Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - November 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 November challenge runs for five weeks, from October 27th - November 24th.
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 November on the road!
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Hello Slimpossibles!
I'm Mica, one of the maintainers of the team.
I am a semi-retired bookkeeper; I work 3 days a week at a plastics factory. I started my weight loss journey at 220 lbs in 2001. I reached my goal weight of 130 at the end of 2003. But I regained (not all of it) and had some up/down weight cycles of about 3 years each...finally succeeded in maintaining in my range successfully. I've been holding pretty steady since 2019. Determined never to regain.
Most of my exercise is walking. I do a short strength training workout early in the morning. If weather prevents me from walking, I have a stationary bike and an elliptical for cardio workouts, and, I just bought a walking pad so I can walk indoors! I sometimes do yoga in the evenings.
I'm just getting over a sinus infection, and I hope to start working out regularly again on Sunday November 2nd.
I know it says in the team info that 19shmoo69 is the motivator, but he's having quite a lot of personal crisis issues in his life, and he stepped down; I am doing my best at taking his place.
I look forward to another slim month with my teammates 💙
Username: micaroo4
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 128.7
CW: 130.7
Maintenance range: 127-133, center weight 130.
-Mica
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The November Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin tomorrow, Sunday, November 3rd. Please join us for the Just Too Much Challenge! Here's your link:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10926723/november-week-1-group-challenge-just-too-much-challenge#latest
See you in the chat thread!
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Dairy free yesterday, skipped cheese on my burger, my latte was made with oatmilk. I dropped 2 lb. overnight, my stomach is less bloated than yesterday, I woke up without nausea, my digestion is happy, and my skin cleared up some. I'm just going to have to learn to love dairy free I guess! My current allergy tally is... pretty amazing. I am physically incapable of being vegetarian or vegan. Being very glad I live in a time and place where I can still eat around my allergies! About to do Day 2 of Down Dog's November challenge with chair yoga (at least to start with).1
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WEIGH IN UPDATE
PLEASE WEIGH IN NOW: @vegan4lyfe2012
Reminder To Weigh In Tomorrow To The Following: @19shmoo69 @megnolia82 @sleepygirl79 @txcritter69 @laurelfit57 @morenin0 -
@morenin Wow sounds like you definitely need to stay dairy free to see if it makes the difference long-term, that would be wonderful to have it solved. Good luck with Day 2 of the challenge.
@micaroo4 We appreciate you being our motivator! Now that I think of it I can't recall if I reported it, I'm off to do that now! Done! That's great news I'm glad your sinus pain is improving.
@trooworld There's monthly fees for EVERYTHING these days it's so annoying! What an awesome photo opportunity I can't wait to see your photos! I didn't know you were in a photography club very cool! My Dad is too and they go places together, it sounds real fun.
@TeresaW2024 Have a wonderful time at the craft fair, how fun!
@askewcr I'm glad you're enjoying Power Project, you've been doing amazing! Would you be willing to be our next Member Spotlight and share more (with your surgery coming up I understand if you'd rather wait)? I'm proud of you too you've been getting it! Ouch I'm sorry to hear about the surgery but I hope you're feeling better soon. With how you've been eating better and moving more that ought to help your recovery.
Hi team! Had a fun morning with the garden club, we met at a local restaurant because there's voting in our usual building. We had a speaker who makes yarn out of her alpacas' fur and uses it for shawls, hats, etc. I came home and took a nap then harvested seeds from my yard (super difficult with the netting over all the plants, all the basil flowers are caught in it) and put in some red and yellow onions I got at the club. I felt like cooking so I made Skinnytaste's Sheet Pan Turkey Meatloaf and Broccoli https://www.skinnytaste.com/sheet-pan-turkey-meatloaf-and-broccoli/ which was pretty good, I think I'd like it better with a ketchup that doesn't have a lot of sugar or BBQ sauce without much sugar. I used gluten free breadcrumbs so the only “bad” ingredient was the ketchup with sugar. I'm brainstorming gifts I can make with my herbs, I got a few cool jars at the thrift store and will look up ideas next. Have a great Sunday friends!2 -
Welcome to our November chat Mission Slimpossibles! I'm Kathy, I'm a co-captain with the wonderful @trooworld. Our moderator is the amazing supportive @micaroo4 . We're happy you're on our team!
I'm in charge of logging everyone's weigh-ins and reporting changes. The weigh-ins on Fat2Fit are a friendly weight-loss competition. Please do NOT feel you are letting the team down if you gain or don't lose anything, we are not holding this against you and commiserate and are cheering you on. Most of us have had weight struggles and understand the challenges. You are expected to weigh in weekly, please do your best to weigh in and do so on your chosen day. If you're away from a scale and unable to weigh the earlier you can let me know you won't be weighing in the easier it is for me to report it. If you would like to change your day please let me know. If you do not weigh in for a couple weeks you will be dropped from the team. Weigh in format is easiest for me to log if it's done similar to this:
Weigh in Day:
Previous Weight:
Current Weight
I've also been doing Member Spotlights. If you are interested in being a Member Spotlight we need to become friends on MFP so we can send each other private messages where I'll send you questions Chris and I put together for you to answer. I'll give you my email so you can include a photo if you'd like and will post it to the group shortly after I receive the answered questions and photo.
I've been part of this team since early 2019 and it's become an important part of my life and helps me stay on track (and stay sane). We share all the trials and tribulations of making healthier choices as well as swap recipes, do challenges, talk about life, share photos of our lives from pets to gardens, exchange workout videos, talk books and movies, and most importantly support each other. For me personally I'd been homebound for years and was very isolated and sick and having this support and seeing I'm not alone with things I'm going through has been very helpful at face challenges and grow. I really appreciate that people on here are into personal growth, I have so many people in my life who only want to talk about what they need to do instead of actually do it which I find frustrating. I'm above my goal weight right now but am working on getting my post-surgery weight off, I just hit my year since my last back fusion/fusion revision and didn't want to be too extreme cutting calories until my body recovered and back fused. I have spinal issues and CRPS (painful full body nerve disorder) and have to modify a lot of my exercise but I do chair cardio, weights, stretching, and gardening daily. I'm exchanging supplements and treatment with a functional medicine practitioner by doing her administration, file claims part-time, volunteer as secretary for a local charity, and volunteer with the food bank farm and run the greenhouse team. I love gardening, reading, learning about functional medicine, and going to (mostly metal) concerts when I can.
Let's have a wonderful November!
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Re-post to November list...
User Name: @baodell17724
Weigh-in day: SATURDAY
Start W: 286.2 lbs (6/1/24)
Past W: 229.8 lbs
Current W: 228.8
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19Shmoo69
Sunday
P. W. 240
C. W. 236
It seems like the recording weight progress is now a premium paid option. In my opinion that is just dumb.4 -
Weigh In Sunday: Nov. 3
SW 175
PW 168.8
CW 1683 -
Username: laurelfit57
Weigh In Day: Sunday
PW: 145
CW: 145
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Katmary71
@askewcr I'm glad you're enjoying Power Project, you've been doing amazing! Would you be willing to be our next Member Spotlight and share more (with your surgery coming up I understand if you'd rather wait)? I'm proud of you too you've been getting it! Ouch I'm sorry to hear about the surgery but I hope you're feeling better soon. With how you've been eating better and moving more that ought to help your recovery.
I would love to do this! What do I have to do?
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Hi everyone! A big welcome to the new team members, and welcome back to the returning members, I am so glad you are here!
I am one of your Mission Slimpossibles captains along with the fabulous @Katmary71! Our motivator is the inspiring and supportive @micaroo4 !
CHECK-IN PROCESS
Along with our weekly weigh-ins, we REALLY encourage our team members to participate in regular check-ins. It’s a great way to stay accountable to yourself and it allows the team to cheer you on and offer support as you need it. We are a community, and we are stronger together!
CHANGES TO YOUR WEIGH-IN DAY/WEIGHTS
If you have any changes to your weigh-in day or reported weights, be sure to tag @Katmary71 who handles all of that stuff. She also handles moving people to cheerleader status/or other status changes.
LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
Please share a little bit about you: your name, where you live, and what brought you to the Fat2Fit Challenge Group. Also share anything else you would like to, including any goals for the year. We are here to support and cheer you as you go through your weight loss adventure!
MY INTRODUCTION
Hi everyone. My name is Chris. I live in Southern California with my husband, cute one-eyed pirate pug named Daisy (8 yrs old) and pug pup name Violet who is 2 yrs old. Up until my mid-20s, I was a healthy weight but then the mid-20s hit and along with that came medications that made me gain weight as well as poor lifestyle choices. I am in the process of getting weight loss surgery, I'm just waiting for the surgery date. For exercise, I like to walk with my husband and friends, however I am limited by moderate/severe arthritis in the knees. Besides walking, I do water aerobics. My husband and I love to cook, I've got 8,698 recipes saved but who's counting? LOL Seriously, I do and they are all organized, so if you need a recipe for ANYTHING, let me know! I've got everything from healthy foods to pet treats to recipes for cleaning supplies.
I have about 85 lbs to lose. I am having a gastric bypass on December 20, 2024 and hope that helps me get back to a healthier state. My hobbies: reading, making artwork and crafts, photography, and cooking. I do straight-up calorie counting of healthy foods with MFP Premium.
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@baodell17724 @txcritter69 Congrats on the losses!
@morenin That's interesting about the dairy.
@Cornanda Thanks for the reminder about DST, I totally forgot lol. I will post a few, it was fun!
@Katmary71 Yes! It was fun yesterday and nice to see my friend. I have been in this photography club for about 5 years but have only gone to 3 events, most of the events are during the day during the week, so not good for me. I really enjoyed the experience of meeting other photographers. That sounds like an interesting speaker. Have a great Sunday!
@19shmoo69 That's insane that it is a premium option! Hi Darren, hope you are doing well. Congrats on the loss.
Hi all. The festival was nice, it was just getting started when we got there so there wasn't a lot going on but we walked around and took some pics. My friend and I got lost from the photography club and couldn't find them so we went on our own shooting. We got hungry so stopped to eat. Then it was time for me to leave, I had a Spanish lesson to get to. Here are a few pics from the festival. The orange flowers are marigolds and are very iconic of Dia de los Muertos.
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Want to keep track of your steps with the team? Add a tab to the Google Sheet! https://tinyurl.com/Slimpossibles
My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"
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I think my question got overlooked, so I'll repeat it?
ICE BREAKER QUESTION: If you can complete one important task this week, what would that be?
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@micaroo4 We posted at the same time lol! I didn't see your ice breaker question at all...weird!
ICE BREAKER QUESTION: If you can complete one important task this week, what would that be?
My homework from my Spanish tutor. I recently switched tutors as my last one kept canceling our lessons and was unreliable. I want to do my very best with this new tutor! It is my goal to speak fluently when we eventually take our trip to Mexico City (TBD).
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Want to keep track of your steps with the team? Add a tab to the Google Sheet! https://tinyurl.com/Slimpossibles
My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"1 -
username: morenin
weigh in day: Sunday
SW: 255
PW: 219
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@Katmary71 I'm so sorry. I've been sick and I'm so far behind.
vegan4lyfe2012
Monday 10/28
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Sleepygirl79
Sunday
SW 232.2
PW:234.8
CW: 228.6
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ICE BREAKER QUESTION: If you can complete one important task this week, what would that be?
In my backroom, I need to re-arrange the many large plastic containers of various seasonal decorations for my apartment. I need to get to a folding table I put in the far corner because I didn't think I'd need it (but, of course, which I DO need now, for a new project I'll be starting). Re-arranging the containers is like playing one of those box problems, where you have to shift the boxes, left/right/up/down to finally get the ONE item you need out! LOL And it becomes a strain doing this with MS now. <sigh>1 -
WEIGH IN UPDATE
PLEASE LOG WEIGH IN NOW: @megnolia82
Reminder To Log Weigh In Tomorrow To The Following: @vegan4lyfe2012 @AmbersWay @Jactop @bobboyardee
@vegan4lyfe2012 I got your weigh in logged for last week and asked Lauren to remove the "No Weigh In" by your name. Glad to see you're still here I was getting worried about you!
ICE BREAKER QUESTION: If you can complete one important task this week, what would that be? @Micaroo4 I'm so sorry I didn't see this question either, thank you for reposting it! I want to stay on track with my diet, I've done real well for about 10 days now and I'm really proud of myself especially when it comes to being in restaurants for meetings. I think there's a bond when people eat together but if I can't get something on my diet I need to start passing like I have at the Let It Snow meeting at Mountain Mikes and at the cafe we were at for the garden club. After the pain clinic weigh in where I thought I'd be down and I was up and my blood sugar being higher in the mornings it was time to get my act together.1 -
@trooworld I love your photos! I'm glad you were able to go to this session it's right up your alley.
@19shmoo69 Interesting I hadn't noticed that but haven't been logging my weight. You'd think it'd still be there in some form maybe they just need to figure it out from when it was connected to logging losses on our feed? I noticed yesterday on LoseIt that you need premium to import recipes guess I've been spoiled by that here! We need to make our own stinkin app with feed AND groups AND weight tracking!
@askewcr We're still friends from before so I sent you a private message on here with all the information, if you can get your email to me I'll send you the questions. Thank you! I love learning more about everyone!
@baodell17724 Oh no be careful with all those containers. You must've been on the internet in the early days <noticing your sigh>
@JessicaKrall8 way to go on Week 5 individual % and lb winner!
Yay Mission Slimpossibles in 2nd place for the week! @19shmoo60 @bethanie0825 @lisalisa123 great job week winners!
Go Mission Slimpossibles 2nd and 3rd place for Oct! @baodell17724 @bethanie0825 @askewcr Way to go team winners for the month!
Hi friends, not much to report I had a mellow day inside as it's real windy outside and mostly read, I did get my workout in. Have a great Monday!3 -
Starting Weight: 147.8
Goal Weight: 140
Tracking📉: ✅
Fruit 2🍉: ✅
Veggies 5 🥦 : ✅
Protein 90🍗: ✅
Water 72 oz 💧 : ❌
Exercise 60 min👟: ✅
10/13: 147.8
10/20: 145.9
10/27: 145
11/3: 145
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@19shmoo69 - I can still get at the weight logging and no premium
@trooworld- love the pix!
@askewcr - glad the new program is helping you- wishing you all the best on your surgery- fast healing, little pain so you'll be ready to Go Get It soon!
This week, I need to start cleaning out my garage. I always say I'll work on it during the cooler months, but then I don't and it's stinking hot again. Going to make a real push on it now through Thanksgiving. After that, I'll be busy with the holidays.
Lisa
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Hi, I'm Lisa, I live in FL, married, 2 adult kids, 1 lives here, 1 doesn't. Little crazy dog named Gus. I've struggled with weight since young adulthood, and it seems to be harder to get the scale to budge at my "mature" age. I lift weights, walk and do step aerobics for exercise. I've been in this group for quite awhile now and enjoy the support it provides.1
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@trooworld Love the pics of the Marigolds and Mums, and the skeletons are a hoot.
@Cornanda, I also have my garage on my fall cleaning list and need to get it done before it gets too cold. Garage cleaning is a task that requires perfect weather conditions.
Good morning! Unfortunately, Joe and I drove up to the mountains on Saturday, but he got so dizzy that we couldn’t walk around the craft fair, so we turned around and drove back home. Then, yesterday morning, I tested him for a UTI, and yup, that was his issue. So, no church and a quick trip to Urgent Care for more antibiotics. Today, I will work out and get started on my fall cleaning list. Have a great day!
ICE BREAKER QUESTION: If you can complete one important task this week, what would that be?
Yesterday, I made a fall cleaning list, and my goal this week is to tackle as much of it as possible. I want to put my Christmas up but vowed that I won’t until my list is checked off.
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Congrats to the whole team for achieving 2nd place by both percentage and pounds for the week and 3rd place for the month! Way to go, @19shmoo69 @bethanie0825, @lislisa123, @baodell17724 and @askewcr for leading the way! A special shout-out goes to @askewcr and @baodell17724 for being in the green all month...that isn't easy!
@morenin @Sleepygirl79 Congrats on the losses!
@vegan4lyfe2012 Oh no, I hope you feel better soon.
@Katmary71 Thank you! Yes, I had fun but next year, I'll go later in the day when there are people with their faces painted to photograph. I'm glad you got some reading in.
@Cornanda Thank you! I hope you get the stuff done in the garage before the holidays come.
@TeresaW2024 Thank you! Oh no! I'm sorry about what happened in the mountains. Poor Joe getting another UTI.
Hi all. I wanted to stay home yesterday and chill out but we ended up running errands and going for coffee. It was a nice day out so I didn't mind too much all the running around.
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Want to keep track of your steps with the team? Add a tab to the Google Sheet! https://tinyurl.com/Slimpossibles
My phrase for the year: "New year, new me!"
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vegan4lyfe2012
Monday 11/4
PW: 210.4
CW: 208.03
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