The Three Part Challenge!!!

Stephanie08

Oh, you're going to love Zumba! I'm going to a class tonight at 5:45pm

MPH2

Current weight 212.0

I'm not going anywhere. Trying to lose weight without working out just isn't working for me. I am going to have to squeeze in some activity anywhere I can. I'm ready for the weather to warm up so I can take the baby out in the jogging stroller and get in some miles.

HeatherMN

I need to kick up the activity level a bit, too! I propose we each try to get a minimum of 30 minutes physical activity in during our day from now through Sunday. Anyone with me? Let's kick our weight-loss to a higher gear!

ckholmes

Im In Heather! Sounds great, 30 minutes it is till Sunday Woot Woot lets pump it Ladies and Gent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stephanie08

I can do that!

Where's Shredder and Allie???

allie5199

That sounds great!!!

I am very sad to report that I am still 147 (happily i didnt gain anything!). at least I know I will be able to maintain...but in my defense I did cardio yesterday for the first time in about 3 weeks (with the exception of the 1/2 marathon). Hopefully this will help. I am 110% determined to drop 1.5 lbs this week...and so far Im on the right track!

Sorry to have let everyone down! on a more positive note...I think I might have lost an inch or two and Ive been crazy sore for the past couple days because Ive been doing strength training (instead of cardio)

Great job to everyone who has lost weight this week! I hope to be in that boat next week!

Heather...hows the biggest loser going at your gym??

HeatherMN

Allie: So far, I'm not in the lead in my Biggest Loser challenge, but it's very close! I'm hoping the weight loss for the guys will taper off a bit with the big football games and Super Bowl coming up!

Yesterday I met the goal of 30 minutes exercise by doing Week 6, Day 3 of Couch to 5K, which was 25 minutes running without stopping. It was easier than I thought it would be, which says a ton in regards to the improvement in my fitness level! Tonight I'm going to a Zumba class, which I'm super excited about after all of the positive things Stephanie has said about it.

Last night I also stayed within my calories but didn't drink as much water as I needed to. I'm working on that today. I've already logged all of the food I plan on eating today so that I behave myself. I've found that works so well!

My boyfriend ordered our snowshoes last night and I'm hoping we get them for the weekend because we're expecting more snow over the weekend and we need to get our calorie burn on!

Have a great day, everyone!
Heather

allie5199

Shredder...where are you??

I'll post the new spreadsheet as soon as I hear from Shredder...or around 1pm, which ever one comes first.

How was everyones night??

HeatherMN

Allie: Thanks for keeping us updated. I'm anxious to see how we're doing!

Last night I went to Zumba and had fun! Some of the steps were a bit hard for me to catch onto, but I would definitely go again and it did burn 703 calories in the hour long class. Whew! Even with eating Chinese food, which I logged before I ate it, I stayed within my calories. However, I'm up a tiny bit this morning from the sodium that Chinese food provides. Now, I'm trying to flush it out with extra water.

I'm not looking forward to my commute home because on the way in, it was already sleeting and it's supposed to stay this way through Monday now. Yuck. So much for going to see my horse this weekend, if that's the case! Grrr. Tomorrow night, I'm supposed to play volleyball with my sister and her friend through a community education program. I'm looking forward to that since it's been a few years since I've played!

Oh, and over the past week, my boyfriend has been getting calls from all of his lazy friends who never leave the house, saying they heard we're doing a candlelit snowshoe event and they want to join us! I think it's so awesome that we're inspiring others to get active just by being out there doing new things! Word is traveling fast.

The other day, I got a message from one of MFP friends, saying that I'm inspiring him. How awesome is that??

Time to get back to work. Hope you're all having a great day!
Heather

Stephanie08

That's cause you are inspiring Heather!!

Allie - don't sweat the weight, you haven't let us down, we're glad you're here!

Yesterday I walked each dog individually for 20-30 minutes, so I went for over an hour. Even though it's not a fast walk, I walked more than 30 minutes, so I'm counting it.

Tonight is Zumba again, I'm glad the class is at 7pm because I have some errands to run before, and things are getting really busy at work. Good luck everyone!

HeatherMN

Yesterday I walked each dog individually for 20-30 minutes, so I went for over an hour. Even though it's not a fast walk, I walked more than 30 minutes, so I'm counting it.

