Weapons of Mass Reduction : Team August Challenge!
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I will see those 50 ab crunches/situps and do 50 more!!!! In fact... I have worked myself up to 150 so I think I'll do 150 today!!!
I will do 50 regular situps, 50 side crunches, and 50 standing abdominal crunches. :drinker: Good luck team!!!!0 -
Hey new team!!!
Welcome to the team!!!! Get ready to KILL IT with us each day!!!!0 -
hey am i on this team?0
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Forgot to report my Jumping Jacks yesterday, think I got close to 200 including my workout with Jillian & Martial Fusion!0
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Workout & Challenge complete!! :happy:
Silly question... For the squat challenge, is it 25 per side or 25 all together. I just want to make sure I complete it correctly.
Also... I thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves to get to know everyone. I have only been able to communicate with a few of you, so I'd like to get to know everyone here. Plus our new teammates can get to know us.
My name is April and I live in Ohio. I'm 29, married, and a mother of 2 (2 & 3 year old girls) They're my life! I'm a stay at home mom so I get to spend my day with my kids. Best job I've ever had! As far as my weight loss journey, I've been pretty over weight most of my life. Most of my family is. But I finally got motivated to start losing weight in January and have been pretty steady since. I have a cruise in November I want to lose weight for but ultimately I want to get to my goal weight by my 30th birthday next year.(July 24) I am motivated by these challenges and hope they push me to be where I need to be when I need to be.
Have a great day everyone!0 -
Great idea, AJ!
My name is Suzanne (Suz for short). I am 29, facing the big 3-0 in October! I am a single mom to a beautiful, talented 5 1/2 year old little girl who was just recently diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder. It's been challenging and frustrating sometimes but I wouldn't change her for the world! I work as an office manager and medical assistant for a physician who practices Hematology and Oncology (blood disorders and cancer). I had to leave a domestic violence situation in 2007 - I just grabbed my daughter, some clothes and ran.... I re-started my whole life over again and ate away my feelings. It took both of my parents being diagnosed with diabetes and a pre-diabetes diagnosis for myself to open my eyes to making a change. Even then, I still needed a kick in the butt. In March, my work sponsored a weight loss and fitness challenge. I signed up for that and MFP on the same day and I haven't looked back since! I want to get back to high school graduation weight. I was a beautiful cheerleader, softball player, and competitive dancer. I can't believe I've let myself gain 200 pounds since that day 12 years ago.
I can't wait to hear more about each of you!0 -
Sorry, just a quick question, I always log my food anyhow but... do I have to do anything extra than log my food and challenges in the usual way or do I need to do specific status updates? 0
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OK so this is what I have done so far today.
Convict Conditioning Day #17:
Vertical Pull ups: 2 Sets of 30, 1 set of 25
Shoulder stand Squats: 1 Set of 30, 2 sets of 25
100 Jumping Jacks (continuing yesterday's extra challenge)
50 crunches (today's challenge)0 -
Yes you are on the team Trans!0
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My workout today:
Elliptical trainer: 20mins, Calorie burner prog, 2.62km, 110 ave stride, level 20. 182 Cals, 136 ave HR, 150 max HR.
Stair master: 20mins, Calorie burner prog, 2.33km, 55 step pm, 69 floors, level 6. 228 cals, 154 ave HR, 166 max HR.
Concept rower: 20mins, 4.58km, 2:10.9 / 500, Drag 110. 225 cals, 153 ave HR, 168 max HR.
50 ab crunches, 25 laying leg raises.
For me the stairmaster is the crippler amongst these three exercises. I can't do too much running these days (knees aren't up to it - years of abuse) so I need to use machines.
I haven't done 'up and downs' for some years now so tomorrow will be my first real challange this week. Bring it on...0 -
Awesome idea April! It is nice to meet you!
Suz, you are atill a beautiful person!
My name is Crystal and I am 30 years old. I have been overweight since I was 11 years-old. After finally being taken and freed from a very abusive home; the stress hit me all at once and I ballooned up. I did lose it all when I was 18 years old--but it was through a bad eating disorder. It was rapidly within a couple of years that I gained it all back and now here I am...getting healthy the right way! I have three beautiful daughters and am married to my best friend. It is both of ours' second marriage and we have a total of 6 kids between us. (1-mine, 3-his, 2-ours) My husband is a recovered alcoholic - 5 years sober. We had a very rough patch in our marriage before some jail time and treatment for him. I put on 40 pounds though all of that. Making my starting weight 207.2 lbs and I am barely 5'2"! Anyways, I am a stay at home mom and LOVE it. My husband works rotating shifts that change weekly, plus he is school right now to finish his BS in Criminal Justice--so it just makes sense to have at least one parent home for our kids at all times. I started my journey March 23, 2011. I have lost 37lbs, 29.5inches, no longer have asthma, and feel tons better about myself. I would love to lose another 40 pounds or so and needed this challenge to help push me. We are totally going to rock this WMR!!!0 -
My workout today: Day 2 of 30 day shred + 250 sit ups
Working at the water and calorie intake!0 -
My workout today: Day 2 of 30 day shred + 250 sit ups
Working at the water and calorie intake!0 -
Awww, thanks Crystal! You are too!!!
I've completed the water... I am going to be doing the crunches and situps along with leg raises tonight while watching Big Brother and So You Think You Can Dance! I bought a mat for my hardwood floors just for this reason. I can't wait to put it into good use!0 -
My wife and I are addicted to So you think you can dance. That and the most un masculine show on TV. Project runway. I hate that I like it so much. I'm addicted the level of creativity these people possess. Not into the drama or the well...the other man drama but I do dig the creativity. Melanie is gonna take it or Marko. Really rooting for Melanie she is just a little cutie!0
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64 ounce of water in me
150 leg raises
50 ab crunches
30 minutes of 1D1W of couch to 5K
calroie are under for the day
and I am beat!0 -
My wife and I are addicted to So you think you can dance. That and the most un masculine show on TV. Project runway. I hate that I like it so much. I'm addicted the level of creativity these people possess. Not into the drama or the well...the other man drama but I do dig the creativity. Melanie is gonna take it or Marko. Really rooting for Melanie she is just a little cutie!
I love both of those shows!! I hope Melanie takes it...she's done consistently the best the whole season, but I love Marko too....Melanie has been every celebrity favorite all season...Love her!!0 -
My wife and I are addicted to So you think you can dance. That and the most un masculine show on TV. Project runway. I hate that I like it so much. I'm addicted the level of creativity these people possess. Not into the drama or the well...the other man drama but I do dig the creativity. Melanie is gonna take it or Marko. Really rooting for Melanie she is just a little cutie!
I DVR'ed Project Runway and I will start watching it soon!!! I also love Melanie and hope she makes it all the way. I love Marko too... And Sasha and Thadd are good competitors and I like them... but I love M & M more. LOL!0 -
OK so this is what I have done so far today.
Convict Conditioning Day #17:
Vertical Pull ups: 2 Sets of 30, 1 set of 25
Shoulder stand Squats: 1 Set of 30, 2 sets of 25
100 Jumping Jacks (continuing yesterday's extra challenge)
50 crunches (today's challenge)
30 mins. walk/run
Edited to put in the 30 minutes of additional exercise.0 -
Water - 96oz done! +1
Food - Logged and stayed under! +1
Challenge - 50 Sit-ups! +1
Then I added 75 additional crunches as well as 50 leg raises from another challenge. (I attempted 100 but couldn't do it...)
I also vigorously cleaned my kitchen, dining room, and living room but only listed half the time and under "light cleaning" - it was better for me to underestimate than overestimate!
I really wish I had a gym membership....0 -
Water done
Food logged and under for the day.
Wasn't able to check to see what the challenge was so I wasn't able to do it.0 -
Hi Gary. I've been doing all the exercises and sticking to the rules regardless. Maybe you'll find a home for me yet!0
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This morning I walked for 30 minutes and again, I did jumping jacks, sit-ups, leg raises and regular side leg lifts (I've asked for a modification to today's ups and downs challenge because I busted my knee... I tried to do them and my knee gave out). I won't be around tonight - I won FRONT ROW tickets to The Voice! in concert tonight... and VIP passes, too! I watched the show religiously and I voted every week so I am ECSTATIC that I won!!!
Have a great day everyone!0 -
OMG! I just did 20 of the up and downs and I am so out of breath and feel it in my belly and the tops of my thighs! Going to post this then get the other twenty done, wow!0
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Wow, Ok, I am so out of breath right now! Dang! 40 up and downs complete! If I don't feel this later it will be a miracle!0
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Work Out#1 of the Day Complete:
100 Jumping Jacks
40 Up and Downs (Burpies) - Today's Challenge
50 Crunches0 -
how many calories are burned doing 40 up & downs????0
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Gary, You issued me the challenge, Here I am, I accept your challenge! I deserve this, I am worth every ounce of pain and awesome that I will endure to have the me on the outside match the me on the inside. I am a rockstar!
A little about me: I am 36 Lesbian mom of one 17 year old daughter. My highest weight was 287lbs. I have slowly gained that over the past 10 years. I was severely under eating never ate breakfast and usually only ate once per day. When I did eat it was easy convenient sodium fat laddened crap. I drank at least a 6 pack of a soda per day, not one single oz of water and never exercised. I became a hermit glued to my computer playing video games. I hated myself and who I had become. I got laid off work in 2008 and that was the beginning of my demise. Depression and sheer laziness and excuses. I started going to college to change my career. It has been the best thing I could ever do. It got me out of the house and slowly moving. I was inspired to join MFP by a fellow student. My father had double bypass surgery a couple months ago and i have borderline high blood pressure and hypothyroid. These things scared the bejeesus out of me. I want to live a long happy and healthy life. I am tired of being on the sidelines watching life like a reality TV show. I want to live it.
Starting august weight 268.2
Gary, I will message you for some more info, and thank you for believing in me!
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Those up and downs were killer! I did them. It took me a while, but I did them. I think next time I'll have to modify some cause my knees are a little sore but my ankles are killing me. I had 2 hip surgeries when I was 14 and 16 so doing exercises like that are harder but I'm always gonna do my best. Good luck today everyone!0
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Okay so those godawful up and downs are done, I know I'll come in under calories and over in water, so count my points for all that. And since I missed yesterday's challenge of 50 sit-ups, I'll be doing those today, just to support those who did them! If I get points for it, great, if not, well, I still did 'em! 0
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