December Biggest Loser Challenge

tsumpter

Week# 3:

Daily Challenges: (complete each daily challenge this week to receive an extra point)

Week #4:

All daily challenges include staying under target calories and drinking 64 ounces of water each day!!

Sat. Dec. 17th: 100 jumping jacks & 100 crunches
Sun. Dec. 18th: 30 Burpees & 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses & 3 sets of 20 lawnmowers
Mon. Dec. 19th: 3.1 miles walk, run or bike & 3 sets of wood chops
Tues. Dec. 20th: 30 Burpees & 100 jumping jacks
Wed. Dec. 21st: 100 crunches, 30 mermaids & 30 side line bicycles on each leg
Thur. Dec. 22nd: 5 miles walk, run or bike & 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses
Fri. Dec. 23rd: Check-in, Rest Day and you must do something nice for yourself

tsumpter

Week #4:

Daily Challenges:(complete each of the daily challenges this week to receive an extra point)

All the daily challenges include staying under target calories and drinking 64 ounces of water each day.

Sat. Dec. 24th: 100 jumping jacks, 20 burpees & 20 globe jumps
Sun. Dec. 25th: 100 crunches & 3 sets of 20 lawn mowers
Mon. Dec. 25th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops, 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses and 3.1 walk, run or bike
Tues. Dec. 26th: 100 jumping jacks, 100 crunches and 30 globe jumps
Wed. Dec. 27th: 50 Burpees, 35 side line bicycles on each leg
Thur. Dec. 28th: 5 miles walk, run or bike 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses
Fri. Dec. 29th: Rest day & do something nice for yourself
Sat. Dec. 30th: 100 juming jacks, 100 crunches, 30 mermaids & 20 Burpees
Sun. Dec. 31st: Final Check-in

Remember must be checked in by 9 a.m. (Eastern) Janurary 1st or you will be eliminated.

tsumpter

Week #4:

Daily Challenges:(complete each of the daily challenges this week to receive an extra point)

All the daily challenges include staying under target calories and drinking 64 ounces of water each day.

Sat. Dec. 24th: 100 jumping jacks, 20 burpees & 20 globe jumps
Sun. Dec. 25th: 100 crunches & 3 sets of 20 lawn mowers
Mon. Dec. 26th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops, 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses and 3.1 walk, run or bike
Tues. Dec. 27th: 100 jumping jacks, 100 crunches and 30 globe jumps
Wed. Dec. 28th: 50 Burpees, 35 side line bicycles on each leg
Thur. Dec. 29th: 5 miles walk, run or bike 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses
Fri. Dec. 30th: 100 juming jacks, 100 crunches, 30 mermaids & 20 Burpees
Sat. Dec. 31st: Sun. Dec. 31st: Final Check-in

Remember must be checked in by 9 a.m. (Eastern) Janurary 1st or you will be eliminated.

Sorry I messed up on the dates the correct version is above. Again sorry.

Tina

turningstar

Wow! This a serious challenge!
I've done all the challenges every day, except for the walking. Im having a hard time with it. I got lucky and got a baby who hates being in a stroller for more than 15 minutes! Ugh. Im still trying. I have 10 miles to do by friday. Double ugh...and to top it off, my husband forgot to put the carseat in my truck, so now im stuck at home today.
I have been under calories and over water though!
Im starting to stress a little about getting the challenges done. I might have to bow out gracefully. I don't want working out to become a chore.:brokenheart:

heaverchell

Tues. December 6th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops, 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses & 3.1 walk ~~complete

Over in water/under in calories

heaverchell

Wow! This a serious challenge!
I've done all the challenges every day, except for the walking. Im having a hard time with it. I got lucky and got a baby who hates being in a stroller for more than 15 minutes! Ugh. Im still trying. I have 10 miles to do by friday. Double ugh...and to top it off, my husband forgot to put the carseat in my truck, so now im stuck at home today.
I have been under calories and over water though!
Im starting to stress a little about getting the challenges done. I might have to bow out gracefully. I don't want working out to become a chore.:brokenheart:

I have days where my little man doesn't want to be in the stroller for long. I usually try to time my walks with his naptime so that he will sleep for most of it. On the days that I can't get outside or he wants nothing to do with it (like today) I have a Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds DVD that I do. It's a 3 mile walk and I usually do it after the kids have gone to bed. You can pick them up for cheap but it might help. Don't let these challenges stress you out because in the end they do not determine your success. You can do this. If you don't make it to the next round no biggie...you can always keep doing the challenges that she puts up--then the challenge is to yourself and at your pace. :flowerforyou:

mfastdriver123

Did not exercise yesterday or the day before. Was taking care of my kids who were sick and recovering from pulled muscles in my legs. have to find a better way of stretching to not have this happen again. Today will be back on track.

mfastdriver123

Oh, forgot to include that i have been under in calories and over in water the past two days. will complete the spreadsheet tonight.

arubababy

Hi can anyone help me with what 21s and front kicks are? I can't find front kicks on you tube, and the 21s I can find are with a barbell is that right? And i'm to do 30 reps of 21 lifts, This seems like a lot. Also with windshield wipers is it the one against the wall or the one not?

Is it at all possible to put a link to each daily challenge so people know what it is and can see that we're doing it right?

turningstar

Okay, so my new pal convinced me to hang in here and keep trying!
Days 1-4 done. Under calories and over water.
Days 5 and 6 - you don't wanna know.....
Day 7 done under cal and over water.
Im trying to be optimistic about tomorrow.

Also, bonus challenge completed!

heaverchell

Okay, so my new pal convinced me to hang in here and keep trying!
Days 1-4 done. Under calories and over water.
Days 5 and 6 - you don't wanna know.....
Day 7 done under cal and over water.
Im trying to be optimistic about tomorrow.

Also, bonus challenge completed!

Seros1992

Okay, so, due to my very first batch of college finals and other situations, i am going to be unable to compete this month. However, I plan on doing as many of the workouts as possible (the few days I accomplished, I was sore as all get out! which I love!!!!!) Better luck next month, eh?

Good luck everyone!!!!

cmarmey

challenges completed today and bonus completed today

tsumpter

If you can't find the exercise or you aren't able to complete it as demonstrated. Please subsitute or modify as needed.

Tina

cmarmey

I feel like my calves are getting huge...does anyone else notice a difference in the caves. I don't want man calves hehe.

heaverchell

Tue. Dec 6th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops (8lbs), 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses (8lbs) and 3.1 mile walk--complete
under in calories/over in water

Wed. Dec 7th: 30 windshield wipers (ouch), 30 sets of 21's (12lb bar), 15 front kicks--complete
under in calories/over in water

Thur Dec 8th: 3.1 mile walk (actually did 4 miles), 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses (8lbs)--complete
under in calories//over in water

2012Kristin

Check-in #2:

Current Height: 5’3”
Current Weight: 147.2 lbs
Current Waist: 30"
Current Hips: 39"
Current Wrist: 6"
Current Forearm: 10"

Exercise Minutes: 460 minutes (7 hrs 40 min)

Daily Challenges Completed:
Completed - Thur. December 1st: 100 Crunches & 10 mermaids
Completed - Sat. December 3rd: 3 sets of 20 swimmers presses & 3.1 mile walk, run or bike
Completed - Sun. December 4th: 1 min. bear walk, 20 leg lifts and 100 jumping jacks
Completed - Wed. December 7th: 30 windshield wipers, 30 sets of 21's & 15 front kicks

Bonus Challenge Completed:
Completed 100 extra Jumping Jacks

YMTaylor

Check-In #2
Current Weight: 220.6
Current waist inches: 40
Current hips inches: 45.5
Current wrist inches: 6.25
Current forearm inches 11
Exercise Minutes: 543
Daily Challenges Completed: all completed, see below for specific notes
Bonus Challenge Completed: completed

December 1-9: complete an extra 100 jumping jacks - done 12/5
December 10-16: complete an extra 200 crunches
December 17-23: complete an extra 150 burpees
December 24-31: complete an extra 200 jumping jacks & an extra 200 crunches

Thur. December 1st: 100 Crunches & 10 mermaids - done
Fri. December 2nd: 3 sets of 20 wood chops & 40 globe jumps - done
Sat. December 3rd: 3 sets of 20 swimmers presses & 3.1 mile walk, run or bike - 3.1 mile run done, forgot presses
Sun. December 4th: 1 min. bear walk, 20 leg lifts and 100 jumping jacks - did presses from 12/3, bear walk and leg lifts done, forgot jumping jacks
Mon. December 5th: 5 mile walk, run or bike - did jumping jacks from 12/4 and 5 miles on bike in under 20 minutes
Tues. December 6th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops, 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses & 3.1 walk, run or bike - done
Wed. December 7th: 30 windshield wipers, 30 sets of 21's & 15 front kicks - done
Thur. December 8th: 3.1 mile walk, run or bike, 3 sets of swimmers presses - done
Fri. December 9th: Check-In, Rest Day and you have to do something nice for yourself (must be check-in no later than 9 a.m. on the 10th or you will be eliminated)

*There were days when I didn't remember all the dailies but then did them the next day. Whatever that does for the points, I'm fine with.

turningstar

Alright, I haven't done as well as id hoped to this week, but here it is....
Days 1-4 all challenges done, over water undercalories
Day 5 no challenges done, over calories
Day six no challenges done, under calories and over water
Day 7- challenges completed, under calories and over water
Day 8- challenges not done, over water and under calories
Bonus- Completed.

