Diva, good to have you on our team!

Tina, you'll be our resident 'Hot Stuff'!!

It's wonderful to meet our new ladies, looking forward to getting to know you and kickin some tushy on this challenge!!!

Mandey & Kerry, I have an Alex too!

1. What would you like us to call you? Monte Cristo, Monte, or Antonia, whichever is easiest

2. What eating plan are you using? Low-carb

3. What is your favorite way to exercise? At home

4. What is one area of weightloss that you struggle with? Eating healthy, I hate vegetables and water

5. What is one area of weightloss that you excel at? Once I decide to do a thing, I'm so stubborn that I usually stick with it.

6. What is your short term goal? I've been working toward losing 35lbs by June 1st. (only five more pounds to go!).

7. What will you reward yourself with when you reach that goal? I've always wanted a fedora like Humphrey Bogart wore, and as soon as I reach that 35lb mark, I'm going to get myself one.

8. Best weight loss tip? Don't carry bills smaller than fives, and remember that just because its on your plate doesn't mean you have to eat it.

9. Bob or Jillian? I don't have TV, so I've never watched the show, and therefore don't have a preference.

10. Tell us a little about yourself! I'm an accountant, and big sister to eight. I live with my parents and help take care of all the little squirts. I like to rollerskate, bicycle, and swim. I also crochet, and have made lots of afghans and dollies. I love to read and watch movies, and am trying to find ways to use that to motivate my exercising (audiobooks are the best!).

I'm happy to be on this team again!

1. What would you like us to call you? Cathy

2. What eating plan are you using? hmm, I guess I'll still follow the WW flex and incorporate Bob's way.

3. What is your favorite way to exercise? walking and strength train

4. What is one area of weightloss that you struggle with? trying to get that darn metal monster to move

5. What is one area of weightloss that you excel at? journaling and getting in my water

6. What is your short term goal? this challenge I'm uping my game to a 2 lb loss a week, so 30 lbs for the 15wks.

7. What will you reward yourself with when you reach that goal? new clothes or a small tattoo

8. Best weight loss tip? journal, journal, journal, and water, water, water.

9. Bob or Jillian? Both

10. Tell us a little about yourself! I'm married 16yrs, have 2 boys ages 9 & 12. I subcontract for my dh's building business so I work part time. I love to read, cross stitch, and now that it's nice out, being outside doing yard and garden work.

Kerry....I started watching Paul McKenna's show on TLC or whichever channel it was on. I really liked the first episode I watched where he talked about the 4 rules and mindful eating. I think it made a TON of sense. But, then my dh got sick and I wasnt ever home to watch the rest of the episodes! I am going to continue to try incorporating the 4 rules though.

Danielle.... I never realised just how many "Alex's" there were out there until after his name was on his birth certificate. This said, he's actually called "Agga" ... lol. That's what he calls himself anyway and it's now at the stage where he won't answer to anything else, so EVERYONE calls him Agga.... or..... Aggapuff....

Poor kid. He's going to be 18 years old and heading off to College with "Aggapuff" embroidered on his backpack

Good to be here!!! Looking forward to getting to know you all over the coming months

GO RED!!!!!

OOOHH I'm so excited seeing so many accountants, accounting students...almost CPAs!! Go bean counters! LOL!

Melissa, I actually haven't watched the show at all. I bought the book with the hypnosis CD. I'm still working my way through the book and plan to listen to the CD every day.

(If anyone else is interested in the book do NOT buy it in the US. Amazon.com is selling the book for $58 or something ridiculous. If you go to Amazon.co.uk, you can get the book on sale for five pounds something, which works out to $12 and it's another $12 for shipping.... so half price what you pay if you buy the Book/CD over here )

Anyway........ I'll let you know how it works out! Failing at logging is always the beginning of a fall for me. I fall off the wagon because I'm not logging and before I know it I've been stagnating for MONTHS. I'm hoping that this new way of thinking will help me stay on track ALL the time, because honestly.... I suck at logging....

Cathy.... I sooooo want to get myself a tattoo when I get to goal. My husband is dead set against it. He hates them..... *sigh*....

I just want one.... lol.

He's said that I can do whatever I want as it's my body, but he doesn't like them. Bleh. I think I'm going to work on changing his mind and designing something really cool so he approves

What do you want to get????

I have a tattoo!!! I have a little bee on my ankle, I have said for awhile I want another one just dunno where yet!

LOL yep...that's me....BRING IT ON!!! ROFL

I put that my short term goal was 10 lbs but I forgot that I've decided not to focus on lbs for my goals! I'm going to do days on plan instead! One of our returning red teammates has over 100 days on plan, and someone has over a year! So I'm setting my first short term goal as 10 days on plan. Anyone else wanna join in with that?

Melissa, that's a really good idea.

I'm doing Paul McKenna..... or at least I'm going to try that and see if it works, and if not, I'll switch back to Calorie King.... but in the meantime, Days on Plan for me would constitute : Exercising and doing my Hypnosis CD. Would that work?