TEAM THREE
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@MissionEnforcer I've sent everyone a friend request.
I live in Raytown, Missouri, a satellite town to Kansas City.
The pioneers and travelers moving westward down the Three Trails discovered an area of high, wooded ridges, in the Raytown area, that reminded them of their former homes in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The land was named Blue Ridge, with the bordering bodies of waters called the Big Blue and the Little Blue rivers.
I love it here. A small town with a population of 29,526 that bumps up against Kansas City but keeps that small Midwestern town feel. Here in town I can walk to anywhere I need, the vet, hardware store, doctors office, and grocery store. Then when I want to visit the metro, I'm a six minute drive from the stadiums for the Royals Baseball and Kansas City Chiefs football and the Zoo. A 20 min drive to Downtown, the Crossroads Art District, the Jazz District, and our famous BBQ is everywhere.
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Cheriels82 wrote: »@enuf200 so you farm too? My husband is a farmer, so we live on. farm, I have a nice veggie garden in the summer that keeps me busy
we are currently harvesting corn
No, we do not farm. We just live in a small town surrounded by farmland. (We prefer the country over the city). I admit, I don't even have a garden! LOL! I do a good job of growing humans and pets, but am horrible with anything that starts in the ground. LOL!0 -
So, we're heading to Iceland! The photos that @hawkins410 posted are stunning! I know there's a lot to read, but hopefully it will give you a sense of what this challenge is all about. I encourage everyone to have a look at the spreadsheet. If you have any troubles posting in it, just let @MissionEnforcer know, or let your team mates know here and we can help you. Also, if you have any questions, we are here to help or you can use the question and answer thread and @hawkins410 will get back to you very soon. (It's helpful to read that thread as often there is good information). There's a lot going on in these challenges and it is common to feel a bit overwhelmed at the beginning, but just stick with it and I promise you it will be a great experience. So, pour yourself a big glass of water and look at your week's schedule and set aside some time to try the drumming videos. You can do them all at once or one at a time, it's totally up to you! And don't forget all other forms of exercise. We need over 5600 miles/minutes as a team to get to our next destination of Iceland.1
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Okay. I just did the math. 5621 minutes divided by 21 team mates is 268 minutes of exercise (minimum) per person. This is just a bench mark; something to shoot for. Obviously, if you can do more, do more! The last challenge the teams earned extra points for every 10% over the distance needed. And on the flip side, if you can't get in that many minutes, just do what you can. Everyone has different schedules and different obstacles and some weeks will be better than others. Don't sweat it, just carry on.1
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Okay. I just did the math. 5621 minutes divided by 21 team mates is 268 minutes of exercise (minimum) per person. This is just a bench mark; something to shoot for. Obviously, if you can do more, do more! The last challenge the teams earned extra points for every 10% over the distance needed. And on the flip side, if you can't get in that many minutes, just do what you can. Everyone has different schedules and different obstacles and some weeks will be better than others. Don't sweat it, just carry on.
So 268 per person by seven days is under 40 min a day. We got this!!!
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Unrelated question but since so many of you live in other countries....
At school we are discussing racial identity and the question came up - do people identify as African British and Asian French etc like we have African American and Asian American?0 -
Challenge #1 @MissionEnforcer - I'm from the South West Coast US where it is hot, dry, and really hot. There are some nice mountains nearby, but it is mostly desert with shrubs. I also completed all the Cardio dancing with ball (used my hairbrushes for drum sticks). Is there were I post that I completed all the videos? I also did my own dance, too.4
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You are so on it Smile_laughter!!!!0
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Unrelated question but since so many of you live in other countries....
At school we are discussing racial identity and the question came up - do people identify as African British and Asian French etc like we have African American and Asian American?0 -
Waiting for my kid to come home for the drumming and chanting lol. Something tells me they will both love that, got my morning workout in.2
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@smile_laughter, and everyone else, find the thread "The Amazing Race Spreadsheet" under "Announcements" and go to the tab for Team 3 at the bottom. There you can enter your numbers. But you have to have something Google downloaded first? This is where I need technical help from my friends!0
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@MissionEnforcer I am in Minnesota, west of the Twin Cities and an expat from Canada. I love it here except for the winters...it is TOO cold
@enuf200 my youngest is thinking of going to University of Manitoba next year....may be making a college/shopping trip sometime up your way I need some new mittens from the bay (the Olympic ones) hehe
I am really looking forward to the challenge, I can already see how much work has been put into it! In return, I will also put a lot of work into completing all the challenges + extra
As for this week, tomorrow we head off on vacation with no internet but since it's a hiking vacation I will be putting in lots of minutes/miles. Back on Saturday. Today I will get the drumming sequencing done check in when I can with my phone! 1 -
Good morning, afternoon, evening to all of you, wherever you may be! I'm Tuffgirl19, my real name is Ashley! (Tuffy is our cat, my image and where my MFP name comes from). I'm 46 and originally from Louisiana. We have resided in Las Vegas, NV since 2002, where our home remains. We are currently living in Alexandria, VA and will be moving back to LV at the end of December, yay!!
I am married and we have two boys, ages 10 and 21- no that was not a typo! My little man keeps me busy with school, his travel soccer team practices and games and now tennis has been added to the mix. I'm currently a stay at home soccer mom and previously worked full time in CPS- Child Protective Services.
Over the last probably 5 years, I've gained a lot of weight and finally went to the dr for testing. I was diagnosed with PCOS in late August. I joined MFP in September and am working to get down to my healthy happy weight, exercising regularly and taking care of me!
I'm excited to be in the Amaazing Race Challenge and part of team 2!2 -
@smile_laughter, and everyone else, find the thread "The Amazing Race Spreadsheet" under "Announcements" and go to the tab for Team 3 at the bottom. There you can enter your numbers. But you have to have something Google downloaded first? This is where I need technical help from my friends!
The spreadsheet is here.
You need google docs and possibly and invite from MissionEnforcer if you can't get in. On page 3 we enter our daily minutes and also that we completed the challenges. When completing a challenge also post in this thread and earburn MissionEnforcer, who will then change it from red to black and we get the points.
Other cool things on the spreadsheet
Team Totals: Where we see how we are doing as a team (currently in 1st place. YAY!)
Power ranking: where each person is ranked in comparison to everyone else playing.
Weight Tracker: Just like it sounds with a cool % lost feature
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Hello I'm Diana from Virginia and a nervous newbie. I haven't regularly exercised in years and would rather diet than exercise so this will be very challenging. I need to get my dog in shape too so this will be good for both of us. Hoping motivation finds me very soon! Oh and I hate how awful fruits and veggies are this time of year! 2
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So as a question, do we fill in the spreadsheet at day end or can we modify it as the day progresses and we do more ?2
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Definitely can be changed, @Cheriels82, if you do more exercise that day.
Don't be nervous, @Diana0820. You've got the right idea about walking your dog. Start with something doable.
@carlsoda, enjoy your hiking vacation! Vacation and exercise for you, minutes for the team! A win - win!2 -
Just checking to make sure...I just enter the Daily exercise minutes in the appropriate column, right? Do we also add the challenge points as we complete them? So, here goes...
@MissionEnforcer What a fabulous idea for a challenge! Absolutely love the pictures of Iceland and the write up. I am from India but have made the UK my home for the past 10 years. I live in High Wycombe, a town midway between London and Oxford. Hoping to travel around Europe soon and Iceland is in the list. I think my list is going to get longer through this challenge 1 -
Here's the best I could come up with including candle sticks instead of drum sticks LOL
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That looks just like the videos!
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ABOUT CHALLENGE #1:Make sure all of the requirements have been met. All Teams have 21 players; some probably haven't shown up yet. Trying to "friend" them twice means over the period of the week, not the same day and not before the game started (which is today, Monday). There is no need to send a request to anyone who is already a "friend".
The purpose of this challenge is to start bonding as a team, get to know all of your team members and to get comfortable posting on your team’s thread. Until I can verify that everyone who's going to show up has done so, and enough time has passed to realistically establish those connections, points claimed for this challenge will not be verified. Unverified Points show up as "Red" until accepted. Once accepted they will turn "Black" and the points will appear in the "Totals" column.
Your post should be made on your particular team’s thread and needs to have @MissionEnforcer appear somewhere within that post (tagging). In this case just stick @MissionEnforcer (no spaces) by itself at the top of your post, or use it in a sentence (uh...maybe not). It doesn't show up as an E-Mail, but instead as a notification on my site.
NOTE: THIS POST IS NOT INTENDED TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD ANYONE PERSONALLY, AND IS BEING PLACED ON ALL TEAM THREADS. No puppies were harmed by the writing of this post!
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tuffgirl19 wrote: »Good morning, afternoon, evening to all of you, wherever you may be! I'm Tuffgirl19, my real name is Ashley! (Tuffy is our cat, my image and where my MFP name comes from). I'm 46 and originally from Louisiana. We have resided in Las Vegas, NV since 2002, where our home remains. We are currently living in Alexandria, VA and will be moving back to LV at the end of December, yay!!
I am married and we have two boys, ages 10 and 21- no that was not a typo! My little man keeps me busy with school, his travel soccer team practices and games and now tennis has been added to the mix. I'm currently a stay at home soccer mom and previously worked full time in CPS- Child Protective Services.
Over the last probably 5 years, I've gained a lot of weight and finally went to the dr for testing. I was diagnosed with PCOS in late August. I joined MFP in September and am working to get down to my healthy happy weight, exercising regularly and taking care of me!
I'm excited to be in the Amaazing Race Challenge and part of team 2!
@MissionEnforcer
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Ok can't update from my phone so will do so after these kiddos are asleep (if that ever happens)
But very happy to say although we didn't attack the drums yet we did get in a super walk. And I did more than necessary water today (been along time I haven't tracked it because o have been pretty good about it and yup right up there no priblemo!)
Let's keep moving ! I am missing 3 people to complete my friends Listing of this group. Very anxious for bonus points
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Ok so I have requested everyone to befriend me on our team. I will let @HASWLRS know if any do not accept.
I'm Jen. I am from Toronto, Ontario area but have been living the last couple of years just outside of Tampa, Florida.
While everyone else is getting cool weather we are still sweating it out down here and even able to go to the pool, but you have to pack your sunscreen as it's still very easy to get burnt. Air conditioning is still on but the nights are getting a bit more mild and those are always nice especially compared to the hot days. Tampa is called the sunshine state and is also the lightning state. The hockey team does great and you see wonderful storms on the regular with magnificent lightning.
I'm 33 and mom to a wonderful, sweet, kind, 4 year old. She's my world. Married to my husband for over 10 years now and still can't believe we've been together this long as it has gone by fast.
I have always been between 118-128lbs most of my teen/adult life until I got pregnant. I gained about 55 lbs after starting the pregnancy a few lbs heavier (132lbs). My daughter is 4 now and I am still holding onto about 30lbs. It was only about 20 before summer but due to a bunch of up and down emotional roller coasters going on I definitely added 10lbs back. So here I am. Anyways here to have fun, get my exercise up even more than usual, and shed some wait.
Plus, why not get to know more about the world without even traveling..Lets go team 3.1 -
Don't forget to tag @MissionEnforcer in your posts about where you live! (Okay, I used it in a sentence
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So as I said before I live in Philadelphia, PA now and I really love it. We are so close to so many awesome things and I really love seeing the industry - planes, trains, tall buildings, bridges, everything. Plus Philly is beautiful because of all the rivers on gorgeous spring days and with beautiful fall foliage, history, statues, cobblestone streets. On Saturdays we we go to the market for brunch and to get fresh veggies, meats, baked goods, juices...there are always street performers and craft fairs right outside. Plus Philly has street fairs, cheesesteaks, sports teams, and oh gosh I could go on forever. I love my city.
Ran just a mile for the first time in months. It was slooooow but worth it. I'm going to stick with just a mile until I have the time down and then I'll go to two. I want to be back to running three miles with little issue. I drank 96 ounces of water day! Well more than needed so day one - down!1 -
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All.....I live in Fairfax, VA about 20 mins outside of Washington DC....very fast pace unlike @BJerzy I wouldn't say I love it here I would prefer to live in the country and on a river I have also sent friend requests to all team 3 participants.
I am starting this challenge out with a bang and did 95 mins of exercise today. I thought I would take advantage of the time I had today because I can't guarantee how much time I will have the rest of the week. Just taking day by day....
My eating was not totally in control today but I must say I logged EVERYTHING I ate.
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Went for a short walk tonight. (I forgot how early it gets dark now!) My husband didn't want to go with me; he wanted to watch some of our recorded shows from when we were away, so I just went up and down the main street which is well lit. My main focus today was to log my food and stay under my calorie goal and, of course, drink my ten cups of water!1
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@MissionEnforcer I've sent everyone a friend request.
I live on the edge of the Flint Hills outside the college town of Manhattan, Kansas. This area has some of the last standing tall grass prairie. We've lived other places (Kansas City for a while, the Sonoran Desert around Tucson, West Africa for a bit) but moved back here to be close to family when we had kids. This is a pic of one of my favorite hiking trails in the area on the Konza research prairie.
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Hi everyone! @MissionEnforcer
As I mentioned earlier, I was raised in Chicago, IL, USA and currently live in a suburb about 40 minutes north of the city. Despite living and working in the 'burbs, I'm still a city girl at heart. Fortunately, it's just a train ride or short drive away, and my parents and both sisters still live in Chicago as well.
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Hey everybody! Thanks for the adds so far, it helped to remind me that this challenge was getting started
@MissionEnforcer My name is Stephanie I am 29 years old. I have always lived in Morganton, North Carolina. Lots of beautiful mountain scenery around my area!
This is actually my second Amazing Race! I'm going to do my best to be more active in this one than I was last time. My suggestion to keep yourself motivated would be to try and be very active in our team forum. It really does help to encourage one another!
I have been obese my entire life. I did lose a little bit of weight at the first part of this year, but then I started slacking and lost motivation. I am hoping in this challenge it will help me get back on track to being healthier overall! I am going to turn 30 August of next year and I would love to have my weight more under control before then.
Some of my interests... I love playing music (flute and guitar), photography, and studying languages
I am so excited to be a part of this team's journey!! Let's get to racing!!1
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