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Before we leave New York, I thought I'd share a bit about my trip to that amazing city. Sorry if this is a bit long, so feel free to just skip if you're not interested.
About 7 years ago I had a chance to go to NYC with my son and daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law is in the fashion industry and her friend gave her some tickets to a runway show during New York fashion week. They invited me to go along! Of course, I said YES! My husband wasn't really that interested so he stayed home with the pups and wished me a fun time. Love you, bye-bye!!
When we got to NYC it was at the tail end of a 2 week snow storm and it was bitter cold - averaging about 12-15 degrees and lots of snow still on the ground. Even with the weather I managed to pack a week's worth of close into my carry-on! We had rented an apartment in Brooklyn because it was a lot cheaper than a hotel in Manhattan. The apartment was a 3rd story brownstone walk-up, so no elevator. However, it was very spacious for NYC - 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms! I learned very quickly that New Yorkers walk A LOT! Our apartment was 10 blocks from the subway station and we came and went into Manhattan via subway every single day. I had to get used to seeing rats in the subway, but talk about good people watching!! Nearly every subway station had street performers playing music or dancing.
The fashion show was super fun. We waited in line (with wine) for about 90 minutes before getting into the show which lasted all of 10 minutes! Beautiful clothes and we did get to see a lot of interesting people and got lots of freebies like hair products and chocolates.
Our last night in NYC we went to a wonderful restaurant for dinner. It was Robert at Columbus Circle on the top floor of the Museum of Arts and Design. The view to die for, the food incredible. The waiter came up and offered us the very last they had of an "amazing Pinot Noir wine from the Willamette Valley in Oregon". Seriously? That's where I live! The winery is only about 10 miles from my house. Is that a crazy coincidence or what? I still remember being enthralled by the experience. Afterwards we went to Time's Square and walked around for awhile. We decided we needed some dessert and drinks so ended up at a place called Sofia's in Little Italy. That was the most memorable experience of all. There was a 3 piece band playing near the bar and we ordered some drinks and listened to them for awhile. There was a group of ladies at the bar with a cake and turns out they were celebrating the birthday of one of the band members. Before we knew it we were part of the party, eating rum cake and singing along with the band. Everyone was SO NICE! So all that crap about rude New Yorkers - we never experienced it once. They sent us home with a huge plate of rum cake (which my son shared with people on the subway) and wonderful memories of New York!
After I got home I was telling a friend at work about it and I did mention how much garbage there was everywhere and how that was pretty disappointing. She'd lived there before and thought I was nuts! What garbage she asked?? All over the streets and on the sidewalks! Garbage everywhere! Turns out that during the snow storm all the garbage trucks had been converted to snow plows and they hadn't picked up trash for over 3 weeks. No wonder there was trash everywhere. People were just tossing it on the sidewalks and the snow was covering it.
So now, I'd love to go back to NYC in the spring when there's no garbage issue. See a Broadway play and go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art - things that we didn't have time for. Visit the twin towers memorial now that it's completed. If you ever get a chance to go, please do it! It's the city that never sleeps and it's pretty darn incredible!
I NY!
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THE NEW DESTINATION IS UP AND RUNNING!
THE SPREADSHEET WILL FOLLOW SOON!
HAPPY RACING EVERYONE!1 -
WEEK 7 SPREADSHEET IS UP!2 -
I feel like missionenforcer must have a hidden camera in my house and knows what I ate yesterday, thus the food challenge!!5
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Week 6
El Condor Pasa - 2 Youtube Videos for 10 bonus minutes Complete
Challenge 1: Climb the Inca Trail :1778 steps (counting both up and down)
Oh my goodness, I have boulder climbed before, but nothing like this! Those pictures are scary! I think I'd have to just stay at the top forever and never go back down...
Challenge 2: MundoGuyi videos
Vivir mi vida
Intentalo
Darte un Beso
Mi Nina Bonita
Travesuras
+ favorite video again
Challenge 3: Extracto de Rana :under calories for 5 days
Ew.. maybe I'll just hang a picture of the cooked guinea pig on my fridge to suppress my appetite...
Peru looks like so much fun! Can't wait to get there!5 -
Mrscanmore wrote: »I feel like missionenforcer must have a hidden camera in my house and knows what I ate yesterday, thus the food challenge!!
Same. Cut it really close to my maintenance calories all weekend and even went a little over on Friday. Was already planning on getting it back in check, but it will be nice to have a little extra accountability.4 -
Ever have that day at the gym where you just breeze through your workout, and you feel like you are kicking butt because nothing is hurting or tiring? Yea, that was NOT my workout today...lol. I don't know if it's because I started with the stairmaster and did 10 minutes of steps toward the challenge (goal was to get 1/2 done which would have been about 20 minutes, but I only got to 10 minutes before being completely pooped). Or if it was because I'm still sore from that Rockettes workout and trying to catch up on Planks for another challenge over the weekend. Or if it was because I'd not been to the gym since last Monday. Or if it was just one of those days. Wanted to come home and knock out the videos, but man, I'm thinking a nap is in my near future.
Seems Team 1 is pretty invincible. For the first time, they kicked our butts in minutes this week (had three people with over 1000 minutes). I think we tied them this week in challenge points, which was awesome!! Sorry, but I just couldn't push myself much farther last night to get more minutes because I was so sore from Saturday (darn that Rockettes challenge)!
But we are keeping them on their toes, so that is good for us and them!
Though I have to say...this has crossed my mind at this point about Team 1...
No matter what just remember, we're...
Though I did get a chuckle from this meme that I found while looking for some "fabulous pictures"...not really sure what it really means, but it had me chuckling...
I don't know...I think we're still pretty fabulous...we've been working so hard - maybe we should take a bit of a workout break and make a detour to Disneyworld FL on the way to Peru, to hang out with some other Fab Fivers...
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday...and you know what...have a great week! We're Fabulous and we're still rocking this challenge!! Keep up the great work Fab Fivers! 4 -
WEEK SEVEN: CARRERAS A CUSCO!
CHALLENGE #1: “CLIMB THE INCA TRAIL” (10 POINTS)
280/1,778
CHALLENGE #2: “PERU TIENE TALENTO!” 10 POINTS
Completed 11/28
“Vivir mi Vida” (4:07) “Live my Life” - Woah! Did this one twice.
"Inténtalo" (3:21) “Try It” - Woah & yikes!
“Darte un Beso” (3:54) “Give You a Kiss” - Woah, yikes & wowsers!
“Mi Nina Bonita” (3:21) “My Pretty Girl” - Freakin' awesome!
“Travesuras” (3:21) “Antics!” - I think this one was the easiest to follow but it also had the overlapping music that made me nuts.
I just want to say that this guy moves better than half the women I know.
Optional: “Viva Y Baila” (4:44) “Alive and Dancing” - I liked this one, but they were smiling so big while I struggled . . . It was like they were taunting me, LOL! I would like to buy their leggings, too cute.
CHALLENGE #3: “EXTRACTO DE RANA!” (5 POINTS)
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MINUTES/MILES
28 Nov. 146 minutes (76 minutes walking + 25 minutes MUNDO GUYI dancing + 30 minutes day 24, 30 Day Abs + Legs + Glutes Challenge + 5 minutes high knees + 10 bonus minutes, “El Condor Pasa” videos. Peru is so majestic, another country added to my bucket list!)
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300 stairs in today
2 of the dances done -- oh how I hate dancing. I gotta get this one finished so I don't have to get cranky thinking about it.
Well under calories today.
Also revisited my friend Jillian Michaels today. I think I hate her too.
Or, perhaps I am hangry.3 -
Challenge 1 - 246 steps today
* under calorie goal
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I'm up over 300 stairs. I was under in calories yesterday and I've done 4 of the videos. I feel like we've done them before. Did we do them in the last challenge? They seem so familiar! Or maybe I'm just getting more coordinated!!1
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Seems Team 1 is pretty invincible. For the first time, they kicked our butts in minutes this week (had three people with over 1000 minutes). I think we tied them this week in challenge points, which was awesome!! Sorry, but I just couldn't push myself much farther last night to get more minutes because I was so sore from Saturday (darn that Rockettes challenge)!
Yeah, I noticed the increase in minutes as well. Sometimes I think it would have been good to have a separate Fab Five group for strategizing... I feel like we are "watched" on here and when we say we are going to do this or that to try to overtake them, then they do something to counter it. So, now we are down to just 2 weeks to try and overtake them... I'm not giving up the fight, but we are going to need to bump up the minutes and complete ALL the challenges in order to have a chance at catching them.
What say ye, Fab Fives... are ya with me? Let's shed those extra Thanksgiving calories and make room for the upcoming Christmas goodies by spending more time in the gym, or walking, etc.! Oh, and don't forget those steps and dance moves for the challenges!!5 -
Mrscanmore wrote: »I'm up over 300 stairs. I was under in calories yesterday and I've done 4 of the videos. I feel like we've done them before. Did we do them in the last challenge? They seem so familiar! Or maybe I'm just getting more coordinated!!
I haven't done them yet, but yes, I believe we did them on the last race as well... or at least it was the same guy. Great job!
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So, here's my current philosophy. This challenge has pushed me to do more in the past few months, than I've done since I've been on here. I'm sure it's doing that for others as well. It helps to have Team 1 as a target to try to beat. However, I know they've said they didn't have much competition last race, so we're definitely giving them a run for their money...
But that helps them to do more also. So, this is one of those times when we have a win/win. We're all doing more (and reaping the benefits) and so are they.
Would it be better if we'd beat them some more weeks? Of course it would, and I totally agree with pushing for these last two weeks (especially since I know my personal minutes were lacking the last two for various reasons) because I know they are getting as tired as we are.
But I have to say, I'm rather tickled right now in maintaining our second place status where we're breathing down their necks at every opportunity 
Maybe I just have creepy stalker tendencies... 
But I have to look and notice that our two teams are consistently far ahead of the other teams every week, and we should embrace a bit of that success to help propel us to overtake Team 1. 
Honestly, I've noticed they wait until the last minute to log their time and many of their challenge points. It's a tactic, but it could easily backfire should the site have a glitch. I say, we just keep working our butts off, do the best we can, and hopefully it will be enough to overtake them when we finally put it all together (challenge points and minutes). They have found the sweet spot, and I think we're close to getting it too for our team. We are the Fab Five! We can do it!
On a separate note...I finally got a chance to demo my new SUP 12'6" race board today (under sub-optimal conditions - heavy paddle and a bit of a strong Southerly wind). I put a deposit down on it, and will pay the rest next week when I pick it up. I'm pretty stoked about it, though it's a bit more board than I can honestly handle right now (feels like I'm maneuvering the Titanic compared to my 10'6" surf board). I posted a picture on my news feed. It's pretty cool, a board designed and shaped by a guy in Australia. I got a great deal on it when you convert Australian dollars to US. Now, I have to purchase a new paddle and some other accessories. This is my late birthday present (Oct) and an early Christmas present to myself. The competition with the 50+ women in the raceboard category is brutal, so I'll have to get my act together for next season's races which start in April. But I'm stoked. Already texted my biggest competitor about the purchase...lol...but I doubt she's shaking in her boots...she's a pretty amazing racer. I think I'm going to have be getting out on the water more this winter to figure out what I'm doing...it's pretty stable, for a narrow board, but I have a feeling I might be taking a few dives into the water. Maybe it's time to invest in a wet suit...
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My legs are a little bit sore right now BUT I am almost 2/3 done the stair challenge. I've been aiming for 500 stairs a day so I'm already up to 1000. I've just finished the 4 videos. I liked the first one best so I'm going to do it a second time tomorrow. I really enjoyed reading everyone's thankful posts.4
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I'm trying hard to make the 1000 minutes this week. I've got a good start with today and yesterday. The tricky days are the ones that I don't run!4
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Monday: 270 minutes
Tuesday: 240 minutes4 -
Seems Team 1 is pretty invincible. For the first time, they kicked our butts in minutes this week (had three people with over 1000 minutes). I think we tied them this week in challenge points, which was awesome!! Sorry, but I just couldn't push myself much farther last night to get more minutes because I was so sore from Saturday (darn that Rockettes challenge)!
Yeah, I noticed the increase in minutes as well. Sometimes I think it would have been good to have a separate Fab Five group for strategizing... I feel like we are "watched" on here and when we say we are going to do this or that to try to overtake them, then they do something to counter it.
Having done a lot of challenges on MFP, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a private group for "strategizing" if you're in a team challenge. Since our teams are not private, we can pretty much guarantee that people from other teams are reading our thread. (Team 1 - you KNOW you are!) LOL
Something to consider for next time!4 -
I've made a little headway on the step challenge, but have been having some knee pain today. Lots of squats and lunges the past few days, along with a pretty intense cardio workout yesterday.
I've gotten only about 200 steps so far, but I'm afraid to push it any further today. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Hoping I can knock out a couple of the dance videos.
Under calories so far for 2 days.
Minutes so far this week:
Monday - 105
Tuesday - 115
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@b3achy -- you are so correct, this has been a great experience and we've done remarkably well throughout and I am very proud of our team! I'm just uber competitive and not willing to throw in the towel... maybe I'm hoping for some last quarter heroics like my Chiefs have done so many times this year, lol. At any rate, my minutes are already down from normal the past 2 days, but I will try to pick up the pace the rest of the week.4
