1. What is your MFP name?iaaba50

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? My real name is Katharine

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges?

saw it listed in communities

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. This is my first 5% challenge

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. I live near New Bedford Massachusetts. Historically New Bedford was a wealthy whaling city, now it is an important working fishing port

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Want to get my blood sugar under 5.7

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I love spring so much after a long grey frozen winter

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Walking, gardening, bird watching, entertaining

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise?
walking

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Toss up between walking and gardening

11. What always cheers you up? Seeing my children

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share?
Eating lots of vegetables keeps me full and I actually get tired of eating

13. Please share two fun things about you.

I play Scottish fiddle and maybe I’m depressed but I can’t think of anything else fun about myself.

14. Anything else you would like to share? I have three adult children, a dog, two cats and a husband of 31 years

1. What is your MFP name? bevpresley1

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Beverly, or Bev

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? I've been around for years

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. I've done over 25 challenges. Love the support I get from my team mates.

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. My house is an hour south east of Birmingham AL, Mom's is an hour north of Birmingham.

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? I want to work on strength this challenge

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I love spring, it's a season of new beginnings.

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Hiking and biking

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? for the past 2 years it's been gardening

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Walk, by far

11. What always cheers you up? Laying in my hammock looking at the sky

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? small changes can make a big difference. Every bite counts.

13. Please share two fun things about you. I am learning to do watercolors, and we are getting a donkey and calves this spring

14. Anything else you would like to share? I spend most of my time at mom's since she had a stroke. She loves to work in her garden and is very sneaky about getting out of the house without me knowing. So I have my hands full.

1. What is your MFP name? bbonet3
2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Bruni
3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? I joined the 5% Challenges with Sparks in 2010. I found out about them after they had already started their first round. I was put on a waitlist with a bunch of made friends with a particular lady and she told me about the 5% challenges. She eoncouraged me to join but I was not on her team the first time. I was with The Butterflies (or something like that). However, after that I was on the Teddy Bears until the end. I made lots of friends and came over to MFP when SP closed.
4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. I have been on all the 5% since 2011 so about 60. The “wins” are achieving and being accountable for my goals and most important the friendship that I have made throughout the years.
5. What major city do you live in or near? State? I just moved to Round Rock, Texas from Florida and I am literally getting to know the area.
6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? I want to be healthy, gain strength and reach my goal weight.
7. Do you like Spring? I love Spring for various reasons. Things start to bloom, the weather is perfect, my birthday, my son’s and granddaughters.
8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Any activity that is outdoors.
9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? Walking
10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Walk
11. What always cheers you up? Spending time with my family.
12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Stay accountable for everything you eat.
13. Please share two fun things about you. I love to read and spend time with friends.
14. Anything else you would like to share? I am a retired teacher, mother of 2 adult sons and grandma to one beautiful almost 2 year old girl. I am also the oldest of 7 and have lived in 8 states including this new move to Texas.

1. What is your MFP name? Evamut
2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Eva
3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? through MFP
4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back.

5 I think, I loved getting to know people better & being able to share things that my "face to face" friends don't have in common
5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. Central California
6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? to keep active & grow in knowledge
7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I do love the weather but not the allergies
8. What are your favorite Spring activities? spend more time outdoors from the long winter, swim
9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? swimming
10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? walk
11. What always cheers you up? music, a good book, family, walking with my dogs
12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? the #1 is not to follow anyone else's diet but make your own that you can live with the rest of your life, of course you can add new things to it. This has been the main thing that's helped me to maintain
13. Please share two fun things about you. I love trying new recipes & reading
14. Anything else you would like to share?

• 1.What is your MFP name? HealthyBarb1

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Barbie or Barb

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? Started in 2010 on Spark people

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. 50+ challenges. Thankful for consistent friend support & ongoing place for sticking with team goals & LTGL & tracking.

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. Seattle Washington. Love living near the Puget Sound & Ocean.

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Low carb eating & pre tracking all my meals to support weight loss.

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I enjoy spring & increasing light & warm days. Love spring flowers.

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Gardening, walking by the water & beach vacation.

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? Walking by the water.

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Walk or Garden

11. What always cheers you up? Time with family or friends

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Eating for 8 hours & water fasting for 16 hours supports weight control loss for me.

13. Please share two fun things about you. I have a best friend that I met at 2 years old & we still love each other. I love to decorate my home & enjoy changing out seasonal & holiday decor.

14. Anything else you would like to share? I am a retired RN. I have been married to my hubby for 45 years 💜 this fall. I enjoy sharing my life with my 80+ year old Mom, hubby & 3 adult children + our grand puppy. 🐾 Smiles Barbie

1. What is your MFP name? cory17

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? I'm Linda but prefer Cory17

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? scrolling through the pages

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. A few years worth - they keep my focus on healthy choices

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? San Fernando Valley, suburb of Los Angeles, Calif. very residential and congested

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? keep a downward weight trend and up my exercise time

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? Yes - beautiful weather and we're getting some rain (finally)

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? garden

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? gym, walk, kayak

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? garden

11. What always cheers you up? music and dance

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? increase water intake, fiber, protein

13. Please share two fun things about you. Not really fun but I'm retiring in June and not a clue what the focus will be then so the future is open. Just (1 week ago) moved mother to assisted living and trying to clean up paperwork from that, and have multiple boxes of photos (lots framed) that have to figure out what to do with - suggestions welcome.

