Black Team Week 2 Challenge Thread!!!-

72lori

Lori and Marla - an airing cupboard is usually a cupboard in the house which also holds the hot water cylinder , so it helps to dry the clothes without them being all over the house - I like clothes dried on the airer but so do the boys and then I have to waqsh it all again urgh!!!!!!!!. It also means that I don't have to have the tumble dryer on all day (4 boys plus mum and dad = tonnes of washing especially when the 12 year old won't wear anything more than once and usually for only a few hours......)

Sorry for the confusion, I just had to ask Rob what the hot water is held in :blushing: , I have gone brain dead after attending one of John's little friends birthday parties, 30 lovely little 5 year olds running riot for 2 hours......

Don't be sorry! It's interesting to me to hear how others do it.

retrobaby

I just got done doing 7 miles on the treadmill. I ran 6.2 miles (10K) and then walked the rest on a 4% incline. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me since I haven’t ran a 10K in over 4 years. I guess there is a thing such as muscle memory. I’m especially ecstatic doing this at 180 lbs. I use to run at 120 lbs so this is a really BIG deal. Now, I don’t know if my joints agree, but they’ll have to adjust (LOL).

-Shaunte and Samantha you inspired me to go that long.

~Jan

arewethereyet

I just got done doing 7 miles on the treadmill. I ran 6.2 miles (10K) and then walked the rest on a 4% incline. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me since I haven’t ran a 10K in over 4 years. I guess there is a thing such as muscle memory. I’m especially ecstatic doing this at 180 lbs. I use to run at 120 lbs so this is a really BIG deal. Now, I don’t know if my joints agree, but they’ll have to adjust (LOL).

-Shaunte and Samantha you inspired me to go that long.

~Jan

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LOL....great job Jan! Man you must have killed like 800 cals~!!

Just be sure to stretch..........and stretch again. You rock!:glasses:

Jeannie:flowerforyou:

arewethereyet

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

72lori

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

The weather is positively nasty here. Rain, rain, rain.

I am cleaning my kitchen, like really cleaning, scrubbing, cleaning out cupboards. I've been at it 2 hours and I'm not even close to being done. My arm already hurts!

I've been on a cleaning jag. Yesterday was my bedroom, curtains, windows, baseboards. It seems so sparkly and clean.

The bathrooms- they are next. :grumble:

zippy111

I just got done doing 7 miles on the treadmill. I ran 6.2 miles (10K) and then walked the rest on a 4% incline. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me since I haven’t ran a 10K in over 4 years. I guess there is a thing such as muscle memory. I’m especially ecstatic doing this at 180 lbs. I use to run at 120 lbs so this is a really BIG deal. Now, I don’t know if my joints agree, but they’ll have to adjust (LOL).

-Shaunte and Samantha you inspired me to go that long.

~Jan

Jan -Congrats! Don't forget to rest those joints!

zippy111

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

The weather is positively nasty here. Rain, rain, rain.

I am cleaning my kitchen, like really cleaning, scrubbing, cleaning out cupboards. I've been at it 2 hours and I'm not even close to being done. My arm already hurts!

I've been on a cleaning jag. Yesterday was my bedroom, curtains, windows, baseboards. It seems so sparkly and clean.

The bathrooms- they are next. :grumble:

Can you bank calories burned from cleaning?

zippy111

It's a beautiful day in PA today. dh and ds taking down the Christmas lights. I'm running around cleaning like a nut. Meeting my brother and some cousins for dinner tonight in Princeton. We are all in different areas and that is the center for all of us...about an hour drive for us. A seafood place that is a BYOB. Printed out the menu and trying to plan out exactly what to have so I don't stray when I get there.

and of course tomorrow...........Marla are you getting ready for your J E T S JETS JETS JETS??????
Have a great day! D

72lori

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

The weather is positively nasty here. Rain, rain, rain.

I am cleaning my kitchen, like really cleaning, scrubbing, cleaning out cupboards. I've been at it 2 hours and I'm not even close to being done. My arm already hurts!

I've been on a cleaning jag. Yesterday was my bedroom, curtains, windows, baseboards. It seems so sparkly and clean.

The bathrooms- they are next. :grumble:

Can you bank calories burned from cleaning?

