The last 10 pounds challenge (closed group)

manit1117

Valerie: Charlene (Turbo Fire) said in one of her discussions that when you hit a plateau that is your body telling you it needs rest. She suggests taking a week off and jumping right back into things. I know someone who recently was stuck at there weight. It killed them to take this advice but they did it and viola the weight started dropping. So may be take 1 week off from exercise and see where it gets you. I know it scares me too :indifferent:

vsetter

Valerie: Charlene (Turbo Fire) said in one of her discussions that when you hit a plateau that is your body telling you it needs rest. She suggests taking a week off and jumping right back into things. I know someone who recently was stuck at there weight. It killed them to take this advice but they did it and viola the weight started dropping. So may be take 1 week off from exercise and see where it gets you. I know it scares me too :indifferent:

Maybe I will take that advice. I think I am going to do the Inferno Plan for the next 5 days --- low calorie, high cardio, with a little bit of weights. And then I am going to try and take next week off. Hubby and I are going away for Labor Day weekend anyway.....it's a good time to not worry about exercise. I'm sure I will get some exercise in, but it will be mostly walking/hiking.

Thanks for keeping me on track!

vsetter

Sorry for my delay in getting out this week's report. It was a crazy day. Hubby's car broke down on the side of the highway on his way home from work. He was a good 45 minutes away from home. I had to gather the kids (baby girl had JUST gone down for her nap), run to the store and buy a battery (the alternator went bad and killed the battery), drive out to him, and then follow him to the shop. We just had that alternator replaced 10 months ago. Fortunatley the shop is going to cover the cost for replacement. What a pain!!!!

Oh well....should have results posted tomorrow (or later today, when I look at the time).

kblue2007

Sorry for my delay in getting out this week's report. It was a crazy day. Hubby's car broke down on the side of the highway on his way home from work. He was a good 45 minutes away from home. I had to gather the kids (baby girl had JUST gone down for her nap), run to the store and buy a battery (the alternator went bad and killed the battery), drive out to him, and then follow him to the shop. We just had that alternator replaced 10 months ago. Fortunatley the shop is going to cover the cost for replacement. What a pain!!!!

Oh well....should have results posted tomorrow (or later today, when I look at the time).

UGH Valerie, that's stinky!!!!!! Glad everything worked out for you!!! Get the results whenever you can!!! No worries and thank you :happy:

bprague

UGH! I'm at 134 today. I'm just going to have a little freak out. I don't believe that is my actual weight. Don't don't don't.

kblue2007

UGH! I'm at 134 today. I'm just going to have a little freak out. I don't believe that is my actual weight. Don't don't don't.

I don't think it is....its most likely water weight....you were out of your element for a few days. I'd drinks lots of water and get back on the scale friday, I bet it will be a lot nicer to you

ljbhill

What kind of detox did you do??? How drastic is it? It must be tough on the body if you are only supposed to it every 3 months.

I think it's more the supplements you do with it. I did the 'Totally Natural 7 Day Internal Cleaning Detox'. There are a whole heap of natural vitamins that you take throughout the 7 days. It's basically ia vegetarian and gluten free diet for a week with filtered water to drink. It comes in 7 days, 14 days and a month.

I had just completed a whole month detox but went overseas for a week and overate. I felt so awful that when I came home, I did the 7 day detox as a refresher. I think one of the many supplement you take is a mild laxative (and they are not good to be on long term) which is why you are suppose to have a 3 month break.

Perhaps take a week off the exercise and combine it with the detox?

vsetter

WOW!!! What a week! Great job ladies!!!

This week the weight loss awards go to......
ljbhill for losing 2.4 pounds this week!!!!!
And Kate (kblue2007) and cheshirechic!!!!! Both lost 1.6 pounds this week!!!!!

Point leaders for the week are....
First -- Kate (kblue2007) with 37 points
Second -- Cathie (crazytxmom) with 29 points
Third -- cheshirechic with 26 points
Fourth -- Brooklyn (brooklyn85) with 24 points

Grand total leaders are....
First -- Kate (kblue2007) with 72 points
Second -- Brooklyn (brooklyn85) with 60 points
Third -- Kristin (kerick9) with 54 points



Speacial WOOHOOs go to

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***** Kate (kblue2007), Cathie (crazytxmom), and Brooklyn (brooklyn85) for meeting both challenges!!!!! Extra 10 points!!!!! Kate -- how in the world do you drink that much water???? You must be peeing all of the time!

