PROVIDA SUPPORT COMMUNITY

Dear Prospective Students:

It is my honor to inform you that you have been accepted to New Body University. We are delighted to find so many qualified applicants. As a student at NBU, you will find fine living accommodations, experienced advisors, and friends from around the world. But more importantly you’ll be receiving a first rate education. Regardless of your degree track (6WBMO or SMART), you’ll learn all you need to know to make this life style change a permanent one.

We have high academic standards and we expect all our students to attend class (post often), participate in classroom projects and assignments (challenges), and most importantly maintain excellent grade point averages (earn your credits). We also require that our staff attend continuing education classes (stay on plan too) to ensure that we always have the best and the brightest. Each student should have their textbooks (6WBMO black book or SMART workbook) and study it regularly. We want all our students to do their best and set a goal to be listed on the Honor Roll each week.

Your Resident Advisor, Aylewysis924, will be here shortly. RUSH week begins October 29th and you will begin earning your credits on that day. On behalf of the faculty and staff of NBU, I welcome you. Please note that an official copy of the Student Handbook is enclosed (see below). 

Student Handbook

As a new student at New Body University, there are a number of rules and guidelines of which you need to be very familiar.

1. Everyone following the 6WBMO, SMART plan, or who is Living Lean is accepted for admission into this University game.

2. This semester’s schedule begins with enrollment starting October 20 followed by Move In starting October 24th. Students begin to earn credits during RUSH Week which kicks off on October 29th. We will accept late enrollments until November 5 or until all the dorms are full. At that point, prospective students are encouraged to attend New Body Community College (and participate in campus activities for no credit) until the next semester begins. NBCC enrollments will go through the end of Week 4 (November 25). Credits will be earned through December 9 and Final credits are to be reported by students ON December 10.

3. Dorm assignments are made on a random basis.

4. You will be earning academic credits for following the 6WBMO or SMART plan guidelines (food—7, water—7, accelerated fat loss—5, and body sculpting—2). Here at NBU, we have high academic standards. Each student should have their textbooks (6WBMO black book or SMART workbook) and study it regularly. We want all our students to do their best and set a goal to be listed on the Honor Roll each week. Those students who earn 100% of possible individual credits (21) each week will be listed on the Provost’s List. Those students who earn 90% (19-20) of individual credits each week will be listed on the Dean’s List. Those students who earn 80% (17-18) of individual credits each week will be listed on the Honorable Mention List. All students who are on the honor roll will add the appropriate icon to their signature. Students who fail to achieve a minimum of 60% (13) of possible individual credits in a week will be sent to Study Hall. Students in Study Hall will be assigned a tutor (someone who has had some success to buddy with) during their study hall period. If they are able to bring their grades back up the following week they will no longer be required to attend Study Hall. If a student is in Study Hall for two consecutive weeks, additional support will be offered.

5. You’ll also be tracking your inch losses as described in your plan. Your Resident Advisor will have more information for your regarding this.

6. There will be one thread for each dorm. You are allowed to visit all threads, but attend class (post) only in your own dorm’s thread. You may post all the motivation, encouragement, support, etc. Anything you would like to post that is from any other thread should be done so with full credit to the author via quotes, etc.

7. You are allowed to have excused absences from class but you need to clear it with your Resident Advisor prior to the absence. Your Resident Advisor will go over the details with you in your dorm.

8. If you skip more than 3 classes in a row, you will be considered truant and withdrawn from class. You may apply for reinstatement by contacting the Provost via PM.

9. In an effort to ensure that all recipes posted in NBU are on-plan and that we are providing our students with only the best advice and information we are no longer going to allow students to post recipes in the dorms that have not yet been approved by Provida. Having your recipe approved is a simple process. You can submit it via email it directly to recipes@provida.com. This should be done only by the person who created or discovered the recipe and not forwarded by a dorm chef, RA, or anyone else. Once you’ve had your recipe approved, then you’re welcome to share it with your dorm mates, etc. As always, students are allowed to post recipes they discover in the Recipe Exchange (or post the link to the recipe) but those found in the Makeover America Cookbook are not to be shared online. If you are sharing a recipe from an outside source, please include that source so that proper credit can be given. Even if you have made some minor tweaks to the original recipe, we still need to cite the source. We hope these guidelines will help you and your fellow students get the most from this experience.

Facilities Tour

New Body University has a host of great places for the students, faculty and staff to use for gathering information and maximizing the game experience.

NBU07 Fall--Provost's Office and Information Center

This is the official administration office. Any questions or concerns you have about NBU can be posted here. 