You can count calories from cleaning. I don't, but that's me. I only count those from exercise. Usually I take the weekends off from official exercise, but if I go slighly over on my calories today, I won't sweat it, I'll know I worked hard all day!

arewethereyet

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

The weather is positively nasty here. Rain, rain, rain.

I am cleaning my kitchen, like really cleaning, scrubbing, cleaning out cupboards. I've been at it 2 hours and I'm not even close to being done. My arm already hurts!

I've been on a cleaning jag. Yesterday was my bedroom, curtains, windows, baseboards. It seems so sparkly and clean.

The bathrooms- they are next. :grumble:

Sorry Lori.......of course we get what you have 2 days later.........so I know what Monday will look like!!
Better get outside today!

As for your house....clean away and then have fun when the sun shines!!

arewethereyet

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

The weather is positively nasty here. Rain, rain, rain.

I am cleaning my kitchen, like really cleaning, scrubbing, cleaning out cupboards. I've been at it 2 hours and I'm not even close to being done. My arm already hurts!

I've been on a cleaning jag. Yesterday was my bedroom, curtains, windows, baseboards. It seems so sparkly and clean.

The bathrooms- they are next. :grumble:

Can you bank calories burned from cleaning?

I wore my HRM on a mad cleaning day and burned 600 EXTRA calories!! I counted it because I was famished.
Now when I do regular cleaning, nope dont count it. Figure I got 50 pounds overweight doing that same work

Gardening, mowing the lawn, hoeing, scrub/mopping, and extra duty laundry......like bed day, I count!:drinker:

arewethereyet

It's a beautiful day in PA today. dh and ds taking down the Christmas lights. I'm running around cleaning like a nut. Meeting my brother and some cousins for dinner tonight in Princeton. We are all in different areas and that is the center for all of us...about an hour drive for us. A seafood place that is a BYOB. Printed out the menu and trying to plan out exactly what to have so I don't stray when I get there.

and of course tomorrow...........Marla are you getting ready for your J E T S JETS JETS JETS??????
Have a great day! D

mmmmmmmmmmmm sounds like fun! that is what a family meet up SHOULD be!! Have a great time Donna!!

richardsrm

what is a HRM?

arewethereyet

what is a HRM?

Heart Rate Monitor

I have the Polar F6 and LOVe it.......

arewethereyet

what is a HRM?

Heart Rate Monitor

I have the Polar F6 and LOVe it.......

I read your profile, RIchardsm.......I wanted you to know I wanted to be 48 and not feel old and frumpy. A friend said that losign weight would not change how I felt...............she was so WRONG!

I felt healthy and anything but frumpy when I dressed up and went to a concert the other night at the casino. I walked with pride and good posture from yoga and weight lifting...........danced all night because of my cardio............and only had 2 beers because, heck I wasnt blowing my week on alcohol!!

Losing that 20 pounds it going to make you feel GREAT!!!

Jeannie

jimswmn

Good Saturday Black Team ! Just got back from doing W1D1 of C5K, tired but feeling great. Actually doing the running in town so I have a lot of people to be accountable to if I quit. Last time I did it there was no one around but Jim and I, well not this time. Must remember to take my inhaler with me next time, breathing is nice.

Lori ... Way to go on the pull ups.

Marla ...Woman you are an inspiration. The way you push past all of whatever is going on and still run.

Tanya .. So much done before 9am and with 2 little ones. Amazing ! I understand about being around a lot of little ones. I coach the 8 yr olds and younger in our town's summer swim league.

Roni ..Thank you for understanding and I know what you mean about working the upper body. I hate it and really need to work harder. WTG on the push ups.

Doreen .. Good luck with your strength training.

Jan ... Hope you had a great run.

Shuntae ... Great run, and yes I count the point whatever miles. I figure I did them and I am going to count them.

Sam ... I hope you are feeling better.


Amanda, Beth, Andrew, Janie and the rest of the Black Team.....Hi !!!!!

Jeannie... I'm glad you had a great time at the concert. Tell your friend who said losing the weight wouldn't do anything they are nuts. Its working wonders for me.

arewethereyet

Good Saturday Black Team ! Just got back from doing W1D1 of C5K, tired but feeling great. Actually doing the running in town so I have a lot of people to be accountable to if I quit. Last time I did it there was no one around but Jim and I, well not this time. Must remember to take my inhaler with me next time, breathing is nice.



Jeannie... I'm glad you had a great time at the concert. Tell your friend who said losing the weight wouldn't do anything they are nuts. Its working wonders for me.

Uh, breathing is crucial when running my friend!! I take a puf before and another after. Helps a LOT...dont have to think so hard on the inhaling part.

I am back to C25K.........2nd week! We can do this Bobbi!!

Woot!

Marla64

Afternoon, people--

Just had a surprise visit from my mother-in-law-- a$$wipe father-in-law brought her here for a couple hours. (for any who don't know-- he has locked her in an Alzheimer's hospital against her wishes, and lies to her that she's only there because he needs to be there-- blah, blah, blah-- awful tale)

Awesome to see her-- as usual, she was much clearer and stronger upon leaving than she was when she got here. We keep praying that somehow she'll end up living here with us-- she's so good while here. Sniff. :brokenheart:

I'm down to 222 calories for the day-- not good. I'll get a run or something in later so I can have dinner.

Need to scoot for now-- later peeps.

SatelliteCrush80

Afternoon, people--

Just had a surprise visit from my mother-in-law-- a$$wipe father-in-law brought her here for a couple hours. (for any who don't know-- he has locked her in an Alzheimer's hospital against her wishes, and lies to her that she's only there because he needs to be there-- blah, blah, blah-- awful tale)

Awesome to see her-- as usual, she was much clearer and stronger upon leaving than she was when she got here. We keep praying that somehow she'll end up living here with us-- she's so good while here. Sniff. :brokenheart:

I'm down to 222 calories for the day-- not good. I'll get a run or something in later so I can have dinner.

Need to scoot for now-- later peeps.

I'm so glad your MIL got to spend a surprise day with you and the kids. Prayers that you and the hubs will be able to have her come and live with you, where she will be happy and loved.

mumsanutter

Going to say good night from over the pond, and will try my best to come on tomorrow - have a double party for ds2 and ds3, so lots of guests etc

Night all, have a good day

arewethereyet

Going to say good night from over the pond, and will try my best to come on tomorrow - have a double party for ds2 and ds3, so lots of guests etc

Night all, have a good day

Have fun Tanya!!

retrobaby

I just got done doing 7 miles on the treadmill. I ran 6.2 miles (10K) and then walked the rest on a 4% incline. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me since I haven’t ran a 10K in over 4 years. I guess there is a thing such as muscle memory. I’m especially ecstatic doing this at 180 lbs. I use to run at 120 lbs so this is a really BIG deal. Now, I don’t know if my joints agree, but they’ll have to adjust (LOL).

-Shaunte and Samantha you inspired me to go that long.

~Jan

show off

LOL....great job Jan! Man you must have killed like 800 cals~!!

Just be sure to stretch..........and stretch again. You rock!:glasses:

Jeannie:flowerforyou:

I burned 1000 calories and sheesh just now waking up from a nap. Made sure to stretch and clean the kitchen afterwards because if not I would be stiff. Thanks for the advice. I need all the stretching I can get:happy:

~Jan

retrobaby

I just got done doing 7 miles on the treadmill. I ran 6.2 miles (10K) and then walked the rest on a 4% incline. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me since I haven’t ran a 10K in over 4 years. I guess there is a thing such as muscle memory. I’m especially ecstatic doing this at 180 lbs. I use to run at 120 lbs so this is a really BIG deal. Now, I don’t know if my joints agree, but they’ll have to adjust (LOL).

-Shaunte and Samantha you inspired me to go that long.

~Jan

Jan -Congrats! Don't forget to rest those joints!

Thanks and I really don't want to get injured. So, I must slow my roll...just trying to keep up with all of you:bigsmile:

~Jan

richardsrm

Thanks for the encouragement.

arewethereyet

I just got done doing 7 miles on the treadmill. I ran 6.2 miles (10K) and then walked the rest on a 4% incline. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me since I haven’t ran a 10K in over 4 years. I guess there is a thing such as muscle memory. I’m especially ecstatic doing this at 180 lbs. I use to run at 120 lbs so this is a really BIG deal. Now, I don’t know if my joints agree, but they’ll have to adjust (LOL).

-Shaunte and Samantha you inspired me to go that long.

~Jan

show off

LOL....great job Jan! Man you must have killed like 800 cals~!!

Just be sure to stretch..........and stretch again. You rock!:glasses:

Jeannie:flowerforyou:

I burned 1000 calories and sheesh just now waking up from a nap. Made sure to stretch and clean the kitchen afterwards because if not I would be stiff. Thanks for the advice. I need all the stretching I can get:happy:

~Jan

Man!! that is awesome Jan! I have been on diets were 1k is all I could EAT!! :laugh:

Runners amaze me. I am on that c25k program just to prove I can do anything!!:drinker:

arewethereyet

Thanks for the encouragement.

:flowerforyou:

72lori

:laugh:

So, what is everyone up to today? I am playing on the puter......cleaning house and having the DTV dude fix up my tivo.

The weather is perfect here so I will go do wk 2 of c25k!!

Have a great weekend!! Jeannie

The weather is positively nasty here. Rain, rain, rain.

I am cleaning my kitchen, like really cleaning, scrubbing, cleaning out cupboards. I've been at it 2 hours and I'm not even close to being done. My arm already hurts!

I've been on a cleaning jag. Yesterday was my bedroom, curtains, windows, baseboards. It seems so sparkly and clean.

The bathrooms- they are next. :grumble:

Can you bank calories burned from cleaning?

I wore my HRM on a mad cleaning day and burned 600 EXTRA calories!! I counted it because I was famished.
Now when I do regular cleaning, nope dont count it. Figure I got 50 pounds overweight doing that same work

Gardening, mowing the lawn, hoeing, scrub/mopping, and extra duty laundry......like bed day, I count!:drinker:

I almost wish I would have worn my HRM. I was up and down off the chair to reach high stuff, I was up and down off the floor to reach low stuff. I scrubbed til my arm felt like it might fall off. I worked in my kitchen from 10ish this morning til 5. I stopped for a few minutes to eat some lunch and grab a snack. Without counting exercise calories today, I am going to go over, because I am freaking starving right now and I already know I'm eating more than a 250 calorie dinner.

Granted I could go get on the elliptical, but I'm thinking about tackling the bathrooms yet and ironing the dust ruffle for my new bedding set.....

I'm not sure what's gotten into me, but hubs said he likes it. Actually hubs was away this week and I have this strange thing that I like the house to be clean when he gets home but usually I just do surface stuff. I think maybe I know nice weather is coming and I don't want to be stuck in the house when it gets here.

jimswmn

Runners amaze me. I am on that c25k program just to prove I can do anything!!:drinker:

Me too !!

Nonibug

Hey guys I just popped in for a minute to report to Lori I tried out the assisted pull up machine at the gym today. I set the resistance (is it still called resistance when it offsets your weight?) anyhoo...I set it to where I was actually only lifting about 60 lbs of my body weight. And I did 20 yes TWENTY!!:drinker: Ok, so it wasnt all my body weight, but its a start

Oh yeah, and I didnt fall off of it but I did bump my head on one of the bar thingys at the top:ohwell: I dont think anyone saw it though, I looked around and didnt see anyone looking at me:blushing:

Have a great night guys:flowerforyou:

72lori

Hey guys I just popped in for a minute to report to Lori I tried out the assisted pull up machine at the gym today. I set the resistance (is it still called resistance when it offsets your weight?) anyhoo...I set it to where I was actually only lifting about 60 lbs of my body weight. And I did 20 yes TWENTY!!:drinker: Ok, so it wasnt all my body weight, but its a start

Oh yeah, and I didnt fall off of it but I did bump my head on one of the bar thingys at the top:ohwell: I dont think anyone saw it though, I looked around and didnt see anyone looking at me:blushing:

Have a great night guys:flowerforyou:

RONI DID IT! RONI DID IT! I'm so happy you tried and cranked out 20! Just think when you weigh 60 pounds, you'll be pull up queen. :noway: :laugh: Ok, maybe not. But you'll get stronger as you do it and eventually be lifting 70 pounds, then 80.....

I'm so happy for you! I can't stop smiling! I love that the accomplishments of others are as satisfying as my own.

Speaking of... I have to do a few more pull ups today. :huh: I was so busy I forgot until just a bit ago. Did 3 this morning, than 2 before I ironed, so 2 more to make my goal. I think I'll do 'em now and call it a day. I'm exhausted!

RONI DID IT! RONI DID IT!