Looking for a group, so decided to start my own

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  • jaerie
    jaerie Posts: 42
    It's been a hard week for me not feeling myself but today I felt GREAT so I'm hoping tomorrow reflects that :D
  • messyhare
    messyhare Posts: 366 Member
    Yep, I'm ready. I am in this for the ultra long haul - I realize that I didn't put this weight on overnight and am allowing myself time to get it off. I generally go by the fit of my clothes anyway rather than the scale as I have lost an amazing amount of inches and yet only 34 lbs. No clue why but so long as I see some changes I'm happy.
  • onefasternurse
    onefasternurse Posts: 62 Member
    July 8
    Weigh In: 192 up 1.5lbs :(
    TOM is here so it may just be water weight....i hope
    I haven't been great at all with the miles challenge, or exercise at all for that matter.
    I just loaded C25K on my iphone so hopefully I can get my butt in gear.

    What are the challenges for this week?
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    did you get my p.m about my playlist??

    I just saw this! No, I didn't.
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    July 8 weigh in = 121.1 ... down 1 and ready for the challenges
  • anawahs31
    anawahs31 Posts: 5
    how did you get over the plateau. ive been this one weight for a whole month.
  • rjnandjosh
    rjnandjosh Posts: 168
    Hey I am in I have got to get motivated to keep going and boy have i been slacking
  • garrettnicole92
    garrettnicole92 Posts: 101
    We're weighing in today, right!?

    Last weigh in I was at 138lbs .... today, I'm at 135! My second goal is officially met. (: Now on full speed to 130 (:
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    We're weighing in today, right!?

    Last weigh in I was at 138lbs .... today, I'm at 135! My second goal is officially met. (: Now on full speed to 130 (:

    Awesome! 3 lbs in a week is amazing!
  • onefasternurse
    onefasternurse Posts: 62 Member
    We're weighing in today, right!?

    Last weigh in I was at 138lbs .... today, I'm at 135! My second goal is officially met. (: Now on full speed to 130 (:

    Great Job!! You guys are my inspiration to get my butt in gear!!
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    For those of you who are getting amazing calorie burns (way over 500 and even 1000) in 60 minutes, how in the world are you doing it? The most I've been able to get in an hour is 541 ... and that was with a 35 minute run at 12 min per mile and a small incline plus 25 min biking at 25mph on medium resistance with random hills. I'd love to get that kind of calorie burn but I am almost at max effort in my workouts lately.
  • jaerie
    jaerie Posts: 42
    When I get over 500 its the days that I'm using a really steep incline with my usual pace
  • cowiness
    cowiness Posts: 28
    hey guys im sorry but i think i must gracefully bow out of this group, Im really busy with work and school in the coming days. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
  • onefasternurse
    onefasternurse Posts: 62 Member
    Ok so I was really bummed about my weigh in today. I chalked it up to not excerising enough and possibly water weigh gain. But I measured myself today and I have lost inches!!! 2 inches in my hips and 1 inch in my waist.
  • onefasternurse
    onefasternurse Posts: 62 Member
    hey guys im sorry but i think i must gracefully bow out of this group, Im really busy with work and school in the coming days. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

    So sad to see you go:( Best of Luck in your studies and weight loss:))
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    hey guys im sorry but i think i must gracefully bow out of this group, Im really busy with work and school in the coming days. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

    So sad to see you go:( Best of Luck in your studies and weight loss:))

    Me too. I know how studies can zap time. Good luck with everything. :)
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    Ok so I was really bummed about my weigh in today. I chalked it up to not excerising enough and possibly water weigh gain. But I measured myself today and I have lost inches!!! 2 inches in my hips and 1 inch in my waist.

    CONGRATS! That is fabulous!
  • messyhare
    messyhare Posts: 366 Member
    So no change, good or bad in my weight this week. This week wasn't my norm regarding exercise - wasn't able to do my water aerobics once and didn't end up doing anything at home other than yardwork etc.
  • jaerie
    jaerie Posts: 42
    Sadly I am exactly the same this week. I havent been myself though so staying exactly the same is a good thing in the long run. Felt better the last few days and have been pushing through!
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    No change is still good, especially when you haven't been yourself or been able to keep your normal routines. Keep it up, ladies! :)
  • messyhare
    messyhare Posts: 366 Member
    No change is still good, especially when you haven't been yourself or been able to keep your normal routines. Keep it up, ladies! :)
    I agree with you!

    I'm adding back in my Leslie Sansone and step aerobic's this week. I would love to show a loss for this next week.

    What are the challenges by the way? I haven't posted my water and vegetables but I have been on top of them...
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    I don't know what the challenges are yet. Leela set them for us last time. I haven't seen her around for a couple days, though.
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    I don't know what the challenges are yet. Leela set them for us last time. I haven't seen her around for a couple days, though.
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    Still no Leela ... I hope everything is okay and she's just super busy. In the meantime, let's get some challenges going for ourselves for the rest of this week.

    Here are some ideas thrown out last week:

    For exercise:
    Pushups
    Crunches
    Lunges
    Squats
    Workout during commercials
    Walk after dinner
    Workout 10% more this week
    Have you seen this site: http://www.twohundredsitups.com/ ? Situps = crunches in their program. We could take on that challenge as a group? They also have a plan for pullups, pushups, dips and squats.

    For food:
    Try a new recipe and then share it with the group
    Try a new fruit or vegetable
    Log and stay under your calories everyday for a week

    So what do you guys think? What would you like to do?
  • garrettnicole92
    garrettnicole92 Posts: 101
    I like crunches, but I know that I could easily do +200 a week, haha. I average anywhere from 60-100 a day! I know the walking after dinner is a no-go for me, because I'm usually eating dinner at work (waitressing) and by the time I get off its the middle of the night (12:00 or later).

    I've been really bad about keeping up with my challenges. *embarrassed* But I'm going to try and do better this week, once we get them figured out.

    This morning I did Day 2 Week 2 of Couch 2 5K and then did arms/abs. Feelin' pretty good about life. :)
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    Okay! Let's get these challenges going! These end at our weigh-in on Friday. Remember we're all at different fitness levels and have different goals. We're competing against ourselves and not each other. You can do them all or choose to focus on just one or two. We're setting these goals for accountability and a little fun. :-)


    Food:
    1) Log calories everyday and stay within your goal.
    2) Share one new recipe this week. It doesn't have to be gourmet or anything. It could be something really simple. I find that I often overlook the really simple things and sometimes they are the best.

    Exercise:
    1) Meet your exercise minute goal everyday from now until weigh-in.
    2) Crunches. You decide how many and what difficulty for your challenge.


    Let's decide on our challenges for next week so that we're all ready to go. For exercise, we take on pushups plus one more? I hate them with a fiery passion but they are so good for upper body strength. For food, depending on how this week goes, maybe we keep the recipe thing going and add one more? What do you think? What would you like to add? We could also bring back one of the challenges we've already done.


    Garrett - I'm pretty good with crunches, too, so I've added an incline and weight to make it harder. For example, today, I did crunches on a pretty steep incline with a 6lb medicine ball, 4 sets of 25. I threw the ball in the air and then crunched up to catch it. Instead of increasing the number of crunches, that might be the way for you to go in this challenge.
  • onefasternurse
    onefasternurse Posts: 62 Member
    Thanks for setting up the goals for this week!! They sound great! :)
  • TeamLeela
    TeamLeela Posts: 3,302
    Start weight: 166.2
    July goal wt: 160.0
    July 1: 166.2
    July 8: 167.0 (+/0.8) (ouch!!)
    July 15: TBA (+/- previous week)
    July 22: TBA (+/- previous week)
    July 29: TBA (+/- previous week)
  • TeamLeela
    TeamLeela Posts: 3,302
    suzzanne, thanks a million. this was a very busy weekend. I love all the challenges and I'm ready to get 'er done!
  • TeamLeela
    TeamLeela Posts: 3,302
    Thanks again Suzzanne. I know we had brainstormed earlier in the week. Thanks for taking the inniative to set up this challenges this week while I was away. I like the idea of knowing next week's challenges in advance too, so we won't have this little hiccup again in the future!

    July 10:
    Food:
    1) my calorie goal is 1390/day. I will have to use my exercise calories to stay within my goal today as I went out for sunday brunch today. I will log it all to the best of my knowledge.
    2) I can't wait to hear the recipes that everyone shares.
    Exercise:
    1) 44/480 minutes/wk
    2) 100/700 crunches.
    *I love the crunches challenge and doing them with the medicine ball. I'm going to shoot for 100 daily/ 700 for the week.
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