June-July-August Challenge

SherryRueter

Cspong - what week are you on in Insanity?

Maalea- DO you have any other DVD's available to do? or Cardio equiptment? You mentioned
that you can't do 30DS because of your knees. Is it particular moves in 30DS? if so, which ones agrevate your knees? Can you substitute an exercise you can do for those that bother your Knees? For example, if Jumping jacks agrevate it, maybe just walk in place and move your arms way up and down. Another *free* idea is to search on the web. I know that exercise dot tv use to be free and have online videos you could do. My last idea is to do a 60-30-20 workout. 1 minute of any cardio (your choice...like walking in place, or jogging, jumping jacks, squats, lunges) 30-Ab exercises ; 20-push ups. Try to complete 8-10 rounds (which would be about 25-30mins without a warm up or cool down. If 60-30-20 is too many reps....Modify to the reps you can do. Hope that helps a little .

Just revieweing my goals for this week
Eat 5-7 fruits/veggies per day. (Currently that is not a problem...love the fresh fruit right now!)
Tracking food with MFP for the next 6 days. (Going good, I messed up and added Thursday's meals into Friday...so Today has to go into Thursday)
Calories to Burn this week: 2930 (I'm at 2589minutes of exercise done/scheduled...so the cals to burn should be easy to beat)
New Activity: Turbo Fire on Thursday. (Check Markd)

I have to keep my motivator in mind. I am feeling weak....
Motivator this week: Going to Vegas on June 21st. Need to keep it clean and mean for Vegas.

HardyGirl4Ever

So, if anybody has suggestions for alternative, please let me know!

Have you tried Jillian's Beginner workout? I find it easier on my knees. (I have bad knees too) Also, things like Turbo Jam always have a person to show you how to modify the exercises for people with those situations.

HardyGirl4Ever

New Activity: Turbo Fire on Thursday. (Check Markd)

Please let me know how it is! I can't wait to get it one day. Though, I think I'll get Chalene's Get On The Ball program first, cuz my swiss ball is too small for my height.

jnicole878

I want in but will start monday june 18th.

jnicole878

Just getting started this month but I still would like to take part so I am. If I keep saying next month next month I am never going to get started right. .My goals for this month will be to lose 4lbs.

I will be using the scale at the gym to measure my losses.You guys are my motivation along with my kids and husband. It is also going to be nice to not be so tired all the time because of the weight I am carring around.

I am going to do more situps amd working with weights. I already do but I hate them so I dont do as much as I need to. Another goal is to log in everyday to log my meals.

I will have to burn 2500 calories this week.

Maalea

Hi everybody, here is my Tuesday check-in:

First of all, thank you for your suggestions! I have looked around a bit on youtube and found some nice videos. (Although I didn't find JM's Beginners workout, but many things else.) Now I have decided to mainly stick with the 30DS (I like the setup, that it is rather short and so doesn't give me many excuses not to do it), but I will substitute all the moves which aggravate my knees by something else - e.g., I have found "The Butt Bible" on youtube, and there are some leg exercises which should work just fine.
This week I did only some cardio workout (walking and elliptical trainer), but I will get back on track.

Besides this, last week has been good - until the weekend I was a bit frustrated because the scales didn't move any.
On the weekend I realized that a number of clothes fit much better than before, so from this moment all frustration was gone. :happy:
And today the scales finally moved again - yeah!

Besides this, I more than fulfilled my exercise goal (2500 kcal), I had the big homecleaning session, I started to cook more myself (and eat less prepared food), although this time of the year there is so much to do at work - so I am quite content with myself.

Goals for the next week:
Once again, exercise for 2500 kcal,
continue to cook more by myself,
get back to working out with the modified 30DS (and not just cardio)
and pay attention to eat more fruits and vegetables.

BuzzyLizzy77

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SherryRueter

Goal for LAST week:
Eat 5-7 fruits/veggies per day. (MET)
Tracking food with MFP for the next 6 days. (Fail - 4 days tracked)
Calories to Burn this week: 2930 (FAIL - 2439)
New Activity: Turbo Fire on Thursday. (MET)


Okay -I didn't meet the Tracking Calories...but I did track exercise.
I also didn't get in as much exercise as planned..... I haven't felt like doing extra. Perhaps I need to put in more of the other activities I do, such as shooting hoops, or gardening, or walking. I do these but, I don't consider them to be 'exercise' jsut daily activities.

SherryRueter

Goals for This week June 19th:

I will be away June 20-24th. Not sure If tracking is in the plan but, lets set that as a goal!
1) Tracking food intake (either on MFP or paper or whatever) June 20 - 24th - every day!
2) Calories to burn this week (2500);
3) New Activity: working out LIVE with Tony Horton!
4) at 5-7 Fruits/veggies each day.

HardyGirl4Ever

Goal for last week:
I did cook more this week
I burned 2240/2612 Did not make it AT ALL. There was some confusion though, one day it seemed to log way under, and another day I did 2 hours of exercise and it said I burned 0 calories.
I did do the Hip Hop Abs Total Body Burn
I did Burpees 4 times. Still hate them.

Goals for This week June 19th:

Bear with the start of Eat More Weigh Less
I have to burn 2836 calories. I don't see this happening, but I will do my best.
My new activity for this week will be Lisa Rinna Dance Body Beautiful ~ Ballroom Learn & Burn
The not nice but twice goal is cooking. People love it. I hate it.

tropikanagirl

Goal for this week:
To do two sets of p90x with my
Regular walking session
I made sure to eat no less than five servings of
fruits and veggies daily.
To find two very healthy and tasty recipes
I can rotate in dinner.
I cook daily so this is not an issue.
Activity for the week is bicycle at least 3 times
after dinner. I would prefer to sit and watch a show

I will have to burn 2400 a week. I am going to try my best. :-)

HardyGirl4Ever

I tend to find some yummy recipes here...

http://www.drgourmet.com/

Maalea

Thanks for the link, I'll have to check it out, too!

HardyGirl4Ever

You're welcome

HardyGirl4Ever

Goals for last week June 19th:

Bear with the start of Eat More Weigh Less ~ I've been doing this
I only burned 2487/2836 calories. :frown: I find it weird that I burned more calories on Saturday where I did nothing, than yesterday where I did strength training and high intensity cardio, but I can only go with what it says.
I did my Ballroom Learn and Burn
I did my not nice but twice.

Goals for this week June 26th:
Trying not to gain 50 lbs this week.
I have to burn 2836 -- yeah right!
My new activity for this week will be finding something active to do during my sister-in-law's wedding long weekend in Tobermory! So scared that I won't find the time to do some exercising.
Does getting up super early count as not nice but twice?

tropikanagirl

My goal for the month is to lose at least 2
inches off my waist and at least 5 pounds.
I will be measuring myself using a tape measure and a scale.
My motivator is to fit nicely into a size 9 by August. I think If I work hard enough in July, I can achieve this goal.
A big weakness is the bread! So I will have to find more veggie and fruit recipes to keep around once that temptation rolls around..


Since I have to burn 2,400 calories a week, I was short by 300!!! Ugh! I was more irritated that I did not meet the goal but was happy i came close.
This week's activity will be walking at the park in the evenings. They have a greatwalking trail and I think it is longer than 2 miles. I will not want to do this since I will have watched four active children all week. But I know I can accomplish this goal. :-))

I am going to do planks this week. I hate how shaky it makes me feel, but I am going to do it. I have an app called Skimble and it makes free workouts or you can even create your own workout. So that is what I will be doing :-)).

