Waist Removers Challenge (CLOSED GROUP)

TNGirlyGirl

Since Jack just posted the challenges for MM... you can use the wood-cutters as your strength training if you want. Let's keep up the walk/run, as well as water!!!

maureendonahue

Since Jack just posted the challenges for MM... you can use the wood-cutters as your strength training if you want. Let's keep up the walk/run, as well as water!!!

That was going to be my plan. This is going to be a very challenging week!

TNGirlyGirl

Since Jack just posted the challenges for MM... you can use the wood-cutters as your strength training if you want. Let's keep up the walk/run, as well as water!!!

That was going to be my plan. This is going to be a very challenging week!

Yep... but that's what everyone was asking for We want to lose before the holidays!!! The crunches Jack mentioned are optional, but if you do them, let me know so we can add them to a team total. Something tells me there will be a bonus/reward if we do some!!

TheresaRichardson

Thanks, Cristy, sounds liike a great plan! Looking forward to it!

Go TEAM!

Theresa

achampionsheart

tallies for monday:
strength training: 35 min.
this includes 21's, bench dips, tricep extensions, bench pressing 45 lbs MAX REPS, bench pressing 75 lbs (2 sets of 8), tricep pushdowns, one arm reverse flye's, lateral raises, hip hinge reverse flye's and pec machines (i do everything twice plus some core and calisthenics)

cardio: i walked 2.5 miles, treadmill and elliptical combined(45 min)
20 crunches

104.9 oz of water

MarchelleLynne

team please forgive me!! Tell me all in one post what we are suppose to be doing, I get easily confused and since there was a delay it really confused this nut case lol! :embarassed:

maureendonahue

team please forgive me!! Tell me all in one post what we are suppose to be doing, I get easily confused and since there was a delay it really confused this nut case lol! :embarassed:

I had to review to remember everything! This is what I have-someone please correct me if I missed something!

MM challenge-2 sets of "woodchoppers" 15 reps to each side, reach your daily protien and fiber goals (beginning goal, not after you add exercise) and optional 30 crunches.

Team challenge-100 oz of water, 15 min. of strength training at least 3 times during the week (can use woodchoppers as strength training) and walk/run 10 miles this week. You can ride a bike with 3 miles on the bike equaling one mile walking/running.

It is a challenging week!

achampionsheart

good job maureen

achampionsheart

ok so here is my tally for today

60 min. of cardio: turbo fire
40 crunches

totally forgot woodchoppers the last two days they will be made up

water: 128oz

TNGirlyGirl

THANK YOU MAUREEN for putting our challenges in a very neat nutshell :flowerforyou:

Monday:
MM challenge: yes protein; idk fiber since I don't track it -- need to figure it out!!
Woodchoppers: completed Tuesday
Crunches: completed Tuesday (30 for Monday)
Team Challenge: 0 miles; yes water

Tuesday:
MM Challenge: yes protein; idk fiber (still need to figure it out LOL)
Woodchoppers: yes
Crunches: 60 (30 for Monday and 30 for Tuesday)
Team Challenges: 0 miles (it's raining); yes water; yes strength training (30DS and woodchoppers)

Wednesday -- still gonna be raining, so miles will be on a treadmill or elliptical.... can't wait for good weather this weekend to run again!!!

MarchelleLynne

Monday:

water-104 oz. :drinker:
walked 1 mile
45 crunches
60 wood choppers
protein/fiber good

Tuesday:

water 104 oz :drinker:
water jogged 25 minutes (1 mile?)
45 crunches
60 wood choppers
protein/fiber good (had to take supplements)
1 hour aqua zumba
35 minutes water areobics (skipped regular zumba...actually enjoyed)

GO TEAM WAIST REMOVERS!!! :drinker: :glasses: :bigsmile:

achampionsheart

my protein and fiber have been good both days....i have actually gone over in my fiber

TNGirlyGirl

Wednesday report:

MM Challenge: wood-choppers will be done Thursday; protein - yep; fiber - still idk but probly since I ate more veggies than anything today! crunches: tbd tomorrow

Team Challenges: Water = 112 oz; 3.2 miles on elliptical; strength training -- tomorrow

achampionsheart

wednesday tallies:

strength training:
bench pressed 45 lbs (weight bar) max reps (20), bentover d'bell rows, tricep extensions, tricep pushdowns, bicep curls, 21's, bench dips (did two sets of each, plus some other exercises i cant remember..hehe....took about 30 min.)

elliptical--30 min. 2.25 miles

woodchoppers--no, will do tomorrow
crunches-yes
fiber/protein yes

water: 118.9 oz

TNGirlyGirl

Thursday:

MM Challenges: woodcutters - yep, for Wed and Thurs; crunches -- yes, for Wed and Thurs; protein - yes; fiber - yes

Team Challenges: water 104 oz; walking 2.75 (elliptical); strength -- yes (MM woodchoppers, as well as chest presses)

My overall calorie burn is a bit lower right now, but my intake is modified too, so I am still balanced! Hopefully will be a good week -- or at least not a bad one!! My energy is really low this week. I'm not sure if it is related to my new asthma meds, or just an overall rough week that is zapping my energy, motivation, and joy this week!!

Sometimes, being the mommy to 4 at-home teenagers is really exhausting.:grumble:

TNGirlyGirl

btw - -we have lost one of our team members. TheresaRichardson is dropping out, so we are five. I elected not to bring another team member on board at this point. It would just confuse things, I think. We won't be hurt at the weigh-ins, since they are calculated by percentages. It may go against us at the team competitions, since we only have five members to meet the challenges - but I figure we'll all just step up to the challenge and lose extra in the process!!!

Go Waist Removers Go!!!:flowerforyou:

MarchelleLynne

Wednesday:
LAZY!
104 oz water
fiber/protein great

Thursday:
104 oz water
60 wood choopers
60 crunches
protein/fiber great

sorry to hear about our team member leaving..whats wrong?

achampionsheart

thursday tallies:
water: 185.9 oz (approx. 23 glasses)

exercise: elliptical 65min. 4.75 miles
no woodchoppers
weightlifting tomorrow and also crunches.....my legs and butt are killing me from doing turbofire tuesday and ive aloso upped the intensity level on the elliptical to a 15....works my glutes and so it hurts to move and sit..hehe

achampionsheart

over on fiber and protein was good too

MarchelleLynne

Wednesday:
LAZY!
104 oz water
fiber/protein great

Thursday:
104 oz water
60 wood choopers
60 crunches
protein/fiber great

Thursday please add 60 more wood choppers and 60 more crunches= 120 each :smooched:

sorry to hear about our team member leaving..whats wrong?

TheresaRichardson

Wednesday:
LAZY!
104 oz water
fiber/protein great

Thursday:
104 oz water
60 wood choopers
60 crunches
protein/fiber great

sorry to hear about our team member leaving..whats wrong?

Thanks, MarchelleLynne. Sorry I had to drop out; we had some major changes come down at work so exercise is really difficult to get in right now. :sad: Hope to get back in the game on the next round.

Good luck to all-GO Waist Removers! :drinker:

achampionsheart

you will be missed Theresa.....

friday tallies:
water: 152 oz. (19 glasses)
no woodchoppers
65 j.j.
30 min weight lifting
36 min on elliptical..2.6 miles

achampionsheart

fiber and protein/ great

maureendonahue

I have flaked out this week with posting, but not with our challenges! I only made the 100 oz one day, but I have been at 80 oz or more every day. Since I usually drank very little water, this is an accomplishment for me. My fiber and protien were over every day-even when I had chinese food for dinner one night, I chose veggie dishes so I could get that fiber in! Sodium was a problem this week-and I had ham for dinner last night-so I had no change in weight; still at 220. Did the woodchoppers daily (15 per day each side) and walked about 10 miles this week. I did 10 crunches per day (total of 60) and did some weight training (push ups one day, leg lifts and other PT exercises to strengthen my quads) every day. I am hoping it will improve the knee discomfort. The PT exercises have worked in the past, so I am really focusing on them.

This week will be a little easier at work, although food will be a huge challenge with Thanksgiving on Thursday. I hope everyone else has a great week and Theresa I hope things settle down for you!

achampionsheart

good job Maureen....we're all doing great...

TNGirlyGirl

I'm just waiting on a few final numbers before submitting the weekly team report -- I'll post it here also!! We've had a great week (except for losing Theresa!!!! :frown: ).

I had been planning on a long bike ride this afternoon to finish my ten miles, but ended up sending my husband out alone so I could stay here with an extremely sick kiddo. I'm not feeling too great myself, so I hope I'm not coming down with what he's got!! If he's feeling better tomorrow, I'll put in some extra time to make up my miles!!!

Hugs to you all -- hope everyone is having a good Saturday!! I don't know about all of you, but I've only got a two-day work week next week -- whooooo hoooooooo!!!!!

TNGirlyGirl

ALL members met their proteins and fiber goals
ALL members completed their woodchops
Team completed 565 crunches this week

We also set some team goals, and each member drank at least 80 oz of water everyday, plus we all completed walk/run miles (average of 8 miles each) and strength training at least three times this week

Weigh-ins:
TNGirlyGirl (+0.2 :grumble: )
pkiddy (-1.5)
maureendonahue (0.0)
achampionsheart (-0.5)
MarchelleLynne (-3.4)
Team Loss: -5.2 lbs!!

WOO HOO!!!!!

TheresaRichardson

ALL members met their proteins and fiber goals
ALL members completed their woodchops
Team completed 565 crunches this week

We also set some team goals, and each member drank at least 80 oz of water everyday, plus we all completed walk/run miles (average of 8 miles each) and strength training at least three times this week

Weigh-ins:
TNGirlyGirl (+0.2 :grumble: )
pkiddy (-1.5)
maureendonahue (0.0)
achampionsheart (-0.5)
MarchelleLynne (-3.4)
Team Loss: -5.2 lbs!!

WOO HOO!!!!!

WTG, Waist Removers! Thanks for the comments. Things will settle down by the new year so I will get back in the game then!

Happy Thanksgiving!

achampionsheart

sounds great.....=)

TNGirlyGirl

WEEK 4: Here we go!!!

This week is pretty simple:
1. Stay under your sodium for at least five days between now and Saturday (today counts as far as I'm concerned!!)
2. Leg lifts: 12 reps on each side; 2 sets per leg per day
3. Walk or run a 10K.....don't panic!!! You can do this in parts.... first of all, a 10K is equal to 6.2 miles, which we have all done before. Secondly, the way to accomplish this is to track your time and distance, and we'll figure out your "best" 10K when you're done. ie if you walk 2 miles a day, we'll take your fastest 6.2 miles. Elliptical will count as walking!!! So will bike riding, at a 3:1 exchange.
4. Of course, our team challenge this week will be water -- extra important with the holiday coming up!!! 100 oz a day or more!!!

Let's go team!!!!
:drinker: