Monday :)
Spiceanne
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Hope everyone is as excited as I am for Monday 
Everyone who has signed up on the spreadsheet, make sure the weight you have enter is the weight you want to start with, if it isn't enter your weight when you weight yourself monday morning. Also make sure the amount of weight you want to loose it correct and up to date.
Again the challenges for the week are as followed there have been some modifications to the original challenges:
There will be 5 exercise challenges to accomplish through the week on top of what you already do, you can accomplish them in any order you would like just as long as you accomplish all 5 of the challenges.
Challenge 1: Run 1 mile, walk 1 mile, or try to take some time of your 1 mile
Challenge 2: 4 rounds of 10 squats, 5 lunges, and 10 push ups
Challenge 3: Do a piece of cardio equipment you normally never do. I.e. if you normally bike, walk on the treadmill or use the elliptical
Challenge 4: Do 100 squats, 100 dips and 100 second of a plank. This one doesn't need to be done at one time but challenge yourself and attempt to do it at one time
Challenge 5: 50 burpees. Again this one doesn't need to be done at one time.
Along with the 5 exercise challenges there will 5 food related challenges:
Challenge 1: Drink 10 plus glasses of water
Challenge 2: Record every piece of food or liquid that you eat. It doesn't matter if it is one cracker record it all
Challenge 3: One day limit the amount of coffee you drink to 2 cups maximum or try to only drink black coffee or have no drinks other than water
Challenge 4: Try to eat under or as close to your calorie goal as possible, try to max this a day you normally would go over your calories or day where you are tempted to cheat
Challenge 5: Attempt to eat more than 110g of protein one day. An easy way to accomplish this is have some protein at every meal. If you are finding this a bit harder, feel free to look at my diary I have made it open to everyone to see.
Try to make a note of what challenge you are doing on what day, whether it be in the note section of your diary or on a discussion board. I will try to check up with people through the week to see how the challenge is going. If you feel like something isn't working, you feel like you are going to cheat or you just having a rough day feel free to send me a message I get them straight on my phone so I will do my best to message you back right away
On Friday the 21st I will post the second week challenges for everyone to see. If you have something you would like to challenge yourself with or the group feel free to message me and I will see what I can do to work it into the challenges.
Hope every one has a great weekend
Everyone who has signed up on the spreadsheet, make sure the weight you have enter is the weight you want to start with, if it isn't enter your weight when you weight yourself monday morning. Also make sure the amount of weight you want to loose it correct and up to date.
Again the challenges for the week are as followed there have been some modifications to the original challenges:
There will be 5 exercise challenges to accomplish through the week on top of what you already do, you can accomplish them in any order you would like just as long as you accomplish all 5 of the challenges.
Challenge 1: Run 1 mile, walk 1 mile, or try to take some time of your 1 mile
Challenge 2: 4 rounds of 10 squats, 5 lunges, and 10 push ups
Challenge 3: Do a piece of cardio equipment you normally never do. I.e. if you normally bike, walk on the treadmill or use the elliptical
Challenge 4: Do 100 squats, 100 dips and 100 second of a plank. This one doesn't need to be done at one time but challenge yourself and attempt to do it at one time
Challenge 5: 50 burpees. Again this one doesn't need to be done at one time.
Along with the 5 exercise challenges there will 5 food related challenges:
Challenge 1: Drink 10 plus glasses of water
Challenge 2: Record every piece of food or liquid that you eat. It doesn't matter if it is one cracker record it all
Challenge 3: One day limit the amount of coffee you drink to 2 cups maximum or try to only drink black coffee or have no drinks other than water
Challenge 4: Try to eat under or as close to your calorie goal as possible, try to max this a day you normally would go over your calories or day where you are tempted to cheat
Challenge 5: Attempt to eat more than 110g of protein one day. An easy way to accomplish this is have some protein at every meal. If you are finding this a bit harder, feel free to look at my diary I have made it open to everyone to see.
Try to make a note of what challenge you are doing on what day, whether it be in the note section of your diary or on a discussion board. I will try to check up with people through the week to see how the challenge is going. If you feel like something isn't working, you feel like you are going to cheat or you just having a rough day feel free to send me a message I get them straight on my phone so I will do my best to message you back right away
On Friday the 21st I will post the second week challenges for everyone to see. If you have something you would like to challenge yourself with or the group feel free to message me and I will see what I can do to work it into the challenges.
Hope every one has a great weekend
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Woo Hoo!! It's almost here!!
Also, just wanna add, please do not change anything on the Chart... Meg has set it up perfectly and I think it needs to stay as is, with the only exception of Your Row with Your Name... Thx...
I hope Everyone has a great weekend, as well, and Let's Kick Some @$$!!
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Awesome, Im ready!0
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I'm ready to start!!! Monday is going to be a great day...a day when we will all make lifestyle changes that WILL last life long. We'll exercise more which is oh so important as we age. And we will make dietary changes that will support our exercise as well as support our health. Remember everyone..this isn't a diet we do for so long and then go back to our old behaviors..those behaviors got us in trouble!! Here's to the new improved us..a work in progress for the next 15 weeks!!0
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Can't wait to get started with this on Monday!0
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I'm ready! Updated my current weight, increased my goal, got a workout buddy...going for ONEderland!0
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I can't wait for tomorrow! I've been slipping on the exercise side for a couple days, and I think this will help me get back on track. Bring on the challenges 0
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Happy Monday everyone! So today I decided to get my reduce coffee day over with :happy: I've had my two cups of coffee with skim milk and now I'll be drinking ice water all day long! I printed out the list of challenges for this week and I'm going to try and work through them early this week especially the exercise - I tend to get tired by the end of the week.
Anyone who wants to be friends, go ahead and send me a request - it's motivational to stay in contact with fellow challenge members!!0 -
I'm going to have a slow start as i'm battling bronchitis from this weekend and the doc says i can't do any over exertion until my cough is gone (boooo) so I spent all weekend restless at home and retaining water from the meds... hoping by mid week I can get into the exercise portion of things and until then at least keep up with the food goals...0
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Challenge 4: Do 100 squats, 100 dips and 100 second of a plank. This one doesn't need to be done at one time but challenge yourself and attempt to do it at one time
Explain how many planks we're suppose to do. Is this 100- 1 second planks, if so then you can just hold plank pose for say 2 minutes and be done right? Am I interpretting this correctly?0 -
It is Monday! I am ready to begin this adventure. Truth be told, I've never been a part of a challenge like this so I'm very excited. Goal for this week is to exercise for 50 minutes before work ( I have a 1 hour comute, so I guess I set my alarm for 4:30 am)0
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It is Monday! I am ready to begin this adventure. Truth be told, I've never been a part of a challenge like this so I'm very excited. Goal for this week is to exercise for 50 minutes before work ( I have a 1 hour comute, so I guess I set my alarm for 4:30 am)
Let me know how that works for you. I have to leave home at 6:00 am for my hour commute too and never though I could possibly get up any earlier then I do now! I'd love to exercise in the morning, but I think I'd be too tired 0 -
Challenge 4: Do 100 squats, 100 dips and 100 second of a plank. This one doesn't need to be done at one time but challenge yourself and attempt to do it at one time
Explain how many planks we're suppose to do. Is this 100- 1 second planks, if so then you can just hold plank pose for say 2 minutes and be done right? Am I interpretting this correctly?
Yes I believe Spiceanne said to do 1 - 100 second plank. I'm already doing 2 minute planks so I'm going to try to do a 150 second plank!0 -
I've been getting up for the last week or so and it's good to have the workout done. I have a X-Box360 Kinect, and have been doing Zumba Rush for about 50 minutes. Amazing the the Polar heart rate monitor that I have and this site calculate about the same calorie burn, right about 400 . I love it, but find I'm still sweating after I shower and get ready for work. I think I need to come up with a different hair style... totally flat by the time I get to work.
I do hate to turn in at 9:00 or 9:30, but it's the only way I can get up.0 -
So ready!!! It's going to be such a busy week for me as it stands, so adding some challenges should be especially, well, challenging!!
Good luck to you all!!! Feel free to add me if you're looking for another good addition to your friends list.0 -
Hope everyone is having a great Monday so far
Has anyone attempted any of the challenges and if so which ones, and how do you feel?0 -
Yes I actually just finished up squats, lunges, and push ups. If there is one exercise that I hate the most, it has to be LUNGES. But, always an upside… it does fantastic things.0
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I walk/ran 1 mile in 16:05 my best time ever...I hate running.
I also did the 4 rounds of squats, lunges, push ups.
So I can check two challenges off the lists.
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Tracy I completely agree with you about lunges but damn do they do good things for the legs and bum lol
Vicki that is aways about your running time Good job. How did the squats, lunges and push ups feel? 0 -
I ended up changing my starting weight on the spreadsheet. I came back from vacation recently with some weight gain and that was the number I put on the spreadsheet as my starting weight. I've been kicking major *kitten* since I've been home and ended up losing 7 pounds over the last 9 days which is a pretty big drop.0
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Way to go Walt, keep it up 0
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Hello, how do I add my information to the chart? Where is it located?
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I found the spreadsheet and added my information. I had joined last week, however was unaware of the sheet. This is great and I look forward to the challenge. I am going to need a lot....of help.0
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Tracy I completely agree with you about lunges but damn do they do good things for the legs and bum lol
Vicki that is aways about your running time Good job. How did the squats, lunges and push ups feel?
I really liked the squats, lunges, push ups. My arms were feeling those pushups for sure!0 -
I did the squats, lunges and pushups yesterday. Felt the burn on the last two sets! Trying to decide if I want to run this morning or not. The hardest step is the one out the door!0
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Challenge 1: Run 1 mile, walk 1 mile, or try to take some time of your 1 mile - DONE
Challenge 2: 4 rounds of 10 squats, 5 lunges, and 10 push ups - DONE
Challenge 3: Do a piece of cardio equipment you normally never do. I.e. if you normally bike, walk on the treadmill or use the elliptical - STUCK WITH WHAT TO DO HERE AS I DON'T WORK OUT AT THE GYM, I RUN WITH THE DOGS......ANY IDEAS?
5 food related challenges:
Challenge 1: Drink 10 plus glasses of water - DONE
Challenge 2: Record every piece of food or liquid that you eat. It doesn't matter if it is one cracker record it all - DONE
Challenge 3: One day limit the amount of coffee you drink to 2 cups maximum or try to only drink black coffee or have no drinks other than water - DOES IT STILL COUNT WITH FRESH LEMON SLICES IN THE WATER?
Feeling pumped about this challenge - can't wait for my new wardrobe at Christmas :happy:0 -
I had a great day yesterday! Here's what I accomplished:
50 Burpees
Drank 10+ glasses of water (actually 110 ozs)
Recorded every piece of food and liquid
Had my 2 cups of coffee in the morning and water for the rest of the day
Ate under my calorie goal
AND....had 123 grams of protein!
Today I"m doing my long run, so I'll just continue with the food related challenges. I want to continue to drink all the water, track all my food, eat under calorie goal and eat as much protein as possible!
One thing I was going to mention the only piece of cardio equipment that I don't use is the elliptic machine as I have some foot joint issues and it aggravates it. So I won't be able to do this particular challenge. I do however always take advantage of mixing it up with cardio whenever I can - running, biking, intervals, community ed classes.
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If you only use on piece of equipment do to knee issues or no gym memberships try varying up your cardio by saying doing interval runs (sprints) instead of a long distance run or do some form of a cardio circuit with say jumping jacks, high knees, butt kicks.
You better water with lemon slices still counts 0 -
Jana how did you feel after eating 123 grams of protein? And way to kill it yesterday, that is awesome 0
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Challenge 3: Only drink water one day, no coffee,no energy drinks, no pop, just water - DONE
Challenge 4: Try to eat under or as close to your calorie goal as possible - DONE
The Protein on is going to be the hardest I think, should have done it yesterday as the rest of the week is crazy for lunch and dinner dates.0 -
Jana how did you feel after eating 123 grams of protein? And way to kill it yesterday, that is awesome
100% better then if I eat too much carbs/sugar. I feel strong, healthy and not hungry. If I give into sugar then I end up craving it all day long. I love protein 0
