November challenge !!!!!!

AmandaR910

how did everyone do today?
what was one hard thing that you had to get through today?
what was something you accomplished?

I had a GREAT day. There was some lingering Halloween candy around, but I resisted eating too much of it (had two fun size packs, counted in my calories and was still under).
I did about 3 hours of cleaning, which I counted as 1 hour on my exercise.
Then I went to gym and did 45 minutes of cardio machines for 245 calories burned. Did my crunches and also did Week 1 Day 2 of the 100 Push Ups challenge (completed 43 modified push ups total!).

cmsdives

Hi Erika! I lost track of how many you have, if you've still got room & I'm not too late I'd love to join y'all. I could really use the motivation.

My name is Carla
CW=235.4
Goal for November = 220 by November 30th
How I'm going to get there = at least 2 cardio sessions & 2 weight sessions @ the gym each week as well as staying below my daily calorie goal
Motivation = scuba trip to Turks & Caicos January 21st (goal is to be no more than 200 when I get on that plane on the 21st.

erikaj819

we'd love to have you Anna & Carla!!!!!

AmandaR910

Welcome Carla!!

Magenta15

how did everyone do today?
what was one hard thing that you had to get through today?
what was something you accomplished?

I think I did pretty good, down one, kept to my cals despite working in the tc tonight (pop, chocolate everywhere lol), i haven't had any diet pop in a few weeks or any caloric drinks (excluding when I make a smoothie for breaky)

hard thing... mobility today! LOL after all the walking lunges i did yesterday my legs HURT... and i live on the 3rd floor of an apt lol! OUCH!

I accomplished not giving in to any cravings, sticking in my cals, getting my water in...OH! i resisted the oatmeal choco chip cookies at work!

Anna19911

How did everyone do today?
what was one hard thing that you had to get through today?
what was something you accomplished?

I had an OK day. I didn't get time to have a work out but i'm alright with that. I didn't go over in the calories! And I didn't eat any halloween candy! Thats a big accomplishment for me!! Oh, also i've decided to join weight watchers!

DeepSeaDoc_Wife

How did everyone do today?
what was one hard thing that you had to get through today?
what was something you accomplished?

I did well today. Been sick with the kids all weekend so rested last two days. Went to workout class today and it gelt great. I was surprised with my endurance thinking my chest cold would slow me down but ti didnt!

I am going through my hard part of the day now. kids are in bed, and sitting on couch and i am fighting my temptations to get a snack.

Today I accomplished on upping my weights in the class and completed all the strength exercises. I really pushed it towards but the end but completed it!

BTW I weighed 188 in morning weigh in. I weigh everyday in the morning.

lucielu2

Im in too if you will have me , i know few days late.

Name: Lucie
Start weight: 159.5 lbs
Aim for November: To loose about 7 lbs
What you are going to do to get there: work my butt off and eat really good
Your current motivation: To fit in clothes that I have not for
years, my fitnesss pals is such good motivation too.also I want to really be healthier and just feel good.


OK WE CAN DO THIS LETS GO GO GO GO

nomoremuffintopness

Where do I fill out a form? Below are my stats:

Pre-preg weight 135

Day of delivery 184

Current weight 155

Goal Weight 145 (just my 1st goal)

erikaj819

Here you go Sarah....
Fill out the form below and lets get started!!!!!!!!

Name:
Start weight:
Aim for November:
What you are going to do to get there:
Your current motivation:



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My challenge for the group tomorrow is do something for exercise you wouldnt normally do or havnt done in a long time. Today I did 40 sit ups its a start is what i think. My other challenge with myself that i started yesterday is at lunch to go for a walk, and my friend up'ed the challenge to using the stairs all the time! man i hate stairs! lol
good luck and let me know how you did!!!!
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gibbsgirl

Not a great day for me. Didn't do horrible, but I didn't really make great choices. Had chick fil a for lunch, which wouldn't have been so bad if I could have resisted the waffle fries! They were more calories than the sandwich! But I had a nice healthy dinner so I will strive to do better tomorrow.

Good idea for a challenge!

cmsdives

weighed in at the Dr's today of 285 down 7 from Oct 17th its a start!
have a great day everyone and you are doing great!!!

That is SO awesome! I'm really excited for you, that is most definitely a step in the right direction, goood job!

cmsdives

Not a great day for me. Didn't do horrible, but I didn't really make great choices. Had chick fil a for lunch, which wouldn't have been so bad if I could have resisted the waffle fries! They were more calories than the sandwich! But I had a nice healthy dinner so I will strive to do better tomorrow.

Good idea for a challenge!

Hang in there my Friend, I believe you will make better choices tomorrow. At least you haven't thrown in the towel because of your not-so-wise choices today-good for you!

nomoremuffintopness

Thank you Here you go.

Name: Sarah
Start weight: 155
Aim for November: 150
What you are going to do to get there: Watch my calories & log them everyday, more water, workout at least 3x per week
Your current motivation: getting back to my pre-pregnancy weight, my daughter & husband

DeepSeaDoc_Wife

I lost a pound!!!! Woohoo at 187 now.
Had Pilates class this morning. I am still trying to do a lot of the moves correctly. I had like NO core whatsoever before I started this life change.
Had a good day. I had two bunches of fresh Kale and made Kale chips with light sea salt.
Getting my house cleaned as well for my MIL is coming to town to watch my girlies so my husband and I can go to a friends wedding this weekend sans kids.

erikaj819

what does Kale taste like? ive never tried that........





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challenge this week......try a different veg. :happy: like kale.......

DeepSeaDoc_Wife

If you do it it the way I do it, it taste like a chip. With the crunch and everything. We all know Kale from being those decorative pieces of leaves topping a high end dinner or salad bar. Now it's considered a superfood
Buy 1 bunch or two. I bought two because like spinach it shrinks. Wash and dry them. heat oven to 350. Cut or tear leaves from their spin. Place them on cookie sheet. Don't overlap them. Drizzle EVOO on them. Sprinkle sea salt on them and pop them in oven for no more than 15 minutes. I say keep an eye on them with oven light. You don't want them to get too crispy.

cmsdives

Yippee! 1.2 more pounds gone...not lost, GONE!! I've decided that I'm not using the phrase "lost weight" because that connotates (sp?) something you want to find again and I don't EVER want to find those pounds again once they're gone!!! :noway:


Patti - I'm gonna try those kale chips! They sound good. I like kale cooked (like spinach) so I think I'll like the chips too. Thanks!

AmandaR910

Yippee! 1.2 more pounds gone...not lost, GONE!!

Yay!! Great work!



The scale is going in the right direction here as well.

I had a great work out yesterday, right at 400 calories at the gym on the stair climber, treadmill, and bike. I did the stairs for 20 minutes once and 15 minutes the other time. HUGE for me because I used to only be able to do them for about 3 minutes before I quit.
For today I'm doing Week 2 Day 1 of the 100 Push Ups Challenge and back to stair climber at the gym!! Going for 25 minutes today. In a row.

erikaj819

ok so im computer illiterate today really bad i cant figure out how to make a table that the lines will stay when i copy it to here. any help would be appreciated this is what i have found so far if things are wrong please let me know and i will change them. Reminder weigh ins are on Tuesday of every week this month. everyone is doing a great job!
I will be out of town this weekend so i wont post any changes until sunday night possibly.

Keep up the awesome work!!!!
EJ

Name Start Weight 11/2/10 11/9/10 11/23/10 11/30/10 Weight gone % gone
Erika erikaj819 285 285 0 0
Taren gibbsgirl 140 139 1 0.719
Tasha polliesgirl 227 226 1 0.442
Andrea asallen7 269 269 0 0
AmandaR 215.8 216.4 +.6
Lindsey runner915 165 164.8 0.2 0.121
Chelsy chelsytan 124.3 123.4 0.9 0.729
Carla cmsdives 235.4
Patti deepseadocwife 210 187 23
Shawn poodlepaws 202
Leia lkwilkey 170
Anna anna19911 209 209 0 0
Lucie lucielu2 159.5 159.5 0 0
Sarah sarahp43 155 155 0 0

erikaj819

lets try this

Magenta15

good stuff thanks for making a chart!

