TEAM TWO
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Brittanypomales wrote: »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!!
How awesome, Brittany!! Huge CONGRATS!! Keep up the commitment and have a happy holiday!!3 -
Brittanypomales wrote: »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!!
Amazing! MFP Rocktar on our team!
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Ok, for those needing/ wanting extra motivation, here's what I am thinking...as far as meeting our weekly average minutes, I'm sure it's going to be another hard week with New Years, but I think shooting for at least 90% sounds like a good goal.
For the exercise piece, one option is trying to get in 10,000 plus steps for 4 of 7 days. The other option is doing the workout linked below which is an upper body one from that same website. This one should also be done for the 4 of 7 days just to be fair.
http://darebee.com/workouts/paladin-workout.html
For the nutritional/accountability piece, let's try a green smoothie challenge (all for u, @jenilla1). Let's shoot for 4 of 7 here too. I'm not sure what all counts for a green smoothie, so I'm hoping for some pointers!! I'm assuming for it to be a green smoothie we have to have spinach or kale or the like in each of them. I think it would be helpful for those participating to throw what they are doing or going to do out here to help those struggling with coming up with ideas.
I will probably continue with a Monday start, just for consistency sake but feel free to make your week fit your schedule. This is all about keeping ourselves motivated so let's do what works best for each of us.2 -
Between working this weekend and church etc I won't be getting challenge completed. It has been helpful though to help me get something healthy done.0
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energyseeker wrote: »Between working this weekend and church etc I won't be getting challenge completed. It has been helpful though to help me get something healthy done.
I get it, Kim. I did my best and it at least gave me a little push. Here's to starting fresh next week!!1 -
Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas day. I had 2 rest days in a row but with all that eating, I was so glad to get back at it this morning. I'll probably try the paladin workout but also shoot for the 10k steps too. I rarely get in that many steps so I think that'll be a good one to shoot for. Still going to cover my bases though by doing the other! Lol2
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Woohoo! Hit my 10k for the day...thank u elliptical for getting me almost halfway there!!1
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lbenson2006 wrote: »...For the nutritional/accountability piece, let's try a green smoothie challenge (all for u, @jenilla1). Let's shoot for 4 of 7 here too. I'm not sure what all counts for a green smoothie, so I'm hoping for some pointers!! I'm assuming for it to be a green smoothie we have to have spinach or kale or the like in each of them...
I completed last week's fruit and veg challenge, but just barely. (Didn't get the exercise component done. I admit it.) Then, I was out of touch with MFP for a few days for the festivities, but I'm back now. I've never actually made a green smoothie, but to make mine green this week, I'll just add spinach (because of the mild flavor.) It's usually just frozen fruit of various kinds, protein powder and almond milk in the blender. Would it be cheating to add a few drops of green food coloring to the mix?
I don't have a step counting device, but I will just put in mileage on the treadmill or the trail and then calculate out how many steps it would have been. If we don't make 10k on one day, can we make up for it by doing 20k the next? Some days I'm super active and others I'm a hibernator.
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Would it be cheating to add a few drops of green food coloring to the mix?
I don't have a step counting device, but I will just put in mileage on the treadmill or the trail and then calculate out how many steps it would have been. If we don't make 10k on one day, can we make up for it by doing 20k the next? Some days I'm super active and others I'm a hibernator.
Of course it wouldn't be cheating to add green food dye to your smoothie along with the spinach!! Lol.
As for the 10k steps, I think the purpose is trying to get you more active on a daily basis, so in general I would say no carry over, but this is just for extra motivation, so I say you can do that, but maybe try to shoot for more than the 40k total for the week. My particular elliptical is 2241 strides equals a mile. 70k strides divided by that number is almost 31.25 miles, so I'm not sure if that would be a realistic goal or not. Sorry, I didn't think about the fact that not everyone has a fitness tracker. Lol. Guess I get so used to having that information at my disposal. Whoops!2 -
http://www.self.com/gallery/weight-loss-smoothies-nutritionists-swear-by?mbid=nl_122716_Daily_Hero3&CNDID=46473485&spMailingID=10109082&spUserID=MTcxNTIwOTk2MjY5S0&spJobID=1062014071&spReportId=MTA2MjAxNDA3MQS2
Not sure the link will work correctly, but hoping so. Not all of these were green smoothies but thought it might have the possibility to give some inspiration! I haven't had the chance yet to get things for smoothies yet (even though I ran into a grocery store and target both this evening). This is going to be a crazy week for me, I think, because of having to take my brother in law to the ER yesterday and he got admitted so for the time being, going to work then rushing home to go up there and visit. Such is life though. Lol1 -
Yikes! Hope your brother is OK!
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3 days of paladin workout done, only one day of over 10k steps, 2nd day of a green smoothie. I cheated though and have some kind of frozen pre-packaged mic of fruit and kale that you just add water to. I am not a fan though and would definitely prefer to make my own.
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lbenson2006 wrote: »3 days of paladin workout done, only one day of over 10k steps, 2nd day of a green smoothie. I cheated though and have some kind of frozen pre-packaged mic of fruit and kale that you just add water to. I am not a fan though and would definitely prefer to make my own.
