Team Sass

sass30
sass30 Posts: 355 Member
edited October 1 in Motivation and Support
Okay ladies here is our team:

Sass30
JulesWatkins
trimom63
seballard09
FitJ1210
januarygal
ahalla
mkaluzny
zukekitty
spurradic
cashandra

As you can see I screwed up. We are only supposed to have 10 people including the captain. Not 10 plus the captain. So I have a couple of options on how to fix this:
Someone drops out
I leave as captain and let one of you take charge and start a different team
We have a challenge and whoever makes it stays

I am open for any other options. I feel it is unfair for me to point someone out and tell them they are not on the team because I screwed up. So please let me know what you all think. I would like to hear from everyone. Sorry guys, and don't be shy about your choice.
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  • BodybyPlants
    BodybyPlants Posts: 76 Member
    Whats this team for?
  • sass30
    sass30 Posts: 355 Member
    September Tribal Challenge
  • januarygal
    januarygal Posts: 336 Member
    I would like to stay on this team, has anyone had offers from other teams?
    Sass, you have gone to the effort of putting the team together so I hope you will stay as leader so I am not sure what to do.
  • ahalla
    ahalla Posts: 66 Member
    I would love to stay and would be open to the competition as well. Hopefully someone will drop out or has been offered to another team.
  • zukekitty
    zukekitty Posts: 185
    I would like to stay on this team, has anyone had offers from other teams?
    Sass, you have gone to the effort of putting the team together so I hope you will stay as leader so I am not sure what to do.

    Ditto
  • cashandra
    cashandra Posts: 25 Member
    Hey ladies, i'm gonna be dropping out of this competition. I am a member of 3 other challenges, none as big as this one, but wt loss is wt loss right! so hope you ladies enjoy and KICK SOME BUTT! :-)
  • januarygal
    januarygal Posts: 336 Member
    Hey ladies, i'm gonna be dropping out of this competition. I am a member of 3 other challenges, none as big as this one, but wt loss is wt loss right! so hope you ladies enjoy and KICK SOME BUTT! :-)

    thanks casshandra and good luck with your other challenges :smile:
  • PandaFit450
    PandaFit450 Posts: 619 Member
    Hey ladies, i'm gonna be dropping out of this competition. I am a member of 3 other challenges, none as big as this one, but wt loss is wt loss right! so hope you ladies enjoy and KICK SOME BUTT! :-)

    Thanks casshandra!

    Team Sass is a go!!!!
  • sass30
    sass30 Posts: 355 Member
    Thank you cashandra, you are a great person and good luck with your other challenges!

    Okay now for a team name, unless you all want to keep Team Sass. I only used that because I had no idea what to call the topic. So if anyone has any fabulous ideas, post away!
    For some reason I can only come up with Slimtastic.
  • seballard09
    seballard09 Posts: 26
    Hey ladies, i'm gonna be dropping out of this competition. I am a member of 3 other challenges, none as big as this one, but wt loss is wt loss right! so hope you ladies enjoy and KICK SOME BUTT! :-)

    Thanks Cashandra - that was really great! Good luck!
  • FitJ1210
    FitJ1210 Posts: 754
    Hey ladies, i'm gonna be dropping out of this competition. I am a member of 3 other challenges, none as big as this one, but wt loss is wt loss right! so hope you ladies enjoy and KICK SOME BUTT! :-)

    Thank you cashandra :flowerforyou:
  • FitJ1210
    FitJ1210 Posts: 754
    Thank you cashandra, you are a great person and good luck with your other challenges!

    Okay now for a team name, unless you all want to keep Team Sass. I only used that because I had no idea what to call the topic. So if anyone has any fabulous ideas, post away!
    For some reason I can only come up with Slimtastic.

    First thing that comes to mind is.... sassy pants? How about.... sexy and sassy? Just a thought.

    I'm so ready for this challenge!
  • ahalla
    ahalla Posts: 66 Member
    I like Slimtastic!!
  • sass30
    sass30 Posts: 355 Member
    oooooooo....I like sexy and sassy!
  • zukekitty
    zukekitty Posts: 185
    I'll vote for Sexy and Sassy! (with the explanation point)
  • PandaFit450
    PandaFit450 Posts: 619 Member
    I like Sexy And Sassy :wink:
    Team S.A.S. for short!!!
  • spurradic
    spurradic Posts: 153 Member
    wow, im behind! :( i got sass's message the other day, but didnt look at the thread till just a minute ago.

    thanks Cashandra, that was really nice! :)

    i can vote for "Sexy and Sassy!" and like jules said, "S.A.S." for short.

    its good to see some of my current challenge teammates here! and cant wait to meet our new teammates :)
  • sass30
    sass30 Posts: 355 Member
    So I think it is time to introduce ourselves

    My name is Sara, I am quickly approaching 31. I live in upstate NY, USA and have 2 daughters, the youngest is 1 and the oldest will be 8 in a couple of weeks. I work in Human Services with Developmentally Disabled and Mental Health, I work in vocational rehabilitaion and more specifically with High School aged children. I shoot for 5 am workouts, love to sweat and I am obsessed with my new body, specifically the new gain in muscle definition ( can't stop making my OH poke my muscles). I believe everyone should be happy with their body and that I should take my knowledge and help others. I believe in heavy weight lifting for women and am just finding a love for extreme cardio.
    I am very interested in others helping to keep me accountable, for after all, there is always more to learn from those around us. I love competition so I if I seem a little over the top you know why. I am not about excuses but I am about solutions to the problem!

    I am going to submit our team name as Sexy and Sassy! to Gary.
  • januarygal
    januarygal Posts: 336 Member
    Hi all,
    I have struggled with my weight for many years and am recovered from an eating disorder that lasted for 20 years. I avoided diets for a long time because they often resorted in me returning to my destructive habits. Thus, I slowly gained weight. Now though,, I am in a really good space in my life, happily married to my high school sweetheart for 29 years, three wonderful daughters with the youngest just heading to university this year. I love my job, especially since I switched to part time. So now is the time to finally take care of myself. I am headed back to the gym and I too like lifting heavier weights than most women use. A few years ago I could bench press 130 lbs and I would like to get there again. Something I do need to include in my routines in more stretching and other exercises to increase my flexibility.
    Anyway I look forward to getting fitter with our sassy and sexy team.
  • spurradic
    spurradic Posts: 153 Member
    well, my name is also sarah :) i am a software developer so by the nature of the job i sit all day. i was always a heavy person, even as a child, but decided 3 years ago to finally do something about it. i signed up for a weight loss challenge in conjunction with the usmc fitness bootcamp i was attending (run by a former marine drill sargent). i lost 70ish lbs in 6 months, came in 3rd in the competition (behind two guys who last time i saw them had gained most if not all of their weight back....) and havent looked back sense! i ended that challenge in the best shape of my life! but in the last year or so i started getting the mentality that i was working out so i could eat what i wanted when i wanted, then after knee surgery in january it just kinda got worse....one day i woke up and realized that i didnt work that hard to go backwards. so now that my knee is happy with me most of the time again, i can finally step it up a notch and go back to the workouts i love! :) i love to run, although im having to work my way back into that these days and i too believe that women dont have to do light weights just because they're women :) i would love to be able to do morning workouts but with the schedule i have these days its just not possible....but a workout is a workout! as long as it gets done! :)


    boy that was longer than i intended it to be! :) sorry!
  • PandaFit450
    PandaFit450 Posts: 619 Member
    Hi,
    I'm Jules! I'm 45 and I live in the UK. I have 2 grown-up boys (20 and 16) and I work as a Student Counsellor for the local government.
    I've struggled with my weight since my teens - a typical yo-yo dieter! Last year my husband suffered a heart attack at the age of 42 -whilst it was a huge shock to all of us at the time - our lifestyle had contributed to it over many years (too much junk food, not enough exercise......). So our lives changed for the better. However, for me it was starting MFP that really changed my life!!
    I am loving the August challenge and cannot wait for September!!
    :wink:
  • FitJ1210
    FitJ1210 Posts: 754
    Hi SAS's ......Nice to meet everyone :flowerforyou:

    My name is Jorden, I am 47 yrs old, married 20+ years with two children. Soon to be empty nesters. We sold our home last year and have been working every spare moment our new place, that we just moved into recently. In the process of I have put on
    20+ lbs. with lack of healthy home cooking and formal exercise. One of my biggest struggles is I am a all or nothing person, something I need to work on. I am a bit worried with the daliy exercise challenges, somedays I am out working in the yard 5-6 hrs, but we will see.

    I am ready to get me back..... nothing fits from my closet, even worse my wedding rings are too tight to wear.

    I am glad Sexy and Sassy was a hit :smile:

    Almost forgot ....I'm going to send everyone friend requests.
  • trimom63
    trimom63 Posts: 351 Member
    Ok, I guess I'll take my turn here! I'm Jill, 48 yrs old, wife and mom from Colorado! My kids are teens and older now...17, 18, 20, and 21, so it was time to take a bit better care of myself. I would say I'm a textbook "yo-yo'er" dying to find the secret to take it off and keep it off!! So, instead of doing any of the fad stuff, I decided to do this ...eat what I want, but in moderation. I did MFP some time ago, but started having neck issues, couldn't keep up with the exercising...yada, yada...you've all heard (and maybe MADE) excuses too! At any rate, in April, I decided to come back here strictly for the logging/journalling so that I would have something hard -copy for my doctor. I'd forgotten how wonderful the support is...I've met some really wonderful people that actually make this whole thing much more fun than it would be otherwise! Let's see....my personality....I love to laugh, can be a tad (well, maybe more than a tad) sarcastic...but am 100% behind everybody!! I just like to joke and have fun with anyone going through this journey with me!! ;) So, if you see snide remarks from me, they are NEVER serious....ALWAYS meant in fun!!

    I'm really excited to get going on this...I've been involved in the Aug challenge and it's been great to help me kick it up a notch...ready for ANOTHER notch!! To Sexy and Sassy!! :drinker:
  • sass30
    sass30 Posts: 355 Member
    From Gary6030:

    SEPTEMBER IS COMING! We will have two sets of exercises. I don't want this to be confusing at all. I'm thinking about using an external website to post this stuff so everyone could go to one point wherever they are. But that might be an October thing...not sure. We will have a beginner and a killer series workout. You get to decide. But push yourself. Try the killer's if your body isn't ready that just means just that you aren't ready YET! You will be though I promise. The Killer side of things will be incorporating Miss Zuzzana from Bodyrock.tv some Wildman Training and some tabata HIIT Training. Some of you will be like HUH? What did he just say....others will be like now we're talking. The beginners will be what we've been doing for those that are just beginning or need another month in this exercise phase! So get your self prepared because in September we're going TRIBAL! IT'S ON LIKE ROBOT DONKEY KONG!
  • spurradic
    spurradic Posts: 153 Member
    Sass, will we be able to do a combo of the "regular" and "extreme" if some of the "extreme" stuff is too plyo intense? (ie too hard on the knees for me?) i dont mind pushing in a lot of areas and dont want to be "stuck" at the regular level bc i cant do all of the extreme stuff. i hope that makes sense? that being said, i will most likely try everything before i say its too plyo intense, lol :tongue:
  • ahalla
    ahalla Posts: 66 Member
    Hey everyone!!

    My name is Alycia (pronounced like Alesha). I live in TX, have 2 small children and recently got engaged. My youngest just turned one and my oldest is four. I gained over 90lbs with my son and lost it all, well needless to say I took the same approach with my daughter, but kept on 15lbs!! I am a financial analyst and have tons of meetings so I tend to have a "vending machINe" diet. I recently decided I was not going to do that anymore and started working out hardcore; sometimes 3 times a day. I have been doing great at it and it truly helps with support. I have a buddy at work who checks on me constantly (we have a gym at my job) and ensures I worked out. We push each other to be better mothers and women. I am so excited that I found MFP because it has truly been such a blessing to meet such terrific people and hear so many stories of success. I am so excited and cannot wait for September!!

    BYE BYE LAST 15!!! WOO HOO!!!
  • sass30
    sass30 Posts: 355 Member
    Yes, you can do a combo of the extreme and regular, that shouldn't be a problem.

    Once we get closer to September I will start a new thread with our new team name as the topic, it will probably be the last week of August.

    What does everyone do for the normal work out routine?

    Right now I am doing the ChaLean Extreme/Turbo Fire hybrid. I also have started running, I run a 3 mile block around my house but there is a massive hill that I cannot run up or down yet (I live out in the country). When I am not up to running the block I walk it. I usually work out 6 days a week.
  • zukekitty
    zukekitty Posts: 185
    Hi team! My name is Dawn, I'm 49, married 20 years with a grown daughter. I live in Southern California. Until I turned 30 I was the skinny girl who could eat anything and not gain an ounce. I have been yoyoing ever since with periods of diet and exercise and longer periods without. Luckily, I eat pretty healthy normally so that has helped keep my weight somewhat in check. Candy is my biggest weakness. I was a Project Manager until I was laid off 6 months ago. I hated the job and we were financially prepared for it, so I am not unhappy about it. The job market is really bad here. I was getting depressed without a purpose and the scale started to go up and my clothes stopped fitting. The last thing I needed to be spending money on right now is clothes! So now my Project is to lose weight and get into shape. I have plenty of time on my hands. I was in the best shape of my life about two years ago when I was seeing a personal trainer, but still struggled with dropping lbs. . My muscles are beginning to remember now and I am getting stronger every week thanks to MFP and all the support here. Having to log everything is soooo helpful and plays to my natural insticts as a project manager. I've become a bit obsessive about it.

    I am pretty quiet, but like trimom63, I have a very sarcastic personality. That is why I usually don't get involved in many conversations on-line. I am worried that what I say will be taken wrong.
  • trimom63
    trimom63 Posts: 351 Member
    What are our workouts like now? I also work out 6 days a week...heck, might as well say 7, because I can't seem to take a blasted rest day anymore!! I have to do SOMEthing even if it's just a walk around the neighborhood! I have a pretty set schedule because I tend toward taking classes...that way, I can't QUIT or have to talk myself into finishing my workout...peer pressure can be a great thing!! :wink: I take BodyPump, Zumba, and Turbo Kick classes as well as doing whatever the Sept challenge calls for extra that day. On days away from classes, I do elliptical, walking track, running stairs...you know, the basic nightmare workout schedule!! Am I losing quick?? Naaawwwwwww...heck no....but my doc is thrilled with my progress :ohwell: so I guess if SHE says I should be happy, then I'll be happy! ha!! Glad that we can mix the two intensities...I have a feeling that there will be some things I'll have to work up to!!! ;) Go S.A.S.!!!!!!
  • trimom63
    trimom63 Posts: 351 Member
    I am pretty quiet, but like trimom63, I have a very sarcastic personality. That is why I usually don't get involved in many conversations on-line. I am worried that what I say will be taken wrong.

    I won't take anything personal if you won't!! :bigsmile:
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