AmandaR910

How come my start weight is different than 11/2 and most people's are the same? lol

I vote we change it.

Is it original start weight or what?


Anyways, off to a good start today with my calories. About to do my push ups and then hopefully get a work out in during nap time.

erikaj819

Im sorry Amanda, i was having a time trying to figure things out to begin with anyway, i just put what we had done the first day we talked about the challenge and then 11/2 weights when we weighed in. some people didnt "sign up" until 11/2 so that is why there was not change, and some people didnt weigh in, and some people didnt have a weight change. i can sure change things i think i have it down now what i need to do to get this up on here again lol there were a lot of technical difficulties lol!
Open for suggestions just thought this would be nice so everyone knew how everyone was doing so they could cheer them on even more!!!!!
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asallen7

Hi, everyone. I guess I will vent here since we're in this challenge together. I worked very hard to eat well and work out for over 40 days straight, but at day 55 I feel like I"m losing momentum! It seems that as soon as I set out to lose 10 pounds for this month, everything became a struggle. I missed a few workouts last week and even more this week. Come sense tells me that a few days doesn't negate 40 days of hard work, but that little evil minion in my mind tells me that I have FAILED and that there is not point in trying.

Arggghhh! I hate this feeling. Just wanted to get this out. It seems like my mentality is all or nothing. I guess that is something I need to work on because it is self-destructive.

nomoremuffintopness

Im down 1 pound:)

AmandaR910

Im sorry Amanda, i was having a time trying to figure things out to begin with anyway, i just put what we had done the first day we talked about the challenge and then 11/2 weights when we weighed in. some people didnt "sign up" until 11/2 so that is why there was not change, and some people didnt weigh in, and some people didnt have a weight change. i can sure change things i think i have it down now what i need to do to get this up on here again lol there were a lot of technical difficulties lol!
Open for suggestions just thought this would be nice so everyone knew how everyone was doing so they could cheer them on even more!!!!!
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Oh don't apologize!! It's fine. Not your fault my scale moved the wrong direction lol.

erikaj819

Andrea- you cant stop now! you have done great so far 9 lbs thats awesome! this month make a low, mid and high goal for yourself. I made a goal of i want to lose 5lbs this month, striving for 10lbs and an ultimate goal of losing 15lbs for the month but realistically we should only lose 1lb a week by the "recommended" way of doing things. Watch what you are eating more, be honest on here what you are eating down to a little piece of something you ate. I know a lot of times before i was thinking well i only had just a bite of this well a bite here and a bite there of stuff adds up. Dont give up on yourself you are doing awesome!! this week jump start it by going to work out today or even turn your music on an dance around your house!!!! you'd be amazed what some dancing will do for you and just close the windows up if you dont want others to see you lol like i do.... then you can be as crazy as you want and not have a care in the world what others might think! Turn your radio on while you are doing the dishes (if you have to hand wash them like myself) and move your legs at least to it while you are washing them its something! Go take your dog for a walk or your kids.......if you have either, or just go take yourself for a walk for YOU!
REMEMBER YOU are doing great and You are making a change!

Sarah-great job!! remember to weigh in on tues too so i can get your numbers in.

Amanda-lol honestly the scale should be moving in the wrong direction for you lol how many weeks left??? do you know what you are having??

AmandaR910

Amanda-lol honestly the scale should be moving in the wrong direction for you lol how many weeks left??? do you know what you are having??

My DR actually doesn't want me to gain anything else. I'm up quite a bit for the pregnancy lol. But don't worry, she looks over my food and exercise diaries each appointment and is closely monitoring it. Also, I'm having growth ultrasounds (for another reason) every appointment and Jack is growing just fine, measuring 2-3 weeks ahead.

I have 5 weeks and 2 days left. It's our second boy.

asallen7

Thanks Erikaj! I appreciate it. I'm feeling much better today. I try to be 100% honest about my food. I went out for lunch with my colleagues and things just went downhill from there. In my mind, I'd ruined all my hard work and kept making stupid decisions thereafter. I'm about to get a great workout in and go to bed early. Again, thanks!