TEAM ONE
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Hey look, it's a Peruvian sweater for @Ingrid2017's Westie, "Fluffy"!
We must remember souvenirs for our furbabies back home!
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How precious! I'll have to start collecting outfits for "Fluffy"!4
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I should have the "Step" Challenge and nutritional one completed today. Dancing is next.3
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I was doing good on nutritional but today was real hard. Some people drink alcohol when things get rough. Others (me!!!) eat everything in sight it didn't help the school provided staff with cinnamon rolls and pizza today! Tomorrow is the toddler's 3rd birthday going out to eat and cupcakes on the agenda. If I get enough exercise I maybe can make it tomorrow or don't eat tonight. I do have 4 days done so I guess if all else fails I can get 5th day Sunday.
Sincerely,
Someone who really wants this day to end! Or hide under the covers and wish it away. Did I mention I didn't sleep well last night???
Looks cool! Huh? It's a lot of work getting 400 elementary school kids in place!
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@TamiJo1004: That is VERY cool! And I love the picture of you and your mini-me! I can't imagine getting 400 elementary school kids in place!
No wonder you are tired!
I would like to just curl up on the couch, but I need to do one more Zumba DVD. Tara is sooo funny! She gets her squeaky ball and squeaks it so loudly it hurts my ears! She loves the Latin Beat!
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@hawkins410 Tara could rock that outfit!
2 1/2 hours no electricity! Ugh!2 -
Hi all, hope everyone has had a good week. Sorry for being MIA this week on vacation. Vacation was amazing but as much as you want to go on vacation it is nice to come home and sleep in your own bed. I pretty much ate what i wanted on vacation made some good choices most times but still lost two pounds guess from all the walking helped that. I was nervous to get on the scale had to weight twice in different rooms surfaces just to be sure couldn't believe it. Lol
I will record my exercise in a bit for this week so far. As for the challenges I will try to do my best in the next two days. I did get a lot of stairs in this week think I need 4 more floors for this challenge if my tally was correct. The videos I can definitely do but kinda out on the calorie challenge this week sorry.
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Hi all, hope everyone has had a good week. Sorry for being MIA this week on vacation. Vacation was amazing but as much as you want to go on vacation it is nice to come home and sleep in your own bed. I pretty much ate what i wanted on vacation made some good choices most times but still lost two pounds guess from all the walking helped that. I was nervous to get on the scale had to weight twice in different rooms surfaces just to be sure couldn't believe it. Lol
I will record my exercise in a bit for this week so far. As for the challenges I will try to do my best in the next two days. I did get a lot of stairs in this week think I need 4 more floors for this challenge if my tally was correct. The videos I can definitely do but kinda out on the calorie challenge this week sorry.
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Today is my last 10hr day of Overtime for the week. Hoping to get some relax time in after work tonight. Tomorrow I rejuvenate for next weeks hours. I hope all of you are being good!! Santa is my boss so I can tell him if you're not!!!4
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@mckelfam great work on the loss while on vacation!
I managed to stay under yesterday using all my exercise calories!
I also enjoyed a loss on the scale this morning!
Today I am going to exercise my booty off but I am going to enjoy! I think juggling this spit fire of a boy. I deserve to celebrate as much as him! I may be over! I may not make great choices! Tomorrow I will be back at it! He is 3!
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Welcome back @mckelfam! Looks like fun.
Good morning team! Got a lot on the plate challenge-wise this weekend. Time to crack down on those steps, we're down to the wire. But first, I have a 5k this morning - the St. Nick Shuffle - so I am about to suit up in my Santa hat and shirt for that. Stella and I have been out for a walk, but she will need some major exercise later. I think we'll try to head for a park to hike that I know has a big set of stairs. Otherwise down to campus might be a good option. Lots of stairs there (plus Starbucks).
Last night I had my work holiday party, and as expected exceeded my calories. It was delicious though. I refrained from wine at least - mostly because I already had a headache and didn't need to add to that. It was a nice party but the music was too loud and I left early (because of said headache). My goal is to finish up challenge 3 by staying under today. Shouldn't be a problem with all the planned exercise. Plus I don't think I have any food in my kitchen so not much snacking!
I better get moving
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Got my five days under calories, did the videos, I've walked about half the stair total, but the grinding in my knees leads me to believe I'm not going to be able to finish that particular challenge.
Those of you of a certain age will recall that, back in the day, Levi's were not necessarily made for women, so we just bought from the men's department and squished our tushies into the boys jeans - they were maybe the original boyfriend jeans. I bring this factoid up to relate an amusing anecdote from my life this week.
Since my honey has lost so much weight I commented to him about how I can no longer immediately tell whose jeans I am pulling out of the dryer to fold because his are no longer twice as big as mine. I looked at the tag on his jeans and remarked that they are exactly the same size I wore in college. (I wasn't skinny then either, but...) Anyway, he challenged me to put them on and believe it or not, they fit great! It felt weird to wear jeans that didn't have some kind of spandex in them (how did we do that?), but I was pretty stoked that they buttoned without having to lay down on the bed and hold my breath.
The plan is to spend the weekend cleaning house and putting up the decorations. I'm trying to motivate myself to put lights up on the house, but I'm really not feeling it yet. We have a big front yard that slopes down to the road with absolutely no structure of any sort - so I'm having difficulty visualizing a plan. We are re-landscaping the front and at the moment there isn't even a shrub to give me a starting point. Maybe if the temps warm up a little this afternoon I'll get inspired.3 -
@celtikgirl be careful out there decorating. Glad the boyfriend jeans fit.
@mckelfam glad you had a good time on vacation and lost weight that's no an easy thing to do.
@hawkins410 sound like Tara might like my Chloe she has a little pig she squeaks at me when she needs more attention or wants to play while I am exercising3 -
@MissionEnforcer finished the dancing videos was under calorie for 5 days.3
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Well everyone I thought since I stretched after I did those steps for exercise that my legs would not hurt me and they really didn't but my feet did! I stretched again the day after, learned my lesson about taking my shoes off to do that at home! I did get the dancing videos done until last night after work but they are done and I have updated my minutes. I hope everyone has a great day and will check back tonight3
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@celtikgirl - good job on the jeans fitting! Great feeling when you fit into something you didn't think you could. Yes, jeans were so much more unforgiving before.
@aenglehardt347 sorry your feet are hurting. Great job on finishing the dancing. Keep rubbing those feet - maybe rolling on a tennis ball or water bottle.
I powered through a big day today - at least the morning and early afternoon. My 5k this morning went well. I didn't try to beat my PR from last week so took it a bit easy and chatted with my friend along way. Plus we had cookies at one of the water stops. This one is such a fun holiday race. But I still felt like my time was good and it was 3 minutes faster than last year when I ran the same race. It was only the 2nd 5k I had ever run at the time. I'm amazed at how much easier running is for me now.
After I got home from that, I loaded Stella in the car and we went to one of the state parks to hike that has a lot of steps. Well, their main staircase was closed! I was so disappointed but fortunately there are still a lot of steps on the rest of the trail. We did about 50 minutes of hiking and 376 stairs there. Then I swung by campus to this long set of steps and we went up and down those for 356 more steps. Whew! We were both tired and had a good nap when we got home. I still need 453 steps to finish this thing. Which I will do tomorrow for sure!!!
Finished the day under calories, so that meets the challenge of 5 days.
Here's some pics from today:
Also, I had to compare to my photo from last year's race. I think I look considerably less fluffy in my Santa suit today than last year
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@katharmonic great pics you look amazing. Your pup sure looks like she is enjoying her hike. A question is that a ruff wear harness on your pup, we are looking for something to hold back our 20lb older jack who thinks he is a 60lb. He gets a rash under his front legs from his current harness as he pulls a lot.
@TamiJo1004 congrats on the weight loss. And he is so cute I remember when my boys were that young. He looks like he is having fun and full of energy.
@mamaelf2008 my overtime days are coming soon with year end fastly approaching. Hope you were able to get some rest today.
@celtikgirl great job on the weight loss. Can't wait until that day happens with my husband and I. One step at a time one pound at a time. Keep up the good work.
@aenglehardt347 great job in the dance videos. And I have learned to wear shoes when working out at home and stretching too before and after each workout it does help a lot in the long run.
I have one more video to do and I have completed at least one challenge this week. I wasn't able to get in spreadsheet today so I will try again in the am or let someone know to post my mins and challenge once done in the am.
Have a good Sunday morning everyone. Let's get out there and move anyway you can.3 -
@mckelfam - yes it's a Ruff Wear harness. I really like it. I had problems with chafing with the Easy Walk harness I was using with her before too. The Ruff Wear seems comfortable for her and it has a front clip too. Stella wears a small and she is 26 lbs. It's pretty adjustable.
Just about to get the day started here. Stella is getting antsy so we'll go for a walk in a bit. I need to get a long run in today and finish my stairs. It makes me a little tired thinking about it, but I have a plan.3 -
I am exhausted! Thankful he only has a birthday once a year! @mckelfam He has a lot of energy! Especially yesterday. He knew it was his day. Oh my, he was a handful. That topped with the cold I am battling and my monthly "friend" paying a visit. I am wore out. He goes and spends the day with with his other side of the family today. Yeah! I will be happy to have him back tonight but I need rest. I am shooting for 200 minutes though! We really need those minutes and challenges! Team 5 is not lightening up! If we want that Number 1 place this week and for all we are going to have to give it everything! We have worked hard! We can do this! I think it's safe to say at this point it's going to come to Team 5 or Team 1 in the end! Let's do this Team 1.
Those steps aren't fun but do them in increments you can handle.
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Wonderful pictures @katharmonic & what a great effort to get the challenges done! Yes, you do look less fuffy on Santa's lap! Looks like a beautiful day making wonderful memories @TamiJo! Welcome home @mckelfam! @aenglehardt347, your Chloe and my Tara do sound a lot alike!
If anyone needs to message in their exercise minutes or challenge points, I'll be right here at the computer planning our "Amazing Race - Final Week" after another hike. Yesterday's was so beautiful, we are heading out to catch the sunrise again!
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Oh, @hawkins410 those pics are gorgeous! Look at that happy dog! I'm so jealous of being able to hike there. I'm coming over.
I am back from a 74 min dog walk. Nice and brisk this morning. I'm hoping to get a bit of work done, then attack my long run and steps challenge.
Team 5 is really pouring it on this week. Crazy good numbers of minutes and they are really filling in those challenges. Keep the pressure on everyone!
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Just spent the entire day (aside from my run) doing lesson plans and paperwork. I'm exhausted. Hopefully this week will be more manageable.4
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Well, that was a day. I went to my office and got a little work done, then set out for my long run on campus. Lots of stairs on campus so I decided to combine the run and finishing the challenge. I ran all over the place in a crazy pattern and ran up and down over 600 stairs total, which brought me to over 1950 steps. I stopped counting but there were a few more. I was intending to run for 90 minutes, but with the all the steps I was worn out and had to call it a day at 75 minutes. Not a great pace, unsurprisingly, but covered just over 6 miles. The Inca Trail is done!
My legs felt like jello, so I also did "yoga for tired legs" a little while ago. Nice stretching for my poor quads and hammies.
This week was a tough one! I'm looking forward to seeing what's coming for the last week. Can't believe it's been 7 weeks already, I've enjoyed this challenge so much! I hope there are no more stairs though.
I see a lot of squares getting filled in and some awesome total times for the week. You guys are all doing so great! I am always so in awe of those of you getting 1000+ minutes a week. Thank you all for pushing me to do more than I thought I could.
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Hi all, just updated my stuff. Sorry for being MIA. It's the end of the semester and I barely have time to breathe. Got some workouts in though and got my challenges done :-)4
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Week 8 destination is posted. The spreadsheet will be available about 6am Pacific time.2
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The Spreadsheet is up and running!0
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Good morning team one! Looks like Team 5 came out on top for week 7, they turned in a great performance. Great job staying close and still being number one overall! I know this team can pull off an amazing last week.
Vancouver! This is somewhere I've actually been, and it was fantastic. Looking at all the gorgeous pictures in the challenge thread though, I feel like I didn't see it at all. I was there for a conference and I really should go back. The holiday lights are amazing. I remember having the best sushi of my life there!
This weeks challenges are so doable! We should all be able to knock those out and pour on the minutes this week. Have a great day!4
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