~~~Team Nike Week 1 Chat~~~
 

Welcome to Team Nike!!
 

Hi ladies!

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My name is misstraveller and I get the privelege of being the team leader and a member of Team Nike! I'm looking forward to this challenge, and I know a few of you from the last challenge and the boards. Hopefully this will be a great experience for all of us and I'm looking forward to kicking butt in this challenge with all of you!!

:carrot: GO TEAM NIKE!! :carrot:

I was a bit curious about our goddess, as I really only related that name to the shoe brand! :running:

So here's a bit of information I found out there in cyberspace:

Nike was the winged Goddess and considered the spirit of victory, both in battle and in peaceful competition. Nike was one of the first to come forward and support Zeus when he began his battle with the Titans. She is also known as the Goddess of Wisdom and War or the Goddess of Victory and Triumph.

This is awesome! Hoping for lots of personal victories and team victories for all of us as we start this challenge!

:goodluck: to all of us!!

Heya, Miss! :wave:

I think our Goddess is a rather encouraging sign, :D

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I agree. Victory shall be ours! muahaha!

Hi team! This is my first BL challenge and I'm so excited! I hope this will be a really fun and successful experience for all of us. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all better! Good luck with the first weigh-in this Sunday!!!

Fancy seeing you here, Ab! ;)

Hm. I think JenB is onto something there. :D I don't recognize a lot of the names here. :o

Well, Zan here, reporting for "weight loss" duty.
A rather silly 25 year old currently hailing from Florida's Space Coast.
I've got a sit-down job and various sit-down hobbies (Writing, World of Warcraft, watching various TV shows and anime, and Urban-Fantasy reading), which probably explains part of why I am here, ;). The other part is that I'm tired of my weight holding me back from all the trouble, err, fun, I should be having. :devil:

I'm looking forward to the challenges, we didn't have them the last two times, so this should be... interesting.

Hi everyone, it's nice to meet you, and I'm very excited to be on team Nike! Our goddess seems pretty awesome.

My name's Alyssa, and I'm 21 years old, going into my last year of undergraduate study. I spend most of my time studying, working, and extracurricular activities on campus. For fun, I mostly like watching movies and the occasional party.

I started getting serious about getting healthy a month and a half ago, and I think BL will be a great way to keep at it.

I can't wait to get to know you all more! :cb:

JenB - this is my first one too, should be pretty nifty :)

Zan - howdy stranger ;) you realize most of your hobbies start with W, right? except the reading part, though it might slide in this case to spell it wreading. :dizzy:

Alyssa - what do you study? sometimes I miss being in school... but mostly I like having the income that comes with not being a student!


Me, I'm on the verge of turning 27, which I don't like. Too close to 30. Eep. Let's see, I live with my boyfriend and two old cats... We enjoy tabletop and board and card games, I love cooking and reading and knitting (especially knitting) and camping and hiking. We have a camping trip planned for late September and a cruise (!!) in October that I would love to shed some weight for! :D

Heya team! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you as we all get healthier and skinnier!

I used to hang out on 3FC in 2006 and just making a resurgence recently.

I'm 28 years old. Married and mom to a 9 month old girl. I work part time as an art gallery director, and love spending time outside. My weight loss strategy is following the ww points system and I run 1-2 miles 4 times a week. Also just trying to incorporate more movement into my everyday life.

Hi team! I'm excited to be a part of this challenge! I've been eating healthy and exercising since January, losing VERY slowly, and am in the process of being checked for thyroid problems!

I work full time in an account management position where I spend about 80% of my day traveling throughout the region which makes meals very difficult. I live with my boyfriend of 2 years who is currently gone with the military for two months. I thought this would be a great way for me to keep busy waiting for the days to pass until he comes home! :)

I didn't introduce myself in my earlier post, so here I go!

I'm 28 years old. I live in Manhattan with my husband of 2 years. I am a physician doing my residency in psychiatry. My hobbies include crossword puzzles, trying new ethnic cuisines, and reading fiction. I originally joined 3FC to lose weight for my brother's wedding, which was in May. I never quite made it to my goal so I'm still on here trying to lose the last 10lb. I mostly run for exercise (I try to do 4-5miles 4-5x/week) and I calorie count.

Abluvion -- I have 2 cats too! (though mine are middle-aged).

Zan -- what do you write? (writing professionally has always been a hidden fantasy of mine...)

Alyssa -- how has it been trying to lose weight in college? I remember having those unlimited buffets in college, which made eating healthy so difficult.

Denise -- congratulations on your 9 mos old! That must be such a fun age! Is she starting to say any words yet?

Charleston -- that sucks that your boyfriend is gone for 2 months, but this seems like the best way to spend the time! good for you!

Guess it's my turn to introduce myself. I'm 29 years old (yes, i'm gonna be knocking on 30's door come May of next year..eek!!), live in Savannah, Georgia with my boyfriend of 2 and a half years, and his dog who is now apparently ours :).

I work for the military, and just moved back from living in Italy for four years. It is a bittersweet move, as I miss the travelling opportunities, but am happy to be with my boyfriend and back where you can buy milk at midnight at Wal-Mart if you so choose! On the flip side I travel every month to either Puerto Rico or Miami, so it's definitely not a bad gig. I will be travelling during one week of this challenge in fact, but will definitely be online still!

For fun I love to read, cook, eat at fabulous and interesting restaurants, bake, watch movies, listen to good live music, go to the beach and camping, decorate cakes, and of course travel!

Zan - lol, love that your goal is to lose weight so that you can have more fun...er.... trouble. They go hand in hand, right?

abluvion - Cruises are supposed to be awesome! Where are you going? That sounds so great.... ahh, vacation.

Alyssa - College is so awesome, I miss it a lot, even 7 years later! What do you want to do when you finish?

Denice - Congratulations on your baby girl! Being an art gallery director sounds like so much fun!

Charleston - Is your boyfriend in the Navy? That is hard! My boyfriend is gone for just a week right now out in Washington state, and I can't stand it!! Guess I've been spoiled the last few months of living with him after being apart for two years.

Jen - Sounds like you're a pro at this weight loss stuff! Manhattan is amazing, I love visiting! How long have you lived there, and do you plan on staying there after your residency is done?

Zan - I'm with you on the trouble, I definitely need to have a little more in my life!

Jen - The college thing definitely makes it tricky! I'm living off campus for the first time, so I don't have to rely on the dining hall anymore, which is good (unlimited pasta and cookies!). The drinking/partying environment also doesn't help.

misstraveller - I'm considering both grad school for biochemistry and medical school right now. I'm going to take a year off to work in a lab and think about the options.

abluvion - My major is chemistry. That's so cool that you're going on a cruise, I keep hearing about how amazing they are!

charleston - I'm sorry that your boyfriend is away, I'm sure that's hard!

denice - I'm following WW points too! sounds like you have a great plan.

charleston - my boyfriend is in the military too (navy) and I am not looking forward to him being deployed. We met right after he came back from his first deployment so I haven't had to go through one yet...

JenB - yay kitties :) You're so close to your goal!!

misstraveller - you are indeed quite a traveler! What kind of dog do you have?

Alyssa & mistraveller - the cruise is just a weekend thing, it's not very long. They literally take us out to the middle of nowhere then turn back to port :) My sister is turning 30 so the family is going - as my dad says, a "cruise to nowhere" kind of resonates with turning 30 ;) I'm excited though, I have never been on one!!


Well I went to the Y tonight for the first time to check it out, I think I will get a membership there! They are waiving the joiner's fee next week so I will wait til Monday to go to sign up. They have all sorts of classes and everything, I am excited!

abluvion - I go to a Y for my workouts as well, it's fantastic! If your Y has kettlebell classes, I highly recommend them. I've been doing it for a couple months now two times a week, and it's amazing.

Y Go'ers- Do you find that they get too crowded? The boy and I toured one here but it didn't seem too big! I went to Planet Fitness but cancelled because it was too crowded when I went.

ablu- Are you in Hampton Roads? My boy is Navy (Misstrav-Totally jealous of you living in Italy!!) He doesn't deploy because he's full time support to reservists but he's switching over to supporting Marines, but he'll still be Navy..confusing, I know :)

alyssa-Chem major? You're brave! Organic chem was the only college class I failed. :( I was a Comm major though, I only have the other side of the brain that doesn't involve science. Haha.

well hello, All. my name is Lindsay. I am 22 and . . . yeah. :D

everyone here see,s to have really interesting life's. I on the other hand, am rather boring. :^: Imma nerd.

this is just a quick hello, but I look forward to posting more later. and this is my first challenge, so yay!!:carrot:

hello thar! My name's Summer and I'm a foodaholi-oh wait, wrong thread :P

I'm a slacker student, semi-competent cook and procrastinator extraordinare! I read a lot, and say I write a lot but these days my 'writing' is limited to spamming various forums. :D

First challenge woooooooo :carrot:

Alyssa - I will have to look, I am intrigued by kettlebells! I think I would die, but I don't mind dying once in a while :)

Charleston - The Y here didn't seem to crowded, it was the first time I went and I went basically in the after work time when I assume it'd be busy. There were lots of people there yes but there were 3 rooms of machines as well as rooms for classes, an open gym, and 2 pools. Also, I didn't realize you were in VAbeach! I'm in Portsmouth! Howdy neighbor!

Mickey - :wave: Yay nerddom :)

Summer - Good to meet you! What are you studying?

So now that I'm all pumped after going to the aquafit class last night (the first time I had been to a gym since 2006, no joke), I have to wait til Monday to go back for anything :/ Unless I want to pay $75 more than I will if I wait... but I'm all motivated NOW, I want to go NOW! hehe... Patience, I do not have it.

Hello everyone!!! its great to see the old faces and the new ones!!!! i hope this challenge is as good as the last one! I'm Sameen and i have just graduated with a fashion marketing degree. I have recently started teaching and also started my own event planning company. So my mornings are spent at school and then right after school i go to my other work. I have been very particular about exercising everyday but i haven't done so in a week now :S I have lost almost 80 pounds since I've started loosing weight but i guess i have another eighty to go hehe! anyways i hope everyone is well! i haven't gotten the time to read the whole thread yet, but i will soon. Anyways Happy Loosing! and GO TEAM NIKE!!!

Ab, I was tempted to leave reading out. ;) Tabletop games? Oooh, do tell me more, :D

JenB, oldly enough, I think I'd be happy enough just to finish a book (no overpowering desire to get it published, just get one written and "finished"). The one that I am working on now is kind of Urban Fantasy. :D

Misstraveller, that seems to be "how it goes". ;) I'd like to purposely "get lost" in the woods (With all the supplies and things I'll need to get Un-lost, of course), as odd as that sounds, but I figure dropping a bit more weight and upping my exercise level would make that more Fun than Trouble (I'm all for an adventure!)

You all have me wondering if there's a Y in my county. ;)

Mickey, :high:
Nothing boring about being a nerd, you've got a fellow nerd right here!

Good morning team!!! I already see a few familiar people from other threads. Id like to wish you all good luck. WE can do this I have faith in you all!!!

Im a calorie counter and I try to aim for five workouts per week for an hour each. This is my 3rd bl loser challenge and so far ive been doing pretty ok.

I didnt really get to introduce myself either. Im Matilda from NJ I am a student and I also work for an accounting firm. My major is liberal arts as I am planning on becoming an accountant. Right now I attend a community college. Im actually 30 lol but when I joined 3fatchicks I was in my twenties and ive gotten to know so many people on the 20 something board I dont think Ill ever leave:) Im also a mother of two children. I love reading, we have one hamster but I want a dog lol. THis is all about fun and above all lets enjoy this challenge!!!

Anyone know how to make a banner for our team????????

Hey Matilda! :wave:

I found an image but does anyone know how to put 20something bl loser challenge on the banner ?

Started off to a great morning with a low weigh-in and a run in a local park. The wildflowers here are off the hook amazing this month. It was fabulous! I’m looking forward to a productive weekend and some family time.

JenB – Thank you! She is a blast right now! She says Mama, Dada, bye, no (ahhh!), and my favorite, she purrs at cats! How long have you been running? I’m a total newb and would love to get to the 4-5 mile/run point in the next few months but don’t know if its reasonable.

Abluvion – Yay for WW! I don’t know where I’d be without it really. How much is the monthly YMCA membership? I’m thinking about it for the winter months since I KNOW I won’t want to go out in the snow and exercise.

Alyssa – What is kettlebell? I’m intrigued!

Mickeypnd – HI!!! Looking forward to getting to hear more about you! I identify as a nerd too, and proud of it!

Sameen – Wow, 80 lbs is wonderful, congratulations! My mom went to FIDM for fashion, it seems like a really fun industry! Event planning sounds great too!

Everyone else, Helloooo! I’m jazzed about this challenge and getting to know you!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...Its-Friday.jpg

45 minutes until my weekend officially starts! :carrot:

Denice - Kettle bells are weights that have handles, you can do a google search to see what they look like. The exercises can vary a lot, depending on the instructor. The classes I go to have a mix of aerobic activity and weight training with the kettle bells. It's a really great workout for the whole body.

Hey everyone!
I am Jessica I am from Arizona and recently just graduated from ASU with my BS in Marketing. I am currently looking for a job (which isn't going too well) and hopefully will find one soon! I have been on my journey for a little over a year and for the past month I have not been on plan or exercising at all :( Since i moved back in with my family I have found it really hard to stay on plan and exercise so I definitely need this challenge to help me get back on track and lose the last 20 lbs! I can't wait for this challenge to start!

abluvion - I'm doing highschool night classes, hoping to get a better score...or at least one that will get me into university!

aaaaaaand I'm also working on a Team Nike banner :D stay tuned!

aaaaargh! *pulls hair*

I made a banner but I have <25 posts so it wont let me post it. Lemmie go spam some then I'll be back :P

http://i37.tinypic.com/5v6phg.jpg

what do we think?

yes no maybeso?

Matilda08, I liked the picture you had but it was so teenytiny I didn't know what to do with it! Still messing around with a few banners, though. variety is the spice of life!

I love it!!!

thanks :D

round two!

http://i37.tinypic.com/25jjeo7.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/ncdyqa.jpg

summer - WOW these are awesome!! Love the animated ones! What program did you use to do these? Thanks for doing these for the team :) For everyone's info, how do you save and post these in our signatures?

Reminder - Weigh In Tomorrow
 

Hey ladies,

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Just wanted to welcome everyone again and give a friendly reminder that tomorrow is weigh in day!

:comp: Post your weight in the weigh-in thread at any time up through midnight tomorrow night by editing your post. Please try not to re-post, so we can keep the thread manageable!

Let's kickbutt and have everyone weigh in on time!! :kickbutt:

Matilda- Its good to see you here again! we have been together in more than two challenges i'm guessing! Good luck with this one!

Jessica- Wow, a year!! thats great! living with family can be tough! don't worry you will get used to it and will be back in routine in no time! good luck job hunting!

Zenhaltangia- Hope you have a good weekend too!!!

Denice- Thank you!!! it is a great industry!

Summer- love the banners!!!!

How is everyone doing? hope everyone is ready for the weigh in tomorrow! good luck!!

[IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/ncdyqa.jpg[/IMG

To put the animated one in your sig, put the above text in your sig, and put a closed bracket ] to complete the code :)

aaand I used photoshop CS3 to make the sig+animation

you have no idea how crazy happy it makes me to see people wearing the sig :D

summer-LOVE the banner! Thanks for doing it for us :)

On a happy note, I finally hit the halfway mark! My weigh in yesterday was 152.8 which puts me 23 pounds down with 22.8 to go! Of course today it was a little higher but I went out to a party last night and definitely had some liquid calories! THose should fall off quickly. :) I also find out the results of my second TSH test tomorrow to see if I will be getting treated for hypothyroidism. The first results showed that I was borderline (4.31) so we'll find out soon!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I'm thinking of spending some time at the pool before working on some work that's due this week. Boo.