TEAM TWO
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My furry helper and I got the other half of the stairs done after judging at the Science Fair for my school district tonight. I am having an easier time with staying under the calorie goal each day. One more day to make those 5 points for the team. I still need to do the videos, hopefully the next couple of days I can get that done too. Come on team 2, we need to get those miles and points!!2
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Hi All!
I will admit I have had a lazy week. So I was determined to workout tonight. I killed 2 birds with one stone and did 2 of the challenges for my minutes tonight. (maybe 3 birds?)
I don't have stairs anywhere at work or anything. But I do live in a basement suite so I have a tiny flight of 7 stairs to get down here. I put some music on my phone and got to work. Thank goodness we can count the down stairs too - may not have finished tonight otherwise. But I got it done. I have done worse haha. Climbed the stairs of the CN Tower - 1776 stairs, creepy atmosphere, all up no down stairs. So this seemed easy in comparison.
Got the video done twice - once before stair climbing and I once after. Really would like to see that guy do that tipping forward exercise with boobs! Most were really hard but I am glad I have a ball because that one was super fun! Surprised I didn't crack my head on the TV stand as I rolled around trying to balance hahaha.
We have a Chinook rolling in so the insanely cold weather is over and it's live-able outside again. Usually gives me a bit more energy to get things done so will try to get in more minutes in the last half of my week. No issues with the third challenge - been good on my eating so will finish that one up on Friday!
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All challenges complete, except for the calories, which I should easily finish by tomorrow. Now just need to focus on finishing up strong on the mileage for the rest of the week. My goal is to get over 535 miles for the week - I want to beat last week's number! It's just so hard, though. I get out on the trail with the intention of taking it slow to get more minutes in, but then I just get this crazy, restless urge to run every time...I've still got over 300 minutes left to do...better hurry up and slow down.
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Hope you are feeling a little recovered, Tameika!! Rough when you get just run down feeling.
Cindy - hope you are having a blast!! Looks beautiful! Enjoy every minute of it!!
Great job getting the stairs done Anna. So glad you are having easier job staying under calories. It feels like it's getting harder for me every day. I'm starving all the time for some reason. Not sure if it's because of watching the calories bit increasing my exercise or if something else weird is going on. The body is such a strange thing.
Shanna - congrats on killing 3 birds!! Lol Glad you didn't crack your head, that'd make it awful hard to get in your minutes!!
What is a Chinook?
Jenilla - SLOW DOWN!!!! Lol...jk. Enjoy whatever running you get down, no matter how speedy you get!1 -
lbenson2006 wrote: »...What is a Chinook?...
Warm wind that blows in across the Western plains and warms things up for brief periods in the winter, melts all the snow, etc. My grandparents from Montana and South Dakota used to talk about the Chinooks...
My mom (from Montana) said it was disappointing as a kid when every once in awhile the Chinook would come through in December and they would have a "dirt Christmas" because it took all the pretty, white snow away and left mud behind.
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lbenson2006 wrote: »I don't live somewhere where you can do a lot of walking for your errands. I would say for the work time stuff that that would not count. Regarding the stairs, I only count time spent on them if I am specifically making an exercise out of it. Any stairs I get in at work, I only count towards the steps challenge and not towards the minutes/ miles. I'd like to hear other team members opinions on the errand walking. I am thinking if you had a way to track your time spent actively walking to and from, that it should count.
Since you asked, here's the way I see it for my own self: I only count things as exercise if one of the primary functions of it is purposeful exercise to benefit my fitness. For example, I don't count walking around while shopping or doing chores as exercise minutes. Some other people do. (Don't know if that's right or wrong or just a personal preference thing?) But I do count walking my dog as exercise, because I am moving at a brisk, sustained pace.
I wouldn't count walking around while at work as exercise either. That's just more like part of one's daily activity to me. If I was devoting an extended period of time and effort to taking the stairs purposefully as exercise, I'd count that as exercise. But I wouldn't count taking intermittent flights of stairs at work as minutes or mileage toward purposeful exercise. I would, however, have no problem adding the number of stairs to the total needed for the purposes of the challenge.
I guess it would all depend on how fast and furiously you are walking those errands, whether the activity is sustained and getting the heart rate up, and how often and how many flights of stairs you are taking whether it should also count as mileage. If you feel like you are doing a legitimate workout and you can track it, go for it. I'm cool with whatever you guys think.
