TWEENERS 10/4

Fitness_Chick

If we all drink the recomended amount of water it will be:7616 ounces!!!!!! thats our team goal to beat!!!! I know we can do it girls so start chugging!!!:laugh:

:yawn: ok, speak slowly as I'm really tired and want to double check on what the team goal is?

:blushing: Oh, duh just came to me....that's the WEEKLY goal? NOT the daily goal....I was like.....OMG...I love water but geesh, not sure I can do that much a day:laugh:

christelpistol

DUDE... and WE drink a LOT of water. no way you and i would win.

and you and i combined should drink MORE than 896 in a week.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Fitness_Chick

DUDE... and WE drink a LOT of water. no way you and i would win.

and you and i combined should drink MORE than 896 in a week.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

so you think we CAN or can't do the quota? lol:sad: :sad: :sad:

I just roughly figured out my weekly amount and it's like the lowest it would be is 2000 oz. (12 bottles at 24 oz. each x 7)

so with you and me combined...how the HECK do we win if our team goal total needs to be: 7616 oz!!!???:sad:

:sad: I wanted to set up that LIMA BEAN group challenge sooooooo bad too! I know there were so many folks talking excitedly about it just earlier this week when we joined:noway: But ya know...something about those 2 beans on the end of this pod....SCAREY!:sad:
OMG...I need to get some sleep:noway: :yawn: :yawn:

Ok, I'll finish talking to myself here.....so the 7616 oz MUST be the total of ALL the teams combined?? Ok, I'll wake up in the morning and realized this all would have made more sense had I waited till then to post.:laugh: :laugh: :noway:

jenn10

Just so everybody is clear on the goal I psted at the begining- The total amount of water posted was if everyone that was in the competition drank the recomended amount of 8- 8oz glasses of water per day! Now we have a few more players and so that total should go up a bit but I think we are going to blast through that total with no problem! Good job everybody of uping the water intake! :drinker:

Fitness_Chick

Just so everybody is clear on the goal I psted at the begining- The total amount of water posted was if everyone that was in the competition drank the recomended amount of 8- 8oz glasses of water per day! Now we have a few more players and so that total should go up a bit but I think we are going to blast through that total with no problem! Good job everybody of uping the water intake! :drinker:

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :blushing: :laugh: I understand now....so that means I can put down the water bottles and go to bed?:drinker:

Thanks for the clarification Jenn.....I may have missed it in the beginning of the thread somewhere:blushing:

OomarianneoO

DUDE... and WE drink a LOT of water. no way you and i would win.

and you and i combined should drink MORE than 896 in a week.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

so you think we CAN or can't do the quota? lol:sad: :sad: :sad:

I just roughly figured out my weekly amount and it's like the lowest it would be is 2000 oz. (12 bottles at 24 oz. each x 7)

so with you and me combined...how the HECK do we win if our team goal total needs to be: 7616 oz!!!???:sad:

:sad: I wanted to set up that LIMA BEAN group challenge sooooooo bad too! I know there were so many folks talking excitedly about it just earlier this week when we joined:noway: But ya know...something about those 2 beans on the end of this pod....SCAREY!:sad:
OMG...I need to get some sleep:noway: :yawn: :yawn:

Ok, I'll finish talking to myself here.....so the 7616 oz MUST be the total of ALL the teams combined?? Ok, I'll wake up in the morning and realized this all would have made more sense had I waited till then to post.:laugh: :laugh: :noway:

You are completely nutty! And I LOVE it! You crack me up! I need lots of laughter these days. :flowerforyou:

OomarianneoO

You guys are all doing great! You are really drinking that water!

I would just like to remind everyone that, while water intake is important, electrolyte balance is just as-if not more--important. The water we drink is not the only water we take in--all of the food we eat contains water as well. The less caloric it is (like fruits and veggies), the more water it contains. Since I know you're all eating a lot of veggies, you're getting a TON of water. While you're not risking serious illness since it's spaced throughout the day, you are risking losing potassium and sodium from urinating so frequently. There's really no need to drink so much water that you're urinating several times an hour, and at that point, you're doing more harm than good.

If you're drinking that much water, you need to watch your sodium and potassium levels. The RDA for sodium for the average person is 2400mg. If you engage in prolonged physical activity that causes you to sweat a lot, you'll need more than that to replenish it. The RDA for potassium is 2000 mg, and you'd need more than that as well if you're sweating hard for an hour or more a day. If you experience unusual cramping, weakness, diarrhea, or decreased urination despite the high levels of water ingested, you should decrease your water intake and increase your electrolyte intake. Chronically low electrolytes will result in serious health problems.

I don't want to ruin the fun, I am just putting this out there to keep everyone healthy! :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the reminder! I do tend to forget that. I'm so glad that you posted in this thread. We love visitors!

I take in about 100oz. of water a day (maybe a little less). That's all I can do and really don't see the need to do any more. Although I've heard or read somewhere that for every 25lbs. you are overweight, you are supposed drink an additional 8oz. of water (in addition to the 64oz. that we're supposed to drink anyway) Has anyone else heard this too?

chrissyh

I've heard the same thing - that would put me at 69 ounces that's very do-able now that I actually calulate it. I've also heard drink 50% of your weight in ounces - so if you weigh 200 pounds that's 100 ounces for the day.

So how much is too much typically??

OomarianneoO

You know you've had too much water when...

You spend more time on the toilet getting rid of it than you do taking it in? :laugh:

I don't know.

Fitness_Chick

I've heard the same thing - that would put me at 69 ounces that's very do-able now that I actually calulate it. I've also heard drink 50% of your weight in ounces - so if you weigh 200 pounds that's 100 ounces for the day.

So how much is too much typically??

I've heard the same thing... 1/2 your weight and then drink that in oz. The larger a person is of course the more water one would need to keep hydrated.

There's a number of theories out there on water drinking..... I go with what I feel my body needs....I do alot of kick butt cardio (I pick the tougher instructors who I KNOW will give us good workouts) and am always reaching for the water bottle to keep hydrated:drinker:

I'm used to drinking alot of water...it's always been my favorite beverage so regarding the peeing often part...... the frequency only comes back when I'm slacking off on my water drinking....like the Winter...it's harder for me to get as much in.....I just don't think of it as often.... I'm sure it has to do with the Summers here being so humid.

The frequent peeing should slow up for those adding in more water than what your bodies used too. Especially if you went from not drinking much to drinking the alloted amount for your body.

8-8oz-ers would NEVER be enough for me.....it makes me thristy thinkng about it!:laugh:

Fitness_Chick

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Although I've heard or read somewhere that for every 25lbs. you are overweight, you are supposed drink an additional 8oz. of water (in addition to the 64oz. that we're supposed to drink anyway) Has anyone else heard this too?
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I just figured that out compared to the 1/2 your weight in oz. and it comes to pretty much the same amount so there must be something to it.:drinker:

chrissyh

I've heard the same thing - that would put me at 69 ounces that's very do-able now that I actually calulate it. I've also heard drink 50% of your weight in ounces - so if you weigh 200 pounds that's 100 ounces for the day.

So how much is too much typically??

So I am a dummy - that would be 88 ounces for me if I add 8oz * 3 (to lose 75#) not 69

I did drink 88 yesterday-so I did it

monica5237

:drinker: :drinker: Okay guys I am about to be off the computer for the weekend I will be able to check in the morning to see the new challange but as far as my water goes it was not as much as I wanted and I did slack some but here is my number 1056 oz of water for the week and about a million trips to the potty:blushing:

Fitness_Chick

:drinker: :drinker: Okay guys I am about to be off the computer for the weekend I will be able to check in the morning to see the new challange but as far as my water goes it was not as much as I wanted and I did slack some but here is my number 1056 oz of water for the week and about a million trips to the potty:blushing:

Great Job Monica!!:drinker: :flowerforyou:

Fitness_Chick

ok, my weeks water total in oz. is 1680 for the last 7 days.

Crystal Pistol is my partner so she'll be checking in a bit later tonight as well I imagine for our combined total :drinker: oz.

Thanks Jenn for keepin us going and going....and going...and um, ahh I gotta go....Pee:blushing: :laugh:

Later Kiddos:drinker:

nellienell12

Well I didn't do as good as the other girls, but I did drink more water than last week, so that's a start.
I only did 288 oz for the week. That averages about 5 glasses a day, better for me at least, and it is a start. I'll get better next week. I need to find me a good cup to use.

