SAHMU 60 Day Challenge * Week 6* (closed Group)

losinit_4_good

Hi girls!

Quiet day on the message boards. Hope everyone is having a great weekend and keeping up with the challenges. Please remember to update your daily calorie burn on the spreadsheet. Here's the link again for those who may have forgotten (cuz I know personally I have to search for it everytime! lol!) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnwPqv9GV3KzdEF1LXBGRGZHMzlvVGNrdk5WTXJKbFE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Have an awesome night and hope to chat with some of you tomorrow
Lynda

renubhat_82

Lynda,

Yeah it was a quiet day... Finally managed to be upto date on strength challenges atleast, but i doubt if I would really meet the calorie burn this week.. I still have three more days, but at the same time I cannot strain my foot... :-(

amyelizbradley

So I just had the BEST night ever. Went out for a girlfriend's birthday BBQ and it was a lot of people I hadn't seen seen in a good 4-5 years. I was saying hi to everyone and NO one knew who I was, when I said, "Michelle Mann..." everyone was like "NO WAY!! I would never have recognized you, you look so skinny!" Wow talk about a confidence boost! Not 1 person recognized me

That's the BEST! Congrats!!

amyelizbradley

Lynda,

Yeah it was a quiet day... Finally managed to be upto date on strength challenges atleast, but i doubt if I would really meet the calorie burn this week.. I still have three more days, but at the same time I cannot strain my foot... :-(

A goal is something you strive for; what's important is not necessarily whether you make the goal but the fact that you tried! I say way to go for hitting those strength challenges!!

amyelizbradley

Hi girls!

Quiet day on the message boards. Hope everyone is having a great weekend and keeping up with the challenges. Please remember to update your daily calorie burn on the spreadsheet. Here's the link again for those who may have forgotten (cuz I know personally I have to search for it everytime! lol!) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnwPqv9GV3KzdEF1LXBGRGZHMzlvVGNrdk5WTXJKbFE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Have an awesome night and hope to chat with some of you tomorrow
Lynda

Quiet (for me) 'cause it was a BUSY day (& if I focus on the computer too long, my kids always get into something....) ! Hope you are having a great weekend too!
Amy

amyelizbradley

So here is my emotional challenge...

Many times my hubby used to tell me that I need to lose... But I would try to reduce for a week and give off... Probably I was never serious on losing... It was during the time of my b'day and I bought few tops for myself.. I wore them and saw myself in the mirror and i looked awful... Was just thinking..when did i become so fat, my tummy was looking ugly, it still is, but its much better... I wanted to wear my Indian dress, Sari... I always look better in sari, but this time i was looking so fat.. and my top was not fitting me.. It was stitched just 2 months before and its not fitting me... I was looking horribly bad...

I now realize why everyone kept telling me that I need to reduce.. Often I used to browse through other dancer's profiles and they look so slim and well maintained.. Curves are clearly visible.. Even I was the same at some point.. Now I don't look like a dancer at all...I have always been very emotional about my dancing... I like it so much and I don't look good on the stage anymore.. Of course, everyone appreciated the other day, may be cuz of my expressions and my presentation, but general audience what they first notice is the dancer's personality and I am so awful now...

So I promised to myself, that before I go back to India, may be for a vacation or something, I will get back to shape and people who criticized me on my personality will have no words to say this time...

I hope too that you make the decision to be healthy not for anyone else but for YOU; you are so worth that gift!

amyelizbradley

A few NSV moments I wanted to share. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Went shopping with my super toned and fit girlfriend last nite. I've always been too ashamed to go clothing shopping with her b/c she takes such good care of her self and I felt so fat. Not that she ever judged me, she is way too sweet, in fact she has always been very complimentary of me, but still i was ashamed of me. Anyways, my work pants are all size 18 and slipping off my hips, and I have some big meetings coming up in the next few weeks so I had to get something that I wouldn't l have to constantly hike up. I called my friend and we meet at the mall. She hasn't seen me for a month and she was blown away by my progress! She was so proud of me! And even though I'm still way bigger than her, i was eager to have her help me pick new pants. I got a great deal on a few pairs of size 16 dress pants. Still bigger than I wanted to buy, but they were cheap and they fit well. In fact, as I was checking them out in the mirror, my girlfriend and the sales girl (who knew I had lost weight as well) were both raving about how good my butt and thighs looked.

