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KnottyNCrotchety

Well, I think I see a little just dance challenge coming up for my daughter and I tomorrow then.

we did that this week, Staci. My daughter has now declared it a family 'tradition' and is insisting we have a 'girls night' every friday. She's too cute. It was great family fun though. Hope you enjoy it lots too. :-)

I LOVE this! Made my morning!

I used to put the boys on the coffee table when they were little so they could dance a little more face to face with me and they loved it. We would dance to some goofy song and have fun for a little while. They loved to "slow dance" from up there, made them feel all manly or something. Then they would drift back off to their trucks. Miss those days!

I might have to challenge my 17 year old daughter to a round of Wii dancing tonight! That would be fun! Great idea!

KnottyNCrotchety

So to help get us Dancing....I am going to offer a special challenge this weekend.

If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend....you will earn us double feet up the mountain! If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend with ANYONE else....you will earn us quadruple feet up the mountain! And to help us all be able to dance with someone else, even if we feel like we dance like a buffalo and prefer to dance in private, I am setting the time of 4pm PST on Sunday Oct 9th as a group dance time. If you dance at that time, we will be dancing together and it will count for the quadruple feet!

The following songs count for double:

Chicken Dance by various
YMCA by The Village People
Get the Party Started by P!nk
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
Stayin' Alive by the BeeGees
The Twist by Chubby Checker
I Hope You Dance by LeAnn Womack
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
Who Let the Dogs Out OR You Can Shake It Like This by the Baha Men
We Go Together by Grease Soundtrack
Love Shack by the B-52's
Friends in Low Places-Garth Brooks

So get your groove on climbers!

And yes...I do have all of those songs on my Running Playlist. Why do you ask? :laugh:

KnottyNCrotchety

For the sake of our discipline summit I got to the gym before zumba and rode 8km, then afterwards I thought I'll make it an even 10, I ended up at 11.7 so I add 7.3 miles today and am thinking that as my knees (well not my knees, behind my knees, at the side) are sore I may just ride tomorrow to avoid any damage that running and jiumping and weights would cause....we will see!

Sore knees though means no run before Gobble Gobble tonight!

Woohooo!!!! Thanks Steph! Great job on the bike! Have a lovely Thanksgiving dinner!

stephaniezoundi

So to help get us Dancing....I am going to offer a special challenge this weekend.

If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend....you will earn us double feet up the mountain! If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend with ANYONE else....you will earn us quadruple feet up the mountain! And to help us all be able to dance with someone else, even if we feel like we dance like a buffalo and prefer to dance in private, I am setting the time of 4pm PST on Sunday Oct 9th as a group dance time. If you dance at that time, we will be dancing together and it will count for the quadruple feet!

The following songs count for double:

Chicken Dance by various
YMCA by The Village People
Get the Party Started by P!nk
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
Stayin' Alive by the BeeGees
The Twist by Chubby Checker
I Hope You Dance by LeAnn Womack
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
Who Let the Dogs Out OR You Can Shake It Like This by the Baha Men
We Go Together by Grease Soundtrack
Love Shack by the B-52's
Friends in Low Places-Garth Brooks

So get your groove on climbers!

And yes...I do have all of those songs on my Running Playlist. Why do you ask? :laugh:

Love this idea so I will be grooving around the flat tomorrow! Gonna have to miss the group dance I'm afraid....I think that is midnight here and I need my beauty sleep!

inkredibleshrinkingwoman

HELP
how do i log 45 minutes on my gazelle? (tony little's gazelle freestyle elite) very aerobic - using 1 lb weights on my wrists and doing reps the entire time-like
i have no idea how to log thanks for any help!

it was my first non- pool cardio in 2 weeks and thigh pain is manageable - but not completely gone - taking tomorrow off and back to pool next week
was worth a shot though

I am going to have to go look up what the foodle and gazelle is to answer this question....Ok, back. That is a tough one.

I think I am going to say that is dancing. It look a lot like an elliptical, but more full body maybe? So how does dancing work for you Tina?

here's where u can find gazelle calories burned: http://www.fatburn.com/free_tool_activity_burn.asp
it is an eliptical type thing...
it told me about 750 for my 45 minutes - which of course i dont believe, but i sweat more doing this thing than a walk!

as for dancing - i do the wii just dance with my kid sometimes will log it when i do

bigmama65

So to help get us Dancing....I am going to offer a special challenge this weekend.

