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My encouragement for today is something that I have been thinking about recently in respect of what will happen when I EVENTUALLY hit my goal :noway: How will I maintain? etc. I still have such a long way to go, but I like to think in advance :laugh: Anyway, I read this quote and it seemed to sum things up nicely:
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
– Ursula K. Le Guin
That made me stop and reflect. Yes, it is GREAT to have a goal, but it really is this healthy lifestyle ALL THE TIME that matters most in the end. I am finding that I am doing so much better in myself this week when I am more disciplined in my exercise and eating than I did last week when I had a "week off". I feel more positive and happier generally. So for me the journey (although frustrating at times!) is really important.
Hope that made sense!
KEEP GOING SHARKS! You are all doing fabulously!
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And Samantha posted while I did, so have added her information too.
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Here is a great quote about staying in a challenge from Randy Pausch, who did the Last Lecture. If you have not seen the Last Lecture video, you should find it on YouTube because it is incredibly inspiring!
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
With that said, I have some questions about how to stay in the challenge from this point on. This is my first MFP challenge, so I need to know what gets us eliminated. Do we get eliminated if we don't complete the weekly challenge or don't lose weight? Is it a good idea to go above and beyond the challenges from now on to keep from getting eliminated? Please advise, wise sharks!
Here are my results from Wednesday and Thursday:
WEDNESDAY:
Workout: none
Calories burned: none
HIIT: 15 minutes Turbo Chair (modified due to foot)
Reps: none
Stretching: Two 5 minute sessions
Personal: I had a glass of wine, so I did 25 full sit-ups as penance :drinker:
THURSDAY:
Workout: 90 minutes (stationary bike 60 minutes, circuit training 30 minutes)
Calories burned: 710
HIIT: 15 minutes (also used stationary bike for this)
Reps: none
Stretching: Two 5 minute sessions
Personal: I'm good today!
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With that said, I have some questions about how to stay in the challenge from this point on. This is my first MFP challenge, so I need to know what gets us eliminated. Do we get eliminated if we don't complete the weekly challenge or don't lose weight? Is it a good idea to go above and beyond the challenges from now on to keep from getting eliminated? Please advise, wise sharks!
It depends. It is advised to give more than the minimum in most cases. Especially weeks where there is a team requirement in addition to individual requirements. The requirements for the team can only be met if some members do more than the minimums. Usually she eliminates based on non-completion of challenge requirements, contribution to team numbers, and weight loss. So yes, it's best to do more than just the minimums.
This week seems a little different though since there are no team requirements or calorie burn requirements. It seems that she's trying to thin this out though. The time needed this week to complete the challenge is up there!
Thursday
61 mins, 430 cals Hip Hop Abs & 30 DS
15 mins HIIT done
0 reps
2x5 mins stretching done
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Melissa, it *is* failing to complete the weekly challenge that gets one eliminated...and theoretically, if everybody completed the weekly challenge, then those who did the least would be eliminated. So, except for the risk of over-doing and injuring oneself, yes, it would always be good to do more!
Here's my Thursday:
workout: 90 minutes (30 min circuit, 60 min with Leslie)...545 calories
HIIT: 15 min
stretch: 10 min
no reps
I'm anxious (and nervous) to see the scale this week...I haven't weighed all week, so I am dying to know how much of my Thanksgiving gluttony will have gone away...ummmm, SURELY some of it has gone away!!!
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I agree with the above comments. I think to summarise, Sheri operates in the following way with eliminations:
1) First people to be eliminated are always those that don't complete the week's challenge, so you MUST get that done.
2) If she can't get enough people to drop (she needs a certain number each week to get down to 10 in the final week) then she will look at who is "not pulling their weight" e.g. not contributing to team numbers etc. But as Pam said, don't kill yourself or do yourself an injury!
3) Nearer the end (when all the people left are really hard core exercisers!) it often comes down to weight loss. She is very fair and doesn't just look at weight lost THAT week. She knows we all have good and bad weeks, so she takes a more general view of loss since the beginning of the challenge.
Hope that helps Melissa! (And I LOVED your quote!)