14. Anything else you would like to share? I want to travel!!!

1. What is your MFP name? Grannysue91

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Sue

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? I found it on Spark People. I was on a team and one of the members asked me to join them on the challenges. She and I have been on the same team doing for these challenges since 2011 I think.

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. I started the challenges on SP in 2011 so I’m not sure how many I have done. Some of the wins I have had are great support from the team when I was going through cancer and treatments. I still did the challenges. I had great support with the team. They helped me to push through the aches and pains and I did small amounts of exercise.

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live.

I live North of Memphis about 30 or 35 miles. It’s a nice town. It’s just getting too big.

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season?

I want to lose weight and lose more inches I also want to work on my healthy eating

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not?

I love Spring when all of the pretty flowers and colors are popping. I don’t like all of the pollen. I have allergies and some days are worse than others.

8. What are your favorite Spring activities?

I love to go to walking .🚶‍♀️

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise?

walking is my favorite and some work in the yard.

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house?

I would rather take a walk. Cleaning will still be there when I get back.

11. What always cheers you up?

Seeing my grandkids and my great grandchildren. I have 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandkids. I also love getting on here and chatting with my teammates.

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? I am doing the pre-diabetic diet. I am not diabetic yet and my A1c this month was 5.5. I am trying to keep it that way by diet and exercising.

13. Please share two fun things about you

I am crazy and fun loving. I still like to try and dance and at 73 that is different from when I was 18.

14. Anything else you would like to share with us? I hope this challenge is a great one and that we all have a good time. I love laughing at some of the things we put in the chat room.

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1. What is your MFP name? 130StrongerEachYear

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Gretl

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? Don't remember

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. I think this is #5. It helps to have a challenge other than the scale to think about when working on improving my health.

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. I live in Panama City FL which is in the panhandle. A lot of people don't know that the panhandle is on central time while the rest of FL is on eastern time.

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Consistent healthy eating and exercise…for a happy healthier life.

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I love spring…all the new growth on the trees, flowers blooming. Not too hot and not too cold.

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Walking outside. Enjoying the weather that is warm. Visiting with the Grandkids. I enjoy reading and spring breezes.

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? Walking

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Walk…I want to learn to garden…but I have never had the time.

11. What always cheers you up? There is a group of wild rabbits running around our neighborhood. Like watching them.

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Consistency - it is not what you do occasionally or in short spurts…but what you do nearly every day.

13. Please share two fun things about you. I grew up racing sailboats in California. Including one race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. I am a life time learner. I always want to know more…about everything. I want to teach a women's bible study on You Tube…searching to find the time…and the courage to start.

14. Anything else you would like to share? I have been married for 46 years to my best friend. We have three daughters and 7 grandchildren. I work too much and want to retire…but I own a business and have not found a buyer for it yet…so off to work I continue to go.

Have a Great and Healthy Day!!!

1. What is your MFP name? Dianetucker1

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Diane

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? Spark People

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. Lots!

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live.

St Louis....but I. Southern Illinois

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season?

Lose pounds, fat but keep muscle

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? Absolutely love the warmer weather but not so much the allergies

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Walking outside, reading on the patio, playing ball with the grandkids

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? Walking but want to learn pickleball.

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Walk

11. What always cheers you up? My better half! Grandkids! friends

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Keep trying! Be consistent

13. Please share two fun things about you. Love March madness....KY Wildcats are my favorite

I like trying new things with my friends

14. Anything else you would like to share?

1. What is your MFP name?

Mjturczynski

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as?

Marni

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges?

scrolling through challenges, looking for something fun to keep me accountable

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back.

none

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live.

Quad Cities, on the Iowa/Illinois border

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season?

To show up for myself and become more active

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not?

Yes, it’s warmer weather and more sunlight, just makes me feel like I want to be out doing things

8. What are your favorite Spring activities?

hiking

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise?

hiking

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house?

oh, that’s a tough one, but definitely a walk, I love being out in nature

11. What always cheers you up?

music

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share?

no

13. Please share two fun things about you.

I work at a haunted house in the fall. I change my hair color at least once a month

14. Anything else you would like to share?

I’m here to start making lifestyle changes to better myself and make myself a priority.

What is your MFP name? Colleen Talamantes

I wish I would have given that more thought when I was signing up.

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Colleen

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? From the Community section on the app. I had just canceled Weight Watchers and was looking for a support group.

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. Two. I’ve lost weight with each challenge. I love the tips and humor that comes from team members.

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live.

San Jose, large urban area south of San Francisco. I moved here from South Dakota back in the 70s. I love my neighborhood-diverse, friendly, lots of community activities.

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Keep losing weight, increase my fitness, work on sleep hygiene 

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not?

Favorite season because it’s time to plant! 

8. What are your favorite Spring activities?

Gardening

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? After gardening, hiking

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Garden. There’s something very therapeutic about weeding.

11. What always cheers you up? My two grandsons that live next door, age 3 and 19 months.

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share?

Plan your exercise time just like you would schedule any activity such as lunch with a friend.

13. Please share two fun things about you.

I square dance and also volunteer with the local library.

14. Anything else you would like to share? I am very grateful to have found community on My Fitness Pal.

1. What is your MFP name? nossmf

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Mike

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? I'm active in the forums, saw the announcements over the years, finally followed one link

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. This will be my second challenge. In Winter 2025, I lost over 8 lbs in 7 weeks (life got in the way of finishing the final week), a number I hope to exceed this time!

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (south of Denver). One of the pre-eminent military communities in the nation (one city, four military bases).

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? I want to drop another 10 lbs, get my BF% low enough to transition to a bulking phase (eat more to gain muscle).

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I like the fact Spring marks an end to winter, so yes. (Now, summer is a season I can get behind!)

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Spring Cleaning! Dusting etc is fine, but it's liberating to go through possessions and target unused/unneeded items to donate or throw away, making more room in the house.

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? Along with Spring Cleaning, my wife likes to "renovate" the house by moving furniture around to create a "new" look…guess who is tasked with actually moving the couch and shelves?

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Clean the house, because when done you have a visible proof that you helped change the world for the better.

11. What always cheers you up? Teaching somebody a new skill or piece of knowledge…I would happily be a school teacher, if only the paycheck supported my current standard of living!

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Patience is everything. Be patient with yourself when you slip up; be patient with others who may not believe the same as you; be patient to give your plan time to take effect.

13. Please share two fun things about you. I have studied three different martial arts (no, I am not a black belt in any of them). We currently have 19 warm bodies living under my roof (six humans, eight cats, two dogs, three parakeets), and that doesn't count the various friends-of-my-kids who stay a night or two at a time.

14. Anything else you would like to share? This May will mark 30 years since I graduated high school. Doesn't seem possible it's been so long.

What is your MFP name?SweetPeasMom55

2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Sue

3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges?clicking through the challenges

4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. 2 challenges. This challenge was more successful as I had a lot of guidance from my team from other care takers.

5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. Upstate NY outside of Buffalo

6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? Lose 5 lbs

7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? Love Spring I love the flowers

8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Cleaning out the garden, planning the garden.

9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise?walking

10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Garden and walk

11. What always cheers you up?My cat Sweet pea

12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? It's okay to do everything in moderation.

13. Please share two fun things about you. I love to road trip alone. I also like DIY projects.

1. What is your MFP name? Deskjockey925
2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Diane
3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? Rolled over from SparkPeople
4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? Please share some of the "Wins" that keep you coming back. A lot, not sure how many. As far as wins … I have made some good friends .. I remain accountable even when I'm having a bad or rushed day … I've learned to try new things like calm breathing, meditating, the importance of taking measurements and before and after photos.
5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live. I live in the lower part of Delaware. It's between Washington DC and Philadelphia, and it's pretty rural .. mostly farms and beaches. It's a place where you know all your neighbors and we look out for each other.
6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? 85+g protein and LT 100g carbs daily. Gym classes 6 days a week.
7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? Yes, I like all the seasons.
8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Baseball, hiking, fishing, gardening, swimming.
9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? Most of my exercise classes are indoors so they are similar all year round (Kickboxing, Circuit Bootcamp, Step, Pilates, Yoga, Weights) But I do play baseball more often outside with my grandson with Spring here.
10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? 1-Walk, 2-Garden, 99-Clean the House
11. What always cheers you up? Watching the sunrise and sunset. Talking to Hubs or my daughter or friends.
12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Pre-track all your food and adjust if you make changes. Find one (or many) accountability partners who are going to make sure you show up for yourself.
13. Please share two fun things about you. I am retiring this Spring. Hubs and I teach 6th grade Sunday school together.

1. What is your MFP name? danac99
2. What is your real name, or what name would you like to be known as? Dana
3. How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? Click on a testimonial on myFitnessPal Home page
4. How many 5% Challenges have you completed? This is my First One!
5. What major city do you live in or near? State? Tell us a bit about where you live.
Small Rural town near Missoula Montana
6. What are your health/fitness goals for this season? To just keep moving and trying I have done this journey a couple of times and let life derail my efforts. Gracefully allow the slip and fall but get back up again and try again.
7. Do you like Spring? Why or why not? I love spring Light in the evening to walk with my hubby and just the energy that come from the warming of the earth.
8. What are your favorite Spring activities? Biking, walking and this year I want to start sculling this year
9. What is your favorite type of Spring exercise? see above
10. Would you rather take a walk, garden, or clean the house? Walk
11. What always cheers you up? Sunshine and Knitting
12. Do you have a diet or fitness tip to share? Don't let a slip turn into a fall
13. Please share two fun things about you. I am going to Ecuador this June and it is my first trip out side US/Canada first of many and I love Big Dogs, Great Danes, and small goats.