If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend....you will earn us double feet up the mountain! If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend with ANYONE else....you will earn us quadruple feet up the mountain! And to help us all be able to dance with someone else, even if we feel like we dance like a buffalo and prefer to dance in private, I am setting the time of 4pm PST on Sunday Oct 9th as a group dance time. If you dance at that time, we will be dancing together and it will count for the quadruple feet!

The following songs count for double:

Chicken Dance by various
YMCA by The Village People
Get the Party Started by P!nk
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
Stayin' Alive by the BeeGees
The Twist by Chubby Checker
I Hope You Dance by LeAnn Womack
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
Who Let the Dogs Out OR You Can Shake It Like This by the Baha Men
We Go Together by Grease Soundtrack
Love Shack by the B-52's
Friends in Low Places-Garth Brooks

So get your groove on climbers!

And yes...I do have all of those songs on my Running Playlist. Why do you ask? :laugh:

I love this I am in. Maybe I can convince my son to boogy with me...not sure cause he is 10 now and prob thinks dancing with mom is lame. If not I will be dancing with you all on Sunday so we can get the extra points...someone better be dancing with me at the correct time....I am doing it 7pm EST....to match 4pm PST.

meerkat70

I think I've managed to fill in my spreadsheet. The only thing I'm still not clear on is the compliments bit.

I can't swim at the moment, as my ear infection remains a bit of a challenge!

I do hope everyone's having a really good weekend. x

meerkat70

Incidentally, I;m actually pretty comfortable with compliments. It's not terribly british, I don't think, so I find that people here often find it surprising. But I like paying compliments to the people around me. I tell everyone what I like about what they're wearing, what they've done, what they've achieved. I'd guess I'm a compliment delivery machine and always have been. I just don't even begin to know how to log them!

I'm also ok generally with receiving them. Better in real life than online, where I always feel slightly awkward accepting them.

KnottyNCrotchety

Incidentally, I;m actually pretty comfortable with compliments. It's not terribly british, I don't think, so I find that people here often find it surprising. But I like paying compliments to the people around me. I tell everyone what I like about what they're wearing, what they've done, what they've achieved. I'd guess I'm a compliment delivery machine and always have been. I just don't even begin to know how to log them!

I'm also ok generally with receiving them. Better in real life than online, where I always feel slightly awkward accepting them.

So if you post a compliment about someone here on theboard, you log 10 points. You are limited to giving 1 per participant per week.
If you accept a compliment that someone posted here on the board, and acknowledge that it is true, you log 20 points. This is umlimited.
If you post a real life compliment you receive, and acknowledge that it is true, you log 30 points. You are limited to 2 per week.
If you post a compliment to yourself, you log 40 points. You are limited to 2 of these a week also.

I am sure you have been reading along as Becky and I have coached others on what counts and doesn't. If not, its all there for reference if you want to make sure you are doing it right.

Hope this helps! If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

KnottyNCrotchety

So to help get us Dancing....I am going to offer a special challenge this weekend.

If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend....you will earn us double feet up the mountain! If you dance to any or all of the following songs this weekend with ANYONE else....you will earn us quadruple feet up the mountain! And to help us all be able to dance with someone else, even if we feel like we dance like a buffalo and prefer to dance in private, I am setting the time of 4pm PST on Sunday Oct 9th as a group dance time. If you dance at that time, we will be dancing together and it will count for the quadruple feet!

The following songs count for double:

Chicken Dance by various
YMCA by The Village People
Get the Party Started by P!nk
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
Stayin' Alive by the BeeGees
The Twist by Chubby Checker
I Hope You Dance by LeAnn Womack
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
Who Let the Dogs Out OR You Can Shake It Like This by the Baha Men
We Go Together by Grease Soundtrack
Love Shack by the B-52's
Friends in Low Places-Garth Brooks

So get your groove on climbers!

And yes...I do have all of those songs on my Running Playlist. Why do you ask? :laugh:

I love this I am in. Maybe I can convince my son to boogy with me...not sure cause he is 10 now and prob thinks dancing with mom is lame. If not I will be dancing with you all on Sunday so we can get the extra points...someone better be dancing with me at the correct time....I am doing it 7pm EST....to match 4pm PST.

Oh never fear! I am will be dancing then! You won't be alone!

BRISAjustAltered

I might have to challenge my 17 year old daughter to a round of Wii dancing tonight! That would be fun! Great idea!

ooohhh, this sounds great. When my two sisters and I get together for some Wii Just Dance, we go on for HOURS! We have all the Just Dance, 1, 2, just for kids, the Michael Jackson one, Zumba, and I don't know all what else. Can't wait!

this week my sister and I will attending a concert by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Prince Royce. My dancing will be shot up the roof!!!!

k2quiere

I might have to challenge my 17 year old daughter to a round of Wii dancing tonight! That would be fun! Great idea!

ooohhh, this sounds great. When my two sisters and I get together for some Wii Just Dance, we go on for HOURS! We have all the Just Dance, 1, 2, just for kids, the Michael Jackson one, Zumba, and I don't know all what else. Can't wait!

this week my sister and I will attending a concert by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Prince Royce. My dancing will be shot up the roof!!!!

Ok, so now I'm jealous! I would love to see if Pitbull can live up to the reputation he's created for himself

Icewolf_The

Go Brisa on the baile One of us has to do it!! And you're younger I vote for you ;D

I'll try and talk the hubbster into a little twinkle toes time, but I doubt I'll get a full song out of him. I might have to endure Elvis the Pelvis to get him to go for the floor... God have mercy..

stephaniezoundi

I'm not a fan of the stationary bike because the burn is so low but 65minutes later I had gone 24.1km so I then moved to the hand bike for a couple of minutes to make it an even 25km......15.5 miles. I don't like the burn though, all that time and only 515 calories according to the machine. I might do some zumba later but to be honest I don't feel great so we will see how I feel after a nap! :yawn:

meerkat70

Stephanie, what resistance are you using on the bike? I find if I amp it up, my burn is only a little lower than the elliptical.

meerkat70

I am sure you have been reading along as Becky and I have coached others on what counts and doesn't. If not, its all there for reference if you want to make sure you are doing it right.

Hope this helps! If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Thank you! I think it's more that I'm not very conscious of *when* I'm paying a compliment. If I like something, I tend to just say so, and don't really register I've done it. I know for instance, I've commented on hair, on exercise achievements, on nsvs. But goodness knows where! I'll have to pay closer attention this week I think! :-)

KnottyNCrotchety

Stephanie, what resistance are you using on the bike? I find if I amp it up, my burn is only a little lower than the elliptical.

I agree with this! Go up a few levels and it will burn more.

BRISAjustAltered

Go Brisa on the baile One of us has to do it!! And you're younger I vote for you ;D

I'll try and talk the hubbster into a little twinkle toes time, but I doubt I'll get a full song out of him. I might have to endure Elvis the Pelvis to get him to go for the floor... God have mercy..

Cynthia, Why thanks for the nomination. I will gladly accept it. My knee still hurts, but not as much. So I will make you proud this week.
Bobbie, Wednesday is my concert, wish you were at least in the Houston area, would love you to join us. I’m going with a bunch of young girls. Well, 20 to 21 year olds, but with Pitbull singing, “TODO EL MUNDO CON LA LENGUA AFUERA” I don’t care too much. My sister bought me the ticket and won’t let me pay her, so that was sweet of her.

KnottyNCrotchety

I am sure you have been reading along as Becky and I have coached others on what counts and doesn't. If not, its all there for reference if you want to make sure you are doing it right.

Hope this helps! If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Thank you! I think it's more that I'm not very conscious of *when* I'm paying a compliment. If I like something, I tend to just say so, and don't really register I've done it. I know for instance, I've commented on hair, on exercise achievements, on nsvs. But goodness knows where! I'll have to pay closer attention this week I think! :-)

For points, you should be very aware of when you are paying someone the compliment. As we have talked about before, it needs to be something that is heartfelt, sincere and meaningful. Just an unconscious compliment about someone's hair or nsv does not count. Which is not to say that you should stop with the other compliments, just that the ones for points need to be more meaningful.

KnottyNCrotchety

We had a great time dancing at 4pm PST tonight! I hope others were able to join us! We Got the Party Started, then Chicken Danced, YMCA'd, and Shook it Like This before my daughter was too mortified to continue. Luckily my bestie Ruth was there, and she carried on dancing and laughing hysterically with me for another 15 minutes until we had 30 minutes done! Woot!

Icewolf_The

Grump *kitten* wasn't shakin' the bacon tonight for anything.. Not even for Elvis... So **** happens. I put in some solo time later in the night It was worth it, so very worth it.

Have a fantastic night ladies (and rooster)

Bok Bok!

StaciO

OMG, so on the other thread that I was pretty much MIA yesterday but, I have to laugh because seriously at about noon yesterday there was probably about 100 drunk people at the festival all doing the chicken dance. And yes I was one of them, an later my son and I were doing the YMCA dance when that song came on too.

inkredibleshrinkingwoman

sorry i was in the pool at 4pm our time yesterday! wasn't even exercising, tried doing laps while i was with my kid, but had forgotten her water wings, and couldn't stray too far from her...next time!

andilynn82

Thanks for adding me These challenges really help keep me motivated to get off my butt and exercise!

I never did an introduction, so here you go: My name is Andrea. I live in Illinois, and I'll be 29 years old next month. Married, no kids yet...we want to start trying in the next 6-12 months, which is another major motivation for losing weight. I've always been overweight, but gained almost 100 pounds in my 20s, and I want it gone before I hit 30!

stephaniezoundi

It sounded like great fun the dancing did. Unfortunately, felt a bit like poo yesterday and therefore didn't get it done. Did some circuit training today so got some good numbers. Can't get over the progress that we are making on some of the summits.

I've got some complimenting to do but I'm afraid it has to wait until tomorrow.

lombrica

Hello all... Not sure what time I will have this week... but will make time. I already put in points for today - but plan to come in and do some of the compliments that I have for others. This hotel does NOT have a workout facility - but are partnered with another place. So I am hoping I will get in some good burn and some strength building tomorrow. May try to figure out the dancing bit... but that may have to wait until I get home... GOOD NEWS though -- my basement should "should" be done on Friday! What better reason to pull out a stereo and DANCE like no one's watching. My best friend is here - so you better believe her lazy butt will be up and dancing with me. IF we get the wii out... LOOK OUT -- Zumba and Country Dancing will be on the plate multiple times!! Plus my gym re-opened, and I can't wait to get back. As much as I am happy to be in North Carolina for the week (I am convinced that I could live here -- though I'd have to figure out how to avoid all the southern goodness... i.e. food... that's around) I also can NOT wait to get home. To be back in my OWN bedroom?!? My OWN bed?!? oh.... it sounds soooooo good!

Gotta run! Love to all of you!!

inkredibleshrinkingwoman

good morning all! swam my furthest distance this morning here in week 3 of swimming
74 laps in 60 minutes, that's 14 more laps for that hour than my first week swimming
yesterday it was 72, so i'm going in the right direction

hope you all have a great day

i've put the water in the bottle this morning JJ and lt's chilling now, here's hoping i actually drink it and see if it makes a difference by doing that, thanks for your tip and encouragement (i know you were talkin' to me!)

xo

meerkat70

50 min on elliptical - 4.5 m, 10 minutes on the bike

There were no 'normal' bikes available, so I had to use the weird recumbent thing, and I hate it. I managed 10 minutes, 3 miles and then some, and got fed up with constantly sliding off the seat!


Might run and / or dance with the small girl later! And I haven't done my floor work yet - I'll do that after lunch, I think.

Feeling good about my weights session - just nice to see the numbers written down.

3x10 bench press - 25kg - 44lb - 30 ft
3 x 8 tricep pull down - 45 kg - 99lb - 24
4 x 15 leg press 70 kg – 90 ft
3 x 10 Elevated row - 50 kg - 88 lb - 36 ft
3 x 10 bicep curls – 7kg -30ft
3 x 10 pectoral fly - 55kg - 121lb – 45 ft


3 x 15 inner hip abducter - 95kg - 209lb -- 67.5ft
3 x 15 outer hip abducert - 95 kg - 209 lb -- 67.5ft
3 x 10 chest press – 25 kg 30 ft

Total 420

MrsRazor7

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been MIA, but I had a bad weekend and I feel like an emotional mess. Yesterday was better and I am starting to feel a little better, so I am trying to get back into my routine. The only good thing to come out of my bad weekend is that I didn't eat bad (like I usually do when I am emotional), and I continued to work out.

Yesterday I actually started lifting weights on my legs, and HOLY COW!!!! I might have done to much because after lifting, I could barely walk on the treadmill. I didn't even try to run because my legs were jello and I had to hold on to the rails just to stay on the damn thing! I had planned on staying for another hour after the treadmill, but I literally could not do it. But, I am going back today for another couple of hours, so I will get back to my upper body and hopefully my legs will losen up enough so I can run some.

Oh yah, I had a HUGE accomplishment on Saturday...I ran 3 miles in 35 minutes!!!! I was originally going to shoot for running for 30 minutes, but then I thought, what the heck! I am going to make it to the 3 miles...and I did!

I will try and catch up with everything and everyone later tonight. Have a great day!

stephaniezoundi

Jane I would like to compliment you! :bigsmile: You are a strong and amazing woman. You tackle this life style change head on, grab it by the horns and beat it up! I am in awe of the burns you achieve and the things you are accomplishing such as running. You are making changes for the rest of your life and are a shining example of how far someone can come! I am so glad to have gotten to know you through the challenge and thread and to call you my friend.