Wish me the best of luck and pray for me this week!!!
Tropikanagirl

tropikanagirl

I would look for areas that have sidewalks and walk! I would grab your favorite DVD and workout to that early in the morning and try to add a "walking" workout to that to get the most burn possible. So if you do happen to eat that tasty treat, you wont feel as bad. :-)

themommie

I would love to join

My goal for July is to lose 4lbs
I will use the scale, I hate the scale but it is a good way to measure how we do

My motivation is to be healthy......I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypothyroid and before starting MFP i was so sick that I was in bed several times a week, would fall asleep constantly even in mid-sentence , had falling episodes,etc. Since getting healthy I feel like I have my life back

I need to burn 2200 cals a week

This weeks activity will be bike riding
I hate tricep dips but I will do them at least 2xs this week

Maalea

My goals for this last week have been:
-) exercise for 2500 kcal: done (just over 2500)
-) cook more by myself: partly, could definitely use improvement
-) working out with the modified 30DS: I just managed one time... partly due to the heat wave, partly to general laziness
-) eat more fruits and vegetables: done


The entire week I had the impression that I did too few exercises and would never reach the 2500 cal burn - we had a heat wave, and combined with the end-of-term stress at work, it was just so hard to motivate myself. Only when I calculated my total, i realized that I was just over my goal of 2500 cals. It is kind of funny how the self-assessment can be wrong - or how different it is from some time ago, when I would have considered 2500 cal burned a too ambitious and almost unreachable goal...

Besides this, I lost som eweight, and now have reached 81 kg, which is the upper limit of my "normal weight" range - so I am not overweight any more :-)
Wow! I am still in such a good mood about it...

Nevertheless, I have to improve on my goal reaching the next week:

exercise for 2500 kcal,
cook more by myself, with more vegetables
work out more with the 30DS
use again the elliptical trainer, at least twice

BuzzyLizzy77

I'm a little late joining this challenge, here goes:

This week I will burn 2000 calories (gym, cycling and walking)
Drink 4 pints of water per day
5 x fruit/veg per day

Between now and the end of August I would like to lose 1.5lb a week

SherryRueter

Goals for This week June 19th:

I will be away June 20-24th. Not sure If tracking is in the plan but, lets set that as a goal!
1) Tracking food intake (either on MFP or paper or whatever) June 20 - 24th - every day!
2) Calories to burn this week (2500);
3) New Activity: working out LIVE with Tony Horton!
4) at 5-7 Fruits/veggies each day.

That was my last post.
I was away and I tracked a couple days by hand then stopped because it was pointless. Pointless in the sense that my meals were:
B: Shake
L: Shake
Sn: Protein bar
Salad/Chicken

Unsure of the calorie burn. I was in seminars but woke up at 5:30am and was active until 10pm each night.
I was able to workout with Tony and Shaun T live. As well as see Chalene Johnson. It was an inspiring week that left me really busy with my side coaching business. Its really hard to work 2 jobs and be a mom.

Anyway. New goals are in order.

SherryRueter

Goals for This week July 4th:

1) Week 2 of the Ultimate Reset. Follow Week 2 to a T.
2) Track Calories burnt with the Body bugg for 2 entire days
3) New Activity: walking and biking. Walking Daily, Biking at least twice.
4) Tracking food intake a couple days would be okay. Lets go for 2 days tracking

I am not sure if you guys know what the ultimate reset is...its a way to reset the body. I am doing it because:
1) It has a meal plan where you get off of the sugar/fats and I really have binge issues every now and then with those 2 items. I want to release myself from that habit.
2) I want to see if it will realign my hormones (pre-menapause) and also my thyroid.

Week 2 is Detox and Vegan (No Meat/Dairy/eggs) Week 3 is Vegan only. Oy' I have to read up on week 2 - it starts tomorrow.
Today I get to try Quinoa for the first time!

Maalea

Hi,
not so much to report from the last week...
I managed to meet my calorie burn goal (barely), and I ate much fruit and veggies - of course, this was easy because we have a heat wave right now, so I don't have much I want to eat anyways... I just have to stay away from icecream...
Well, besides that, I used the heat as an excuse to do my strength training (30DS), so that has to stop.

Regarding the weight, it is going down :-)
I missed my weight goal for June (80kg) by about 0.3 kg, but since I didn't really expect to meet it, that's okay - I did better than I thought.

So, my next longer term goal: At mid August, there is a gathering of family and friends, and I want to reach 78 kg by then, and fit comfortably into a certain dress.

For next week:
2500 kcal burn
and don't use the heat as an excuse for not doing 30DS
new exercises: second level of 30DS
not nice but (at least) twice: taking the stairs

HardyGirl4Ever

Goals for this week June 26th:
Trying not to gain 50 lbs this week.
I have to burn 2836 -- yeah right!
My new activity for this week will be finding something active to do during my sister-in-law's wedding long weekend in Tobermory! So scared that I won't find the time to do some exercising.
Does getting up super early count as not nice but twice?

I managed to only gain a couple pounds so I guess I achieved my goal of trying not to gain 50 lbs.
I have no idea what I burned in the week because my fitbit doesn't work right now. I'm working with them to try and get it fixed. As of today I've started going by a calculator I found online that swears it's accurate.
The only active stuff I was able to do while away was walking.
Still don't know if it counted, but I did have to get up early each day.

Goals for this week July 4th:

Getting back on track with my diet
I'm supposed to burn 2829 calories this week. No comment.
My new activity will be my Valerie Bertinelli video.
Something not nice, but twice. Hmmmm. I think I'm running out of these right now. Can I reuse cooking? Still hate it...

HardyGirl4Ever

I would look for areas that have sidewalks and walk! I would grab your favorite DVD and workout to that early in the morning and try to add a "walking" workout to that to get the most burn possible. So if you do happen to eat that tasty treat, you wont feel as bad. :-)

Thank you. They didn't have a dvd at the motel though. I did manage to do some walking though. And I ate crap all long weekend. :embarassed:

HardyGirl4Ever

My motivation is to be healthy......I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypothyroid and before starting MFP i was so sick that I was in bed several times a week, would fall asleep constantly even in mid-sentence , had falling episodes,etc. Since getting healthy I feel like I have my life back

I'm so glad to hear that you feel like you have gotten your life back! That is wonderful to hear!!

HardyGirl4Ever

Besides this, I lost som eweight, and now have reached 81 kg, which is the upper limit of my "normal weight" range - so I am not overweight any more :-)
Wow! I am still in such a good mood about it...

That's amazing, congratulations!! Good for you!

HardyGirl4Ever

Goals for This week July 4th:

1) Week 2 of the Ultimate Reset. Follow Week 2 to a T.
2) Track Calories burnt with the Body bugg for 2 entire days
3) New Activity: walking and biking. Walking Daily, Biking at least twice.
4) Tracking food intake a couple days would be okay. Lets go for 2 days tracking

I am not sure if you guys know what the ultimate reset is...its a way to reset the body. I am doing it because:
1) It has a meal plan where you get off of the sugar/fats and I really have binge issues every now and then with those 2 items. I want to release myself from that habit.
2) I want to see if it will realign my hormones (pre-menapause) and also my thyroid.

Week 2 is Detox and Vegan (No Meat/Dairy/eggs) Week 3 is Vegan only. Oy' I have to read up on week 2 - it starts tomorrow.
Today I get to try Quinoa for the first time!

Wow, good for you. I don't think I'd be able to do that!

SherryRueter

Thanks HardyGirl for the vote of support.

I am following Week 2. Trying to do it to a T.
I started to wear my bodybugg but, I accidentally got it wet hope it recovers.
I am walking. Biked yesterday. Will do again 1 more time
I have not tracked my calories.

**So far I have had some Agave but no sugar/artificial sweetner or Truvia for the past 8 days. I do not have any cravings for sugar(oddly enough); I also have not had butter/margarine etc. only some Olive oil. And no cravings for pizza or burgers. I am actually finding the cooking of the meat for my family (while I can't eat any of it) to be #1) Rude of them for asking me to cook it and #2) kinda gross to be touching dead flesh. Just sayin.

Quinoa was great. And my DS loves it! He also thinks my salads look amazingly good so he wants to try one. I will have to do that soon before he decides not to!

HardyGirl4Ever

Wow, you're doing so wonderful, you're so inspiring!!