YEAH Blue Team!! I'm ready......(I think) :bigsmile:

I'm new to all this too. Just now noticed the "groups" link at the top of the page, which is how I found our Blue Team meeting room.... So .... I may also need a little help navigating, etc.
I'm raring to go though!

Blue team Rockin' It!

Who is our team captain?

I will be captain of no one else wants too. I prefer to be a participant not a leader, but I don't want our team to lose right out of the gate here. Let me know what you all think :ohwell:

I will be captain if you will be my co-captain? We can help each other and motivate our team :-)

Not trying to step on anyone's toes or anything, just trying to help out where I can. (If captain(s) don't think this is a good idea, please feel free to delete or slap my hand or something.)

I've been flipping back and forth between posts to see the challenges, etc. So, I thought maybe it will help us out if we have as much info HERE in our lil BLUE loft as possible.

Copying and pasting those messages here for your reference.

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Blue Team 5
Ridumcowgirl
yoyotired
jacsma
BadAtitude
ltrevino2007

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Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtITACIlndtJdHZQSEtfRFNWVEFMQWdZaEtOZ2NWUGc#gid=0

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Let me tell you about the challenges and how they will work!

Reward Challenge :
The reward challenge is the challenge where when you do an event you win a reward. Each week the reward will vary. Every Monday , I will announce which team has won the reward challenge! For this biggest loser, I will give you a workout challenge & food challenge! The team that has the most members complete the workout challenge and the food challenge wins . Whichever team has all it's members respond first and the team captain has let me know , is the team that wins the reward challenge for that week !


Weigh-ins :
Weigh-ins to your team captain will be due by Sunday night 9 p.m GMT to your team captain. Team captains give me your team members weights by Tuesday morning! The person on each team that has the lowest percentage weight loss will be put in the Pit Challenge.

The Pit Challenge:
Something like the elimination challenge. This challenge is where the individuals from the bottom of the group will compete against each other in a day after challenge that has to be completed the day after results are revealed. If you get the question correct you stay, if you get it incorrect your time is up and I hate to say this you won't be the biggest loser.

Other that workout and food challenges, there will be group challenges and motivation challenges as well. Like I said in the beginning we are a family ! We support one another !

Check the next thread for the sign-up sheet!

Are you going to be The MFP Biggest Loser for this summer ?

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For many of us, this is a clean slate of getting back on track! For the WEEK ONE challenge, I thought we might take it BACK TO BASICS! Let's take this week to focus on drinking water and cooking ! I know that this is not the easiest thing for all of us to do .

Captains please check in here next Saturday - Sunday and let us know how your team done with the water intake. Give us tips on how to get all the water in on a daily basics!!! Let's do this together!!!! Best team will get 2 lbs advantage next week (in week 1!!!) !!!

Cooking challenge
Also, I will be doing Cooking Challenge for week 0. It will run from today April 13th - April 20th . I need the pictures and recipe of 1 dish you were cooking this week for yourself . I will be judging on healthiness, calorie amount and presentation . It can be idea for lunch (pack lunch) , dinner , breakfast or even Snack!!!

You must send picture + recipe here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/957624-a-place-to-share-your-recipes-0-week-challenge-2-veg The requirement this week is you must have two different color vegetables in this meal. (IE, Carrots and Spinach together would work because they are different colors.. ) Any other questions, please feel free to email me or message me here ( mini.claire1@googlemail.com ) .

Best recipe will get 2 lbs advantage next week (week 1 weigh in)


DRINK DRINK DRINK...................... water:)

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Exercise challenges will be added on Mondays and they will be Monday to Monday

HI BLUE TEAM!!!
I am new to this challenge but ready to learn. Please add me as your friend.

That was a copy and paste .... so she doesn't mean to post your before and after pictures Here (in our Blue Room) ... but to post them here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/958296-post-before-pics-between-now-and-april-22th-only-here

Welcome to the Blue Team!!!


Here is the excercise challenge for the week!! I love cardio so this is going to be great!!!

Exercise

1. 4 days out of 7 of 30-45 min cardio sessions to be spread out during the week as it suits you best!

sessions of jogging, fast walking, cross-trainer or treadmill,Zumba, Aerobics, Dance, etc.
(moderate cleaning doesn't count )


2. Try something new or something you didn't do for a while - independent exercise of your choice: mine for example will be Trampoline yes ...we had trampoline outside for over a year and yes I didn't go on it for 30 min yet

If you lack inspiration, you can try swimming, clubbing (DANCING!!!), another class at your local gym, or that new DVD , take tennis rackets and go play tennis with kids in park ... or football ?

3. Best Butt Exercises For Women: Squats

Squats are one of the best butt exercises you can do to build a nice round booty and sexy legs. Make sure you keep your abs tight, back straight, weight on heels, and sit your butt back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYv5lQo4yM

can you make at least 350 a week ? E.G. 50 +60+70 +day rest +50 +60 +70

4. Don't forget to take a day rest! Your body needs it.

This is our first week !!!! It is supposed to be an introduction, so have fun and get healthy!

There is no lbs reward as our teams are not complete yet and track success would be difficult .

Welcome to the Blue Team!!!


Here is the excercise challenge for the week!! I love cardio so this is going to be great!!!

Exercise

1. 4 days out of 7 of 30-45 min cardio sessions to be spread out during the week as it suits you best!

sessions of jogging, fast walking, cross-trainer or treadmill,Zumba, Aerobics, Dance, etc.
(moderate cleaning doesn't count )


2. Try something new or something you didn't do for a while - independent exercise of your choice: mine for example will be Trampoline yes ...we had trampoline outside for over a year and yes I didn't go on it for 30 min yet

If you lack inspiration, you can try swimming, clubbing (DANCING!!!), another class at your local gym, or that new DVD , take tennis rackets and go play tennis with kids in park ... or football ?

3. Best Butt Exercises For Women: Squats

Squats are one of the best butt exercises you can do to build a nice round booty and sexy legs. Make sure you keep your abs tight, back straight, weight on heels, and sit your butt back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYv5lQo4yM

can you make at least 350 a week ? E.G. 50 +60+70 +day rest +50 +60 +70

4. Don't forget to take a day rest! Your body needs it.

This is our first week !!!! It is supposed to be an introduction, so have fun and get healthy!

There is no lbs reward as our teams are not complete yet and track success would be difficult .

Well I'm not sure how I missed the post but I did. So I am behind. I will start tomorrow on the things I missed.

We post what we have been doing for this week's challenge in our Blue Team Loft - so we are showing our team mates we are accountable and ready to go. Next weeks challenge results will be collected by our captain and submitted to the coordinator on Sunday evenings.

so for this week, I have completed a few of these challenges including the recipe w/pic. I am doing the 30 day Shred with another group so that is my cardio (daily....yuck) and I am doing the April challenge group and for this week we have been doing Ab bridges (so awesome) so I am using this instead of squats which I hate and already do in the 30DS group. I have not taken a rest day as the 30DS is for 30 days so I must keep going. (but I have had good results so far so I will stop complaining)

Hope everyone else is having a good week

hello everyone! My name is Donna I just got added to the blue team I look forward to being in the challenge with all of you and kicking some booty losing weight. My weigh in for today is 252 and I will try and take and post my picture by tomorrow.

A little about me, I am 47 year old mom of 5 with only the 2 little ones left at home (7 year old and 4 year old) I lost about 50 pounds with mfp and exercising last year but gained back 20. I like to do fun runs (walking) and 5ks last year I did 3 this year I am trying to double that. I did the color run about a month ago and am doing MS walk this coming Saturday. I live in Sacramento, CA. I had a walking/work out partner for about 4-6 months last year and that is when I was the most successful losing weight, she stopped working out at all and it really slowed me down. I am trying to find a new partner, but have not had any luck. Competitions also help me stay on track so that is why I am here

Hi guys! I'm Amanda and I'm just joined and was placed on your team! I'm a new mom that's nursing my 3 month old daughter. I'm eager to shred some pregnancy weight and can't wait to see some results. My starting weight is 241 and ill upload a picture tonight in the right place. Good luck everyone!

I would love for all of you to message me daily just to give me a heads up how you have done for the day. If you can't please let me know every couple days so we can make sure you are getting your 1lb advantages for the challenges. This may be a way to keep us motivated too!!!