Welcome to the Amazing Race! I am so excited to be a part of this race, and a little nervous being Team Captain. I hope to serve you all well. We have a mixture of both new members and previous Team 2 members. I think one of the biggest things Team 1 had last race was communication, so I hope we are a chatty bunch! Please feel free to come in here to vent, brag, get help/support with your struggles. We should probably start off with introductions.

Hi my name is Tami, I turn 51 in November. I work as Supervising Registered Nurse I run the acute psych unit and the local mental hospital. I have 3 adult children and a 14 year old. I have been on my fitness journey for several years now , not really looking to lose weight, looking to gain muscle and get tone. I lift weights 4 x weekly and run 3 x weekly I am looking forward to this amazing race group
Welcome to the newcomers and congrats to Lesley for being our team captain

Welcome back Tami, Sarah, and Anna! So glad to have newcomers Alissa, Bri, Joanna, and Brittany! I look forward to seeing the rest of the introductions! It's so neat to get a small glimpse into each other's lives.
One of the things that may be a part of the mini-challenges this week might be friending everyone on the team. So if this is something you are OK doing, you might start early.
Speaking of the mini-challenges, those seem to make a huge difference in terms of points for the week, so please make an effort to do them each week. There are always ways to modify to fit your needs, please do not feel intimidated by these challenges. Please always feel free to ask questions in here or in the Q&A thread. Looking at some of the other team threads and saw mention that someone had a number cruncher on their team who calculated that it would take the team 7 hours and some odd minutes of activity to earn 10 points whereas an individual could do 30 minutes of the video and get the 10 points.
Google Sheets is used to track our daily activity minutes as well as the mini-challenge points. It is a lot easier to assess where we are as a team if we log on a daily basis. If you have issues logging and need someone to add it to the spreadsheet, you can put a post in here asking someone to add it for you or feel free to message me.
As for a team name...last go round we used Team 2 Awesome. We could continue that or I also thought of Team 2 Beat. Any other suggestions??

My name is Jen. I came to MFP a little over 5 years ago to support my sister in her weight loss efforts. I've never technically been overweight, but with age and work stress, I had found myself pushing the upper limit of the healthy range, and I was totally out of shape and feeling blah... I had a few extra pounds to lose so I signed up, got hooked on the MFP program, lost the excess over a period of about 6 months, and I've been here maintaining at goal ever since - about 5 years now.

I recently retired in my late 30's , so my time is pretty much my own now. I spend a good portion of it being physically active. I hike, run cross-country, backpack, swim, mountain bike, strength train, kayak...And I live in Southern California, so I can do all my favorite outdoor activities year-round. This sort of challenge sounds fun to me. I'm generally reliable when people are counting on me, so it's a good bet that I will stay on task for the well being of the team. I like to be helpful, so I will make extra effort if the team needs it. Not sure exactly how this works, but I'm ready to go!

lbenson2006 wrote: »

...One of the things that may be a part of the mini-challenges this week might be friending everyone on the team. So if this is something you are OK doing, you might start early.
Speaking of the mini-challenges, those seem to make a huge difference in terms of points for the week, so please make an effort to do them each week...

I didn't think about this. I originally signed up on MFP with my sister, mom, and sister-in-law years ago. We promised that we would only friend each other so we could follow each other's progress and also use the site as a way of communicating personal family news and announcements. I don't think they are going to want me to break that rule for the competition - and I wouldn't really want to. I feel bad about that, now that I know it could be part of a challenge! Should I drop out and let a waiting list person take my place? I'm totally cool with whatever is best for the team. I don't want to mess things up right off the bat! Sorry guys!

Hi everyone - I am Debbie, aged 43 living in South West Wales UK. I live alone with 2 cats and 6 fish, I also have 3 horses. I have had ME for just over 10 years - and my weight had crept up to 185 pounds. 3 months ago decided to do something about it - went on a diet and I have slowly started walking to challenge myself to see where I could get. I am currently 160 pounds - so 25 lost - aiming for 147 so still a wee way to go. Not been well the last week but am slowly getting there - started walking again today - but slowly slowly. Looking fwd to the challenge and getting to know you all and also to be sharing the fun with the friends I have made so far on here!! Bring it on!!!

Jen (jenilla one - we're going to have 2 Jens and 2 Kim's, so it's going to be confusing, lol)
We don't even know that will be one of the challenges. Even if it is, I respect your need to keep yourself private. There will be sometimes where we can't always get all the challenge points, I just want us to try our best!! I know you will come through on so much, so you are stuck with us!!

I'm from Wisconsin. So far looks like I'm the oldest of the group. Anyone over 53? Thanks for the friending education Lesley I'll work on that tonight on laptop.

I'm working on prepping some chicken for the week, so hopefully I can get my diet back on track. I have rarely been finishing my diary under goal lately. I make sure I log everything though, to the best of my ability. That just hasn't had the same power that it used to though at keeping me from being SO bad. Hope to get that back!! Hope everyone's Sunday is going well!

I have all my friend requests entered for the members that have responded. Does each team have 14 members?

Hi folks. Another Jennifer or Jen here. I am from gorgeous Colorado, USA. Creeping up to 40, mom of 3, 6,7 and 17. My Bf and his mom also live with me. I work in admin. Started my weight loss journey in June. I have reached my first mini goal and started on my second.

@lbenson2006 you will be a great team captain. I agree, communication with the team is one of the most helpful in keeping us successful. Can you list some of the more weird activities that can count for our milage minutes?