Weight No More Team Chat - November 2025
Here is your Team chat room for November 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 @ShockinglyFit
Mission Slimpossible - @trooworld and @micaroo4
Weight No More - @minstrelofsarcasm, @melaniedscott, @jennyell85
WaistAways - @ashleycarole86 and @lauren_989
Shape Shifters - @jessicakrall8 and @frankwbrown
Our Team Motivators:
Downsizers: [open]
Mission Slimpossibles: @gemwolf110
Weight No More: [open]
WaistAways: @MaddawgMadsen
Shape Shifters: @LaurieWrobo and @nancyinmiami
HOW IT ALL WORKS: The November challenge runs for four weeks, from November 2nd - November 29th.
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 November on the road! 😎
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I was part of the team Weight No More but since I haven't posted in a while, I might have been kicked off the team. Just in case, I wanted to post my numbers here.
MFP: marlalynns6304
SW: 224.65
PW: 200.62
CW: 196.21
TL: 29 pounds
Preferred team: Weight No More
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Hello everyone. I go by DJ.( @D_Jay_74 ) I have been on MFP off and on for many years. I am new to this challenge but looking forward to getting to know everyone and hopefully be motivated and motivate. I'm ready for the challenge.
Weigh In Day: Sunday
PW (274):
CW (): Weigh in tomorrow.
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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 ⏰
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Hi everyone! Here is the link for you to vote on our December read (biography/autobiography/memoir):
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Weigh in day Saturday
Previous weight 181.4
Current weight 181.4
My steps for the week
Sun 26th 28,112
Mon 27th 14,111
Tue 28th 15,465
Wed 29th 10,038
Thu 30th 25,343
Fri 31th 16,586
Sat 1st 10,104
It was the school holidays here, so lots of lovely family walk and extra steps. Also some party food and some white chocolate and raspberry cake for my daughter's birthday (she turned 14 today)
Welcome to all the new people on the team
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28Haveitall
Pw: 283.2
Cw: 286
Weigh In day: Saturday
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Hello-
Melanie from Alberta Canada
59 years old, 2 adult children, 2 grandchildren, 1 husband.
I am goal oriented and need the push this group has.
Weigh in days are Sunday
Nov 2- 163.5
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Kira from Alberta Canada, 54 years old, 3 adult children (all living on their own), 1 dog Farley big Bernese Mountain Dog/Saint Bernard/Irish setter mix, 2 cats Shadow(the queen of the house) and Hunter(the big purr) plus 1 husband.
Weigh in days is Sunday
Nov 2 - 192.4
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Weigh In Day: Sunday
PW (274):
CW (271.2)
Good Sunday to everyone. It's a cold but pretty day here in Kansas. I'm pretty much a bed potato but one of my health goals is to get out of bed more and move more. I've tried before and failed but I am going to take this one day at a time and give it my all.
I wanted to ask if it is okay to post gifs here. I like to post holiday gifs or just hello gifs or weigh in gifs, but I know some groups don't allow it.
Wishing everyone the best on this challenge.
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@D_Jay_74 - You can absolutely post gifs here! As long as you aren't posting so many gifs that you are drowning out the entire chat, you should be good to go. Thanks for asking - I appreciate the consideration!
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Hello
OctoberNovember! 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: 30
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: 178lbs
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, ADHD
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 1300 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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Hello all! I'm Jennifer, and I'm one of your co-captains alongside @minstrelofsarcasm
Introductions
Age: 40
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada)
Height: 5'8"
Highest weight: 282.4 lbs
Current weight: 267.0 lbs
Conditions: Crohn's disease, ADHD, Cancer (now cancer free!)My story:
I've come to my interest in fitness and health in the wrong way around. I was never an athletic person or the type to work out for fun. I love food, and I've struggled with my weight my whole life. Then I found out I had appendix cancer several years ago, but I was lucky it was caught early and all it took to cure me was a couple of surgeries, so I'm now cancer-free since 2018. I was later diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and after all that I got tired of being a sick person. So I've been making some changes: working out regularly, improving my diet, fixing my sleep, and being more mindful about my choices and habits. I sometimes have worked out too hard and got injured, so now I am going for a slow and steady approach that lasts. I’m missing a few pieces but I want to do the best I can with what I have left!
In the past I was all or nothing with my diet, and it led to a restrict-and-binge cycle. I used food as a way to deal with my emotions. I tried various diets, Weight Watchers, Food for Life, things like that, but I could never stick with it. I had to fix my mindset. I’m a fan of eating well because I feel better when I do and I have more energy. I want to have strong muscles and sturdy bones when I’m an old lady.
I'm not at my goal weight yet, but I'm very honest about my struggles, and I hope that will allow me to help others with theirs.
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Weigh in day - Sunday
CW: 267.0 lbs
PW: 268.7 lbs
Steps - Oct 26 to Nov 1S- 10371
M- 7374
T- 7425
W- 8868
T- 9615
F- 8522
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Robin from Florida, 41, I'm new here. I'm looking forward to my first challenge, I think the accountability and community here will be a powerful motivator. 😊
PW: 259.0
CW: 259.0
Weigh in day: Sunday
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Hello, I’m Sam from New York and I’m new this round. I have always been overweight but had succeeded in weight loss in the past but didn’t keep up with it. I’ve been an emotional eater most my life and with ADHD, if I’m not hyper-focusing on weight loss and exercise and/or I’m not meeting goals I set for myself, I am quick to give up and move on to something else. I’ve recently decided to put myself first again and celebrate the little wins instead of focusing so much on the strict goals. I’m down 65 pounds so far so it’s been working and I hope to keep up the momentum. I can’t wait to continue this journey on this team!
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Weigh In Day: Monday
PW (Previous Weight): 214.6
CW (Current Weight): 215.4
Okay, I REFUSE to go up again next week! I do NOT want to keep getting closer to the 220's again! Gotta do better this week end get back on track! Candy and sweets are my all time weakness! Plus, I've had pizza, thick potato soup, a burger and out to eat at a buffet, sooooo it could have been worse of a weigh in, but I want to start walking this week! I am 35 years old, (people think I'm in my 20's though) and I am going back to school for my GED and then might do some College and see what's next, I'm not entirely sure yet, anyway since I am going to a tutor twice a week and GED twice a week, my plan is after class to walk around the whole building on the outside once or twice before driving home. I'll time myself and see how long it takes me to loop around once before going a second time, but if I am consistent with this, I think it will do me some good!
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Good morning.
Ashley, Thanks so much for the information. I appreciate it.
Hope this post will come out okay. Since the changes, I have problems when I try to edit information. Fingers crossed.
Have a great day everyone.
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Hi- hope everyone is having a good day. I am visiting my sister and niece. Everyone very athletic so we’ve had a lot of movement and it’s just after lunch. One hour walk with the dogs this morning then a total body strength workout. Lunch then we are heading out to walk around town. I am sticking pretty close to my food intake goals. Protein powder mixed with water for breakfast and 2 scrambled eggs with cheese. Lunch was turkey layer then a Swiss cheese layer then another turkey layer. Sounds like we are having blue cheese stuffed burgers for dinner.
It’s been exactly the way I was hoping to spend my time away from home.Melanie
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Weigh-in Sunday
Lw: 75.2
Cw: 76.3
Can I be re-added to the steps group please. My husband got me another one, its not a fitbit but it works.
The watch came on Tuesday
Wednesday 29th 1,947
Thursday 30th 7,759
Friday 31st 10,582
Saturday 1st 10,892
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@purple1butterfly Yup! I added you to the step challenge.
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Could I be added to the step challenge as well?
Nov 1 10581
Nov 2 9816
Nov 3 12878
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@dvmmcw7442 Yes, I can add you as well. We do the step challenges week to week (Sun to Sat) the same as the weigh ins. For now we are logging steps for the week of Oct 26-Nov 1. If you have last week's steps tracked, let me know if you want to add those dates, or I can just add these ones for now.
If you have a daily step goal, you can provide it and we can track that too. Alternatively you can provide a weekly total of steps, but note that there will be no tracking of daily goals with that option.
As long as your previous week's steps are posted by Wednesday of each week, they will be added to the challenge results. Step challenge results are posted on Thursdays.
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Good afternoon everyone. It's a cool day here in Kansas and I am loving it. I am a cold weather person and start to sweat thinking of it being in the seventies. LOL I have started keeping track of my steps and movement but it's very low because I am a bed potato and spend most of my time in bed. I have arthritis in my shoulders hip knees and back. Everyone say I should move more and it would hurt less over time but I have not found that to be true.
Melanie, I hope you are enjoying spending time with your family. Sounds like fun too be around them and get lots of movement in.
Cassie, Keep pushing.
Have a great day everyone.
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@jennyell85 Thanks- I'll start with the new week of Nov 2. My daily goal is 10,000 steps.
@D_Jay_74 Yes I am having fun. Although the bike ride they took us in today was HARD. Up part of a mountain. Had to get off my bike twice to walk, partly because it was so steep and partly because of the higher altitude that I am not used to. Going down, however, was a blast. I have a ski racing background and I found out today that I still love speed!
We are now back at my sister's. Some shopping tomorrow then heading to my dad's for 2 days before going home on Friday. I want to get the bulk of my Christmas shopping done while here in the city. We are very rural and options are limited.
Starting out is often the hardest part. It's not easy moving out of comfort. It's not easy for anyone- you or me! Although our situations differ, we both still find change or starting a new path difficult. Mine was signing up for a swim/bine competition. I wanted to last year but was too scared to try and figure out how I was going to do it. I signed up for one next summer. I am starting to get it figured out. It feels good to move ahead with it rather than just say I can't. Maybe walking 10 minutes twice a day is a place to start for you. I guarantee you will feel better mentally and physically. Keep us posted on how you are tackling that challenge 🙂Melanie
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is this where I post my steps?
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@dvmmcw7442 That's correct!
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steps
Sun-3,729
Mon-2,336
Tuesday-10,504
Wed-1,962
Thurs-1,323
Fri-6,984
Sat-6,566
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I’m not sure if my steps are exact. I switched watches and cannot get all my steps. I’m pretty sure I have more steps on some of those days especially the lower days.
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