october 2013 Challenge
mycrazy8splus1
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Sometimes something small can make a big difference. Here are some small changes to your life that may make a big change in your weight or your waist.
exercise challenge: 1. Stand up on your toes 200 times while doing the dishes. Calories Lost/Burned: 3,000*
2. Spend half an hour twice a week dancing to your favorite radio station or CD (most fun with the kids). Calories Lost/Burned: 1,600*
3. Do laundry laps: Take only what your hands (not your arms) can hold to the washing machine and walk all the way around the inside of your house (or up and down the stairs) each time you go back for another handful. Calories Lost/Burned: 1,080* 4. Take a relaxing hour-long bicycle ride in the countryside every weekend. Calories Lost/Burned: 1,600*
5. check this out for more ideas: http://aliciac.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Do-Mini-Workouts-Throughout-the-Day-For-Fitness
nonexercise:
1. Replace your daily bowl of ice cream with sorbet or sherbet. Calories deficit of up to 5000*
2. Replace your daily chocolate bar with five Hershey Kisses. Calories Lost/Burned: 3,000*
3. Reduce your alcohol intake by one drink per week. Calories Lost/Burned: 500*
4. Use a vinegar-based salad dressing rather than a cream-based one. Calories Lost/Burned: 1,280*
5. Eat your bread or toast plain or with low-calorie jam; use hot sauce or a seasoning mix on veggies; try salsa on your baked potato. Calories Lost/Burned: 810* )
6. as we head into the season of yummy treats I want to see some healthier alternatives! Show me your sweet tooth recipes!! (you can post these here or on the thread for recipes)
exercise challenge: 1. Stand up on your toes 200 times while doing the dishes. Calories Lost/Burned: 3,000*
2. Spend half an hour twice a week dancing to your favorite radio station or CD (most fun with the kids). Calories Lost/Burned: 1,600*
3. Do laundry laps: Take only what your hands (not your arms) can hold to the washing machine and walk all the way around the inside of your house (or up and down the stairs) each time you go back for another handful. Calories Lost/Burned: 1,080* 4. Take a relaxing hour-long bicycle ride in the countryside every weekend. Calories Lost/Burned: 1,600*
5. check this out for more ideas: http://aliciac.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Do-Mini-Workouts-Throughout-the-Day-For-Fitness
nonexercise:
1. Replace your daily bowl of ice cream with sorbet or sherbet. Calories deficit of up to 5000*
2. Replace your daily chocolate bar with five Hershey Kisses. Calories Lost/Burned: 3,000*
3. Reduce your alcohol intake by one drink per week. Calories Lost/Burned: 500*
4. Use a vinegar-based salad dressing rather than a cream-based one. Calories Lost/Burned: 1,280*
5. Eat your bread or toast plain or with low-calorie jam; use hot sauce or a seasoning mix on veggies; try salsa on your baked potato. Calories Lost/Burned: 810* )
6. as we head into the season of yummy treats I want to see some healthier alternatives! Show me your sweet tooth recipes!! (you can post these here or on the thread for recipes)
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Nice ideas.:flowerforyou: I feel like a dummy, but I'm not sure that I understand the actual challenge. How do we track this and share progress? Are we supposed to choose one per day, a certain number be per week, etc?0
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I did the first one while making breakfast. Feel it in the calves.0
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Nice ideas.:flowerforyou: I feel like a dummy, but I'm not sure that I understand the actual challenge. How do we track this and share progress? Are we supposed to choose one per day, a certain number be per week, etc?
one a day sounds good. You could just pick one for the month if you want.0 -
I have to do calf raises anyway for my physical therapy, so I think I'll go with exercise challenge #1...0
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I have been doing the Laundry Laps. I get a lot of steps in on my Fitbit by doing this.
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I forgot to post this, but on October 7 my gym started an Indoor Marathon challenge... run/elliptical a marathon in 30 days. I finished in 8! So, now my goal is to get in 50 miles in the 30 days!0
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I forgot to post this, but on October 7 my gym started an Indoor Marathon challenge... run/elliptical a marathon in 30 days. I finished in 8! So, now my goal is to get in 50 miles in the 30 days!
Congrats, CTCMom2009! :drinker: That is fantastic!!!!!:flowerforyou:0
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