And today I met my sister for coffee. She never gives me compliments. She usually just tears me down. Anyways, even she commented on how much smaller my butt is! yay!

Niiiice!! :happy:

amyelizbradley

For SA. 8/27/11
CARDIO:
Body Pump = 200
Treadmill/ Running = 167
NUTRITION:
Under sodium = waaaay over (573 mg. over) :grumble:
EXERCISE:
50 Bridges

I am really irritated with myself: I went to a friends for a BBQ; things were going well until dessert... ugh! Let the completely unplanned/ mindless snacking begin! Not the day I wanted or planned; gotta really look into that why- feel like I let someone down... I guess it's about refocusing, learning, and moving on; tomorrow's another day (I will keep saying that until I believe it).

losinit_4_good

Lynda,

Yeah it was a quiet day... Finally managed to be upto date on strength challenges atleast, but i doubt if I would really meet the calorie burn this week.. I still have three more days, but at the same time I cannot strain my foot... :-(

A goal is something you strive for; what's important is not necessarily whether you make the goal but the fact that you tried! I say way to go for hitting those strength challenges!!

Well put Amy! Renu, like I said before you are doing an amazing job of staying motivated and doing what you can while your foot is in pain. You rock!

losinit_4_good

I am really irritated with myself: I went to a friends for a BBQ; things were going well until dessert... ugh! Let the completely unplanned/ mindless snacking begin! Not the day I wanted or planned; gotta really look into that why- feel like I let someone down... I guess it's about refocusing, learning, and moving on; tomorrow's another day (I will keep saying that until I believe it).

I've been there too. I've always been a mindless snacker and a few weeks ago it snuck up on me and I was really mad at myself. I wasn't mad about the calories (actually I was still able to stay under) i as mad about the act of random eating when I wasn't remotely hungry. I beat my self up pretty good about it too. So i understand how you feel. If you don't mind, I'll share the philosophy I told myself when I started this new lifestyle 3 months ago :

Every day is a series of decisions. Each decision has the potential to be a positive or negative influence on my goal. What matters is that I try to make every decision a positive one; and that when I make a negative one, that I don't let it derail the rest of my day, week or goal. Every successful day is a series of successful decisions.

for me, telling myself that helps when I'm tempted. But it also gives me permission to mess up once and awhile and know that I won't derail my entire process.Cuz for me, being that I am an emotional eater, I used to diet really hard and then if I had one bite of something I shouldn't have, Id say, "well my day is ruined now! Might as well eat everything i've been depriving myself of and i'll get back on track tomorrow" except that when I did that, tomorrow never came and I would just gain back everything plus a bit and feel like a failure.

Light at the end of the tunnel? It DOES get easier!! I went to a movie with my fit girlfriend after we shopped the other day and since I had lots of room left in my diary for the day I bought some M&Ms. I figured I'd eat hte whole bag but after a small handful (maybe 10ish) I felt like I'd had enough. Too sugary. So I sat with the open bag beside me for 2 hours and didn't have a single one! The rest of the bag is now frozen in my freezer for the next time I need a little sweet fix. (also on a sidenote: Crazy Stupid Love = AMAZING! Actually laugh out loud funny. Did not expect that from the previews)

My point here is that while I understand being mad at yourself right now, don't lose hope and don't lose faith in yourself because it's really not the end of the world. A little dessert never killed anyone, all that matters is now is how you tackle all those little decisions today. Good luck!:flowerforyou:

jennyfair24

Friday
Nutrition - Under Fat
Exercise - 50 bicycle crunches
Done

Saturday
Nutrition - Under Sodium
Exercise - 50 Bridges
Done

Sunday
Nutrition -
Exercise - 50 skater squats - Done
I didnt log today due to power outages and birthday celebrating. I know I'm over on carbs but I did the exercises. Sorry ladies :ohwell:

amyelizbradley

I am really irritated with myself: I went to a friends for a BBQ; things were going well until dessert... ugh! Let the completely unplanned/ mindless snacking begin! Not the day I wanted or planned; gotta really look into that why- feel like I let someone down... I guess it's about refocusing, learning, and moving on; tomorrow's another day (I will keep saying that until I believe it).

I've been there too. I've always been a mindless snacker and a few weeks ago it snuck up on me and I was really mad at myself. I wasn't mad about the calories (actually I was still able to stay under) i as mad about the act of random eating when I wasn't remotely hungry. I beat my self up pretty good about it too. So i understand how you feel. If you don't mind, I'll share the philosophy I told myself when I started this new lifestyle 3 months ago :

Every day is a series of decisions. Each decision has the potential to be a positive or negative influence on my goal. What matters is that I try to make every decision a positive one; and that when I make a negative one, that I don't let it derail the rest of my day, week or goal. Every successful day is a series of successful decisions.

for me, telling myself that helps when I'm tempted. But it also gives me permission to mess up once and awhile and know that I won't derail my entire process.Cuz for me, being that I am an emotional eater, I used to diet really hard and then if I had one bite of something I shouldn't have, Id say, "well my day is ruined now! Might as well eat everything i've been depriving myself of and i'll get back on track tomorrow" except that when I did that, tomorrow never came and I would just gain back everything plus a bit and feel like a failure.

Light at the end of the tunnel? It DOES get easier!! I went to a movie with my fit girlfriend after we shopped the other day and since I had lots of room left in my diary for the day I bought some M&Ms. I figured I'd eat hte whole bag but after a small handful (maybe 10ish) I felt like I'd had enough. Too sugary. So I sat with the open bag beside me for 2 hours and didn't have a single one! The rest of the bag is now frozen in my freezer for the next time I need a little sweet fix. (also on a sidenote: Crazy Stupid Love = AMAZING! Actually laugh out loud funny. Did not expect that from the previews)

My point here is that while I understand being mad at yourself right now, don't lose hope and don't lose faith in yourself because it's really not the end of the world. A little dessert never killed anyone, all that matters is now is how you tackle all those little decisions today. Good luck!:flowerforyou:

I like your philosophy; the thing I find so unsettling is that I have been very successful at changing my habits and taking control of my emotional eating; it scares me that this weekend I got such a glimpse of the "old me"... the mindless eating is so hard to not to beat yourself up about (because I've been able to eat consciously). I don't want to go back to the way I was; guess that's why I continue to log, reach out, and just pain try!

amyelizbradley

I am really irritated with myself: I went to a friends for a BBQ; things were going well until dessert... ugh! Let the completely unplanned/ mindless snacking begin! Not the day I wanted or planned; gotta really look into that why- feel like I let someone down... I guess it's about refocusing, learning, and moving on; tomorrow's another day (I will keep saying that until I believe it).

I've been there too. I've always been a mindless snacker and a few weeks ago it snuck up on me and I was really mad at myself. I wasn't mad about the calories (actually I was still able to stay under) i as mad about the act of random eating when I wasn't remotely hungry. I beat my self up pretty good about it too. So i understand how you feel. If you don't mind, I'll share the philosophy I told myself when I started this new lifestyle 3 months ago :

Every day is a series of decisions. Each decision has the potential to be a positive or negative influence on my goal. What matters is that I try to make every decision a positive one; and that when I make a negative one, that I don't let it derail the rest of my day, week or goal. Every successful day is a series of successful decisions.

for me, telling myself that helps when I'm tempted. But it also gives me permission to mess up once and awhile and know that I won't derail my entire process.Cuz for me, being that I am an emotional eater, I used to diet really hard and then if I had one bite of something I shouldn't have, Id say, "well my day is ruined now! Might as well eat everything i've been depriving myself of and i'll get back on track tomorrow" except that when I did that, tomorrow never came and I would just gain back everything plus a bit and feel like a failure.

Light at the end of the tunnel? It DOES get easier!! I went to a movie with my fit girlfriend after we shopped the other day and since I had lots of room left in my diary for the day I bought some M&Ms. I figured I'd eat hte whole bag but after a small handful (maybe 10ish) I felt like I'd had enough. Too sugary. So I sat with the open bag beside me for 2 hours and didn't have a single one! The rest of the bag is now frozen in my freezer for the next time I need a little sweet fix. (also on a sidenote: Crazy Stupid Love = AMAZING! Actually laugh out loud funny. Did not expect that from the previews)

My point here is that while I understand being mad at yourself right now, don't lose hope and don't lose faith in yourself because it's really not the end of the world. A little dessert never killed anyone, all that matters is now is how you tackle all those little decisions today. Good luck!:flowerforyou:

Oh and here's my side note on your side note...
I have seen "Crazy Stupid Love" twice and laughed out loud both times! I so did not expect to like it so much! :laugh:

amyelizbradley

Friday
Nutrition - Under Fat
Exercise - 50 bicycle crunches
Done

Saturday
Nutrition - Under Sodium
Exercise - 50 Bridges
Done

Sunday
Nutrition -
Exercise - 50 skater squats - Done
I didnt log today due to power outages and birthday celebrating. I know I'm over on carbs but I did the exercises. Sorry ladies :ohwell:

No apologies, necessary! Tomorrow's a new day, right? Way to go on getting your exercises done!

amyelizbradley

Here's something I just read in a friend's blog; thought I'd repost (very appropriate for where I am right now):

"If you are going to be healthy, then you have to think healthy thoughts. If you are struggling with food, alcohol, caffeine, sugar or lack of energy to exercise, you must first look to the inside to see what is causing you to struggle. Many times it's things going on in our lives that keep us is a state of chaos and addiction."

So true! Thanks to Brandi for that insight!

losinit_4_good

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you all had a great wknd! I know some of you are close to where Irene hit, I hope that all is well and that you weren't affected to badly by it. My thoughts are with anyone that has or knows someone who has been effected.

In other news, a new week brings new dedication. We've only got 2 days left in our challenge so let's all finish strong! Personally I woke up crazy motivated this morning and having already completed my 1st workout of the day, I'm looking forwad to my lunchtime walk. I'm gonna eat fast so as to squeeze in at least a 30 min powerwalk plus stairs.

NSV: the comments on my butt keep coming in! It seems like for so long no one was noticing my weightloss and this weekend everyone that I ran into was talking about my butt and thighs getting slimmer! I also overheard my hubby (whom isn't generally big on compliments - it's just not his style) raving to my brother in law about how hard I've been working and how proud he is of me. I was super glad to hear him say it - now if only he would learn to say those things to my face! lol! Either way, I feel so supported by my friends and family as well as all of my fellow SAHMUers. So thank you to each and everyone of you for supporting me along the way. I appraciate it more than I can say!

Lynda

losinit_4_good

Hello SAHMUers!!

Just checked the calorie tracking spreadsheet and Team Pink is kicking *kitten* again this week! They are showing totals of over 15000 calories burned. WOWZA! Great job ladies!

To everyone else, we gotta pick it up before these gals leave us in their dust!

losinit_4_good

Ok girls! Tomorrow is the day we all need to tally our points. Karie left us with an intense challenge and I know it kicked my butt! Let's tally those points!

Report in here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnwPqv9GV3KzdGUxdVFLcVdiZmFOVmQzbmd1Y3RCOEE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Week 6 Points = 16 possible per person
Cardio-1 per person
Strength- 7 per person
Food- 7 per person
Emotion-1 per person
Week 6 Team point = 4 possible for Team(this goes in the Team point line)
Your Team earns 1 point for each challenge the whole Team completed ( your Team only gets the Team Point for the strength and food challenge if everyone completes all the daily challenges.)

Any Week Picture Point=1 per person
Anyone who posts a before pic will earn this extra point to add to there normal week points.

Highest Weight Loss Point= 1 for the Team with the highest weight loss for this week.
Highest Calorie Burn- 1 point for the Team with the highest Calorie Burn

Can't wait to see how everyone did! Make sure to fill in your daily calorie burn numbers for the week as well so we can name the winning team Wednesday morning. Calorie Burn Spreadsheet can be found here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnwPqv9GV3KzdEF1LXBGRGZHMzlvVGNrdk5WTXJKbFE&hl=en_US

Lynda

losinit_4_good

I'll post the WEEK 7 Challenge tomorrow evening! I'm out of town tomorrow during the day so I won't be checking in much but I will sign on once I get home to post the next challenge. Have a great Tuesday everyone!!

NewLife_11

Hi Ladies!!!
I hope you are all doing great! I am still on my work trip but I couldn't stay away and I hope you are all keeping up with your workouts. We only have 2 weeks left of this challenge so lets finish it out strong! You all deserve this and I am so happy to have you all a part of this challenge. I will be back here on Wednesday to weigh in and I will be back to normal again. I have been working out every morning at 5:30 am at the gym here and then walking around all day at a buying show so I have burned quit a few calories but I have also consumed quit a few so I am nervous to see what the number on the scale reads.
Have a great day tomorrow!
Karie

SunshineKB

You're a rockstar, Karie and you will be great!! Looking forward to seeing what everyone has done tomorrow :+)

tigertown11

The orange team has been very special to me. There has been a lot of work put into this challenge. I am not holding up my end of the deal and will be needing to try a different challenge for September.
I thank all of you, and will continue to watch your progress.
I will give you my points at the end of today and the weight loss for the week. But I hope to remain friends will everyone! This isn't about a challenge, it's about a lifestyle, so I need to move to one I can be more faithful too.

thanks MFP friends!!

losinit_4_good

WEEK 7 Challenge:

(Karie, please add a week 7 section to the calorie spreadsheet. I'm not familiar with google docs and I'm scared I'll screw it up. lol!)
Nutritional Challenge:

Calcium – meet or exceed your calcium goal every day. Worth 1 point



Strength Challenge:

Build muscle tone in your arms as well as bone strength to help prevent osteoporosis

http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/fitness/8-arm-exercises-for-women

Complete full workout (all 8 exercises, 3 x a week, with one day’s rest in between workouts) each workout = 1 point for a maximum of 3 points.

Added bonus, keep this as part of your routine to see some serious definition within 4-6 weeks!!



Cardio Challenge:

Burn Baby Burn! Cardio this week is all about stairs, stairs, stairs! Did you know that jogging up and down stairs for 5 minutes burns approx 130 calories? Add some stairs into your normal routine. 5 minutes x 3 days this week (do it on your rest days from the strength challenge!) each workout = 1 point for a maximum of 3 points.

(If stairs are too high impact substitute another exercise that burns a similar amount that is outside your regular routine. I just like stairs because it's such a fast way to burn a decent chunk of calories)


Calorie Challenge:

Set your goal in the spreadsheet created by Karie don’t just meet it, exceed it! If you’re up for a challenge, increase your goal by 5% from last week. Remember something as simple as running those stairs will significantly boost your calories for the week = 1 available point



Emotional Challenge:

We’ve all been working hard for weeks. We’ve all lost weight. And hopefully, we all feel empowered by our demonstrated self control, we feel connected to our fellow SAHMUers and we feel optimistic about the future. But at the same time, I’m willing to bet we all have moment’s where we feel like giving up. Why? Because this is HARD!!! So this week’s challenge is to write yourself a note. Something short and sweet that you can keep in your wallet, or stick to your mirror, something you can pull out to remind yourself of how far you’ve come. Think of that girl you were before starting your weight loss journey. Think about how much better you feel now and give yourself a freaking compliment! Cuz you deserve it!!! Worth 1 point.



Commitment Challenge:

Log on to MFP every day! Check in on the calorie burn spreadsheet daily once you have completed your workouts. Keep on track of your points and report in daily to show all your fellow teammates how committed you are to your team (not to mention making it easier on your captain to add up the final tally)! Post an encouraging note on the main thread or your team thread everyday! Report daily 7 days a week to earn 1 available point.



