Talking Dead: Team Carol
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New Challenge posted!
You guys, it's awesome if you want to join the 300 or 400 club! Please don't feel like you have to by any means. It's only to help motivate you through out the week and get out of your comfort zone. I broke 400 last week because I was off mon and had a half day on tues and fri. So, lots of free time.
This week, I will attempt to do it again with less time to work with. Should be interesting! Lol
Part of this challenge is sharing something personal about yourself. I need to think about what to say first.0 -
Ok.. my aim is to make the 300 club today (will be hard since I messed up this morning)
My additional goals are:
120 oz of water a day (was only getting about 32)
5 squats and 5 wall push ups with each bathroom visit.0 -
Hindsight... this waking up an hour early might not be the best idea. Its only 1015 local time and I want to crash. Coffee will be an even better friend to me today than usual!0
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Thanks guys I thought I was feeling better in the evening yesterday but when I went to sleep it just was horrible coughing all night and what sucks for me is I'm allergic to a lot of things so I can't take anything OTC to help. Most times I have to just deal with it. but I don't even see me taking a walk today. I hope tomorrow is better. and everyone did amazing, Keep up the great work outs0
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Thanks guys I thought I was feeling better in the evening yesterday but when I went to sleep it just was horrible coughing all night and what sucks for me is I'm allergic to a lot of things so I can't take anything OTC to help. Most times I have to just deal with it. but I don't even see me taking a walk today. I hope tomorrow is better. and everyone did amazing, Keep up the great work outs
Let me know if you need some help this week with numbers. Its most important to get healthy! I'd be happy to help you out :flowerforyou:0 -
Episode Recap is posted here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1209942-episode-recap-season-4-episode-11-claimed
Summary of Kill points: Rick 2 for guy in bathroom, Glenn 2 for 2 cornfield zombies.
Leaderboard and this week's MVP's has been posted.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1195194-weekly-leaderboard-and-most-valuable-players
Tyreese and Sasha will be deciding the punishment exercises this week.
Please note this addition to the challenge this week. This would be a GREAT week to get in the top four!
What we learned from the show this week was that some strangers are enemies and some appear to be friends and may help you on your journey. The top four highest scoring teams of this week's challenge (which will be announced next Monday) will get to choose Abraham, Rosita, Eugene or Tara to add to their team and have their kills added to their team's scores for the rest of the challenge starting with the March 1st episode. Winning team chooses first and so on.0 -
Thanks guys I thought I was feeling better in the evening yesterday but when I went to sleep it just was horrible coughing all night and what sucks for me is I'm allergic to a lot of things so I can't take anything OTC to help. Most times I have to just deal with it. but I don't even see me taking a walk today. I hope tomorrow is better. and everyone did amazing, Keep up the great work outs
Let me know if you need some help this week with numbers. Its most important to get healthy! I'd be happy to help you out :flowerforyou:
Thank you, I may. I'm going to sleep for a bit because I didn't get much last night and maybe in the evening I can go for a walk.0 -
Great news! We are in the top 4 so we get one of the new cast memebers added to our team. Bad new is that we are in 4th so we don't get to choose. I bet we are stuck with Eugine. lol
Skittles, I can help you with your zombie chores this week. Looks like TJ is sick as well.
Ready to step up and help team?0 -
Congrats TJ on making MVP this week! :drinker:
Have a great week team Carol!
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READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I get a judgement call here?? When i visit the ladies room, I have been doing squats and wall pushups. (10 each). I just timed myself and it is a minute to accomplish both tasks. Can this be counted towards the strength time? Or because it is 1 minute at a time, it doesn't count? I will probably have 8 trips today (I drastically increased my water today)... So that would be 8 minutes on top of what ever else I can get in today....0 -
Great news! We are in the top 4 so we get one of the new cast memebers added to our team. Bad new is that we are in 4th so we don't get to choose. I bet we are stuck with Eugine. lol
I think that will be based off this weeks performance, so it will be the team rankings next Monday that count!0 -
Skittles... i hope you get better! seems like that sick stuff is going around... and around and around. i went through 2 rounds of it myslef. rest and recoup!
TJ! Congrats on MVP! WOOWOO
as far as extras... i will do what i can to help out. you all saved my behind last week, so im MORE than happy to do more if i can!
besides... the sally's were fun! just wish i wouldnt have waited so long to do them... i would tried to keep up with TJ.
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Part of this challenge is sharing something personal about yourself. I need to think about what to say first.
do we post this on THIS thread?0 -
Yes. It doesn't have to be REALLY personal, :laugh: just a short essay about why started your fitness journey or a short auto biography, just something you want to share that no one knows about you yet.Part of this challenge is sharing something personal about yourself. I need to think about what to say first.
do we post this on THIS thread?0 -
Tyreese and Sasha have decided that everyone should complete 5 minutes per day (for 5 days) of Wall Squats. These can be included in your strength totals. There are a few versions of Wall Squats, facing or not facing the wall, with or without a ball or weights.....Choose one appropriate to your fitness level.0
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Great news! We are in the top 4 so we get one of the new cast memebers added to our team. Bad new is that we are in 4th so we don't get to choose. I bet we are stuck with Eugine. lol
I think that will be based off this weeks performance, so it will be the team rankings next Monday that count!
Yes, you are correct. I just re-read that and am trying to get ahead of myself. My mistake0 -
READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I get a judgement call here?? When i visit the ladies room, I have been doing squats and wall pushups. (10 each). I just timed myself and it is a minute to accomplish both tasks. Can this be counted towards the strength time? Or because it is 1 minute at a time, it doesn't count? I will probably have 8 trips today (I drastically increased my water today)... So that would be 8 minutes on top of what ever else I can get in today....
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Absolutly!
SWEET!! Thank you!!!! i WILL be successful this weekend. Migraine be damned!0 -
Tyreese and Sasha have decided that everyone should complete 5 minutes per day (for 5 days) of Wall Squats.
Are we talking Wall Squats or Wall Sits? Because I have seen some people call a wall sit a wall squat, and I just want to clarify what we are doing.0 -
Okay, so next week is the big week for getting a new character. This means we all need to be on our A game with food intake as this week we came in 5th. So everyone remember to log!
I swear that all these punishments are uniformly evil. I just did 2 sets of 1 minute wall squats with a 5 pound ball. Dude, they are not very nice either. My thighs were demanding a break after 2 sets. So I guess I will have to do a few more after doing some other strength/cardio exercise. At least these wall squats count in our strength totals.
I am off to make myself an agenda for exercise this week. I have a zillion meetings this week so planning out exercise each day is going to be very important if I have any hope of getting enough minutes done this week.0 -
I think you can do either, whichever you are most comfortable (or uncomfortable :laugh: ) with.Tyreese and Sasha have decided that everyone should complete 5 minutes per day (for 5 days) of Wall Squats.
Are we talking Wall Squats or Wall Sits? Because I have seen some people call a wall sit a wall squat, and I just want to clarify what we are doing.0 -
I asked my trainer and she said wall sits and that I could do 5 minutes. OMG, my thighs were burning! I did get it done, I'll thank the Sallys for that!
This weeks plan....
Monday:pilates(60) Elliptical (20) Strength (45) 1 punishment I rocked that!
Tuesday: swim laps(60) Strength(20) 2 punishments
Wednesday: Pilates (50) 1 punishment
Thursday: I'm taking it off and spending the day with my husband! +1 punishment
Friday:I'm taking it off and skiing with my daughter...But that'll be a workout of its own. I'll try and track how long I'm actually skiing for.
Saturday: see if I can move after skiing, if I can I'll do my video.
140+ ski time /220
115/90 Strength, since core is in strength this week I'll count one of my pilates class towards that, she kicks our butts either way. (And I'd already requested the bars so everyone is going to be mad at me)
Something personal= I decided to lose weight and get healthy because I have an autistic developmentally delayed 11 yr old and as he get bigger I need to stay stronger than him and I need to be healthy for him.0 -
I think you can do either, whichever you are most comfortable (or uncomfortable :laugh: ) with.Tyreese and Sasha have decided that everyone should complete 5 minutes per day (for 5 days) of Wall Squats.
Are we talking Wall Squats or Wall Sits? Because I have seen some people call a wall sit a wall squat, and I just want to clarify what we are doing.
Oh thank goodness!! I've already done five minutes of wall sits today. I was afraid I'd have to start over!! LOL0 -
Okay, my plan for this week is to do my new Leslie Sansone DVD. Each day of the week has miles and a short strength training segment, so I want to give the video a try. It is called 5 day walk plan. What is odd is that the days are very different in lengths - I thought they might be aiming for a particular time (like 45-50 minutes) but alas, they range from 25 minutes to almost 75 minutes.
Sunday Cardio 5 miles 74
Monday Strength + Cardio 3 miles; 30 arms; punishment 85
Tuesday Cardio 4 miles; punishment 67
Wednesday Strength + Cardio 1 mile; 30 pilates; punishment 60
Thursday Strength + Cardio 2 miles; Legs; punishment 73
Friday Cardio 5 miles; punishment 79
Projected cardio: 310/220 -- Aiming for the 300 club :laugh:
Projected weight training: 128/90 (includes punishment minutes)
The hardest day will be tomorrow because my day is already full and we are going to go see my dad after work so I likely won't be home until after 9 at night.
Something personal:
Like I haven't been personal already with talking about my dad and trying to get prego. So I guess I will tell you what convinced me to get started losing weight.
I can't really tell my story without sounding potentially very judgmental, so please understand that I love my sister-in-law and I was (and am) concerned about her. My sis-in-law got married within a few months of each other and both of us were "bigger" girls. She gained more weight (as I did) after her wedding and then she got pregnant and had my nephew. But she never really lost the weight after she gave birth.
The size she is does not look attractive and it is impacting her health. Occasionally she tries to diet, but she often gets almost immediately discouraged if the scale doesn't react as fast as she would hope. Me, I didn't try to diet because I simply didn't care as long as I fit in my clothes. Then I got on scale at the Drs office and saw an obscene number and I looked at a picture from my nephew's baptism. I was a whale. Really. :blushing: . Worse, I don't have a baby to justify the weight gain. :sad: I realized I had to do something. So we started eating healthier at first. Then my brother suggested MFP to me and I've been tracking since end of August.
Currently, my sister-in-law is pregnant with #2. Her weight before this pregnancy was my highest weight and she is beginning her second trimester. I am just so concerned about her as I have done reading and know the dangers that come with being overweight, inactive and eating poorly in pregnancy. I am down about 60 pounds from that top dr office weight, and I think it might be "safe" for me to give the prego thing a go.
So that's my story. Sorry, it's so long.0 -
Day 1 Monday 2/24/14
Format for the week:
Cardio: 62/220 (Aiming for the 400 club!)
Strength: 45/110
Martial Arts: 45/135
Average calorie intake: 1/6
Weight loss for challenge: 5.2/9
Punishment (current) = Wall Squats: 1/ 5 days
Personal note: Gosh, why is this so difficult. I have written and re-written this several times. I guess that goes with my personal note. I have lost 55 pounds, and still will lose the remaining weight to reach my goal. During this journey of course there is the weight loss, but it is not actually about the weight loss. It is what I gained, the confidence! I have become stronger both physically and emotionally. I have learned to say what I need, but without being selfish. Side note - My kids are seeing me in better shape (and smaller) for the first time in their lives. It took me 18 (& 15 years) to "lose" the baby weight. LOL
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Morning Team! Just wanted to update where I am at so far this week.
Cardio: 135/220 <-- goal is over 400
Strength: 60/90 <-- hoping to get around 150
Food: 1/6
Weight loss for challenge: 4.8/15
Punishment: 1/5
Still hoping to get another long walk in today, but it's below freezing here and I'm not sure I can handle two days in a row. Maybe a shorter walk than yesterday just to get out and get moving.
Has anyone heard of the Striiv pedometer? I am seriously considering one. The fitbit looks great, but the Striiv creates a game like situation and the more you walk, the more you actually donate to charity. You can earn clean water for children, polio vaccines, and spots in the rainforest. I really like the idea of moving for a purpose (other than helping myself).
A little bit about me. I have been overweight most of my adult life. I was very active in high school, but once I stopped playing soccer the pounds crept on. And to think I thought I was fat in high school... hahaha. I have played the weight loss game before on MFP with great success but I got to a point where I thought I could do it on my own, have more cheat days, be less active, etc. Needless to say the weight I had loss came back plus some. My wake up call was looking at the scale one day and having a minor breakdown. I am in the prime of my life and I have so many goals. I don't want weight to be an issue for me anymore. One of my big things is travelling and I want to be able to explore as a healthy human being rather than one who constantly needs breaks to rest or catch my breath.
Here's to another great week for team Carol! :drinker:0 -
well today will be another day of no work outs
I feel horrible I think more about this then being sick. yesterday in the evening I thought I was getting better but when I try to sleep it gets worse. I get maybe an hour of sleep at a time and when I cough my cheat is not hurting as well as my head. I'm getting a headache after I cough. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a better day but I'm laying in bed trying to sleep when I can.
Sorry all I can't do much this week I really do feel bad0 -
Skittles - have you done any workouts this week? I am officially adopting you and will finish whatever you are unable to do. If you can't get anything done, that's fine, just let me know! I hope you start feeling better soon... being sick is never a fun time. Don't stress about workouts, just get to feeling 100% again!0
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Something personal= I decided to lose weight and get healthy because I have an autistic developmentally delayed 11 yr old and as he get bigger I need to stay stronger than him and I need to be healthy for him.
Tinker, I'm only just becoming more aware of autism. What a challenge on a daily basis but very rewarding when you get closer and closer to your goals. My bro in law and I are starting our own pasta business and the doc I work for has a son with autism. She(the doc) reads everything she can get her hands on for nutrition and herbs to help keep her son as healthy as possible. She decided to fund our business and we are dedicating a gluten free line in her son's name. We will be loading it with herbs and veggies and making it something healthy that he will eat. We are also going to employ him(he's 15) and teach him the business. We will also be donating a dollar from each package to an autism charity. My bro in laws brothers son is also autistic and this has become a driving factor in our gluten free line.0 -
WOW - clearly Im way behind. I didnt know until a minute ago I was MVP. That is awesome!!!! Thanks everyone.
For the record, I live in heels so I found those sallys to actually burn more, but were way easier to go down farther than if I was just flat footed. Weird huh?
Im two days down with no exercise yet, but Im still going to try my hardest to make the 400 club this week. At the very least I WILL make the 300 again.
Sharing something about me: .........I will have to get back to you one that, Im not sure what to say.0