Tonight is Zumba again, I'm glad the class is at 7pm because I have some errands to run before, and things are getting really busy at work. Good luck everyone!

Stephanie: Absolutely count your walking. Any activity is better than sitting on the couch and snacking!! Have fun at Zumba. I can't wait until next Friday when I can go again.

shredder

Hi kids... sorry about the long absence but dealing with some personal issues have sidetracked my focus on weightloss. I haven't worked out once this entire week and I honestly don't think I will until next week rolls around.
Heather I do like your 30m challenge and will go for it next week.
The good news is that I've maintained at 185 and am quite thrilled about that especially since my eating has been of the emotional sort lately which I do have to head off at the pass.
Sounds like the weather in your part of the country is turning cold and white. We've had 3 days of stormy weather in San Diego which makes the front headlines...it's crazy how people here get hysterical when it rains....OMG!!!!
So, I have a gameplan for next week and will put it into play on Sunday and go hard and heavy for the rest of the month. I'm no where near reaching my V-day goal and need to get serious about it.....not to mention how bloody over I am being in the 180's. It's taking forever to budge this fat. Not in a very good mood at the moment...not that you can tell my this post huh???

allie5199

we're currently in 2nd place...lets step it up this week! my goal is to lose 1.5 by tuesday


Shredder...I hope you feel better! the 170s will come soon enough, just dont give up!!

HeatherMN

Good morning!

Shredder: Stick with it. Just watch your eating and it won't matter so much that you're not working out.

Allie: I also need to step it up and get more exercising in each day. I want to meet my Valentine's Day goal, but that would mean I have 8 lbs. to lose in a few weeks!

Yesterday, I stayed within my calories again, even with the DQ sundae. My only exercise was cleaning the house, but I worked up a sweat and did it for an hour, so I figure it counts. Last night, I went to see my horse since the weather didn't turn bad yet, and miracles of miracles, she let me catch her in 10 minutes! I think that's a new record for us! I gave her lots of praise, pets and a handful of treats and let that be it for the day as her reward. Depending on the weather, I'm going to try to get out to see her tomorrow, too.

I'm going through horsey withdrawals, especially after I learned this morning that one of our beloved therapy horses passed away yesterday afternoon. The owner is having a hard time because she has had the horse for 22 years and she got the news from her husband since she's in the Netherlands for business and won't get to come home until today. I can't imagine how hard that has to be for her that she didn't get to say goodbye.

Anyway, back to work. Have a happy Friday!
Heather

ckholmes

Shredder: I hope everything is going ok for you, it sounds like your having a rough week Keep your chin and spirits up, do something that makes YOU happy as far as staying on track with weight just try and keep within your calories and exercise later when you can find time. I was told that when losing weight , 80% comes from actually just our eating and the other 30% comes from exercising, so its cool dont worry about I hope what ever personnel stand stills you might be having i hope they resolve because you are what counts and only you can do this for yourself, Were all here for you!

I hope some of what I said made sense?

Allie: I ant wait till Im 147!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heather: I used to ride years ago! I loved it. I used to ride english and show equestrian jumping, its still so in my heart, When our house is built I do plan on having my husband build a barn so I can have a horse back and start riding again, it is soooooo therapeutic, and its me time!!!!!!!!

Stephanie: Did you have a good week? Whats on the tasters for wine this weekend? I hope everyone has a great weekend, I have to work all weekend yuck!

MPH2: Youll have a better week this week( keep your tires pumped)!

Talk to you all later
Christine

Stephanie08

So, I have a gameplan for next week and will put it into play on Sunday and go hard and heavy for the rest of the month. I'm no where near reaching my V-day goal and need to get serious about it.....not to mention how bloody over I am being in the 180's. It's taking forever to budge this fat. Not in a very good mood at the moment...not that you can tell my this post huh???

OK, lets all be serious together! I vow to not have wine Monday - Thursday, it's cutting into my weight loss.

Stephanie08

So far so good this weekend. I joined the Zumba fitness class around the corner from my house and I've gone a few times this week already. I love Zumba, it's not like working out at all, but I love to dance so it works for me.

