And were off.....

So, about me...

Accent: Californian?

Best Friend: Spouse

Chore I hate: cleaning the bathroom

Dad's name: Harold

Essential make-up product: mascara...and lip balm!

Favorite perfume: ? Changes regularly ? right now I would say...daisy

Gold or silver? both - depends on my mood

Interesting fact: I am a first generation college grad

Job title: Teacher

Kids: 4-18, 16, 14, 10

Living arrangements: I live in a modest home with my family and our dog

Mom's birthplace: ? Not sure.

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 0

Overnight hospital stays: 0 - the birth of my children doesn't really count - we were in and out!

Phobia: unreasonable, I know...but armored trucks (too much violence on t.v., I guess! )

Question you ask yourself a lot: ?

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 2 sis (1 deceased) & 2 bro's

Time I wake up: 4-415 (only time I can get to the gym!)

Unnatural hair color: light highlights...

Vegetable I refuse to eat: artichokes.

Worst habit: candy. sigh.

X-tra info? I am excited to be a part of the black team!

Yummy food I make: lots and lots...of course!

Zodiac sign: Leo

Hi gals! I'm excited about being on the black team. After several years of watching TBL and lamenting about my changing (over 40) body and feeling defeated, I finally have accepted what I have to do. In February, DH and I did a consultation for lapbands. Our insurance turned us both down. Which is okay because it really wasn't the route I wanted to go; but would have if that is what it took to get the weight off. But, shortly after the consultation, I joined the local fitness center and fell in love with working out again. Since that consultation, I've lost about 12 pounds and feel successful again. I am partcipating in the Fitness Center's Biggest Loser challenge that started about 3 weeks ago.

Heres my mini bio...

Accent: Redneck country/midwest

Best Friend: DH and the animals

Chore I hate: ironing

Essential make-up product: mascara

Favorite perfume: Navy

Gold or silver? Gold

Hometown: Holt, Missouri

Job title: AVP, Finance and planning my next career as a vet tech!

Kids: animals

Living arrangements: 5 acres with DH, 3 horses and six dogs

Number of apples eaten in the last week: None OMG!

Overnight hospital stays: Once for wrecking my motorcycle at 14

Phobia: succeeding

Question you ask yourself a lot: What the heck was I thinking by choosing a career in Accounting?

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 1 sister and 2 brothers

Time I wake up: 5:30 am

Unnatural hair color: medium brown with blonde and lighter brown highlights

Vegetable I refuse to eat: brussel sprouts

Worst habit: convincing myself I'm tired and deserve to rest

Yummy food I make: I don't get to cook much; that's DH's job

X-tra info: I like working with animals and observing their behavior. My ultimate dream would be to have lots of acres with a pristine horse barn/arena and lots of time to train them. My other ultimate dream would be to have the skills to train them really well on my own. That includes the dogs because they rule the roost. My horror is that since we've moved to the country, I find myself turning into my mother!!!!!

Secret fantasy about self: To be muscled and in kick *** shape for my rapidly approaching 50's.

Zodiac sign: Cancer and all the moodiness that goes with it!

Accent: Michigander!!!

Best Friend: Mike/leah/megan

Chore I hate: LAUNDRY!!

Dad's name: Todd

Essential make-up product: Eye make up

Favorite perfume: ? Changes regularly

Gold or silver? silver

Interesting fact:

Job title: Full time Nursing student/mommy/wife

Kids: 3 1/2 y/o and 9 months

Living arrangements: Live with Mike,Makayla(3 1/2 y/o,) Marissa (9 months)

Mom's birthplace: FlordiA

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 0

Overnight hospital stays: too many to count. A lot when I was younger due to asthma and twice for my kids.
Phobia: Failing

Question you ask yourself a lot: What are you doing?!

Religious affiliation:

Siblings: 1 brother one sister

Time I wake up: depends on the day... School days 3:45am, other days 6am

Unnatural hair color: Depends on the season

Vegetable I refuse to eat: n/a

Worst habit: ......... Drinking a lil too much whne I do get the chance to go out

X-tra info? Im a full time nursing student, so if Im not on here every day, I am sooo very sorry!!! Im trying though!

Yummy food I make: .... grilled veggies... LOL

Zodiac sign: cancer... yikes... TRUE to the T

Jillian had Ali on her radio program, going to listen tonight but thought some you might want to as well. You can listen free on at:

http://2005.kfi640.com/pages/jillian.html

Purlplefirefly - My hubby is a trucker too. He is home every other night now. Drives 500 mi radius. He's on his way to Chicago today!

Purplefly- I am from columbus- OSU grad here!! I am now in Harrisburg, PA.

Justforus: I am a nursing student too!! When do you graduate- I have three more semesters!

Accent: I really don't think I have one.

Best Friend: Chris (DH), Michelle

Chore I hate: everything, floors, bathrooms, laundry

Dad's name: Paul

Essential make-up product: my perscriptives foundation.

Favorite perfume: ? Chanel Chance

Gold or silver? silver!

Interesting fact: i ride horses professionaly not so my anymore.

Job title: nursing student/mommy/wife (to be)/business manager/server at Chillis

Kids: Abby, turned 2 today!!!!!

Living arrangements: Live with my mom, dad, brother (13 yo), chris (DH), abby (DD), gia (dog), yoda (dog), dipset (dog), gallager (dog), dexter (cat)- we went house hunting today.

Mom's birthplace: Albany, NY

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 3ish

Overnight hospital stays: for abbys birth, couldn't pee- i was in the hosptial for almost a week for that one.

Phobia: snakes.

Question you ask yourself a lot: How am I going to get all this done today?

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 2 brothers

Time I wake up: 5am

Unnatural hair color: used to be red, i won't dye it again though, i just highlight it now

Vegetable I refuse to eat: cauliflower when it is cooked

Worst habit: biting my nails

X-tra info? not really

Yummy food I make: potato salad

Zodiac sign: aries

Accent:midwestern/southern it varies! LOL

Best Friend: Tonya

Chore I hate:vacum

Dad's name: Orville

Essential make-up product: dont really have one

Favorite perfume: amber romance

Gold or silver? silver

Hometown: lyons,kansas

Interesting fact: i love dogs!

Job title: special education behavioral specialist

Kids: Furry Kind--Blaze, Max, Gunner, Candy, Jake, Molly

Living arrangements:with DH and our 6 dogs

Mom's birthplace:california

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 5

Overnight hospital stays: none

Phobia: snakes and lighting

Question you ask yourself a lot: what will i wear today

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 1 brother

Time I wake up: 7am

Unnatural hair color: naturally a blond and never changed it

Vegetable I refuse to eat: spinach

Worst habit: being lazy LOL

X-tra info?

Yummy food I make: mexican pizza

Zodiac sign:aries

Hope everyone enjoys this.

Hi everyone! This is my first TBL challenge, and I'm so excited to be on the black team!

OK, a little about me, hmm. I'm 21, a college student, graduating in June with a double major in chemistry and biology. I'm from Massachusetts but go to school in Illinois. Oh, I don't know, I'll try to think of something more interesting to say later...

Let's rock this, black team!

Hi!

Accent: standard midatlantic with an occasional twang

Best Friend: Tris

Chore I hate: cleaning the bathroom

Dad's name: David

Essential make-up product: none

Favorite perfume: rose

Gold or silver? gold

Hometown: none -- I'm a Navy brat!

Interesting fact: I can cook for 200

Job title: senior Process Design & Technology engineer

Kids: 11 & 8

Living arrangements:with DH, two daughters, one dog, one cat

Mom's birthplace: Arkansas

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 2

Overnight hospital stays: two

Phobia: failure

Question you ask yourself a lot: what the **** have I done?

Religious affiliation: Christian

Siblings: 1 sister

Time I wake up: 4:30 a.m.

Unnatural hair color: an occaisional dark blonde wash to hide the grey

Vegetable I refuse to eat: hmmmmm...

Worst habit: talking myself into sleeping late

X-tra info? Brown belt in aikido and former medievalist

Yummy food I make: burritos

Zodiac sign: cancer

Good luck to all!

Barb

Hey all Wow a few fellow canadians on the team YAY!!! well I have been on and off dieting for a few years..well actually since I was like 12 but I officially started this time Jan 2 I have lost 45lbs and need to lose another 43 until goal.

Accent:Canadian

Best Friend: my hubby

Chore I hate: dishes/laundry

Dad's name: James

Essential make-up product: eye liner

Favorite perfume: Baby phat goddess and fire and ice

Gold or silver? White Gold, gold and silver...

Hometown: wasaga beach ont but I live in Barrie Ontario

Interesting fact: I tried out for canadian idol this year

Job title: Stay at home mom, aspiring singer and amateur photographer

Kids: Landon (15 months)

Living arrangements:Apartment with my husband and son

Mom's birthplace: Toronto

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 0

Overnight hospital stays: 3 days after giving birth

Phobia: ..spiders!! which leads to a fear of dark because I can't see them in the dark

Question you ask yourself a lot: why did I let myself be this big for so long

Religious affiliation: Christian but I also believe standing in a church doesn't make you a chrisitian just like standing in a garage doesn't make you a car

Siblings: 3 sisters, 3 brothers all half

Time I wake up: 7:00-8:00 am

Unnatural hair color: right now bleach blond last week black and pink originally dirty blonde...I think

Vegetable I refuse to eat: brussel sprouts, snow peas

Worst habit: computer

X-tra info? I am only 5'2, I am a mix between irish, scottish, french, syrian and british

Yummy food I make: I am good a baking...this is not good lol

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Hi everyone,

I'm so glad the team lists are finally up. I'm excited to be on the Black Team and am looking forward to getting to know you.

Today is my birthday and it's the perfect time in my mind to get serious about making some positive changes in my life. I'm looking forward to seeing less of me at the end of the challenge as well as the support you get from a group environment like this one.

I really like the idea of individual get to know you, share some info questions. With that...

Accent: I think Chicago, but everyone tells me I sound like Wisconsin
Best Friend: I have different best friends for different reasons in my life
Chore I hate: Dusting
Dad's name: Rocky
Essential make-up product: mascara
Favorite perfume: Odyssey
Gold or silver? Gold
Hometown: Chicago
Interesting fact: I started volunteering at the Humane Society recently and I love it.
Job title: Metrics Analyst
Kids: just fuzzy ones who never come when you call them
Living arrangements: me and DH with plenty of room for guests
Mom's birthplace: Chicago, IL
Number of apples eaten in the last week: 1
Overnight hospital stays: none - 2 surgeries and I begged them to let me out rather than spend the night in one of those horrid beds
Phobia: stuck by myself in an elevator or anything claustrophobic
Question you ask yourself a lot: Where did the time go?
Religious affiliation: Christian
Siblings: younger sister, older brother (deceased)
Time I wake up: very reluctantly between 6 and 6:30am
Unnatural hair color: I have tried many different colors, the most unusual was a rather vibrant auburn red that definitely came from a paint pot. Right now I'm doing highlights on light brown hair.
Vegetable I refuse to eat: okra
Worst habit: Was smoking but I gave that up, now I'm working on pack rat
X-tra info? I have a really difficult time sticking with something for a long time, particularly when it comes to self improvement. Always start out with a bang and end with a fizzle. Working hard on overcoming that.
Yummy food I make: I love to cook and am always experimenting with recipes. I make a Strawberry Spinach Salad that everyone seems to love.
Zodiac sign: Taurus

Mine is long haul, he is home every weekend and sometimes a day during the week. It works well for us, we both like having our space while he is gone.

caitbeans--I grew up in Grove City and went to OSU as well, though I dropped out to have my daughter and then moved to NC and decided to stay home with them, but I would love to go back to school one day. Small world, huh

This is exactly what I did the last challenge. Lost around 3 lb every week at first and then basically kicked around the same few until the end. I think the most important thing is to stay in the challenge to the end even if you are struggling...stick it out and don't drop out and you have at least accomplished something. I lost 15 lb. last time, aiming for more this time around. We can do this, just have to stay focused somehow.

Well, this is my first time doing TBL, too. I just joined 3FC last month, so I'm still "new" around here, too. Well, here goes my bio..

Accent: Korean. (lol)

Best Friend: hmmm... don't have one I keep in touch with. One in Korea but she decided to become a monk about 5 years ago and haven't been able to talk to her since then..

Chore I hate: laundry

Dad's name: Uk-soo

Essential make-up product: eyebrow pencil? lol

Favorite perfume: Too many to name... I "collect" perfume

Gold or silver? Gold

Hometown: Seoul, Korea

Interesting fact: Army brat (kinda)

Job title: Bilangual Senior Support Technician

Kids: 1 DD

Living arrangements: Living with my DD

Mom's birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 2

Overnight hospital stays: 5 nights when having my DD. My water broke on Tuesday morning...and I had to be induced on Thursday and had her on Friday

Phobia: Height

Question you ask yourself a lot: What if.....???

Religious affiliation: non-denomination Christian

Siblings: 1 brother

Time I wake up: 11:15-11:45 AM (I go to sleep at 530ish in the morning bc I work from 8:00 PM to 04:30 AM

Unnatural hair color: reddish brownish blondish... just all mix...?

Vegetable I refuse to eat: None

Worst habit: clearing my throat. (I know it sounds weird but when I get nervous, I tend to clear my throat... lol)

X-tra info: lived in Montreal for 6 months, Italy for 2 years, Korea for about 20 years (lol), then Colorado for 1 year and the rest in Michigan.

Yummy food I make: Korean

Zodiac sign: Gemini

Hi Black Teammates!!! I am looking forward to getting to know all of you. I've been yo-yo'ing with my weight for the last 30+ years and I finally have figured out what I've been doing wrong, so I plan to get it right THIS time! Besides losing weight, I'm working on getting my % body fat down and building up my muscle mass.

Accent: Okie

Chore I hate: vacuuming

Essential make-up product: mascara

Gold or silver? gold

Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Interesting fact: background in music (primarily 'cello and piano)

Job title: Unemployed paralegal (looking for a position in the SF Bay area)

Kids: 2 sons, ages 27 and 25

Living arrangements: with DH and our dog, Puppy Wuppy (11 years old)

Mom's birthplace: Oklahoma

Number of apples eaten in the last week: 2

Question you ask yourself a lot: what do I want to be when I grow up?

Religious affiliation: agnostic

Siblings: 1 sister and 1 brother (lost in space)

Time I wake up: approximately 8:00 a.m.

Unnatural hair color: natural salt & pepper

Vegetable I refuse to eat: kale (well, I'm warming up to it)

Worst habit: procrastination at times

X-tra info? working on becoming a vegetarian (lacto-ovo for now)

Zodiac sign: Libra

GO BLACK!!!!