TEAM TWO
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I will see what I can come up with.1
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I need motivation to keep moving and eating healthy as well. @lbenson2006 could you continue to lead me until the next amazing race
Maybe come up with a weekly challenge for me to complete ? And I like the spreadsheet idea as well @jdelaroy 1 -
@energyseeker - Kim, I will try to come up with something and we'll stick to that Monday - Sunday schedule, don't u think? Also, any team mates have any suggestions of things they need/want to focus on, feel free to throw some thoughts out there. It will be very simple, sorry, I won't be able to make it nice and pretty like Clarice does. She has to put untold amounts of time into making that so detailed and informative. It's amazing.2
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Below is the average weekly minutes for everyone who finished with us. Those who were with us less than the 8 weeks have their numbers based on the weeks they participated. I was thinking maybe this could be used to set up weekly goals for us as individuals for those who need that extra motivation during this break in the game. Please let me know of other suggestions and I will try to post something by tomorrow evening of some ideas for keeping us motivated in the coming weeks. Thanks!!
Name - Avg. Weekly Minutes
lbenson2006 - 389
Annampea - 238
belle_reve9 - 242
Brittanypomales - 259
dwood1231 - 263
energyseeker - 441
jamaicanlady - 337
Jdelaroy - 421
jenilla1 - 393
Joanna2012B - 838
kimmy5280 - 696
llmg970 - 203
lynnjano - 649
Mark_ - 376
motivated sister- 356
murdog3t - 918
Raasy - 439
sabreena86 - 342
seylerg344 - 310
twinmom_112002- 644
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thanks @lbenson2006 for the stats I'll try to keep up my average minutes, I need the extra exercise to counteract all the holiday eating. I'll post here to keep me accountable.1
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I have had only a few bursts of activity since the race, but for the most part I've been slacking hard. It's cold lately and I just want to hibernate. The race made me get up and move. What a slacker I've become! At least the SoCal winters are short. It will be Spring here in no time, and that's when I go beast mode. I can only imagine how bad I would be if I lived up North!!! I'd just curl up in a ball and sleep the whole time...
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That pic is so cute!!!
I'm definitely glad almost all my exercise is done indoors or I'd be in hibernation mode right now for sure. Current temp is 11...wind chill -7. Too cold. Trying to convince the dogs to go out right now...pretty impossible! We had a poorly timed ice event Friday afternoon right before evening commute and it took me 5 hours to make what would normally take 35 minutes under good conditions. A coworker ended up having to stop at a rest area because her possible exits were closed due to accidents. She didn't get home til 3 am. Crazy!!1 -
You will have to bear with me as I try to figure out the technology piece of this. I am thinking of making this a challenge for this week. Maybe try to do this 3 times during the week. Also going to come up with an accountability piece.
Couldn't get the pdf to attach so I think I have the link below.
http://darebee.com/workouts/inner-thighs-workout.html1 -
So for anyone wanting a little motivation as to getting minutes in, etc. as requested by @energyseeker, here it is.
With it being Christmas week, I think we need to have a little flexibility. For the minutes, I think trying to get to 75% of your average should be a good goal to set. The weekend is probably going to be very hard for many people to get minutes in so that still leaves the work week. 5 out of 7 days is a little over 71%, so I think 75 is a good goal for this week.
As for the challenge piece, in the coming weeks I will try to think of giving a set of choices for an exercise piece and giving an accountability piece. For this week, I propose doing the inner thigh workout 3 times this week. I would say base the number of sets with your individual body but would count one set as meeting the minimum for the challenge.
For the accountability piece, let's do a veggie/fruit challenge. To get to count this as successful, we must have 5 servings of fruits and veggies per day for 5 of 7 days. This one will be hard for me, as for some reason fruits and veggies are the last thing I typically go for.
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thank you @lbenson2006 This will definitely help me stay motivated. I did one set of the inner thigh workout tonight. The side leg raises were the most difficult , felt it in my hip joints. Love the website you linked, never been on it before. The fruits and vegies challenge will also be hard for me. Sending my hubby to the grocery store tomorrow to get me a variety to choose from this week. My dish to pass for my parents Christmas dinner on Friday will definitely be a fruit and vegie tray.2
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I hadn't been there before, either. Just happened to come across that one on Pinterest.
Looked around a bit but not much. Did their quick warmup this morning before starting my workout. That's one place I fail a lot when I'm not doing a video. I got my first set of the inner thigh workout in today. Those side leg lifts were difficult. Interesting how high the picture shows their leg getting and comparing that to how high mine got.
Got in 57 minutes so far! 
Pretty sure there's going to be a fruit and veggie tray at mine too....now. lol. One hard part will be trying to figure out what counts as a serving.0 -
According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, you should consume between five and 13 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. This is equivalent to about 2 1/2 to 6 1/2 cups daily, depending on the amount of calories you need to consume for your weight and level of activity. For example, if you take in 2,000 calories daily, you should consume nine servings, equivalent to about 4 1/2 cups. These servings should be divided about equally between fruits and vegetables -- four to five servings of each daily.
So looks like 1/2 cup is a serving.1 -
Hey, I was/am sick. I will try and look at the spreadsheet and get something together for everyone. I will let you know how it goes.1
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lbenson2006 wrote: »According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, you should consume between five and 13 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
13 servings? I'm doomed!
I'll just try for the 5 and see what happens. I should be able to get that today. Just went shopping yesterday. (I always have plenty of fruit/veg in the beginning of the week, and then hardly anything left later on...
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lbenson2006 wrote: »According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, you should consume between five and 13 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
13 servings? I'm doomed!
I'll just try for the 5 and see what happens. I should be able to get that today. Just went shopping yesterday. (I always have plenty of fruit/veg in the beginning of the week, and then hardly anything left later on...
I think 5 is a really good place to start for me. Probably will never make it to 13. That'd be crazy. Lol1 -
Hey team. I actually do 5 servings of vegetables and 4 servings of fruits on most days of the week. Unless I run out of stuff midweek. How I get in my veggies is to do a simple stir fry with any veggies I have available, plus a green smoothie. So for example yesterday I used 1 cup of spinach to make a green smoothie with banana, frozen strawberries and blueberries which was 1 serving of veggies and 2 servings of fruits. And I made a stir fry with cabbage, green beans and carrots. No soy sauce or anything. Just sprinkled some all-purpose seasoning on them. Quick and easy.
For serving sizes use this as a guide:
1 serving of veggies = 1 cup raw leafy vegetables OR 1/2 cup cut raw or cooked vegetables OR 1/2 cup vegetable juice
1 serving of fruits = 1 medium fruit OR 1/4 cup dried fruit OR 1/2 cup fresh, frozen or canned fruit OR 1/2 cup fruit juice4
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jamaicanlady wrote: »...So for example yesterday I used 1 cup of spinach to make a green smoothie with banana, frozen strawberries and blueberries which was 1 serving of veggies and 2 servings of fruits.
Great idea. We need a green smoothie challenge in the next race!
On weights days I make a protein shake and instead of using ice, I use frozen blueberries and frozen mango or pineapple. That's 2 fruit servings right there. I guess I need to make my shakes on non-weights days, too...Thanks for the reminder!
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Great ideas Tameika. I haven't done smoothies or stir fry in a while. Need to get back to that. I did manage to get in at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies today so 1 for 1! Skipped gym so still at 57 minutes which is 15% of my weekly average.0
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I got the thigh exercises done, not sure about minutes. I'm walking faster, standing straighter, holding in my abs, deep breathing throughout my work days. I also have been stretching upon arising. I got in 5 fruit/veggies but don't think they were full servings.0
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thigh exercises done, will have 5 fruits/vegies in by end of dinner. Day 2 of 5.1
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Skipped thighs today. Only veggies I've had was broccoli at lunch. I'm not for sure how much it was, serving wise. I ended up having a crappy day at work and wasn't even logging as I went...which is really abnormal for me...now trying to remember how much I ate of what...yikes!! Can't guarantee I'll get my 5 servings in, but will report back.
Decided to take a relaxing bath with a drink and work on decompressing. 1 -
Per Tameika's serving size guide I'm assuming I made it to the 5. I had a full cup (2 servings) of cauliflower rice, a banana (1 serving), and I'm sure my broccoli at lunch was at least 1 cup (2 servings) although I think it was maybe even closer to 2 cups.1
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So, current recap...2 days of fruits and veggies, did get the inner thigh exercise done 3 times so far, up to 69% of weekly average so I should be able to make 75%. Hope everyone is having a good pre-Christmas week.2
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fruits/vegies 3 days done, 4th day of inner thigh exercises. Merry Christmas all.1
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lbenson2006 wrote: »So, current recap...2 days of fruits and veggies, did get the inner thigh exercise done 3 times so far, up to 69% of weekly average so I should be able to make 75%. Hope everyone is having a good pre-Christmas week.
I'm counting Sunday as the beginning of my week - not sure when we were supposed to start counting. As far as fitness is concerned, I'm having a good and LAZY pre-Christmas week. I ran 4 miles one day and hiked for 45 minutes with my dog on another. Aside from that, I've been busy with other distractions. Will be hitting the gym tomorrow for weights, though.
Vegetables/fruits - pretty good so far this week! 3 out of 4 days at goal - Sunday I only got 3 servings, but that was before I heard about this "mini-challenge."
Don't think we'll hear from too many people for awhile. I'm sure there will be plenty of things (various holidays, crappy weather, sicknesses, etc.) to distract everyone for the next couple of weeks... 0 -
I was continuing on the Monday start just because that was what the race did but it's not set in stone. This is all just to help anyone that needs it have a little more motivation. I will try to keep that in mind and post stuff late Saturday or early Sunday if I can. This week might be a little late because of Christmas but will try my best. As for communication, I will do my best to try to get in here daily it's just hard sometimes to find the time to post. But I try to get in multiple times each day to check in...so I'm almost always here for support!! 1
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Well, I will keep checking in here then, because I don't want to miss out on the next challenge and I know you're good at keeping us informed! I appreciate your efforts! (Remember I'm the bozo who couldn't friend anyone for the first challenge, so I don't really have a way of staying in touch!) 0
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Jen, I'll try to remember and see if I can send u a message when we know what date sign ups will be, etc.
As for me, I ended up barely getting in the bare minimum workout this morning but have managed to get above 80% of my average weekly minutes. Did horrible on fruits and veggies yet again. No way to get in 5 days.
Did buy a fruit and veggie tray to take down tomorrow for our Christmas celebration. It will be a relatively busy day but will try to come up with challenge ideas. 3 -
At the same time as the amazing race challenge I also did the Hogwarts Holiday challenge and I won overall Biggest Loser! I lost 5.95% of my body weight in the time frame of the challenge. I am so stoked at the news.
And while it's hard to stay motivated during the holidays I hope everyone is doing well. Happy Holidays Team Two!!7
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