Weight No More Team Chat - May 2025
Here is your Team chat room for May 2025. This is where you weigh in, post your goals and progress, discuss any issues or topics of interest, share ideas, support your teammates, receive help when you need it, and dream big. Try to post often, and help each other succeed! Bookmark this thread to make it easy to land here any time.
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 @frankwbrown
Our Team Motivators:
Mission Slimpossibles - @micaroo4
Weight No More - @BodyTalking and @daria0919
WaistAways - @MaddawgMadsen
Shape Shifters - @LaurieWrobo and @nancyinmiami
HOW IT ALL WORKS: The May challenge runs for four weeks, from May 4th - May 31st.
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 May on the road!
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Hello May! The new text editor and I are not friends, and my super long introduction post's format is no longer supported, so we're gonna write this over again from scratch and then copy and paste the new intro month after month…
ANYWAY
Hi, I'm Ashley! I'm one of your captains here for Team Weight No More. I am also one of the Moderators for the Fat2Fit group, so let's just say I keep plenty busy. If there are any questions or concerns or things you need, I'm your girl!
Here's the Basics…
Name: Ashley
Age: 29
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Ohio, USA
Occupation: Chemical Engineer and Intellectual Property Manager by day, and Certified Personal Trainer by early morning/late evening (since November 2023!)
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 234lbs
Current Weight: 183lbs
Lowest Weight: 6lb 10oz (August 28th, 1995)
Lowest Adult Weight: 155lbs (although there were some heavy ED vibes, so I wouldn't romanticize that time of my life too much)
Medical Diagnosis: Multiple Sclerosis
My (Abbreviated) Health Journey…
I've struggled with my health my entire life, spent a lot of my childhood in and out of hospitals, all that fun stuff. I also grew up in a Clean Plates Club™ household, around people who taught me how to eat my feelings (my delicious, delicious feelings) and were not fond of physical activity or spending time outside. Needless to say, this resulted in an unhealthy relationship with food, a distaste for exercise, and being uncomfortably overweight.
Around the time I graduated from college, a doctor told me that I was on the verge of being pre-diabetic. As a child of a type 2 diabetic who did not take good care of himself, this terrified me. The same week I started my first "big girl job", I took my first spin class. Little did I know it would be the first of over 1200 spin classes (and counting!). Even littler did I know that it would lead to me attending bootcamps, trying out every fitness studio in the area, and eventually getting my personal training certification. And now? Now I coach group fitness classes (approx. 8 classes every week), have a personal trainer of my own, and design my own workouts.
This isn't to say that all the results I've reached are from exercise alone. I've established healthier eating habits, begun drinking more water, getting better sleep, and giving myself proper time to recover. From experience, I can say that your shape is determined by how you move, but your size is determined by what you consume. At over 180 lbs, I am more comfortably wearing clothing that I bought when I was "skinny-fat" at 160 lbs - I have more muscle, less fat, and noticeable muscle definition. That number on the scale is not a sign of health, just a measure of how much mass you have.
I have struggled against an eating disorder, an exercise addiction, a multiple sclerosis diagnosis (which still shapes my life to this day), long-term international travel, frequent work trips, dramatic break-ups, the general dating scene, debilitating health complications, family drama, holidays… whatever you're experiencing, know that you are not alone in your struggles. Whatever your situation, things are not hopeless, even when they feel like they are.
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The May Week 1 Group Challenge is live and ready to begin on Sunday, May 4th. Join us for the Move It in May Challenge!! Get a good 4 of 7 days of activity and post your adventures! Here's your link:
May Week 1 Group Challenge - Move It in May — MyFitnessPal.com
Looking forward to lively discussions! See you in the chat thread!
Jessica
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kkay2345
Weigh-in: Sunday
PW: 184.6
CW: 185.2
Steps4/27 - Didn’t track
4/28 - 9324
4/29 - 2558
4/30 - 5687
5/1 - 5527
5/2 - 10,295
5/3 - 7165
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sorry for the delay.
Saturday weigh-in (May 03):
PW 185.4
CW 187.6
Step count:
4/27 10,940
4/28 15,761
4/29 13,733
4/30 14,132
5/1 10,894
5/2 16,355
5/3 10,253
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Hi I am Natalie
Living in the UK
Age 44
Been on the weight loss journey for many years. My plan is to succeed and get to my healthy goal.
