"A little bit of this, a little bit of that" Challenge: Week

cgeiser1

Run/walk 2.3/10-13 miles
75/75 crunches/sit ups
30/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

I think I'm doing well so far, the hardest part is going to be getting all those miles in. I'm definitely a running newbie.

PBmaria

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 4.57/10-13 miles
0/75 crunches/sit ups
0/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
0/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
1/4 days of 100% tracking.

I love this format and I love the fact that others are using it too! Thanks!

PBmaria

Phew, I had a hard time getting my water yesterday but I made it!
Now I need to work on my crunches. And I can avoid the elevator again since my knees are feeling better

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 18/10-13 miles-DONE!
0/75 crunches/sit ups
27/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
1/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)-DONE!
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

0/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
40/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice-DONE!
1/4 days of 100% tracking.

Alexagetsfit

anichols...I'm stealing your post

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 4/10-13 miles
26/75 crunches/sit ups
9/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

got your miles for you.

Alexagetsfit

Hi folks! I'm Rashida, I live in MD and I walk/ran my first 5k in November. My goal is to be healther (clean eating) and more active (Wonder Woman style) and eventually try out for DC Roller Girls ( as soon as I learn how to skate :P) . Right now I'm currently at 215 (@ 5'10") but with logging in to MFP and cool people like you to push and inspire me I will be at 180 by July 4.

Today: 3 miles on the treadmill (walk/run) 140-175 bpm for 50 mins.

Got your miles for you too.

PBmaria

Run/walk 2.3/10-13 miles
75/75 crunches/sit ups
30/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

I think I'm doing well so far, the hardest part is going to be getting all those miles in. I'm definitely a running newbie.

You're doing very well! The miles will get easier as your body gets stronger

kdenny1

Run/walk 1.0/10-13 miles
75/75 crunches/sit ups
50/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
20/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
2/4 days of 100% tracking.


Doing pretty good so far minus the walking. I will probably have to do it all Friday and Saturday while my husband is off until I can get my double stroller

ishallnotwant

HI, i'm Carissa, 35, from Southern California, wife to William and mom to 5 children ages 7 to 17. I have gained and lost the same 20 or so pounds too many times. I have bronchial asthma and a heart murmur and sometimes I get discouraged when starting off because it seems like every time i get consistent with exercise I end up getting sick a couple of weeks in. :laugh: I seem to get pneumonia fairly easily because of my bronchial asthma-and when I get a simple flu it just hangs on and sticks around long after everyone else is better. I also have trouble getting enough iron and have chronic anemia, which sometimes makes me very tired. I know that when I am healthy it helps to alleviate the symptoms form my health problems, and i'm here, trying to get healthy again. I'm really tired of the cycle i'm in: lose weight and get healthy, get sick and burned out, gain weight and get even more sick from having unhealthy habits. lol! I'm really hoping 2012 is the year that I just make it a consistent thing rather than on again off again.

I am going to try really hard on this challenge. I have the week 1 list in my blog so that I can keep track of stuff as I complete it. I guess I didn't realize exactly how bad off I was healthwise until yesterday when I went to the gym to do the miles. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill and just keeping it at a 3.0 had me wheezing! I was pretty surprised. I'm gonna keep on chugging along trying to get as close as possible to the goals listed though.

Week 1: Jan 8-14

*Run/walk 10-13 miles
1/9: 1.37 miles
*75 crunches/sit ups (any kind)
*50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
1/9: 5 girly pushups-I was still really sore from Satuday's kickboxing class, and I have to admit I couldn't go down as low as I normally can-but i'm trying!
*1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
*2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)
1/9: check!
*3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
1/9: check!
*15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice (treadmills are excluded, of course!) *If you don’t have access to a gym, then do 15 minutes of any exercise program (tv or dvd).
*4 days of 100% tracking.
1/9: check!

Promethea79

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 6/10-13 miles
20/75 crunches/sit ups
20/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them) {straight leg}
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

0/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
30/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice {I did drop sets: from Oxygen off the couch mag. }
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

Have a great week folks!

lovinlulu

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 2.5/10-13 miles
50/75 crunches/sit ups
10/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

0/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs! ( I don't ever encounter elevators:) )
1/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice (no gym membership but did a 20 minute circuit video today)
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

smurfette75

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 7/10-13 miles
- 3 more miles added today
26/75 crunches/sit ups
9/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
- one day with 18 left and today with 27 left....try again tomorrow!
3/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
3/4 days of 100% tracking.

rachelnelson76

It's great seeing everyone's achievements!

Week 1:

8 miles
80/75 crunches
50/50 push-ups...ouch!
1/1 day consuming all calories
2/2 drinking all water
3/3 no elevators
45/15 exercise video
3/4 days tracking

apple2107

I know I only signed up yesterday but the result of 100% tracking is from this week xD I hope it still counted xD

Run/walk 2.1 miles/10-13 miles
0/75 crunches/sit ups
0/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
1/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
0/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

0/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs! (No need o_O I never use elevators anyway)
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
3/4 days of 100% tracking.

cgeiser1

Run/walk 2.2 /10-13 miles

By the time I get home from work it's dark and I don't live in the best neighborhood so I prefer not to run/walk at night. So I'm going to get those 7.8 miles in on Saturday!

75/75 crunches/sit ups (*done!)
50/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them) (*done)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)
3/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs! (That was a freebee I'm never around elevators :-)
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
3/4 days of 100% tracking

PBmaria

Keep up the good work, everyone! (and the lovely reporting format lol)

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 18/10-13 miles-DONE!
0/75 crunches/sit ups
38/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
1/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)-DONE!
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)-DONE!

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
40/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice-DONE!
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

Alexagetsfit

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 4.57/10-13 miles
0/75 crunches/sit ups
0/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
1/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

3/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
3/4 days of 100% tracking.

I need to get on doing my crunches and push-ups. I didn't run this morning because I have a toothache and it was killing me this morning. I AM going to run tomorrow.

thamre

My name is Theresa. I love these challenges. I have lost 93 pounds and am trying to lose the last 17 of my goal by my 40th birthday March 22nd. These challenges help push me...I definitely couldn't do it alone. Here are my stats so far for the week...

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 8/10-13 miles
100/75 crunches/sit ups (any kind)
150/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
3/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

3/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
15/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice (treadmills are excluded, of course!) If you don’t have access to a gym, then do 15 minutes of any exercise program (tv or dvd).
0/4 days of 100% tracking.

I really need to work on the 100% tracking and eating all your calories. I am waiting for my HRM so I can get a better reading on the calories I burn...should be here the end of this week or beginning of next.

PBmaria

I got updates from two other members. They're both doing well!

smashleymcgee
Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 6/10-13 miles
0/75 crunches/sit ups (any kind)
0/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)-DONE!

2/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice (treadmills are excluded, of course!) If you don’t have access to a gym, then do 15 minutes of any exercise program (tv or dvd).
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

kaleighmorgan
Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 4/10-13 miles
105/75 crunches/sit ups (any kind)-DONE!
80/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)-DONE!
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

3/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!-DONE!
9/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice (treadmills are excluded, of course!) If you don’t have access to a gym, then do 15 minutes of any exercise program (tv or dvd).
0/4 days of 100% tracking.

PBmaria

I need to get on doing my crunches and push-ups. I didn't run this morning because I have a toothache and it was killing me this morning. I AM going to run tomorrow.

Hope your tooth feels better by now!

PBmaria

My name is Theresa. I love these challenges. I have lost 93 pounds and am trying to lose the last 17 of my goal by my 40th birthday March 22nd. These challenges help push me...I definitely couldn't do it alone. Here are my stats so far for the week...

Glad to help out! Let's keep everyone motivated!

PBmaria

MrsRadder
Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 19/10-13 miles-DONE!
75/75 crunches/sit ups-DONE!
75/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)-DONE!
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
2/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)-DONE!

3/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!-DONE!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
4/4 days of 100% tracking-DONE!

Promethea79

Week 1: Jan 8-14 (Wed)

Run/walk 9/10-13 miles
20/75 crunches/sit ups
40/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them) {straight leg}
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
3/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
40/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice {assisted chin up machine, triceps machine, captain's chair}
3/4 days of 100% tracking.

PBmaria

Jbessolo
Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 11.5/10-13 miles-DONE!
0/75 crunches/sit ups
0/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
2/4 days of 100% tracking.

SheaMarsbar

K, thanks.

lovinlulu

Week 1: Jan 8-14 (Wed)

Run/walk 8/10-13 miles
100/75 crunches/sit ups
0/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them) {straight leg}
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
3/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

0/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs! (don't encounter elevators)
20/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice {assisted chin up machine, triceps machine, captain's chair}
3/4 days of 100% tracking.

eellis2000

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 4/10-13 miles
15/75 crunches/sit ups
15/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
2/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
1/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice or dvd of your choice
3/4 days of 100% tracking.

on the way unfortunately I was so busy today i'm gonna have to do double on saturday.

ishallnotwant

How do you ladies manage to eat all of your cals without having any more than ten leftover, without going over your cals? I tried today and I think I still have almost 60 leftover.

ishallnotwant

Week 1: Jan 8-14

*Run/walk 10-13 miles

1/9: 1.37 miles

1/10: 1.42 miles...had a pretty bad asthma attack right afterwards.

7.21 to go.

*75 crunches/sit ups (any kind)

1/11: 25 crunches

*50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)

1/9: 5 girly pushups-I was still really sore from Satuday's kickboxing class, and I have to admit I couldn't go down as low as I notmally can-but i'm trying!

1/10: 5 girly pushups, better form this time.

1/11: 10 girly pushups, MUCH better form as my body doesn't hurt so bad anymore

*1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)

*2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!)

1/9: check!

1/10: check!

*3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!

1/8: check!

1/9: check!

1/10: check!

*15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice (treadmills are excluded, of course!) *If you don’t have access to a gym, then do 15 minutes of any exercise program (tv or dvd).

1/10: 15 min. recumbent bike

*4 days of 100% tracking.

1/8: check!

1/9: check!

1/10: check!

1/11: check!

PBmaria

How do you ladies manage to eat all of your cals without having any more than ten leftover, without going over your cals? I tried today and I think I still have almost 60 leftover.

I love candy so I'm a big fan of the mini bars. A mini milky way is only 40! It's a nice treat after dinner

As for last night, here's some ideas of what I would've done with 60 cals:
1 serving of baby carrots (35cals)
1/2 a cup of skim milk (45cals)
1/2 of any 100cal bars (50cals)
1/2 Tbps of PB (50cals)

smurfette75

Week 1: Jan 8-14

Run/walk 9/10-13 miles
- 2 more miles added last night
60/75 crunches/sit ups
18/50 push-ups (you may use your knees for all of them)
0/1 day of consuming ALL your calories (no more than 10 remaining)
- still didn't get to that magic number...so close!
3/2 days of drinking ALL your water (that’s 64oz a day!) - DONE!

2/3 days of absolutely no elevators. Take the stairs!
0/15 minutes on the exercise machine of your choice
4/4 days of 100% tracking. - DONE!