Total Available Points: Max 10

Nutrition – 1 point

Strength – 3 points

Cardio – 3 points

Calorie – 1 point

Emotional – 1 point

Commitment – 1 point

losinit_4_good

The orange team has been very special to me. There has been a lot of work put into this challenge. I am not holding up my end of the deal and will be needing to try a different challenge for September.
I thank all of you, and will continue to watch your progress.
I will give you my points at the end of today and the weight loss for the week. But I hope to remain friends will everyone! This isn't about a challenge, it's about a lifestyle, so I need to move to one I can be more faithful too.

thanks MFP friends!!

Will miss you Becky! You are always such a positive presence and very inspiring. Keep in touch!

NewLife_11

You're a rockstar, Karie and you will be great!! Looking forward to seeing what everyone has done tomorrow :+)

Thank You!! I am excited about tomorrow too!

Becky- Good luck with everything you do! We will miss you! Keep in touch with us.

Lynda- Thank you for all the work you put in to our awesome challenge this week!!! I am super excited about it!

Ladies,
I am finally back from my long work trip! I am happy to say I workout everyday I was gone even with work, in the past I would of found an excuse to not work out but now I crave it and my day is so much better after I work out. I hope you all had a great week!

Karie

jennyfair24

Under fat and supermans complete! Good luck with the weigh in tomorrow everyone! You've all done fantastic this week!

daisyelaine

Hey, so I have a question. I changed my goal mid-week, after I got my HRM and discovered that burning 5500 cals in the week would KILL me. I still made my goal a challenge for me, but not something that would completely do me in. I did reach it, and even overachieved a little, but it's not up 5% from last week.. Do I still get the point for this one?
And, as I got my HRM mid-week, and there's no way I'll be able to up what I did last week ( or maybe even meet it.. ). If I still set my goal as something that will challenge me, and meet that, will that work for then? I'm just trying to get this all figured out..

Thanks a bunch!

NewLife_11

Hey, so I have a question. I changed my goal mid-week, after I got my HRM and discovered that burning 5500 cals in the week would KILL me. I still made my goal a challenge for me, but not something that would completely do me in. I did reach it, and even overachieved a little, but it's not up 5% from last week.. Do I still get the point for this one?
And, as I got my HRM mid-week, and there's no way I'll be able to up what I did last week ( or maybe even meet it.. ). If I still set my goal as something that will challenge me, and meet that, will that work for then? I'm just trying to get this all figured out..

Thanks a bunch!

Yes, Yes and Yes. As long as you challenge yourself and input your calories, you get the point you deserve! Great job this week.

NewLife_11

Wednesday Weigh Ins:

Starting: 244.8
Starting SAHMU: 233.8
Week 5: 221.8
Week 6: 219.4
Weekly +/- : -2.4 lbs :bigsmile:
Total +/- : -25.4lbs! :happy: :happy: :happy:

Finally I am out of the 220's for good! I am so happy I didn't gain any weight on my work trip, eating out for every meal made it harder but I did pretty well. I just tried to skip the bread and extras.
I hope you all have a great day!

losinit_4_good

Starting: 261
Starting SAHMU: 241
Week 6: 229-9
Weekly +/- : -.7bs
Total +/- : -31.1lbs!
Goal: I guess technically I met last week's goal since all IWa tned to do was get out of the 230s. So techincally I've squeaked out a win here, but it hardly feels that way. I honestly thought I would've lost more because I workedout HARD this week. Sigh... I did however get a lot of comments on how my body has changed so I guess this week was less about the number on the scale and more about the loss in inches.

Tomorrow morning is my date with the tape measure. I haven't taken measurements yet because when I started 3 months ago I was too scared to see how big I was. But I know there has been significant cahnge and I want to start tracking it. I think it will be especially beneficial when I have moments like this where I do not lose as much weight as I hoped. So I'm gonna start monthly measurements.

My goal for this week is to stay motivated, workout daily and watch portion size. Measure, measure, measure! I'm determiend to put some distance between me and the 230s :happy:

In other news: today is my 3 month anniversary of changing my lifestyle. With 31 lbs lost I am so proud of myself! I feel better, I look better and I honestly feel like I am a becoming a better version of myself. Thank you to each and every one of you for being my friend and keeping me motivated! :flowerforyou: