My 2011 52 7/7 challenge!!
Replies
-
Good evening everyone!! Today was Hubby's last Christmas holiday and we did some clean up in the house. I also did 30 minutes of cardio workout. Tomorrow, I will go over the posts I missed on this thread. I can see there are several of you who have joined our old group, that is super!!
This evening, I will be busy still, I have to get ready for university. I am going to complete a bachelor degree that I started several years ago. I will do a total of 11 courses in 5 semesters. I should have completed them all by July 2012.
My daughter also wants to go to the supermarket to get some good foods. She wants to take care of herself by eating healthier and going to the gym. That is a really good idea!!
Today, I was able to schedule a meeting with a technician about my treadmill and will have a visit on Thursday. It should be fixed in about 2 weeks. I know Kitty will be very happy as much as I will be :laugh:
All in all, today was a good day!! Hope yours was as good!!
Missou : 3/70 -
Welcome to all the new faces... Happy New Year to my old friends!!! Oh my, I take a few days off posting on you're on page 3 - Great Job...
0/7 on Sat.. I took a rest day.
1/7 Sun with 30 min walking with Bob Harper miles 3 and 4
2/7 today with 30 min walking with Bob Harper miles 1 and 2
Kara - If you spend 15 min doing yoga, meditating or stretching it counts as exercise and could fit into your definition of a rest day.
Wanna be fit - my thoughts will be with you on Day 3 this week. Remember - you can do it!!! That 20 min run is more of a mental challenge than a physical one. I completed C25K last Feb and made it to running a 1/2 marathon in Oct. I'm now training for my 2nd 1/2 marathon in April... Just slow down and you'll be able to do all 20 min...
Glad to have you back Missou!!!0 -
Hi, well yesterday I walked for eight miles lots of it was up very steep hills and today I have walked for one hour :happy:0
-
Kara - If you spend 15 min doing yoga, meditating or stretching it counts as exercise and could fit into your definition of a rest day.
Very true! & I actually do 20 minutes of yoga most days of the week. I may see how it goes, I just don't want to put pressure on myself to do 7. I do LOVE my yoga though & really...whats 20 minutes of yoga, right?!
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!! Everyone is so motivating!
Today was 1/7 for me (I'm a bit late to the thread): 50 minutes of Cathe STS Shoulders, Chest, Bi & 30 minutes of Cathe HIIT 30/300 -
I just don't want to put pressure on myself to do 7.
I've been with this group since it started and know that I did more than I would have due to thinking of getting my point for the week. Domique keeps a record and if you complete ex 7/7 you get a point for the week. As you can see, I skipped (took a rest day on the first) so it is okay to just do what you can. The important thing is to do more than you would have if you weren't in the group.0 -
I got 2 miles in this evening 1 on the treadmill and then decided to go for a brisk outside walk, 1 mile.
I came so close to blowing my workout off after a drama filled day :frown: but this group held me a accountable!!! I couldn't quit on the 3rd day and be a quitter!
Thank you :flowerforyou:0 -
The important thing is to do more than you would have if you weren't in the group.
IT worked!!
0 -
Oops, I am 3/7 today!0
-
2/7 Yesterday with upper body work (pushups & arm rotations), leg lifts and stretching. 2/7 today with 24 min on treadmill.0
-
Sat. 1/7 with 15 minutes elliptical (whew I am struggling on that new thing! LOL)
Sun. 2/7 with 15 minute walk
Today 3/7 with 60 minute PT - baby THAT was a struggle!
I am glad I am back and making this count! It is very hard to come back after almost a month off! But I am here and I refuse to give up! No more sugar for a while. Sugar just snowballs me into binges galore!
Welcome newcomers! :flowerforyou:0 -
3/7 - 30 minutes of sculpting
Hoping to get some cardio in before bed!0 -
4/7 today with 50 minutes on the elliptical, 4.8 miles and 450 calories burned. Love having my workout complete before work! 0
-
Hello! This sounds like a perfect group to help me get motivated to "do something" everyday! I would love to join and thanks so much for starting this!0
-
3/7 today with nice 2 mile jog. I added 10 min hula hooping last night - it really is fun. Choco - did you ever get one?0
-
Hello everyone! I am glad to see that we are already on page 3 after just 3 days, I guess we will be quite busy during 2011. I better not slack off on the tables and the smileys this year :laugh:
I will post last year's final table later today, I promise. By doing so, I'll be able to start this year's new table. I beleive I will have a lot of smileys to give out
For now, I will go out for a 6k walk with Kitty. After that, I want to go on the AKP for several reps. I'll be back in about two hours to go over these three pages I missed. Speak to you all later!!
I just realized that we are now on page 4. Let's keep on rocking it!!!0 -
It does me too Nancy!!! It is thee white drug!!!!!Sat. 1/7 with 15 minutes elliptical (whew I am struggling on that new thing! LOL)
Sun. 2/7 with 15 minute walk
Today 3/7 with 60 minute PT - baby THAT was a struggle!
I am glad I am back and making this count! It is very hard to come back after almost a month off! But I am here and I refuse to give up! No more sugar for a while. Sugar just snowballs me into binges galore!
Welcome newcomers! :flowerforyou:0 -
I did it....I did it....I did it....after just completing today's workout I have done some type of exercise EVERYDAY for an ENTIRE YEAR! It was a goal I wanted to accomplish and because of all the support I received here on MFP I was able to do it....WOO..HOO!!!!!!
Today I completed my first HIIT workout from the Turbo Fire program and am I glad it was only 15 minutes. I absolutely loved the music and the routine but it kicked my booty. I am so glad that I will only being doing HIIT 15 for the first month of this hybrid program because I don't think I could hang with HIIT 20, 25 or 30......just the thought of it is making my body hurt....LOL. I know by the time I'm done with the first month I'll be able to rock out the rest of the HIITs but glad I don't have to worry about that right now.
I love to see the board so active.....it really motivates me to keep the workouts coming.
Kara: I agree w/Victoria, do what you can but like I said before you would be amazed what little things I incorporated into my daily life to get the workout in. The great thing about this challenge is to move more than you normally would and YOU define the INTENSITY and DURATION so do what you can but don't put any added or undo pressure on yourself.
Victoria: I haven't purchased the hula hoop yet but have been eyein it on Ebay and just waiting to get my money right. It is definitely on the horizon so i'll let you know when I actually get it.
Missou: I really missed the smiley faces, they really motivated me to get that workout in everyday. I can't wait to see last years final chart.0 -
Choco, what can I substitute from Insanity for the HIIT workout today? Only 15 minutes? I know it is tuff but that seems short! Tomorrow is the same as yesterday right? I can NOT wait till Thursday when my Turbo Fire arrives!!!! I will hit the elliptical AND what ever you suggest from Insanity to get my 500 calorie burn in for the day!!!
I sure miss Debra (makeitallsue):sad: ! Her computer must still be on the fritz!!! But she is still workin it cuz she received the treadmill for Christmas!!!0 -
Count me in. I started running last year and went too hard too fast and since then have learned how to do it right. Started 12/28/10 and I'm adding weight training this year, so if I don't run due to an injury I can still do SOME weight training!!
Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools0 -
2/7 this week
choco: Wohoo, congrats to a full workout last year. That is just amazing.
congrats to all the other people who did so well last year and let's make this a great year!
I just got back from a lunch workout and did 35 minutes on gym bike for a 266 calorie burn. I've been feeling really hungry lately so I will be adding more protein to my meals.
Have a nice day all!0 -
YEAHH!!! I just completed a 6K walk in about 75 minutes. It is so good to be back!!
Missou : 4/7
I will tell my story to the new participants so that they understand why I started this goal a year ago. I don't want any sympathy or Wows. I did what I needed to do to keep me going as everyone does. 23 years ago I was hit by a car while crossing a street to meet my boyfriend who was picking me up. 8 years later, I broke the tip of my right femur bone that is in the knee and ended up with a valgus in the leg. Both of these events and the fact that I was taking a medicine that was causing muscle pain where very hard on my body and in March 2009, I had difficulty just getting up and walking in my house, my back was in so much pain. I knew I had to do something so I stopped the medicine and that is when I discovered MFP. My husband had taken massage therapy classes to help me with the pain, he even went to take some calsses in the United States with three different teachers to perfect his skills. He now has magic hands
Before the accident, I was an artistic gymnastic coach and I had some knowledge of how to start my rehabilitation. Hubby had to give me a little treatment on my back every evening so that I could keep on going in the first few months. Because of the accident, I have a partial paralysis on the right side of my body that makes it absolutely impossible for me to run, even jogging is difficult so I walk and use the inclines when using my treadmill. In 2005, I got myself one of Tony Little's Gazelle's Cross Trainer because I felt it was going to be easier on my back. It is true but I couldn't use it enough back then.
Between March and December 2009, I did a lot of progress but I sometimes would spend weeks without doing anykind of exercises just because I was lazy. I wanted to have somekind of challenge that would keep me moving and I knew MFP was a good place to start it. I began the 2010 52 7/7 Challenge with no great expectations. I didn't beleive I would keep it up for even 1 month. You can imagine my surprise when I completed 6 months with only 1 day off.
