Hey Green Team!

So here's the deal... every Monday morning weigh yourself, and post your weight here (I've changed it to every Monday instead of every Sunday, it makes more sense, but it MUST be posted by Monday at noon to stay in the game).

Also post your final goal weight, and do the quick math to figure out how many pounds you are from that weight (Current weight [minus] goal weight).

Your team will have to elect a captain (soon!), and that person will add up the numbers:

1. Add together your team's total weight.
2. Add together the total number of pounds that need to be lost to get to everyone's goals.
3. Make a Green Team's total weight, and number of pounds to be lost this week... then next week, add in the total number of pounds lost that week.

Use this thread to get to know your teammates. Get everyone to dish about their eating habits, their workout routines, strengths, weaknesses, what you can bring to the table, and what you need help with. Give each other suggestions, encouragement, new ideas and strategize. Let's see it ladies. Which team can be the Biggest Loser?

Important Note: When you're checking the thread in the future, be sure to check this first post before anything else. It's where updates will be posted about the game!

hello! I am so excited about this and swigging water like crazy to move this water weight!!

Hi everyone! I'm so excited about this idea. I hope it will be just what I need to really get me going on my weight loss! I overindulged a bit last night on tequila (I can't help it! so delicious) So I'm trying to flush everything out with some water today!

Hey guys!

This is really exciting!

I NEVER weigh on Monday mornings, so this should be interesting!

I'm about to go run in my first 5k race in about 20 minutes and I'm REALLY excited! Wish me luck

I'm getting ready to run out the door, but I'll give more info about all this: "Get everyone to dish about their eating habits, their workout routines, strengths, weaknesses, what you can bring to the table, and what you need help with. Give each other suggestions, encouragement, new ideas and strategize." when I get home later tonight!

Shannon

Note to all: Hey everyone! When posting your current weight and goal weight, do not post the goal that you have for the end of the 4 weeks. Post your GOAL WEIGHT.
Cheers!

Ooh wow!! Good luck Shannon!!

Hi again ladies. Excuse my yapping, but I don't feel like doing my work so I'm going to hijack this thread instead I'm still new to 3FC so I'd love to know a bit about each of you! so that we can help give each other the best support possible in this month to come..

As for me, my name is Beth (shocking) and I'm just starting back out on my weight loss. I'm 5'10 and I'll be 26 this winter. The birthday was my major motivation to join 3FC, because I'm scared that if I don't develop healthy habits soon, I never will. I've done WW in the past, but never really felt comfortable in their online community the way I already do here. I'm living in Italy for the rest of this year, working part time for a communications firm, and attending grad school. Italy has been terrible for me, if only because there are deliciously delectable complex carbohydrates everywhere you look! I don't understand it. The Italians here all eat a whole pizza a day, and are still very very slender. AND, they don't seem to exercise. ever. They are all shocked and confused every time they see me jogging outside... Ridiculously unfair.

I've never been particularly thin. I've spent most of my life yo-yo-ing between 175-185. I find that whenever I break 170, I have major issues with self-sabotage. I wish I could figure out why. Hopefully if (when!) I get down there, you all can help me out. My final goal is to be maintaining at 165. Maintaining has always been the hardest for me, so I'm hoping that by setting my final number a little higher than my ideal, I might actually have a chance of making it stick!

Last year a terrible break up was followed by a broken ankle and I haven't been able to deal with my weight gain.. I've been over 200 at one other point in my life, also following a breakup my senior year in college (yes, definitely a trend here..) I lost the weight that time the unhealthy way, barely eating and definitely not exercising. I don't want to turn to something like that again, so for me this time around is far more about getting healthy, than just losing the weight.

I'm on day 4 of the 30DS and I've just signed up to run a half marathon with my best friend next October in Hawaii. I'm doing the Couch to 5K slowly but surely, and I figure if that can't motivate me, nothing will.

I love to cook, and I'm trying my best to figure out ways to make my favorite recipes a whole lot healthier. But macaroni and cheese doesn't taste right without full fat cheese and a dose of whole milk! ah wait, that was how I got here in the first place.

I can't wait to hear from the rest of you!! Should we start making team guidelines? Like check in here twice a day or something? Also, not going to lie, kind of want a team slogan...

Enjoy the rest of your Sundays everyone!

Chance0421 Looks like we had the same idea at the same time! To add in the info on my plan, I'm still doing WW points right now, although everyone has suggested I might have better luck with calorie counting.. I'm worried all that counting might stress me out! and it is hard to find calorie info here. But we'll see

I used to love Windsor Pilates! I had forgotten about it. I should see if I can dig those out of storage or something.

and CONGRATS!! on the jeans! oh man, that is the best feeling ever. You must have been so stoked. I have a couple pairs of jeans here that I brought with me that do not fit at all here.. I have one pair hanging over my armoire, as a daily reminder of how great it will feel when they fit! yay!

bakabeth: im sure it is perfectly possible for you to be very successful using the points rather than calorie counting, especially if its hard to get that information in italy Good luck with your half marathon!! I signed up and did a quarter marathon in early November, its a great motivator for training and exercise, and its an awesome experience.

Chance: Congrats on the jeans!!!! you better be strutting your stuff in them!

Shannon: Good luck! Come back and tell us all the details of your glory!

As for me- I'm Iconised Ghost (people call me Icon, Iconised, Ghost, anything, i dont mind how you shorten it if you want to ), a 21 yr old student from New Zealand. I finished my PGDipSci (Health Psych) this year (touch wood i passed everything, result should be out early december!!) and im starting my masters in science (health psychology) next year. I'm on my summer holiday now, so i have plenty of time to work out and spend time on here

My eating plan is calorie counting, aiming for between 1200 and 1500 a day. I try to eat as much organic, preservative/colouring/other chemical free stuff as i can, more for my skin than my weight. For working out i love love love to do the group weights class at my gym and since my quarter marathon i've become a bit of a running junky So usually i aim to go to the gym around 3 times a week, plus 2 weights classes a week. Sometimes i manage that and sometimes i dont I also do a martial art for two hours three times a week, which is more because i love it rather than because i need it for weight loss

My strengths i guess include my determination, time management and not giving up when i see a gain My weaknesses are definately over eating in the evenings (which i am combating at the moment by cutting it out completely) and not drinking enough water (im just not a natural big drinker!)

we need to decide on a captain! Anyone super keen to volunteer themselves? Should we vote?

i was thinking it might be nice to have something "green team"ish to put in our sigs, and in 5 mins i made this



Does anyone have more better-er artistic skills than me? Its sort of...huge for signatures >.<

:O, even though it's big (and im not even on your team) I think that is beautiful:O good job

aww thank you i wish i could make it kinda longer...maybe someone with photoshop skills will come and be able to make something out of it