I'm going to post my overall progress photos from the beginning of my journey - not just from this challenge group because I'm waiting until the end of it to compare it to my beginning ones!
This is Summer 2013 Ashley before she realized her weight was becoming an issue - even after seeing this photo, remained in denial. No clue what I weighed.


Here's the first progress photo, from February 2014 at 169.2 pounds



And more recently at 149.4 pounds



Certainly a much happier version of myself!


Still have a ways to go, but I'm on the right track! And I've got these challenges and @Melodieccurn to thank for keeping me accountable!!

@celtikgirl lookin good! And lmao fitbitch - I love that! Congrats on the capris!

@change04 awesome job dropping those sizes!!

Sorry I've been quiet this week. I've had an emotional and busy week, my uncle passed away and my birthday was yesterday. Hopefully next week goes better for me.

Second to last week, congratulations if you made it this far! I’m sorry, but I’m getting a bit frustrated with the constant reminders that have to go out to put in your exercise minutes. If you’ve been doing it, great job! I appreciate you!! If not and you can’t handle the dedication of these challenges, don’t do them!! Simple as that. The team leader shouldn’t feel like they’re trying to pull teeth getting people to participate. And it’s not fair to the people that do take these seriously. You really can make awesome new friends and get great results if you dedicate yourself!! Sorry, just had to take a second to vent.

Heading to Rome – 3998 miles! 307 miles each if we’ve got the remainder of the team, but we’ve got a few with little to no minutes added so they may be gone. I’ll know by tonight or tomorrow morning.

I’m really loving the first roadblock, and it’s worth 50 points!! Look back at what you weighed day 1 of this challenge, and see how much you’ve lost. Once you have that magical number, find an object that weighs close to what your weight loss has been during these past 7 weeks. Weights, a bag of flour, maybe some canned goods from the pantry, whatever you can find! Throw it in a backpack and do some everyday household chores with it on your back for 30 minutes….vacuum, do the dishes, do some laundry, put those clean clothes away, anything! And for the second part, do one of your workouts for the week with that backpack on! Maybe not take it to the gym – which you totally can if you want to – but go for a walk, or do a home video, anything! Yes you do have to do both parts of this challenge to get the 50 points and there’s no partial credit. This is a good way to show how that bit of weight you’ve lost during this challenge effects your everyday life, and how much lighter you may feel once you take that backpack off!

Roadblock 2 – Yoga video is worth 25 points, work those abs!

Nutritional challenge – find new ways to add tomatoes into your diet. If you’re not a tomato eater, you can chose another Italian vegetable or herb for 10 extra points.

For accountability you get to choose your challenge, whichever you feel you need to work on. You can take another stab at the sugar detox, you can work on your water intake, or even just make sure you’re logging. Whatever floats your boat :] 10 points.

We're down to 11, so 364 minutes for each of us this week...we can do it!!

With my rough emotional week last week, according to the scale yesterday I packed on 5 pounds! I know it's all water weight, but that was an annoying number to see. As of today I dropped 2 of them already so I'm not too concerned. But for the lost weight challenge I'm going to go off my weight before I packed on those 5 extras. Only 5 pounds here! I'm sure I'll be surprised how big of an effect it will have.