My 2011 52 7/7 challenge!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHOCO!!!!! :flowerforyou: :drinker:
5/7: 55 minutes of Cathe STS Back & Tri + 35 minutes of Kelly Coffey Cardio Blast0 -
Happy Birthday, Choco!!! I must say that I can't believe you're 38--you really don't look a day over 28!
I am 5/7 today with 5 miles and 525 calories burned on the elliptical.
Meanness--I did the C25K week 6 day 2 yesterday and it felt great, but I'm a little anxious about the25 minute run for day 3 tomorrow! I did fine with 20 minutes last week, so it is probably just in my head!!
Hope everyone is having a great day. I'm having a crazy busy hectic day that shows no sign of slowing down until I get to leave sometime tonight!!
Thank you for the compliment. At times I don't feel a day over 25 and at others my arthritis has me feeling like i'm 78.....LOL. Overall I do feel great in my mind, body and spirit so I can't ask for much more.
If you rocked out 20 minutes I'm sure adding the extra 5 wont be as hard as you think........don't psych yourself out...YOU GOTS THIS!!!!!!0 -
Just wanted to say thank you everyone for the birthday shout outs......I really appreciate it.0
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HAPPPPPPPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAY!!! I hope your day was filled with as much joy as all of your family felt this day 38 years ago when you came into the world. Have a great evening and may many blessing be reigned upon you this day and throughout your life.
5/7 26 min on treadmill0 -
Happiest of Happies, Choco! God bless you!
I had the flu all day. Ugh. So unless you count my million trips to the bathroom as exercise, I think I am at a zero today.
Oh wait, I did do some PT leg exercises in bed around 3pm (had about 30 minutes of feeling good), so yay, that counts, right? 5/60 -
Yay! I'm 6/7 today for 35 minutes of C25K, 2.85 miles and 400 calories burned, 25 min run w/ 5 min warm up and cool down! Thanks for the encouragement Choco, I was thinking about you the last few minutes of the run. If you said that I could do it, I figured I'd better just do it! Looks like the final 3 weeks of the C25K plan are continuous runs, no more interval training, so I'm glad I've got this under my belt! Awesome to have my workout completed before 6 a.m.!! 0
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6/7 with 3 mile treadmill run at 12:53 pace. Week 3, day 2 training completed.0
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5/7 yesterday, 3 bike miles last evening.
vhuber I live in most of the time sunny AZ... but its been the coldest this winter. :frown:
choco Happy- Happy belated birthday to you, hope you had a wonderful one!! 0 -
6/7 Ran 4.8 miles @ 6.0 mph, walked 1.6 miles cooldown --- 925 cals burned.
Got a bonus cal burn y'day... got a call from a local pawn shop where I buy tools. He wanted me to frame in a double door opening and drywall/texture spray it so he could paint it today. I got home and finished my diary and the "your weight will be____ in 5 weeks" was like normal at 204.6. I plugged in the 4 hours(it was more like 6 hours) under "Carpentry, General" and for my weight it said I burned 1170 calories!! Closed the diary again and the "your weight" thingy dropped 10 pounds!!
I joined the Burn 3500+ per week posting and set my goal for this week at 6000 going by the 5027 I burned last week. That bonus drywall job has me at 4800 for the week and the week starts every Monday. 7000+ is looking doable.
Choco: Yesterday you asked me how I get through the pain and I forgot to say, "Loud music drowns out the pain." When I read that last year in my weightloss/exercise/running research, I thought, "Yea, SUUURE." I'll tell you now it definitely helps.
Keep up the good work everybody!! Your motivation is helping me IMMENSELY! I joined 11 days ago and have dropped 4.5 pounds as of this morning's weight/hydration check. TY all so, so much.
And a special TY to the developers of this glorious website and the webmaster and support staff for keeping it going. Last, but not least, the sponsors' advertising for keeping this website free for us all.0 -
Good afternoon everyone and happy Thursday! I really truly don't know how this day got away from me. I woke up at the same time and turned on my agency computer just like normal and then the next thing I knew it was 11:00 am and I hadn't eaten or done a workout and I was sitting there scratching my head trying to figure out how that happened. I threw on my workout clothes and pushed play on the dvd and did my best to Rock Out the Burn Intervals and Ab Burner dvds from the Chalean Extreme program. My shoulders are extra sore from all the shoveling I did Tuesday and Push Circuit 2 from yesterday.
Thank you all for the birthday shout outs. Yesterday was pretty uneventful due to the weather. I have not left my driveway since Saturday because the streets are just too crazy. Today looks a little better but by tomorrow it should be looking really good. I will probably venture out the house tomorrow since today is my Friday. Tomorrow my job has another furlough day so no work for me which means an extra long weekend....YIPPEE....YIPPEE!
My girlfriends and I are goiong to celebrate my birthday by going to this venue called Sips n Strokes. This is a painting gallery where an instructor helps the class paint a picture. The schedule of which pictures will be painted when goes out about a month in advance that way people have an opportunity to choose which painting they want. While being instructed on how to paint your picture you're able to sip on your beverage of choice. My friends and I will be bringing a couple bottles of wine, cheese and crackers and spinach dip/chips in order to get our creative juices flowing. At the conclusion of class each student gets to sign their painting and take it home with them. This should be an interesting experience because I have absolutely no artistic ability.
Chocolickkyss: 6/70 -
Just logging in my 6/7 W2- 1 mile treadmill and Shred1.
I am going to do another mile this afternoon or bike tonight?
Another week almost completed :bigsmile: WTG everyone!0 -
Keep up the good work everybody!! Your motivation is helping me IMMENSELY! I joined 11 days ago and have dropped 4.5 pounds as of this morning's weight/hydration check. TY all so, so much.
Great job and an awesome loss.0 -
HAPPPPPPPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAY!!! I hope your day was filled with as much joy as all of your family felt this day 38 years ago when you came into the world. Have a great evening and may many blessing be reigned upon you this day and throughout your life.
5/7 26 min on treadmill
Ivy what a sweet thing to say......thank you so much. I received many b-day shout outs from my family and friends but it was still a little sad b/c I have no family in GA and none of my closest friends reside here either. The thread shout outs really help.0 -
Happiest of Happies, Choco! God bless you!
I had the flu all day. Ugh. So unless you count my million trips to the bathroom as exercise, I think I am at a zero today.
Oh wait, I did do some PT leg exercises in bed around 3pm (had about 30 minutes of feeling good), so yay, that counts, right? 5/6
You have no idea how much this motivated me today. I'm sorry you had the flu. That part stinks, and I hope you feel better. But the fact that you still managed to get in some sort of exercise impressed the heck out of me! I'm sore from my hour long session on Tuesday, and I'm tired because I didn't get enough sleep last night, and I thought about taking a day off... but I couldn't stop thinking... "She had the flu and she still did something! What the heck is my excuse?!?!"
So, I came home from work, changed into workout clothes and off I went.
6/7 today with C25K Week 5 Day 1.0 -
6/7 with my CLX/TF hybrid. Did BURN INTERVALS & AB BURNER along with pulling my GS on his sled! I am planning to get in a couple of miles on the Treadmill/Elliptical before the day is gone to fill my mileage challenge on another thread!!!0
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Quick post, got a lot to do in the house.
This morning, I could not get out of bed for my AM workout, but I wasn't hard on myself because of yesterday activities. This evening I made it to the gym and got another great 45 min session with my trainer. That makes me 6/7 and feeling great. Hope everyone has a great evening!0 -
getting here late....switched it up a little....6/7 - 45 minutes belly dance and 25 minutes on the elliptical...cranked all the way up to 16...which is the farthest mine will go...very challenging on the legs and bum.0
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Sarah, I'm so happy I've inspired you!
Alas, still sick, but I managed to do my leg exercises again. 6/70 -
bluenote The FLU!! Poor baby. Hope you feel better!!
6/7 with 25 min on the treadmill0 -
Debra: bellydance? HOW FUN!!
Choco: I've been to Sip N Strokes!! I can't even draw a circle, but I was able to somehow paint a really good painting! My DH thought I'd stop somewhere on the way home & bought the painting. He didn't believe that I had painted it! Have fun!!
6/7: 20 minutes Ultimate Power Yoga0 -
Good evening everybody!!
How are you all doing? I will catch up tomorrow to keep our table up to date. I wouldn't want to miss out on the end of our second week.
Even if I wasn't here, I was good. Yesterday, I was in university all day, I had several appointments, and I walked a whole lot. When I finished my class at 9pm, my knee was totally out. Good thing Hubby had stayed in town and picked me up or else, I would have had some more walking to do and I would have limped a lot. I still only gave myself 60 minutes of workout since I wasn't always walking in a fast pace. Today, I took things easy but I managed to squeaze in a 45 minutes of tennis on the Wii. Now, I can feel it my shoulders.
While he was waiting for me last night, Hubby did some walking and tonigh, he is working his abs while playing the trombone or the bass trombone, I don't know which.
Yesterday and today, Vickvick danced with the Just Dance Wii game and she left a little while ago to go train at the gym.
I will stop typing now because my shoulders are burning a little :laugh:
Hoo!! Don't stop till you loss a lot ( said on the air of Micheal Jackson's famous hit with his high pitched voice)
Be good to yourselves :flowerforyou:0 -
6/7 tonight with Turbo Jam Cardio Party Mix 3. I don't like this work out as well as some of the others cause I don't get as big a calorie burn. I think next week I will swap out one of the other ones for this one so I burn more. Also, I don't think the combinations she put together are as good. I do really like Mix 1 and 2 though.0
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7/7 this morning. Couch 2 5K Week 6 done! 25 minutes running (well, jogging anyway)! No more intervals now that I hit the end of week 6. Once I'm done with the C25K program I am going to work on my speed and will probably do jogging with higher speed intervals mixed in to the half hour run.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!0 -
Great job, meanness!! I've tried to do the speed up, slow down method and it was less productive than I expected. Are you talking abt. HIIT? That's good for upping your max HR and wind. Endurance too.
7/7 Ran 4.8 miles @ 6.1 mph, walked 1.6 miles cooldown --- 952 calories burned.
One of my MFP friends posted to the news feed y'day about the music he listened to during w/o and one was Chaka Khan (sp?). So, I felt inspired to try the "80's Disco hits" file on the 'puter this AM. Skipped the Barry White... might put me to sleep. Started giggling on the Chipmunks remake of "Play That Funky Music" when Alvin sang, " Play that funky music, Sigmund." Skipped to "Knock on Wood" and got after again. Hit the repeat button on Average White Band's "Cut the Cake" .... love those horns going : "bop bop bop." Followed with "Pick up the Pieces." Great start for the day.
Bluenote: I hope you get over the flu soon. I know how miserable I am when I get the flu. I'll pray for you.
Big "Go gettum!!" to y'all and have a healthy day!!0 -
7/7: 50 minutes STS legs + Turbo FIre 30 + 20 minutes Ultimate Power Yoga
Hope everyone has a nice weekend!!0 -
7/7 Woo...look at us accomplish another week!!!
5 miles on the treadmill, varying speeds from 4-7.3, stretches and some weighted ball work
Tourney tomorrow...we have to leave at 7AM...but I will fit the fitness in...:bigsmile:0 -
Happy Friday, everyone!
I'm 7/7 today with 35 minutes on the elliptical, 3.9 miles, 310 calories burned. I was super tired so decided to lay in bed a few extra minutes so my workout was cut short by 15 minutes. Oh well--at least I got out of bed and did it! In the past I would have just reset the alarm for an hour later. Thanks to the 52 7/7 for keeping me on track!!0 -
7/7 was CLX Push Circuit 3 and Stretch 10 with 2 fast miles on the elliptical! All for only 351 calories!:huh: I will TRY to get in another treadmill/elliptical session later today to get my 500 calorie burn.
I KNOW you will get in the fitness sometime tomorrow Debra!!! Good luck wishes to your son and his teammates!!!0 -
Good afternoon and happy Friday! Once again the day has gotten away from me but was able to knock out today's workout before it got too crazy. Today I completed the Push Circuit 3 dvd from the Chalean Extreme program, jumped rope for 25 minutes and then stretched for 15 minutes.
I really am going to have to purchase heavier weights b/c I was able to rock out this entire circuit without really reaching failure. Don't get me wrong I felt each exercise but I could have completed more than 8 reps. I'm glad I'm getting stronger but did not want to have to spend money on additional weights just yet. I probably go lift at least 20 lbs on the upper body exercises and 25 or 30 lbs for the sumo squats and bowling lunches. I don't know if I can purchase both sets just yet but we'll see.
Chocolickkyss: 7/7
Look at all these people earning another point this week. We're are starting the new year off right.....let's keep it everyone!
Kara: Glad to learn that someone with no artistic ability has the potential to leave class w/a painting that can actually be hanged on the wall.....I'm hoping the weather cooperates b/c I'm really looking forward to it.
Running: You always get an excellent calorie burn from your runs.......awesome.
Debra: I'm sure you'll find a way to squeeze in some type of fitness tomorrow. I have to be at the hair salon by 7 am so I have the alarm set for 5 am so I can get the workout in before heading out the door. I hate to sweat after I've gotten my hair done so got to knock that out before. Hope your son and his team does well.
Wanna_be_fit: This group is super motivating. I had a lot of similar moments last year but b/c I remembered this group and how dedicated everyone was I dragged my tail out of bed and pushed play on the dvd. The thing I remember is that I am ALWAYS glad that I got the workout in when it's said and done........great job w/pushing through and knocking it out.
Verda: You're serious about them 500 calories. As active as you are I have no doubt you get the last 149 calories in no time.0 -
7/7:
I was able to wake up this morning to get a good turbo jam sweat, but worked too late to get to the gym after work.
It looks like everyone got a great Friday workout in! The best way to start the weekend. I hope everyone enjoys it.0
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