Weight- 159.2. Not sure I believe this. Im not severely cutting calories and since im sick and my AUNT came to town yesterday, I thought id be higher. Ill check again in a couple days. Its admittedly a LOT of weight to lose in a week. I've been cutting my sodium intake though, that might explain a little.
Wrist-5.75
Forearm-9.5
Waist-32!
Hip-39.25
Thigh-21.75
Calf-14.5
I think those were the measurements you wanted.
Obviously my height and sex are still the same!;)

I don't think it makes a difference , but on the days I missed, the only part of the challenge I didn't do was the walk. My son is very uncooperative.:(

heaverchell

Weigh-In Week 1

Current Weight: 198.0
Current waist inches: 41.5
Current hips inches: 45 1/4 (45.75)
Current wrist inches: 6 3/8 (6.375)
Current forearm inches 11 3/16 (11.1875)
Exercise Minutes: 555
Daily Challenges Completed: all completed (under in calories//over in water)
Bonus Challenge Completed: completed

melissa97

my measurements where off last week for my waist & hips so it looks like i gained

Current Weight: 200.2
Current waist inches: 41
Current hips inches: 43.2
Current wrist inches: 7.10
Current forearm inches 11.5
Exercise Minutes: 196 (didnt count in time it took me to perform challenges besides walking)
Daily Challenges Completed: all except 5 mile walk & 30 globe jumps
Bonus Challenge Completed: 100 jumping jacks done!

under in calories all week and over in water



(I had a bad 1st week...damn finals in school, MRI, & pulmonary function test with 3 days of rain)

wyndesnow

Beginning Week #2:
Current Weight: 219
Current waist inches: 46
Current hips inches: 49
Current wrist inches: 7
Current forearm inches 11.5

Exercise Minutes: 450
Daily Challenges Completed: All complete (over in water / under in calories)
Bonus Challenge Completed: completed

Looking forward to next week's challenges!

arubababy

Week 2 Weigh In -

Current Weight: 144 pounds
Current waist inches: 33
Current hips inches: 39
Current wrist inches: 6.25
Current forearm inches: 9.5

Exercise Minutes: 278
Daily Challenges Completed: All Except 5th December
Bonus Challenge Completed: Completed

Under on calories over on water every day

Wakey27

Hi,

Here is my week 2 weigh in:-

Current Weight: 178 (-3)
Current waist inches: 35.5
Current hips inches: 40
Current wrist inches: 6.5
Current forearm inches:10.5

Exercise Minutes: 445
Daily Challenges Completed: All complete
Bonus Challenge Completed: Complete

Over on water and under calories on all days

tsumpter

Reminder that today is our 1st check in...good luck everyone

turningstar

Ixdidnt realize that we were supposed to track our exercise minutes. Not sure of mine. I've also been doing the 30 day shred almost every day.

tsumpter

Ixdidnt realize that we were supposed to track our exercise minutes. Not sure of mine. I've also been doing the 30 day shred almost every day.

give me an estimate of the minutes that you did

tsumpter

I was interested in this challenge until I saw you recommend going UNDER your suggested daily caloric intake. I guess who don't know better is following along. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED YOU GO UNDER YOUR SUGGESTED CALORIC INTAKE! Especially if you are working out. You NEED energy (calories) to exercise for endurance and to hold proper form. When you go under your calories your body goes into "starvation mode" and the reverse happens; it holds on to the fat for "survival." Please do your research. There are a lot of blogs regarding this topic right here on MFP or just google it. EACH ONE TEACH ONE.

For anyone that understood the challenge as she did above. You are suppose to stay under your target calories intake. For example if your suggest calorie intake is 1200 and you exercise 600 calories. Your target calories is what you are allowing yourself to consume. The idea is to keep yourself on target to your healthly goal.

YMTaylor

Current Weight: 220.6
Current waist inches: 40
Current hips inches: 45.5
Current wrist inches: 6.25
Current forearm inches 11
Exercise Minutes: 543
Daily Challenges Completed: all completed, see below for specific notes
Bonus Challenge Completed: completed

December 1-9: complete an extra 100 jumping jacks - done 12/5
December 10-16: complete an extra 200 crunches
December 17-23: complete an extra 150 burpees
December 24-31: complete an extra 200 jumping jacks & an extra 200 crunches

Thur. December 1st: 100 Crunches & 10 mermaids - done
Fri. December 2nd: 3 sets of 20 wood chops & 40 globe jumps - done
Sat. December 3rd: 3 sets of 20 swimmers presses & 3.1 mile walk, run or bike - 3.1 mile run done, forgot presses
Sun. December 4th: 1 min. bear walk, 20 leg lifts and 100 jumping jacks - did presses from 12/3, bear walk and leg lifts done, forgot jumping jacks
Mon. December 5th: 5 mile walk, run or bike - did jumping jacks from 12/4 and 5 miles on bike in under 20 minutes
Tues. December 6th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops, 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses & 3.1 walk, run or bike - done
Wed. December 7th: 30 windshield wipers, 30 sets of 21's & 15 front kicks - done
Thur. December 8th: 3.1 mile walk, run or bike, 3 sets of swimmers presses - done
Fri. December 9th: Check-In, Rest Day and you have to do something nice for yourself (must be check-in no later than 9 a.m. on the 10th or you will be eliminated)

Jupitermermaid

Is it too late to join? I have the beginning of Dec. measurements and data as well as todays.