*Official Week Four Thread*
soccerella
Posts: 619 Member
Ok, Im a little excited about this weeks challenge but Ill hold off on that for a bit
This past week we had several people not weigh in and as a whole we didnt lose too much. In the three weeks of this competition though we have managed to lose a total of 138.33 lbs, which isnt to shabby if you ask me!
Our biggest loser of the week was Green teams jessecpwrs with a loss of 2.43% and the green team lost 12 lbs for 0.54% so they had the team biggest loser of the week (It could have something to do with the fact that they all weighed in so no one has that dreaded 1% increase that automatically gets added in for a missing weigh in)
The rest of the team winners were
Red-Jamiegephart
Orange - Nida1932
Yellow- SkinnyNSweet822
Green - jessecpwrs
Blue - kyoung1908
Purple - Grandmajackie
All of these guys lost at least 1% this week so great job everyone and keep up the good work!
Now its time to kick our butts into gear and really try to jumpstart that weightloss. I think this challenge might be helpful for that.
Last night on the show the challenge was a temptation challenge; there were 100 pumpkins and each had either cash, candy, or one had an immunity card. The catch was that if they got a piece of candy they had to eat it. Im not sure if everyone ate, but I do know that everyone on the white (Jillians) team did and when they got back to the gym after that they basically started talking about how many extra calories they would need to burn to make up for what they ate. That is the basis of our challenge this week.
You should already be recording every bite you take, but its essential for this weeks challenge. Im a firm believer that if we want to be successful in the long term that we dont need to eliminate every single indulgence out of our lives. I think that in many cases can lead to binging and giving up. The key is moderation and making sure you have the right ratio of calories in vs calories out. Of course eating healthy is important and something we should all strive for and I'm sure you have already begun to make some healthier choices, but it doesnt hurt to have a reward every now and then.
This weeks challenge incorporates three things that are key to getting healthy and losing weight: accountability, moderation, and physical activity. I want you to pick a food vice that you have. It can be anything that you like, but know isnt the best for your health and losing weight - ice cream, candy, alcohol, fast food, soda, etc. I DON'T want you to necessarily eliminate this from your diet this week, but if you choose to go about it that way its fine too. What I do want you to do is burn off as many calories as you consumed eating whatever vice you chose. This is where accountability comes in - no one is responsible for your success but you, so you NEED to record every item you eat even if it doesnt look good in the diary or makes you go over for the day. Keep track of these indulgences throughout the day and see how many calories it adds up to and then get up and do something to burn that amount of calories off. You can help keep your teammates accountable by posting in your team threads and encouraging each other. In fact its going to be REQUIRED this week. There is no checking in with your coach monday night saying "yes I did the challenge", you should be posting as you go along throughout the week in your thread.You can do it all at once on monday night, sure but its easier to keep track of and stay motivated each day you do it.
You obviously can just avoid the vice for the whole week and thats fine too - you are resisting a temptation and thats an important thing to be able to do. Or you can chose to keep it in and work on finding a balance. The aim is to have the mentality that if you have something that may not be the best for your weight loss that its not the end of the world and you can do something to fix it right away. Either of these options results in the same thing - no net calories consumed, which is the goal
Im excited about this because I think it will help us all take a closer look at our diaries and what we are putting in our mouths. It might make you realize just how many calories you ingest of a particular item and cause you to start to reduce your consumption in the future. It will definitely get you up and moving though, and I know for me personally it will make me workout more.
So for example my vice is going to be candy and alcohol (im picking two but you only have to do one). My post in my thread for today would be something like this:
"peanut butter m&ms fun size - 95 cals
sweet cinnamon pretzel - 200 cals
1 glass red wine, 5 oz - 106 cals
total owed: 401
exercise:
30 day shred: 170 calories
Leslie Sansone 3 mile walk : 300 calories
Calories burned: 470
All calories burned off yay!"
I hope you guys enjoy this one and it provides something for you. I really think it could be a helpful challenge. Remember this has to be legitimate exercise. If you wear a pedometer all day at work and walked 2500 steps, dont count that as 100 calories burned. If you went walking at lunch and walked a mile intentionally then of course that would count but "accidental exercise" though a great thing, doesnt count
What did you guys think of the show last night. I had three things that really stuck out to me
1) how hard would that sand pit be? They had ruben running in that while they had rope around him pulling him back. That has to suck! I hate running in sand and then to have that resistance added. No thanks. Im sure its a killer workout though
2) Biingo looks so great! I am really glad that they are following up with the kid ambassadors from last season and its so great to see that not only has he stuck with the changes hes made, but that his family is following along too.
3) Real women lift weights - I like that Bob's group went to meet with some professional weight lifters. I dont know about you but I thought those girls looked amazing and I think a girl with muscle is alot sexier than one that doesnt really have definition. I think its important for women to incorporate strength training into their workouts, especially pulling exercises that strengthen the back. Many women say that they dont want to lift because they are worried about getting bulky, but our bodies just arent designed for that to happen. These girls were professionals and are trying to build alot of muscle and I only really noticed one that had larger shoulders/arms. Muscle burns more fat, so dont just focus on cardio and dont be afraid of lifting some weights every now and then - you wont look like a body builder unless you actually try to
So thats it! Lets keep up the good work guys and please as always let me know if you have any questions. Ill be out of town this weekend for a race so I wont be on here all that much but I'm going to do my best to try to stay active on here - the weeks we have alot of participation are the weeks we seem to lose more
*******challenge summary**********
1) Make sure you are recording everything you eat if you arent already
2) Chose a food item or group of food items that you may like but may not be healthy
3) keep track of each time you consume this and how many calories from it you ingested.
4) complete a physical activity equivalent to that amount of calories consumed (ie one can of beer has 105 calories so you run a little over a mile until youve burned 100 calories)
5) post in your team thread your items and activities broken down by day. While it would be most beneficial to do this each day to keep you on track, one final post with each day separated would be acceptable as well. You WILL NOT get credit for simply stating you completed the challenge this week - you need to show your teammates and coaches what you did
This past week we had several people not weigh in and as a whole we didnt lose too much. In the three weeks of this competition though we have managed to lose a total of 138.33 lbs, which isnt to shabby if you ask me!
Our biggest loser of the week was Green teams jessecpwrs with a loss of 2.43% and the green team lost 12 lbs for 0.54% so they had the team biggest loser of the week (It could have something to do with the fact that they all weighed in so no one has that dreaded 1% increase that automatically gets added in for a missing weigh in)
The rest of the team winners were
Red-Jamiegephart
Orange - Nida1932
Yellow- SkinnyNSweet822
Green - jessecpwrs
Blue - kyoung1908
Purple - Grandmajackie
All of these guys lost at least 1% this week so great job everyone and keep up the good work!
Now its time to kick our butts into gear and really try to jumpstart that weightloss. I think this challenge might be helpful for that.
Last night on the show the challenge was a temptation challenge; there were 100 pumpkins and each had either cash, candy, or one had an immunity card. The catch was that if they got a piece of candy they had to eat it. Im not sure if everyone ate, but I do know that everyone on the white (Jillians) team did and when they got back to the gym after that they basically started talking about how many extra calories they would need to burn to make up for what they ate. That is the basis of our challenge this week.
You should already be recording every bite you take, but its essential for this weeks challenge. Im a firm believer that if we want to be successful in the long term that we dont need to eliminate every single indulgence out of our lives. I think that in many cases can lead to binging and giving up. The key is moderation and making sure you have the right ratio of calories in vs calories out. Of course eating healthy is important and something we should all strive for and I'm sure you have already begun to make some healthier choices, but it doesnt hurt to have a reward every now and then.
This weeks challenge incorporates three things that are key to getting healthy and losing weight: accountability, moderation, and physical activity. I want you to pick a food vice that you have. It can be anything that you like, but know isnt the best for your health and losing weight - ice cream, candy, alcohol, fast food, soda, etc. I DON'T want you to necessarily eliminate this from your diet this week, but if you choose to go about it that way its fine too. What I do want you to do is burn off as many calories as you consumed eating whatever vice you chose. This is where accountability comes in - no one is responsible for your success but you, so you NEED to record every item you eat even if it doesnt look good in the diary or makes you go over for the day. Keep track of these indulgences throughout the day and see how many calories it adds up to and then get up and do something to burn that amount of calories off. You can help keep your teammates accountable by posting in your team threads and encouraging each other. In fact its going to be REQUIRED this week. There is no checking in with your coach monday night saying "yes I did the challenge", you should be posting as you go along throughout the week in your thread.You can do it all at once on monday night, sure but its easier to keep track of and stay motivated each day you do it.
You obviously can just avoid the vice for the whole week and thats fine too - you are resisting a temptation and thats an important thing to be able to do. Or you can chose to keep it in and work on finding a balance. The aim is to have the mentality that if you have something that may not be the best for your weight loss that its not the end of the world and you can do something to fix it right away. Either of these options results in the same thing - no net calories consumed, which is the goal
Im excited about this because I think it will help us all take a closer look at our diaries and what we are putting in our mouths. It might make you realize just how many calories you ingest of a particular item and cause you to start to reduce your consumption in the future. It will definitely get you up and moving though, and I know for me personally it will make me workout more.
So for example my vice is going to be candy and alcohol (im picking two but you only have to do one). My post in my thread for today would be something like this:
"peanut butter m&ms fun size - 95 cals
sweet cinnamon pretzel - 200 cals
1 glass red wine, 5 oz - 106 cals
total owed: 401
exercise:
30 day shred: 170 calories
Leslie Sansone 3 mile walk : 300 calories
Calories burned: 470
All calories burned off yay!"
I hope you guys enjoy this one and it provides something for you. I really think it could be a helpful challenge. Remember this has to be legitimate exercise. If you wear a pedometer all day at work and walked 2500 steps, dont count that as 100 calories burned. If you went walking at lunch and walked a mile intentionally then of course that would count but "accidental exercise" though a great thing, doesnt count
What did you guys think of the show last night. I had three things that really stuck out to me
1) how hard would that sand pit be? They had ruben running in that while they had rope around him pulling him back. That has to suck! I hate running in sand and then to have that resistance added. No thanks. Im sure its a killer workout though
2) Biingo looks so great! I am really glad that they are following up with the kid ambassadors from last season and its so great to see that not only has he stuck with the changes hes made, but that his family is following along too.
3) Real women lift weights - I like that Bob's group went to meet with some professional weight lifters. I dont know about you but I thought those girls looked amazing and I think a girl with muscle is alot sexier than one that doesnt really have definition. I think its important for women to incorporate strength training into their workouts, especially pulling exercises that strengthen the back. Many women say that they dont want to lift because they are worried about getting bulky, but our bodies just arent designed for that to happen. These girls were professionals and are trying to build alot of muscle and I only really noticed one that had larger shoulders/arms. Muscle burns more fat, so dont just focus on cardio and dont be afraid of lifting some weights every now and then - you wont look like a body builder unless you actually try to
So thats it! Lets keep up the good work guys and please as always let me know if you have any questions. Ill be out of town this weekend for a race so I wont be on here all that much but I'm going to do my best to try to stay active on here - the weeks we have alot of participation are the weeks we seem to lose more
*******challenge summary**********
1) Make sure you are recording everything you eat if you arent already
2) Chose a food item or group of food items that you may like but may not be healthy
3) keep track of each time you consume this and how many calories from it you ingested.
4) complete a physical activity equivalent to that amount of calories consumed (ie one can of beer has 105 calories so you run a little over a mile until youve burned 100 calories)
5) post in your team thread your items and activities broken down by day. While it would be most beneficial to do this each day to keep you on track, one final post with each day separated would be acceptable as well. You WILL NOT get credit for simply stating you completed the challenge this week - you need to show your teammates and coaches what you did
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Geez my posts are long. I think I just like to hear myself talk (type?)
I wanted to let you know that I know we wont be perfect on getting a calories burned equivalent to what we ate and its ok to guesstimate. MFP has alot of activities on here already, and I know alot of you have heart monitors or can use the calorie counters on machines at the gym.
Keep in mind alot of machines and MFP will over estimate the calories burned, so keep that in mind and maybe do a few more reps or an extra minute to make sure you're covered.
Here are some links to exercises I know are popular here to let you know how many calories are typically burned
general calories burned calculator - input weight, check off an activity and add in a time and it will tell you
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
Insanity workouts:
http://www.fitcornernetwork.com/insanity-calories-burned
Leslie Sansone DVDS (basically 100 calories a mile)
http://www.walkathome.com/exercise/calorie-burn-per-mile/
walking/ jogging / running / swimming/ elliptical
http://www.fitclick.com/how_many_calories_burned#.UnqYpxCiiHg
weight training and crunches
http://www.fitclick.com/calories_burned?At_Home_Training&oc=729#.UnqY9BCiiHg0 -
Thank you soccerella for giving me a reason to drink a can of mountain dew!! :happy:0
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And thank you for all the work you put into this group!0
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haha thats the spirit 0
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so this may be an obvious answer, yet i want to make sure i do this correctly, so here's my question:
we're supposed to burn the calories the same day we eat the indulgence, right?
i know i'm going to dinner on saturday night for a friend's birthday & guessing i'm going to eat cake (desserts are my indulgence/temptation) & know i don't like working out after dinner, so i'd have to pre-plan and exercise earlier on saturday to work off those calories, right? i mean, i can't wait until sunday to work them off, right?
also, a friend turned me on to a free smart phone app called: Runkeeper & it tracks your miles per minute & gives it to you every 5 minutes & also calculates your calories. i love it... and i'm not a huge app person. (same friend also told me about Pandora, which is a free music app, so i can listen to music while i'm walking - i don't run). and runkeeper keeps track of more than just running; in case anyone wants an app to help them workout.0 -
so this may be an obvious answer, yet i want to make sure i do this correctly, so here's my question:
we're supposed to burn the calories the same day we eat the indulgence, right?
i know i'm going to dinner on saturday night for a friend's birthday & guessing i'm going to eat cake (desserts are my indulgence/temptation) & know i don't like working out after dinner, so i'd have to pre-plan and exercise earlier on saturday to work off those calories, right? i mean, i can't wait until sunday to work them off, right?
also, a friend turned me on to a free smart phone app called: Runkeeper & it tracks your miles per minute & gives it to you every 5 minutes & also calculates your calories. i love it... and i'm not a huge app person. (same friend also told me about Pandora, which is a free music app, so i can listen to music while i'm walking - i don't run). and runkeeper keeps track of more than just running; in case anyone wants an app to help them workout.
It would be better if you did it the same day, but if you cant that would be fine. Its not like our bodies have a reset button that goes off at midnight, so just keep track of what you owe from going out saturday and burn that off on sunday.
Ideally you do it all in the same day to make sure you stay on track and dont get overwhelmed but if you need to do some antoher day that would be totally fine0 -
Great challenge this week. I track everything every day because it is the only way I have been successful in losing weight. My vice is chocolate and I usually allow myself to have something chocolatey every day. Usually, it is a 3 musketeers bar, but I normally hit the elliptical every night and burn that off in the first 10 minutes.
I think that the show was great because it showed you can indulge,but you have to be accountable. I agree all the children have looked great and happy thus far. I wish they would do a whole show with just children, this country needs it.
Have a great week every one!!0 -
I use to track everything that I ate. But then it started to annoy me so I stopped doing it. I think that could be why I am not losing weight but it annoys me to pieces to have to stop and record everything that I eat.
I do have a question though. We are couting calories in total and calories out total or is it just the calories of our vices that we have?0 -
I use to track everything that I ate. But then it started to annoy me so I stopped doing it. I think that could be why I am not losing weight but it annoys me to pieces to have to stop and record everything that I eat.
I do have a question though. We are couting calories in total and calories out total or is it just the calories of our vices that we have?
Just the calories of a vice - so that if you eat a candy bar thats 200 calories you do an exercise to burn those 200 calories off. It would be VERY unhealthyl to try to burn off all the calories you eat in a day. You should however be recording everything you eat. It can get annoying and time consuming but I think it reallty helps!0 -
Just wanted to check in with a couple things I have noticed - I have seen some great vices that people are doing - alcohol, sweets, going out to eat and either trying to eliminate them completely (which might be smart if you have fast food- too many calories to burn off!) or working off the calories from it. I found yesterday it was a little hard to work off mine so i still owe ~70 today. Its cool to see people being more accountable with their logging as well!
One thing I have noticed, and received a couple messages about, is people saying they dont have a food vice that they shouldnt - yet when I look at the diaries I see mayo (high fat), ketchup ( high sugar), processed foods (chemicals and high sodium), coffee (diuretic), etc. Im not trying to be nit-picky, just saying maybe look a little closer at your diary. You probably are much healthier in your choices than the rest of us, but there still can be room for improvement in most cases. It might not be as obvious as the ones the rest of us are choosing but even something as small as avoiding processed foods to cut down on your sodium can make a huge difference
If there literally is nothing that needs to be changed in your diary then try picking a non food vice that you have such as surfing the internet, watching tv, playing games on your phone, snacking when you're bored (even if its a healthy snack) and use that as your vice so that each minute you spend doing those things equates to an extra calorie you need to burn
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Oh... I thought we were either supposed to eat something we usually don't or pick the worst of what we ate and work extra to cover it. is that not right? We have to cover everything that might seem 'bad"?0
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