STARS 9 WEEK CHALLENGE (CLOSE GROUP) WK 6

MFPSTARSCHALLENGE

Hello Ladies!

Alright ladies we are in the home stretch. November is our final month of the STARS challenge. The fire is burning with the new set up. Our mini-challenges are a success. Also, I have decided that there will be a grand prize of a E-CARD FROM MACYS.COM. The Challenge Biggest loser is the person who has lost the most cumulative weight over the whole challenge. Your starting weight, minus your final weigh-in. Now it's time to really step up your losing game.

If you haven't already done so, please check the “About Me” section of our Challenge page. Here you will find links to our "Rules and FAQ", our "weigh-in form" and "Team list" (also posted below).

Do not forget to participate in the Question of the Day (QOTD) on the thread below. NEW DATES HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE UPDATED TEAM LIST (see below). This is a very important part of encouraging each other and also getting know other players. Please be sure to check here daily, including on weekends to answer the QOTD!

ALSO, ON YOUR NEW QOTD DATE, YOU WILL ALSO BE IN CHARGE TO POST A MINI-CHALLENGE OF THE DAY. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MINI-CHALLENGE.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EACH PERSON TO WEIGH-IN FOR EVERY WEEK. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WEIGH IN ON SATURDAY. JUST MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE THE SATURDAY DATE ON THE FORM FOR THE WEEK YOU ARE WEIGHING IN. Also ladies we are looking for one more player if anyone knows someone please in-box me directly.

Without further delay the moment. Below are our Biggest Losers.

Individual Winner -
GETITAMB 2.6 lbs for the PINK team

Team Winner - CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YELLOW TEAM FOR A TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS OF 6.9 LBS
2ND PLACE - BLUE TEAM W/ TOTAL LOSS OF 6.4 LBS
2ND PLACE - PINK TEAM W/ TOTAL LOSS 6.4 LBS

This week as a group we lost a total of 19.7 lbs. We have a 4 week total weight loss of 143.7lbs. AWESOME JOB LADIES :flowerforyou:

This week's BIGGEST LOSERS
RhondaleeRoss
mariahhatfield
Getitamb
DarleneMedeiros
MamaDee2
Gazer362
Tartz66
NaomiLyn15
sboo
MamaStricks
Clifford2010
WFortner
jnell82
kaesize6
mummy2steven

All winners deserve a huge shout out and virtual applauses. All individuals & team winners can add the winner trophy link on the profile page to their forum signature.


Team by starsnyc21, on Flickr

MFPSTARSCHALLENGE

New question posted by MamaDee

HAPPY H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N!!!!

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

Mini Challange: KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE CANDY DISH!! If you feel the temptation, do wall sits until your legs feel like jello and you canNOT walk to the candy dish! So no determined number to do or how long to hold just do as needed to get past the urge!!!


Yes we do celebrate - I was a clown for the halloween party at our chuch Saturday night. Probably will not dress up today.
My favorite halloween candy is tootsie rolls - YUM!!! I got dum-dum pops for the church event and little bags of pretzels to give out tonight to the goblins.

Have fun and be safe!

shydaisi

Congratulations to all the losers, especially GETITAMB!
Looking forward to another great week!

NaomiLyn15

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners, but especially to my awesome partner GETITAMB!!!!! You are amazing!!! And 143.7 lbs lost. That is an entire healthy adult woman that we have lost. You are all amazing, keep it up!!!

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

I don't really celebrate Halloween, I have actually never been trick or treating actually. But, we did have a party last year, and this year we went to a party on Saturday night. So, we did dress up both years. THis year I was Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was such a fun outfit (my profile pic is a pic from Saturday night). My favorite halloween candy is candy corn. I know, so cliche, but it is my favorite. We did buy all mini bite size candy bars for the kids that will be coming by tonight. I am so excited to see all the cute costumes, but hate all the bloody scary ones. I get nervous when there are big kids at the door in scary costumes... I am pretty much the biggest wuss ever. :laugh:

I hope you all have a great day and a fun time tonight, whatever you are doing.

Great mini challenge - I am up for it. Luckily I am going to the gym before the kids arrive for candy, so it should be easy to say no (I don't like to sabotage my hard work)

MamaDee2

Congrats GETITAMB! Woot woot yellow!

starsnyc21

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

Well I do not really celebrate Halloween but I do enjoy the candy aspect of the holiday. My favorite halloween candy are Reese's cups. When I was a kid I use to trade all other candy for Reese's. Love them.

Hope everyone enjoys their day

nenabug

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

Usually I celebrate Halloween and dress up. This year has been really stressful at work so I just wore some fun earrings and called it good.

I prefer chocolate, but I am not a big candy person anyway so it's not a huge issue for me. We pass out the kinds my hubby likes since he is a candy guy.

Wfortner

CONGRATS to everyone who worked hard this week!!! And especially a big WOOT WOOT to Getitiamb!!!! You are AWESOME girl..... YAY to the yellow team for taking home the trophy this week...

Lets ALL keep our hands out of the candy dish and have an even bigger loss this week..... WHOO HOO!!!

WE ARE ALL STRONG.... Have a great start to the new week

starsnyc21

Congrats to Getitamb and all the biggest losers. Big shout out to the Yellow team. WOOHOO!!!:drinker: :laugh:

QOTD: Saturday Oct. 29th.
We all have a "bucket list", what are the top 5 things on yours?

1) Lose weight
2) Get married to the love of my life
3) Be a mother, grandmother & great grandmother
4) Travel the world - Africa, South America, Europe & Carribean
5) Write a book about my family history


QOTD Sunday October 30- What has been your best NSV since you began your journey?

Fitting back into a size 18 dress. It's been a while so I was really excited.


Mini challenge- walk/run for at least 20 min I will be working on this.

mummy_gerdes

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

yes and no - we dont go all out for halloween with parties and things but my 13month old is dressed as dracula today!! so cute! my favourite halloween candy is haribo sweets! yum! and i have haribo and individual lollies for the trick or treaters tonight.

I cant believe our weight loss this week its amazing!!! well done to Getitamb - thats a fantastic loss!

Go Yellows!!

mariahhatfield

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?


Yes, I celebrate and happen to love Halloween. It's so fun! I had my Halloween party on Friday night, and dressed up as Luigi. (Hopefully the picture will be up soon) I love any Wonka Candy. Sprees, taffy, Nerds, Sweettarts, etc. I also happen to love Butterfingers and Reese's.

I have assorted Wonka candy and fun-size chocolates (Baby Ruth, Original Hershey's, Butterfinger, etc.) to have my roommate pass out for tonight.

mariahhatfield

Also, GREAT JOB YELLOW TEAM!

and Getitamb! Fantastic Loss!

Keep it up! We have all done such an amazing job!

legacysh

First off, Congratulations to the Yellow team and our biggest loser of the week, that is just aweome stuff! Congratulations to my partner WFortner for continually posting good numbers!


Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

OK, Halloween is my second favorite Holiday of the year, so yes I dress up and have been known to have multiple costumes for the several parties I go to. This year, Since I am so close to my goal weight and am not getting any younger, I went all out as a biker chick, but looked more like Biker Barbie(lol)[profile picture for 1 day]! The outfit had the desired effect on my dear husband and we had a ball Saturday night at a couple of parties. For work, I'm a little more demure as a black rabbit!

My favorite halloween candy is twofold, anything carmel apple and candy corn, so when they came out with the carmel apple candy corn, they just about did me in.

Since we don't get many trick or treaters, I make sure to buy healthy stuff that we can munch on over the next couple of weeks. This year it's fruit snacks and teddy grahams.

Happy Halloween to everyone! Good luck with the mini challenge, but I had pre-designated the day as a free day, so I am going to enjoy it!

mrivera713

WTG Yellow Team! Congratulations Getitamb! Woohooooooooo!

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

I don't really celebrate Halloween. I am not dressing up. my favorite candy is those little tiny round .. SMARTIES... I think that's what they are called... the ones I use to pretend were pills when i was a kid. I bought chocolate and my family ate it... I may buy some more tonight... We will see.

6eighteen11

Way to go everyone!!

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

I had a Halloween party on Friday! I was a bumble bee and my husband was Justin Bieber My favorite candy as a kid (and still today) was Reeses. Tonight we're passing out a mix of Laffy Taffy, Sweet Tarts and Nerds. I'm so excited for my first Halloween passing out candy!

Oh, and as for the challenge, I plan on working out the second I get home so I'm less likely to dip into the candy bowl tonight

tameko2

New question posted by MamaDee

HAPPY H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N!!!!

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

Mini Challange: KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE CANDY DISH!! If you feel the temptation, do wall sits until your legs feel like jello and you canNOT walk to the candy dish! So no determined number to do or how long to hold just do as needed to get past the urge!!!

We are excited that our new house will be getting trick or treaters this year (pretty sure anyway since several neighbors decorated) but we didn't prepare much. I bought a witch's hat since my coworkers all wanted to go as witches this year.

I don't know if I have a favorite candy - any candy was exciting since my family was very healthy and we never had soda or candy or other kinds of treats around the house.

This year we bought a mixture of reeses, reeses fast breaks, and some other chocolate mix. Basically anything my boyfriend and I thought sounded good. Hopefully we don't have a TON of it left around the house but I have pretty uch resigned myself to eating a lot of candy this week.

i am totally going to fail the mini challenge. I don't think I will get through a single day without any candy.

Tiffany517

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

yes we do celebrate halloween... last year i dressed up not this year, not feeling too confident lately... and my fave candy would be kit kat...lol and i'm taking the kids trick or treating...

KatrinaG2012

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

I celebrated Halloween for years. Loved to dress up and decorate the yard and house for my son and the neighbor kids. He is grown now as are the others and we don't have any wee ones around here anymore. Guess I will have to wait on grandkids! No kiddies = no candy otherwise I and the hubby would just eat it all! I think my favorite are the mini snickers. Oh my I don't want to think about them too much!:devil:

sboo

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

Mini Challange: KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE CANDY DISH!! If you feel the temptation, do wall sits until your legs feel like jello and you canNOT walk to the candy dish! So no determined number to do or how long to hold just do as needed to get past the urge!!!


I celebrate Halloween per occasion. If there is a party to go to, are some reason I may dress up. I took the kids trick-or-treating last year it was there first and last for a while. They were 2yrs old. This was the kids first intruduction to candy. What a mistake. My youngest son C, asked for candy everyday for months until I just had to stop and tell him there is just no more candy in the house. I stopped buying it. So this year, we are just going to stay home. No dress up, no candy, and no temptations.

Love the mini challenge. I think I will be safe tonight.

Congrats to all the winners and losers. :flowerforyou:

getitamb

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

First I want to say congrats to the yellow team!! Y'all are awesome!! Next, I want to say thank you to sll of you guys. You all are supersupportive and even though I forget to post sometimes, I do love it here.

I do celebrate Halloween but none of my friends ever want to dress up because we are all overweight. So I didn't get to dress up but maybe next year. My favorite cangy will forever be skittles whichh I stay away from because it is also my trigger food. I have to have some more self control before I start eating them again. This year I found the candies I hate the most. Dots, Raisins and Sugar Daddies. I will ave no problem with control because I can't stand any of them,

getitamb

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners, but especially to my awesome partner GETITAMB!!!!! You are amazing!!! And 143.7 lbs lost. That is an entire healthy adult woman that we have lost. You are all amazing, keep it up!!!

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

I don't really celebrate Halloween, I have actually never been trick or treating actually. But, we did have a party last year, and this year we went to a party on Saturday night. So, we did dress up both years. THis year I was Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was such a fun outfit (my profile pic is a pic from Saturday night). My favorite halloween candy is candy corn. I know, so cliche, but it is my favorite. We did buy all mini bite size candy bars for the kids that will be coming by tonight. I am so excited to see all the cute costumes, but hate all the bloody scary ones. I get nervous when there are big kids at the door in scary costumes... I am pretty much the biggest wuss ever. :laugh:

I hope you all have a great day and a fun time tonight, whatever you are doing.

Great mini challenge - I am up for it. Luckily I am going to the gym before the kids arrive for candy, so it should be easy to say no (I don't like to sabotage my hard work)

Thank you. You are an awesome partner as well.

jnell82

Whoop whoop go yellow team! and congrats getitlamb

Oct 31 QOTD: Do you celebrate Halloween? If so are you dressing up for the occasion? As what?
What is YOUR favorite halloween candy? What kind did you buy to pass out the the goblins tonight?

