****December "Slimming Minis" Challenge****

The Contenders: 

adrileigh - 195
angelaraja - 821 *Final*
christalrae - 845 *Final*
dmarsha1 - 318
firebug - 125
jamie5978 - 21
larissapeach - 909 *Final* 
lilness - 319
mauntler - 648 * Final* 
reginagallacher - 1,000
spacedreamer01 - 655 *Final* 
the1sweetie - 39

I want in, I want in :-)

I started off strong in the beginning of November, then staggered...

I'm gonna start fresh for December!

I'll email u my starting stats ASAP

xoxo 

I'm in again! Thank you christalrae!

Hi ladies!, Welcome!

Count me in :)

 

Please count me in!

I would love to join!

Me, too!

Good day "minis"!

I wanted to welcome back some of our former minis dmarsha1, reginagallacher, larissapeach, and angelaraja.

And extend a HUGE welcome to our newest members the1sweetie, lilness, and mauntler. If you have any questions just ask. We all had to at some point.

I hope that you will find this challenge as helpful for you and it was for me. I never thought I would end up taking over the challenge someday but now that I have, I am very excited about it.

I am sure that we will have more join in the next few days so let your friends know that they are welcome. I will l continue to let people join the challenge at any point in the month as long as things don't get too crazy. Those that join late will just have to give me their current weight on the day that they join.

I plan to post a challenge every few days so be sure to look for those. Remember that you are also welcome to post a challenge (positive or physical) but you have to be the first to post it for that day.

*If you have not sent me your starting weight, please don't forget to send that in today. *

With that out of the way, I would like to get to know all of you. Please tell us your first name (if you don't mind) and tell us why you chose the screen-name that you chose for yourself. (Now part of positive challenge #1)

I'll start off.
My real name is Christal and I wasn't very creative when coming up with my login name because I just used my first and middle name, ChristalRae. I almost chose the name Elliemay but that's a whole nother story.

I want in too! Thanks!

Oops, my starting weight is 166 pounds.

I want to welcome our newest members. Welcome adrileigh and newlady08! Newlady08 is not only new to this challenge but also new to this site. 

Okay, I am going to post our first physical and positive challenges. Remember you can complete the challenge at any time during the month to get the point. Positive challenges are generally posted in the thread but for timid folks you can just let me know you completed the challenge with your other info. Some positive challenges require you to post in the thread such as this next one.

 Positive Challenge - Introduction

Introduce yourself to the rest of the minis. Tell us just a little about yourself and as suggested earlier, why you chose the screen-name you did. You get one point for completing this challenge.

Physical Challenge - push up

 This can be full plank or on your knees. Do as many as you can. Complete this challenge for one point.

My real first name is Barbara, but everyone calls me Bobbie.  I absolutely failed in the creativity department when I chose mauntler as my screen name...it's my real last name.  I am 74 years old and in pretty good physical condition, although today's physical challenge is beyond my limits -- I have artificial knees, and push-ups are no-no's for me.  My husband and I like to travel: we've been lots of places and we're not done yet.  I am a retired music teacher, and I enjoy needlework, reading, walking (that's where most of my exercising comes in), decorating, writing, and singing.  I need to lose 14 more pounds to reach my c-c goal.    Check my profile for more info.  There...I've completed my first Positive Challenge, right?

Happy December Minis!

My name is Angela and I chose the screen name of "Angelaraja" because it combines my real name with my dance name "Raja"; I'm a bellydancer

Good luck to everyone this month; lets stay strong through the holidays together!

mauntler - sorry about the physical challenge. Maybe you can substitute a flat press instead if you have weights. For this you would lie on your back and hold weights (water bottles may work) then press them to the ceiling. Here's a link, except this man has extremely heavy weights.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/PectoralS ternal/DBBenchPress.html

angelaraja - that is so neat about belly dancing. Some friends of mine in college were thinking about taking some lessons together at a community class but never did. I think I was always self conscious about my belly.

 By the way, mauntler, I am a teacher.

Hello Minis!  My name is Stephanie, and I am 21 years old.  I have always had to work to keep my weight in the upper range of "healthy BMI" (blast genetics!), even though my frame is small for my height (I'm 5'8") and I should be able to maintain at a lower weight.  So I am here, once again trying to lose 20-30 lbs.  I have lost 8-9 lbs since I started weight loss efforts at the end of September, but in the last month to six weeks I havn't made any progress.

 I chose "the1sweetie" as a screen name because it was the first email address I had (minus an underscore), and I use it for everything I don't want to use my name for.

Nice to meet you the1sweetie. I was curious about your name since my husband and I called each other "sweetie" so much while we were dating that it kind of became the nickname everyone used to identify us. I guess you can say it is our pet name for each other.

Adrileigh is parts of my real name put together. A little about myself...I'm also 27 years old, I'm a teacher and have one child. I was always very active in sports in high school and college. Then I became pregnant and gained nearly 60 lbs. Aaaahh. That was 7 years ago, so I've stopped blaming it on my pregnancy. After the birth of my child, I quickly lost weight and got down to 155 lbs. Since then I gained abou 20 lbs. Not even realizing how much I had gained.....?? So I started cc and and was 176 and within a month down to 165-166. My goal weight is 148 and I'm 5'8". I'm a little concerned that these next 18 lbs. will be harder then the first 10.

I'm excited about this group....

12/1/07- 8x 8oz. water

:)

Hello, mini's.  My name is Alicia, and I chose my screen name Firebug because that is what my husband and one of my friend's started calling me about 6 years ago because I love to build and play with fire.  Not play in the piro way, but once the fire is built I like to move the wood around and stuff.  So that's why they nicknamed me the firebug.

Good Luck & happy holidays to everyone.

count me in again.  hopefully I can do better than last month.

Current weight is: 184

Today, 12/02, I drank 6 x 8 ounces of water

and on 12/01, I drank 4 x 8 ounces of water

Zero walking (exercise) for both days!!!

 

Hello, my name is Jamie.  I chose my screen name Jamie5978 because, obviously, it's my first name and the month, day and year I was born.  I am 29 years old.  I have 4 beautiful girls and a wonderful husband.  My journey to lose weight has been hard.  I have a full time job as a UPS driver so my free time is very limited.  While I was pregnant I had gestational diabetes with each one and it got worse with each one as well.  My goal is to lose weight so that it doesn't come back and to be healthy not only for my family but also for myself.