Losers! Challenge 2 (28/03-20/06)

jellyfishjen

Hanna, I can see you as WonderWoman.
Have just done 45mins on the dreadmill 189 calories as my daughter was baking biscuits and I was already over my calories and I knew I would want one. :ohwell:

chiliflea

I think they have different races all over the UK. The website is www.raceforlife.org

I'm not fit enough to do it this year and I'm away on the days when it's near me so it's my goal to run/walk it next year.... It's 5k so I think it'll do-able then... Hopefully will have lost more weight from my boobs so it'll be more comfortable to run! At the moment even with a sports bra is a bit bouncy!

I've not heard of the Heroes Run... Will have to google it! Sounds great fun though! How about storm from x-men? or Mrs Incredible (from the incredibles)? Bat girl? Cat Woman? ooooo the girl from Kill Bill?!

jellyfishjen

Anyone up for a challenge this week. Although with going to the Easter show here on Tuesday, and then easter next weekend and family get together it could be a difficult week.
I had a couple of ideas. One a mini biathalon - maybe walk for 5 hours and cycle for 3 hours. (over the week)
or a 1 2 3 4. Four different forms of exercise your own choice, one for one hour, one for two hours, one for 3 hours, one for four hours. eg. walk for 4 hours, gardening for 3 hours, exercise dvd for 2 hours, swim for 1 hour. Spread out over the week.
Or we could leave challenges till after easter.

Hannastyrbjorn

I know! Heroes run sounds like so much fun. Have wanted to participate for like 2 years but haven't been fit enough. So next year here I come!!

I'm up for a 1 2 3 4 challenge!

1 hour of swimming
2 hours of window cleaning (does that count? if not i'll come up with something different)
3 hours of biking
4 hours of walking

This week's challenge is met btw. 4463 calories burnt, and I feel proud! For the April challenge I have burnt 11365 calories - only 2000 from my goal! I dont even wanna think of how much i'll have to burn in May:noway:

Edit. Just calculated on how much I'll have to burn in May with an estimate that i burn 500/day for the rest of this month and end up with 19651 with those 10% included. That is 633/day... INSANE!!!

calliope_music

ahhh i'm struggling this week! can you share your best tips to stay on track and stay motivated?

and i'm up for the challenge:

1 hr of the AMT trainer (it's like death...so difficult!)
2 hrs of biking
3 hours of elliptical
4 hours of walking

i can do this!

Hannastyrbjorn

ahhh i'm struggling this week! can you share your best tips to stay on track and stay motivated?

and i'm up for the challenge:

1 hr of the AMT trainer (it's like death...so difficult!)
2 hrs of biking
3 hours of elliptical
4 hours of walking

i can do this!

Struggling and lack of motivation is never fun. I share here and the support from you guys always make me happy no matter how I felt to begin with. Other than that i challenge is always making me work harder and I know that even if I'm on a plateau I have to keep going. Even if I'll never ever lose more weigh again I'll rather be a healthy fat girl than just a fat girl with no stamina who just sit around eating crap food. I know you can do this!!!!

chiliflea

I agree with Hanna... That feeling of lack of motivation and struggling is not a good one - I try and exercise it out but sometimes I feel pretty deflated... I've felt a bit like I've struggled this week - I've done no exercise today and will probably be over my cals and I'm off on holiday tomorrow so I'm going to have a hard time next week making the right food choices as I won't be able to weigh anything so it'll all be guess work... Don't really want to have to live off salad for the week to make sure I'm under my target!!

That's another reason why I'm not going to weigh in until the 30th (or rather the 2nd May as thats the monday)... It means that I have a week to lose anything I put on while on holiday! I'm hoping it won't come to that but it's def in the back of my head...

I hope everyone has a wonderful week, I'll try and check in but I don't know what the network coverage will be like.. There may be free wifi somewhere if I'm lucky but it'll only be on my phone so may not get on the forums...

Love you all!!

rachypompa

Morning ladies

Weigh in day for me and I'm posting a 1.2kg or 2.6lb loss, yay to that! So I'm now weighing in at 84kg or 185.2lb, my little ticker looks like it's almost halfway! I also now have $240 to spend on ME! I was going to join weight watchers, but decided to try MFP instead, and so I decided I'd save up the meeting fees and spend them on me as a treat!

Awww! Love you too Claire, have a fantastic holiday!

