GREEN TEAM CHALLENGE - 2/26/09!!!

sassiebritches

Wow, me again......well I accept this award for BL of the week, and would like to thank, my cat who manages to trip me in the middle of the night on my way to the kitchen for a midnight snack, muy fiancee who enjoys slapping my jiggly butt to remind me of what the goal is here, and the makers of angel soft toity wipe for the trips to tinkle every 5 mins from all the water I drink....and above all, I thank all my friends at MFP who push me along...................ok, enough of my oscar/grammy speech.....

Looks like we all did well. And for those who didn't lose just keep it up, this is one week at a time.

So we are drinking water, stayin in cals, eatin veggies, doing some cardio.

Lets make this weeks challenge.........................CRUNCHES/ SITUPS EVERYDAY, on top of our current exercise. I think the Crazy Canucks are doing this challenge but up to 20 a day....lets see if we can't do more yall.

So there it is .........this weeks challenge is Crunches/Situps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way...from yesterday to today I am down 2 more pounds!!! For a total loss since Jan 30th of...............drum roll please...........................


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sassiebritches

Wow, me again......well I accept this award for BL of the week, and would like to thank, my cat who manages to trip me in the middle of the night on my way to the kitchen for a midnight snack, muy fiancee who enjoys slapping my jiggly butt to remind me of what the goal is here, and the makers of angel soft toity wipe for the trips to tinkle every 5 mins from all the water I drink....and above all, I thank all my friends at MFP who push me along...................ok, enough of my oscar/grammy speech.....

Looks like we all did well. And for those who didn't lose just keep it up, this is one week at a time.

So we are drinking water, stayin in cals, eatin veggies, doing some cardio.

Lets make this weeks challenge.........................CRUNCHES/ SITUPS EVERYDAY, on top of our current exercise. I think the Crazy Canucks are doing this challenge but up to 20 a day....lets see if we can't do more yall.

So there it is .........this weeks challenge is Crunches/Situps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way...from yesterday to today I am down 2 more pounds!!! For a total loss since Jan 30th of...............drum roll please...........................


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yeahbuddy

That's great, sassie:flowerforyou: I can't wait till I get a double digit on my ticker!

So, for the challenge, would you count a workout video that does standing ab work?

yeahbuddy

Well, as promised, here are the results of my gym appointment. I'm putting this all out there for the added motivation (by the way, did an hour on the elliptical). My weight is going to show higher because it was not my normal weighing situation so I'm not letting that bother me.

Height - 5'1"
Current Weight - 159
Current pounds of body fat - 62:sick:
Current lean mass - 97
Goal weight - 135 (but I'd like to go lower)
Goal body fat - 30 (again, I'd like to go lower)
Goal lean mass - 105

Measurements (I prefer the measurements I took last week over these:bigsmile: ):

Neck - 13.5
Chest - 38.5
Right bicep - 12
Right forearm - 10
Waist - 37
Hips - 43.5
Right thigh - 24.5
Right calf - 16.5
Left bicep, forearm, thigh and calf were not measured

So, as you can see, I have a lot of work ahead of me. I'm supposed to go back in six weeks to get measured again.

sassiebritches

That's great, sassie:flowerforyou: I can't wait till I get a double digit on my ticker!

So, for the challenge, would you count a workout video that does standing ab work?

Thanks :bigsmile:
Is the ab work part of your normal routine? If so no.....do more crunches/situps in addition to the normal workout! This will be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeahbuddy

That's great, sassie:flowerforyou: I can't wait till I get a double digit on my ticker!

So, for the challenge, would you count a workout video that does standing ab work?

Thanks :bigsmile:
Is the ab work part of your normal routine? If so no.....do more crunches/situps in addition to the normal workout! This will be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, it would be in addition to. So I will count that towards the challenge.

By the way, I forgot to mention above that the gym trainer told me to keep my calories at 1200 and not eat any exercise calories. Now that goes against what they suggest here so just wanted to get some opinions on that. I'm thinking I'm still going to eat back maybe 100-200 depending on how good I can be each day.

loser4real

Lets make this weeks challenge.........................CRUNCHES/ SITUPS EVERYDAY, on top of our current exercise. I think the Crazy Canucks are doing this challenge but up to 20 a day....lets see if we can't do more yall.

Sounds like a great challenge, Sassie. I try to do ab work every day so this will mean even more of those blasted things. I'm up for it though!

Happy Friday, y'all! I plan to run outside on the greenway (converted railroad tracks to walking paths) during lunch if it doesn't rain, then to the gym tonight for strength training. Our gym is usually really quiet on Friday evenings which suits me just fine. May try to hit the driving range afterwards if there is enough time.

Hope you have a great day...work out hard! Go green!

loser4real

By the way, I forgot to mention above that the gym trainer told me to keep my calories at 1200 and not eat any exercise calories. Now that goes against what they suggest here so just wanted to get some opinions on that. I'm thinking I'm still going to eat back maybe 100-200 depending on how good I can be each day.

yeahbuddy -

I know it goes against what is suggested here, but I typically don't eat back all my exercise cals. Discussed it with our trainer a while back and we both agreed since I still have quite a bit to lose that it would be okay...and that we would re-evaluate as I got closer to goal. I usually eat back some of them (maybe 25%) but not all. I have had success doing this and will continue with it until we decide it is time to change. :happy:

holly78

do we have a certain number of crunches we are striving for?

I usually do 100 crunches on the machine at the gym every other day.

velvetwing

sounds like a great challenge....

Great job on all your losses Sassie !! Im impressed :bigsmile:

purrrr

sorry for the dumb question, but English isn't my native language... are crunches and situps the same thing? i googled some pics and they look the same to me... i do zero of that, so this week's challenge gonna kick some butt here :noway:

porka29

sorry for the dumb question, but English isn't my native language... are crunches and situps the same thing? i googled some pics and they look the same to me... i do zero of that, so this week's challenge gonna kick some butt here :noway:

Yep, they are the same. The only difference I can say is that we used to do a full sit up back in the day, since then the suggestion is that you don't have to come up all the way (am I making sense:frown: ) thus why the word crunch came about.

I'm w/you purrrr, when I was thin I used to do ab work but have only concentrated on cardio now cause even if I have great abs you couldn't see them under the flab But I will make it a point because our BL said so!

loser4real

I'm w/you purrrr, when I was thin I used to do ab work but have only concentrated on cardio now cause even if I have great abs you couldn't see them under the flab But I will make it a point because our BL said so!

You may not be able to see them under the flab, but if you start working them now, then by the time the flab is gone they will be ready for all to see! Of course, that will be a while for me, but I'm a multi-tasker. I figure I may as well get them in shape while I'm losing the fat.

Purrrr... to echo what Christie said, situps and crunches are similar, except with a crunch your lower back doesn't leave the floor. This isolates the ab muscles--be sure to really "squeeze" those muscles for a second each time you are up.

sassiebritches

That's great, sassie:flowerforyou: I can't wait till I get a double digit on my ticker!

So, for the challenge, would you count a workout video that does standing ab work?

Thanks :bigsmile:
Is the ab work part of your normal routine? If so no.....do more crunches/situps in addition to the normal workout! This will be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, it would be in addition to. So I will count that towards the challenge.

By the way, I forgot to mention above that the gym trainer told me to keep my calories at 1200 and not eat any exercise calories. Now that goes against what they suggest here so just wanted to get some opinions on that. I'm thinking I'm still going to eat back maybe 100-200 depending on how good I can be each day.

I don't eat mine back, set my regular cals for 1300-1400 and stay at that amount. Thats what works for me.

astarte09

Great challenge sassie..I have been slacking hardcore!! Time for me to actually use my ball! are we going for a certain number!?

PS sassie...you are doing GREAT!

sassiebritches

do we have a certain number of crunches we are striving for?

I usually do 100 crunches on the machine at the gym every other day.

No we are just trying to get in as many as we can...................

Since you do this at the gym everyday.........add more from home. Again additional to your current routine. :flowerforyou:

sassiebritches

sorry for the dumb question, but English isn't my native language... are crunches and situps the same thing? i googled some pics and they look the same to me... i do zero of that, so this week's challenge gonna kick some butt here :noway:

Yes they are the same thing.....basically. Do whatever is easiest to start out with....This should be a good challenge for us.

sassiebritches

sorry for the dumb question, but English isn't my native language... are crunches and situps the same thing? i googled some pics and they look the same to me... i do zero of that, so this week's challenge gonna kick some butt here :noway:

Yep, they are the same. The only difference I can say is that we used to do a full sit up back in the day, since then the suggestion is that you don't have to come up all the way (am I making sense:frown: ) thus why the word crunch came about.

I'm w/you purrrr, when I was thin I used to do ab work but have only concentrated on cardio now cause even if I have great abs you couldn't see them under the flab But I will make it a point because our BL said so!

HeHe, well even if you can't see em yet, you will and do you want skinny with flab ab or skinny with tone abs...besides muscle burns more fat and I think we all agree we would do anything to get rid of that ugly tummy fat......so crunch away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lynettep

Sounds like a great challene Sassie!!! I am headed to the gym in about an hour to do some cardio and some crunches!

I am not feeling well today..cold setting in or allergies...but am determined to work out. Wish me luck.

I eat my workout calories and I have been slow losing. I might start eating 50% only of exercise cals. I will see how that goes.

yeahbuddy

Thanks to those who responded to my inquiry. I think I'm going to have to take my cue from sassie who has been doing phenomenal and not eat back my cals. We'll see how that goes and hopefully I won't be too hungry:grumble:

sassiebritches

Thanks to those who responded to my inquiry. I think I'm going to have to take my cue from sassie who has been doing phenomenal and not eat back my cals. We'll see how that goes and hopefully I won't be too hungry:grumble:

If you get hungry eat.....denying yourself will just ruin things. If I get hungry I eat something, I just don't overdo it is all....like no more then 100 cals.......this is what has worked for me....OH AND I EAT 1300 NORMAL CALS..... So thats my thing and many others here are doing it and losing......

yeahbuddy

Thanks, sassie. I'm going to stay at 1200 (although today I was at 1122) and see how it goes.

For the green challenge I had 1 and a half cups iceberg lettuce and 1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves. If pickles count as a veggie, I had 1/4 cup.

I did 20 minutes of ab work (2 10 minute dvds).

I'm a little concerned about tomorrow because I'm going to a dinner party with an Italian theme. I've been trying to be so good and I'm afraid I'm going to blow it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

loser4real

Morning greenies.

Well it's raining and expected to continue all day today so no running outside. Phooey. So I guess I'll head over to the gym this morning after I get some housecleaning done. Will focus mainly on cardio and abs as I am pretty sore from the weights last night.

Have a great day!

kellya

hey all ~

just a quick note.....you guys are all doing great...and SASSY...girl you rock! like the new hair color too! i do some ab/crunches in my current workouts, so i will do some on my own with my own tunes!! i think the crunches work the lower part of my abd more......am getting stronger with those, i am getting farther off the floor in my sit ups...

have been doing better with the green foods, well veggies all the way around. baby carrots are about an every day snack for me. i LOVE my salads and they are loaded with add'l veggies.

water is good....prob have a higher water bill with all the flushing!!

today is my 22nd anniversary. dh and i are off to a casino, gambling with pop can returns!! will likely do a buffet, but sticking to salad and healthy choices for meat/grains.

scale said 193 this am....that is down from Wed and a total of - 17.4 since Jan. 19. ready for the 20 lb loss goal, and 180's!!

have a great GREENY day team!!

porka29

:laugh:

hey all ~

just a quick note.....you guys are all doing great...and SASSY...girl you rock! like the new hair color too! i do some ab/crunches in my current workouts, so i will do some on my own with my own tunes!! i think the crunches work the lower part of my abd more......am getting stronger with those, i am getting farther off the floor in my sit ups...

have been doing better with the green foods, well veggies all the way around. baby carrots are about an every day snack for me. i LOVE my salads and they are loaded with add'l veggies.

water is good....prob have a higher water bill with all the flushing!!

today is my 22nd anniversary. dh and i are off to a casino, gambling with pop can returns!! will likely do a buffet, but sticking to salad and healthy choices for meat/grains.

scale said 193 this am....that is down from Wed and a total of - 17.4 since Jan. 19. ready for the 20 lb loss goal, and 180's!!

have a great GREENY day team!!

:laugh: :laugh: flushing:bigsmile:

omg casino, I love vegas soooo much!!! astarte can now house a fellow green bean :laugh: j/k!!! We have a neat casino here but haven't been in awhile, no free drinks like vegas!! Scale is being good to you!!

yeahbuddy

hey all ~

just a quick note.....you guys are all doing great...and SASSY...girl you rock! like the new hair color too! i do some ab/crunches in my current workouts, so i will do some on my own with my own tunes!! i think the crunches work the lower part of my abd more......am getting stronger with those, i am getting farther off the floor in my sit ups...

have been doing better with the green foods, well veggies all the way around. baby carrots are about an every day snack for me. i LOVE my salads and they are loaded with add'l veggies.

water is good....prob have a higher water bill with all the flushing!!

today is my 22nd anniversary. dh and i are off to a casino, gambling with pop can returns!! will likely do a buffet, but sticking to salad and healthy choices for meat/grains.

scale said 193 this am....that is down from Wed and a total of - 17.4 since Jan. 19. ready for the 20 lb loss goal, and 180's!!

have a great GREENY day team!!

Good job on the weight loss. I'm sure you're very excited about it.

My dh and I have our 26th anniversary on Wednesday. We probably won't do anything till next weekend.

yeahbuddy

Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.

This morning I went and did a jog/walk for 4.25 miles. I jogged 2.5 of it and walked the rest. I am starting to feel really good about the distance I can jog each time before having to stop. I'm up to a mile now and am working on trying to go just a little bit more each time. I have a goal of being able to jog a complete 5k without stopping (regardless of time). There's a 5k at the end of March I think I want to do so that will be my test.

Haven't had any greens (unless you want to count my granny smith apple ) nor have I done any extra crunches yet, but the day is young. I'm sure I'll have something to report later.

sassiebritches

Good morning all!!!! Seems we are alll doing great with this challenge and all the others too! If you have nto gotten started on your crunches/situps.....there is still time. Personally I have 25 crunches in as whew I am outa shape in that department.

Thanks for the compliments on the hair.....its not new....that was last spring I think.....just like the pic. However, think I may change it back to a more current one, not real fair to put na old one....sorta like false advertisement...................tee hee.

Been doing before pics over the weeks. Every week same day and same workout clothes.....interesting to see subtle changes, still not enough to say hey look at all the weight I have lost! I am down another pound since yesterday.....but its not sticking....meaning it keeps going back and forth, so when the ticker changes for good YAY 18 pounds........and I lost 25 pounds in 3 mins yesterday....my fiancee and I were talking about goals and I mentioned getting to 125, well the look on his face was classic....it was as if he smelled something rotten. He had some valid points in asking that I do not go as low as that at first. If it is for health reasons then he says go for it, if it is for vanity he said he thinks I would look much better at like 160-170.......we settled at 150-155 for now. So that was nice to see the ticker say 78 to lose rather then 98! hahahahahahahahaha we shall see.

Have a great day all and keep up the work.



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purrrr

well, i had that 3 hour walk the other day and haven't been feeling well since, so i had an 'excuse'... i'm better today, so i might as well check out the crunches... :embarassed:

wow sass, your ticker says 20 lost, you shock me every day :laugh: geez, i'm slacking, i've hardly lost a pound in the last 2 weeks :sad: now that's motivating, i'm so gonna move my butt today :drinker:

btw, i wouldn't say it's about what your boyfriend said or what you want to weigh, there is something more important to set as a weight goal and that is the weight your body will feel healthy at. i also want to be 120 pounds but i'm afraid even the 130 i set as my goal is too high, since i have big bones and have been overweight for basically all my life

here is one French calculator i know of, not sure where to find one in English
http://livredemonpoids.com
once there, you have to click where it says VOITRE POIDS D'AVENIR at the bottom of the page and you get a popup with 13 questions
1. Metric system (no options here, you need to convert your weight from pounds to kilograms, find some online converter like this one http://www.manuelsweb.com/kg_lbs.htm
2. Current weight (always in kilograms!!!)
3. Desired weight (kilograms!!!)
4. Maximum weight you ever reached (kilograms!!!)
5. Minimum weight you ever reached (kilograms!!!)
6. Longest maintained weight (without putting any effort into maintaining - kilograms!!)
7. Diets you have been on:
aucun=none;
quelques uns=several;
nombreux=numerous
8. Height (in centimeters, e.g. 5ft=152cm, 5ft1=155cm, 5ft2=157cm, 5ft3=160cm, 5ft4=163, 5ft5=165, 5ft6=168, 5ft7=170, 5ft8=173cm)
9. Age
10. Heredity (is there a tendency for extra weight in your family):
aucune=none;
moyenne=medium;
forte=strong
11. Bone structure (surround your left wrist with the thumb and forefinger of your right hand). Your fingers:
se chevauchent=overlap;
se touchent=touch each other;
ne se touchent=do not touch each other
12. Gender (i think you will figure this one without translation )
13. Number of pregnancies: 0 - 7

Then click the blue arrow at the bottom and here is your future healthy weight in kilograms

So for me it says 65kg, which is about 143 lbs, which means my goal is some 13 lbs lower than the realistic one. I am fine with it, so let's see how will it feel after these 100 pounds. :blushing:

I hope someone uses this info and you find it helpful cos it took me ages to translate for you :laugh:

kellya

late nite here.....

1 c. broccoli, 2 c iceburg lettuce and 1/2 c baby greens at buffet today... not much that i could eat...lots of fried, fatty meats. had 2 plates of salads! had a good time gambling.....dh had penny slot machine up to $ 220.00, played it ALL back!! :sad:

37 min outdoor (21*) walk, 25 minute stretch and tone, 60 situps/30 crunches

almost wanted to start my walk/jog intervals tonite.....want to wait until i get my HRM. suppose to arrive Monday, per the UPS tracking.

might go to inlaws tomorrow and hike their hilly land/timber.

hope everyone is having a good weekend!

yeahbuddy

well, i had that 3 hour walk the other day and haven't been feeling well since, so i had an 'excuse'... i'm better today, so i might as well check out the crunches... :embarassed:

wow sass, your ticker says 20 lost, you shock me every day :laugh: geez, i'm slacking, i've hardly lost a pound in the last 2 weeks :sad: now that's motivating, i'm so gonna move my butt today :drinker:

btw, i wouldn't say it's about what your boyfriend said or what you want to weigh, there is something more important to set as a weight goal and that is the weight your body will feel healthy at. i also want to be 120 pounds but i'm afraid even the 130 i set as my goal is too high, since i have big bones and have been overweight for basically all my life

here is one French calculator i know of, not sure where to find one in English
http://livredemonpoids.com
once there, you have to click where it says VOITRE POIDS D'AVENIR at the bottom of the page and you get a popup with 13 questions
1. Metric system (no options here, you need to convert your weight from pounds to kilograms, find some online converter like this one http://www.manuelsweb.com/kg_lbs.htm
2. Current weight (always in kilograms!!!)
3. Desired weight (kilograms!!!)
4. Maximum weight you ever reached (kilograms!!!)
5. Minimum weight you ever reached (kilograms!!!)
6. Longest maintained weight (without putting any effort into maintaining - kilograms!!)
7. Diets you have been on:
aucun=none;
quelques uns=several;
nombreux=numerous
8. Height (in centimeters, e.g. 5ft=152cm, 5ft1=155cm, 5ft2=157cm, 5ft3=160cm, 5ft4=163, 5ft5=165, 5ft6=168, 5ft7=170, 5ft8=173cm)
9. Age
10. Heredity (is there a tendency for extra weight in your family):
aucune=none;
moyenne=medium;
forte=strong
11. Bone structure (surround your left wrist with the thumb and forefinger of your right hand). Your fingers:
se chevauchent=overlap;
se touchent=touch each other;
ne se touchent=do not touch each other
12. Gender (i think you will figure this one without translation )
13. Number of pregnancies: 0 - 7

Then click the blue arrow at the bottom and here is your future healthy weight in kilograms

So for me it says 65kg, which is about 143 lbs, which means my goal is some 13 lbs lower than the realistic one. I am fine with it, so let's see how will it feel after these 100 pounds. :blushing:

I hope someone uses this info and you find it helpful cos it took me ages to translate for you :laugh:

Thank you so much for taking the time to translate this information for us. I really appreciate it. I'm going to give this a try as I want to see how what I want to weight, what the trainer at the gym told me to weight and what this calculater gives me compare.