May and June 2012
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:bigsmile: clover, when I started my weight loss journey three years ago I gave up baking and gave all my pans and ingredients to some friends......of course, I don't have children so there was no household demand for my baking....I, too, have had a weakness for sampling the dough
:flowerforyou: Jen_Girl, doing 100 of anything on a daily basis is an amazing feat, so no on is going to quibble over whether they are squats or something else....so many people started this challenge and gave up....we are the survivors :bigsmile:
:bigsmile: MuffRuff, your variety is inspiring, I need to make some changes in my weight training routine but I tend to like the familiar.
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
31-5/2 -100
32-5/3 -140
33-5/4-100
34-5/5 -140
35-5/6 -100
36-5/7 -100
37-5/8- 140
38-5/9- 100
:bigsmile: Barbie from NW Washington where it is sunny and very cold and windy0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
31 - 5/4 - 100
32 - 5/5 - 100
33 - 5/6 - 100
34 - 5/7 - 100
35 - 5/8 - 100
36 - 5/9 - 140
Cookies baked and delivered. I ate 3 of mine at home, and 3 of someone elses. I purposely planned soup for my supper yesterday to compensate for some of the cookie calories. I was still over a bit, but not terribly. I'm not on cookie duty tonight, so I'm not concerned about this evening.
Instead of doing 100 squats at home, I instead did 100 leg presses at the gym. They're sort of similar, right?
Jem-girl, that was brilliant! Everything counts. We're on your side.
Barbie, it must have been tough to give away your pans. I don't do lots of baking, but on occasion I do like to make things for my family so they feel special.0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
31-5/2 -100
32-5/3 -140
33-5/4-100
34-5/5 -140
35-5/6 -100
36-5/7 -100
37-5/8- 140
38-5/9- 100
39-5/10-140
:bigsmile: did my weight training today
side hip raises, hamstring curls, and calf raises with ankle weights, arm curls, overhead raises, and lateral raises with dumbbells, three sets of plank and wall sits, pushups and triceps pushups using the seat of a chair....flat floor pushups are still too hard for me. :sad: i love my routine/ It is challenging and when I finish and the next day my body knows that it has been working out. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
31 - 5/4 - 100
32 - 5/5 - 100
33 - 5/6 - 100
34 - 5/7 - 100
35 - 5/8 - 100
36 - 5/9 - 140
37 - 5/10 - 100
Great workout Barbie!
I \'m glad not to have as much going on today as I have the last few days.0 -
Ack, I forgot my squats on Wed. and almost did the same thing last night. Was settling down to fall asleep, remembered my squats, and made myself hop out of bed to do them. I refuse to drop out of the habit!! :happy: Those plie squats are great.
Day 1 - 5/1 -100
2 - 5/2 - 100
3 - 5/3 - 100
4 - 5/4 - 100
5 - 5/6 - 100
6 - 5/7 - 100
7 - 5/8 - 100 leg presses
8 - 5/10 - 100
Thanks for the encouragement!0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
31-5/2 -100
32-5/3 -140
33-5/4-100
34-5/5 -140
35-5/6 -100
36-5/7 -100
37-5/8- 140
38-5/9- 100
39-5/10-140
40-5/11-100
:bigsmile: Jem_Girl, you are absolutely on the right track, jumping out of bed to do your squats....the only way these resolutions will work for us it to make them important and not let anything stand in the way of success.
:bigsmile: Clover, good going0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
31 - 5/4 - 100
32 - 5/5 - 100
33 - 5/6 - 100
34 - 5/7 - 100
35 - 5/8 - 100
36 - 5/9 - 140
37 - 5/10 - 100
38 - 5/11 - 100
Also, I did 25 minutes of jump rope at 5 minute intervals, crunches, push-ups, pec flys, dumbell pullovers. The last 3 are supposed to be the best chest exercises for a natural lift. We'll see - well, I'll see.Ack, I forgot my squats on Wed. and almost did the same thing last night. Was settling down to fall asleep, remembered my squats, and made myself hop out of bed to do them. I refuse to drop out of the habit!! :happy: Those plie squats are great.
Very good Jem. That's a good thing about this challenge is that you can squeeze them in even if you forget until bedtime. I've done that a few times too. Some days I try to a set each time I go to the loo. Ha
Excellent work Barbie.0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
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we had beautiful weather which meant that I spent a lot of time working in my yard but it also meant that it was too hot for the dogs and they didn't want to stay out too long for their afternoon walk....we even turned on the air conditioner for awhile :bigsmile:0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
31 - 5/4 - 100
32 - 5/5 - 100
33 - 5/6 - 100
34 - 5/7 - 100
35 - 5/8 - 100
36 - 5/9 - 140
37 - 5/10 - 100
38 - 5/11 - 100
39 - 5/12 - 100
Also, went for a 40 minute run first thing in the morning.
It's been a little rainy here that last few days. I'm hoping to head into the foothills for a hike today. Hope it isn't too muddy. Enjoy your day!0 -
How was everyone's weekend? I had a great spend-time-with-the-hubby weekend. Need to do more of those. Side effect is that I didn't take the time to use MFP, but I still tried to stay on track. Knees have been cracking overtime, so I switched to marching in place as Clover suggested. I'm going to try knee raises tonight. I'm hoping they can do the work provided there isn't a couple hundred pounds crouching down on them. :laugh:
Day 1 - 5/1 -100
2 - 5/2 - 100
3 - 5/3 - 100
4 - 5/4 - 100
5 - 5/6 - 100
6 - 5/7 - 100
7 - 5/8 - 100 leg presses
8 - 5/10 - 100
9 - 5/11 - 100
10 - 5/12 - 100 marching pairs
11 - 5/13 - 100 marching pairs0 -
Some days I try to a set each time I go to the loo. Ha
:laugh: I've actually done that at work just to get a few done during the day.0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
31 - 5/4 - 100
32 - 5/5 - 100
33 - 5/6 - 100
34 - 5/7 - 100
35 - 5/8 - 100
36 - 5/9 - 140
37 - 5/10 - 100
38 - 5/11 - 100
39 - 5/12 - 100
40 - 5/13 - 100
Also, we went for a little family hike. My teenagers always ho-hum when I suggest these things, but they had to go because of mother's day :-P Beautiful overcast day. And I did my breast lift trio - pull overs, push-ups, and pec flys.
I like your not-give-up attitude Jem-girl. I did a search on knee raises. That looks like a good exercise. Can't do those in the bathroom stall though! :laugh: Congratulations on 3 pounds lost so far!0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
42-5/13-100
43-5/14-100
:bigsmile: we had delightful warm weather today----too warm for the dogs....they liked their walk this morning until about 7:30 AM and then asked to go home.....later in the day they went out for a few minutes and wanted to come back in and rest in a cool spot.
:bigsmile: Clover, you are a genius if you can get teenagers to do anything :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:bigsmile: Jem_Girl, I think the most important part of this challenge is the doing of 100 somethings every day, no matter what (like when you got out of bed to do your 100 squats or when any of us does a set of squats or whatever in the privacy of a public rest room stall :laugh: :laugh: )
:flowerforyou: when the 100 squats for 100 days challenge started in December there were over 100 people who signed up for it.......100 days later there were fewer than 10
:flowerforyou: I just joined (late) a challenge to do a plank at day every day in May and there are over 100 people signed up for that and two weeks into it only about 10 are actually posting.:laugh: :laugh:
:flowerforyou: we are the winners:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 40 -- Oops! I'll need to dip into my extras above, and work to refill the bank.
I joined a challenge called 50 days of something right when it started. The idea was to do some sort of exercise everyday for 50 days. I have been reporting my cardio stuff there. There were dozens of folks who started at the beginning. We are on day 36 now and only 2 of us remain. One more has joined about 10 days ago. Lots of folks start challenges. Not so many stick it out and do the work. Congrats to us! We are the winners!0 -
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
@Barbie I understand what you mean. Just getting myself in the habit of moving and sticking with it is important. Not giving up!
@Clover :laugh: Yeah, I thought I could squeeze some knee raises in while hiding in a bathroom stall, but I realized that even if I took the big stall it would look pretty weird for my feet to be picking up over and over. Usually there's no one else around, but I can't help but feel silly... :laugh:
I'm liking the knee raises so far!
