TEAM ONE
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This is so bittersweet! I've had such a good time during this challenge, I hate to see it end. @MissionEnforcer and @hawkins410 have done such a terrific job with this Amazing Race. I hope there is another coming up that I can participate in. And thanks to @120maggie for keeping this team on track! Everyone on this team is incredible.
Challenges completed and I will be alternately grading and working out today. @Ingrid2017, Fluffy has inspired me! I'm going to try snow shoeing for the first time today (hopefully anyway - need to be sure I can borrow gear)! Minutes will be forthcoming!
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Shoveling snow was a lot of minutes for me already this morning! Did our sidewalk in front of the house, 2 porches with stairs and a path to our cars. My husband was doing the drive with the snow blower but I had to brush off the cars and move the so the area could be cleaned. More snow coming...more minutes will rack up. I did 90 already and will go back out later if the lake machine keeps up after this system snow.4
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All you guys Rock!!! Was going to settle in and wrap and finish tree but husband suggested we take the dog for a snow romp. Headed out to a 4 mile trail. Not sure how much of it we will trudge through!! To wet for our skis. Am sure we will all be worn out!4
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two more hours on treadmill today and my contribution will be done!
Loved the firefighter (female addition).
Marching on and on!6 -
@Ingrid2017 I love fluffy' picture! We got this! Final Countdown playing in our head and going on!5
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Team 5 is definitely give us a race. Keep up the good work went for my morning walk so far logged 60 mins. Will load more as I get to workout time alittle later today. Have a great Sunday everyone. We can do this. YES WE CAN!!!!6
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Making my way home now with "The Final Countdown" & "Do It For Fluffy" both stuck in my head!
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Evening everybody
We still need some points and minutes to beat team 5 this week and win the overall challenge so put inn that points and hopefully we can enjoy the gold medal tomorrow that will be a cool christmas present right?
I want to say special thanks to @hawkins410 and @MissionEnforcer for all effort they put in this challenge you both are really amazing people xxxx
To give a smile for a new week my last jokes in this challenge read them with a big wink:
A woman is standing looking in the bedroom mirror…
She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, “I feel horrible;
I look old, fat and ugly… I really need you to pay me a compliment.”
The husband replies, “Your eyesight’s damn near perfect.”
An ugly, fat, bad woman with two kids enters Wal Mart, shouting angry at the kids with no reason.
The man at the reception says cheerfully to her: "Good morning and welcome to Wal-Mart. Cute kids! Are they twins?"
The horrible woman stopped shouting, just enough to say, "Hell, they’ re not twins… The older is 9 and the other is 7! Are you blind or just stupid?"
"No madam... I’m neither blind nor stupid... I just can’t get that there’s a man out there who had sex with you twice."
One night a man walks into a bar looking sad. The bartender asks the man what he wants.
The man says “Oh just a beer”.
The bartender asked the man “Whats wrong,why are you so down today?”.
The man said “My wife and i got into a fight,and she said she would’nt talk to me for a month”.
The bartender said “So whats wrong with that”?
The man siad “Well the month is up tonight”.
And to everybody
Big hugs and kisses
Aggie
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Can we keep the team thread open for support and motivation?2
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hawkins410 wrote: »
Thank you.
Thank you to both of you for hard work and support and motivation. And the team leaders for support and motivation.4 -
I decided to reclimb the Inca Trail! I did a lot of random stair climbing at work this week and dragged down Christmas decorations today! OUCH! (The decision was made at work and ended up finishing at home today)
@MissionEnforcer
Life style choices:
1. Don't give up
2. Every little thing matters-even if it is just having a small salad with lunch to get extra veggies.
3. Keep moving, no matter how little just keep moving.
4. Don't look back. Even if you slide back, don't look that direction.
5. Believe you can! Look at how far you came and just push forward.
6. Set goals. Even if you don't meet them when you think you should-keep them and work/fight for them!
7. Believe in yourself, no matter what, you can do it!
8. Rely on your friends! If number 7 fails, your friends will be there to remind you how far you have come and that you got this!
9. I want to try Insanity Max 30. I have it, but haven't bitten the bullet and tried it yet. I have been looking for another workout program to start and finish. I have found that I do really well with a set program and goal.6 -
For challenge #2 I did “HIKING THE NA PALI COAST” (8 mile run outside). I ran 9 miles today. I had planned for 10, but my ankle started really hurting so I cut it short. Actually, I ran 8.8 than decided to walk the rest, but then it was too cold, so I finished running. Anyways, I chose this challenge because, well it just makes sense to me. The beauty in running (or walking if you so choose) is that pretty much anyone can do it, pretty much anywhere, with pretty much no specialized equipment. Yes, if you are going to run in single digit temperatures, as I did today, you are going to need some quality cold weather gear. But really for the most part, all you need are a good pair of shoes. A good pair of running socks is helpful. And then you just go outside and do it. No driving to the gym. No special equipment. No fighting for machines or equipment at the gym. It's simple. And the endorphins are pretty damn awesome!
Your turn @tonilogan .......4 -
I'm with Fluffy. All I want for Christmas is a team 1 victory. Love, the real Maggie
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Team, I gave it all I could today. And I had fun - I went snowshoe running for the first time. It was tough! My legs are so tired. After that I did another walk with Stella, and I did about an hour of yoga. I had to add one minute of plank so I could get to 800 total for the week
And with that, I'm done. Things are the spreadsheet are starting to fill in - it's so close!!!! I hope the challenges that need approval can be done by those that are still missing them.
I see on the power ranking spreadsheet page that I had 5087 minutes total over the course of this challenge. That's 84.8 hours of activity! Thanks for the motivation!5 -
@katharmonic Thanks for sharing your stats. That is the real win! All the extra time we have done getting strong and healthy! @mswanger09 thanks for the inspiration in your reindeer life choices. They are so true for all of us!4
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reposting for @MissionEnforcer .......1. log the food, all of it
2. pre-log during the work week
3. eat veggies, lots of veggies
4. measure everything on the kitchen scale
5. run run run
6. sign up for races - I find I do better when training for something
7. lift heavy things
8. keep trigger foods out of the house
9. It's not totally new since I started a few weeks ago, but I'm going to keep up the kickboxing classes at least until March. And for the holidays.....drink water in between alcoholic drinks.
I've got a 10 mile run planned for today. Will update on challenge #2 when that's done.
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1. Keep positive
2. Log in all of my foods
3. Go to the gym each day no matter what I do
4. Use the food scale more
5. Ask for assistance at the gym, if need help with my form
6. Don't look in the mirror all of the time
7. Keep moving
8. Cold weather should not stop me from getting outside while being active
9. Adopt a dog, named Lucky - to run / walk with :-)
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I chose finding Nemo as my challenge for this week. An area I feel I really need to work on and keep consistent with my workout routine, especially when it comes to the arms.3
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@MissionEnforcer , @hawkins410 I just want to say thank you for a stellar challenge. Your hard work and time is greatly appreciated!
Thank you to all Team One for letting me be part of the group. I didn't write much on the thread, but I did read and enjoy you all. Much
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Hi team!
Sorry I havn't updated this week but I am now. It's finals now for school so it has been impossible to keep up with all of you but I try my best.
As for the challenges I have gotten them done.
I did the mushing videos twas quite the workout!
As for the revisiting previous challenges, I chose to redo the Romania challenges. Mostly because I love halloween and the Twisting in Transylavnia videos were fun but also climbing some stairs got me sweating which is always a plus!
Lastly what I will continue to do through the holiday season and beyond!
1. Get to the gym or do some for of physical activitity for at least 30 minutes 5 days a week.
2. Go outside and smell the fresh (cold) air
3. Eat at least 5 colors of the rainbow every week.
4. Explore new and exciting recipes from around the world each week.
5. SLEEP! This is something I unfortuntaly didn't get enough of this past semester of school, so I want to try to go to bed earlier and get a more healthy rythmn of sleep.
6. During the holidays, limit my sweets (still eat them, but limit it)
7. Stretch. When I workout I tend to forget to stretch and I can tell the difference from when I do and when I don't
8. Drink water! When it's cold out and there's lots of parties, water gets left behind..
9. Last but not least do fun things! I have been so bogged down with school, that I haven't had much time to spend with friends and family which puts a damper on my mental health. So my goal is to be healthy and do fun things! Hopefully find a new zumba class?!?
Anyway, I have absolutely loved getting to know you all and working on this challenge with you. I wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season and hope to do another challenge with you all soon!4 -
Ok, need to get all this in before the stroke of midnight, or something like that, so I'll go back and read and respond later. For some reason finding the time to hang out here and read has been taken up by holiday preparations!
@MissionEnforcer Here's my stuff:
Standing Abs done once a day Tuesday through Friday for a total of 4 - and maybe I should do that stuff more often - I was a hurtin' pup!
For the physical challenge, I went back to week 1's drumming challenge - deep down in my soul I'm a really good drummer - like Neil Peart good - in the real world I'm a really good drummer in my car at traffic lights. So jumping around and banging on things is a little bit motivating for me. Someday I might be brave enough to attend the drum class at the gym, but for now, my basement was fine.
8 things to do to get through the holidays without total failure
1. Scheduled a weigh in at the doctor's office on December 29th - REALLY don't want to show up there with a huge gain.
2. Writing gym time onto my calendar so I can't say I didn't have time
3. Planning ahead for parties, lunches, family gatherings - if I know I have something on a particular day, I will make the best choices I can at the event, and balance that with lighter meals on either side and/or extra exercise.
4. Hanging my bathing suit/new dresses for the cruise in January at the front of my closet as a gentle reminder that I have goals.
5. Pack a healthy lunch on work days - no running out to forage and coming back with Starbucks or baked goods.
6. Learn how to politely say no thank you when people offer/push food at me. I'm getting a pretty good grip on noticing when I am full and stopping but sometimes I am tempted - it would be an easier battle if well-meaning loved ones would quit trying to love me with food.
7. In honor of Dasher - At least once a week I will do a 5k walk where I go as fast as I can - if it is too yukky outside, then on the elliptical.
8. Watch the Nog - There tend to be more than the usual number of adult beverages around this month, including the old family recipe egg nog that I love, but will cost me half a day's calories in one fell swoop. Maybe I'll start drinking it from a shot glass instead of a coffee mug.
And finally - one new thing to try:
9. I used to really like riding my bicycle, but I've not been on it but a few times in the last couple of years - I am going to try to find a spin class and see if I can muddle through something like that for the winter months and see if I can do some kind of extended outdoor ride this Spring.
I've been on my feet for ten hours today baking, was gift shopping yesterday from the time the stores opened until the closed - more than 10000 steps both days and I'm tired! At least a girl can write Christmas cards while seated in her favorite comfy chair!
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This seems to fit tonight! I am worrying and anxiously waiting. It's going to be close! I can't stay up all night watching the spreadsheet so bedtime it is.
One last thing:
@MissionEnforcer @hawkins410 You have went above and beyond creating these challenges. I tried things I never would have tried, it has been a great motivation! I hope their will be another someday.
@120maggie Thank you for all your hard work behind the scenes. You and @hawkins410 have been great mentors.
To everyone else thank you for allowing me to be a part of this team.
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Finished the day with more snow shoveling. Exhausted. Good night! Thanks everybody2
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Anyone still awake? We only need 15 more minutes for 10 more points! It could make a HUGE difference!!1
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I'll do 15 minutes.... I'm in!
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I'm going for a 2nd evening walk
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Done! We are tied!
Someone do something!4
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