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Sounds excellent - thank you!!

As my nephew would say, "HOLY MOLY COW!!!" What a roller coaster of events and emotions this last day has been. I wish Kristi and I could donate all of our extra steps to Stacey and Ivy and save everyone! It's a bummer that they won't let us do that. We tried though!!! :( I'll be sad to see anyone go, and hate that we have…

Well guys, I tried. I talked with Don and Tira about giving my immunity to ArmyWife to keep her in the game, but they decided they couldn't let me do that. :( They didn't want to start a trend about making exceptions for people because then they would have a headache with everybody requesting special things. I figured they…

I'm so glad you've had this time to spend with your husband. That is WAY more important than any competition. :) And I know you'll get right back into the swing of things once he has to leave again. You are on a mission, and you will get there. I hope he's been impressed with your efforts so far!!! You are doing a great…

That's awesome, Kristi!!! You really pushed through it, especially with all your issues this week. Hopefully that nightmare will be over for you soon!! I normally submit my numbers first thing Sunday morning, but today I'm going to wait until closer to the last minute so I can have one final push for a bunch of steps. I'm…

I hope you have had a wonderful time with your husband home! That is the most important thing. :) I haven't been getting in nearly as many steps as I would have liked, but I've been doing quite a lot. Been a bit busier around here than I anticipated, so I haven't had as much time. I won't be home most of today either, so…

I messaged them to find out exactly how the elimination works this week. Basically, every person who beats Tira wins individual immunity. Everyone else on each team is up for elimination, and each team will vote one of their people out. Unless, by some miracle, everone on a team actually beats Tira and then that team is…

Maybe you could make a step with something you have at home? Even a step-stool or a big book might work. I don't have stairs in my house (just at work) but I'm coming up with ideas to fashion something so I can do steps at home. Just trying to figure out the best idea so I don't make it too tall or too short. Also, I just…

Also, keep moving because I don't want us to have to vote out anyone this week. That whole vote thing makes me want to work that much harder!! :)

Great job, Kristi! I knew you would rock this challenge since that's pretty much your main form of exercise these days. :) FYI, there are 1665 steps in the Eiffel Tower and 1860 steps in the Empire State Building if anyone wants to know. I was looking some things up so I could have an idea. I have a very large daily goal…

Indeed, and same to you!

Awesome job, Yellow!!!! We actually got to keep everybody this week for (I think) the first time ever! I'm so happy it all worked out!!! How are you all with stair climbing?? :) I'm going to do my very best this week for that. I always climb up and down the stairs on breaks at work, so I'll make sure to up those even more.…

Thanks jaygirl, and great job for you this week!!! That is excellent! Ok guys, once you all have your weights turned in, be sure to post what your weight losses were for this week as well as your picks for our "lucky" numbers. Once we know how much weight we each have lost, we can decide what to do with our…

Oh, I hope hope hope hope we get immunity too! Or at least only get the advantage pounds - we don't need any of those disadvantages!!! :) We all had such good numbers last week, I hope we can pull some decent numbers this week so we can get lots of picks! :) Make sure you guys message me (or post here) your weight losses…

Ok guys - I'm going to go ahead and submit our challengers for this week. I'm going to go with myself, Kristi and Stacey. I haven't heard back from Ivy yet - and I know you are having a tough week or two with lots of stuff going on - so I'm going to go ahead and sit you out for this one so you can focus on the other things…

Hi Yellows, overall we had a pretty good week, I think. I'm so sorry that we have to see jaygirl leave us. :( Jaygirl - don't give up and keep up the great work you've been doing. Who knows - maybe we will get to bring you back into the competition at some point?? :) Ivy - I'm very glad to see you are still with us! It was…

That is really awesome! I know you had that one bad day (the day of the unfortunate cookie dough incident) but you got right back on track and rocked it this week!! I was able to pull a 3.4 this week, so I'm really happy with that. I didn't really do anything different - just a big rebound from my low weight loss last…

@Stacey - great job this week!! You are doing awesome. Like you, I don't obsess about my daily weigh-ins (and only log them on here once a week) but it's good to keep me on track and aware of what's going on from day to day. It seems to work better for me and remind me to keep doing good things for my body. :) @jaygirl -…

Hi there Team Yellow! It's about mid-week, so how are you all doing so far? Everybody getting in some good workouts and/or eating great healthy food? I'm happy to announce that I am now under 200 pounds! Yay for me!!! :) I weighed in this morning at 198.6 which is a loss of 1.8 pounds for me since last weigh-in. (I'm one…

Oh yes, I love Isa Chandra Moskowitz - she has a blog called Post Punk Kitchen at theppk.com that is really great! I also really enjoy the Vegan Dad blog. Thanks for all the great ideas, everyone - I'm learning about some good resources here too!

I don't really have any book suggestions other than The Kind Diet, which I think is great.... But if you really like the Quorn products, you ought to check out the Gardein ones. They are all vegan and really, really tasty! And the ingredients are much better than a lot of the fake meat type products. They are sold in most…

Jaygirl and Kristi - it's so nice to meet you both, and so great to have you on our new and improved team! And Stacey and Ivy - I'm SO glad you two made it with me to the "merge." :) I truly do think we have a great team, and I think every one of us seems to be motivated and willing to do our best for ourselves and the…

I would like to welcome our new TEAM YELLOW members, Kritty and Jaygirl, to our excellent team! We lost a couple this week, but I think we will be even stronger new with our two new, highly motivated people! So glad to have you guys with us, and I think the five of us are going to kick some major butt from this point…

Glad the new shoes are helping!!! Those make such a big difference, especially with an injury or pain. I can't wait for the blog either - Mondays seem to last forever! :) I'm sure nobody with think either of us are lying about our times (I sure hope not anyway). I doubt we have made up enough time to make it to the top, so…

Hi guys, I hope everyone turned in their times as well! I don't want to lose another one (or more!) of us this week. Great job, Stacey - that's a big improvement in your mile time!! I ended up knocking a total of 1:13 off of mine to bring it down to 11:51 overall. (Oh my gosh, I hope nobody thinks I am lying about my time…

Ok Warriors, I've got a question of the week for you if anyone is listening: Is/are your significant other/partner/wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/family/kids/pets supportive of your weight loss and/or health and/or fitness goals? And are there too many /s in that one question? :) As for me, my family is always very…

It's very nice to meet you, Stacey and Ivy. How is everyone doing with your running and weight loss goals this week? I have some good news on my run - I was able to knock 1:07 off my time from last week. YAY!!!!! I went from 13:04 to 11:57. I can't believe I made it under 12. I did a full on sprint the last 1/10 of a mile…

Ok, my intro... I'm Chris, 37, from Arizona. I have no human children, but I've got three little furry monsters that drive me crazy even though I love them to death. I'm pretty outdoorsy and active normally, but kind of let it slip a bit over the past few years so I'm trying to get back to where I need to be. I've got…

Well, running the times of the 4 participating players on each team, here are the totals based on last week: Green: 46:59 Blue: 48:01 Pink: 50:41 Purple: 51:24 Black: 55:10 Yellow: 58:45 Orange: 59:38 Red: unknown (one of their 4 this week didn't run last week - but the 3 that did run all had great numbers last week) I was…

Well, guys - I just ran all the numbers and hopefully we can kick some butt this week on our walks/runs. I added all the numbers from the 4 members from each team, and if they stay true to last week (even if everyone improves a little) it would still be the same four teams that win immunity. That means we need to try to…