Hi Team! I looking forward to being your captain!

A little about me: I have been MFPing since August. However, from June to August I did Weight Watchers. Since starting on June 4th, I have lost 61 pounds and plan on losing at least another 30. I am always open to new challenges. Because of this, I recently finished the 30 Day Shred and I am on my final week of Couch to 5k. I am really looking forward to this BL challenge because I feel I might need a little more motivation in upcoming months. I have surgery scheduled on December 28th that will impact my ability to exercise. I feel this challenge will encourage me to stay focused.

I will be sending out friend requests today to all team members. I encourage you to add all of our team members as well. We need to start thinking about the following:

1. Team Name
2. Co-Captain (please volunteer if interested)
3. Challenge Ideas (we need to have our own challenge ideas each week)

Feel free to post your ideas here for now. Also...please take a few minutes to post an introduction about yourself here as well!

I look forward to getting to know all of you!!!!

Diana (sheepcat)

Hi team!!

My name is Danielle and I have been using MFP since about October of 2011. I have lost 17 pounds using this site. But over the past year and a half I have lost about 45 pounds total. I really like this site because I feel like when I post my food diary for everyone to see I am a lot more conscious about what I am eating. I am super excited for this challenge because I think it will give me extra motivation and help me lose a lot more weight!

I think a good team name could be Blood, Sweat and Tears....kinda weird but blood is red and I think it would show we are really dedicated!!

I think some challenges we could do would be a certain amount of water a day. Maybe over the usual 64oz.
A certain number of exercises that you need to do each week. Like 1000 Jumping Jacks, Sit ups, ect.

That is just my input!

Hello Red Team,
I'm Tony, I've been on MFP since June 2010. MFP has kept my going and focus on my overall goal to lose weight. I love this sight due to all the supportive people I've met since joining. The last couple of months of the year is always tough for me due to family and friends gatherings which brings out tempations because I'm surrounded by people who loves to cook during this time of year. I look forward to this challenge because it's a good way to start the new year and continue to lose weight. My goal is to get down to 185lbs. Red team, we are united and can do this! I look forward to meeting the entire team, good luck and stay focus!

Revitalize

Energized

Determined

I can't wait to get this party started! R U READDDDY!!!!!! :bigsmile:

I just want to say that we are the first on the list for the groups It's like their already saying we already won lol
Go Red Go!
We should do our ticker to be red power ranger lol

Hello Red Team!! My name is Kylah I have been on MFP for a year now and haven't lost a lot of weight on here, I keep fluctuating between 188-198 lbs since last December. It has been a struggle for me I love working out but with 3 jobs it has been tough to keep a regular schedule. I am trying to achieve my goal before my 32nd Birthday in May, by my birthday I would like to be around 135-140lbs and rdy to do the mountain hikes that I have planned for that week.

This challenge is for more motivation, support, to keep me on track and I am very competitive so hopefully this will end my plateau in terms of the scale.

Go TEAM GO!!

Great job getting your intros posted...we are waiting for a few people's but we have some time...so I'm not too worried.

So far we have two ideas for group names:
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Red Hots

Ideas for weekly challenges:
Drink recommended water (64 oz)
Burn as many calories as possible for the week.
Limit sodium to 2500.
Do a certain number of sit-ups.

Please continue to share ideas within the next week. We need to identify our group name and co-captain the last week in December.

I am contemplating starting a "group" for our red team. It will be a spot that we can chat (away from the other groups) and be the location where you would post your results from the weekly challenges and weigh-ins. Otherwise, I could create another username that you could report to in the blog area. Do you guys have any preferences?

Also....I am still looking for a co-captain. This person would be available to take over in case something unforseen happens to me. The main responsibilities if you had to take over would be gathering challenge and weigh-in data and reporting them to CJ. This person will hopefully also help me come up with challenges, etc. Please volunteer

Thanks!
Diana

Hey Red Team!
My name is Aly. I am 22 years old, I have 2 kids. I am a writer and a beginning runner. I ran my first 5k this past November-It was an incredible experience!!!
I joined MFP in Sept of this year, after having my second child in June. I gained a lot while being pregnant, so I want to lose it all be and me again. I have already lost a lot using this amazing site(28lbs in 2 months), and I am looking forward to losing more during this challenge!
I like all the challenges you guys suggested. I love the idea of mile challenges. I think it would be a great idea if we had a seperate red team group..
So excited to start this challenge! My suggeston for a name is the Red Socks..lol..but, I'm a New England girl so I'm completely biased:)
Go RED TEAM!!!!!!

Hi Red Team, sorry I was gone all weekend to Disneyland so I just saw this thread. My name is Shannon, I am 40 years old, I have 3 kids (22, 16 and 9) I live in Lancaster, CA (about 50 miles North of LA) I started MFP in Jan this year and am trying desperately to hit that 100 loss mark, I am hoping this challenge will get me closer to all my goals, I am so excited!!!

I like the name Blood, Sweat and Tears and I like all the challenges posted so far, I will continue to think of more. We are gonna KILL this!!!! Good luck all!!!!

Please feel free to add me!!!

the name is too long that can be the motto though.
can the team be called Winner? hahahaha

Welcome everyone!! We have some great ideas! In the next day or two, I will be posting a blog with all of the names you mentioned for our team. You will have a week to vote on your favorite name.

Once we have our name, I will be creating a group (similar to this one) that is for red team members only. I will invite each of you to the group and we will conduct our 'business' there lol. I am planning on having threads related to challenges, a general chat, and there will also be threads for each week (so you know what the challenges are and have a place to submit your weight by the deadline).

Please be patient with me over the next week...It is the last week of classes and I am a teacher...so I am trying balance tons of stuff at once. But I am looking forward to our upcoming journey together in this amazing challenge!!!!

D

I created a group that is just for our red team! I have sent you all invites! The banner is just something I put up there until we get a name picked out! I can also change our group name once we've selected one!

I will not be posting updates on this thread anymore. Any updates I post will be done in the new group. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/1399-red-team-biggest-loser-challenge