Nice burn Hanna! I've burnt just over 3500kcal this week, including my triathlon yesterday. I'm happy with that!

With the motivation thing I think you just have to make the positive things we do on here habit, logging your food, doing your exercise etc. I think we all lose motivation at certain points, but if we can keep doing those things until it returns we'll do fine. I do find that, exercise wise, having an event to aim for helps me, also seeing myself getting faster and fitter helps too!

Nice challenge suggestions Jenn! I'm up for the 1, 2, 3, 4 challenge ....

1 hour of swimming
2 hours of running
3 hours of fitball
4 hours of cycling

Be good to get a bit of strength training in!

I have a couple more events lined up ... a 45km bike race on the 1st of may and then the first of my run auckland runs on the 8th May ... so I need to increase my biking distances, and add in some more hills, as the course is quite hilly! eeeek!

jellyfishjen

Calliope motivation is a mind game. I saw recently on TV a trainer saying she didn't believe it was motivation that was needed just consistency. I sometimes just do it, even when I dont feel like it, I think to myself I would not not brush my teeth. So just walk, or turn on that DVD. Also stop and think if you will be happy with your efforts at the end of the day. But like Hanna this site is best for me. I will see what others are doing and get inspired, or just get a whinge off my chest, then suck it up and do something. Same with the calories, sure sometimes I go over, way over. But then I put that behind me and just keep trying. It is a long journey and thats hard. But i think if we do it slowly and make it part of our life it can become easy and enjoyable. Its good that you are doing the 1234 challenge and thought of things to do. I thought of the darn challenge but am now struggling to think what i can do. I will use all your posts to help me decide.

Claire have a fantastic holiday.

Rach that is a great weight loss. Congrats and I like how you have set up your next lot of events to work towards.

I am in shock with mine. 2kgs. I am now finally under 100kgs 98.6kgs, but will not celebrate until I'm under for 2 weeks in a row. So in pounds thats 217.3

Good luck with everyones weigh In's.

rachypompa

Nice loss Jenn, that one has been well deserved for the hard work you've been putting in for quite some time now.

Hanna the heroes race sounds AWESOME! I might have to time a trip home, just to give it a go! I think wonder woman, power your mind to believe you are wonder woman too!!

jellyfishjen

I am already sabotaging my great weight loss. My food diary today is not good. Have a very sore body from yesterdays pilates class, so not sure about doing zumba tonight. But need too, to work off some of the excess I ate today. :sad:

fuhrmeister

Hello all! I am back from my wonderful weekend in Williamsburg. Sorry i don' thave tiem to catch up on every post.

Rach I am super proud or you for completeing your triatialon that is amazing!!!

Clair I love the new hair style. I support teh no scale challenge but I have to weigh in weekly for another challenge right now.

Hanna- i'm so glad you are feeling better about oyur body and how you look in pciks.

I have finally lost some weight durring this challenge. I am down 2lbs to 217

I did pretty well on my personal challenges laste week in bed on time 5 out of 7 days. Under my cals 5 or 7 days (teh trip made it dificult) and I exercised 6 or 7 days..one mor ethan planned.

I am up for the 1, 2, 3, 4

1 hour yoga
2 hours aerobics (highl/ow and zumba)
3 hours packing boxes (does this count we're moving and that will cut into my exercise time or maybe I can do 3 hours of yoga and change my 1)
4 hours walking

I will also stick with my persoanl challenge of getting in bed by 11pm mon-thurs

Good Luck All!

idahogirl71

This week's update ~~

gain: 0.2 pounds

calories burned: Mon 632 Tue 1194 Wed 609 Thur 638 Fri 914 Sat 683 Sun 272 for a weekly total of 4, 942 and so far this month 9,537.

I drank all my water except yesterday which was lower than it should have been.

This week's goals: drink 96 oz of water each day, exercise and burn 3500 calories, not skip any meals no matter how emotional, frustrated, or bloated I feel.

I have finals this week so am more stressed than usual. I am hoping the extra stress does not negatively affect the scale this next week.

jellyfishjen

Courtney, well done on your loss. Glad you enjoyed your weekend away.

