The Weightloss -Health Challenges Group

NH_1970

Hi Everyone, When I joined I asked if anyone wanted to be a challenge buddy with me, and found someone and we're almost done with our First Week of Challenges.

Our First week Challenges Were/Are
1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
2. Stay Within our Calorie Goal Range
3. Record EVERYTHING we eat/snack/drink for One Week.

I talked with Lissa and because it was such great motivation and support for each other, asked her about making a group to do weekly challenges with.

If Anyone would like to do weekly challenges with us, we are repeating The Above Challenges this week and adding two more.

The Challenges for this week are.
1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
2. Stay within our Calorie Goal Range (No going over)
3. Record EVERYTHING we eat snacks/drinks/meals for One Week.
4. Exercise Goal, adding exercise for One week by Our own personal definition and meeting that goal at the weeks end.
(This is not pre-defined by the group/me or Lissa on what you are required to do for the week's exercisebecause most people will be at different levels, but you have to make a goal and try to meet it by the end of the week, whether that is minutes or just a certain exercise example: walking 4 days a week for 45 minutes)
An example would be this week My goal is to walk 6 days this week for 30-45 minutes minimum and do 3 different freeweight for 6 days for my arms with a specific weight/rep each day/evening -You goal could be something entirely different.)

If Anyone would like to Join Lissa and I let's start a group! We'll do weekly challenges that may incorporate previous week challenges or be all together different, however Each of these challenge weeks will be flexible enough to let YOU decide what exercise you want to do. We want to encourage each other too to stay on track and just enjoy getting fitter and healthier.

The Group isn't about doing a certain workout or eating certain foods or following a certain plan, unless you are already doing it and just want the extra support. It's really about keeping ourselves motivated and on track with our improvements in health.

Plus it's always good to have someone to bounce your successes off of, Also NO beating yourself up if you don't meet a goal, just get back on the wagon for the rest of the week, and hit it the following week. But try your best to meet the goals set each week.

pragya728

Hi,

I would like to join this challenge. How do I join?

Keisha79

cut me in...

Crystleen

How do I join?

NewMe80xoxo

How do I join???

xDeannaGarciax

I do these things already lol so I'm in! Will we be adding to the challenges each week though?!

NH_1970

You just join by posting here

Each week though I haven't talked with Lissa about it yet we'll just post something with Same title it has now, or post here.

Feel free to add each other as friends too,(but only if you really want that's up to you) We can keep in touch via the mail system here if needed I guess, and I'll also post in My BLOG on this site, because I'm forgetful, The Challenges for Each Week. In case something happens and you can't find the thread you can just look up my name. It is either Saunya or Saunya_ I forgot lol.

I think that we will be Adding challenges for awhile. With New ones added to the ones we completed the week before. Maybe. I think the basic week one Lissa and I did were a good foundation. So most likely adding to those basic ones, and having new ones after those first three.
I'm pretty flexible just want us to have some challenges and healthy habits, and repeating any habit for 6 weeks tends to make it a habit that you don't forget to do. (This isn't a 6 week group though - I'd like to have it ongoing.)

Like I told Lissa one week I would like to find a new healthy recipe to add to each day for just ONE meal. So it will be things that are accomplish-able. Maybe try out a new exercise or train a certain area of our bodies that we haven't before would be another challenge. But that would really be self-defined again.

Also we'll start Tomorrow 8/26/10 if that is good with Everyone.

baker_c

I'm in - you can count on it - looking forward to the challenge!

Lissa170

Hello,
This is great that we have a bunch of people starting this challenges group. I think we can really help each other. If you have a challenge you want to add..let us all know. Saunya and I have been at it for almost a week and both of us have lost weight plus these challenges keep us more focused on this path to a healthy life foremost in our mind.

So starting Aug. 26th the following are our one week challenge.

The Challenges for this week are.
1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
2. Stay within our Calorie Goal Range (No going over)
3. Record EVERYTHING we eat snacks/drinks/meals for One Week.
4. Exercise Goal, adding exercise for One week by Our own personal definition and meeting that goal at the weeks end.

Since I have not been exercising much ..this last challenge will push me..which is great.

Glad your all aboard,
Lissa

Galathea

Count me in ...
I do these things already, but a little extra support is always good. :happy:

NH_1970

Count me in ...
I do these things already, but a little extra support is always good. :happy:

It sure is and if you or anyone else has any ideas for challenges ideas for the future, just post them or if you're hesitant feel free to mail me.

NineInchGirl

IM IN!!!!

xDeannaGarciax

Ok got a portion of my workout done today so far (30min) my youngest has been waking up at 5:15 for the last 2wks, so I might as well. Going to go for a bike ride in about 30min (my mom got us one of those awesome bicycle trailers for our 2yr old) before it get's too hot, and I'll do that for an hour. Drank 3 glasses of water so far!! How's everyone else doing?

AEROBICVIC

Count me in! i'm a fitness/aerobic instructor so if you need exercise ideas, i'd be more than happy to help out. i can set up exercise goals for beginners, moderate and advanced athletes if you'd like. just let me know. we're all in this together!

Danielle84Duncan

Count me in......... I am on water # 6 so far and 30 minutes of aerobics so far and a walked planned for this evening....... I love having all this support........it helps me so much........ I hope everyone has a wonderful day

hsquared87

Count me in.
Getting and giving support helps me so much with my weight loss journey. I'm always looking for new healthy goals and attitudes to incorperate into my plan.

I look forward to every new challange!

Good luck everyone,
Hsquared87


AEROBICVIC I'm looking for a good routine for my arms and abs.

Danielle84Duncan

Count me in.
Getting and giving support helps me so much with my weight loss journey. I'm always looking for new healthy goals and attitudes to incorperate into my plan.

I look forward to every new challange!

Good luck everyone,
Hsquared87


AEROBICVIC I'm looking for a good routine for my arms and abs.

Crystleen

Water is a challenge for me so this will help! 5 glasses of water so far and I've done a 40 min brisk walk before work this morning!

NH_1970

You're all doing excellent, I do my exercise in the evenings when it's a bit less chaotic for my day's schedule. I'm up to 3 glasses of water so far, plan on getting the last in between now and sleep time.

xDeannaGarciax

Water is a challenge for me so this will help! 5 glasses of water so far and I've done a 40 min brisk walk before work this morning!

Good for you! You go girl!!!

xDeannaGarciax

Ok got in my hour bike ride and the rest of my water. I was thinking maybe a good challenge for others to start would be not eating after 7. I already do that and I know it's made a huge difference, just a suggestion for future "challenges" also maybe cutting something out of our diet that we know is bad for us

NH_1970

Ok got in my hour bike ride and the rest of my water. I was thinking maybe a good challenge for others to start would be not eating after 7. I already do that and I know it's made a huge difference, just a suggestion for future "challenges" also maybe cutting something out of our diet that we know is bad for us

I ended up changing the cardio part of my challenge to elliptical or walking, and not just walking, because I don't' want to wipe out again from not seeing, if I can only get to exercise at a late time.

Deanna the cutting something out that is bad is good, I could give up coffee for a week and The eating before you fall asleep thing we could make broader to maybe be like don't eat a certain amount of hours before you fall asleep because people's schedules are all different and some might work/be up late or work 2nd or 3rd shift, but good idea.

AEROBICVIC

hsquared87...you would want to incorp a balanced liting routine hitting every major body group each week and depending on your goals, hitting arms another day in addition to your routine. Abs, you can hit several days a week. add some in with each routine. you want to make sure you have 2-3 days in between arm days if you are going to hit them twice a week.

NH_1970

How is everyone doing so far? I found it a challenge today to fit in cardio, but made time for it. Also did my arms routine + some. Getting my water in and recording is going good so far, and staying under my calorie goal.

natagal

would love to join.

Galathea

Exercising is really hard for me at the moment. I leave the house at 8:30 AM - 9 hours work, then to the hospital to visit stepdad. I come home around 9:30 PM. And then I'm dead... and hungry. But when I have dinner at this time, I'm too lazy to do workouts after it. And my legs feel like made of stone.
Still try to push it hard.