Chrissy is my partner. I know she did better than me.

chrissyh

Well I didn't do as good as the other girls, but I did drink more water than last week, so that's a start.
I only did 288 oz for the week. That averages about 5 glasses a day, better for me at least, and it is a start. I'll get better next week. I need to find me a good cup to use.

Chrissy is my partner. I know she did better than me.

I guess we make a great pair - I only ended up with like 350 something. I missed the weekend since I didn't see the email til Monday so I'll do better this week!

Fitness_Chick

ok, my weeks water total in oz. is 1680 for the last 7 days.

Crystal Pistol is my partner so she'll be checking in a bit later tonight as well I imagine for our combined total :drinker: oz.

Thanks Jenn for keepin us going and going....and going...and um, ahh I gotta go....Pee:blushing: :laugh:

Later Kiddos:drinker:

Ok, so I've had a few more 24oz bottles since I posted so if my weeks total is not yet recorded...keep it open and I will post again later this evening with my actual total after adding tonights water in. :drinker:

Jenn, if you've already recorded it, no worries, we can go with what I have.:flowerforyou:

obliged

so sorry i havent posted in the past few days, have been really busy and tired with work and uni:sick:

so total water consumption for the week is ...:noway: 300ounces... is that right? :frown: am i converting it wrong? that seems too low:sad:

sorry partner monica5237:frown:

does this mean i failed the challenged?:brokenheart:

ericarey85

Well I didn't do as good as the other girls, but I did drink more water than last week, so that's a start.
I only did 288 oz for the week.

at least you did better than me :embarassed: i only did about 200 oz for the whole week. :sad: usually i do better than that, cyberswitch (my partner) and i have agreed that we both have the same problem this week, usually we do ok with water but when we have to do it for a challenge we do horribly. :frown: atleast tomarrow is a brand new day :bigsmile:

Fitness_Chick

Ok Jenn,
Here's my weeks total as I'm headin to bed shortly:

WEEK 1: Water Consumption for me is now: 1753 oz. weigh loss 8 lbs:yawn:

Catch ya in the a.m all to see what the next challenge holds...excited to try out something new and to keep my water up

Y'all did great this week! :flowerforyou:

Even if you pushed yourself to increase more than your normal intake...This week was a SUCCESS for YOU!:flowerforyou:

This has been a fun challenge...makes me much more aware of the times I don't drink enough and wait until I'm thirsty, then I down like 2-3 24oz'ers and it feels so good but then I know to keep track better at the gym to drink it much more often while working out...so lessons learned by me this week, for sure!

I think I drank a fair bit more than my goal has been as I needed/wanted to flush out my pre-pms bloating/water weight etc. Hey it worked

Fitness_Chick

Well I didn't do as good as the other girls, but I did drink more water than last week, so that's a start.
I only did 288 oz for the week.

at least you did better than me :embarassed: i only did about 200 oz for the whole week. :sad: usually i do better than that, cyberswitch (my partner) and i have agreed that we both have the same problem this week, usually we do ok with water but when we have to do it for a challenge we do horribly. :frown: atleast tomarrow is a brand new day :bigsmile:

:huh: Boy! But isn't that the way it seems to go! I'm finding I do MUCH better at daily or weekly challenges like this type rather than weighing in each week and seeing how I did and that's the only goal.

I prefer to go by how I feel, clothes fitting better, the tape measure, fitness level/strength etc. than MAKING myself weigh each week for a game/challenge. It makes me really stress out big time and doesn't seem to be the best for me as I start obsessing about the scale again.

I like to feel like the scale is NOT in control of me and my feelings/self esteem but rather me being in control of when I decide to check my weight...sometimes I just get a feeling and do it, normally that's when I'm feeling like things are getting looser etc.

I had broken that habit by not weighing except every couple week or once a month....I did it that way to break me of the habit of thinking I'm only as good as the number on the scale.:noway: :blushing: that's a tough mind set to break...but OH SO IMPORTANT to success!

SO that's why I like a new challenge every week that doesn't JUST involve the scale. :flowerforyou:

I don't own one, when I do weigh I use the same one at the gym I got an eval on when I started there.

Any others go through similiar feelings on weigh in only type challenges?

