Okay. My turn. Challenge #1 @MissionEnforcer

I live in a small town of 15,000 people in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is Tillsonburg, and Stompin' Tom Connors even wrote a song about it..."my back still aches when I hear that word, Tillsonburg". He is referring to the days when priming tobacco was done by hand, a back breaking job, since this is tobacco country. Well, was tobacco country. A lot, but not all, of the tobacco has been replaced by other crops...fruits and vegetables...that like the same sandy soil. We are surrounded by farmland, but you only have to drive an hour and a half (in no traffic) to get to the Toronto International Airport. We are only half an hour from Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, and two hours (give or take) to border crossings into Michigan and New York. Being in Canada, yes, we get all four seasons. Right now the maple leaves are beautiful in their red, orange and yellow hues. But after they fall to the ground, they have to be raked up. They are not so beautiful then!

I have friended everyone* on our team. I have also gone through and informed each member of who they are missing, so completing their lists will be a done deal shortly.

*except the team member that I told you about, mbansal123. She informed us that she is underage, and will not be accepting friends on MFP.

So I double checked all my friends request. I have only mbansal123 missing who has explained why not accepting. (sent second request per the rules-understood it won't accept so no worries there )

@MissionEnforcer

Hey everyone, it's Tuffgirl19! We are currently living in Alexandria, VA and I've really enjoyed having four real seasons. The trees are beautiful and the leaves are beginning to turn. The flowers in the Spring are gorgeous! We were snowed in for a week last year and that was an experience! 22 inches- my son loved playing in the snow with his friends. We live in a high rise condo and that was an adjustment for me. We're within walking distance of a historic park and it's really nice for walking, playing, etc.

I find the people in the immediate area are pretty friendly. It has a small town feel and is pretty slow paced. Old Town is not far from us and they have great restaurants, shopping and many blocks to walk!

@MissionEnforcer I've completed 3 days of water challenge, after today is complete, it will be 4! Only a few ounces to go. My son wants to do the Viking chant and drums with me! I've sent friend requests to everyone on the team and accepted all friend requests received.

I'm half way through the drumming - I didn't realize how terrible I am at drumming! It's as if I have no rhythm, which is totally not true! I felt like a fool. All of this means I had a great time doing it! hahaha It's fun and I'm looking forward to doing the other half.

I didn't get through the water today. I drank a lot of other beverages, but I've been peeing so much that I'm not about to chug 32 oz of water. It's okay, I'll get it tomorrow and Saturday. I'm having so much fun following along with everyone else - let's keep it up Team 3!

I completed my water today, 4/5!! I went to the gym and did strength training/weight lifting for 30 minutes and walked for 45 tonight! Im just starting strength/weight training and I'm a little sore in a good way. I was under on my calories and had a great day overall! Good night all.

Life got in the way of my fitness for the last 2 days and I was not able to put up big numbers because there was just not enough hours in the day but I am proud that I still had 30 mins or more each day.

Happy Friday everyone.

Nice work, @summ72! Doing what you can, instead of doing nothing, which is easier!

Always busy in the sporting household of @sandkp!

@smile_laughter and @tuffgirl19, you only have to tag MissionEnforcer when the challenge calls for it. In this case, it was the description of where we lived. When you complete the drum videos for challenge #2 or the water for challenge #3, you just enter it in the spreadsheet. You can tell us about it here, but you don't even have to do that if you don't want to!

Everyone seems to be doing well so far. I see a lot of exercise and a lot of completed food journals on my news feed! Keep up the good work!

Completed the drumming videos and they were actually a lot more fun than I expected! The kids heard me and joined me, which made it really worth it.

I have a short strength session planned for tmrw and with that I will be done for the week...might get in a extra cardio session depending on how I feel.

We are almost in Iceland, Team! Another 220 miles!

@slgibbs1997 if you have an apple phone try daily water free

Hey everybody! Got 50 minutes in on the treadmill tonight! Also Day 4 of Water Challenge Completed! One more day left for me and I will have all the challenges finished! I have loved drinking more water. First day was a little difficult, but after a while you get used to it! Of course your bladder never seems to get used to it lol.

@mbansal123 Thanks for the suggestion, but I actually have an android! I downloaded an app to try called Water Time Pro and it seems to work pretty well.