Tami, a point 2 pound gain is hardly anything, so dont be concerned. Just concentrate on you finals this week. That is your priority. Good luck with them.

rudy0001

My goal for this week is to drink 8 oz of water before I have anything to eat. Wait 1 minute before eating & if I'm still hungry, I'll grab a snack. I'm trying to cut down on snacks. I've found that's where a lot of my caloric intake is falling. But, I'm starving!!!!

welcominganewself

No weigh in for me this week. Away on vacation without accees to my scale, luckily we are getting in lots of walking. Hope you all have a great week!

poorcopies

Wow, well done Rach! Well done on your losses ladies and Tami 0.2 is nothing! You could sweat that out in a day, try not to let it knock you!

I am up for the 1,2,3,4 challenge

1 hour bike
2 hour cross trainer
3 meals a day (no skipping brekkie!)
4 hours walking

idahogirl71

*update ~~ today is day 90 on my journey and I am down another 2.2 pounds for a total of 46. I am at the lowest weight I have been in 8 yrs and am ecstatic!! Now I just hope the scale keeps going downward and doesn't decide to stand still again. The plateaus are killing me!! I am hoping to be down an other 9 pounds by the 30th for my graduation weight goal. We shall see if Mr. Scale works in my favor or not!

Have a blessed day everyone and happy losing!

fuhrmeister

Thank Jenni I'm supper happy to be goign down again.

Tami you are doing great. keep your eye on teh prize you rock!

rudy welcome- I feel your pain on snacks espically on the weekends. I also had to change my snacks. I love clemintines on 30cals. I think you defintaly have a great plan

sjc i hope you enjoyed your vacation

Becci- great goals.

I completed 1 hour of walking yesterday. I have 30 min of walking an an hour of yoga planned tonight. Also hoping to get teo bed on tiem tonight. epic fail last night went to be shortly after midnight kept thinking of little things to do.

jellyfishjen

Yay Tami on your 2.2 pound loss and at being your lightest in 8 years. You must feel great.


Yesterday I went to our Royal Easter Show and walked a lot. So I have recorded that as my 4 hours of walk. Had no intention of doing it in one day but thats how it happened. It felt good to be fit enough to keep going and going. probably walked for longer, but feel thats a fair record with the stopping to look at things that I did. Food was tempting. food at the fair always is. but most of my choices were pretty good. Sushi for lunch, ice cream for arvo's, fresh pineapple pieces, donut (opps) ice cream (opps) sml pizza (opps again)

fuhrmeister

Tami I missed that you lost 2.2lbs. That's wonderful. I have my fingers crossed for teh next 9. keep it up

Jenni - i'm sure yesterday wasn't too bad. It's nice to indulge. I had beer, biscuts nad gravy nad fried shrimp ove rteh weekend. As long as we doing to it every day we're good.

I think i need to switch up my 1, 2, 3, 4 life is getting in the way of my normal classes. We have to go order my son's tux for prom tonight so I will probably walk instead of goingto zumba. we close on the house in 7 days better get to packing.

1 sculpt/weight lifting
2 Yoga - 1 hour down
3 packing boxes
4 walking - 1.5 hours down

idahogirl71

Good afternoon everyone....

Thanks for thinking of me!! I definitely think I am over the hump (FINALLY). I am at 327.6 today and have not weighed this in 8 yrs at least. I am eager to lose the next 7.6 pounds which would put me at my graduation goal (need to reach it by the 30th and am confident I will). Another 12.6 pounds and I will be the weight I was when my daughter was born 16 yrs ago. I can't wait!! She has never seen me at that weight and I think she will be surprised by it. And I am 2.4 pounds from my 50 pound milestone.

My hubby and I went to the gym today - first time we've been there in about 4 months. It hurt but man do I feel good now!!

Well I'm off to get my nose pierced (sm diamond stud) - my hubby's reward to me for sticking with it and losing like I am (he just surprised me by telling me we are doing this).

Keep up the great work everyone. You are all doing great!!

rachypompa

Awwww Tami, what a lovely, well deserved, surprise from your hubby! I'm so pleased you're over your hump, go Tami go!

Now, I am coming down with a cold. To run? or not to run? that is the question.

jellyfishjen

Go Tami. Well done and now keep your focus on the net goal.

Rach. I hope you don't have a cold. You have to much training to do.

Sharing with you all a couple of quotes I read on here yesterday.

