Day 5: Saturday, 9/27/14
balancedwalker
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We are now halfway from our first milestone. Two things are worth mentioning here. First, it's not too late to join the group and start logging in spreadsheet. Second, stating daily goals in the daily thread helps sticking to the goals. In the interest of global time zones I intend to start daily thread around 6 pm (6 hours ahead of the start of date here in Los Angeles).
For Day 5 my goals are again to stay within my calories limit and to walk at least 60 minutes. Will report here if I was successful or not.
For Day 5 my goals are again to stay within my calories limit and to walk at least 60 minutes. Will report here if I was successful or not.
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I reduced my calories because this is the second week I feel I haven't lost even though I am doing nothing different and I am eating under my net calories. so I am going to eat my calories and put in extra time on the trampoline.0
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Day 4 was a good day, now on to day 5. My goals for today are just to stick to my calorie limits, I have so much homework to get done.0
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I am running a race at the ski hill it's going to be muddy and hilly 10 km, 5 min or more of abs, drink 8 glasses of water or more and keep under 1200 calories of 80% clean foods.0
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I walked 21,964 steps between work, walking on lunch hour, and walking 2 miles after work. Am trying to keep busy so I don't think about snacking at night! Have a good weekend!0
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Day 4 doesn't feel like such a win. I bungled on my calorie limit by 450 gross calories (net was only 228 over). I did get my walking in. I walked to work in under 15 minutes and wasn't huffing and puffing. That's a small victory. On the way home though, I have to walk up a steep bridge and I can do it in 15 minutes but I'm hurting and huffing and puffing...no side twitch though. So I am seeing improvement there. I did resist all the work snacks until after work when I had a sugar-laden vodka cooler at the end of the day and I made some cheese dip for my boyfriend and, of course, helped him eat it. That's where I spiraled out on the food.
Weekends are my nemesis plus I'll be traveling and visiting so not much room for exercise. I think if I can get my 68oz of water in and stay under my calorie limit, it will be a win.
I also found an app on my phone for the 7 minute challenge. It's a calisthenics type boot camp training set that is supposed to take 7 minutes to complete. The app recommends repeating the set 3 times to get in about 20 minutes. I'm going to try for 1 set tomorrow.0 -
Ok day 5 challenges.
Drink plenty of water (should be interesting as have a 3+ hr drive today)
Eat under calories
Walk at least 10000 steps
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I did well yesterday, besides the carbs, I was over my limit by 5 grams - not much, so it is an improvement, but still.
Today my goal is to not let myself distracted by the fact that it is Saturday and stay on track with calories, water, and veggies. And walk for at least one hour.0 -
Can I still join the challenge? i missed 4 days already.0
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This is my goal, the weekends have not been good for me recently. Instead of Saturday night takeaway, I'm going to try cooking crispy baked chicken and sweet potato wedges (hopefully it will be nice and the family not race out and buy pizza anyway)0 -
For me Day 4 was a success. For the first time I finished level 1 of the 30 Day Shred!! I made some modifications to the cardio but kept in motion. I had my gallon of water and stayed within my calorie limits!
Day 5 goals:
- Day 2 of 30 DS level 1 although my arms and thighs hurt a lot!
- Drink a gallon of water.
- Walk for 30 min. if I can.0 -
What can I say about day 4. Bad news: My eating was not balanced. I stayed under my calorie limit but most of my calories came from sugar and junk food. Good news: I did stay under my calorie limit. Great news: I killed it at the gym. It may have been to ease my guilt over my eating. I did 1 minute sprint intervals for 30 minutes. 30 minute workout express which combines weights with cardio. And 12 minute abs with free weights. I felt so good afterwards.
Since I killed it in the gym yesterday, today I plan on just working around the house and getting in 10,000 steps. I have to get my water in because it usually goes down during the weekends. And lastly, eat balanced meals!
Good Luck everyone.0 -
Can I still join the challenge? i missed 4 days already.
Yes, you can join any time.
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Great work everyone !!!!
I had a great day yesterday, walked over 5 miles, ate well and under calories with great macros but my husband and I stayed up really late last night and today I feel drained.
My goal for today is to take it easy, do my grocery shopping and sleeeeeep tons tonight!
Let's all have a great day!!!!0 -
Met my day 4 goals but only stayed under as i used my exercise calories. So 30 mins swimming paid for my strawberry pavlova.
5/100 goals
1) already met my first goal. Running my first park run 5k.
2) need my first goal to meet my second to stay in the green, Because of my third
3) enjoy my indian takeaway but only eat the amount i have already accounted for, or less.0 -
Another beautiful morning here in LA. Whispering in my ears to put on my shoes and come out for walk. Aim to walk to the nearest store which is about 2.5 miles away.0
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What a beautiful day! I love the weekends and ME time.
I woke early, went to the gym and did 15 minute elliptical warmup, my 25 minutes of day 2 -SL 5x5 and 30 more minutes on the elliptical.
I stopped at the farmers market and bought veggies and fruits for the week ahead. Cauliflower, salad greens, heirloom yellow tomatoes, sweet potatoes, 2 gingercgold apples which im excited to try- never had that variety before, peaches, strawberries and 2 mineolo oranges. Havent had much fruit last week and I may have gone overboard... but thatcsugar isnt unhealthy as long as I know my limitations, and prepare for their carb contents.
still focused on staying low carb. It seems to be working, lost 1.6 lbs since tuesday.
Im considering a chicken, salad greens, strawberry salad for lunch.0 -
Today I will:
-Get some cleaning done before work.
-Get to bed early after work so that I have energy to have a workout at the gym tomorrow.
-Stay within my calories.0 -
Yesterday I did not get my walk in since I was unexpectedly told I had to stay late at work to get the last thing done. I will get paid extra for my trouble though (Win!).
My goal for today is to get in a 45min-1hour walk. It is a gorgeous day! I also would still like to drink all my water to goal. Weekends are surprisingly easier for me on the water front, but I am usually tempted to lounge, so worse on the workout front.0 -
Today should be a good day for me I picked my food out for the day already 1110 calories for the day. I am going to do 20 minutes of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu at my gym it will be fun. Yesterday I over did it on the exercise did 2 hours. I am sore today
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I walked 21,964 steps between work, walking on lunch hour, and walking 2 miles after work. Am trying to keep busy so I don't think about snacking at night! Have a good weekend!
Excellent job! Keep it up!0 -
Wow! Everyone is doing so well! I love that we can all admit our shortcomings, yet focus more on what we did get right. Honestly, just posting here is a big win in my book.
Yesterday was again mostly good for me. The only goal I didn't hit was the exercise again. I'm not going to beat myself up over it though, as I'm barely just now 3 weeks post-op from my recent surgery.
Today we are talking about a trip to the farmer's market, and perhaps a hike. Sometime this weekend we want to catch a movie, and we also have family coming over for a visit. I will have to resist the usual stuff we indulge in at the movies, but I think I'll be ok. What I am struggling with is the desire to weigh in! I feel a difference already in my clothing and want to know if I'm making progress. I promised myself I'd only weigh on our official weigh-in days though.0 -
Day four was successful. I avoided the ice cream at the PTSA ice scream social, but ended up eating 4 peanut butter cookies, so I cut back and only ate half my lunch and no snacks.
Today I want...
To try something new (Spinning Class)
Be active throughout the day
Stay within my calories0 -
Day 5 succeeded in all yesterday's goal except for making supper we did buy take out but I had rotisserie chicken breast and steamed broccoli so not a fail
Today I plan to get my steps, log all food and try to get my water in. I find weekends tough.0 -
Day 4 hit all my goals. Had a little trouble getting my very active minutes. But get them I did. Water goal meet as well.
Day 5 . Same as day 4 drink my water get at least 30 active minutes and will try for 10,000 steps. Having a hard time with this one as I am not to walk a lot till my ankle gets better.0 -
Ahh!! Beautiful rainy fall day! We slept in until 9! Everyone!!!!! I feel rejuvenated!
Goals for day 5
1 gallon of water
Meet my calorie goal
Do day 2 of C25K
Mountain Bike for 30+ minutes
Good luck today y'all!!0 -
I've been over my calories the past two days, but I have been logging everything, so that's progress for me!
Today's goal is to stay under my calories, which might be a struggle as I'm going to a wedding reception tonight and I'm told there will be a candy buffet...talk about temptation. We performed our flash mob this morning, so I already got a bit of exercise in today.0 -
My goals today: Keep logging everything I eat, drink more water and less diet soda, walk 10,000 steps and climb 10 flights of stair.
I did okay calorie wise yesterday, but did not get my steps in:( Today is a new day!0 -
Almost met my goals for day 4 - wasn't able to get the light cardio in
Goals for Day 5
- Drink 80-90 oz of water
- Stay under calorie goal (tends to be more difficult on the weekends)
- Walk 3.5 miles (did it this morning! Yea!
Good luck everyone!0 -
Met my goals for Day 5 except for the bad macros!! I still can't increase my protein so I might get some protein powders to help with this.0
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Oh... I have been missing the posts.... anyway my goals in general are
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1. run 90 miles in the month of September (probobly shoot for 90 miles in October as well
2. do planks every day: phase 1 (first 10 days) forward plank 30 seconds x 1
3. continue to loose weight at approximate rate of 1 lb per week... or 10 day period is find as well.
4. compete in a 13.1 marathon before the end of this challenge... training on nike+ with coach
I ran today 8 miles, treadmill... aiming for 12 min mile pace... ended up doing it much faster... nice.0
