Shape Shifters Team Chat - May 2025

FWSWCindy · May 16

@frankwbrown Sure, I'll join. My goal is 10,000 steps a day and I love to walk on the River Greenway here in Fort Wayne along the rivers.

5/4 = 3981

5/5 = 4874

5/6 = 11,916

5/7 = 12,125

5/8 = 13,872

5/9 = 11,888

5/10 = 4,324

5/11 = 7,474

5/12 = 8,432

5/13 = 10,161

5/14 = 11,553

5/15 = 15,107

Thank you, Frank!

LaurieWrobo · May 17

My heart is broken in 1000 pieces💔💔💔- My boss, colleague, friend passed away last night - he had developed an infection, was not allowed any visitors except family and brain swelling was worse + other complications which I don't know - I didn't ask his wife who he leaves behind along with a 20 yo son I'm in shock, disbelief and saddened beyond words - crying all day - usually work helps, but everything I work on reminds me he's gone - he was the best boss I had😢😢😢

izzyred9400 · May 17

@LaurieWrobo Ah ! That's so sad.Im sorry for your loss of a much loved boss.Sending a virtual hug to you & his family 😥

izzyred9400 · May 17

Izzyred9400 Sat weigh in

PW 136.4 CW 134.9

My steps

5/10 21.719
5/11 19,533
5/12 18,522
5/13 17,607
5/14 17,803
5/15 15.794
5/16 20,693

Zaxa2021 · May 17

Step update

Thursday 5/15: 20,827
Friday 5/16: 15,150

jessicakrall8 · May 17

@LaurieWrobo Condolences on the loss of your boss and friend. Grieving is hard…may God cover you with peace and may memories of better times at work help you to heal. My thoughts are with you. Prayers for all of your colleagues and for his family.

Jessica

jessicakrall8 · May 17

@frankwbrown Please move me to Support as I'm still dealing with stiffness, pain and swelling in my leg/ankle. I will not pull the team down. I continue on…but will tell you that this journey is currently on my last good nerve, although I'm trying to just handle day-by-day. The last two days have been tough, but I'm off until May 27th, so going to rest and try to get out and walk as I can.

Sorry to be so in and out, but on tough days, I have to rest. Thanks for all that you and the team do to cover for me. I really am trying to get better and back to normal.

Jessica

DaffyGirl88 · May 17

Good morning

Friday steps: 10,726

jessicakrall8 · May 17

The May Week 3 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, May 18th. Please join us for the "Get to the Core of It" Challenge! This is an opportunity to focus on the core of your needs for the week and share with the group so we can all celebrate personal successes. Here's your link:

May Week 3 Group Challenge - Get to the Core of It! — MyFitnessPal.com

See you in the chat thread! 🍎

Jessica

bearchested · May 17

Bearchested

Friday

PW: 187.6

CW: 190.2

Apologies for the missed weigh in. I've been training for a casual online powerlifting competition, and did my lifts yesterday. I hit person bests on all three lifts and raised my total 60 lbs from October. My diet increased a bit m, along with water and sodium intake.

Goal now is to continue the recomp and drop to 180, and do this competition again in October.

pedal__power · May 17

@LaurieWrobo I'm so sorry for your loss, that is so heartbreaking.

@jessicakrall8 I'm sorry you are again having pain and swelling. I hope some rest settles it. Thinking of you!

pedal__power · May 17

pedal__power

PW: 220.2

CW: 220.4

More great bike rides this week but it's a rainy day today, so will catch up on indoor things today. Have a great weekend everyone!

nancyinmiami · May 17

@LaurieWrobo I am so very saddened to read of your boss’s passing. How terribly tragic and unexpected. My deepest condolences.

@jessicakrall8 oh girl, I am so sorry you’re still on the struggle bus. We are all rooting for you here and sending positive healing vibes. I know you are doing your best. Thinking of you💜

jessicakrall8 · May 17

We're missing 2 weigh-ins for the week:

@Tomsgal1985

@izzyred9400

Please report in today, as stats begin early tomorrow! Thanks!

Jessica

izzyred9400 · May 18

@jessicakrall8 hope you feel better soon sorry you're dealing with pain & swelling.Glad you've got some time off work to rest.Ive just looked at the chart & I wondered why my weigh in wasn't recorded.I did post it yesterday maybe you missed it 😏

jessicakrall8 · May 18

@jessicakrall8 hope you feel better soon sorry you're dealing with pain & swelling. Glad you've got some time off work to rest. Ive just looked at the chart & I wondered why my weigh in wasn't recorded. I did post it yesterday maybe you missed it 😏

Not sure what happened…looks like @frankwbrown picked it up…found a boo boo in your steps and corrected that…thanks for the reminder…also, thanks for your kind words…every time I feel like I'm making progress, something happens…it's certainly better than it was a few months ago and the pain is manageable but I'm so tired of hurting. Wish I could pull a "Bewitched", twinkle my nose and cause 50 more pounds to disappear!! LOL I know it's a process, but I'm SO over it all. Had one day this week where I allowed myself three meals instead of two and went out for two of them…made decent choices, but went over a tad on my daily limit…had enough exercise to cover it, but I'm thinking the swelling was from those "out" meals. Trying not to beat myself up over it…have to live, but I knew better.

In any case, appreciate your kindness and yesterday was a good food day…aiming for another today…baking my Sunday chicken recipe that I love and that will take care of my dinner meals all week…just add a veggie of some sort in the evenings.

Hope you have a lovely day!

Jessica

jessicakrall8 · May 18

Step Challenge peeps, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE report your steps more often…help us to help you…thanks! LOTS of empty spaces on that spreadsheet and today starts a new week. Bonus points if you catch up your steps by posting today! 😁

Jessica

Krysless2 · May 18

Step Goal:10,000🏃🏻‍♀️(Thu-Sat)

• Thu 5/15: 5314
• Fri 5/16: 14318
• Sat 5/17: 9825

May; Week3:📈Gain+.6lbs
CW(5/18): 153.4
Pw: 152.8

LaurieWrobo · May 18

Steps

5/14 5,819

5/15 6,373

5/16 6,457

5/17 5,546

frankwbrown · May 18

Daily step goal: 10,000
🔹Fri 5/16: 10,122
🔹Sat 5/17: 12,241

frankwbrown · May 18

The Steps Challenge can be viewed as a friendly competition among individuals, but more importantly it can also be viewed as a challenge to oneself. Either way, it provides a motivation for getting those steps in. But as a challenge to oneself, there are a few things to consider:

do you want the goal you set to be average daily steps or a minimum daily steps?
will you take at least one day/week to relax/recover?
do you want it to be an easy challenge or a more difficult one?
things might happen that interfere with your plan

Depending on your answers to these questions, your results can mean something different for you than someone else's. So, we shouldn't compare apples and oranges, is what I'm saying. 🤔

With that in mind, here are the results for week 1 of the steps challenge:

jessicakrall8 · May 18

@frankwbrown I was feeling really bad about my "less steps" with my current issues, but in reading your analysis and summary of week 1, I realized that on my better days, I pushed harder since my goal was only 35k and I hit 50k, it's worth noting that my whole week, was a success.

PERSPECTIVE is a magical word!!!

Thank you for new perspective, Frank! You are such a joy leading this team!!! Would it be possible to post this weekly (only if you have time), kind-of a post week perspective view?? (Don't be afraid to say no, because you're already doing a lot.)

I so needed this, this weekend…and NSV, for a few minutes earlier today, I thought about NOT baking my Sunday chicken, but it's the basis of my entire week's nutrition plan to keep me from eating out so much, even while on vacation, so I got up and it's in the oven, about to be flipped in ten minutes! YAY ME!

Also, @izzyred9400 sent me some much-needed words of wisdom earlier and that in combination with your analysis above, really made my day! I'm not crying, you're crying! 😅

I am so blessed to be a part of this team!!! 😇

Jessica