Talking Dead: Team Carol
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Speaking of the Fitbit... tell me your honest opinion. I have been thinking about getting one, but am a little on the fence. I have a Polar FT4 but the battery went out so now I am a little lost on my calorie counting for workouts and have just been using MFP, which I know is way off so I don't eat back calories.
Also, with the migraine I had, I failed yesterday. Didn't do anything
But I am feeling better now and am hoping to get at least 3 Sally Ups done tonight at work. 3 more days to get everything in! 0 -
Morning Team -
I confess to starting the week out great, but I have lost all motivation to do anything. HELP!!!!0 -
About the fitbit -- I have a flex and I LOVE it. It has helped me to see how inactive I was and shooting to get those steps in has been very motivating. Also, I link mine to MFP for my diary and have it set to a deficit and it has really helped me be more faithful in logging my food because I want to see those totals be accurate. That being said - be aware that a fitbit is not an HRM. It will not give you as accurate of a calorie burn during certain exercise so I see a lot of people wear both. I personally find that too confusing and so I just wear my fitbit 24/7 and shoot to hit my calorie goal as its set on fitbit's deficit and let it be what it is. Its working - I'm finally see weight loss after about a year.0
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Bebubble, I think everyone was adopted. There was no specific list to go by. You can donate to your own team if you like.
Skittles, that is really amazing where that song came from. I was wondering myself and it did sound a bit like a slave song. Some of those songs are great for working/working out.
I have a fitbit coming today I think. I will let you know what I think of it.
TJ! You promised tons of Sallys and you better do it or I'm going to think you're a whimp! Big talker!(motivated?)
I got a message from a team mate saying she is down on cardio and may need donations...anyone up for it? I will see what I can do.
Let's go Carols!!!0 -
What motivates me is remembering I have to do a fitspo in another 6 weeks.Morning Team -
I confess to starting the week out great, but I have lost all motivation to do anything. HELP!!!!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1186955-early-bird-challenge-week-4-of-40 -
TJ! You promised tons of Sallys and you better do it or I'm going to think you're a whimp! Big talker!(motivated?)
I got a message from a team mate saying she is down on cardio and may need donations...anyone up for it? I will see what I can do.
DAMMIT SARAH!!!!! Yeah, actually that worked. lol I will get on those first thing tonight. And I will try to get a lot of extra cardio in too. I only have 120 min so far, but I have over 115 strength already. I will make the rest of the week all about cardio (except the monster number of Sally's I promised)0 -
Yes, I think we have 2 members having a hard time. Just to inspire you, I will throw a few extra Sallys in too.
I'm full on strength this week too, so bring on the cardio. Let's try and break 300...you with me???0 -
Yes, I think we have 2 members having a hard time. Just to inspire you, I will throw a few extra Sallys in too.
I'm full on strength this week too, so bring on the cardio. Let's try and break 300...you with me???
YOU ARE ON SISTER!!!! CARDIO - HIGHER THAN 3000 -
What motivates me is remembering I have to do a fitspo in another 6 weeks.Morning Team -
I confess to starting the week out great, but I have lost all motivation to do anything. HELP!!!!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1186955-early-bird-challenge-week-4-of-4
Another update? I just finally had a chance to check this out. I still don't know how to post pics.0 -
Yes, I think we have 2 members having a hard time. Just to inspire you, I will throw a few extra Sallys in too.
I'm full on strength this week too, so bring on the cardio. Let's try and break 300...you with me???
YOU ARE ON SISTER!!!! CARDIO - HIGHER THAN 300
That's what I'm talking about!0 -
Sign me up for over 300 cardio as well! I already got all my Sally's done for the week but I will get more done tonight at work.
Thanks for the info on the Fitbit! And anyone else who has input, please let me know :happy:0 -
Well Sarah, I did another 4 sets of Sallys and an hour of cardio last night. I should be well on my way by turn in tomorrow of having over 300 cardio and at least 20 sets of sally's.
My backside thanks you for the motivation :smooched: and hates you for the pain. :grumble:0 -
hey guys how is everyone? sorry I was MIA yesterday I was with my mom form 10 am till 10 pm doing shopping and other things, I am having a surprise birthday party for my husband this Sat, he tunes 30 so I was busy, and I feel like I cheated on my work outs because I didn't do anything but the sally's. but I know I need a rest day so yesterday was it. an today I'm going to kill my work outs.
a site note I also love my fitbit I got it last week but its amazing. if anyone wants to add me here ya go
www.fitbit.com/user/2D6C870 -
Well Sarah, I did another 4 sets of Sallys and an hour of cardio last night. I should be well on my way by turn in tomorrow of having over 300 cardio and at least 20 sets of sally's.
My backside thanks you for the motivation :smooched: and hates you for the pain. :grumble:
Dang! You are going to have thighs of steel when your're done. I haven't added up my cardio yet but I have a half day today again so I'm making it a cardio fest. Plus I am breaking in the fitbit and seeing how it measures my activity. Lara, welcome to our mini challenge! ha ha haaaaa!!!!!
Skittles, running around for 12 hours probably has some cardio in there. I don't think you should feel bad at all.
I'm not sure how to set a deficit for my fitbit but I'm just going to keep the settings I have now and just see how it goes. I will add you Skittles as a pal as soon as I figure out how to do it.
2 days left ladies to get in your WD chores. Let's show them our arm muscles. GRRRRR!!!!!
side note: here is my fitbit user address to add me http://www.fitbit.com/user/2DFRP70 -
Hi team,
My current totals:
94.5 /100 strength
202/220 cardio
4/5 sally video
I'm not sure I will have time to be in the 300 cardio club this week as I pre-plan my workouts and I gave myself a bye last night and only did 30 minutes (instead of 45-50 minutes) of cardio. I needed the light workout, so I am glad I did it, but it makes it harder to do much extra for donations to other group members.
I will try to tack on some extra strength today in case someone needs it (10 of my strength is being donated, so only 84.5 is mine -- I will try to do at least 30 more minutes of strength so if anyone is a little short there will be a surplus).
NSV - I went for a physical this morning and the Dr. is super pleased with my progress. The only thing she wants me to do differently is limit my coffee more :grumble: and avoid alcohol completely. We are trying to conceive so these two things are considered wise things to do. Since I hardly drink this is not an issue, but I'm not that impressed with the coffee restrictions. I guess more herbal tea is in my future. At least I can count it as "water" :laugh: In other good news, the scale weighs me heavier here than at the Drs office! :drinker:0 -
Sara - If you want to set your fitbit up to show your food plan goals at a deficit - go to your dashboard, on your food plan tile, find your settings (a little gear at the top) and click on it and then you can edit your goals. I have mine set to a medium (500 calorie deficit). I used to have my MFP set on 1400 calories and then when it would add my adjustment from fitbit, my MFP was way off from what fitbit said my goal was. I changed my calories to 1200 on MFP and now when fitbit makes my adjustment my goals are much closer. My fitbit will give me a slightly less goal to hit my deficit than MFP so I strive to hit my fitbit goal since I fell it is a more accurate estimate according to what my calorie burn is for that day. This means that most of the time I will have about a hundred extra calories left on MFP but will have "nailed it" on fitbit.0
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Ty! now how do I add friends? That is not easy to figure out. On my phone it only wants to access my contacts.0
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Yea - I wasn't able to figure out how to add friends through the phone app either - the only way I was able to do it was to go to my computer and copy and paste the profile address of the friend I wanted to add and then send them a friend request or if I gave someone else my e-mail address - they were able to send me a friend request and I could accept it through my phone app.
If i figure out how to do it from the phone app, I'll let you know!0 -
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NSV - I went for a physical this morning and the Dr. is super pleased with my progress. The only thing she wants me to do differently is limit my coffee more :grumble: and avoid alcohol completely. We are trying to conceive so these two things are considered wise things to do. Since I hardly drink this is not an issue, but I'm not that impressed with the coffee restrictions. I guess more herbal tea is in my future. At least I can count it as "water" :laugh: In other good news, the scale weighs me heavier here than at the Drs office! :drinker:
Awesome Job at the Dr!!! Dont you just hate it when they tell you to cut down on coffee - its diabolical!!. You are lucky that you can count it as water though. I cant, if it has caffeine in it it doesnt count according to my nutritionist. Thats why I end up short sometimes cause I dont stop drinking coffee until lunch time. It really cuts into the hours I have to get in all my water, but I AM NOT GIVING IT UP!!!
Coffee=Life
Without Coffee=Life, without the possibility of parole0 -
NSV - I went for a physical this morning and the Dr. is super pleased with my progress. The only thing she wants me to do differently is limit my coffee more :grumble: and avoid alcohol completely. We are trying to conceive so these two things are considered wise things to do. Since I hardly drink this is not an issue, but I'm not that impressed with the coffee restrictions. I guess more herbal tea is in my future. At least I can count it as "water" :laugh: In other good news, the scale weighs me heavier here than at the Drs office! :drinker:
Awesome Job at the Dr!!! Dont you just hate it when they tell you to cut down on coffee - its diabolical!!. You are lucky that you can count it as water though. I cant, if it has caffeine in it it doesnt count according to my nutritionist. Thats why I end up short sometimes cause I dont stop drinking coffee until lunch time. It really cuts into the hours I have to get in all my water, but I AM NOT GIVING IT UP!!!