Day 1 - 5/1 -100
2 - 5/2 - 100
3 - 5/3 - 100
4 - 5/4 - 100
5 - 5/6 - 100
6 - 5/7 - 100
7 - 5/8 - 100 leg presses
8 - 5/10 - 100
9 - 5/11 - 100
10 - 5/12 - 100 marching pairs
11 - 5/13 - 100 marching pairs
12 - 5/14 - 100 knee raise pairs0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
42-5/13-100
43-5/14-100
44-5/15-140
:bigsmile: I found a challenge for a plank a day in the month of May so I took the plank out of my weight training routine that was getting too long and switched to doing one plank a day and I'll increase the time by five seconds each day.0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Day 41 - 40 -- Oops! I'll need to dip into my extras above, and work to refill the bank.
Day 42 - 125 - 5 reps of 25 to make up some of my missed squats. I like having a little in the bank, so to speak.
And 45 minutes of soccer in the girls team vs parents game, half hour gardening, 20 crunches, and 3 sets of my pec trio.
Great work on the plank Barbie. You must be over a minute now.0 -
Wow, you've been active, Clover! Good job.
Barbie, is the plank you're doing similar to this one? I didn't know if it was a yoga pose or just a normal exercise. (Woops, forgot to put in the link.) http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm
I'm feeling fairly good today. I'm a soda drinker (love HFCS and bubbles), so to both cut back and still give myself what I like, I've given myself the goal of having only water and 1 other drink (non-soda) at work, and then I can have a few sodas once I get home. I'm not so worried about water intake, which I don't mind getting from flavored drinks, as I am with calorie content. If I drink as many sodas as I usually do, I take up a huge chunk of my calorie quota with drinks, and I'd like to use more of it on food. (Plus it's not so good for my GERD.) .........I think I'm sharing all this because I really want a soda right now, but I'm not going to have one. I just keep telling myself "6pm, 6pm, 6pm...". :laugh:
Day 1 - 10 (5/1 - 5/12) 1000 (squats, leg presses, marching pairs)
11 - 5/13 - 100 marching pairs
12 - 5/14 - 100 knee raise pairs
13 - 5/15 - 100 knee raise pairs0 -
:bigsmile: Clover, that's a great varied workout you did :bigsmile:
:flowerforyou: Jem_Girl, yes, that is the plank I'm doing....I had my hubby watch me to make sure my back was straight and that I was doing it right. :bigsmile: congrats on your success at cutting down on soda.....that is a tough thing to do.....my hubby gave up his beloved Diet Pepsi cold turkey about three years ago and doesn't drink any soda at all.......I gave up coffee by tapering off gradually and now drink plain water and a special flavored water with calcium on my line dance days
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
42-5/13-100
43-5/14-100
44-5/15-140
45-5/16-1000 -
Day 1 - 10 (5/1 - 5/12) 1000 (squats, leg presses, marching pairs)
11 - 5/13 - 100 marching pairs
12 - 5/14 - 100 knee raise pairs
13 - 5/15 - 100 knee raise pairs
14 - 5/16 - 100 knee raise pairs
Went over to a friend's house last night after work for a "girl's night" (her fiance drove out to share pizza with my hubby, so it was great). The girl who didn't show up was our drink-bringer, so we didn't have any soda in the house. My friend has a Sodastream, so we had bubbly water with dinner. It was pretty interesting. :laugh: I only had one soda the entire night, and that was when I finally got home!0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Day 41 - 40 -- Oops! I'll need to dip into my extras above, and work to refill the bank.
Day 42 - 125 - 5 reps of 25 to make up some of my missed squats. I like having a little in the bank, so to speak.
Day 43 - 120
And 50 minute bike ride and 40 minute walk with friend.
Jem-girl, I greatly reduced my pop consumption a couple years ago. I used to easily drink 2 or 3 32 oz cups of diet pop every day. At first I was buying into the 'diet pop making me fat' theory. (You can find "evidence" for any hair-brained idea on the internet
). Now I often drink one can of pop in a day. I have switched to ordering iced tea in restaurants, which I have always drank unsweetened. I didn't lose any weight after I cut my diet pop; but, I did wake up to just how much of it I was drinking.
Barbie, looks like you've been back at the line dancing again! I like to be active, but it's not always consistent, so I keep my MFP set-up at lightly active, keep an eye on my pedometer to make sure I get 10k steps every day, and log everything else.
Have a great day gals!0 -
Morning everyone! I realized this morning that I look incredibly silly trying to do my knee raises while doing another activity. I look like a member of the Ministry of Silly Walks. :laugh:
Day 1 - 10 (5/1 - 5/12) 1000 (squats, leg presses, marching pairs)
11 - 5/13 - 100 marching pairs
12 - 5/14 - 100 knee raise pairs
13 - 5/15 - 100 knee raise pairs
14 - 5/16 - 100 knee raise pairs
15 - 5/17 - 100 knee raise pairs
TGIF, girls!0 -
Good moring
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Day 41 - 40 -- Oops! I'll need to dip into my extras above, and work to refill the bank.
Day 42 - 125 - 5 reps of 25 to make up some of my missed squats. I like having a little in the bank, so to speak.
Day 43 - 120
Day 44 - 120
Jem - I'd like to see a video of that silly walk.0 -
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days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
42-5/13-100
43-5/14-100
44-5/15-140
45-5/16-100
46-5/17-100
we have house guests and lots planned to do but I wanted to report to you.:bigsmile:0 -
05/09/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/10/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/11/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/12/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/13/2012 - None
05/14/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/15/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/16/2012 - 600 squats and lunges
05/17/2012 - 400 squats and lunges
05/18/2012 - 600 squats and lunges
Hey everyone! Thank you all for the messages. I was busy with school and with finals, but now my tests are over. I was extremely stressed out, especially since I missed most of one of my finals because I thought it was the next day. Everyone is doing an amazing job. I have been using weights while doing my squats and lunges, but if I do more than 300 I do not use them the whole time. That would be too much. I measured myself and noticed I lost some inches. I am glad to be back!0 -
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: MuffRuff, I'm glad to hear you survived your finals......it has been decades since I was in college but I remember the stress as if it were yesterday...it's great that you are using weights with your squats and lunges
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
42-5/13-100
43-5/14-100
44-5/15-140
45-5/16-100
46-5/17-100
47-5/18-100
I took my house guest to line dance with me this morning....she had fun and said she might look for a line dance class over where she lives....I walked the dogs this morning and went to line dance and got my 17.000 steps but sat most of the rest of the day including dinner at a restaurant..0 -
Good moring pals
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Day 41 - 40 -- Oops! I'll need to dip into my extras above, and work to refill the bank.
Day 42 - 125 - 5 reps of 25 to make up some of my missed squats. I like having a little in the bank, so to speak.
Day 43 - 120
Day 44 - 120
Day 45 - 100
It's raining like crazy here today, so I probably won't be doing any cardio. Must be a strength day.
MuffRuff, glad to see you back. Congratulations on losing some inches! I too have noticed my clothes are fitting better.
Gosh Barbie, *only* line dancing, 100 lunges, and 17000 steps? You are doing very well my friend.0 -
05/19/2012 - 500 squats and lunges
barbiecat, line dancing sounds like fun, and you did 17,000 steps, wow! clover5, I am glad your clothes are fitting better.0 -
Good moring pals
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Day 41 - 40 -- Oops! I'll need to dip into my extras above, and work to refill the bank.
Day 42 - 125 - 5 reps of 25 to make up some of my missed squats. I like having a little in the bank, so to speak.
Day 43 - 120
Day 44 - 120
Day 45 - 100
Day 46 - 100
5k completed in 33.23. Tried to steer clear of the munchies at the finish. I did have a few, but not too bad.0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
41-5/12-140
42-5/13-100
43-5/14-100
44-5/15-140
45-5/16-100
46-5/17-100
47-5/18-100
48-5/19-100
49-5/20-140
:bigsmile: MuffRuff, you continue to do great
:bigsmile: Clover, congrats on your race
:bigsmile: house guests went home....I had time to walk and get 17,000 steps and do 100 lunges then interrupted by several phone calls I did most of my weight training including 40 lunges with a 15 pound dumbbell in each hand :bigsmile:0