This weekends wine of choice is Shiraz, yummy

I'm with shredder to get serious, I need to get some weight off by spring.

HeatherMN

Christine: That's so awesome that you're a "horse gal" too! I hope you do get a horse because it is therapeutic. I've seen horses do so much for people at the therapeutic horseback riding program I work with; it's simply amazing. If you ever want to check out the program I'm always blabbing about, you can view www.rivervalleyriders.org.

Stephanie: Hope the wine is delicious! I will probably have a beer with dinner tonight. So naughty but so wonderful.

Shredder: Hang in there and stick with it!

Last night, I stayed within my calories, but was low on my water again. It's hard to drink when I'm not thirsty! I went with my sister and one of her friends to open adult volleyball through community education and played for almost three hours! At first, it was scary since we'd never been there and none of us have played in several years. The serious volleyball players were intimidating and not very nice, but once they started a competitive court and a fun court, we had a blast with the fun people. I'm looking forward to going again next Friday. It's so great to get out in the community to meet new people and try new things without a big financial investment (it cost $3 per time).

Unfortunately, the weather has turned crummy, so we won't be snowshoeing today. We'll have to wait to see what the weather brings tomorrow. All the rain and 35 degree weather has melted the snow, but they're forecasting snow overnight. I'm crossing my fingers. Who ever thought I'd WANT it to snow??

Have a great evening!
Heather

allie5199

I publically vow to not drink alcohol until the super bowl!! I'm very good about only drinking on the weekend...but every time I do drink I dont see any weight loss the next time I weigh in (i.e. the last 3 weeks). Its not so much the calories in the beer (which obv dont help) but its more the binging I do while Im buzzed/drunk and the lack of exercise I do because of a hangover. My goal is to not drink for the next two weeks...then only allow myself one night a week to go out. This will also help me save some money for the new wardrob I'm going to have to buy.

Anyone else have a similar problem and want to join me?

HeatherMN

Good morning!

I did terribly this weekend in regards to my water intake, exercise and calories! Ugh. I was so happy yesterday morning when my scale said 197.0, but this morning it was back up to 198.6. You'd think I'd learn!

Anyway, I'm back on track today with the protein shakes and water. I need to get busy with the exercising tonight, though.

Allie: I typically only have a beer or two a week, so it's never been a problem for me. I was proud of myself for only drinking water during the football games last night even though a beer sounded tasty!

Hope you're all having a good Monday,
Heather

shredder

Hi guys and thank you sooooo much for your lovely words of support and motivation!!!!!
OK...I'm back with a vengence this week. I'd LOVE to not drink until Superbowl and really jump start my weight loss but I know myself too much and would fail miserably. I just look forward to my tasty wine at the end of the week but the problem is now I'm sneaking in a glass or 2 Mon-Thurs when I cook, relax etc. and then, like you said Allie, discipline walks out the door and I walk into the kitchen ahhhh.
So I promise to not drink at all this week until Friday night - and Stephanie I'm gonna hold you too this too :drinker: .
So I have to go throw dinner in the crock pot for tonight, get my gym clothes on and bust a move today.
Anyone got a recipe for this week?
You guys ROCK...let's make this week count

ckholmes

Hi Everyone,
Sounds like we all had a rough weekend, I did lose 1lb out of it weighing in at 248.8 this week, yay!

I made a beef stew with beef of course,carrots,red potatoes,corn, green beans and a slow cooker packet low sodium. It was something quick and easy. I had to work all weekend only having today off and working the rest of the week, and Ill tell ya im in no mood for cooking at all anymore im sick of it!

I did workout all weekend and today now im just trying to figure out hoow im going to get exercise in for the next 4 days, it wouldnt be so bad if i could get out of work at 3 but that never happens, it more like 4-4:30 so by that time im pooped and got to pick up the kiddo at daycare, ive been trying to pump myself up enough to just get up early and shower there at the gym before work but im worried it will be people will be taking showers same time I need too, hummmmm what to do?

Hope you are all off to a good start this week:happy: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

With much health,
Christine

shredder

I feel good!!!!
Had a killer workout on the stairmaster ( are we still calling it that lol!) and burnt 543 cal.
As far as eating, am doing well today and digging in to the proteins big time.
No carbs for me after 12noon for this week and next, we'll see how that turns out.
For weigh in this week I'm at 187 and I know why. All's I did last week was eat on an emotional level. Lots of the bad stuff, carbs and more carbs. It's like I can FEEL the fat piling on when I'm eating so wrecklessly, I feel squishy...you know what I mean??
I"m sorry to let the team down this week guys, I really am, but I'm in a way better place this week and intend to kick some butt.

You are all doing so well and I am so proud of this team.
Christine: are you soooooo thrilled getting close and closer to your goal. It's such a motivator when the scales reads the way it should after your hard work.
Heather: seriously leading the charge. You're throwing down the gaunlet and we should all step up to the challenge.
Allie, Stephanie and MPH: love you guys....what would I do without you all.
Kisses

allie5199

I'm sooo happy to hear you had such a great day yesterday, shredder!! Great job...and heres to many more! I cant stand the stair stepper! I think the most ive ever done on that machine was 5 minutes.

Christine: Great job with the 1lb!!! Hopefully you can sqeeze a couple work outs in this week...dispite your crazy schedule!

So I weighed in this morning...usually I use the scale at my apt, but when I got on it it said 142 (what would be a 5lb loss)...obv that cant be right. I had a pretty good week but was expecting more like .75-1 lb loss. So i decided to weigh myself at work instead...149 (so a 2 lb gain)! I dont understand how the scales can be sooo different! When I first got the one that I keep at my apt it weighed about .7 less than the one at work (which is why i use it for official weigh ins )...but 7lbs is quite a difference. Any suggestions??

shredder

Yeah...that's a quite a discrepancy in reads Allie.
Here's what I've done in the past to ensure my scales is on track.
Take an 8 or 10lb free weight and place in on the scale. It should read whatever weight your using.
I've noticed the heavier the weight the closer to a real read you'll get.
Like if you place a 5lb weight on it, it barely reads it at all...afterall it's not a fruit scale and we're not weighing a
bunch of grapes
Also make sure your scale is on a hard surface and not on a carpet....that makes a huge difference.
Let me know how it goes.

Getting ready to go to the gym. Plan to run 1 mile and strength training legs today.
Have a great Tuesday everyone.

HeatherMN

Good afternoon,

Shredder: Thanks for the kind words. I've been slacking a bit myself so I don't know that I could be considered a leader, but I do try to stay motivated and help others become motivated. Good job on getting your workout in!! I slacked last night and need to get back on track this evening.

Allie: It's odd that your scales are so different. I have two different models at home and also weigh myself at my boyfriend's house and all three scales will give me the same reading on the same day. Maybe one of the ones you're using is too old? The other thing to consider is whether you're wearing the same clothes and weighing at approximately the same time of day. I can be off by five pounds if I'm dressed and weighing during the evening vs. weighing unclothed in the morning.

So yesterday I stayed within my calories again, but bad on the water and no workout. At least I was down .2 lbs. this morning. I'll take anything! The officially weigh-in last night wasn't great, but I'm in third place for weight loss percentage. I think if I really kick the workouts into gear, I can take the lead. Granted, we don't have the final until mid-March, but an early lead would be helpful!

Oh, and I'm excited that my snowshoes came yesterday (to my boyfriend's house), so we're going to try to meet up to go snowshoeing tomorrow after work. He said they're awesome!

Have a great day!
Heather

shredder

Ta Da!!!! here's me
Just figured out how to upload a picture from my files.

ckholmes

Hi everyone,

Well I got out of work ontime today and got to the gym to do a 35 min on the elipticle! i was excited! had a good day I hope everyone else is too:drinker:

Shredder: nice pic, i wish i had those beautiful blue eyes

shredder

YAYYYYY Christine, way to go with the workout. Isn't it so awesome how your overall attitude shifts into such a positve zone after a bit of sweat...
I got in my workout plan as scheduled...ran 1 mile and worked legs on the machine. I'm eating ok today and have a cut off time of 7pm tonight. I always lose faster when I curb my evening eats.
Where are you Stephanie and MPH?

m0m2three

Hi all, I joined your group one day several weeks ago & I have not been back since. I had a MAJOR family emergency going on, so I appologize. I am ready to actually participate now, but can't remember what I need to do???