Plan for the next week: 8 glasses of water each day, always under cal goal, a 45 mins cardio workout 5 times the week.

I would like to add some strength workout. But thats a huge problem for me. I hate strength training ... seriously. It gets too boring too easily for me. Any suggestions for a fun workout would be highly appreciated.
I also don't like the weekend. I don't eat enough these two days. Pjuuuuu, I'm a hopeless case. LOL

NH_1970

Nata you can join we're in the midst of this week's challenge and you can join in on that if you'd like next weeks will be posted Next Wed Evening or so and we'll start it on Thursday.

Galathea, the challenges were self-defined. If you opted out of the exercise part of the challenge that we set this week that's fine, that's your choice. None of us are going to beat you over the head with it lol. It's good you're picking it up next week and we can actually have that be a part of next weeks challenge because I think that will help everyone establish a more set routine, and I want to know how everyone's week 7 days went for them too.

I know you are setting those goals for next week, Just make sure they're obtainable for you, so you do not get discouraged. If you have that much time to dedicate then that's great.

I'm not all that hot with the strength training either, when I went to the gym at least I had the guys with the nice arms to look at. Now no gym, but I started doing free weights again in my living room I do the Bill Phillips routine minus the leg workout and it's good, he doesn't have any videos though just his book. It's pretty quick too. If you have a library there see if they have it, It's called Body For Life. his website you can search it if you want has a lot of the transformation pics on it, I don't do his supplements though found that most of those end up making me not want to go to the bathroom and I like being regular with eating whole foods.

and hope your step dad gets better soon Galathea

hsquared87

For quick strength training I use a pilates video. Its one of the 10 minute solutions it's called slim and sculpt pilates and it breaks the workouts up into arms, abs, lower body and total body. This video uses the resistance bands and even 10 minutes is a really good workout.

This video is challenging and you can work one section a day and still feel like you did something.

I hope this helps

ps all the 10 minute solution videos are good when your pressed for time but still want to get some kind of work out in.

xDeannaGarciax

Ok got in my hour bike ride and the rest of my water. I was thinking maybe a good challenge for others to start would be not eating after 7. I already do that and I know it's made a huge difference, just a suggestion for future "challenges" also maybe cutting something out of our diet that we know is bad for us

I ended up changing the cardio part of my challenge to elliptical or walking, and not just walking, because I don't' want to wipe out again from not seeing, if I can only get to exercise at a late time.

Deanna the cutting something out that is bad is good, I could give up coffee for a week and The eating before you fall asleep thing we could make broader to maybe be like don't eat a certain amount of hours before you fall asleep because people's schedules are all different and some might work/be up late or work 2nd or 3rd shift, but good idea.

Ok well I recently read an artical on speeding up your metabolism and one of the paragraphs was about eating no closer to bed time then 2hrs before. Maybe a good challenge for this week?

I have already drank 4glasses of water and gone for my morning walk with my youngest. This afternoon (I too have changed up my workout) Instead of 2.5mile run today I will be doing a 1mile run as fast as I can and then the last 1.5 using the HIIT method, which I love. Followed by ab's and this week I'm back to working on arms (I focus on a different spot each week 3 days a week, do my ab's everyday and either running/ or shred everyother day with at the least one walk a day, but sometimes 2)

Good luck everyone this week. Any changes to the challenges?

NH_1970

Good luck everyone this week. Any changes to the challenges?

Let you know on Wednesday and probably something added to it. Thank you for the idea too.
The challenge for last week didn't start on a Monday so figured we'd just keep with the same schedule Thursday start date. Hope that works for you.

NH_1970

For quick strength training I use a pilates video. Its one of the 10 minute solutions it's called slim and sculpt pilates and it breaks the workouts up into arms, abs, lower body and total body. This video uses the resistance bands and even 10 minutes is a really good workout.

This video is challenging and you can work one section a day and still feel like you did something.

I hope this helps

ps all the 10 minute solution videos are good when your pressed for time but still want to get some kind of work out in.

I'll check them out in a couple of weeks or see if there's a preview for them on the net somewhere, I know that I have a new yoga dvd that I just got in today that I plan on using tonight to see how it goes.