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Team Name: Walk_4_Life
Number of Team Members: 1
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Comment: "We belong to one or more Yahoo Groups and are doing this to improve our health!"

Team Name: Couch to 1/2 Marathon Team
Number of Team Members: 5
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Comment: "We are a group of like-minded women of all ages who met on-line at the Biggest Loser Club.com. We are all part of a challenge there which is called the Women only! Couch to 1/2 Marathon challenge. We have all committed to completing at the least a 5K run/walk or a 10K. Most of us are planning to complete a half-marathon sometime this year. The activity tracker is just another part of the challenge for us. We are logging 10,000+ steps a day and completing strength training as part of the training for the half marathon. Members are from all over the United States."

Team Name: Mountain Climbers
Number of Team Members: 15
Team Member Locations: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia
Comment: "We are an ever-growing team of women from across the U.S. that have made a commitment to ourselves and our team mates to succeed in this challenge. We were able to do it in the WOMAN Challenge...and we will continue to do it here. We have a thread on the dwlz message board to provide support and encouragement, and celebrate our accomplishments. Go team Mountain Climbers! A more awesome group of women cannot be found!"

Team Name: New Directions
Number of Team Members: 32
Team Member Location: Minnesota
Comment: "I decided to form a team because I find that I do better when I am accountable to others for my progress - and I'm a little competitive. I hope to inspire others to join my team and take our lives in 'new directions' by increasing our physical activity and benefiting by improving our health, energy levels and reducing the effects of stress in our lives! Let's get ready to move forward!"

Team Name: Virginia Beauties
Number of Team Members: 10
Team Member Location: Virginia
Comment: "Our team is made up of phenomenal women from all over Virginia. The common thread is that we have all lost weight through a lot of hard work and dedication. We had different types of weight loss surgery and use our "tool" in conjunction with exercise to meet our goals and gain good health."

Team Name: BBQ - Beautiful Bridgeport Queens
Number of Team Members: 6
Team Member Location: Connecticut
Comment: "This is our first year joining the Woman Challenge. We are a group of family and friends! We meet twice a week at a local park to walk together as a team. Even bringing on more women who aren't a part of this challenge, but who want to walk for their health! It's very exciting and I know we will continue to walk together as a team after this is over!! Team BBQ - CT"

Team Name: Florida on the Move in Pinellas
Number of Team Members: 14
Team Member Location: Florida
Comment: "As part of our kick off we hosted Treasured Tastings, a lunchtime activity where the women brought nutritious, tasty dishes to share with others. Everyone traded recipe cards for healthy eating and had a great time sharing food and fellowship."

Team Name: Florida on the Move in Pinellas
Number of Team Members: 14
Team Member Location: Florida
Comment: "We are a group of women employees for the local health department in Pinellas County, Florida. Pinellas County, on the Gulf of Mexico, is home to beautiful beaches and two main cities, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. Our health department has several physical activity challenges each year for our employees and when we saw this one we wanted to try!"

Team Name: Ice Women
Number of Team Members: 19
Team Member Locations: Alaska, Texas
Comment: "We live or work on Eielson AFB near Fairbanks, Alaska, home of the Icemen. Most of our hard charging team mates are Active Duty Air Force with a few dependents, civilians, and our token Texan. We encourage and motivate each other to keep moving and get those steps logged! We are also in direct competition with the local Army at Fort Wainright who has a team called Iron Angels. The Air Force will prevail! Not to mention get healthier in the process. GO AIR FORCE, BEAT ARMY!!!"

Content last updated November 4, 2008.