Welcome to November! 🍂

I am Lauren, co-captain along with @ashleycarole86 @Megan_smartiepants1970 Megan has been ill, so we wish her the best in her health journey.

I am a 62 years old female from Ohio, USA. I have been on a weight loss journey most of my adult life. I have done a lot of the yo-yo thing, usually gaining back more than I have lost. I have tried gluten free, Mediterranean, vegetarian, vegan, DASH, all sorts of things. This time, with the help of this group, I am hoping to stay on course all the way until I reach my ideal weight of 125. I started this time at 172 so I have a long way to go. I do this by tracking my meals and my exercise with the help of this app.

The one thing I have been trying to focus on this time is to keep coming back. When I have a setback, instead of giving up or just pushing through, I try to use this as an experiment. Analyze what happened, and make a list of things I can do to help solve that. And actually implement one of the things on the list. Work on small incremental changes instead of trying to do everything on the list all at once. Also try to set myself up for success as much as possible.

Some helpful information/tools:

Posting your daily updates

We know from experience that posting daily (or as often as you can!) makes a huge difference to your success. Use any format you like to let everyone know how you are doing on your daily goals and habits. You can report on food, exercise, water, sleep, or whatever you are tracking and trying to stick with. While you're there, talk about how you are, ask questions, and if you can answer someone else, please do! Congratulate others, commiserate, enjoy someone's rant, or go ahead and rant yourself. It all helps make the kind of community where we are in each others' heads when the hand is reaching for that off-plan snack, or the couch is feeling way too inviting...

Weighing in

Please try to weigh in on time (but don't sweat it if you have to use a different day sometimes)! Put your weigh in at the TOP of a message, so it is clear and easy to find. If you cannot post your weight for whatever reason, you can request a week off, or if you need a longer break, you can be moved to the "Support Team" where you still participate but your weigh-ins will not be part of the weekly tally. This is where members who are ill, on vacation, or just needing a break can hang out for as long as needed.

The F2F Habit Tracker

If you want a simple place to track your most important habits, give this a try:

November Habit Tracker

So everyone, tell us a bit about you, your goals, what steps you are going to work on. It's fun to know your name and where you live (if you're willing to share that), what brought you here, how your weight loss journey has been, and where you are headed now. We all have information to share, things we can learn, and lean on each other as a team for a successful month!

The November Week 1 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Nov 2nd. Please join us for a Countdown to Close Out 2025! The next 8-weeks can bring about change in 10 different areas of our journeys. Let's see what we can accomplish together! Here's your link:

November Week 1 Group Challenge - Countdown to Close Out 2025 — MyFitnessPal.com

See you in the chat thread!

Jessica ⏰

@lauren_989

@Megan _smartiepants1970

Step Challenge - Goal 6000

10/26 sun 5661
10/27 mon 2811
10/28 tue 1928
10/29 wed 4977
10/30 thur 5382
10/31 fri 3351
11/1 sat 3248

Welcome, @Flo_slo_mo ! Love the name!

Welcome @Flo_slo_mo!

@lauren_989

ShockinglyFit

Weigh-In Day: Sunday

PW: 159.4

CW: 164

Why oh why are the losses so small and the gains so big? I had a hard time this week listening to the voice of reason. I shouldn't eat the chips, but I can't make me, so I am going to have some anyway. And have extra because you can't make me.

Hey there. Today's my rest day and I'll be back to working out tomorrow. In October, I worked on doing Leslie Sansone's Walk It Off In 30 Days DVD. Three days a week was cardio and three days was strength training. I made it through the month and lost two inches overall.

Now that I've become more consistent with my workouts, my November plan is to continue the schedule but do my own thing with the strength days and do longer or more intense cardio. I ordered a strength training workout poster and will use that as my guide.

I need to focus on eating better. I tend to be a snacker but it's hard to go for fruit or something healthier when you know there's something like left over Halloween candy beckoning from the cupboard. I'm going to work on doing better there.

Misty_Putnam94

PW: 160.5

CW: 162.3 (1.8 gain) back to gym this week after a nice break last week for my birthday on the 29th. It's birthday season at our house. I feel like we have one a week from now until Christmas lol

@ShockinglyFit

@lauren _989

Step Challenge - Goal 10,000

10/26: 7,699
10/27: 5,486
10/28: 5,863
10/29: 10,087
10/30: 7,982
10/31: 7,440
11/1: 12,922

@ShockinglyFit

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Here are my steps for last week

@virgoreader Thanks for the tip! I had looked at it once, but don't use that feature as much as I could. I am going to add more fruit to my diet. I used to eat a lot more fruit, but it looks like I have been slacking.

@TTC43 Sorry I forgot to remind you about your weigh in on Monday. Can I have your weight please?