NBU07 Fall--Registrar's Office

This is the place to go for enrollments and dorm assignments. It should be the first stop for new students on campus.

NBU07 Fall--Student Records Office

This is the place for reporting weekly credit grades. Only the RAs (or an appointed person from each conference) should post in their conference color here.

NBU07 Fall--Food Services

This is the place to post recipes and ask questions related to the food portion of the 6WBMO and SMART programs. Students from all dorms are welcome to post here anytime.

NBU07 Fall--Quad

This is a general meeting place for student throughout campus—just a relaxed place for open conversation and fun. Students from all dorms are welcome to post here anytime.

NBU 101--The NBU Entrance Course

To see all past issues of Kirby Mail

WELCOME TO SKYHAWK HALL!!!

First thing I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Susan (Aylewysis924) and I'll be your RA for this term. The fall term for most has to be one of the hardest to stay OP (On Plan). Holidays are around the corner with YUCK and ICK to tempt us along the way. (The mention of off-plan food is not allowed, so we use YUCK or ICK instead.) No one is in this alone, with teamwork we can defeat the dreaded ICK monster, and I'm here to help with that in any way I can. Feel free to PM (Private Message) or email me at anytime. If I don't know the answer to a question, I'll do my best to find one.

I work full-time in a department store and don't have internet access during the day, so most days you won't see me until the evening, but I'll always be around. Keep in mind, some people do not have much of a personal support system at home, their support comes from their fellow dorm mates and myself, so I hope you will all support and encourage each other. We're a team and we're in this together.

Some basics for those who are new to NBU. If you haven't read the Student Handbook you can find it here. If you are new to the Provida Forum, you might want to spend some time in NBU101. (Click here to get there.) Rachel, our Provost, and Kirby, our Dean of Students, have got lots of great tutorials on how to do just about everything, from changing font color and size to

I like "cheat sheets" and I'll always have a link to this one in my signature. All you have to do is click on my badge and BINGO, you'll be here. And here is where you'll find links to articles that have been posted, templates for stats to be reported, and of course, challenges that have been issued (and their icons).

Other pages

SkyHawk Nest (Who's who for the dorm)
Bird Food (Links to OP recipes)

Stat Templates
Beginning Stats
Week 1 Stats
Week 2 Stats
Week 3 Stats
Week 4 Stats
Week 5 Stats
Week 6 Stats

Articles
Attendance Requirements for NBU
Getting Back on Track
The Craving Monster
Getting Back on Track
Plateaus


Challenges

Move-In Week
Weekly Fly By
Getting to Know You Survey
NBU Pledge
NBU Pledge Icon


Week 1
Week 1 Fly By
IDC
Name Badge Choices
Name Badges
School Supplies Challenge
School Supplies Icon
NBU-WIDE
Pep Rally Choices
Pep Rally Icon
AWARDS
Perfect Attendance
Cardio & Toning
Honor Roll


Week 2
Week 2 Fly By
IDC
Visiting Washington, DC
Wasington, DC Icon
D2D
Affirmations Road Challenge
Affirmations Icon
AWARDS
Perfect Attendance
Cardio & Toning
Honors


Week 3
Weekly Fly By
IDC
Midnight Ride
Midnight Ride Icon
D2D
Childs Play
Childs Play Icon
AWARDS
Perfect Attendance
Cardio & Toning
Honors

Week 4
IDC
Holiday Harvest Challenge
Holiday icon
D2D
From Stressed to Rest
Stressed to Rest Icon
NBU-wide
POP-opoly
AWARDS
Perfect Attendance
Cardio & Toning
Honors

Week 5
IDC
Tic Tac Toe Challenge
Tic Tac Toe Icon
D2D
African Safari
Safari Icon
NBU-WIDE
Tug of War Challenge
AWARDS
Perfect Attendance
Cardio & Toning
Honors


Week 6
IDC
POP the Balloons
Balloon Icon
D2D
Black Belt Challenge
Icon

This is the Who's Who of our dorm. Each name has a link to their Getting to Know You survey. (Provided each person filled one out. )

Aylewysis924 ~ Susan ~ RA
ivydt ~ Ivy ~ ARA
24hourgurl ~ Moni
amck ~ Aly
BackAtLast ~ Michelle
DocMom ~ Sharon
fatgranny ~ Cassie
FredandTamara ~ Fred
froggirl731 ~ Mona
LamamadeAbj ~ Viviana
LilKat ~ Kathy
oceanwaves38 ~ Andrea
phoenix_rising
robinjoy ~ Robin
thinkthin ~ Tiesha
vsalcedo ~ Virginia
willpowerunderdog ~ Tammy
yourfriendlana ~ Lana
Kozee_kids ~ Sue

Here is a page of links to approved OP recipes that our dorm chef or anyone else has shared. (I know I'm forever saying, "You know that one recipe sounded really good, now where in the world did was that post?" So, this should help avoid any of those kinds of problems.)

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

1. Provida Name: YourFriendLana   
Which means: I am able to communicate with anyone

2. Name you prefer to be called: Lana           

3. Date of Birth (year optional): Oct 7^th

4. State you live in (and time zone, please!): Texas, Central Time

5. Hobbies (or your favorite way to have fun): Reading and Going to the Movies

6. Your support team: My BFF & Sister

7. Your favorite color: Yellow

8. I am on __6WBMO__ (6WBMO, SMART, both or Living Lean):

9. I have been on the program since: June 2007

10. My current avatar: 40 lbs

11. My goal for this semester of NBU: 20 lbs

12. My short-term goal: 20 lbs

13. My long-term goal: 100 – 110 lbs

14. My biggest motivator is: ME

15. My biggest obstacle is: Working out, although I have a Total Gym, which I love…..

16. Is there anything that would prevent you from posting on a regular basis? Like unreliable internet service or internet access only during the week? There isn’t anything that would prevent me from posting, I’m currently an online student, and therefore I’m always on the internet.

17. Have you participated in NBU before? No

18. If so, what aspects did you like best? N/A

19. Did you have any jobs in your previous dorm? N/A

20. Which part of the plan is easiest for you (drinking 100 oz. of water, eating 5-6 times per day, cardio 5x’s a week, or sculpting 2x’s a week): Eating my meals on time.

21. Which part is the hardest? Getting in my cardio and sculpting

22. The best suggestion I have for my dorm mates: Continue to stay focused

23. My favorite thing about losing weight so far: I feel so much better since starting this program; also it’s a great feeling to try on new clothing sizes.

24. What do you think we can do to help you succeed? Encourage me to continue with my goals…

Aylewysis924:

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

1. Provida Name: phoenix_rising
Which means: I'm rising from and out of the fat!
2. Name you prefer to be called: Wendy
3. Date of Birth (year optional): 06-27-52
4. State you live in (and time zone, please!): WA & NV
5. Hobbies (or your favorite way to have fun): I don't have any-yikes!  I'm too busy working.
6. Your support team: My DH and family; GG; and SkyHawk roomies!
7. Your favorite color: usually blue
8. I am on _____ (6WBMO, SMART, both or Living Lean): both
9. I have been on the program since: 10-18-07
10. My current avatar: 5#
11. My goal for this semester of NBU: To learn as much as is offered and to utilize all that I learn
12. My short-term goal: to stay OP for the initial 6 wks
13. My long-term goal: is to keep my weight down and stay healthy
14. My biggest motivator is: my mirror
15. My biggest obstacle is: actually getting in all the meals
16. Is there anything that would prevent you from posting on a regular basis? Like unreliable internet service or internet access only during the week? I will have some travel days but should be able to post if there is no problems with the internet service
17. Have you participated in NBU before? no
18. If so, what aspects did you like best? N/A
19. Did you have any jobs in your previous dorm? N/A
20. Which part of the plan is easiest for you (drinking 100 oz. of water, eating 5-6 times per day, cardio 5x’s a week, or sculpting 2x’s a week): drinking 100+ oz of water / day
21. Which part is the hardest? eating 5-6 times / day
22. The best suggestion I have for my dorm mates: HAVE FUN!
23. My favorite thing about losing weight so far: it has not been painful
24. What do you think we can do to help you succeed? bare with me..  I have MS and sometimes my cognitive thinking goes awry. 

  GO SKYHAWK!

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

I can't seem to make the quote or reply feature work, so I'll cut and paste here....

