Monday 6/16: 10,545

Steps

Sun 6/15: 18,174
Mon 6/16: 14,806

Today was another good day…walked a lot at the office…came home and just finished a pretty rapid 22 minute walk in the house in front of the fans. Feeling strong…still gotta finish my strength exercises, but two more days for me this week…off on Friday and having my new custom show installed in my en suite bathroom…can't wait…no more climbing in and out of a tub…new toilet will be put in next week…little by little…things get accomplished.

How's your week going so far?! Hope you're having a wonderful week, dealing with only pleasant people and NO DRAMA…let's finish the week out strong…we're nearly halfway at this point! WOOHOO!

Jessica

My steps

• Mon 6/16 11129
• Tue. 6/17 6551

Good morning!

6/17: 12,298

Step Challenge June

FWSWCindy

Daily Step Goal 1000

Week 3

6/15 16742

6/16 15822

6/17 19820

6 18

6 19

6 20

6 21

Week 3 Total

Average Daily Steps

@LaurieWrobo Enjoy your vacation!

@FWSWCindy Three weeks in the green! Congratulations! (slow & steady gets it done)

Daily step goal 10000

6/17 13213

Tuesday: 50ish and over hike

@frankwbrown Hi, I'm posting my weight for this week, so I don't mess up the paperwork, but I need to drop out, pause, whatever it is called. I am bouncing between the same weights without losing, and I feel like I'm dragging the whole team down. Add in my family stress and daily chaos and I just can't do this, right now. I'm constantly exhausted and depressed, and it's just one more of many things I can't seem to get done. (I promise I will be talking to my therapist about this.) I'm also going to be deleting my row on the Habit Tracker.

morenin

Weigh-in: Thursday

PW: 221

CW: 222

⬆️ 1 lb.

Steps

Tues 6/17: 15868
Wed 6/18: 9690

@morenin As someone who has had numerous months where I've gained, then lost, then gained, etc. I understand the frustration and the desire to not let the team down. But we're not competing in the Olympics — we're here for mutual support and encouragement, and it's when we're having a tough time that the team can show that support. So, forget about letting the team down. Just deal with whatever difficulties you're currently facing, and know that others are sympathetic to your struggle.

Fat2Fit has a Team Support category: "Members who want to remain on the team and in the group - but do not want to participate in weekly weigh-ins (maintenance / off plan / etc. )."

May I move you to Team Support rather than drop you?

@morenin - I'd like to echo others' comments and encourage you to stay with the group using the Team Support category. You can still read posts, comment, and log in for encouragement and support. It's the process of weighing in that makes us accountable. I think it helps motivate us to feel accountability to the team but the more important aspect of weighing in weekly is being accountable to ourselves.

Personally, I don't care if anyone gains weight in the short-term because it's the long game that matters. I always "like" a weigh in, whether it's a loss or gain, because the person showed up and (hopefully) reflected on the change since last week's entry. Everyone fluctuates up and down, because body weight consists of so many interrelated factors, but it's good to reflect on any patterns (or feelings) that helped or hindered.

Please don't worry about the weekly weigh in or "letting the team down." It's better to gain and lose the same weight than continuing to gain. We're really just describing "maintenance," which will feel good once we reach our goal weight. I've been a member of the F2F challenge since June 2021. It's hard to believe it's been four years! I reached my goal weight in September 2021, and I continued to lose a few more pounds through mid-October. I was able to sustain my maintenance goal for about a year, before slowly creeping back up. I've been hovering in the "overweight" BMI category for the past few months and can't seem to get into the "normal" range. I share your frustration and hope you will stay engaged so we can work through it together as a team.

Dealing with family stress and other external pressures is hard. If you think it will help to unload to an anonymous team member, feel free to send me a friend request. If other people in your life are leaning on you, you might want to focus on the daily life activities that are most important to you and ignore the rest. For example, I tend to let my sleep suffer by staying up late to get work or household tasks done, and being tired makes me careless about eating. I end up snacking more in the evenings and making unhealthy choices - like sweets - that give me a false sense of "energy" which is always short-lived and more harmful than good. So, I try to remind myself that I'm better off going to bed early and setting my alarm clock to get up early the next morning because I'll think more clearly.

Please ignore me if you are sure you want to step back from the team. You didn't ask for advice so I apologize for the unsolicited comments, but here's a link I often share with anyone who is struggling through a rough patch or experiencing too many demands on their time.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10787818/minimum-basic-and-preferred-habits#latest

The person who posted the idea identified the minimum, basic (usual), and preferred (aspirational) needed to live the life we want to live. It's similar to the reminder that we need to put on our own life mask first so we have enough oxygen to help others. Best wishes to you and your family!

Congrats @Zaxa2021 on a great week 2 step challenge! You, GO, girl!

@morenin
@PatriceFitnessPal said something that I thought as well, after my post.

"It's better to gain and lose the same weight than continuing to gain."

Here's a brief history:
For context, I would have considered 200-220 to be an ideal weight for me when I was younger. At 76 years of age, I'm optimistically hoping to reach the high end of that range.
In May of 1984, I weighed 218, and I was running daily, working out, and sailing as often as I could. But then I moved back to my hometown and got a job. From that day forward, I began gaining weight, because of the demands of work and because I didn't have the same situation for running & working out. I got up to 220 pounds by 2015, at which point I successfully lost about 50 pounds before having some medical issues. In the years following, I gained back that 50 pounds plus another 10, until July of 2020. Ironically, during Covid, I found the motivation and determination to try again, with a goal of losing 100 pounds in one year. I managed to lose close to 110 pounds (over 19 months), but then having exceeded my goal, I lost some of that determination. Like many who start gaining weight back after losing it, I started slowly regaining. At first, I would tell myself, "Well, I'm still below 230, and that was my goal." Then saying, "Well, I thought 230 was a long shot anyway, and I'm still below 240 which I nearly set as a more realistic goal." Can you guess where that ended? This past March, I got up to 263 (33 pounds above my original goal and 43 pounds above my ultimate goal). I'm back down now to ~255, but it's been a struggle. But if I don't continue that struggle, I will surely continue to gain.

I also know that even if I can't get back down to 220, it's still a win if I can at least stop re-gaining, and hold steady at 250-260.

I'll end with a somewhat flippant comment. It isn't meant to offend or discourage, but rather to encourage with a humorous attitude:

We're all participating in this weight loss challenge.
"But if it were easy, it wouldn't be a challenge."