Nothing wrong with a frozen pre-packaged mix. I'm lazy so I'm using frozen spinach myself.0 -
Only one day at the 10,000 steps for me. And I just got a Fitbit for Christmas so i want to reach my goal so it can light up and I can feel all "accomplished" but work and life this week keep shutting me down. Lol1
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I'm on day 1 of 8 day vacation from craziness of job. I will be taking break from challenges as well during this time. I've maintained my weight through the holidays and give credit to this community so I will continue to check in each day. We are road tripping it south until hubby reaches golf weather. I will be getting walking in on the courses. After work yesterday we took off and spent the night in St.Louis,Missouri. 24F and snow expected at home, 41F and sunny here, it's a start. 2
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energyseeker wrote: »I'm on day 1 of 8 day vacation from craziness of job. I will be taking break from challenges as well during this time. I've maintained my weight through the holidays and give credit to this community so I will continue to check in each day. We are road tripping it south until hubby reaches golf weather. I will be getting walking in on the courses. After work yesterday we took off and spent the night in St.Louis,Missouri. 24F and snow expected at home, 41F and sunny here, it's a start.
How exciting! I work in downtown STL. Hope your stay was enjoyable and at least the weather was better than back home!! Hope you find golf weather soon!! Enjoy your vacation!0 -
Brittanypomales wrote: »Only one day at the 10,000 steps for me. And I just got a Fitbit for Christmas so i want to reach my goal so it can light up and I can feel all "accomplished" but work and life this week keep shutting me down. Lol
I've only hit one day too.
It is quite exciting when your tracker tells you that you've accomplished your goal. 1 -
I did manage to get the paladin workout done 4 times this week. I have only done the smoothies for 2 days but still have Saturday and Sunday, so there might still be a little hope. Life has just been too crazy between home and work stuff.
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That is just beautiful, @energyseeker1
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Having trouble with the challenges this week. This time of year is not the best for me in terms of hitting goals...
^That cathedral is a work of art!0 -
Having trouble with the challenges this week. This time of year is not the best for me in terms of hitting goals...
^That cathedral is a work of art!
I'm struggling as well. The smoothie thing just did not work out this week.
Trying to get in more than 10k steps also has not really worked out. Oh well, hopefully next week is better. I had not considered any challenges for next week yet, sorry. It completely slipped my mind. I will start trying to come up with something as soon as I can. 1 -
Finally made my 90% for the week! Woohoo! Happy new year Team 2 Beat!!3
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lbenson2006 wrote: »Having trouble with the challenges this week. This time of year is not the best for me in terms of hitting goals...
^That cathedral is a work of art!
I'm struggling as well. The smoothie thing just did not work out this week. Trying to get in more than 10k steps also has not really worked out. Oh well, hopefully next week is better. I had not considered any challenges for next week yet, sorry. It completely slipped my mind. I will start trying to come up with something as soon as I can.
Too cold for smoothies this time of year maybe. 0 -
For this week's goals, let's shoot for 100% of our weekly average minutes. For most of us, this is the time to get back on track so let's go for it!!
For the exercise piece, we'll have a choice again, either complete the stairs challenge (copied below) from our week 7 trip to Peru or complete the exercise linked below the steps information 5 of 7 days.
YOU NEED TO CLIMB THE 1778 STEPS!
THAT IS 889 UP & 889 DOWN
YES, COUNT BOTH THE UP AND THE DOWN IN ORDER TO ACCUMULATE YOUR TOTAL!
THAT’S EQUIVALENT TO 127 FLIGHTS/FLOORS (USING 14 STEPS PER FLIGHT/FLOOR)
YES, YOU MAY USE A STAIRMASTER
http://darebee.com/workouts/express-abs-workout.html
As for the accountability piece, let's track our food, good or bad, and complete your diary 5 of 7 days. Just being accountable to yourself by tracking everything to the best of your ability might help with getting back on track. Bonus points for completing under goal!!3 -
lbenson2006 wrote: »For this week's goals, let's shoot for 100% of our weekly average minutes. For most of us, this is the time to get back on track so let's go for it!!
For the exercise piece, we'll have a choice again, either complete the stairs challenge (copied below) from our week 7 trip to Peru or complete the exercise linked below the steps information 5 of 7 days.
YOU NEED TO CLIMB THE 1778 STEPS!
THAT IS 889 UP & 889 DOWN
YES, COUNT BOTH THE UP AND THE DOWN IN ORDER TO ACCUMULATE YOUR TOTAL!
THAT’S EQUIVALENT TO 127 FLIGHTS/FLOORS (USING 14 STEPS PER FLIGHT/FLOOR)
YES, YOU MAY USE A STAIRMASTER
http://darebee.com/workouts/express-abs-workout.html
As for the accountability piece, let's track our food, good or bad, and complete your diary 5 of 7 days. Just being accountable to yourself by tracking everything to the best of your ability might help with getting back on track. Bonus points for completing under goal!!
I've got this one. I'll be doing the stairs on the machine at the gym. And logging every day is just something I do, so that's no problem.
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Happy New Year Team 2! I'm recommitting to my health and fitness and I'm game for the challenges this week. @lbenson2006 thank you for keeping up the thread and posting the challenges.
I started the New Year with a day on the slopes. The skiing was terrific.
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Well I'm not starting the week off on a good foot. I slept in big time today and couldn't work out. Tomorrow it is back to work so I will be able to get my morning workout in but will be out of the office doing inventory all day so won't be going to the gym. Hopefully will be able to do 2 workout Wednesday - Friday. I will try to get to 100% though. As far as the exercise piece, I'm not sure if I'll shoot for the stairs or the abs piece or try for both. The logging part is so ingrained in me that that will be a piece of cake, it will be the logging under goal that will be a struggle. I've been struggling with that aspect lately.0
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Happy New Year Team 2! I'm recommitting to my health and fitness and I'm game for the challenges this week. @lbenson2006 thank you for keeping up the thread and posting the challenges.
I started the New Year with a day on the slopes. The skiing was terrific.
I am so jealous!! Growing up I lived in Idaho and went snow skiing a lot. I've only been once since moving out here. Welcome back to the thread!!1
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