team yellow!
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done with both challenges of sunday..n did xtra 20 mints of cardio aswell:)0
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great job samerene!!!done with both challenges of sunday..n did xtra 20 mints of cardio aswell:)
i also managed to get the challenge done and spent 30 min cutting the lawn which is listed as a cardio exercise
anyone heard from verna? i messaged her but have not heard back and have not seen her on here
have a great monday....it is a holiday in british columbia
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everyone is doing so great keeping up with the challenges! we may have started off with low daily points (65 & 75 the first two days) but we are quickly picking up speed! sundays total so far is 145 points! woohoo! it might even be higher if jenn does the sodium challenge or if i hear from verna before 11am est tomorrow morning. speaking of verna, since karen asked, i have yet to hear from her since the challenge began
i have sent several messages as well but haven't gotten anything back. worse case scenario, if we still don't hear anything from her in a day or so i'll let the person in charge of the challenge know and she'll give us a replacement.
anyhoo! here's monday's challenge reminder:
Nutrition - Under Calories
Exercise - 50 crunches
keep up all the hard work girls! you can do this! (:0 -
I am far below my daily sodium allowance so task complete!! On to tomorrows challenge!0
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hello Brave, Bold, and Beautiful ladies!!!!
hope you are well on the way to today's challenge!!
i am heading outside to get the lawns cut for some cardio exercise then i am going to do my crunches and sit ups on the lawn. I am even going to do some of those windshield wipers cause i think those are great for core muscles
attack the day!!!0 -
ok, I did 120 minutes of cardio cutting lawns and gardening then lay on the grass and did 50 crunches as well as other abd work and 20 windshield wipers.....had a hard time getting up off the grass....:laugh: :laugh:
will definitely stay under calories today so...:happy: another challenge day done ( or at least going)
hope you are all doing well
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calories done for the day and under goal so another day completed......can't wait for tomorrow's cahllenge0
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hello lovely ladies! hopefully everyone's monday went well. today i managed to accomplish both challenges, do 6 miles on the stationary bike and get an additional 20 minutes of strength training in! i'm still pretty new to strength training and tend to feel a bit lost with what i should be doing. luckily my best friend (who has 2 brothers that are super into weight lifting and she also has a personal trainer) offered to put together strength training routine similar to the one she does for me. she's lost a lot of weight (she was my inspiration to change my lifestyle!) so it meant a lot to me that she wanted to help me out. i'm super stoked to begin it tomorrow!
your little reminder of tuesdays challenges:
Nutrition - At LEAST 10 cups (8oz) of water
Exercise - 50 Windshield Wipers
we're still in last place for the week according to the spreadsheet, but! i have a feeling we're gonna come out of left field here soon and surprise everybody with some big point values. they won't know what hit 'em, right, girls? :P
alright i think i'm done here for today! but, before i go, have this, too -- "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think." remember that always! night yall<30 -
hi was hell bsy yestrday (monday) so cldnt update on the challenges..did both of em...plus extra 30 mins of cardio... everyone is doing so good im so proud for all of us0
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Yay for picking up slack team. I completed both challenges yesterday and did 30 extra mins. Now on for today's challenge!0
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why does there have to be 50 windshields???? they are hard to do so many.....i am thinking about 6 would be good...:laugh: :laugh: ....will get them done after dinner......running errands all day....left the house at 830 and did not get home ti,, 4pm!! no time for extra workout today but water is good0
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hey hi hello! hopefully everyone is doing well. today i'll start off with a little update on our team. jen (the woman in charge of the challenge) was finally able to get a response from verna this morning. unfortunately she has too much going on and had to drop out of the lots to lose challenge and is no longer a member of our team. jen also said she sent a message to someone on the standby list so hopefully with in the next few days we'll have a new addition to our awesome little team. i'll keep you all posted on that. til then we'll just all keep on doing the best we can!
speaking of our best, yesterday was our best points day so far. 210 points with just the four of us! i'd say that was a pretty kick butt day so kudos to each of you ladies for working so hard. our total is currently up to 495 points for this week.. and we're no longer dead last! see girls? already slowly but surely moving up in the ranks. lets keep this great momentum going strong! points do start over each week, though, so, there's always an opportunity to start fresh.
remember wednesdays challenges are-
Nutrition - Under Sodium
Exercise - 50 Woodchops (25 on each side)
quick little question i thought i'd throw in: when you all do the woodchops do you use weights or anything? i used a small medicine ball last time and i think i'll do the same tomorrow. maybe even use the slightly heavier one! all about progress, right?
as far as todays challenges go, i did both! as well as two miles on the treadmill. just like last time, those windshield wipers kicked my butt. hopefully they get easier as we go along, because, i agree with karen - 6 was enough for me, lol!
okay girlies i think that's all on my agenda for tonight. have a good night/day!
"Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful." (:0 -
hi all yestrday was a vry bzy day but I managed to do both challemges and xtra one hour of cardio:D...im so happy that im finally getting into this challenge....windshield wipers are hard but I also hope that they'll get easier:D..n i use water bottle for woodchops..i hope they'll work:D0
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hey girls! i'm happy to report that we've got our new team member. Jerzeeblondie is now a bold brave beauty! (:0
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yesterdays cahllenge completed....my grandson helped me by holding my legs in the air when i was trying to do the windshield wipers!!! like i needed any extra resistance!!!
on to todays challenge........have a great day and welcome to jerzeeblondie0 -
Hey beauties! I'm glad to be joining this challenge. I'm 25 from New Jersey and so ready to get this weight off! Two years of working 2 jobs and going to school full-time and I managed to put on more weight... now that I lost both jobs and graduated I have more time to focus on ME! Although I'm looking for a new job and starting graduate school in the fall, I'm trying to stick to a schedule so I can always get healthy meals and a workout in. I've been trying to walk/jog at least 3 miles a day... using a walking video or getting my butt outside when I can.
I'm going to be getting my workout in about an hour so I'll post how many miles I manage... I'm aiming for at least 3 miles, but will try to push myself to complete 4 miles. I should be fine with sodium, but can someone explain what woodchops are? lol never heard of them before I don't think.0 -
Hey beauties! I'm glad to be joining this challenge. I'm 25 from New Jersey and so ready to get this weight off! Two years of working 2 jobs and going to school full-time and I managed to put on more weight... now that I lost both jobs and graduated I have more time to focus on ME! Although I'm looking for a new job and starting graduate school in the fall, I'm trying to stick to a schedule so I can always get healthy meals and a workout in. I've been trying to walk/jog at least 3 miles a day... using a walking video or getting my butt outside when I can.
I'm going to be getting my workout in about an hour so I'll post how many miles I manage... I'm aiming for at least 3 miles, but will try to push myself to complete 4 miles. I should be fine with sodium, but can someone explain what woodchops are? lol never heard of them before I don't think.
welcome again! we're glad to have you! i feel you on finally having the time to focus on getting healthy. it's so nice. i hadn't heard of woodchops before this challenge, either! haha. here's a little video that gives you a general idea on how to do them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBG7tzX0aT0 just do 25 each direction! 0 -
That helped a lot, thanks. I have seen these done before, just never knew that is what they were called. I don't have a ball to use, but I guess a 5-10 lb weight should be good enough. I've been at my computer researching long enough... now off to get my exercise in.... normally I have it done by this time of day.
p.s- How does everyone post so much without feeling like they are at a computer all day? lol I use my ipod touch to post my status and food, but I'm not able to go to threads from it, which I wish I could, would make things so much easier!0 -
Just finished my workout, well have to go do the woodchops still but wanted to double check the video to make sure I did them right.
Here is my workout for today- did a 3 mile walking dvd and 20 minutes on the elliptical.
Now time to do the woodchops, so I'll let you know later if I made the full 50 and how I did with my sodium. Hope everyone is kicking butt with this challenge today!0 -
I did the 50 woodchops, they were actually a little harder then I thought they would be... I didn't think I'd feel much from doing them but I did! I definitely like adding them to the workout though. And under my sodium for the day, yay!!!0
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hi all yestrday was a vry bzy day but I managed to do both challemges and xtra one hour of cardio:D...im so happy that im finally getting into this challenge....windshield wipers are hard but I also hope that they'll get easier:D..n i use water bottle for woodchops..i hope they'll work:D
great job samerene!!0 -
Great job everyone on getting the challenges done!! and extra kudos to those who did more cardio than required!!!
i completed the challenges but no time to get a workout in as i was again running errands all day but this time with my 3 rd old grandson! tonight i put 40 pounds of blueberries in bags then into my freezer.....with the strawberries and raspberries in there as well as bread and meat it is now very full!!!
i am definitely going to the gym in the morning so will be able to add to our totals.....did not lose any weight this week but maintained from last week.....it seems that whenever i lose a bit my bodiy bounces back up a bit then sneaks down again as if to check and see if that new weight is ok......takes a while and makes me crazy!!! it seems that each pound is harder to lose now than before....0 -
very good job to everyone! tuesday's total points was 95. we are all doing fabulously at keeping up with the daily challenges and i'm super proud! (:
today i did both challenges, 5 miles on the spin bike and 1 mile on the treadmill. also did 20 minutes of strength training!
reminder for thursday-
Nutrition - Under Calories
Exercise - 50 crunches
i don't know about you girls but i'm looking forward to seeing what kinds of challenges are up for us next week! okay, that's all for today. have a good night/day!
"The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be."0 -
Great job everyone on getting the challenges done!! and extra kudos to those who did more cardio than required!!!
i completed the challenges but no time to get a workout in as i was again running errands all day but this time with my 3 rd old grandson! tonight i put 40 pounds of blueberries in bags then into my freezer.....with the strawberries and raspberries in there as well as bread and meat it is now very full!!!
i am definitely going to the gym in the morning so will be able to add to our totals.....did not lose any weight this week but maintained from last week.....it seems that whenever i lose a bit my bodiy bounces back up a bit then sneaks down again as if to check and see if that new weight is ok......takes a while and makes me crazy!!! it seems that each pound is harder to lose now than before....
i have to say congrats on being down 102 lbs so far. the weight that you have lost definitely inspires me! sorry there was no change this week, i know how frustrating that can be. keep at it, though. you'll get to your ultimate goal weight in to time.0 -
very good job to everyone! tuesday's total points was 95. we are all doing fabulously at keeping up with the daily challenges and i'm super proud! (:
today i did both challenges, 5 miles on the spin bike and 1 mile on the treadmill. also did 20 minutes of strength training!
reminder for thursday-
Nutrition - Under Calories
Exercise - 50 crunches
i don't know about you girls but i'm looking forward to seeing what kinds of challenges are up for us next week! okay, that's all for today. have a good night/day!
"The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be."
Just curious, how many points is everything worth? And is there a goal to how many miles we should be trying for each day?
I'll have no problem staying under my calories, but crunches are not one of my favorite exercises lol but I can manage 50 as long as they are not bicycle crunches! ahhh0 -
ah! sorry i didn't mention point values when i sent you the message yesterday. exercise challenges are worth 10 points, nutrition challenges are worth 5. 1 mile of exercise = 10 points. also! 20 minutes of additional cardio (you can't count the time spent doing the daily exercise challenge) that isn't measured in miles accounts for 10 points. there isn't a goal per se. just do what you can! every mile helps out our total (: and i definitely don't want anyone getting hurt, so! push yourself, yes.. but not to crazy extremes.
though, the points may be changing.. jen sent me a message and would like input from everyone! so when you get a sec, go to the thread below and check it out. she wants to keep everything fair and fun!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/302833-lots-to-lose-challenge-week-1?page=3#posts-40923810 -
Well I did a 5 mile walk/jog today! I'm doing the crunches later before or after dinner.
I think the way the points work is pretty fair, because it takes 20 minutes to get a real good calorie burn so that should equal 1 mile for every 20 minutes. I checked out the thread and my opinion is that if it is changed to how many calories are burned that would be unfair to everyone, because everyone will burn different calories just based on their weight/height. I think keeping it a distance/minute calorie burn is better... it encourages you to do more exercise without having to go too crazy just to get the calorie burns that someone who weighs more than you would be getting from the same exercise.
But either way just let me know what is decided. And burn those calories team!0 -
having a quiet at home day with my son, DIl and grandson ( who live with me)....nice not to be so busy for one day...
off to the gym to earn us some points.....0 -
wahoo....made it to the gym for 1.5 hours....did 1 hour of cardio (elliptical and circuit) and waaay too many crunches....:laugh:
water is over the top....still have 600 calories left over and can't think of anything more i want/need......even had an ice cream cone for a treat with real dairy ice cream
worked out so hard i was shaky afterwards.....lol
hope everyone is doing well with their foods and activity today
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oh my goodness....next week's workouts will be hard!! with my knees there is no way i will be able to do the lunges next friday but the rest should be ok.....what is with the number of 50 reps tho?????0
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