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My best guess is that your friend should have this checked out by a doctor. Unless one of us in this community is a doctor, I would not even begin to speculate what that could be. REMEMBER, it is not normal; but does NOT necessarily have to be bad. Have your friend get checked and find out what you were dealing with before…

What is the F2F group??

Red Hots, please.

I agree - with what you have said - but one of the things that hit me is: "Reintroducing low/no fiber foods into my diet would have been a wrong turn, for me. And, of course, many people have to severely limit their fiber for medical reasons. (I say, "It's good for you, unless, of course, it is NOT good for YOU)." Exactly…

As one of the Overall Leaders of the Seasonal 5% Challenges, I've read every comment thus far. I've tried to answer most and have tried to be quite honest with my responses. I love, Love, LOVE the fact that you have all taken the time to provide feedback for the newer (and hopefully) improved format. Yes, the destinations…

I can understand missing the destinations but it really is cumbersome to come up with a 'theme' and then finding places to fit that theme. Olympics, which I did in the summer was relatively easy but took a lot of research to find 8 weeks of things in common to make sure that we traveled with a purpose and not willy-nilly.…

Thanks for the input. Thank you for speaking with me as I'm the one that wrote the Challenge for Fruits/Veggies. On SP, we used to combine them and call them 'Freggies'. I found that the research to split the two was almost impossible to find but I did it as I could ... this was the biggest reason that after we practiced…

Couldn't have said it better myself - thank you for your kind words ... it is truly a labor of love and the OAL Team is doing their best to make keep the Challenges fresh and interesting.

REMEMBER - this is a CHALLENGE and it is supposed to be CHALLENGING!! You WON'T get 100% for every HH that is suggested and that is okay. Some may not even work for your way of eating. That said, I'm sure that there were several weeks that you could get points ... we appreciate that you realize that this takes a lot of…

Thanks for the positive feedback and constructive ideas. WE can surely incorporate some of these things as we develop ideas for HH Weeks - not sure if it will be for winter or spring. Reducing/eliminating gluten is a tough one - kind of like doing keto ... very specific, I think and maybe good for some but not good for the…

@StayFITTer - Thank you for your answer to @cinebibliophile! Your answers were spot on. I echo the sentiment - thank you for sticking with it and CONGRATS on completing your FIRST 5% Challnege!!

I love to hear positive responses to the Challenge(s) as well as knowing what the problems may have been. Although we will not be able to please everyone, we do promise to take some of these thoughts and see how we can adjust for next time and the time after that. . . This was not intended to be a 'Walking Challenge' but…

I'm so glad that you read and 'got it' that Challenges are not supposed to be easy! They aren't that is why they are 'challenges'. I'm so glad that you joined and stuck with it ... we strive to make adjustments in Winter and hope to see you with us again.

Sue - thank you for your feedback! Like I mentioned in another answer, this was our first time doing this type of thing and several of us writing for a Challenge. Different ways of reading/understanding - different thought processes - different personalities. I appreciate you sticking with us and value your input/opinion.…

I love the feedback!! I'm going to try to answer, if I may: Post your data if you haven't already because two teams already 'broke their ribbon' - WELL, the CHALLENGE is a RACE. I thought that this was well published and understood; but apparently not. Can you suggest another way to write this so that it makes sense??…

Thanks for taking the time to write. I gave a pretty lengthy explanation on our thought process for the Fall Challenge and I hope that it helps to answer some of your questions as well. I'm not even saying that you will 'like' my answer ~ what I am saying is that it is not about getting 100% all the time. That said - if…

Hey there, my friend! I really appreciate your input on some of these. SOMETIMES when writing the Challenges, we are not thinking about 'getting the most points for this or that' but instead when we have to make a member say hmmmmmmmm - and the member may not always be able to get the 'most points possible' - that means…

🆗 ~ Read & Understood ~ 🆗

👋 Welcome to the 2025 Winter 5% Challenge 👋!! A **NEW YEAR** is when many of us try to 'get back to basics' so that we can all continue along our healthy lifestyle journey ~ or, if you are like me ~ get back to BASICS!! No matter where you are in your journey, please remember that you are writing YOUR STORY! Together with…

What do you like to be called? Heidi How did you learn about the 5% Challenges? Right after the FIRST 5% Challenge started on SP, I was invited to join the 'waitlist' group. That entire group joined in the Summer of 2010 and became the newest team of the Challenges at that time ~ our name: FIRECRACKERS (so that 2nd…

I'm not sure why I found your post today, but I did. If you want to check out the 5% Challenges, it is a community that we brought from SP and adapted to MFP's threads, etc. We are finishing the 2024 Fall 5% Challenge and, at this point we are planning our 2025 Winter 5% Challenge that will start right after the New Year.…

I'm somewhat late to the party - I had heard about this but because of other pressing issues at home, I did not do a test on my own. I was looking for information about this and came across this forum started by @aalley5. She is one of my co-leaders on one of the teams that I lead. MFP is where many of us came from SP - we…

@everyone ~ I echo Diane's 'THANKS' for the kind messages. This is truly a labor of love. The OAL Team has been operating with a 'small staff' that does many things. We have had some bumps along the way but appreciate the patience/understanding/friendship of all of our loyal 5% Community!!

I'm going to try to 'blog' again. As stated above, there is a 'BLOGGER Team' that was set up to help with this. If you are part of the 5% Challenges and are interested in blogging, please give the team a try. The Blog Team that I am referring to is called: ✍️🖊️📓💻 Seasonal 5% Challenges ~ BLOGGERS!! ✍️🖊️📓💻 Here is the link:…

I'm echoing what @Ceriusly1 said ... blogging is a GREAT way to get your thoughts into writing and to keep them to refer back to. When MFP stopped their blogging feature, we came up with a way for our Seasonal 5% Challengers to still be able to blog. This format is a little different, but it is a 'workaround'. Please join…

@Ceriusly1 ~ as the days get closer to your cataract surgery, please know that I am thinking of you and pulling for you. I've had that surgery in 2022 and it was a very good move. Although I can/should wear glasses with reading (or close work like crochet), most of the time I don't even need them! I hope that you find the…

@Ceriusly1 - Ceri's idea was to 'Cross the Finish Line' and/or 'Break the Ribbon' so I'll give the credit to my friend!!

I hear you on that one!! Hopefully, starting with this for the first 2 weeks, I will also 'keep going' as I need to to get it done!!