Hello All! I started my wellness journey 1/16. So far I have lost 18# and am feeling great! Looking forward to the next 8 weeks as I am hoping to reach ONDERLAND during that time! Looking forward to hearing all your success stories along the way!

Starting Weight: 232 (1/1/16)

Current Weight: 214 (2/28/16)

Goal Weight: 175# (whenever I get there, no rush)

Just Keep Swimming.... Just Keep Swimming... ("Dori, Finding Nemo")

Trust the process....

This is NOT a Sprint... It's a Marathon...

Slow and Steady wins THIS race!

I'm so excited!! Hi everyone, I'm Judy, I have three kids and in June I'm going to be a grandmother!! That has definitely motivated me to get serious about this weight loss. I started this year at 294, as of this morning I'm at 277. I've been faithfully writing down what I eat, and I'm trying to be more active. At work I sneak down and ride the stationary bike, it may only be 5 minutes so I don't get stinky but it's been helping my knees. I also just bought a new bike and have joined yoga. Right now it's kicking my butt, but I'll get there. I'm so happy to be on this team, I know we're going to go far :: he he ::

Hi folks,

My name is Samanda. I live in the Netherlands, Europe. I have been here a year. I am an Aussie and have also lived for 4.5 years in both UK (Scotland) and India. I manage 3 teams in a big company. To balance my gut and sort related health issues I am on a very low sugar diet. After nearly half a year I have lost over 10 kg, 22lb to 25lb depending on recent scale roller coaster.

I love challenges, learning and puzzle solving. I enjoy walking, cycling, yoga n weight lifting. My last week with my training partner (lab/saluki cross) who goes to Australia and her family after being with us since July. I am a small frame 5ft4 45yo who weighs 122lb and targeting 115lb. This challenge, I set goal as 117 to be realistic and my stretch is the ultimate goal of 115.

When the initial enthusiasm wears off, it would be fabulous to see each of us still here encouraging each other, giving our results in (even when scale hates us or life happens n we have a lousy exercise week). 60% of folk drop out from weight loss, giving up after things like a plateau of a month or a few kilos raised up. This is our health not just our scale results. We have a great opportunity here to cheer each other on through the tough times where patience and self forgiveness is needed. Would be awesome to see each of us reporting in for the whole challenge and be an absolutely 100% full and energetic team in 8 weeks time who have met some of their goals and learned a lot en route.

Go team 10. We are team 10 out of 10... 10/10.... that means we are 100%
Sounds perfect

Hi everyone! I'm Rhea. I'm 24 (soon to be 25 during this challenge). I'm from the Caribbean island of Antigua but have been living in Maryland, USA for the past 5 years. I'm currently enrolled in a full time Masters degree program and am also working full time. I took up martial arts in 2014 and am loving it. I have my first tournament next Saturday and am so excited! I am 5'2" and currently 143 ish lbs depending on what the scale decides to say. My goal weight is 125 but want to get to about 136 during this challenge.

I'm so happy to meet you all! Team 10/10 100% ^_^

I've had a pretty crazy week. Both school and work were really demanding. I was literally writing a paper and prepping for meeting every day this week so sufferring from a general lack of sleep. I got home relatively early for a Friday (by 6pm ^_^) so going to take a short nap before karate at 8:30. I find it's excellent stress relief ^_^. Going to wake up early to prep for class tomorrow then my weekend binging (sleep is soo good). Enjoy the rest of your Friday everyone!

Hi, I'm Bri. My first challenge to be apart of. I'm 26, from Tx. Started my journey in August at 240, now I'm 200.6, and I want to get to 175/180. Hoping this will give me more motivation! Thanks!

Awesome Buzymomof_3!!!

Our team is @mallowbar , @itstime2016 , ,@TangledThread , @LemonSocks , @plainanjelik , @briwashington5, @Buzymomof_3 and myself @SamandaIndia who we have heard from above plus a lot of folk who have not yet had a chance to check in, listed below to help everyone connect.

Hi there to the rest of our amazing team 10 members:
@theetycho
@jabber497 or @jabber4spam ?
@jaya11
@ReneeLauthers
@AprilRN10
@melibuny
@healthylifefit
@Tusksmom
@greyismycolour
@shockvalue07
@zerlinna87

Everyone: Are you ready for the amazing race?
Love to hear from you too, especially with your brief intro. Ready for our challenge kicking off?
Great chance to support each other here.
Go team 10!!!

@mallowbar @jabber44 is not on the options after I type @jabber4 and mfp tries to fill in the rest, only the two I mention above are so thus the query.

I am! First time doing something like this!!!

Yes I am ready!! I had messaged you a couple days ago Hope everyone is doing great this morning!

I made it clear to the end of the second run of week 5 yesterday (C25K). I plan to do it again today so I maybe I can start week 6 monday after all.

A small brag- I had a whoosh this week (thank you TOM) and I now match my high school graduation weight.

For context, I was at my heaviest in high school. That is, until the last year when my weight had been creeping up and I passed it. My goal weight is what I weighed a year after puberty (I held steady at that weight for decades) and my dream weight is what I weighed in college.

Still, it's fun to say.

SamandaIndia wrote: »

it snowed lightly in Amsterdam for a few hours and I got to spend an hour wandering back to the train station enjoying the snow. Great exercise n fun!!

Color me jealous. I love walking in the snow!

I wore a tank top and got a sunburn out on my run yesterday so I'm pulling out sunscreen for today. The weather is beautiful here but I shouldn't need sunscreen in early March or be walking outside without a coat.

It's jabbar44