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My encouragement for today is a little different. It is not so much an encouragement to persevere in the challenge, as a chance to reflect and be inspired by a truly great person. One of my BIG heroes, Nelson Mandela has died. The following are 3 of my favourite quotes from the great man. May they inspire you as they do me.
"What counts in life is not the mere fact we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
And perhaps this one is the most appropriate for this page:
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling - but in rising every time we fall."
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"When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say!"
So, here's to not dwelling on the past, but instead counting on present and future successes!!!
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“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
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“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) 
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FRIDAY:
WORKOUT: 60 minutes circuit training
Calories burned: 620
REPS: 25 x 2 calf raises with hand weights. I did calf raises for the first time last week, so fairly new. Today I added hand weights, to make it totally new :happy:
STRETCHING: 10 minutes done.
HIIT: 15 minutes done
(1 more set left to do tomorrow morning)
Give up: No bread today, so no press-ups :bigsmile:
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Friday
#1 30mins / 297 cals - circuit training. (All w/o's done).
#2 HIIT - 15 mins
#3 REPS - zero
#4 STRETCHING: 10 mins
#5 Giving up bread -didn't have it today so no penance burpees
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Thanks to everyone who answered my question about how Sheri does eliminations :flowerforyou:
Thanks also for the Nelson Mandela quotes Here is my inspiration for today:
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”
― Roger Crawford
Here are my Friday results:
Workout: none
Reps: 130 (50 rotating bicep curls, 25 reverse flys, 30 shoulder presses, 25 bent over rows)
HIIT: none
Stretch time: 5 minutes (I can't go a day without it now!)
Personal: No wine = no full sit ups!
I'll get my last bits in tomorrow morning :yawn:
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Friday
60 mins, 326 cals
15 mins HIIT done
25 jackknives
2x5 min stretching done
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What time is the posting deadline? I think it was 12pm pst last week but is usually 10am pst on Fridays.0
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Kristie - I am not sure what the deadline is. To be safe, make sure you get your remaining new reps in (and noted on here) before 10am. If you get anything else done before 12, come back and post again and we will see if we can still add.
My SATURDAY:
WORKOUT: none (my rest day!)
REPS: none
STRETCHING: no - not even that!!!
HIIT: But, yes, I did make an effort to get my last set of HIIT done :happy: Challenge completed for the week :bigsmile:
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I am off to a wedding now, but will be back here by 3pm my time (which is still before Sheri's 10 am, so I can update and post weights etc then.)
Hope you all have a great day!
And Donna - I REALLY hope you find a way to connect and can post:frown: Thinking of you!!!
My encouragement for today (which made me chuckle!):
"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places." (Unknown)
Hoping none of you decide to park :bigsmile:0 -
Saturday
15 mins HIIT done
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Hi guys!
I don't have anything to report for yesterday, except that I ate some starchy carbs and had to do my penance exercising! (x2 - one set for a chocolate chip cookie and one for a 1/2 serving of lasagna and 1/2 of a breadstick...100 jumping jacks and 20 push-ups!)
Last night, we celebrated my middle son's 15th birthday (he picked lasagna for his bday meal!) He also wanted me to make him an ice cream cake, which I did...and I ate a piece. Boy, was that good...but soooo rich and sweet! Anyway, I couldn't bear the thought of getting on the scale this morning after 1)eating that bad, and 2)yesterday's weigh-in being so good...so I am going with Friday's weigh-in. I'll go over to our other thread and get it posted!
Ali, that encouragement was cute! May we not 'park,' but keep moving forward! (For me this week, that will mean maintaining - and adding to - last week's loss...no small feat 'cause I had a really good loss!
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Hey Sharks! Congratulations to everyone who lost weight this week :bigsmile:
Here are my results for Saturday:
Workout: 30 minutes stationary bike
Calories: 225
Reps: 50 bicycle crunches
HIIT: 15 minutes (used stationary bike for this)
Stretch time: 5 minutes
Sharks are LOOKING GOOD! :laugh:0 -
Oh yeah - I'm good on giving up wine today, since it's only 11:30 a.m.
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Oh yeah - I'm good on giving up wine today, since it's only 11:30 a.m.
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YEAH SHARKS! :drinker: :flowerforyou:
SO PROUD OF YOU ALL THIS WEEK!
FOUR out of five of the Top Ten were Sharks! Sheri called us a "dominating Team"- and so we were!!!!
Only sad thing is that we seem to have lost Donna :sad: And I know she had internet issues, so that makes it doubly hard to see her go :sad: Donna - if you DO see this and if you DID manage to complete (or nearly complete) last week, perhaps we can appeal for some grace? Let us know!
I will write a summary for this week later. Have to go out right now - husband waiting at the door for me, but I just HAD to say YEAH SHARKS! before I went :bigsmile:0 -
YAY SHARKS!!!
I am soooo excited about this week! Let's all do everything in our power to STAY on top!
I am already planning in my mind what things I can add for 'extra movement' EVERY DAY so that we can get A MILLION points and show (again) that we're the best! I know that I will be climbing my step-stool (makeshift stair) for 5 minutes here and there...and maybe do 20 minutes on the HIIT workouts instead of 15, while I'm already sweaty and working anyway!
Support for today:
We will only regret not having done MORE!!!
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Just so nobody misses it, Sheri posted a clarification that the 'extra movement' points ONLY count Monday-Friday! (not today or next Saturday morning!)0
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Yay SHARKS ... I have just read the challenge and last weeks results and I just have to say ... congrats ... great work this week.:drinker:
So sorry that we have lost you Donna, but hopefully you will be able to check-in now and again and continue to do some part of the challenge.
Anyway good night all - it is 11.30pm and this Shark needs here beauty sleep :yawn:
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A new day and a new week dawns ....
Summary of requirements for this week below: #1 30/45/60/90 work outs required - all must be consecutive minutes i.e. 90 mins w/o cannot be broken up into 2 parts. Minimum individual calorie burn is 1500 calories #2 15 mins HIIT x 4 days #3 Goal Stretch - 5 mins x 5 days but feel free to do more #4 REPS - 100 NEW core reps again PLUS 100 full sit ups (or variation if medically necessary) :explode: #5 Extra Movements for bonus points - for every 5 consecutive minutes spent on EM's you earn 5 points. Team with highest average points per person and with at least 15 points for each team member earns an additional 15 bonus points per person. (EM POINTS only count from Mon - Fri).
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My Sunday stats are below:
#1 65 mins (rowing and circuit training) / 659 cals (30/45/90 work outs still to go and 841 cals still to burn)
#2 zero HIIT today (15 mins HIIT x 4 days still required)
#3 Goal Stretch - 5 mins today (5 mins x4 days still to do)
#4 REPS - zero done (100 NEW core reps PLUS 100 full sit ups still to do)
#5 EM's for bonus points - zero (only runs Mon - Fri)
Have a great week all.
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Thanks for posting the summary Mary :flowerforyou: I meant to do that when I came back from the party we were at but my youngest daughter got ill, and then when I realised I hadn't been back on here it was 5 to 9 pm. Had a big debate with myself about whether to check in here anyway, but that would have meant losing my good habit points (had no "grace days" left!) so my competitiveness won - I decided I wanted those maximum weekly points :laugh: So just came on here to post the summary and saw Mary had it all in hand anyway :bigsmile:
Daughter still sick (hate her being so ill
) - also hoping it is not something we will all catch.
Enough waffling!!!! Here is my SUNDAY:
WORKOUT: 60 minutes total (40 minutes circuits and 20 minutes aerobics)
Calories burned: 581
(30/45/90 workouts to go)
REPS: none today
(100 sit-ups and 100 new reps to go)
STRETCHING: 5 minutes done
(4 more days to go)
HIIT: none today
(4 x 15 minutes to go)
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I forgot to add my week 9 points:
Water: 5 points x 7 days = 35
Sodium: 5 points x 7 days = 35
Workout minutes: 60 minutes on 6 days = 60 pts
Positive posts: Every day = 7 pts
Smack talk: (to Dolphins) = 5 pts
Bad Habit +25 (5/7 days)
Good Habit +25 (5/7 days)
TOTAL: 192 points :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0 -
To help us all keep on pressing on this week:
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