You girls are so funny!

Sxculmonkey (spell?) Can I just say I think of you as sex monkey?? lol. Your pics are awesome! Congratulations on getting into those pants!!

Soul: I'm with you on soy chips . . . they are a binge food for me!! Come to think of it, stir fry can be, too.

Cait - 6 pounds?? Good grief woman!! Congratulations!

Dream710 - Nice to see you at the beach!!

Diva - Honey, my husband gets bursitis in his toe and he LOVES Aspercreme. You can get it at the grocery store. It's just a topical pain relieving lotion so it won't mess with your head or with your flirtations with the as$ man.

My weigh in was great. Down 1.8. I'll take it!! That's the best loss I've had in a long time.

I did sign up for the next challenge but I have a lot to do between now and then so I'm probably going to be kind of scarce until it starts. I truly hope there's another BLACK TEAM!!!

Thank you everybody for your support and encouragement! You are all wonderful!!

Thanks for the fun this time around ladies!!
I didn't contribute very much, but maybe winter is just not a good time for me to loose weight (I am looking for excuses, but really there aren't any!!)
Congrats to everyone who met their goals...or came close, and had fun trying!
I am really looking forward to the next challenge...and whether there is a black team or not, we have all had a great time sharing with eachother, getting to know eachother, laughing, encouraging, and learning, and the possibility of doing it again, with some old friends and some new ones sounds good to me!
Thanks again ladies for a great 12 weeks...time flies when you are having fun!
And thanks to the team leaders for keeping us all on track!
see you all in a couple of weeks!

for the final time....


Don't pull a Julie and forget to update it...


It's bittersweet to have the challenge come to a close again. I'll miss all of you, as with the last time around - this time was a roller coaster ride. But, it'll be nice to have a little bit of a reprieve to gather my chicks as they say. I'll still be checking in with the chat on here. I find that it's easier for me to stay on track that way, being accountable.

mugsy.. it's ok because i think of you as mugsy it's sexual sea monkey is what it means

and THANKS the good thing about losing weight is fitting into clothes... the bad thing is that i only have so many work clothes and they are all getting either too big or i'm not small enough to fit into them yet

LOL... funny you mention this. The whole challenge I thought your name meant "sucks you like monkey"....LOL......

Can't stay long now but just want to say that I hope there's a Black Team next go around.

1. There's so many of us who want to be on it.

2. The teams will be too huge if not. It was so hard to keep up with everybody when the challenge started and the threads were many pages long each day. I think somebody else just said the same thing a few posts back.

What does everybody else say?

BBL

Hey ladies!
I have been missing for a while and had to come in and say thank you to all of you guys for being so supportive. Diva, Soulbliss, Michie, and all of you wonderful ladies that gave me advice about my jerk @zz ex. I really needed that. Yoiur kind words were so amazing. I really cant thank you enough!
Our last interaction sent me into a DEEP depression that had me laid out for the past 3 weeks. I went out this weekend, got some fresh air and a fresh perspective so I'm great now.

Gotta go do some work but I'll be back later.
Love you guys.
KARMA

Hey Black Team!

Just wanted to clear up something that I had said in the Blue Team thread and I know that some of you were becoming concerned about.

The Black Team actually started off as an overflow team last challenge to help take on some 3FC members that didn't quite make the deadline for the initial Red & Blue Teams. This challenge however was the first challenge we had three dedicated teams because of the huge amount of people we had sign up for the new year.

Normally, there is a pattern to our participation of the challenge. In the winter months there is usually strong participation, the spring and summer is when things usually mellow out and dwindle because of vacations and such. Because of this pattern, there was a consideration of there not being a Black Team for this round. This was mainly to help with team numbers, chat participation and team morale.

After talking to both Julie and Melissa, I've come up with a compromise so that we can keep all three teams functional through the spring and summer months. There will be a Black Team next round, and Julie will be the Team Leader. But, because the numbers will eventually dwindle down because of drop outs, we will more than likely be merging the team chats once team numbers start to get low. This doesn't necessarily mean that the black team will go low in participation, I just want to make you aware that there will more than likely be a merge later in the game.

If you by chance forget this later, it will be posted in the FAQ of the next challenge.

This information is also news to Julie as she is/was offline when I made this decision. If you need to ask me any questions about it, please feel free to do so.

Thanks!

Hmmm TBL meets Survivor - that might be kinda fun

Makes sense about the dwindling numbers - just like the gym come May and June. Glad to see that Team Black will be back.

I am original Black team, returning for the next challenge and hoping to be on the Black team again. Since you guys are going to the in-between challenge chat, I might pop in if you don't mind and participate in the chatting.

Thanks for the clarification Chellez....just having bits and pieces of info is how nasty rumors start (I know that never happens here though!!)...so thanks again!

I am starting a new diet/lifestyle program with some ladies from my church called "First Place" ( i think ). Has anyone else ever heard of it??

I've always thought that was what it meant but didn't ask because I didn't want to seem like a PERV!!!

Anyway, you DO look great.

I saw this at another site and thought it was funny.
**********************************

A cat dies and goes to heaven. God meets her at the door and says welcome, you are now in heaven and anything you want will be yours you just have to ask. The cat says to God, I have never had a fluffy pillow to sleep on. That would be really nice. God then made arrangements and got the cat a nice fluffy pillow.

Meanwhile, on earth 6 little mice get hit by a car. They end up in heaven and God meets them as well. He presents the same question and they say. We would like roller skates. On earth we were always being chased by cats and humans with brooms. So God gives them roller skates and off they go. A few days later God sees the cat basking in glory on her new pillow. When God asked her how she was liking Heaven the cat replied. Oh my dear God, I love my new pillow it is the most comfortable in all the land, and those meals on wheels are awesome. God fainted!

Soul-DD is 5 going on 13. I can't imagine what its gonna be like when she is 13. I hear ya about the clutter. It drives me nuts and causes me unneeded stress, but yet no matter how hard I try it still seems to accumulate.

sxulc-*whistles* Looking good gf! Sexual Sea Monkey : lol: I woulda never guessed thats what it stood for.

diva-your ten pound goal sounds so doable! You have the ambition and drive to make it happen. Becareful when drooling over "muscles", I'd hate for you to slip and fall while on the treadmill. Hmmm.. you're making me think I need to head to the gym again and check out the locals .

Ceegee-thanks for the beach challenge. It was fun! Maybe we can do another mini challenge in between the BL challenges to keep us motivated.

Vanetta-Thats an awesome loss for the week, congrats to you.

Karma, Dea, hopeforme

Manda- I hope you change your mind and decide to join us in the next challenge. Even if you don't you can still chat with us and keep us posted on how things are going for you and your family

ggmugsy-way to go on your loss for the week. I'd definitely take 1.8lbs.

Did you all see the 3FC 5K is scheduled for this weekend. I really would like to do it, but will be in Detroit, for bowling not to mention a girls weekend out!