That is how I understood the rules. I only count minutes as exercise if I deliberately set out to go for a walk, on the treadmill, etc. I have a fitbit, but do not use it to track my minutes of exercise as it tracks steps for shopping, housecleaning, etc. Same thing for the stairs. I have two sets of stairs in my home and during a normal week I would probably exceed the requirements for this weeks challenge according to my fitbit, so I set out to deliberately do extra flights of stairs in order to meet the challenge. My fitbit still counts all my activity for the purpose of extra calories earned which I like
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Yesterday turned out to be an unexpected rest day for me. It was cold and windy and work was busy so I didn't get to sneak away to the gym or get a real lunch break. I was worn out by 5 o'clock. I DID do the Fitness Blender videos last night to help me relax. I had a good sleep and am feeling revived today!
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Sorry my week is going to have a lot of zeros for minutes. I have been down with a terrible sinus/chest infection. I finally have some antibiotics in my system and I'm starting to feel a little more like myself but it really has knocked me out for most of the week.0
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@lbenson2006 Thank you! And I am, just needed a day to unwind. I did end up getting an exercise video done so it wasn't a total waste. Oh and in regards to you starving all the time, maybe you're not eating enough nutrient dense foods? I don't believe foods are "dirty", but I do believe stuff like chocolate, pastries, etc. are calorie dense and don't full you up considering the amount of calories that are in them. Just a thought. Or maybe you're just burning more calories than you think and actually need to be eating more. Do you wear a fitness tracker?
@jenilla1 I'm not a runner by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know that when I run, I RUN. I cannot take it slow, not even on purpose so I totally understand what you mean.
@jenready Sorry you're not feeling well.
As for me, I really needed that break yesterday because today I went full bore in the gym. I'm predicting I'll have burned a total of 3000 cals by the end of the day! Since today is my cheat day, I'm happy about that because I will be able to maintain a deficit even with all the bad foods I'm planning to eat. 2 -
It was a beauitful day today! 75 degrees, slight breeze. Instead of going to the gym and putting in 45 minutes on the treadmill, I look a nice long leisurely walk at a park close to my walk.
Tomorrow, I'll get some miles in the morning but will more than likely go over on calories. My mom, my sister, and I are going to our favorite Chinese place. I loved it as a kid but haven't been back in a while since I moved nearly 2 hours away. Then I'm going to a chocolate festival fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.4 -
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I feel the need to repeat this...sorry.
General requests:
Please try to fill out the spreadsheet daily. I cannot tell you how much this helps your team know where we stand. If you have troubles accessing the spreadsheet but not getting in here, please feel free to ask in here for someone to add your information to the spreadsheet. Or message me directly.
The spreadsheet closes every Sunday night at 9 PM PDT. Any information you do not have in there at that time will not count. There are no exceptions. Please feel free to message me to add information for you, but keep in mind that I am usually in bed by 7 PM PDT. This is only important for the Sunday deadline. Any other day, you can message me any time day or night.
New this race, I am requesting every one of us to keep in contact in one way or another throughout the week. This can be accomplished by filling in the spreadsheet or messaging in this thread. I need to know that your intent is to continue with the challenge in a timely manner so that I know if I need to request a replacement member. The worst thing for me is if I think you've dropped out, request a new member, and then find out you just got busy but wanted to still be in it. Communication is HUGE! I will be setting a deadline that I have to hear from you by 4 PM PDT on Sunday that you wish to continue. Otherwise I will be requesting a replacement. (This will only apply if you are not checking in here, filling out the spreadsheet, or haven't messaged me.) I'm not trying to scare anyone off, but this was the hardest part for me last race. I understand life happens, trust me, mine is CRAZY stressful right now, but we have to know if you are in it. Just being one person down can make an impact. I have experienced that if you are having troubles a certain week, let us know, we have many people that will put in that extra effort to help make up for it. That's what a team is all about.
Let's go Team 2 Beat!!4 -
Good morning Team 2 Beat. I'm hoping to get to some walking trails today as the temps should hit 40F today. We will be busy at basketball tourneys as well but hope to walk between the games. Have a great weekend everyone! Love my weekends off work!1
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Just have to finish the stairs ( half done) and then do the fitness blender once more!! I hoping to finish today but I'm knackered from the fitness I did this morning. A nap might give me my second wind!! 1
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Been wanting to add some of these all week. Luckily (or unluckily...lol) I am back at work today where I have most of my pictures stored. Our vacation to Florida usually coincides with a sand sculpture tournament, so we try to make it there each year. I love looking at them and they are all so amazing!!