Monday 28th 4,237
Tuesday 3,760
Wednesday 6,696
Thursday 9,069
Friday 16,536
Saturday 13,443
Sunday 11,849
I will weigh-in tomorrow for last week's but can I change the day to Friday please?
Welcome to anyone thats new
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@MelaniedScott
4/20 - 7449 steps
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Weigh-in day Friday
Lw: 173.5lb 78.9kg
Cw: 173.3lb 78.8kg
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WEIGH IN DAY - Monday
CW: 269.2
PW: 265.7 (as of Sunday Apr 27)
Weight is high(!) because I got a little off track in terms of diet the past week or so, and ate more than I probably needed to, and (TMI, sorry) I'm a bit constipated. Ugh. I have Crohn's so the things I eat affect me negatively sometimes. It's kind of funny how much of an effect it has on weight. We are bags of water and food and waste products, just walking around living our lives.
Anyway I'm not going to stress about it, I'm going to drink my water and eat enough fiber and I'm sure next week will be better.
This week my goals are:
- Drink a minimum of 2L of water each day
- Eat within my calorie range (2200 calories, +/- 100 calories)
- Eat minimum of 165g protein and 30g fiber each day
- Strength train 3x
- Walk 20-30 minutes per day
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Monday checkin:
PW: 220.3
CW: 220.2 🐢
S 4/27 - 7658
M 4/28 - 7140
T 4/29 - 7112
W 4/30 - 7634
T 5/1 - 7081
F 5/2 - 7169
S 5/3 - 8407
S 5/4 - 7441
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@purple1butterfly - Absolutely, your weigh day will officially be changed to Friday.
Looking foward to your update!(I can't read - just saw your update, we are good to go!)0 -
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW (Previous Weight): 218.6
CW (Current Weight): 217.4
I haven't been strictly using the diary like I had wanted to be doing. I'm still trying though! I did purchase the premium thing so I told myself I had better use it and not waste $! Lol. I'm glad I still lost a pound though! I think it's the physical activities I've been doing lately, mowing and other yard work. It would be AMAZING if I could keep going and see 200 or under by the end if this year. That's 17 pounds which I feel like should be doable!
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cedarfoxy / Emery
Day: Tuesdays
PW: 185.2 (4/22/25)
Missed weigh-in: 184.8 (4/29/25)
CW: 184.8 (5/6/25)
I did a lot of negative self-talk this week around how I "should have" and it led to a shame spiral. That resulted in me not being kind to myself. I didn't practice great self-care and I'm going to try to do better this week.
Last month I focused on: track food, weigh-in daily, steps and self care. I did a great job on weighing in daily, so I don't need to focus on that this month. I want to practice planning my food and sticking to the plan and staying active this month. And I think the most important part is keeping it top of mind.
Goal 1: Plan food for each day before the day begins and enter the food in MFP (bonus if I enter it a week or more at a time).
Goal 2: Eat based on the plan and note where I deviate from the plan. Update in MFP.
Goal 3: Get 6000 steps at least 5 times per week and an average of 7000+ steps per week not counting steps over 10k.
Goal 4: Read and post in this thread twice or more weekly.
(Edit to add) Goal 5: Add my weight to my hacker daily - Hacker weight log
Steps
U 4/20 = 9807
M 4/21 = 13331 (10k for average) - run day
T 4/22 = 13545 (10k for average)
W 4/23 = 3730
R 4/24 = 6880
F 4/25 = 4516
S 4/26 = 6982
U 4/20 - S 4/26 average: 7416/day (not including steps over 10k) & exceeded 6k 5 times this week!
U 4/27 = 19662 (10k for average)
M 4/28 = 5008
T 4/29 = 8869
W 4/30 = 2468
R 5/1 = 6402
F 5/2 = 14003 (10k for average)
S 5/3 = 3733
U 4/27 - S 5/3 average: 6640/day (not including steps over 10k) & exceeded 6k 4 times this week!
Request for assistance -
I'm really struggling with meal planning. Once I have a plan, I can execute it pretty easily, but I feel like I am trying to re-invent the wheel when it comes to meal planning. I try to base my meals off of a 4-part plan that includes foods that are primarily carb, primarily protein, primarily fat, and primarily fiber. An example of what that looks like: roasted sweet potato, smoked salmon, avocado, and sauteed kale & broccoli slaw.
What I am struggling with is duplication of ingredients over different meals. How do I use these ingredients in different meals so that I'm not buying 50 ingredients and only eating parts of everything. I want to eat kale in 2+ different ways, or cook sweet potatoes in different ways, etc. What do y'all do for your meal planning? Give me your advice!
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Weigh in
PW - 224.8
CW - 223.0
I'll take that as I had a blip day on Friday!
Had a pretty lazy bank holiday weekend here, should probably have done more exercise but have watched my eating at least. Seems weird that we're into May already - I had some weight goals for the end of June that I'm wondering if I'm going to make now.
@cedarfoxy - I don't always do meal planning, but when I do I plan the week in order based on what I'd have had the day before, so I know what I need to 'use up'. Like if I'd had your example meal then I'd assume I'd have sweet potatoes, kale, broccoli left over, so I'd maybe do a curry with those and add some chickpeas and tomatos, or a soup/stew. I will admit I'm a pretty lazy cook though and do a lot of 'throw all the leftover veggies in the pot' recipes lol.
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BodyTalking
Weigh-in 6 May
Starting weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
Previous weight: 81 kg/178.574 lb
Current weight: 79.9 kg/176.15 lb
BodyTalking
Steps 27 Apr - 3 May
Total: 45,155
S 10071
M 9245
T 16037
W 14172
T 3599
F 560
S 471
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My weight went up, way beyond what I was happy with after my trip to Scotland for my mum's birthday. Flying does this to me....plus too many sweet things! Then, my doc changed meds again and I got pain and inflammation, so couldn't do much for several days. It's sorted now, I hope, and I'll try to be more active this week. On top of that, the 1st and 8th of May are holidays here, the temperatures went up to 28°C while I couldn't do much and has dropped to 12°, which messes just with my oomph!
Have a good month of May everyone 🌸🌼🌸🌼
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steps
sun-3,458
Mon-839
Tuesday-2,701
Wed-6,374
Thursday-5,491
Fri-4,881
Sat-6,262
I forgot to put my watch on a few days but I’m guessing with it being in my backpack it picked up some of my steps.0 -
My asthma is playing up, I have not done much for two days. I know its not a cold, if it's no better by Thursday night I will ring the doctor's. I am following my plan for my asthma that the asthma nurse gave me.
Tomorrow I will go for a walk around the village & pop into the two cafés that are at opposite ends of the village. Just for a drink & to rest. I will get steps in.
I hope you are all having a good day
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So, when I get sweet potatoes, I typically just bake them but if I have a lot…sweet potato fries (can be baked or air fried), west african peanut stew, roasted with herbs, tunisian turnovers (potatoes & sweet potatoes in phylo, so it takes some time) or sweet potato and black bean burritos. The peanut stew recipes I've used call for collards but I typically use kale or spinach and it works great (bonus! Kale and sweet potato!).
Kale can be part of a salad, a white bean/sausage/veg soup or just soup generally, air fried into kale chips, added to pesto, or sauteed (like spinach…probably creamed the same way). I've seen recipes where they add it to quiche, pizza, frittatas, guacamole, pasta salad and grilled cheese. It is pretty versatile. Anything with greens in the recipe can take kale as a substitute--but kale might need a little more cook time because it is tougher than spinach or chard… might be similar to collards.
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@podperson1 - thanks for the idea of using things up. I struggle with that, but thinking through what will be in the fridge at the end of each day can help me prioritize based on a projected reality rather than in isolation of the "ideal meal plan". I'll try that out!
@melaniedscott - I had forgotten about west african peanut stew! It's one of my favorites, for sure. Maybe I can pick a few ingredients each week and build several meals around those using mostly pantry goods or freezer foods to flesh out the meal. Something to think about! Thanks!
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Back when eggs were not stupid expensive, I'd do a "WTF omelette", which contained eggs + whatever veggies I had that were about to go bad + any leftover proteins I made "too much" of (e.g., based on what's in my fridge right now, that would contain broccolini, spinach, mushrooms, and bell pepper - maybe topped with some salsa). It reduced my food waste drastically and led me to some interesting flavor combinations - I never expected brussels sprouts to work so well in an omelette. Having a wide array of seasonings readily available has helped a lot with making things different enough when I was bored of eating the same things over and over again.
Like @podperson1 , I also do a lot of "throw a bunch of veggies in a pot" recipes. Unless I explicitly plan for a specific meal, I have a bunch of staple foods that work well in a lot of different scenarios, so I can make stuff up as I go.
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Laurabb99
weighin day: Wed
PW: 182
CW: 182
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