Moxie: T-Tapp Contest

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Elizabeth Warren: All Your Worth : The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan
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John Taylor Gatto: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
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Ellis Avery: The Smoke Week: September 11-21, 2001
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T-Tapp Contest

I'm doing the T-Tapp 60-day Contest, starting Monday the 12th. If anyone else wants to do it, the info is here, and I'll be posting my progress on my training blog (which has been dormant since the hungover 5K). Bethany? Lisa C? Anyone else?

June 07, 2006 | Permalink

Comments

I just rolled out of bed to get a glass of milk because sleep is not coming tonight and lo and behold I read this! A T-Tapp contest! I have no idea what it entails and will click the link tomorrow, but I'm in. I'm a sucker for contests and I love T-Tapp!

Posted by: Bethany | June 07, 2006 at 11:05 PM

Another tapper here (signed on when you mentioned it. like i got tamilee's tape when you mentioned it. maybe i should just be called lemming?), not doing the contest--i am still feeling too new. but wishing you luck!

Posted by: Rose | June 07, 2006 at 11:32 PM

Change of plan! I'll do it with you, but I'm not signing on to the contest (the prizes are out of my price range!!) But I'll do the 60 days along with you -- it'll help me get ready for the 5K!

Posted by: Bethany | June 08, 2006 at 02:36 PM

If my back is better (si joint and tailbone issues), I'll be in on it.

Posted by: Sarah | June 08, 2006 at 08:35 PM

I was all set to do the contest, but then when my sister came over today to take the pictures I realized that I didn't have a freaking newspaper to take the photos with. Technically I could get a paper on the way home from work, but then I'd have to tell R about the contest and me being practically naked in a photo and he would also have to TAKE the photos - anyway, he would laugh at me and probably not help, so I'm not doing it. I couldn't afford to go to Florida in October anyway.

However, I will still be doing T-Tapp for the next 2 months regardless of the contest, so you can count me in for moral support. I need to do my measurements because I fit into my "skinny" size 12's today. I couldn't even button them (not to mention zipping) last week. I as afraid to do the measurements at the beginning lest I put too much pressure on myself (also, I am lazy about record keeping, BIG TIME).

Posted by: Lisa C. | June 12, 2006 at 06:30 PM

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