1. Provida Name: amck
    Which means: my initials
2. Name you prefer to be called: Aly
3. Date of Birth (year optional): 9/20
4. State you live in (and time zone, please!): West Virginia (Eastern)
5. Hobbies (or your favorite way to have fun): Playing with my puppy
6. Your support team: Family and Co-Workers
7. Your favorite color: Steel Blue
8. I am on 6WBMO.
9. I have been on the program since: 09.09.07
10. My current avatar: 30lbs
11. My goal for this semester of NBU: Meet people, have fun and lose lbs.
12. My short-term goal: lose 20 more lbs by Christmas
13. My long-term goal: Get to goal and stay there..FOREVER
14. My biggest motivator is: My Scale
15. My biggest obstacle is: Everything......But I'm finding that I can move most obstacles if I really want to
16. Is there anything that would prevent you from posting on a regular basis? Like unreliable internet service or internet access only during the week? My daughter hogging the computer at night, but I think I can take her!!!
17. Have you participated in NBU before? No
18. If so, what aspects did you like best?  N/A
19. Did you have any jobs in your previous dorm? N/A
20. Which part of the plan is easiest for you (drinking 100 oz. of water, eating 5-6 times per day, cardio 5x’s a week, or sculpting 2x’s a week): eating 5 times a day, not always on a schedule, but I manage.
21. Which part is the hardest? WATER
22. The best suggestion I have for my dorm mates: Have Fun,  It's easier than you think
23. My favorite thing about losing weight so far: Wearing my old clothes that I couldn't get rid of because "I'll fit into that again one day"
24. What do you think we can do to help you succeed?

Aylewysis924:

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

1. Provida Name: Thinkthin
Which means: ...if I think thin, maybe just mabye, i'll be there one day, LOL!
2. Name you prefer to be called: You can call me anything, just don't call me collect, LOL..  just kidding, my name is Tiesha!
3. Date of Birth (year optional): April 6th
4. State you live in (and time zone, please!): East coast, baby...  rocking it in Virginia! (Virginia is for lovers)!
5. Hobbies (or your favorite way to have fun): I love to interior decorate, cook and like many others, SHOP TILL I DROP~
6. Your support team:  Just me mum and you wonderful ladies!
7. Your favorite color: Purple all the way!
8. I am on _____ (6WBMO, SMART, both or Living Lean): 6WBMO
9. I have been on the program since: on and off since 2002, i believe.
10. My current avatar: ON MY WAY!  ISN'T THAT ONE? :-)
11. My goal for this semester of NBU: 20LBS
12. My short-term goal: sounds funny, but my short term goal is to walk without my thighs rubbing together!
13. My long-term goal: have nothing jiggle when i walk with my new thin thighs! 
14. My biggest motivator is: seeing weight loss
15. My biggest obstacle is: MY CHILDREN! 
16. Is there anything that would prevent you from posting on a regular basis? Like unreliable internet service or internet access only during the week?  i am in the Navy and every six days i must spend the night on the base and sometimes our computers are restricted.. 
17. Have you participated in NBU before? Yeppers, just last semester.
18. If so, what aspects did you like best? the accountability and the friendships i made.
19. Did you have any jobs in your previous dorm? No (i'm a bad girl), i was in REAL college and didn't have much extra time for that.  perhaps this time will be better since i'm not enrolled in school right now.  hm...  anything i can help out with?
20. Which part of the plan is easiest for you (drinking 100 oz. of water, eating 5-6 times per day, cardio 5x’s a week, or sculpting 2x’s a week): EATING!  I LOVE TO DO IT ALL DAY EVERYDAY!
21. Which part is the hardest? getting in allllllll of the cardio and staying compliant!
22. The best suggestion I have for my dorm mates: Keep your positive ambition to continue whatever the case may be.  don't give up once you feel that you dropped the reigns just saddle back up and giddy-up!  we're all on this ride with you and we are gonna do it!
23. My favorite thing about losing weight so far:  The compliments (sometimes i feel that is shallow, but i like them because i haven't had many lately!)
24. What do you think we can do to help you succeed? Just be real!  Give it to me straight up, no sugar coatin' try to be nice cuz you don't want to hurt my feelings kinda stuff!  I respond better to tough michael thurmond love!  LOL!!!  This is going to be a great semester, everyone! 

Hello, Skyhawk Hall!!!  I'm so excited to be here this time around!  Yippppeee!  I can't wait to meet the rest of our group and am looking really forward to much success with everyone else here! 

GO SKYHAWKS!!!!!!!

Hello Tiesha,

What part of Virginia are you from?  I'm from Virginia also.  Well, I bought a house in West Virginia, but I'm still in Virginia LOTS.  I work in Maryland now.  It would be fun to have someone so close to chat with.

Aly~

Aylewysis924:

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

1. Provida Name: FredandTamara
Which means: I was going to sign up for a shared account with my wife, but then realized we each wanted our own stats but my E-mail was already registered to this name :o
2. Name you prefer to be called: Fred
3. Date of Birth (year optional): 07/01/1966
4. State you live in (and time zone, please!): WI / CST
5. Hobbies (or your favorite way to have fun): Playing on the computer & watching TV
6. Your support team: My wife (tamaramama) and Step daughter
7. Your favorite color: Blue
8. I am on _____ (6WBMO, SMART, both or Living Lean): 6WBMO
9. I have been on the program since: 10/22/07
10. My current avatar: On my Way!
11. My goal for this semester of NBU: Make a lifestyle change
12. My short-term goal: lose my first 20#s
13. My long-term goal: 100 #
14. My biggest motivator is: My wife and 3 mo. old son.
15. My biggest obstacle is: I love to EAT!!/ Starting a new job which makes staying on a schedule a challenge.
16. Is there anything that would prevent you from posting on a regular basis? Like unreliable internet service or internet access only during the week? No
17. Have you participated in NBU before? No
18. If so, what aspects did you like best? N/A
19. Did you have any jobs in your previous dorm? N/A
20. Which part of the plan is easiest for you (drinking 100 oz. of water, eating 5-6 times per day, cardio 5x’s a week, or sculpting 2x’s a week): Eating 5-6 times a day.
21. Which part is the hardest? sculpting 2x's a week
22. The best suggestion I have for my dorm mates: "Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out" -Robert Collier
23. My favorite thing about losing weight so far: doing it with my wife.
24. What do you think we can do to help you succeed? Just lots of encouragement, and knowing I am not alone doing this.., and knowing we are competing with other people..SO LETS KICK SOME BUTT!!

I have a question? I added a Ticker to my Profile but I also wanted to add a small quote or too, but the ticker website thing, said that it was limited to like 256 charecters, which when I cut the quotes out it took the Ticker only, I have seen several other people who have a ticker and Pics, or quotes etc.. how do you get more space to do what I wanted?

Thanks

Fred

Aylewysis924:

Just hit the “quote” button and fill in the answers. I’ll even do it first! This will help us get to know each other and give us some insight on how to approach this semester, so that we can get the most out of it.

1. Provida Name: Froggirl731 
Which means: I like frogs and my date of birth
2. Name you prefer to be called: Mona
3. Date of Birth (year optional): 7/31/1968
4. State you live in (and time zone, please!): CA Pacific Time
5. Hobbies (or your favorite way to have fun): Scrapbooking and crafts   
6. Your support team: Myself, my mom and friends
7. Your favorite color: Blue and Green
8. I am on _____ (6WBMO, SMART, both or Living Lean): 6WBMO
9. I have been on the program since: 10/8/2007
10. My current avatar: 10 Lbs.
11. My goal for this semester of NBU: Stay POP and more cardio
12. My short-term goal: to get down 40 lbs.
13. My long-term goal: to ready my goal weight and beyond
14. My biggest motivator is: being healthy and more able to do things
15. My biggest obstacle is: Halloween and Christmas ICK
16. Is there anything that would prevent you from posting on a regular basis? Like unreliable internet service or internet access only during the week? No
17. Have you participated in NBU before? No I haven't
18. If so, what aspects did you like best?
19. Did you have any jobs in your previous dorm?
20. Which part of the plan is easiest for you (drinking 100 oz. of water, eating 5-6 times per day, cardio 5x’s a week, or sculpting 2x’s a week): Water and Bands
21. Which part is the hardest? cardio
22. The best suggestion I have for my dorm mates:
23. My favorite thing about losing weight so far: clothes fitting looser (can't wait to buy smaller sizes)
24. What do you think we can do to help you succeed? Just provide support and motivation

Kathy, Lana, Wendy, Aly, Tiesha, Fred and Mona!

The signatures with pictures, quotes, tickers and other things are signatures people still have from the old Provida forum. The forum changed about 2 months ago and now there is a 250 character limit for all signatures. Best solution I've found to this problem is to have a link in you signature to a post where you can store all your icons you earn for NBU, plus tickers and whatever else you may want. If you click the ICONS in my signature, it will take you to the post I used last term for my icons. (I'm just going to empty it out and use it again this term.)

The other option is to place everything into one graphic then use that one graphic for your signature. This way is a lot more time consuming, I think.

FredandTamara:

I have a question? I added a Ticker to my Profile but I also wanted to add a small quote or too, but the ticker website thing, said that it was limited to like 256 charecters, which when I cut the quotes out it took the Ticker only, I have seen several other people who have a ticker and Pics, or quotes etc.. how do you get more space to do what I wanted?

 

Thanks

Fred