Hmmmmm .. I see my name there .. let me know what I can do to help.
C~
JoyRenee - Having people join up together in "pods" is always a great way to keep checking in on each other, however, the "team aspect that challenges each other" has some inherent problems .. from past experience.
It seems that some "leaders" are better at that than others and members of another team tend to feel they are not getting the best "leadership". Also, some team members are more motivated than others and those on a team that is not as motivated or successful tend to feel lost or forlorn because they may be personally doing well but their teammates are not. Does that make sense???
For those reasons, we hoped to have everyone participate as one big team .. where we're all pulling for each other in one big effort! Now, that said, there is no reason we can't come up with a way to small groups to encourage each other, send PM's and notes .. I think that idea is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!
Think Got_To_Do_It also has a plan that would work .. but we definitely need to get buyin from everyone so nobody gets left out! Perhaps a combination of the two plans would work .. whereby we do Got_To_Do_It's plan person to person (or two) and also have some people who would oversee a slightly larger group of members to make sure everyone is being reached. That way, if someone was not able to comment on their partner, those persons overseeing would be able to step in.
That's probably as clear as mud .. but love the brainstorming and hope you can get my thoughts .. the head is a little cloudy today with a cold and not feeling well.
Let's keep batting this around .. know we can come up with something that will be the best of everyone's ideas!
What if everyone takes the name of the next person in the list to them and buddies up with them - so we are accountable to ourselves and to one other person and we are helping one other person be accountable
SO:
Person A
Person B
Person C
Person D
Person A contacts Person B Daily or weekly to see how they are doing and keep them motivated
Person B contacts person C
Person C contacts person D
Person D contacts person A
Hope this makes sense....
Because a lot of people doing the challenge may not want this kind of support I would suggest you make a post for people to post their names if they want to buddy up... then you complile one long list and we each take the name of the person underneath us - unless we are last in the list, then we take the first person in the lsit...
We could create some sort of Buddy System. Divide the list up into equal parts and assign each Drill Sargeant (ha ha) and yourself as the leader. Each group can brainstorm ideas for their group name, too!!!
The way you could divvy up the names is to place them all in a hat and draw a name for each leader at a time. Or number each name and draw numbers if writing out names takes too long.
And part of being in a team means sending notes and PMs and encouragement to one another, having our own challenges or putting up challenges between teams.
When new members join, just place them in a group! If the teams get too large you could assign some of the older members as leaders and begin new groups as well.
OK TEAM .. What are your thoughts on the best way to reach out to all our members??? Turn those lightbulbs on and let's find a way!!!
goku - I love the word "peeps" ... lolll Thanks for sharing the great news about 35MomofBoys!
35MomofBoys .. Whooo Hoooo .. Congratulations!!!!! Well, we know you won't be "dieting" but you can stay tuned and share in our journey while you eat healthy during your pregnancy. We'll be here throughout your exciting journey and afterwards for some weight loss/toning support! ;p
Sorry guys if I missed you in earlier posts ... I've been trying to keep up with everyone and there have been more than 350 people that have joined the community. Please know that you have been added to the challenge roll ... and are in .. Lonelymom, Got_To_Do_It and msniki412.
ajwwr82 - Looking forward to your assistance in helping us all stick together .. :)
That goes for all of us! What a TEAMMMMM!!!!
haha wow a lot of people! thats awesome we all just need to stick together......
Can my name be added to the list?! I had no idea this was going on!!!!
Please add me to the list too :) x
Ok my name wasn't listed but I to have joined the team!!!
WOW! We have alot of peeps! i know alot but theres so many more!! I try to tsay hi to every1 looks like i need to do more lol!! OH I dunno if any1 else hangs around the other forum but the lady 35Momofboys she just found out shes PG with twins!!
That is 54 people and there are others in the community that participate regularly as well. BTW .. I am participating in the challenge as well.
Thanks Everyone! :)