I wanted to take this time to thank the handful of beta users that helped iron out some of the rough edges of Lose It or Lose It before it was released to the public. They had to deal with all sorts of weird things like

1. Having to enter multiple usernames/passwords just to use the site
2. Limiting their accountability friends to those of us already using the site
3. Being the first ones to say what their weight was publicly
4. Browser bugs (yuck!)

Thank you AWESOME BETA USERS! Here they are in the order in which they signed up and a little bit of info about them:

1. John Young - John is the owner of TIkaro Interactive, Founder of Guerilla Drive-In, Cofounder of Nerd Merit Badges (with me!) and an all-around creative-smart-friendly guy. You can find him on Twitter as @tikaro and on Lose It or Lose It as tikaro (he’s the high-roller at $1500!).
2. Brian Orme - Brian is a huggably nice guy who has helped make Lose It or Lose It better by submitting a lot of feedback. You can find him on Lose It or Lose It as FlabMaster (he is currently losing the most weight!)
3. Jim Haigney - Jim is a beetamer extraordinaire (he tames bees and convinces them to give up their honey… it’s delicious!). You can find him on Twitter as @westchesterdead and on Lose It or Lose It as westchesterdead (He is also our #2 invester! Thanks!).
4. Ellen Peters - Ellen is an opera singer, how cool is that?! We just saw her and the Philadelphia Singers perform “Christmas on Logan Square” and it was FANtastic! You can also hear her singing with Opera Company of Philadelphia or helping people set up vacations at Untours! You can find her on Twitter as @ApatheticAlto and on Lose It or Lose It as ApatheticAlto.
5. Rebecca Schmidt - Besides being a magnificent Support Counselor at Lakeside Education Network, she is also my lovely wife! You can find her on Twitter as @bexs and on Lose It or Lose It as bexs (she is the only one without an avatar :).
6. Mike Mangino - Mike is the owner of Elevated Code and a marathoner (that means he can run further than I typically like to drive)! You can find him on Twitter as @mikemangino and on Lose It or Lose It as mmangino.

Thanks again you guys for being so awesome and helping make Lose It or Lose It better!