Lots To Lose Challenge - Week 1

KnottyJen

This is a *mostly* closed group. If people are interested in participating, you are welcome to follow along with the weekly challenges, and I will be happy to add you to the backup list, but I will not be adding any more teams to the roster.

Just as a refresher:
We will base everything on a points system:
For every mile that you run/walk/bike/swim/etc, you will earn 10 points for your team.
For daily nutrition challenges - each person on your team that completes the challenge will earn an additional 5 points for your team
For daily exercise challenges - each person on your team that completes the challenge will earn an additional 10 points for your team

Every day, the team captains will need to send me their team's total points for the day. I will maintain a spreadsheet for everyone to monitor the progress of the challenge.

For the exercise challenges - You choose if you use weights or not. This is all about pushing yourself to do something that you wouldn't ordinarily do, BUT we don't want anyone getting hurt. The main idea is to go DISTANCE. The Nutrition & Exercise challenges are EXTRA.

::::Week 1 Challenges::::
Friday
Nutrition - Under Calories
Exercise - 50 Crunches
Saturday
Nutrition - At LEAST 10 cups (8oz) of water
Exercise - 50 Windshield Wipers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omeqA3O4DUk
Sunday
Nutrition - Under Sodium
Exercise - 50 Woodchops (25 on each side) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBG7tzX0aT0
Monday
Nutrition - Under Calories
Exercise - 50 crunches
Tuesday
Nutrition - At LEAST 10 cups (8oz) of water
Exercise - 50 Windshield Wipers
Wednesday
Nutrition - Under Sodium
Exercise - 50 Woodchops (25 on each side)
Thursday
Nutrition - Under Calories
Exercise - 50 crunches

I will better organize the spreadsheet tomorrow. I had a crazy busy day and I'm pooped! Good luck to all the teams and thanks to everyone for getting me your captains/team names on time (except mine!!! Someone's going to need a good, stern talking to! ;-)).

If there are any questions, feel free to post them here, as someone else may have the same question. I'm an MFP addict, so chances are, I'll get back pretty quickly. Night all!!!!

XBabigrl72

I like this. You don't have to add me but I'd like to fallow the challenge.

KnottyJen

Oh! One last thing....Please let me know what you guys thing of the daily challenges. Too much? Not enough? I want to try and make it so that everyone can do it. If we need to modify, we definitely can.

cklbrown

I would love to follow. If you need a replacement, let me know!

Kinda79

Hey Jen what about some lunges, jumping jacks or push up? I do the wall push ups because I'm a wimp but they still are beneficial. Just asking.

elmobabie84

Excellant challenge Jen!!! i love the fact that you also include "under sodium"!!!

missjaeda

I think these are great first week challenges! I'm excited for the days ahead!

Imsojen

I think that as a starting out group these challenges will be a good starting point for some of the newer members. Lets get to it ladies

samerene

i think its good for starters:)

Princess626

I think it's a great first week. Wish I could get to youtube at work to see what "windshield wipers" and "woodchops" are tho!

LASH3S

These are great first challenges... i love the nutrition ones!!! GOOD JOB!

cabaray

I think you've done a great job on the challenges! Looking forward to this!

MistyDC29

I think these look great! Thanks for putting this together, it's going to motivate a lot of people! Me included! :-)

KnottyJen

Hey Jen what about some lunges, jumping jacks or push up? I do the wall push ups because I'm a wimp but they still are beneficial. Just asking.

These are great ideas. I will add them to the list for next week. I wanted to make sure I didn't use up all of my exercise ideas in one week. Keeping it spicy, you know?? :-)

watchmeshrink16

I love all the challenges. I will let you if I have any ideas. Thanks for putting this together.

RENAEJAE

Ya - 5th Black-Team WeLosersWin! So glad we made it and round things off with 50 losers total. It's going to be a great ride!!

Great job on the challenge list Jen! Thanks.

aleah623

I'm so excited. This will help keep my sodium in check. Is there a way to modify jumping jacks? I have knee problems and can't do regular ones. Thank you again for setting this up.

KnottyJen

aleah - there are a number of ways to modify jumping jacks. I have the same issues with my knee. I usually do a squat, instead of the jump, but here's another option:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNssa8g3GEc

SDV219

OK ready to start my first MFP Challenge!! Looks good so far ... I have to YouTube some of those still! All up for it!! Was just going to start my morning routine now. I'm a little late because we lost our cable/internet connection for a bit, so I had to square that away! Ready to go!! Good luck everyone!!

PS: How many teams are there?? I saw we have 50 people all total with some followers on the side!! That's awesome!!

KnottyJen

PS: How many teams are there?? I saw we have 50 people all total with some followers on the side!! That's awesome!!

We have ten teams of 5, plus a couple backups.

LASH3S

OK ready to start my first MFP Challenge!! Looks good so far ... I have to YouTube some of those still! All up for it!! Was just going to start my morning routine now. I'm a little late because we lost our cable/internet connection for a bit, so I had to square that away! Ready to go!! Good luck everyone!!

PS: How many teams are there?? I saw we have 50 people all total with some followers on the side!! That's awesome!!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR SOCKS!!! ; )

asiavenetia

This is great! I love the challenges for week 1!! Thanks for pulling it all together!

sammy084

Challenges look great!! I am super excited about this! Lets go girls!

SDV219

OK, did those 50 crunches ... and owwww my belly's killing me!! HAHAHAHA

MistyDC29

Got a question from a member of my team for ya. She does water aerobics for exercise will that count for anything? What if we don't typically walk/run/bike/swim (laps)? Thanks! :-)

AmyNVegas

I was thinking the same should we say so many minutes is a mile for exercises that don't have mileage? Like maybe 15 minutes is a mile or something like that for aerobics and water aerobics? Not sure I can do the windshield washers with my bad hip but I am going to try them I might be surprised:bigsmile: , can we modify them as a one leg at a time exercise if we can't do two legs at once like the video?

aleah623

Day 1 went good. It kept me from giving in to temptation of cheesecake this afternoon.

katdanash

I am loving this challenge!! I did the 50 crunchs .. first time ever !!! i will have to modify and jumping jacks because of my knee. I don't think its quite ready for jumping .. The windsheild washers. look interesting I will see if I can !This is so good. Thanks Jen for doing this. My doctor will be impressed when I tell him on the 12th of August what I have been doing..

ginabina13

I'm not sure my back will approve of windshield wipers tomorrow, but I'm going to try! Good luck everyone!!

cabaray

I will try the windshield wipers, but I have a herniated disc in my lower back which makes laying on the floor painful.

KnottyJen

Hi Everyone! There have been some questions asked and I want to address them here, so all can see.

As far as converting non-distance activities into x miles, I need to think about this. I hadn't planned to do it this way and I want to make sure that it's fair for everyone. So, let me sleep on it, and I will get back to everyone in the am.

Next, I will not be updating the spreadsheet until the following morning, so as long as the captains can get their teams' totals to me by 10am CST, I am fine with that.

Finally, as far as the exercise challenges go - these are additional. If you have an injury that doesn't allow you to do something, it's okay. Or if you need to modify something, that is alright as well, but make sure that you give it your best shot. Like I said before, I don't want to see anyone getting HURT because they tried to do something that they weren't able to do.

Hmmmmm...... I think that's all, but please feel free to PM me or post here if you have any questions.
Thanks Guys! I appreciate your patience while we work out the kinks!