First time here too! Very excited and ready to jump, run, dance whatever it takes !!!

It's my first time too and I'm super excited. If any of the previous racers on Team 3 want to give us some tips, that would be great!!

Another first timer here...looking forward to this challenge.

Hi! Welcome.

I'm returning too. @glossysweetums and @BJerzy summed it up well.

All I have to add is information about the spreadsheet. I advise to login and update it at least three times a week.

Waiting until Sunday night means if you forget or the system goes down then the whole week is missed and as a team we need all the minutes and challenges we can get.

It's also fun to cheer teammates on during the week so posts in this thread are motivating and help.

The fist weeks change will include giving an introduction in this thread and friending all your teammates. In this one case it's ok to start early. I'll introduce myself once the coffee is brewed.

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Hi I'm Joy this is my first time in this challenge and I can't wait to get started. I have a big dog who needs walking twice a day and workout most days so my numbers tend to be high. I'm on holiday next week but we are taking the dog and will have WiFi so I will still be participating but my numbers will be lower next week. Glad to be a part of this.

Hi. Welcome. My pup is my exercise buddy too and we get out every day. He has just gotten old enough that we have started the C25K for this challenge.

If you click on each person's name in the spreadsheet it takes you to that players homepage for easy friending.

@MissionEnforcer, You are AWESOME!

@TangledThread - thanks for the heads up on friending folks (and already friending me) and introducing ourselves.

My name is Becky, and I am married (12 years) with 3 kids (4, 9, and 11), 2 dogs and a turtle. I work full time and absolutely love my job. It's a hectic and crazy life, but I would not change it for the world. The typical "mom" excuse happened with my weight gain......put family and work first. Since joining MFP, I have lost 13 lbs and hope to lose another 11-12 lbs. I thoroughly enjoy working out, so it is my diet that needs the control (after work eating is the downfall). I am very excited to meet new folks from this challenge. Go Team 3!

I just sent friend requests to everyone in the group.

Hey enjoying getting to know you all!
Sounds like a really busy bunch.

I am 34 stay at home mom of two (girl soon to be five , and boy very soon to be three). My husband is a farmer (we live on a farm ), I have a full time job that I get to work mostly at home since my kids (office 1-3 times a week min 1 HR commute each way) and I own a horse farm with my sisters (half way to work). My daughter goes to pre school two days a week. And since my kids I have determined that I NEED to do something for myself to stay fit and be with them for as long as possible. So I get in a workout a day (NROL or any Jillian micheals DVD ) except on commuting days (out of the house early and home too late to have the energy)

Weight wise I have lost most everything I wanted except for the jelly belly .... so aiming for last 10lbs to come off (have been at the same weight for about a year now...) so since June have added NROL to recompose this body if I can't get to loose those lbs.

Summer is over. So less movement (less farmer work garden work and walking fields/fences). Hope this challenge keeps me moving like I did all summer. Looking forward to racing with you all!

For intro, my name is Muskan and I am from North Carolina. I am single and joined MFP because I have always been known as the "chubby one" in my group of friends. I am not obese but still a little overweight. My goal is to lose 5 more pounds! I am both a runner and martial artist so I hope to help our team win! My biggest pitfall is eating after 10pm! Hope to have a great challenge and meet both my personal goal and our team goal!

Hi fellow team members, I am new here; to the challenge and team. Still not sure what we are doing, but I am ready for the challenge!

Hello, everyone! Sorry to be MIA recently. Just returned from a two week vacation and wasn't ready to get back into any sort of routine, but I am ready now. Welcome to all the newcomers! The advice given by the veterans has been spot on! Try all the challenges early in the week, do what you can, try to add in extra minutes of exercise whenever you can, post often in the team thread and interact with your team mates (it's more fun that way!) and post daily (if possible) in the spreadsheet so we know that you are still with us!

Now for a brief introduction. I am 50 years old, married for 25 years (reason for the vacation!) two grown sons, (one at University and one working at the family farm supply business and living at home), and work very part time myself at said farm supply business. I was doing great until my spring birthday. I had gotten to within 4 pounds of my goal weight and was nearing the end of a C25K type program I was doing on the treadmill when the stress of the busy season got to me and I didn't know quite how to handle it. I haven't weighed myself since coming home from California, but I am assuming that I am starting over again from the beginning! This challenge couldn't have come at a better time for me!

My user name stands for my goal of becoming a "Healthy And Sexy Wife" and then my initials. My name is Lisa.

I haven't even checked out the spreadsheet yet to see who's on our team! Off to do that now!

And we have started.... proper introduction coming tomorrow but thought I would say Hello before heading to bed! Can't wait for morning to get back in the swing of a challenge and motivation!

Ok summ72. That just motivated me as I read that lying in bed. Up and at em!

Got to get one kid off to school and then will hit my home gym. Mentally prepared to do more! (Program says reps 2-4. I am going for 4 of everything today ).

Ok all. I have sent out a friend request to all that I haven't befriended yet!

@MissionEnforcer from the south shore of Montreal Quebec Canada (right on the boarder to New York). Beautiful harvest time of year here great in between weather for now (because we get hot in the summer and cold in the winter !).

@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