Motivated May 2017: Week 2 (5/8-5/14)
baconslave
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Challenge blurb:
baconslave wrote: »For some of us, M stands for "Meativore" this May. So what were the rest of us to do with ourselves? Manic May? Mediocre May? Naw! Life gets busy and throws nonsense in the way of our goals. Sometimes we just don't "feel it"? But at some point we were motivated, right? Well, this month we are going to mainline you motivation all month long. 31 days of focusing in, with eagle-sharp focus, on a goal.
It's up to you. Do you need a 30/31 challenge (30 minutes every one of the 31 days this month.) A push-up challenge? Further your fitness level? Tamp down on the basics? Just plain need accountability? That's why we are here.
There'll be a thread up in the sticky section with links to each week for easy access when/if the thread gets buried.
Get motivated to reach your goal for May. And when motivation wanes, come to this thread an lean on us. We want every single one of you to succeed.
Come on in and post your goals! Check-in as often as you want/need. We'll keep the light on for ya.
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@baconslave thanks so much for taking such great care of us!3
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Goals remain the same:
15 running miles a week
no booze Sunday-Thursday
under 35g Carbs daily
woo! Go May!1 -
Starting week #2......lost six lbs week #1....so feel pretty motivated! Hoping for another good week. Week one I did countertop push ups, this week I am going to plank. Next week? We will see......3
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Plopping my little list in here for ease...
5/ Check In
Get to the gym 2x/week
Hike 1x/week
30 carbs net/day
<1500 cals/day
No alcohol
Daily I need to:
Log
Drink water
Brush my teeth immediately after dinner so I don't snack
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I finished out week one with 12 miles and 45 pushups. Not much in the gardening because of weather and allergies but this week is looking better on both accounts.
Goals are a minimum of 1 mile per day (but more than that as often as possible) and to continue my push up challenge.2 -
My goal for the month of May are still the same!
Move more and sit less!
Stay within carbs and calories!
Lose my last 5 pounds!
I know we can do this!
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Goals for the week:
- Go to the gym every morning
- Eat keto daily and stay under 35 carbs
- Drink 4 of my giant water bottles daily
- Lose another 3 lbs this week (lost 4 last week)
- Get my last paper turned in for the semester
- No alcohol
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(My goal ANY week is to survive the nerks who insist I'm doing myself harm, I will miss carbs, I will relapse, or I am just plain lying about not eating them. He who laughs last....
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5/8:
45 min of Strength: BodyFit by Amy, 15min KB Arms, 15min KB Legs, and 15min KB Core (which is still a bunch of dang arms). Used the 25lb for 2-arm work, 15lb for singles. Except for rows and overhead windmills when I used 20lb.
Might get a yard-hike in as well. We shall see what happens. The kids are being evil squirrels about school today.
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AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »(My goal ANY week is to survive the nerks who insist I'm doing myself harm, I will miss carbs, I will relapse, or I am just plain lying about not eating them. He who laughs last....
is a nerk a cross between a nerd and a jerk? Cause if so, I'm adding this term to my vocabulary!2 -
yeah, you could say that....!
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omg. I love it.0
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10 pushups and 5.25 miles in today.4
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Tried something a little different today with my chin up attempt. Instead of trying to pull myself up, I used a step ladder to get into a chin up position first and lowered myself down as slowly as I could, and repeated 2 more times. I believe that's called a negative chin up, not sure.
For my knee push ups I did 3 full sets of 5. The last one or two were a bit shaky, but was able to maintain form. Before that I tried to do a full push up but couldn't get myself back up today. Next time I might try going just half way down. And build up from there.3 -
In ketosis.
30 minute walk.
Feeling pretty good about that.5 -
5/8: chisel endurance work out. No housework.3
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I am back after my (planned) indulgent birthday weekend.
Experimenting with dropping back to keto levels to see if that helps with my recent drop in energy and stamina.
Did well today in that regard and also did my PT/strength exercises.2 -
Today is exercise an day. This will be my third 30 Day Shred Level 1 session in May. It's so hard to get started each time but just putting on my workout outfit seems to be key so here I go
Good luck to everyone trying for their goals today!
Oh! Also, I mark it on a wall calendar every time I exercise, seeing the marks pile up over the days is really encouraging. And it's easy to see if I'm skipping too many days in a row, too so I don't get off track.7 -
5.18 miles for the week already (my running week is M-S) Off to a good start.
Talked last month...week...sometime?!?!? about running in the mornings. I did yesterday and today and admittedly it's nice to have it out of the way. I still hate running first thing though. I much prefer to do it after work, before dinner but sheesh that's a hard schedule to accomplish these days. So as it's lightening earlier and warming up I'm trying this morning run thing.4 -
Day 9 and 9 regular push ups. Yay!!!13
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The scale was down 2.2 lbs this morning after my first day back to keto levels. Today I went a bit higher (30 net carbs) but 20-30 net worked well for me during my previous keto experience.
I also ran 3.5 miles this morning (1/2 mile warmup then six 1/2-mile repeats at moderate to hard effort with 3-min brisk recovery walks in between) and indeed, my stamina seems to be back. Correlation with carb levels for sure. Causation remains to be seen from further experimenting. 5 -
3 miles walked and 10 pushups complete.4
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Pushups - same as yesterday.
Chin up - Muscles too sore to try.
I'm thinking I need to switch things up a bit and do every other day with something else. Something like squats or lunges, maybe.2 -
Okay, I'm in! My bday is June and I need this May Challenge for some extra help!
Gym x3 days a week
Lose 10lbs by the end of May
Finally be able to do a real freaking pushup! And 10 of them, at that.
Here we go! Good luck and keep up the good work everyone. And p.s. anyone on keto or LCHF diet I'm all ears for advice lol.
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Did not get to walk Monday. The kids were uncooperative.
5/9: 1 hour walk.
I got my ChargeHR. It's nifty.3 -
I pushed through a high intensity workout for 15 minutes then followed up with 20 on the treadmill last night before dinner with Mom. I felt very strong!6
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"ran" again this morning. The morning workout is kinda hard for me to get into. I need a much longer warm up time and I don't have a much longer workout time in the AM. So of my 3 miles I probably only ran 1.5 this morning BUT it was colder and it's that TOM and trust me I was NOT INTO it so, glad I did it but it's going to take some serious work to convince morning workouts are anything but stupid, dumb, cold, and lame.
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5/9 I kept busy all day. I took a nice walk in the afternoon did my kettle bell workout in the morning and the evening push-ups 3x10 and stayed with in carbs and calories! Very good day!3
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I am struggling to be motivated...but between yesterday and today, I'm feeling positive. Took a super long walk with the dogs yesterday...woke up and squeezed another one in this morning before work. I've busted out my hand weights and exercise bands and while I'm not pushing myself too much just yet, it felt awesome to focus on moving my body more. I'm digging my bike out from the basement this weekend, adding air to the tires, and would like to incorporate that into my daily routine as much as possible. Even just a 20-30 minute ride every night.4
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