't done an update in a bit, life has been hectic (as per usual), but I'm really struggling with a bloat this week and it's messing with my self-talk. My boyfriend and I attended a wedding over the weekend and I overdid it far more than expected, and the dance floor was so small that I couldn't get enough space to burn everything off...
All of this to say, I'm grateful my weigh-day isn't until Friday. That gives me some time to let the waterweight subside.
@minstrelofsarcasm I feel your bloat! 😂
Been there, am that…. Hopefully by Friday you’ll be back to normal.
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@melaniedscott I can't remember posting my steps for last week so here they are
Sun 22nd 7522
Mon 23rd 14442
Tue 24th 13484
Wed 25th 6779
Thu 26th 14567
Fri 27th 8529
Sat 28th 248030
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