We do celebtare Halloween, but no costume for me My daughters were a cheerleader and a pirate though We had 3 fun filled nights of trick or treating this year, but we did not pass anything out ourselves. We collect candy and donate it to the soldiers. My favorite Halloween candy is the chocolate

Challenge complete!!!

RhondaLeeRoss

A BIG congrats to GETITAMB for being the biggest loser! BE PROUD! And congrats to the Yellow Team! Now let's get it back Team Blue!!!!!

mrivera713

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

Mini Challenge: I challenge you to send a private message to someone on MFP who has really inspired you. (I want to say to your partner but I don't have one, so it can be your partner (preferrably), or to someone else on MFP) Tell them about how they have inspired you to keep up with the program or to encourage others... Lift them up and give them positive encouraging words...

(Thank you GetitAmb for reminding me that today was my day to post a question and mini challenge) To everyone who is almost done with their day, I am really sorry for being late! Hugs to everyone! GO PINK TEAM GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

oh wait.. my answer:

I love my lips... giggle Guys always tell me how beautiful my lips are and I want to scream, "I KNOW RIGHT!" But I just blush and say thank you... giggle.... Ooops! I forgot to say why! I love the way my lips curve and how they look when I smile... or pout... They just seem so ... I don't know... kind of perfect... I can look at them and not see a flaw. Never have a complaint about my lips... AND they don't get bigger or smaller according to what I eat! Now HOW COOL IS THAT???? grin!

Mini challenge done after I press send...

NaomiLyn15

QOTD Tuesday 11/1/11: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

Hmmm..... I like my collar bone. Weird I know. But, I like the angles that it creates, and how I have never really gained enough weight for those angles to go away. I like how it is a little bit crooked. It makes me unique.

I will get on that challenge right now!!!

mariahhatfield

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!



I actually really like my hands. My fingers are long, skinny, and my hands overall just look so feminine.

getitamb

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

Mini Challenge: I challenge you to send a private message to someone on MFP who has really inspired you. (I want to say to your partner but I don't have one, so it can be your partner (preferrably), or to someone else on MFP) Tell them about how they have inspired you to keep up with the program or to encourage others... Lift them up and give them positive encouraging

I really am starting to like my boobs. When I was bigger I hated them but as i lose weight, I like how they are perking up.
And no problem, I had to be reminded a couple of days ago. Life happens.

legacysh

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

This is a cool one, thanks!

I have had a hard time really committing to this answer...I would always say my eyes before because they have nothing to do with my body image. But now, after losing the weight that I have, and really looking at myself in the mirror a lot, I think I finally like my arms (yes bat wings and all) They are finally getting some definition and you know the whole extra skin is getting better as I work out. I have never been one to wear sleevelss shirts, but I hardly ever wear sleeves anymore and I am not as worried as I used to be.

Mini challene completed!

starsnyc21

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

Mini Challenge: I challenge you to send a private message to someone on MFP who has really inspired you. (I want to say to your partner but I don't have one, so it can be your partner (preferrably), or to someone else on MFP) Tell them about how they have inspired you to keep up with the program or to encourage others... Lift them up and give them positive encouraging words...

(Thank you GetitAmb for reminding me that today was my day to post a question and mini challenge) To everyone who is almost done with their day, I am really sorry for being late! Hugs to everyone! GO PINK TEAM GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

oh wait.. my answer:

I love my lips... giggle Guys always tell me how beautiful my lips are and I want to scream, "I KNOW RIGHT!" But I just blush and say thank you... giggle.... Ooops! I forgot to say why! I love the way my lips curve and how they look when I smile... or pout... They just seem so ... I don't know... kind of perfect... I can look at them and not see a flaw. Never have a complaint about my lips... AND they don't get bigger or smaller according to what I eat! Now HOW COOL IS THAT???? grin!

Mini challenge done after I press send...

This is a cute question..lol. Thanks for posting:laugh:

starsnyc21

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

I love my curves. Especially my hips and my butt. Yep I gotta a J-lo,lo be-dunk a dunk....:laugh: When I drop weight people notice. It's not to big but just nice and round.

Love the mini-challenge this week.

MamaStrick

QOTD: This is a DARE: I DARE YOU to tell us about a part of your body or something about you that you LIKE but never really tell anyone you like it! Then tell us Why!

I love my calves. They have great definition!