Last July, I had a surgery in my jaw. I had a plate and 5 screws that were installed on my chin but 1 of the screws was rejected and I had a bone infection because of it. The screw was remove last December and now, I feel really good and up to starting a new 52 7/7 challenge for 2011. I doubt that I will get a perfect score by the end of the year since I need to have my uterus removed and hopefully will get some type of work done on my knee but this year, I intend to keep on giving smileys to those of us who deserve it. I also don't intend to have another major infection like I did last year, that way, I will keep on moving even if it is just going up and down the stairs or going on the treadmill for a while.
This challenge is one that hopefully will help us keep on moving, even on our rest days. A walk, going up and down the stairs, playing tennis or bowling on the Wii counts. The more we move, the more agile we are and the more we are able to do. Sometimes, when I read what Brenda, Victoria, Verda or Choco do, I get discouraged because I am now unable to do it but then I think about how much I have accomplished since the accident and I don't feel so bad. I hope to do Shaun T's Hip Hop Abs DVD's someday but for that, I need to have my knee checked.
Here is my little story and now, I will go do some reps on the AKP. I want a flat belly after the removal of my uterus :happy: :happy:0 -
Okay, now that I had time to read the rest of the string and your INCREDIBLE story Missou here ya go:
1/7 3.0 miles @ 5.8 mph on treadmill with no incline.
2/7 3.3 @ 5.8
3/7 3.6 @ 5.9
4/7 4.0 @5.9
Keep plugging Missou and everybody else as well! This is an excellent challenge. Congrats to Choco!!
Tomorrow and once a week after that I'll do the distance and speed on 1.0 incline and increase the incline every other week .5. I'll be up to 3.0 incline by the middle of March and running 7 miles/day. I'm starting calastenics/ weight training this week and kind of easing into it. I'll start reporting that next week.
Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter
0 -
Choco, what can I substitute from Insanity for the HIIT workout today? Only 15 minutes? I know it is tuff but that seems short! Tomorrow is the same as yesterday right? I can NOT wait till Thursday when my Turbo Fire arrives!!!! I will hit the elliptical AND what ever you suggest from Insanity to get my 500 calorie burn in for the day!!!
I sure miss Debra (makeitallsue):sad: ! Her computer must still be on the fritz!!! But she is still workin it cuz she received the treadmill for Christmas!!!
You could probably substitute Pure Cardio because it's about 20-25 minutes of madness if I recall correctly. 15 minutes may be too short for you b/c you go hard w/your workouts but it was just right for me. Now I'll admit I could have continued exercising but not sure I'm quite ready for a full 30 minute HIIT. Tomorrow is Fire 30 and abs so I'm sure you can find an Insanity workout that will substitute in nicely.
Good luck and keep us posted with what you decide to do.0 -
Missou: No need to feel discouraged b/c the point of this challenge is to move more than we have in the past and you've definitely done that. Despite all the setbacks last year you are still here and haven't given up and that's truly what matters.
I look forward to receiving my first smiley face in 2011 and seeing the final 2010 chart.
Running: Thanks for the support and great job w/your running. It seems you have a plan in mind to get you to your goal and that's the most important step. Great job.0 -
Count me in! I just found this today. But I started my workouts yesterday!
3/7 2.8 @ 3.5 mph on the road
4/7 3.0 @ 4.0 mph on the road
So looking forward to this challenge0 -
4/7 with a 1 mile warm up on the elliptical AND Insanity's Max Interval Plyo workout (oh how I forgot how tuff he is)! I burned 577 cals in 60 minutes!!!! The weight is coming off! I want 10 pounds gone by Feb 19th. (that is when we go on our cruise!)
Today is my 375th consecutive day of physical activity!! It has become a habit like brushing my teeth!!!!!!
A BIG welcome to all of the new joinies!! It is fabulous to have you join our daily trek! Super job to Choco for hitting her perfect attendance and to Debra (makeitallsue) who I think only missed one/maybe two days in the whole year! She'll be back with us when her computer is up and running (like her) again!!! Debra is also a huge motivator for our group! Best wishes in the new year and may you put your best foot forward everyday!!!
Verda0 -
Wow well done vhuber! amazing stuff....... I have managed an hours exercise today but got nowhere near a 577 cal burn :grumble: be lucky to reach 200 lol0
-
3/7 was a 15 minute brisk walk.
4/7 is a 50 minute aerobics DVD that I have completed 30 minutes of and I'm trying to convince myself to get up and finish it... LOL0 -
4/ 7- 1/2 mile warm up treadmill, Shred L1.0
-
Congrats Choco!! Job well done!!
Verda: My Turbo Fire should arrive on Thurs as well!!
Missou: Thanks for sharing your story!!!!
2/7: 56 minutes of Michelle Dozois Peak 10 Cardio Interval Burn & 20 minutes of Yee Yoga for Your Week: Standing Poses0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 426 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions