Lean By Labor Day Challenge (*CLOSED GROUP*)
AmyByExample
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**This group is closed with a full roster. We wish our fellow fitness pals every success on their weight loss journey's & hope to "challenge" with you in the future!**
Reminder from inital post for this challenge:
July 18th - Initial Weigh In Week (Starting weight for challenge)
July 25th - "Week 1" weigh in
Remaining weigh ins" 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/5 (final challenge weigh in)
We will keep a weekly log tracking:
Sleep (7-9 hours) (1 point for each day during the week you hit ths range)
Water - 8 glasses/day (1 point MAX for each day you hit this minimum)
Exercise - 1 point per 20 minutes (half points can be earned)
Food - 1 point for each day you log or diary your food intake
Example: On Monday you slept 7 hours (1 point) got in your 8 glasses of water (1 point) Exercised for 60 minutes (3 points) and logged your food (1 point) = 6 points for that day (set up a little chart for yourself with 4 rows (sleep, water, exercise, food) and 7 columns (Monday - Sunday our "challenge week)
All of the above are linked to successful weight loss, so our attention should be focused there. Every few days I'll post a question, a challenge, or something along those lines (please PM me any suggestions you have)
Reminder from inital post for this challenge:
July 18th - Initial Weigh In Week (Starting weight for challenge)
July 25th - "Week 1" weigh in
Remaining weigh ins" 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/5 (final challenge weigh in)
We will keep a weekly log tracking:
Sleep (7-9 hours) (1 point for each day during the week you hit ths range)
Water - 8 glasses/day (1 point MAX for each day you hit this minimum)
Exercise - 1 point per 20 minutes (half points can be earned)
Food - 1 point for each day you log or diary your food intake
Example: On Monday you slept 7 hours (1 point) got in your 8 glasses of water (1 point) Exercised for 60 minutes (3 points) and logged your food (1 point) = 6 points for that day (set up a little chart for yourself with 4 rows (sleep, water, exercise, food) and 7 columns (Monday - Sunday our "challenge week)
All of the above are linked to successful weight loss, so our attention should be focused there. Every few days I'll post a question, a challenge, or something along those lines (please PM me any suggestions you have)
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Wow! We are out of Week 1!! Here are the reminders for this week (so far):
1. Please post or message me with your Monday Morning Weigh-in (7/25)
2. Please post or message me with your "points" for the week earned as described in the initial post
3. This week's challenge is to pre-plan your workouts - mark them in the calendar - post them here - whatever will get you to commit to that time/place.
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Love this week's challenge - I think it will be really beneficial for me. Sorry I haven't been as active posting in the thread as I would have liked, but it's just been moving too fast for me to keep up! I've been reading along though and everyone is doing awesome!0
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Sunday points:
Water - 1
Food - 1
Exercise - 4
Sleep - 1
Total - 7
TOTAL POINTS FOR THE WEEK: 51 points! Yay
Will post weight tomorrow (Monday) morning. I'm excited!!!
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Sleep 1
Water - 1
Exercise - 4
Food - 1
Will weigh myself tomorrow morning and post it! Hopefully I will have lost the one pound I gained! I'm crossing my fingers, so wish me luck!
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SUNDAY POINTS:
exercise 0
water 1
sleep 1
log 1
total 3
week 1 total:46 :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: ...post weight tomorrow.....:flowerforyou:0 -
I'm a little nervous about weigh in but feel like I had a good week, I only completed one day of this weekends challenge but was super busy with out of town family as opposed to just being lazy so I don' t feel super guilty only a little. I always preplan my exercise days because I work twelve hour shifts sometimes so this week should be an easy challenge. Will post my weight and points tomorrow night...keeping my fingers crossed!0
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Bump....for when I weigh in tomorrow. I hope my day at six flags didn't sabbatoge my hard work!!!0
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Sunday points:
Exercise: 1
Log: 1
Water: 1
Sleep: 1
Daily total: 4 points
Grand total: 34 points
Can't wait for weigh-in tomorrow!!! I'm feeling pretty optimistic about it!
ETA: I also completed the challenge for this weekend, doing at least 50 jumping jacks, butt kicks, and jump ropes while I was Shredding each day!0 -
Sleep 1
Water - 1
Exercise - 4
Food - 1
Will weigh myself tomorrow morning and post it! Hopefully I will have lost the one pound I gained! I'm crossing my fingers, so wish me luck!
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Try adding 1/2 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to a glass of water before bed. You'll probably wake up a couple of times in the night to go potty, but it'll help drain off any extra water weight! (I used to do it on my WW weigh in days. lol)0 -
I am on vacation for the next 2 weeks. My posting may be sporadic. I am hoping to really stay on track. I brought my exercise dvds and my weights.
Weekly points - 22
Weigh in - 187.60 -
7/24 Points
Sleep: 1
Water: 0
Exercise: 0
Food: 0
Daily Total: 10 -
Friday's Points
Food-1
Exercise-0
Sleep-1
Water-1
Total= 3
Saturday's Points
Food-1
Exercise-10.5 (I walked for the entire afternoon & did a regular workout-so lots of points!)
Sleep-1
Water-1
Total=13.5
Sunday's Points
Food-1
Exercise-2
Sleep-1
Water-1
Total=5
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Hi Everyone,
Wow this first week sure flew by. I'm so ready for week 2, how about everyone else. I love this week's challenge to plan our workouts ahead, so I thought I would I write out and plan my workouts now.
Tuesday: 40 minutes crossramp machine
Wednesday: 20 minutes treadmill / 20 minutes Lifetime 9500
Thursday: 40 minutes Lifetime 9500
Saturday: 45+ minutes Los Gatos Creek Trail Walk (if it's raining or to cold, then I will repeat Wednesday's workout)0 -
Only got 3 point for today, didn't get in all my water.
My total for this week was 29 points.
Today was my weigh in day so I'm down to 152. A loss of 1.2 pounds.
I will do 30DS everyday this week even though I am on vacation. Me and the family will also will be doing lots of walking. I'm looking forward to a good time with they and hope to see some beautiful scenes here in the Great Smokey Mountains.0 -
Hey all, my weekly points totaled 31, as far as my weight I forgot to do before I ate breakfast and had my three glasses of water so I'll have to do it in the am and I'll let you know what it is. I didn't get my sleep points last night but did make a good choice in not getting canceled at work ( if I stayed home I would have laid on the couch and ate) so hopefully work won't be horrible but at least busy e no ugh to help me burn some calories. Hope everyone has a great Monday...thinking happy thoughts for everyone's weigh in!0
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Had a so so week. With school, being leader of a weight loss support group and work, finding free time to exercise is becoming a challenge, Total just 18 points last week but promise to do better this week.
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good morning all...had a great week, point totals for the week were 46 pretty good....but my weigh in was fatal gained a pound....180.5..... a had a rest day yesterday and had 2 cupcakes (homemade i reduced the fat as much as possible)so a little discouraged....but its a new week ....lets go!!!!!!have a great week to all:happy: :happy:0
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Here is Saturday and Sunday's points, it looks like I missed posting yesterday. Sorry!
Saturday's Points
seep-1
Exercise -6
Water-1
Food-1
Total - 9
Sunday's Points
seep-1
Exercise -6
Water-1
Food-1
Total - 9
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Wow! You guys had an awesome week! I am going to have to step my points up!
My paper is at home, but if I remember right, I *think* I have 30 points for the week.
I am down 5 pounds for the week which is so so exciting (this is my first week of really being "back" to it after a LONG time, so I'm sure much is water weight) - but still - 202.2 is so close to breaking back into one-derland!!
I got the extra 50 exercises in for Friday, Saturday & Sunday with 50 squats, 50 crunches & 50 Straight Leg Raises (per leg).
*REMINDER TO POST YOUR WEIGHT & POINTS OR MESSAGE ME WITH YOUR TOTALS*
This week's challenge - Plan out your workouts for the week - mark them in your calendar - share them here if you'd like us to hold you accountable!
QUESTION OF THE DAY - What is the WHY behind your weight loss/fitness journey? (as in, why do you want to be more fit/lose weight?)
Make great choices today! We're the only ones who can control our success! :0)0 -
Stepped on the scale this morning and my weight is 167.2, which is the same as it was on Friday. So I didn't gain anything over the weekend, but initially gained .6lb from my starting weight! But it's all gravy (hmm....maybe I shouldn't have said gravy, now I'm thinking about smothered pork chops with garlic mashed potatoes, and........okay, okay, I digress! :laugh:
Now, where was I???? Oh yeah, weigh in! Yeah, I'm up .6lbls from my starting weight, but it's all gravy (nope, not going there again)! :laugh: It's all good! I know that this week will be a better week for me!
I did the weekend challenge, by doing 50 crunches on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and I think that will be my goal for this week; to complete 50 crunches each morning before I leave for work! Last week, I did 100 squats each day! I didn't want to stop the squats, so this morning I did 50 squats and 50 crunches! Maybe I can do both! Let's see how that goes! I'll keep you guys informed. Hope everyone have a wonderful week! :happy:
Starting Weight: 166.6
July 25th Weigh In: 167.2 (+.6lb)
August 8th Weigh In:
August 15th Weigh In:
August 22nd Weigh In:
August 29th Weigh In:
September 5th Weigh In:
Sunday's Points -
Sleep: 0 point
Water - 1 point
Exercise - 1 point
Food - 1 point
By the way, do we have a new challenge? I may have missed it in the thread!0 -
good morning all...had a great week, point totals for the week were 46 pretty good....but my weigh in was fatal gained a pound....180.5..... a had a rest day yesterday and had 2 cupcakes (homemade i reduced the fat as much as possible)so a little discouraged....but its a new week ....lets go!!!!!!have a great week to all:happy: :happy:
I also gained this week, but it is what it is! I'm not dwelling on it too much! You shouldn't either! After all the gourmet flavored jellybeans I ate this weekend, I'm happy it was only one pound that I gained! Like you said, it's a new day and the start of a new week, so let's go and make it do what it do!
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Good Morning Everyone! I'ts sad to say i haven't had much time to continually check the board for motivation. I started off the week strong and motivated and fell off on my exercise thur -sat. Lucky for me i made some decent choices yesterday and walked and swimmed my happy butt off at six flags.
SW - 303
CW - 302
Total Week 1 Points - 44
QUESTION OF THE DAY - I strive to be more fit so I can enjoy more activities with my loved ones and start a family of my own one day. I need to be more fit so that i don't continue to harm my body, and to pro long the life of my kidneys as long as possible. ( I have PKD)
*** My goal this week is to get up and work out before work at least twice. I have it scheduled as tue and thur. ***0 -
My weigh in this morning put me in at 170.3 pounds, which is -1.1 pounds from last week. I'll take it, even if .6 of it is water weight gained. lol
SW: 171.4
CW: 170.3
Points last week: 34
Pre-plan challenge:
Monday: 30 Day Shred, L1D10; 15 minute run
Tuesday: 30 Day Shred, L2D1
Wednesday: 30 Day Shred, L2D2; 15 minute run
Thursday: 30 Day Shred, L2D3; 30 minute swim (if weather permits)
Friday: 30 Day Shred, L2D4; 15 minute run
Saturday: 30 Day Shred, L2D5
Sunday: 30 Day Shred, L2D6; 15-30 minute run
QOTD: Why? My Grandmother (Dad's mother) passed away when I was only 6 years old at the age of 50 from massive cardiac arrest. She was the first woman in the state of Michigan to receive double bypass surgery 2 years before I was born. Her mother (my Great-grandmother) passed away at the age of 45 from a massive cardiac arrest. My Dad had his first heart attack at the age of 35, though he is now 56 he still has a lot of heart problems. I've always watched what I ate, always tried to exercise to keep my heart in good shape. I get physicals every year, and my test results aren't terrible, but certain numbers concerned me this year (there's a protein count that wasn't optimal and it should be for my family history). My doctor suggested dropping the extra 20 pounds I've put on in the past 3 years and really eating well. At that appointment, my mind set really changed from living to eat to eating to live. Not only do I want to lose the 20 pounds, but I want to look better than I have ever looked in my life. I want to put in the hard work to have the outcome I deserve (that I know I can't get without the hard work). I want to be there for my kids and my grandkids and my grandkid's kids as well. I want to beat the odds on my Dad's side of the family and live to the ripe old age of 95! 0 -
CHALLENGE - Plan out your workouts for the week - mark them in your calendar - share them here if you'd like us to hold you accountable!
I like this challenge! I'm hoping to get some good ideas from everyone else, because I'm not very good at planning my workouts! I just go with the flow of things! I do plan my meals, and I'm very good at that, but when it comes to working out, I just do what I'm in the mood to do. I may workout with the Xbox Kinect, hop on the elliptical for a 30 minutes or so, do a 45 to 60 minute walk/jog, or pop in a DVD (Zumba, Kettlebell, Hip-Hop Abs)!
I use to workout with a group 3 to 4 days a week, but my schedule at work changed for the summer and I haven't been going to the group, so I started doing a variety of things at home until my schedule re-adjusts and I'm able to start with the group again.
QUESTION OF THE DAY - What is the WHY behind your weight loss/fitness journey? (as in, why do you want to be more fit/lose weight?)
My main reason is to be healthy! I don't have any medical issues that require me to lose weight, (Thank God) and I’m not looking forward to having any!!
My goal is to be fit, look great in my clothes, feel comfortable in a 2-piece swimsuit, and feel good about my body and feel good with and in my body! I hope I don’t sound too self-centered, but I’ve come a long way from being 203lbs in January of last year to the weight that I am today. Of course my journey has not come to an end and I have quite a bit to go, but I’m doing it and plan to keep doing it until I’ve reached my goal!
I forgot to include my weekly points for Week 1, which is 36.5 points0 -
Good morning! hope everyone is having a good monday!
SW - 131
CW - 130
Total weekly points: 29
WHY you ask:) Just to be healthy, set a good example for my kids and be around when they have kids! on top of the, diabetes runs in my family, I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with my daughter, which that alone raises my risk of being diabetic later in life by almost half....so I'm just being proactive now!!!0 -
Weigh in:
July 18th - 256.6
July 25th - 254.6
I lost 2 lbs! And that's with an injured foot and with not eating as healthy. Wed. is pay day so I'll be back on my fruits and veggies and healthy eating then...I can't wait. I've missed eating healthy sooo much.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: I have spent the first 24 years of my life overweight and I don't want to spend the next 24 that way. My family has sooo many health problems and I don't want to inherit them so I'm doing everything I can to be/stay healthy. The most important reason though for me is I want to be able to go out or look in a mirror and like what I see/how I feel.0 -
CHALLENGE - Plan out your workouts for the week
I want to get up and workout early in the mornings this week. my plan is wednesday, and friday. I want to do more swimming (laps, water aerobics) on tuedsay and thursday. I think Sunday I'll try Zumba again. Saturday- possible swimming again but most likely I'll let that be my off day.
QUESTION OF THE DAY - What is the WHY behind your weight loss/fitness journey? (as in, why do you want to be more fit/lose weight?)
My husband and I have been trying for a child since December of last year with no luck. my husband is healthy as a horse which leads me to believe that its me that might be standing in the way of this. So in hopes of being healthier and losing a lot of weight to increase my chances of getting pregnant. Not to mention, I am really overweight and for a healthier self and pregnancy its important for me to drop a lot of weight. Plus I am darn tired of the big clothes and being overweight while my husband is actually underweight (he works outside all day everyday manual labor- he weighs btw 140-150 and is 6' feet tall- we look ridiculous together!)
07/18-07/24 MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN Total
Sleep (7-9 hours) - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Food Diary Complete - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Water- 8 glasses - 1 1 0 0 1 1 5
Excercise- 5.5 4.5 2 2 0 0 0 14
Weekly Total: 33
What can I say- I have to sleep at least 7 hours to function! I need to not taper off my excerice and get better with water!
WEEKLY WEIGHT LOSS- This week I lost 3 pounds since the initial weigh in!0
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