Originally Posted by taragettingthin:
When I was in Korea, black is ALL I used to wear, literally. Black shirt to black shoes and purse...because I thouhgt it made me look thinner and in Korea, I'm supposed to weigh about 120lbs according to many people..so my closet was filled with BLACK to make me look "thinner".. lol

I still enjoy wearing black, although not as much as back then... Well. Anyways! Yay for BLACK!!!!

You must have been HOT! The other day when I was walking to school in dark jeans and a black t-shirt, I was DYING!!! Yeah, I like black a lot because I feel like I "blend in" a little more...like it gives me some sort of invisibility cloak or something. :lol:

Hello new friends!
Laurie - I'm going to copy your goal of exercising 4 times per week for this whole challenge. That means going to the gym 60 times in the next 15 weeks, totally reasonable.

I do have a "scale" goal for the challenge, as well. I really want to get to 150. My starting weight is 183 so that may be a bit of a stretch, but over the course of the challenge hopefully I'll make substantial progress toward that number.

I can't wait until we all get to know each other. It's a bit overwhelming having this new thread full of strangers, but I'm looking forward to this.

I thought it would be fun to do a get to know you. Fill out as much as you can.

Accent:Jersey

Best Friend: Jackie

Chore I hate: mopping kitchen floor

Dad's name: Pat

Essential make-up product: cover up...huge dark circles!

Favorite perfume: Romance

Gold or silver? White Gold

Hometown: Minotola, NJ

Interesting fact: I'm a grandmom at 42.

Job title: Guidance Counselor in an elementary school

Kids: 3-Jon (24), Alyssa (18), Julia (16)

Living arrangements: I live with dh, 3 kids, ds fiance, and my 10 month old granddaughter

Mom's birthplace: Landisville, NJ

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 1

Overnight hospital stays: only 3 with each birth

Phobia: terrified of heights

Question you ask yourself a lot: Who's cooking dinner? lol!! It's always me!

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 1 sis & 3 bro's

Time I wake up: 5:30-6:00 am

Unnatural hair color: like to highlight it in summer. Naturally I am a medium brown

Vegetable I refuse to eat: artichokes! blah!

Worst habit: smoking

X-tra info? I have two dogs and a cat

Yummy food I make: I am a pretty good cook but my fav is fajitas and guacamole

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Hope everyone enjoys this.

Hi team :wave:

Can't stay long enough to answer the questions but just wanted to say hello and I look forward to this challenge. I've been off track since the last one. :o
My goal is to stay on plan (allowing for a cheat meal every week) and to workout 6 days a week. Good luck everybody! :goodluck:

Hi Mary, I think you've got the right idea about sharing about ourselves. It would be nice to get to know everyone. Mary, I love fajitas and guacamole! Here's stuff about me:

I'm 39 years old, married.
I live in Southern California where it's "beachy".
I have no kids, just a 14 year old black pug and an 8 year old tuxedo cat who are like my kids.
I am not a fan of exercising, but since my weigh in, I've forced myself to do it.
Before the weigh in, the exercise I got was walking to and from school.
Since then, I've made sure and ridden the stationary bike for atleast 30 minutes a day (except for today, I'm taking it off!). Starting on Tuesday, I am going to add some weights to my routine, although due to time constraints that might make me cut my cardio down to 3x a week.
I am a student, English major, I graduate in a few weeks, then I am going to grad school for Library and Information Science to be a university librarian.
I am a calorie counter, and I also pay attention to fats, fiber and calcium.
My hobbies are movies, books, art, photography, museums, plays, playing on the Internet, computer games and writing.
My goal for this challenge is to be consistent and make it through!!! And also lose 20 lbs. :carrot: :cb::cheer2:

I look forward to getting to know you!

Accent: Canadian, eh!

Best Friend: Hilda

Chore I hate: anything cleaning related

Dad's name: Bill

Essential make-up product: cover-up

Favorite perfume: Sung

Gold or silver? Silver

Hometown: Brantford, ON

Interesting fact: Headed back to school at 42

Job title: Quality Engineer (currently not employed though)

Kids: None

Living arrangements: single, bought a house with my mother about 12 years ago

Mom's birthplace: Greengairs, Scotland

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 8

Overnight hospital stays: a few years ago when losing weight the first time (pleural infection), other than that maybe my tonsils when I was a kid

Phobia: none that I can think of

Question you ask yourself a lot: Hmmm... this one stumped me.

Religious affiliation: pretty much n/a - raised Protestant

Siblings: none

Time I wake up: 8:00 am

Unnatural hair color: white (really), but coloured auburn

Vegetable I refuse to eat: spinach

Worst habit: biting my nails

X-tra info? have two cats, traveled around the world last winter on a freighter

Yummy food I make: I'm a cook so I can't pick just one. Most recently I was told I make great biscotti. :)

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Okay more about me...I live in North Carolina and stay home with my two kids, ages 4 and 6. Most of my time is spent doing the normal mommy duties, but the rest is spent gardening, taking tons of pictures, playing with our 3 dogs, and exercising. I do Jillian's workouts religiously plus a mix of other cardio DVDs, workouts from FitTV and Exercise On Demand. I am a crazy Jillian fan, pretending is in my living room screaming at me even :D

I can't wait to get to know everyone else.

Hello Ladies!

Heres my mini bio...

Accent:Canadian eh!

Best Friend: Jay

Chore I hate: dishes...never ending!

Essential make-up product: foundation, bronzing powder

Favorite perfume: MK Tribute

Gold or silver? White Gold

Hometown: Shelburne ON

Job title: wife, mom, all around geter done diva!

Kids: 3-John 11, Jacob 7, Emily 4

Living arrangements: I live with dh, and 3 kids, dog, 2 cats and a bird

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 2

Overnight hospital stays: only 3 tonsils and 2 births

Phobia: of failure

Question you ask yourself a lot: Why am I repeating myself? Oh the hope that one day the kids will get it!

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 2 sis & 1 bro's

Time I wake up: 6:20 am

Unnatural hair color: would like to try something different. But not until best friends wedding is over in October.

Vegetable I refuse to eat: Olives...won't kiss DH until teeth brushed!

Worst habit: eating choices use to suck...now its being stubborn

Yummy food I make: I am like to try new recipies every week

Zodiac sign: Taurus born in 1973 the year of the ox. And my DH wonders why I am stubborn! LOL like he has a living chance!

I've heard that once you go Black, you'll never go back :D

Accent: Boston

Best Friend: Matt

Chore I hate: Cleaning the toilet

Dad's name: Alan

Essential make-up product: Chapstick

Favorite perfume: Pleasures for Men

Gold or silver? Silver

Hometown: Quincy, MA

Interesting fact: I own a house rabbit (Warren - he's almost 5!)

Job title: Concierge for a major investing firm

Kids: Just my bunny

Living arrangements: I live with 2 roommates, who have been dating each other for 5 years.

Mom's birthplace: Malden, MA

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 0

Overnight hospital stays: Zero - I refused to stay after my gallbladder surgery

Phobia: That someone's going to pull out my eyeballs. (Seriously!)

Question you ask yourself a lot: Can I sleep 10 more minutes?

Religious affiliation: Jewish

Siblings: 2 sisters

Time I wake up: 5:45AM

Unnatural hair color: Red

Vegetable I refuse to eat: corn

Worst habit: eating unhealthily

X-tra info? I am a Food Network junkie

Yummy food I make: I've been told that I make the world's best gingersnaps

Zodiac sign: Virgo

All that being said, I'm really excited to be a part of this challenge. I haven't really made any concrete weight goals yet, but I'm going to try to increase my exercise by 15 minutes a day (right now, I do 30). I know Black Team's gonna be the Biggest Losers, ever!

Accent:kind of southern mixed with Ohio/Yankee, since I grew up in Ohio but have been in NC for almost seven years

Best Friend: Pam

Chore I hate: Ditto to Julia on the neverending dishes

Essential make-up product: I don't wear much make up anymore

Favorite perfume: i only use lotions and bath & body works sprtizes sometimes

Gold or silver? either, not really into jewelry either...I know, am I really a woman? :lol:

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Job title: housewife

Kids: Tyler is 4, Allie is 6

Living arrangements: we have three dogs (a lab, unknown mix from pound, and a husky), a cat named Smoky and my hubby is a truck driver, so I will be around less on weekends when he is home.

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 0, I hate apples

Overnight hospital stays: only when I had my kids

Phobia: too many to list, i am a worry wart paranoid kinda gal

Question you ask yourself a lot: hmmmm have to think about that one

Religious affiliation: I'm exploring right now, to put it simple

Siblings: 1 big sis, 1 big brother, younger half sister

Time I wake up: 6:30AM while school is in, however late the kids will sleep in summer

Unnatural hair color: dirty blonde

Vegetable I refuse to eat: I love all veggies!

Worst habit: SUGAR!!! I am an addict.

Yummy food I make: I am not a good cook, but make awesome salads

Zodiac Sign: Aquarious

Quick check in to say hi. This is my first TBL Challenge. Lookin' forward to getting to know everyone!

Go BLACK!
Looking forward to getting to know you all.....and WINNING!

Hi everyone--

I'm new here and looking forward to the challenge.

A little bit about me:

I'm single, 3 cats but no kids. I started WW Core program 2.5 weeks ago. I spend WAY too much time on the computer.

My goals for the challenge: lose 20 pounds, exercise at the gym at least twice a week, and get in 3 hours per week of exercise outside of the gym (walking and yardwork, mostly.)

Go black!! :cheer:

Woot! I'm so happy to be on the black team! I'm stoked for this!

welcome aboard ladies!!! My name is Julie and I am the Black Team Leader. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please direct them towards me via PM.

I will have to do the getting to know you thingee when I get home. I'm out of town at the moment. My cousin is having a baby in July and we had a surprise baby shower for her. It's fun....but limited internet access. At the moment I'm trying to get my accounting homework turned in. At any rate, let's kick some fanny!!!!