***** cheshirechic and Julie (roxiedo)!!!! They were the only two that did not go over calories! (and I gave a 150 calorie grace).

***** cheshirechic was the only one to meet calories every day of the week!

***** jalysons increased her protein levels this past week and met those new goals every day!!!! jalysons and Kristin (kerick9) were the only ones that met protein goals every day!

kblue2007

***** Kate (kblue2007), Cathie (crazytxmom), and Brooklyn (brooklyn85) for meeting both challenges!!!!! Extra 10 points!!!!! Kate -- how in the world do you drink that much water???? You must be peeing all of the time!

I do pee constantly!!!! I have a 16oz glass of water as soon as I sit up in bed. Then a liter at the gym, then a liter on my way to work, then a liter before/during lunch, then an afternoon liter, and then I fill up my bottle once more before I leave work and finish that throughout the evening. Its alot but I don't drink anything else during the day except for coffee (sometimes).
My suggestion for more water is to fill up a liter bottle, let it come to room temp and then chug....it works for me :happy:

Everyone had a great week last week and I hope everyone is doing well this week as well AND I'm sure you all are!!!
I'm not doing great with the crunches challenge so far, only 100 down. But I will finish up the 5 extra miles tonight before the rain comes in tomorrow!!!

Happy one day closer to Friday :laugh:

bprague

wew! back down to 132! Celebrate. 50 side crunches yesterday.

I agree with kate- if you have the water in front of you, you are waaayyy more inclined to drink it. Chug away!

kblue2007

wew! back down to 132! Celebrate. 50 side crunches yesterday.

I agree with kate- if you have the water in front of you, you are waaayyy more inclined to drink it. Chug away!

YAY!!!!

jalysons

Great job to the losers this week. Amazing job. kate, now sure how you drink all that water! I feel lucky I am getting 8 cups on a good day.

Valerie, thanks for doing this and sorry about your car. That is horrible.

I guess I never full introduced myself since I was on vacation when we started.

I am Jenn: here is a few facts:
1. Mom to 2 year old boy/girl twins
2. Work fulltime, travel sometimes and I am on a bad stint of lots of travel the next few weeks. My husband travels a lot which makes working out a pain. I like to go in the AM
3. I show a lot more exercise calories then I feel count because I often walk my dog and at least a couple of time a week the kids in the stroller too.
4. I am a horrible snacker and have trouble eating meals.
5. would love to loose 8-10 pounds of baby weight but have been at this weight for 8 months so begining to think lost cause
6. I will do the extra miles but cannot do crunches becasue of twin pregancy. I will do leg raises instead. How many are we supposed to do???

Happy Wednesday night

vsetter

6. I will do the extra miles but cannot do crunches becasue of twin pregancy. I will do leg raises instead. How many are we supposed to do???

As many as you can do. And that is perfectly fine to adapt the move so that it works for you. Those with the most will get the extra points. Keep track of your walking too. This week, there is points for that too!

Requests for next week's challenge????

cheshirechic

Aw, thanks for the WOOHOOs!

What about a push-up challenge for next week?

ljbhill

Hey V... how did you post the table?

kblue2007

Aw, thanks for the WOOHOOs!

What about a push-up challenge for next week?

Thats a great idea...will girl push ups count, PLEASE :happy:

vsetter

Hey V... how did you post the table?

I made the table in Excel and then cut and pasted it into Paint. From Paint, you can save it as a picture file. You have to go through a website like Photobucket in order to post any pics. Sometimes it is difficult to make it the right size.

ljbhill

Thanks Val.

Well... posting my weigh in for the week. I too am so over this plateau. Bouncing around 122.7-125Ib each week, in and out... it is so annoying! I'm losing focus and it's showing in my diary. Definately not as strict anymore. At least I've been keeping a little active which is better than nothing, I suppose.

I feel like I'm good all week and lose it on the weekends. This happens over and over each week. Do good. Undo it. Do good. Undo it. I'm chasing my tail here! Argh :explode:

I think I need to start focusing on the toning and less on the scale number.


56.7Kg (125 Ib)
Monday- Shred
Tuesday- Run + Pilates (core and lower)
Wednesday- Shred
Saturday- Shred + 90 minute Walk
Sunday- Shred + Run

The two runs... I did extra... and almost died!
Crunches- 340 ( I LOVE CRUNCHES! I could do them all day long! Who would have thought??)

kblue2007

Morning Everyone!!!

