WEEK 13 FINAL WEEK CHALLENGE
Replies
-
Good work everyone. Give yourselves a break, it's the holidays, it's a festive time & a time to enjoy things. I have been right there with you with all of the sweet s& junk that's been around. But, the New Year is starting & you can start now to get things back in order!
And, I am starting the New Year with bronchitis
Oh well, I'm hoping we caught it quickly, this is the first lung infection sonce I've been on the chemo meds, so I'm hoping it's not terrible, I guess we will see...
Needless to say, I don't have anything to add today, hopefully some reps later... AND, I am happy to say, my husband and I will be doing the 30 day ab & leg challenge!
thank you all for giving such great motivation & inspiration!0 -
Good work everyone. Give yourselves a break, it's the holidays, it's a festive time & a time to enjoy things. I have been right there with you with all of the sweet s& junk that's been around. But, the New Year is starting & you can start now to get things back in order!
And, I am starting the New Year with bronchitis Oh well, I'm hoping we caught it quickly, this is the first lung infection sonce I've been on the chemo meds, so I'm hoping it's not terrible, I guess we will see...
Needless to say, I don't have anything to add today, hopefully some reps later... AND, I am happy to say, my husband and I will be doing the 30 day ab & leg challenge!
thank you all for giving such great motivation & inspiration!
Hope you feel better soon, and hoping that 2014 is a happy and healthy year for you.0 -
Well, I managed to keep my food under control today...and get a lot of working out done! YAY!
Tuesday:
workout: 100 minutes (65 with Leslie; 35 on the rebounder)...529 calories :happy:
stretch: 5 minutes
reps: 100 core
And (surprise!) tomorrow's a NEW DAY just like today was! (That is *supposed* to be supportive and encouraging!)
Does anyone else here have a problem keeping your mindset right as far as fitness and weight loss? I mean, some days, I am all gung-ho, and other days, I absolutely could not care less. (Sorry, but I'm just leveling with you all!) I seem to be an all-or-nothing type...so I do *really* good or *really* bad. It's hard to make any real lasting progress that way! Can any of you relate? Does anybody have any great words of wisdom to magically make me consistent?!0 -
@Pam, I think we ALL have weeks like that & I personally blame hormones. One week I'm positive/energetic & the next I really have to dig deep. But I will not fail because I will not quit!!! Way to have a POSITIVE day!!!!
My Tuesday was not so good. I felt drained all day but I made myself walk on the TM for 30 minutes and burned 230 cals.
If you go out tonite enjoy yourself but please be responsible!!!
May our 2014 be the year for achieving our goals and the joy of good health be our blessing!!! Happy New Year my beastly friends!0 -
0 -
Hope you feel better soon, and hoping that 2014 is a happy and healthy year for you.
Thank you! Happy New Year to you! I hope you have a wonderful year!0 -
@ Pam, I used to do that, back & forth. After 20 years with this rheumatoid disease though, and having my 2 young boys, I realize it's worth the discomfort & 'pain' of the hard work to be healthy & feel better for the most part. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful...I just know I've gotten where I'm totally out of shape, & that hurts so much worse & then it's such a longer road back to getting in shape that I don't want to be there ever again!
That said, there are times where my body needs rest & I have to respect that & take a day...0 -
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
I agree with Pam that all of you here are so encouraging and a great group of people to "hang out" with! Thanks for all your encouragements in 2013. Looking for to this carrying on in 2014!~
As for the good days/ bad days bit, yes Pam, I think we ALL go through that. My only "tip" is that I talk to myself (yes, I know, I just confirmed ALL your thoughts about me :laugh: ) I tell myself (out loud if I need to, but preferably not when anyone else is present :blushing: ) that I am worth it - worth taking care of my body, worth spending time exercising, worth more than the pleasure that biscuit or chocolate will give me (sometime have to shout a bit loud at that part!!!!) ... and I just refuse to give up! (You already know I am stubborn and determined, Pam :laugh: ) Yes, I do still "fail", or as someone above put it, have normal life moments when I am not so good! BUT one day or one bad meal will NOT make me give up. Keep seeing the positive in life and keep always telling yourself that YOU are worth it!
And on that note, let's all make 2014 the BEST year yet in terms of our overall health and general lifestyle. I am seriously missing being able to work out. Managed 5 minutes of stretching yesterday and today though :bigsmile: and 25 calf raises every day since Monday! It's those little steps that matter :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0 -
Glad you're on the mend, Ali!
Thank you all for the responses so far! I felt soooo down after a BAD day of eating...and that came right after I 'allowed' myself a WEEK of BAD eating around xmas. So, the scale was up, and I felt **horrible!**
I do feel so much better (physically and mentally) when I'm eating right and exercising...for me, though, it's just too easy to fall back into the eat-whatever-I-want-and-be-lazy mode. (Unfortunately, that comes all too natural...) So I feel like I'll be fighting my own natural tendencies from now on...that's a rather daunting thought!
At any rate, it helps to have you guys here! It's not an over-statement to say that I love you all!
0 -
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”
― Roger Crawford
I hope everyones 1st day of a NEW Year was AWESOME!!!
I was wanting to SWEAT today so I did what my stitches allowed & I did bust a sweat, not a drencher but it was ok!
Wednesday:
#1. 62 minutes between the treadmill & the bike for 605 calories.
#2. stretched for 10
#3. 150 Reps (all UB)
#4. posted another motivational. Will post my measurements tomorrow or Friday.0 -
Great job everyone! I am SO excited to have made it to the final week too. I would like to thank Sheri for such an awesome challenge. Thanks also to Pam for telling me about this challenge when I met her in September! This has been so much fun for me, and I am in better shape than I have been in a long time. My eating habits have gotten better too, since I have been inspired by all those who share their food diaries. Everyone has been so supportive and I am so grateful to have been a part of this! :bigsmile:
Here is one of my favorite quote, since I tend to beat myself up a little when I eat and/or drink too much :drinker:
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. Begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." Ralph Waldo Emerson0 -
Here are my results so far this week:
SUNDAY: rest day
MONDAY:
Workout: Stationary bike 60 min, Circuit training 20 min.
Calories: 625
TUESDAY: rest day
WEDNESDAY:
Workout: Elliptical 20 min, Stationary bike 20 min.
Calories: 345
Stretching: 6 min.
I posted an inspirational quote today too.
Happy New Year to all!0 -
SU0
-
Another good day...looks like you guys have had good days too!
Wednesday:
workout: 60 min (20 FitnessBlender, 30 Brazil Butt Lift, and 10 rebounding)...362 calories
stretch: 5 min
reps: 100 cardio
I pulled up the Brazil Butt Lift on youtube...wanted to see it/do it in order to determine if I wanted to buy the program. Well......I DON'T!
Don't get me wrong - it *was* a good workout...I was sweating, and I had to do the easier level on a couple of the moves. But I am NOT a dancer! My hips just will not move the way those girls were moving! Anyway...now I know!
The end of the challenge is almost here!!! :sad:
Keep at it!0 -
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”
― Roger Crawford
I loved this quote! Thanks for posting it Verda!
Here is my gem for today:
"Make the decision, then do something - no matter how small - toward accomplishing what you want. "
With that in mind, here is my small attempt at this week's challenge so far. Still recovering from Dengue Fever, so any cardio (workouts or reps) are out, as are UB reps (those muscles still ache!), but have at least done something and that makes me feel GOOD :bigsmile:
MONDAY:
#1. No workout
#2. No stretching
#3. 25 standing calf raises (25 LB reps)
#4. Posted a quote
TUESDAY:
#1. No workout
#2. 5 minutes stretching
#3. 25 standing calf raises (25 LB reps)
#4. Posted a quote
WEDNESDAY:
#1. No workout
#2. 5 minutes stretching
#3. 25 standing calf raises and 25 abdominal crunches (25 LB reps and 25 core reps)
#4. Posted encouragement
THURSDAY:
#1. No workout
#2. 5 minutes stretching
#3. 25 standing calf raises, 25 squats, 25 reverse curls, 25 x 2 abdominal crunches (50 LB reps and 75 core reps)
#4. Posted a quote and also posted my measurements
Not sure if we are counting regular points this week ... Sheri? In any event I want to say how much I appreciated having the good and bad habits part included in this challenge. My husband sure appreciates the fact that my computer is normally turned off in the evenings now, AND I have sorted all the cupboards in our bedroom and all the childrens clothes in cupboards/wardrobes, as well as their bookshelves! Have given away boxes of stuff! Feel as though I have made a big start on our preparations for moving back to UK in July. Just need to at some point attack my office, lounge and kitchen now! THANK YOU SHERI for giving me the push I needed!
Oh - and for the stretching, although I haven't YET achieved my goal of getting my head to knee level, I am ALMOST there! AND I have gone from absolutely HATING stretching to not minding it at all now ... won't quite go as far as saying I love it :laugh: , but certainly am pleased to be doing it this week :bigsmile:0 -
I'm having to dig deep today so.... I am trying to remember;
"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."0 -
My Wednesday:
39 minutes running for 300 calories
300 reps (200 abs, 100 cardio)
Stretching 15 minutes
Hoping to run today. High temps supposed to be -3, but going to be even colder tomorrow, so..... guess I need to suck it up and do it. :grumble:0 -
Our temps are like yours Jenn but we don't have a bunch of snow coming in like your area!!! I can handle cold but drifts are hard to move in! Have an @ss kickin day!!!