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”

Calvin Coolidge

"A goal without a plan is just a wish." Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer (1900 - 1944)

rachypompa

I know Jen, that's what I was thinking too! I decided that running might be a bit more than my body could cope with, so I walked ... now I'm wondering whether or not I should go for another big bike tomorrow. I'm thinking I'll still go out on my bike, but do a flatter course. I struggle to stick my calories without the exercise ones ... I've loved having tonnes of 'spare' calories over the last few days from my big bike the other day ... and loads of spare calories could come in handy over Easter ...

fuhrmeister

Tami- so may milesrtone coming up. You are doing great! i hope you love your pierecing

Rach - I hope you feel better soon. Don't over do it. But I know how you feel depending on teh exercise cals some days.

Jenni - i like your quotes, espically teh second one. I plan everything

I'm doing pretty well with my 1, 2, 3, 4 bairly squezed in a walk yesterday. Planning 45min of sculpt and 30 min of wlakign tonight,.Progress below. I had to be at work at 4am today...soooooo hungry right now!

1 sculpt/weight lifting
2 Yoga - 1 hour down
3 packing boxes
4 walking - 2hours down

Have a great day all!

jellyfishjen

Good Morning, its Good Friday here. I popped on the scale as a before easter weigh in 98.3kg, umm lets see what it is Monday morning. So far I have done nothing but sit on the couch, a very lazy day ahead. Then we have family dinner, saturday, family lunch sunday. I eat for comfort or it would be drink, of the booze variety to cope with some family members. Sad but a reality. Oh and my husband arrived home this morning from his overseas trip, bearing lovely gifts and about 2kg of CHOCOLATE. What was he thinking. (he is a diabetic). Oh well it will last a long time. I hope.

jellyfishjen

Copied from another post on here. In case anyone missed it, some info you may need to know or not. :laugh:

The Diet


BREAKFAST
1/2 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast
8 oz glass skim milk

LUNCH
4 oz lean broiled chicken breast
1 cup steamed zucchini
1 Oreo cookie

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK
rest of the package of Oreo cookies
1 quart Rocky Road ice cream
1 jar hot fudge

DINNER
2 loaves garlic bread
1 large pepperoni & mushroom pizza
1 large pitcher of beer
3 Milky Way candy bars
1 entire cheesecake

DIET TIPS
1. If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories
2. If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar,
they cancel each other out.
3. When eating with someone else, calories dont count
if you both eat the same amount.
4. Foods used for medicinal purpose have no calories.
These include any chocolate used for energy,
brandy, cheesecake, and ice cream.
5. Cookie pieces contain no calories, because breakage
causes the calories to leak out.
6. If you eat food from someone else's plate, the
calories don't count.
7. Movie related snacks are much lower in calories because
they are part of the entertainment, and not ones
of personal fuel.

idahogirl71

I did really well on "The Diet" over the last 20+ years!! I had to laugh when I read it. It brings back memories of how my life used to be and is a great reminder of how I no longer want my life to be....thanks for posting it.

Went to the doctor today about my hormone imbalance and we get to do more testing to find out just how outta whack they are. You should have seen the look on his face!! It was priceless. He is shocked at how much I have lost over the last 2 weeks when he last saw me. I saw him in the middle of my plateau and he expected me to give up and gain the weight back that I had lost. He said he was so worried I would get frustrated and just quit. Then he appologized for not having faith in me. Told him I couldn't blame him for that because that is exactly what I have always done in the past. He said well this internet diet group you are in must really be a great bunch of people and must truly be supportive. I told him that was an understatement! And I gave him the website to refer other patients too.

Can't wait for Easter. It is the first day that I can eat more than 500 calories. I'm afraid to try 1,000 at the get go because I fear I will gain. I plan to start at 800 and go from there monitoring my weight to know how my body reacts.

Well I have all but one final finished so need to get off her to study.

rachypompa

Tami! You are doing so great, good luck with your study.

Courtney - I couldn't do this without the exercise calories, on a normal week I under eat a bit every exercise day as I know I feel hungry on my rest day if I stick to my allotted calories. It seems to be working for me, and I'm finding this the easiest way to lose weight ever!

Ahhh, Jenn, the diet! Those were the days eh!? I still believe in that crumbs of anything bit, crumbs have no calories, they're too small!! I too weighed myself this morning I'm 83.1kg, which is almost a kg down from last Monday ... I'm going to do lots of exercise to account for the chocolate ... mmmmmmmmm