Black Team Week #1 Challenge thread-

SatelliteCrush80

I know slowing down might not sound like a good thing but I ran much farther than ussual and felt like I could have run forever. I finally feel like I am learning something. Can't wait to go even further this week.

I love runs like that...best feeling ever. :happy:

retrobaby

Hey!! I did it!! I got 2 pics posted without taking over a whole page:laugh: (Thanks Lori )

Jan- It was 1 year for me on this journey on Sept 25, 2009. So its been about 15 mos so far. I still have somewhere around 25 lbs left to lose and Im hanging on to the Black Team for dear life

WOW...simply amazing!!!

~Jan

Marla64

Andrew-- that's wonderful.

I know when I run with my husband, he always competes and I have to push myself to 'race' him-- I finish my 3 miles and am dead tired-- which is probably not a bad thing.

But, when I head out solo, I concentrate like you today-- on form, and distance-- and just relaxing and enjoying the mental benefits--

I was going to run today, but fagged out-- 15 degrees and no wind, which probably would have been lovely. But, I went down and did 45 minutes of turbo jam instead.

No more food tonight-- lots of water-- good day.

Later!

AmandaJ

Just popping in to say hi! :flowerforyou:

ksproston

- stuck with one piece of pizza for lunch knowing you all would be seeing it.

- logged the cupcake i had at another b-day party today. tenley had a party for a classmate....

- who knew ribeye steak had so many calories.....

- been doing excellent with my water

- until yesterday i'd done well with no sweets.

Tri_Dad

Awesome work Kati!

Well black team I am headed to bed. Just wanted to pop in as say that I adjusted the signature to reflect my race schedule for this year. Oh man I better get to work. lol Doing a sprint tri less than two weeks before my olympic.....glutton for punishment.

:drinker:

Marla64

awesome schedule Batman--

Hubs and I are doing the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley 8k in March-- there is another 5k series that we're eyeing, but haven't sent in the mula yet-- can't send in what you don't have, eh?

familygirl37167

Boy ya'll are busy typing away on the weekend I barely have time to catch up. Welp my availability at work mon through fri is 8 to 1 so why am I going in at 5 am again. Oh well, today is my friday and if it is slow maybe they will send me home early. Gonna be a me day tomorrow getting my nail done toes done eyebrows done and hair done, I should feel like I new person!!!!

Well I hope everyone gets there last minutes workouts in...

mumsanutter

Well forgot to weigh myself this am, had to change beds, get the boys back into the school routine and me into my work routine :huh:. Had to walk the children to school this morning, pushing 2 in the tandem buggy normally this is ok, but trying to do this today through the snow/ice/slush was not fun, and it took me 90 minutes to do what usually takes an hour! but think of all those extra calories burnt :laugh:

Hope everyone has a good monday

Nonibug

Tammy, Amanda, Shuntae, Jeannie Lori, Andrew, Jan, Marla, Sam and everyone else...hope I didnt forget anyone--Thank you!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I really am very proud of myself!:blushing: :drinker: :drinker:

Be right back, time to get the boys up for school but want to comment on some posts

mumsanutter

Roni, congrats on getting the pictures up there and you look really good. I really wish now i'd thought of doing some proper before and after photos.

Nonibug

Roni, congrats on getting the pictures up there and you look really good. I really wish now i'd thought of doing some proper before and after photos.

Thanks Tanya! Yes, they are priceless! As much as we hate them, they are always a good way to look back at how far you have come:drinker:

Nonibug

Roni! I really wouldn't recognize you in your before picture. LOOK how far you have come! So proud of you. I hope you have measurements! I bet they are mind boggling.

Great job, pics I can see. :bigsmile:

Yep, I have measurements Lori. I didnt start tracking measurements until 2 months after I started...but I have been doing them every month on the 5th since then. Its great especially on the weeks that me and the scale dont quite see eye to eye

Here are some totals for inches lost to date:
Chest--10.4 inches lost
Upper Chest--8.9 inches lost (Right under arms, basically from armpit around to armpit...great way to measure back fat lost)
Rib Cage--13.6 inches lost
Waist--19.0 inches lost
Hips/Butt--20.8 inches lost
Thighs--10.1 inches lost
Calves--5.6 inches lost
Neck--3.5 inches lost
Belly Fat--25.3 inches lost (YES, I actually had enough of a belly hang to measure it:ohwell: )

I highly recommend to those just starting out to get those measurements and keep track. I do mine once a month on the same day each month, but I think everyone has their own preference on how often to measure

Nonibug

Just finished logging for today...I'm under, but too full to eat more. Oh well. Didn't work out, so no harm no foul. Feeling a little better, so I'm hoping to get back to running tomorrow. Even if I can't run, I will get some kind of workout in. I need to sweat out some of this sodium. I know soup makes me feel better, but the salt is a killer (yes, I was too lazy to make my own. Oh well.). Been pounding the water, so that should help too.

At first I wasn't so crazy about the idea of opening up my food diary...but now I think I like the accountability factor. I don't know if anyone actually is looking, but just the realization that people could is forcing me to actually be consistent in logging so that is a win.

I hope your feeling alot better this morning!:happy:

mumsanutter

Back to the weird question about what the distance is measured in on my exercise bike....... I can't find anything written on it to say if km or miles so thought I'd put out there what I have just done on the bike and see what you think!!!

Distance - 23.31
Time - 30 minutes
Calories burnt - 536.2
Max pulse - 124

Thanks in advance for any help :flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

arewethereyet

Back to the weird question about what the distance is measured in on my exercise bike....... I can't find anything written on it to say if km or miles so thought I'd put out there what I have just done on the bike and see what you think!!!

Distance - 23.31
Time - 30 minutes
Calories burnt - 536.2
Max pulse - 124

Thanks in advance for any help :flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

I would say it is very hard to do 23 miles in 30 minutes! you have a good burn there so you were moving but no way someone can do 50 mph, right?

I am ignorant as to UK measurements. Do you have a measure that is less than a mile?

It would seem you could go maybe...max 7-10 miles in 30 minutes.

IDK....anyone else?

BTW...that is a great burn girl!! Keep up the good work!

arewethereyet

The Standard, Imperial, UK or US System of Measurement for length, area, mass, ... 1760 yards (yds), = 1 mile ( m ), about 15 minutes walking, = 1.61 km ...


1760 yards (yds) = 1 mile ( m ) about 15 minutes walking = 1.61 km

I would think it entirely possible you did 23.61 KM given the calorie burn you endured.

So that would be 14.67 miles?
hmmmmmmmmm doesnt seem anyone could go 50 MPH on a bike. More investigation is needed
http://www.convertunits.com/from/km/to/miles

mumsanutter

Jeannie, we have kilometers (not sure if that's spelt right!), and when I did the conversion 23.31km changed to 14 miles!!!! So that would be 28 miles per hour, doesn't sound possible does it :huh: . Well i am stumped, might try to get in touch with the company I brought it from and see if they can help!

Thanks for replying, and looks like we posted at the same time :laugh:

AmandaJ

Happy Monday my friends! :flowerforyou:

Editted to say: I finally got to roll a thread and didn't even purposely do it! :bigsmile: