The Phoenix Egg! - July 2014
AeiriMuse
Posts: 254 Member
***This is a quick sum of the event for quick reference! If you want to know all of the rules, go here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1306446-challenge-the-phoenix-egg ***
Burn calories to incubate your egg to hatch and nurture your phoenix!
The more you burn, the bigger and stronger your phoenix will become!
1,000 cal or less — Egg is still just an egg. (No ticker image prize.)
1,001 - 3,000 cal — The egg has hatched! You have a tiny baby phoenix! Cheep, cheep!
3,001 - 8,000 cal — The hatchling is now a fletchling. It always looks up to you, and tries to fly, but can only manage to flutter.
8,001 - 16,000 cal — Your phoenix can now fly, but it has not developed a glow just yet. It needs more of a burn from you so it can really ignite!
16,001 — 25,000+ cal — Your phoenix is fully grown and glows with a light so bright it inspires others! Together, you prove that if you keep trying, you can do anything!
The more time you are active, the better the chance you’ll get a wish!
We will primarily specify winners of the wish via the amount of logged minutes of activity!
The minimum required for eligibility for a wish is 1,680 minutes of logged activity. This might sound like a lot, but when you do the math, you can easily split this into 60 minutes every day for 28 days! That’s rather simple!
Your chance of winning the wish increases with the intensity level of those activities. (Jogging will be considered higher than just strolling through the store at 2mph. Workouts will be considered higher than simply standing.)
Big Shots get extra bling!
If you accomplish at least 840 minutes of logged activity you will have silver or gold markings on your phoenix! (You choose which!) As you might realize, 840 minutes (30 minutes per day for 28 days) is double the minimum goal!
Steps to Participation
1. Shape your ashes into an egg!
:. Crimson .:. Amber .:. Viridian .:
:. Sapphire .:. Amethyst .:. Ebony .:
:. Ivory .:
2. Make an entry post!
Let us know that you are participating by posting on the event thread! We’d like to know your: Name. The color egg you’ve chosen. A goal you aim to achieve with the aid of this challenge by the end of the month. Your most common activities or the activities that you plan to log towards this goal.
Example:
Hiyaz! I’m Muse! I have a Sapphire egg! I want to accomplish at least 1,300 minutes of activity this month via calisthenics and strength/weight training on a bowflex. I will more than likely be taking walks and logging each time I clean the house, too!
3. Update us on your progress whenever you can!
Tell us the dates you moved around and logged it! Tell us what you did, how long you did it, and how many calories you burned to incubate your egg or feed your phoenix! (Including your name will help us count up your stats when determining what prize(s) you earned!)
Examples:
Muse update!
07.01 - 127 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Torso routine - 1,200 calories burned.
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Muse update!
07.02 - 67 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Legs routine - 869 calories burned.
07.03 - 130 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Torso routine - 1,250 calories burned.
07.04 - 97 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Legs routine, Cleaning, 10 minute walk - 1,100 calories burned.
4. Earn your prize!
***Again, this is just a quick sum of this challenge. For more details, go here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1306446-challenge-the-phoenix-egg ***
- - - Progress Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fj9qNeuc4ivL4p1I5UMP1MDPKhlc1OPakT5N2POj4nU/edit?usp=sharing - - -
*** If you see more names than there are posts on this thread, it is because we are combining the participants of this group and out affiliate.
***
Burn calories to incubate your egg to hatch and nurture your phoenix!
The more you burn, the bigger and stronger your phoenix will become!
1,000 cal or less — Egg is still just an egg. (No ticker image prize.)
1,001 - 3,000 cal — The egg has hatched! You have a tiny baby phoenix! Cheep, cheep!
3,001 - 8,000 cal — The hatchling is now a fletchling. It always looks up to you, and tries to fly, but can only manage to flutter.
8,001 - 16,000 cal — Your phoenix can now fly, but it has not developed a glow just yet. It needs more of a burn from you so it can really ignite!
