October Calorie Burn Challenge - Week 2

amazing_grace♥

Are we ready for week 2 of the challenge? This week we have to burn 2500 calories (that's up 500 from last week!) Post your numbers to the google docs spreadsheet Week 2 tab, but you can also post any questions or issues or post what you are doing for exercise everyday right here on this thread!

Also, post on this thread what your personal challenge is going to be for this week so that we all know!!
My personal challenge this week is to ride my bicycle 50 miles this week!!

I had a couple people ask me about logging on Sundays - so I added "Sunday" to our spreadsheet. If Sunday is normally your "rest" day, you can just leave it blank.

Good luck in Week #2! :drinker:

EXPLAINING THE CHALLENGE.....

You can do any type of exercising you choose, and then simply add up the calories burned (daily). All we are going to report are the total calories burned each day, weather you are under your calorie goal and drink 8+ glasses of water each day. Typically we need a "rest" day each week, and you can make whatever day you prefer to be your "rest" day. Also, Sundays will be our weigh-in and measurements day.

We will enter our weight loss each Sunday, but we will also be taking our measurements and using that as well for points. We will measure in 5 areas - upper arm (bicep), chest, waist, hips, and thigh. Remember that for arms and thighs, you need to measure BOTH arms/legs, or measure one and double the number. DON'T WORRY! You don't have to post your measurements, just post the total number. Each week you will receive 1 (one) point for each inch that is lost and 1 (one) point for each pound that is lost (weekly).

Week #1 will require a minimum of 2000 calories burned
Week #2 will require a minimum of 2500 calories burned.
Week #3 will require a minimum of 3000 calories burned.
Week #4 will require a minimum of 3500 calories burned.

and this will continue to go UP in November!!


THE POINT SYSTEM .......

You get 5 points if you come in under your calorie goal.
You get 1 pt. if you drink 8 or 9 glasses of water.
You get 2 pts if you drink 10 or more glasses of water.
You get 5 points if you do all of your "personal challenges" for the week (you set your own personal challenge and post it on the thread so that we know what it is).

You get 1 point for every 1000 calories burned.

In other words, 1000 calories burned = 1 point
2000 calories burned = 2 points
3000 calories burned = 3 points
etc. etc. etc.

(Don't worry! You don't have to do any tough calculating - the formulas are built into the Google Doc that we are going to be using!!) Just be sure that on the spreadsheet you are putting in the total amount of calories you burned for that day. The formula is built in that will convert that number to "points".

carriel1976

this week my personal goal is to continue the 100 situps a day, and add 50 squats to each day. I've decided it is nice to have a rest day so it will be 600 sit ups and 300 squats. I'll just add the numbers together for my goal.

amazing_grace♥

My personal challenge this week is to ride my bicycle 50 miles this week!!

getsveltEagain

I will be sticking with the toning challenge that I had last week for my personal challenge.

I will be sure to get my caalories burned... Half Marathon on SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

musky4

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cath1717

Personnal Challenge of week #2

- 1200 abs / week
- 1200 skip row jump / week
- 180 push up / week (girls one on the knees)
- 180 lunges / week

TheGreatYaYa

Personal challenge week #2

Two challenges both food related:

I will limit myself to 1 T. of peanut butter per day (serving) if I have it.
I will limit myself to 1 Atkins bar as a snack.

Third challenge exercise related:

400 ab crunches

musky4

should i be frustrated that i gained 2#'s???
i did lose almost 6 inches --
i am not real sure what to do for my personal challenge ---
i think i'll keep the crunches 500 as i didnt complete it last week)
and add swimmer presses (3 sets of 20 for 4 days of this week)
(can i do both??)

carriel1976

should i be frustrated that i gained 2#'s???
i did lose almost 6 inches --
i am not real sure what to do for my personal challenge ---
i think i'll keep the crunches 500 as i didnt complete it last week)
and add swimmer presses (3 sets of 20 for 4 days of this week)
(can i do both??)
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I wouldn't be upset about the weight. The 6 inches you lost shows you were working hard.

slimama20

Hello everyone!
I know I am a week behind on this challenge. My question is that is it too late to join it?

getsveltEagain

Today I for exercise I did Running (jogging), 5 mph (12 min mile) for 50 minutes to burn 517 calories and Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace for 50 to burn 323. That puts my total at 840 so far leaving 1660 for the week.... I know that I will make this week happen because I have my half marathon on Sunday

I did add my workout for Sunday to the spreadsheet.... that added 341 calories burned, under calories for food and 8 glasses of water for a point.

Today I did NOT get my water in but I was under my calories.... I will measure myself later tonight.

Femtec74

This week - my personal challenge is doing Level 2 of the 30 day shred 3 days this week.

carriel1976

Today I burnt 1322 calories between walking the bike trail and riding my bike. I also did 100 crunches, 50 squats and 100 reps for my arms. I drank over 10 glasses ( a miracle for me) and stayed under calories. It was def. a great day here. I am so gonna miss the beautiful weather we've been having.

TheGreatYaYa

This week - my personal challenge is doing Level 2 of the 30 day shred 3 days this week.

You go girl!

amazing_grace♥

should i be frustrated that i gained 2#'s???
i did lose almost 6 inches --
i am not real sure what to do for my personal challenge ---
i think i'll keep the crunches 500 as i didnt complete it last week)
and add swimmer presses (3 sets of 20 for 4 days of this week)
(can i do both??)

@musky... yes you can do both. Just mark the total numbers (done) on the Google doc spreadsheet.

@carriel... wow! That's quite a workout! Awesome!

amazing_grace♥

Hello everyone!
I know I am a week behind on this challenge. My question is that is it too late to join it?

Welcome! No, its not too late to join. We are going to continue this challenge into November and December, with the calorie burn requirement going up every week. Just enter your name, weight and total of your measurements (just the total) on the spreadsheet. Let me know if you have any questions.

getsveltEagain

Today I for exercise I did Running (jogging), 5 mph (12 min mile) for 50 minutes to burn 517 calories and Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace for 50 to burn 323. That puts my total at 840 so far leaving 1660 for the week.... I know that I will make this week happen because I have my half marathon on Sunday

I did add my workout for Sunday to the spreadsheet.... that added 341 calories burned, under calories for food and 8 glasses of water for a point.

Today I did NOT get my water in but I was under my calories.... I will measure myself later tonight.

I forgot to add the time for my personal challenge. I did calistenics vicourous effort for 15mins burning 155 calories! That means I have 995 for the week and only 1505 to go!!

*I'll update the spreadsheet at home for that and measurements, work blocks that aspect

amazing_grace♥

I've been a little MIA this week... I'm in Nashville visiting my best friend whose birthday is today! I've been logging my food and exercise, but haven't been on much other than that.

Keep up the great work everyone! Don't let this challenge slip away!

snowtrain

This challenge sounds fun. I'm totally in!

My Personal Challenge:

20 Mins of Yoga Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings.

snowtrain

PS...How do I get to this google doc?

carriel1976

PS...How do I get to this google doc?

Here is the link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuNcw4U_pKc-dGV0QkxhdVA3SEFmTGlaajR4MkN5V0E&hl=en_US#gid=0

Good luck!

amazing_grace♥

This challenge sounds fun. I'm totally in!

My Personal Challenge:

20 Mins of Yoga Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings.

@snowtrain
WELCOME! WELCOME!! WELCOME!!

We are glad to have you. I'm glad that you found the google doc.
You can post here on this thread if you have any questions or there is anything that you don't understand about the challenge. Or you can post here just to let us know what you are doing for exercise everyday!


Myself:

I'm (still) in Nashville visiting my bff all this week for her birthday!! :flowerforyou: I'll be travelling back to my home in Ohio on Saturday....

I ran W4D4 of my C25K today as well as walking with my friend for a total of 690 calories today. Yes, I'm repeating week 4 - I'm just not running the 5 minutes in week #4 very strong and feel better if I repeat it. :ohwell:

My bff and her hubby live just outside of Nashville, on the outskirts of town and there are no sidewalks or berms on the roadways - I'm kinda afraid to ride my bicycle on the roads because there is really no "room" for me - cars have to swerve over into the oncoming traffic's lane and it just makes me nervous riding..... I'm not sure if I can get my personal challenge of 50 miles on my bicycle in or not..... but I'll give it my best shot!!

snowtrain

Thanks,

Funny I just got back from 'going back home to Ohio'.

Today was a great day!

I'm recovering from a pretty bad knee injury. I dislocated in while hiking, fell on a rock, popping it back in and had to slowing side step back down the mountain, putting more stress on my poor stretched out ligaments. Long story short, I gain mad amounts of weight if I don't work out. I was already on the weight climb, which is probably while my knee was susceptible to dislocation in the first place.

Anyways I was so excited today because I finally got to jog today. I started September 15th limping a mile every other day, moved up to walking 3 miles in one hour and today I jogged a mile! So while I didn't reach my full 20 mins with yoga this morning, (15 mins) I think I still did pretty good all in all.

Thanks for the group. have a good one!

getsveltEagain

Tuesday for exercise I did Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort for 15 mins burning 155 and Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog for 20 mins burning 85. That means my total is 240 making so far 1,235 leaving 1265 for the week....

I was under calories

Drank 8 glasses of water

Wednesday for exercise I did Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort for 15 mins burning 155 and Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog for 20 mins burning 85. That means my total is 240 making so far 1,475 leaving 1025 for the week....

I was under calories

Drank 12 glasses of water


I need to update the sheet. I also think that I was looking at the wrong field for last weeks calories burned... I think that I was looking at the GOAL at 380 and used that instead of the TOTAL 240 when I did my walks and personal challenge. I will be correcting that if necessary tonight as well.

HOW IS EVERYONE DOING???

snowtrain

Are we saying that 8 oz is a glass of water or 12oz?

getsveltEagain

Are we saying that 8 oz is a glass of water or 12oz?

8 oz is a glass of water... On the spreadsheet, you get 1 point if you drink 8/9 glasses and 2 points if you drink 10+ glasses.

snowtrain

Thanks for the info!

getsveltEagain

Yesterday for exercise I did Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort for 15 mins burning 155 and Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog for 20 mins burning 85. That means my total is 240 making so far 1,715 leaving 750 for the week....

I was under calories

Drank 12 glasses of water

I updated the sheet last night

Ready for the weekend? That brings checkin on Monday!?!?!?

@ Amazing: I will be checking in on Saturday or Sunday (before the race) so I am not "swollen" on Monday for the stats

getsveltEagain

Yesterday my exercise was Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort for 15 mins burning 155 calories. Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog for 30 mins burning 127 calories, and Shadowbox volunteering for 140 mins burning 1074 calories. That is a total of 1356. That means for the week I have 3071 and exceeded the goal for the week!!!

I was under my calories

I drank 10 glasses of water

Have a wonderful weekend.... I'll probably won't get on Sunday other than log my phone through my phone

amazing_grace♥

@carrriebear - good luck in your marathon tomorrow! Not that you need it, I'm very excited for you and can't wait to hear about it!

I have burned 2883 this week, so I met the challenge for the week. I'm headed out for a bicycle ride before I head home...lol.

I'll be on later tonight... I'm headed back home from my week in Tenn. today. I'll post the new thread for next week later tonight!

Have a GREAT weekend everybody! You're doing awesome! Next week we have to burn 3000 calories!!! Are you READY?

carriel1976

Hey everyone,
Today I biked to burn 1243 cals. I also did 50 squats and 100 crunches as well as worked my arms. For the week I have burned 6507 calories.