Weight stayed the same this week (130.6)
Sunday-REST
Monday-2 mile walk
Tuesday-Elliptical, Step Mill, Strength Training, yoga
Wednesday-Bike, Step Mill, Strength Training, 4mile walk/jog
Thursday-Treadmill, Strength Training, yoga
Friday-Elliptical, Treadmill, Step Mill, Strength Training
Saturday-Treadmill, Strength Training

I did a total of 6 extra miles and 400 crutches.

My big hooray for me this week was that I started jogging, now I love it!!!!

Looking forward to see how everyone did this week, you are all awesome and amazing :flowerforyou:

bprague

Hey everyone! Hope your weeks went well!

weight: 132 (down one from last week, and after eating (twice), drinking, then exercising and drinking again. Dare I say I may weigh slightly less than this?)
waist: 25 (same old)
lower belly: 31 (same)
hips: 39 (.5 more- could this be because I'm compacting my tushy to make it higher and more BAM with all that exercise? I don't FEEL more squishy.)
thighs : 22.5 (.5 down from last week)
arm: 10.5 (up .5 inches. woot! my bicep is out of control awesome)

So even though my numbers don't look good- I feel like I look better. For example: my butt is definitely rounded on the bottom, instead of the previous kinda flat and square. So... I dunno. For whatever reason I feel alright about the way things have progressed this week.

Sunday- beach none
Monday- beach none
Tuesday- Strength training, Cardio (bike)
Wednesday- walking- 35 running 15
Thursday-running 30, strength training 45
Friday- strength-15, walking- 50, biking- 20
Saturday- running-40, strength 15

The vacation was good since if forced my to rest my ankle and get ready to get back into running. I'm pleased to be back!

ALSO- so in my insanity, I have decided that I really really really want to do a half marathon next year. I guess I'll be training for that mostly. I raised my carbs accordingly since I'm back running and now have a huge goal in mind, but I'm not too concerned about meeting my carbs yet. In a month or so I'm going to have to pay attention so I don't crash. I'm also going to make the transition to run outside. It has always been a huge problem with me because the months when this is ideal (spring and fall) are also the seasons that virtually tear my lungs apart through my asthma. I'm going to do this though because I am tired of asthma dictating when I can and cannot run. Anyone who wants to join in my half marathon dreams- PLEASE DO!

nickikole1

I lost 1 pound, so I'm down to 138. Focusing more on calories apparently worked. :-)

I did walk/run intervals for my miles.

Monday - 2 miles
Wednesday - 2 miles
Friday - 4 miles
Saturday - 2.5 miles

I hope everyone enjoyed this week's challenge as much as I did!

jalysons

Hi,

I was actually down half a pound this week. We will see if it sticks. I was actually down more saturday but popped back up this AM. Am eating more calories now and adjust protein to 30% - much harder to meet

I may need to cut my exercise, way too much this week

Monday -stairmaster, 50 - full body training, 55, walking 51, running - 30, ellipical - 10
Tues - running- 80 treadmill, 35 walking
Wed - running - 66 min treadmin, 2 walks - 105 total
TH - body lifting - 57, moving stairmaster 35, walking 100 min (2 walks)
Fri - elliptical - 21, spinnign 70, walking - 99 min (2 walks)
Sat - run - 82 minutes outside, walking - 76 min (breakfast and farmers market with kids, elliptical - 10, 60 minutes full body weights (sadly did not count the leg lift etc), 30 minute walk with stroller and dog
Sun -Insanity (58minutes-), Walk - 66 min (kids to breakfast and then home). spinning - 58 min, ellipitcal - 15 min cool down, Walk dog - 50 min

crazytxmom

Hello all!

I lost 2 pounds this week. My goal weight is now only 5 pounds away. Unbelievable.

Sunday - rest
Monday - rode 6 miles
Tuesday - rest
Wednesday - shred & rode 2 miles
Thursday - just dance 2 w/daughter
Friday - shred & rode 6 miles
Saturday - rode 4 miles

I only did 140 crunches. Squats were easier to do at work - I'm NOT getting on the bathroom floor to do crunches!

I hope everyone has a great week!

vsetter

Hi everyone! Just checking in.....

So this week I was going to start the Turbo Fire 5-day Inferno Program (low net calories because of low calorie and high cardio). This was part of my plan to break my plateau. BUT --- that really only lasted for 2 days. The rest of the week was pretty high in calories actually. BUT.....

Today's weight was 125.2#. This is a 2.8# weight loss from last week. Now....before we get too excited, let's remember that I have been bouncing between 125.5 and 128 for two months now. BUT

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this is a whopping 1/4 pound less than my lowest so far. That is not spectacular, I know, but I'll take it. I feel though that I can only record a 0.25 weight loss.

Sunday - rest
Monday - Turbo Fire and upper body strength
Tuesday - Turbo Fire
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - Turbo Fire and upper body
Friday - Turbo Fire
Saturday - rest

Leaving for vacation on Thursday, so I think that I am going to try to do low cal/high cardio on Mon, Tues, and Wed in order to balance out the "nothing-for-exercise-eat-whatever-I-want-plan" that I plan to do while on vacation.

vsetter

Squats were easier to do at work - I'm NOT getting on the bathroom floor to do crunches!

HA! :laugh: What an image!!!!

vsetter

CHALLENGE!!!!!! CHALLENGE!!!!!! CHALLENGE!!!!!

This week's challenge is all exercise based! AND --- has three parts!

1) For a little bit of cardio, this week's challenge will continue with the run/jog/walk/bike challenge. EXCEPT -- this week your goal is 8 miles. Easy to do, especially is you spread it out over the week. 5 extra points will be awarded for completing this challenge.

2) PUSH UPS!!!! These can be done any style that you want/prefer/are able. But, please do try to challenge yourself. For example, if you do girlie-style (on knees) push-ups and you are able to them with no problem, push yourself and see how many you can do on your toes. You may not be able to go all the way down at first, but we will all improve! Your CHALLENGE is to do 20 push-ups per day for 5 days. A grand total of 100 push-ups. 5 extra points will be awarded for completing this challenge.

3) More squats!!!! Keep track of them! The top 3 will get 5 extra points.

So this week it is possible to gain 15 extra points! Easy way to catch up with points if you are behind. And to those ladies in the lead.....watch out. You may need to gain these points to keep your lead

cheshirechic

Weighed myself yesterday morning, since we were "out of town" because of this lovely east coast weather.

Down to 135.4!!!

Exercise:
Sunday: Ripped in 30, levels three and four, plus walking
Monday: Running (only four miles)
Tuesday: Rest
Wednesday: Ripped in 30, levels one and two
Thursday: Yoga and Zumba
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Ripped in 30, levels three and four

I hope everyone is safe and sound now that the crazy weather is (hopefully) over.

MissMarthaGrace

Hey everyone ~ hope you all had a successful week! I was down .8 this morning to 146.4 ~ 3 pounds to goal (though I may change it once I get there to an even 140). Not as much as I've lost the past couple weeks ~ but I'll take it! Knew it would taper off to a smaller weight loss sooner or later.

Though I did do some form of cardio every day this week (with the exception of today) ~ I only did strength-training ONCE (on Tuesday) AND....I bombed at the challenges. I only walked 2 miles above and beyond my "usual" and did only 120 crunches. No excuses - pure laziness.

I'm heading out of town on Saturday and won't be back until Monday (with no scale in sight) so I think I'll have to do my weigh-in and post on Saturday before I leave. It'll be a day early, but I want my #s to count for the week. So I hope that's ok. That means then that I'll have one less day than everyone to get my challenges done. I best get to work!!

Wishing you all the best this week ~ and have a wonderful holiday weekend! :glasses:

kblue2007

I am so impressed so far with everyones results!!!! Congrats on the weight losses...I'm so jealous :happy:

manit1117

I've been slacking :sad:

Sunday: Rest
Monday: Fire 55 (TurboFire), Lower Body Weights & Abs
Tuesday: Fire 30/Sculpt 30 (TurboFire) & Walk (about 2hrs)
Wednesday: Fire 45 (TurboFire), Upper Body Weight & Abs
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Lower Body Weights & Abs
Saturday: Rest

I took too many rest days from the program I'm doing. I'm supposed to do it 6 days a week and only did 3 BUT I still lost 1.6lbs WOO HOO :glasses:

I'm ready for the challenges this week. I'm loving the push up challenge. I've been slacking on those and want to get back into the swing of things.

NSV: I was sitting at the kitchen table reading the paper yesterday and my husband said "wow you're legs are really muscular...i think you have more muscle in your legs then i do." i'm talking that as a complement :happy:

Good Job everyone else on your accomplishments :drinker:

Val: My name is Tina in case you want to add it to the spreadsheet. Thank you for putting this together.