16,001 — 25,000+ cal — Your phoenix is fully grown and glows with a light so bright it inspires others! Together, you prove that if you keep trying, you can do anything!
The more time you are active, the better the chance you’ll get a wish!
We will primarily specify winners of the wish via the amount of logged minutes of activity!
The minimum required for eligibility for a wish is 1,680 minutes of logged activity. This might sound like a lot, but when you do the math, you can easily split this into 60 minutes every day for 28 days! That’s rather simple!
Your chance of winning the wish increases with the intensity level of those activities. (Jogging will be considered higher than just strolling through the store at 2mph. Workouts will be considered higher than simply standing.)
Big Shots get extra bling!
If you accomplish at least 840 minutes of logged activity you will have silver or gold markings on your phoenix! (You choose which!) As you might realize, 840 minutes (30 minutes per day for 28 days) is double the minimum goal!
Steps to Participation
1. Shape your ashes into an egg!
:. Crimson .:. Amber .:. Viridian .:
:. Sapphire .:. Amethyst .:. Ebony .:
:. Ivory .:
2. Make an entry post!
Let us know that you are participating by posting on the event thread! We’d like to know your: Name. The color egg you’ve chosen. A goal you aim to achieve with the aid of this challenge by the end of the month. Your most common activities or the activities that you plan to log towards this goal.
Example:
Hiyaz! I’m Muse! I have a Sapphire egg! I want to accomplish at least 1,300 minutes of activity this month via calisthenics and strength/weight training on a bowflex. I will more than likely be taking walks and logging each time I clean the house, too!
3. Update us on your progress whenever you can!
Tell us the dates you moved around and logged it! Tell us what you did, how long you did it, and how many calories you burned to incubate your egg or feed your phoenix! (Including your name will help us count up your stats when determining what prize(s) you earned!)
Examples:
Muse update!
07.01 - 127 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Torso routine - 1,200 calories burned.
- - - - - - - -
Muse update!
07.02 - 67 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Legs routine - 869 calories burned.
07.03 - 130 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Torso routine - 1,250 calories burned.
07.04 - 97 minutes - Calisthenics and Bowflex Legs routine, Cleaning, 10 minute walk - 1,100 calories burned.
4. Earn your prize!
***Again, this is just a quick sum of this challenge. For more details, go here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1306446-challenge-the-phoenix-egg ***
- - - Progress Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fj9qNeuc4ivL4p1I5UMP1MDPKhlc1OPakT5N2POj4nU/edit?usp=sharing - - -
*** If you see more names than there are posts on this thread, it is because we are combining the participants of this group and out affiliate.
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Hiyaz! My name is Muse!
Yes, I have chosen to participate in this challenge with a Sapphire egg, but I'm not aiming for a wish. (After all, I'm the one drawing the commissions! :P )
I do want to try and do at least 2,000 minutes of activity come this July! It's one of the hardest months of the year because it's the one of the hottest where I live. (Louisiana) My usual workout routines are calisthenics and strength/weight training on the household's bowflex. Walking out here is hard for me because my neighborhood isn't the safest and we don't have sidewalks; did I mention the heat? lol Though, now that I'm recovered from my knee injury, I really want to start picking up around the house more--no matter the temperature! (That's what AC is for, right? haha)
Who wants to do the Phoenix Egg Challenge with me in July?0 -
Ooh, this sounds fun!
I'm Jamie and will be going with an amethyst egg. My next planned program is alternating weeks of Insanity and the Combat Ultimate Warrior Hybrid calendar along with some 30 day challenges that I found on a Kindle app, and I'll be aiming for 1,500 calories burned this month. I couldn't decide between the two programs, so I decided to just do them both at once (not in the same day...that would be crazy, lol). Since it's summer, I'll also be counting the time I spend getting my yard work done.0 -
Mine should say 1500 minutes rather than calories burned.
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July has begun! Don't forget to log your progress through the month! We want to know minutes AND calories burned!
Muse updating:
07.01 - I ran errands but didn't keep track of the minutes walking. Fitbit judged that I burned 86 calories for the entire day of chores.0 -
July 1st: 537 calories burned in 70 minutes of Les Mills Pump (Pump & Shred and Flow). I'm hoping to also get a walk in after work.
Totals:
Calories burned: 537
Minutes worked: 700 -
July 1st: 537 calories burned in 70 minutes of Les Mills Pump (Pump & Shred and Flow). I'm hoping to also get a walk in after work.
Totals:
Calories burned: 537
Minutes worked: 70
It won't let me edit. I got a quick walk in (12 minutes, 36 calories). So new total:
Calories burned: 573
Minutes worked: 820 -
July 1st: 573 calories burned, 82 minutes (Les Mills Pump & walking 3 mph)
July 2nd & 3rd: 0 (wasn't feeling well)
July 4th: 91 calories burned, 23 minutes (walking 1.4 miles) (feeling better but not 100%)
July totals:
Calories burned: 664
Minutes worked: 1050 -
July 1st: 573 calories burned, 82 minutes (Les Mills Pump & walking 3 mph)
July 2nd & 3rd: 0 (wasn't feeling well)
July 4th: 91 calories burned, 23 minutes (walking 1.4 miles) (feeling better but not 100%)
July 5th: 217 calories burned, 55 minutes (walking 1.86 miles)
July totals:
Calories burned: 881
Minutes worked: 1600 -
July 1st: 573 calories burned, 82 minutes (Les Mills Pump & walking 3 mph)
July 2nd & 3rd: 0 (wasn't feeling well)
July 4th: 91 calories burned, 23 minutes (walking 1.4 miles) (feeling better but not 100%)
July 5th: 217 calories burned, 55 minutes (walking 1.86 miles)
July 6th: 306 calories burned, 40 minutes (Yard work, aka Playing in the Dirt
)
1st Week of July total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
July totals:
Calories burned: 1187
Minutes worked: 2000 -
1st Week of July total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
July 7: 0 (recovering from heat exhaustion)
July 8: 0 (still recovering, Hubby's orders)
July 9: 384 calories, 48 minutes of Les Mills Pump
July totals:
Calories burned: 1571
Minutes worked: 2480 -
Muse Update:
07.01 - 86 calories (Fitbit)
07.02 - Cleaning - 80 minutes 183 calories
07.03 - Cleaning - 20 minutes 61 calories
07.07 - Bowflex Torso Routine - 81 minutes 1,072 calories
07.09 - 112 calories (Fitbit)
07.10 - 123 calories (Fitbit)
07.12 - Bowflex Leg Routine - 42 minutes 556 calories, 65 calories (Fitbit)
07.13 - 39 calories (Fitbit)0 -
st Week of July total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
July 7: 0 (recovering from heat exhaustion)
July 8: 0 (still recovering, Hubby's orders)
July 9: 384 calories, 48 minutes of Les Mills Pump
July 10: 0
July 11: 604 calories burned, 66 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Hip Hop Abs
July 12: 669 calories burned, 122 minutes of Les Mills Combat and walking 3 miles along the beach
July 13: 0
Week 2 total: 1657 calories burned, 236 minutes worked
July 14: 0
July 15: 703 calories burned, 64 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Combat
July 16: 0
July 17: 325 calories burned, 47 minutes of Les Mills Pump
July 18: 0
July 19: 711 calories burned, 80 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Combat
July 20:
Week 3 total: 1739 calories burned, 191 minutes worked
July totals:
Calories burned: 4583
Minutes worked: 627
I've kinda been off my game the last couple weeks. Here's to getting back to the old routine this next week!0 -
1st Week of July total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
Week 2 total: 1657 calories burned, 236 minutes worked
July 14: 0
July 15: 703 calories burned, 64 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Combat
July 16: 0
July 17: 325 calories burned, 47 minutes of Les Mills Pump
July 18: 0
July 19: 711 calories burned, 80 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Combat
July 20: 293 calories burned, 50 minutes of yard work
Week 3 total: 2032 calories burned, 241 minutes worked
July totals:
Calories burned: 4876
Minutes worked: 6770 -
1st Week of July total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
Week 2 total: 1657 calories burned, 236 minutes worked
Week 3 total: 2032 calories burned, 241 minutes worked
July 21: 589 calories burned, 71 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Hip Hop Abs
July totals:
Calories burned: 5465
Minutes worked: 7480 -
st Week of July total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
Week 2 total: 1657 calories burned, 236 minutes worked
Week 3 total: 2032 calories burned, 241 minutes worked
July 21: 589 calories burned, 71 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Hip Hop Abs
July 22: 664 calories burned, 74 minutes of Les Mills Combat & walking
July 23: 0
July 24: 492 calories burned, 62 minutes of Les Mills Pump & Hip Hop Abs
July 25: 348 calories burned, 30 minutes of Les Mills Combat
July 26: 997 calories burned, 124 minutes of Les Mills Combat, working in the yard, and going for a walk
Week 4 total: 3090 calories burned, 357 minutes
July totals:
Calories burned: 7966
Minutes worked: 10340 -
Week 1 total: 1187 calories, 200 minutes
Week 2 total: 1657 calories burned, 236 minutes worked
Week 3 total: 2032 calories burned, 241 minutes worked
Week 4 total: 3090 calories burned, 357 minutes
July 28: 549 calories burned and 74 minutes of Les Mills Pump, Hip Hop Abs, and going for a walk
July 29: 0
July 30: 105 calories burned and 32 minutes of walking
July 31: 0
End of July total:
654 calories burned, 106 minutes
July totals:
Calories burned: 8620
Minutes worked: 11400 -
Muse Update:
07.01 - 86 calories (Fitbit)
07.02 - Cleaning - 80 minutes 183 calories
07.03 - Cleaning - 20 minutes 61 calories
07.07 - Bowflex Torso Routine - 81 minutes 1,072 calories
07.09 - 112 calories (Fitbit)
07.10 - 123 calories (Fitbit)
07.12 - Bowflex Leg Routine - 42 minutes 556 calories, 65 calories (Fitbit)
07.13 - 39 calories (Fitbit)
07.14 - 48 calories (Fitbit)
07.16 - Bowflex Leg Routine - 42 minutes 556 calories
07.17 - 133 calories (Fitbit)
07.18 - 266 calories (Fitbit)
07.20 - 45 calories (Fitbit)
07.23 - Bowflex Torso Routine - 28 minutes 370 calories, 18 calories (Fitbit)
07.25 - 267 calories (Fitbit)
07.28 - Calisthenics & Bowflex Leg Routine - 81 minutes 943 calories
07.29 - 43 calories (Fitbit)
07.30 - Calisthenics & Bowflex Leg Routine - 71 minutes 933 calories
07.31 - 31 calories (Fitbit)
Grand total: 445 minutes 5950 calories.
Hoping to do better the next time around.0 -
I have not forgotten about our winners. I've just finished NaNoWriMo, healing up my feet/knees/legs, and I'm about to reorganize my life again as I do my best to lose weight for my wedding (which is looking like it's going to take place 09.06.2015).
I had to drop my job as a cashier and I have promised my fiance that I would make up for it by becoming a full time self employed author. We even made up "cleaning duties" to help me remember to do chores and such as well.
For right now, I'm focusing on the end of my NaNoWriMo novel. I managed to type over 24,000 words on the last day, but a lot of that is almost unreadable. I literally let go of grammar and there were times I couldn't find the right word and instead of pausing before figuring it out, I typed out each and every guess. I was fluidly typing so even random "doo pee doo" here or there was found so far. Needless to say, if I don't go through that portion now and make sure it is intelligible, I will have NO idea what any of it was meant to be a couple of months from now. So decoding my 10 hour frantic typeathon is on the top of my list. I will then be working on rewards. Thank you so much for your patience!0