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^ That melodramatic robot death pose made me smile! Reminds me of my life as a teenager. I felt like that robot a lot... 1
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I'm happy to report that I reached my goal for this week. Completed all the challenges and reached my 700 exercise minutes. Plus lost weight 4 weeks in a row now. I'm feeling good about that. Just 11 lbs to go to get to goal # 1.
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Happy Sunday Team 2! Cindy, that sunset is STUNNING! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I'm excited to see what they have planned for us next week!1
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I am sorry for being MIA, struggling with this cold still. started on steroids on Friday for the tightness in my chest and coughing. feeling much better overall and hoping to get back to real exercise soon. we have been having some great snow storms also that kicks out my internet at home from time to time. another 12 inches with today/tomorrows storm and we had 18 Thursday and 3 Saturday. love the beach sandcastles, I should go make a snowman and post that. lets see how sticky this stuff is tomorrow
I was able to do the videos on Saturday and was able to stay under calories. with shoveling a little bit at a time I was able to get minutes done today also.
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Connie, Kim, Tameika, and Jenilla - something weird happened on the spreadsheet and it looks like there is nothing in there for your Friday. Please double check the spreadsheet if you can and make sure it has your minutes correct. Will also send each of you a message in hopes that we can get it fixed before the spreadsheet closes.2
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lbenson2006 wrote: »Connie, Kim, Tameika, and Jenilla - something weird happened on the spreadsheet and it looks like there is nothing in there for your Friday. Please double check the spreadsheet if you can and make sure it has your minutes correct. Will also send each of you a message in hopes that we can get it fixed before the spreadsheet closes.
I added my minutes back in there, but the format still looked messed up. Probably somebody unwittingly pushed the wrong button at some point and converted that section to weirdness. Just checked again and it looks back to normal. How bizarre. Hope it doesn't happen again!
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I walked more than two hours in Caribbean sun- in flip flops! Ouch my feet hurt! I'm sunburnt from snorkeling, footsore from walking. FULL of Puerto Rican food and amazing outpouring of love. I will not be able to check off the third challenge. I did manage the balance video- for the most part. I substituted tree pose for the super man on the balance ball. I got laughed at by my condo mates. It was all good.1
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lbenson2006 wrote: »Connie, Kim, Tameika, and Jenilla - something weird happened on the spreadsheet and it looks like there is nothing in there for your Friday. Please double check the spreadsheet if you can and make sure it has your minutes correct. Will also send each of you a message in hopes that we can get it fixed before the spreadsheet closes.
I added my minutes back in there, but the format still looked messed up. Probably somebody unwittingly pushed the wrong button at some point and converted that section to weirdness. Just checked again and it looks back to normal. How bizarre. Hope it doesn't happen again!
Yes, scared me!! Sent a messageto missionenforcer also, so maybe he was able to do some spreadsheet magic!! Thanks!!1 -
I was really disappointed today that I could not complete the second challenge with the video. It would not play back, I tried several times and to no avail!! I felt that I would be cheating to do another video and then plug in the points. I did some other exercise so I could at least get some points for the team. Sorry to miss out on those ten points!0
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New week...let's hit the reset button and just go at it as best we can. Let's focus on getting the challenges done and getting our minutes in as best we can and as soon as we can. If you look at the scores, we had our points up in that same range in week 1, so it is doable!! I checked right before the spreadsheet closed and team 1 had every single member with 25 points on their challenges and as a team they were at over 200% of the miles. We've got this, Team 2 Beat!!2
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WEEK FOUR DESTINATION IS UP AND RUNNING!
WE ARE OFF TO THE LAND OF SMILES!1 -
OMG, scary food challenge! So many terrifying options to choose from. This challenge just. might. kill. me...
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How cool is that? My son is currently in Thailand for the army. He said real Thai is amazing, waiting to hear if has tried the bugs. New foods are a challenge for me so I will try to challenge myself with something. We got more snow today and my hubby brings me to work so I won't get back to the gym today. Might get in the treadmill tonight if not I will work on the video.
Cindy sounds like a great time, enjoy the beach. We have had 3 ft of snow in 5 days1 -
Happy Monday Team 2!
I'm not overly fond of feet so challenge 2 will be challenging but I'll get it done.1
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