Jackie_W

Well I didn't do as good as the other girls, but I did drink more water than last week, so that's a start.
I only did 288 oz for the week.

at least you did better than me :embarassed: i only did about 200 oz for the whole week. :sad: usually i do better than that, cyberswitch (my partner) and i have agreed that we both have the same problem this week, usually we do ok with water but when we have to do it for a challenge we do horribly. :frown: atleast tomarrow is a brand new day :bigsmile:

At the start of the week, I just could not manage it!
I managed to do 480 oz in the end, but I was up most of the night the other night, visiting the loo :laugh:
Took water everywhere I went at the end of the week, but it didn't do much good :embarassed:

Fitness_Chick

Please send me your totals for the week friday night or saturday morning - so I can post the winners! the new chllenge should be posted by sunday morning for what ever team wins! START THINKING UP YOUR CHALLENGE JUST IN CASE YOU WIN!!!

Where is everyone????:drinker:

jenn10

For those of you who have sent me your totals thank you - for those of you who have not I have a feeling though that fitness-chick and christolpistol are going to beat the crap out of the rest of us ! :ohwell: I have to figure my totals yet and will post the winners around dinner time so for those of you in the front running - what is your challenge going to be??????? we will start the new challenge in the morning!

Fitness_Chick

For those of you who have sent me your totals thank you - for those of you who have not I have a feeling though that fitness-chick and christolpistol are going to beat the crap out of the rest of us ! :ohwell: I have to figure my totals yet and will post the winners around dinner time so for those of you in the front running - what is your challenge going to be??????? we will start the new challenge in the morning!

Hey there christelpistol ...haven't heard from you....what's our challenge going to be...hm.....not so sure on the lima beans...we might get voted off the island if we go that route. :huh: :laugh:

Plus...ah I HATE LIMA BEANS..:laugh: do the winners for the week get immunnity for the new challenge?:grumble: Yea I didn't think so:laugh:

Ok, well hopin to hear from my partner so in case we are the ones to pick next weeks challenge we can do a bit of power thinking....

Congrats to EVERYONE for drinkin more water this week, beating your usual amount, or just plain sticking in the challenge and not letting your partner down by going AWOL:grumble: ...SO YAY TO ALL OF US who stuck it out....WE ROCK!

Remember Tomorrow starts a brand new day and a brand new 'SURPRISE' challenge....this is exciting...as even I don't know what the next challenge might be:noway: :laugh: :laugh: :huh: :drinker:

Fitness_Chick

Got a question for you Jenn or anyone else that knows the 911 on this..

How'd this group get to be called 'Tweeners'??? I tried to read up on early postings but didn't see anything about this. I'm like a curious cat....just like to know stuff is all...pure curiousity:laugh: :noway: :noway:

ericarey85

Got a question for you Jenn or anyone else that knows the 911 on this..

How'd this group get to be called 'Tweeners'??? I tried to read up on early postings but didn't see anything about this. I'm like a curious cat....just like to know stuff is all...pure curiousity:laugh: :noway: :noway:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/26749-30-100to-go-people

here is the post how it got started.... :flowerforyou:

monica5237

so sorry i havent posted in the past few days, have been really busy and tired with work and uni:sick:

so total water consumption for the week is ...:noway: 300ounces... is that right? :frown: am i converting it wrong? that seems too low:sad:

sorry partner monica5237:frown:

does this mean i failed the challenged?:brokenheart:

There is no failure in this compitition you suceeded just by adding more water to your diet that is what this is really all about is to get you to drink more and was that accomplished ? if you drank more than normal then you did not fail!!!!

Fitness_Chick

Got a question for you Jenn or anyone else that knows the 911 on this..

How'd this group get to be called 'Tweeners'??? I tried to read up on early postings but didn't see anything about this. I'm like a curious cat....just like to know stuff is all...pure curiousity:laugh: :noway: :noway:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/26749-30-100to-go-people

here is the post how it got started.... :flowerforyou:

Thank You so much!! This really helps me get caught up on the 'beginning stages of this challenge'.....now come to think of it I sorta recall seeing it but I also see tons of other threads so guess I didn't open this one until now.

So glad I joined up....:flowerforyou:

Thanks again Passionerica for sharing the 'behind the scenes' original challenge email.:drinker: