Hi everyone!

This is my first TBL challenge. I am fairly new here.

A little about me I'm 29 mother of 2 year old triplet girls my husband of 6 years in Iraq for the last 6 months. It's always crazy:dizzy: here. I live in Florida where it's nice and hot!

:cheer3: GO BLUE TEAM :cheer3:

Hey Melissa! Good to see you here, too. Lots of 5# challenge-ers!

Manick, hey, another black team alum! :D I will have to post pictures of my chinchilla sometime. He's almost 3 and a half now; I've had him for 3 years. He's a sweet little ball of fluff. :)

Flagirl, oh my gosh, 2 year old triplets?! Wow! Welcome to the Biggest Loser challenges!

Ok, we've been in Portland quite a bit lately since one of my nephews is living at Doernbechers Children's hospital quite a bit. He has a rare form of leukemia and is awaiting a bone marrow transplant in November.
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I get a little fed up with the greyness by February usually. But other than the occasional volcano blowing, we don't have to worry about much - no hurricanes, tropical storms, tornados...

3 2 years olds and your husband's away. Is he military or contrator? WOW. Nice to meet you.

Well I survived the grocery store (mostly) unscathed! I did pick up a small container of cookies, but the good news is that they are smaller than the ones I've been buying from the deli near my office, so it's progress. ;) We've got a great meal plan for the week, so that's exciting.

Nori - Oh my heavens, your nephew is adorable. I hope his treatments go well.

flagirl28 - Girl, when I tell my fiance about the people on the blue team, I might have to leave you out - 2yr old triplets would terrify him! :P Glad to have you joining us.

Manick - We're in Vancouver BC, and if we had to move to the US, Portland would be our #1 choice. We had a great pasta dish for dinner tonight that had parsley in it - this lemon pasta.

Doragone - 25lbs last challenge! Way to go! Hope your knee heals up soon.

KimProbable - I'm totally stoked to see all of us Canadians! Very cute that your daughter wanted to run with you - hooray for being a good example of healthy habits!

Annie - Congratulations on your accomplishments thus far. Like many of the others, I'd love to know more about how you've gotten to this point.

fauxtini and Christina - LOVE getting my eyebrows done! I don't get them waxed though, I go for threading. It hurts like heck, but it's so precise and clean!

Mc'sMOM,
I live just outside Memphis! Would love someone to work out with and help me stay motivated to work out. That is definatly my weakness! I feel so good when I work out so I don't know why I loose motivation to continue a workout program so quickly. A partner woud absolutly help!

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flagirl28-Wow you are my hero! :) I have my days of feeling tired and I have only one 2 year old.

Jessica-Chinchillas are sooo cute!

Heather and Manick---- YAY!!! Oh my gosh I am thrilled to have you guys on the Blue Team!!

Nori-Hope your Nephew can get his transplant really soon!

Marianne-That’s great that you have a meal plan! For me planning helps so much.

Dora-:wave:

Welcome to all the newbies and everyone else I missed! Let's ROCK this challenge!!

I made it through my son's 2nd birthday party and stayed OP!! I didn't even have any cake or icecream. This week I'm going to focus on staying OP and trying to add in some exercise.

I don't know how you do it.

I'm zinkemom or zinke and this is my third challenge. I'm a 33 year old SAHM to 4 year old boy/girl twins. We've been married for 7 years and together for 10 now. We live in Northern Michigan and like others, we love it 3/4ths of the time. DH is a truck driver and starts a new job tomorrow or Tuesday with a dedicated run hauling steel out of Canada down to Detroit.

The kids just started preschool last week so I am using those hours to start taking better care of myself. It is going to be hard as we live in a very rural area and I have to drive them 42 miles round trip to preschool 4 days a week. The small town only has a Curves and I cannot afford to sign a one year contract at this time. With gas at $4.29 a gallon I also cannot afford to drive back home to work out. So I have come up with a playground workout routine along with lots of walking/wogging. I'll be okay until the weather turns and that honestly could be any day now. It is Michigan after all. :p Not sure what the plan will be then.

I'm also coming to terms with the fact that I am indeed a binge eater and I'm working through that.

:wave: Hi Everyone!

I'm brie aka bjeweled and i tried to do tbl challenge last go round. had wayyy too much going on personally and it didnt work out.

soooo much posting i will def try to keep up. i cant do personals but i do loooove makeup and smell goods just like some of you guys. i am 25, single no chldren and living in st louis, missouri.

i am currently in my final year of undergrad and receiving my bachelor's in sports management. next august!!!!!:carrot:

i plan to relocate to the atlanta, ga area next summer.

i am currently following the abs diet for women along with WW principles and exercise. i want to complete the c25k program this year. i got to about week 3 then went on vacation and havent gotten back on the wagon.

i want to lose about 2-3 pounds a week during this program i will come up with a specific goal later tonight.

looking forward to getting to know and supporting you guys!!!!:cheer3::cheer3::cheer3:

Practice Living - What is threading your eyebrows?

djay - your close to 3 hours away from me...I live about 45-50 minutes east of Jackson..I'm right on the TN River!!!! But it is nice to think at least I'm not the only Tennessean here!!! Maybe we can meet up at Wolfchase mall sometime.....I love that mall!!!! :D

Fauxtini, JKS - :wave:

Hey,

I'm GirlyGirlSebas' husband. Time for me to kick it in and get this weight off. My plan is to get off my butt and start exercising while watching the foods I eat as well as the amount. I will be following the South Beach Diet, hitting the gym and using our treadmill. Got all the tools, just need to motivate myself to use them.

I hope so too. So far they've found 4 good matches on the bone marrow registry, but not a single one has returned the phone call to the lab.:mad: They will look further, but it means not as close of a match. A phone call would be nice, at least, since it seems that they are no longer willing to come in for further testing...:?:

Hi Zinke!!! Nice to see you again also.

it'll take me a week or so to learn everyones details and names!!!:carrot:

Love your avatar, FR! I can just see you two!

:woohoo::woohoo:Hi Blue gals! And guys! We're gonna kick butt!

I am excited about the challenge. I am tenacious when it comes to a challenge. Challenges really do help me stay focused and keep my goals in mind! I look forward to working on this team and I will support all of you as best I can!

About me: I am a 54 year old English teacher; please don't groan. I love my work and adore my students. I have two boys aged 21 and 16 and I have been happily married for 24 years. I live in Northern California, although, I am originally from Washington State.

I hope to be down to 175 by the end of this challenge. My plan is to follow my diet plan carefully and to exercise at least five days per week; on two of those days I hope to do strengthening and flexibility training.
I am beginning to have hope that I will be able to be seen in a nice swimsuit by spring break; perhaps, even in a nice swimsuit on a beach in Hawaii! I am saving my pennies and talking it up to my hubby!

I will come back tomorrow and read all of your intros...this looks like a great group!

Sheri