I have always liked this quote: If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got, and you'll always feel what you always felt.
Let's do SOMETHING different today!!!!0 -
I lucked out! I have a lunch date I forgot about today. :laugh: No run. :drinker:0
-
Sunday: Dec 29, 2013
Workout 111 min for 514 calories
Stretching - 5 min done
Reps: 0
Measurements - not yet
Comment - not yet
Monday: Dec 30, 2013
Workout: 94 min for 604 calories
Stretching - 5 min done
Reps: 400 mix of everything
Measurements: not yet
Comment: not yet
Tuesday: Dec 31
Workout: 70 min for 396 calories
Stretching- 5 min done
Reps: 100 cardio only
Measurements: not yet
Comment: Not yet
Wednesday: Jan 1, 2014
Workout: 31 min for 107 calories
Stretching 5 min done
Reps: 0
Measurements: Not yet
Comment: Not yet
Weeks totals so far:
Workout: 306 min for 1,621 calories
Stretching: 20 min
Reps: 500
Measurements/Comments: Not done on either yet
Last weeks Pts:
Water 7/7
Salt 6/7
Comments 6/7
Good: 7/7
Bad 7/7
This weeks pts so far
Water 5/7
Salt 4/7
Comments 2/7
Good 5/7
Bad 5/70 -
Sorry for the late log in. Was helping a friend finish planning her wedding. Then she and the groom got sick so its postponed. Now I'm getting sick oh what fun. To top it off we are in for a major snow storm and 20 year record lows. I hate winter.0
-
Wednesday:
30 minutes bike
203 calories
5 minutes stretching
25 reps LB
100 reps core
50 reps UB
Thursday:
30 minutes bike & elliptical
271 calories
5 minutes stretching
150 reps core
25 reps LB0 -
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale0
-
What a week! I've been so tired and ravenously hungry this week. Not a good week for increased hunger, decreased energy, and bloating! I'm trying to get this final week done and finish strong but nature is working against me!! My points tracking has been awful. With my Aunt's death the week before last and having to shuffle around my schedule, then I had a speaking engagement and Christmas program to prepare for and do, then the holidays, blah, blah, blah, on and on. Whew! I will try to get it all sorted out and posted!0
-
"Nothing great ever came *that* easy." -unknown
@kvon - your last post made me go and check my calendar...and I found that TOM is due to show up TOMORROW!!! On the final weigh-in day!!! How is that even possible??? (And, no, it doesn't make me feel better knowing that *next* week's weigh-in will be better!)
:sad: :sad: :sad:0 -
Wednesday:
#1 Workout: Biggest Loser walk 47 mins, HIIT 16 mins - Total 63 mins / 662 cals (All required w/o's done)
#2 Stretching: 5 mins done - All required stretching done and I am pleased to confirm that I can now touch my toes without having to bend my legs ... thanks Sheri :bigsmile:
#3 Reps: All required reps done.
#4Personal: Have not posted measurements yet.
I really struggled today but ....
Thursday:
#1 Workout: C25K day2 week1 30 mins, walking 41 mins, Circuit training 20 mins - Total 91 mins / 572 cals (All required w/o's done)
#2 Stretching: not today
#3 Reps: All required reps done.
#4Personal: Have not posted measurements yet - will post them tomorrow (cam't let those extra bonus points go unclaimed :laugh: )0 -
SPREADSHEET UPDATE TO HERE0
-
I've had this printed out since I seriously started this weight loss journey.
"Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells "CAN'T', but you don't listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper "can. And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are."
Don't remember where I got it or who said it.0 -
Feeling sad this challenge is over but so glad it is!!
I'm starting, Mama Wants her Body back+the 30 day chart Sheri posted.
Gonna keep at it
Good luck everyone on your journey
Sunday
45 min zumba
547 cal
100 reps
10 min flex
Monday
30 min zumba
415 cal
100 reps
10 min flex
Tuesday
60 min zumba
732 cal
10 min flex
100 reps
Wishing everyone a blessed New Year 0 -
My stretching goal was to get my knees closer to the floor in butterfly position, and I HAVE gotten them closer to the floor! I have occasional bursitis, which is hip pain due to inflammation, and the bursitis is not bothering me as much as it used to.
I can attribute the improvement to the new habit of stretching my hip area almost every day, thanks to this challenge! 
Here are my results for today:
THURSDAY:
Workout: stationary bike 45 min and HIIT for 10 min (used bike for this too)
Calories: 439
Stretching: 5 min.
Reps: 175
75 core (crunches), 100 UB (tricep extensions and wall push ups)
Final results, measurements and weigh-in to be posted tomorrow. I hope that the scale is kind to everyone tomorrow! :flowerforyou:0