Coffee=Life
Without Coffee=Life, without the possibility of parole
awesome job on the NSV... dr apt are always good when you arent 'afraid' to go.
and the coffee thing... thats hilarious!0 -
i need to say thanks ahead of time for the extra help this week. i went on vacation and came back a bit of an emotional mess. and about the time my motivation started coming back, my son decided he needed a couple more teeth. I was able to get in a swim earlier in the week (that i forgot about in my original post) plus my tabattas class last night.
so far this is where im at:
Cardio: 115/210
Strength: 0/100
Average calorie intake: 0/6
Punishment (current) = Sally Down: 2/ 5 days
i am planning to lift tomorrow morning (first in a week, ouch) so that will be a for sure 60min (and i'll finish up those sally's too)
If i can pull off some yoga during the day on saturday, or even tonight, that would give me another 60 in cardio.
sooo.. that would put me at:
Cardio: 175/210
Strength: 60/100
ill do what i can to push for a bunch on saturday... but ^these are the best bet for my final numbers.
thanks again. I WILL do better next week. and do extra so i can give back.0 -
Corsucate: I have finished my strength for the week - and I have an extra 50 minutes. You can have those...
I should have some extra cardio too. I wanna join the 300+ this week club
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We are a club now? Fantastic!!
I just thought it was Sarah's way of kicking me in the backside to get me off the couch.0 -
i think it motivated a lot of us to get off the couch
I know I was sitting on mine, thinking...wow 300 minutes is a lot. There's a lot of reasons that I can't do that...my knees will be sore, the gym is always crowded on Saturdays, and I have chores to do....and then I stopped and slapped myself. That's the kind of thinking that made me overweight in the first place! So, yeah...I'm in for 3000 -
NSV - I went for a physical this morning and the Dr. is super pleased with my progress. The only thing she wants me to do differently is limit my coffee more :grumble: and avoid alcohol completely. We are trying to conceive so these two things are considered wise things to do. Since I hardly drink this is not an issue, but I'm not that impressed with the coffee restrictions. I guess more herbal tea is in my future. At least I can count it as "water" :laugh: In other good news, the scale weighs me heavier here than at the Drs office! :drinker:
Awesome Job at the Dr!!! Dont you just hate it when they tell you to cut down on coffee - its diabolical!!. You are lucky that you can count it as water though. I cant, if it has caffeine in it it doesnt count according to my nutritionist. Thats why I end up short sometimes cause I dont stop drinking coffee until lunch time. It really cuts into the hours I have to get in all my water, but I AM NOT GIVING IT UP!!!
Coffee=Life
Without Coffee=Life, without the possibility of parole
awesome job on the NSV... dr apt are always good when you arent 'afraid' to go.
and the coffee thing... thats hilarious!
Funny my Doctor told me to drink coffee! LOL! But I am thinking maybe you can get too much of a good thing!0 -
Checking In with my current totals:
Sunday: 75 cardio
Monday: 50 cardio
Tuesday: 0 FLEW but did Sally squats
Wednesday: 95 cardio + 60 strength train, and squats
Thursday: 47 cardio + 45 strength train., and squats
Friday: 140 cardio + 38 strength train., and squats
Saturday:
407/220 cardio (have extra for anyone!)
143/100 strength (have extra for anyone!)
4/5 sally squats = 30 squats for each day and (30 more each day for anyone!)
Food/Calories = UNDER
No Burpees!
As Cindyinpg suggested - can't access the video, it is 4 minutes of regular squats, but holding in the squat position for a full 3 seconds before rising and squatting again. Which I did this as I can not stand the song in the video.
Saturday will bring more squats, strength and cardio!
We are awesome Carols, People!
Oh and I am a fitbit user. Anyone know how to add a friend?0 -
My final totals for this week :drinker:
Cardio: 231.5/ 220
Strength: 117.5/90 (+ 10 minutes for my donation that is not counted in my totals)
Sally :devil: : 5/5
Sorry, I don't have extra to donate, but I came home from my errands to a power outage. So I did 45 minutes at the gym until my husband (who was starving) insisted it was time for dinner. I did a little more strength training when I got home so I'm just a little shy of 30 minutes over. I could do more tomorrow, but I think we can only count 6 days :sad:0 -
Day 5 Fri 2/21/14
Format for the week:
Cardio: 262/310 (+ extra for those needing it)
Strength: 120/110 (+ adding additional for the donation)
Martial Arts: 135/135
Average calorie intake: 5/6
Weight loss for challenge: 0.2/9
Old Punishment = Burpees (still doing them, because I like them): 50/50
Punishment (current) = Sally Down: 5/ 5 days0 -
Awe, more 300plus club! I'm going to get over 400 too I think! dum dum dummm!!! I did an extra Sally too and maybe I will do a couple more tomorrow. We will get you covered coruscate!!!
Let's finish our best tomorrow guys. I will be gone during the day to fulfill my pasta business requirements but I will be in to check on you in the evening.0
