I am in again for June. Thanks for hosting
@Flossbolna!
I am struggling to decide on my goal this month. I said I was getting away from scale goals, because I am at a healthy weight. But I do want to get more to the middle of the healthy range for my height (107-141) vs. toward the top (currently 134). The scale did finally move a bit last month, so I feel some sense of hope, but I also don't want to set myself up for failure. I am training for my first full marathon, and realistically, it is not a great time for slashing calories. But, I can not decide what to make my goal if not pounds loss. I'll keep thinking about it and decide by the end of the week.
Has anyone ever maintained as a goal? How did you track it?
Yes, in fact, in the past we have had a "maintainers" category as well as a "losers" category. I think we did it based on weeks.... if the month has four week, then each week that you stay within your maintenance range (usually 2 lb +/-) you would consider yourself hitting 25%..... so if you maintain successfully every week for four weeks, you would hit 100% of your goal.
I'm Sandy ☺
I'm 62 and just retired from working in a high school library.
I lost 70lbs almost 15 years ago and have been able to keep it off. I am a WW member and was thrilled to find a WW leader on this thread!
My job was fairly active-i rarely sat down except for lunch. My biggest issue is exercise. I need to become more active on a regular basis.
My goal is 30 minutes 4x a week to start the month. I"ll begin with walking-we have a park near our house.
My woo hoo (I love reading these!) is that even after enjoying several retirement events, I did not gain weight.
And I am happy to have another WW here!! Welcome!!
Question of the Day – June 1st
Hello explorers! A new month and a new adventure has started! We have so much to explore in Epcot’s World Showcase and I thought we start with a little history.
When Walt Disney started purchasing land in Florida, his idea was not to build many theme parks there. He had far more ambitious goals. He wanted to build the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow: E.P.C.O.T. It was supposed to be place where the newest inventions would be showcased by American industry, where people would live in a way that was made possible by all the inventions and in a model community. If you want to hear more about this, listen to Walt Disney explaining everything about the Florida Project himself:
Well, as Walt says in this film, things changed, they changed a lot. And at some point it was decided that instead of building E.P.C.O.T., they would start with building E.P.C.O.T. Center as a showcase of innoventions and the World. This is how the concept of a theme park with two elements: Futureworld and World Showcase was born and then opened on October 1st, 1982. World Showcase is often also dubbed as a permanent “World’s Fair” – showcasing the culture of different countries around the world.
World Showcase opened in 1982 with nine pavilions: Canada, United Kingdom, France, Japan, USA, Italy, Germany, China, and Mexico. Two years later, the Morocco pavilion opened and in 1988, Norway joined the showcase. There are seven spaces for expansions remaining and expansions had been envisioned from the beginning.
So, with this we have introduced our adventure for the month, now it is your turn to introduce yourself before we start travelling around the World Showcase! Tell us a little bit about yourself. What is your motivation for joining the challenge? Which goals are you tracking? We are looking forward to getting to know everyone!
And as a fun question: Which is your favourite country around the World Showcase, or if you haven’t been there yet, which country would you be most interested in to explore?
VERY quick intro..... Pamela, older-than-I-care-to-admit, Mom to TWO grown adults (DD will be a college junior and DS will be a college freshman in the fall!), married to DH for 24 years as of last month. I am a full-time substitute teacher, part time WW leader, and part time WW 24/7 expert chat coach, plus I work maintenance at school in the summer (it's not glamorous, but it pays the tuition bills). I was an "average" teen and young adult (never thin, but certainly not really heavy), but I gained during my later college years and early adult years. I lost the weight when I got married, but immediately gained it all back and then some and THEN had two babies. From 1993 - 2008 I weighed anywhere from 155 - 220 (sadly, more of that time spent nearer the 220 than I would like to admit) before something finally "CLICKED" and I lost the weight FOR GOOD! I've been within the same 10 pound range since mid-2009, but lately I've been at the higher end of that range than I would like, hence the reason I consider myself a LOSER on these challenges and NOT a maintainer. But I do know, even if my weight never ever drops another ounce, that I am SO MUCH HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER than I was 90 pounds ago!
Favorite country........hmmmm..... hard to say.... but I'll say Canada because I think it is the MOST beautiful "land" in World Showcase! I have done a small "Eat Around the World" with DD in the past (2011 and 2013), but we aren't big foodies so other than the comment from
@MochaDrinker (see below), I don't have any special Epcot foods that I crave.
I haven't been to Disney yet (going next year hopefully) but I want to explore Germany the most, and by "Germany" I mean "Karamel Kuche"
YES, YES.... 100 times YES!
I volunteered to host August during @pjlla 's month, but I guess that didn't stick.
Love the theme for June, @Flossbolna! World Showcase is
I guess I'll be mainly lurking again this month, but I'm excited to see where you take the theme.
This month marks 1 year of WISH participation for me!
Instagram: @craftiest_place_on_earth & @megan.s.legett, but I barely use the latter anymore, except for selfies and puppy photos.
June Goal/Plan: Lose any amount of weight. Drink more water, eat more protein, eat fewer carbs, get more active. I'm mapping out an exercise schedule that I will hopefully start and stick to. I've also got to do my 3 runDisney V5K's this month and next.
Motivation: Definitely going to Disney in October, and would like to be back to at least the same weight as when we went last year.
That's because I"m a TERRIBLE DISORGANIZED loser!! Yes, you DID say you would host and I never added you to the schedule! I'm so sorry! And I'm glad you stopped lurking long enough to check in with us!! You are missed!!
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Okay.... I did my checking in, as promised!! I also have my exercise plan FIRMLY in my head.... now to transfer it to paper and share it! It isn't grand, but it is a start.
Laundry is piled on the bed and I need to go to sleep soon (I've been up since 4am), so off to fold that laundry! TTY in the morning!..................P