Labor Day Challenge!
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Hi everyone,
I'm on my way! Just weighed in and I'm down to 201.8! Under 200 here I come! I'm so excited. My goal this week is to exercise 45 min - 1 hr at least 5 days. Have a wonderful day MFP friends! :happy:
May 3: Starting weight 204
May 10: 201.8
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July 12: Drs appt and Husband's Family Reunion 16 - 19 - Goal: under 180
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Hello everyone!
Monday weight in is here!!! Not much change, but every little counts specially under the pressure I've been in the last few weeks. Finally back on track though!!
May 3: 175
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September 6: 155
Personal Goal: To drink at least 1 gallon of water a day and work out at least 6 days a week.
Going to keep the same goals!0 -
May 3: 158.5
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September 6: GOAL-->140 lbs.
Goal for this week (and for the next 59 days hehe): stay on track with the Insanity workout program. I don't follow the nutrition guide much since I eat a vegan diet, but I do basically eat 5 times a day and space my calories out with snacks and small meals.
Aside from Insanity, my goal this week is to continue to work on my online cookbook...where I'm taking all my homemade recipes, bookmarked cookbook recipes, and online recipes that I love and am putting them into one online book that I can send to friends and use in the kitchen on my laptop.0 -
Monday Weigh-In: Joining an online support challenge is helping already! I was much more consistent about tracking food... which made me much better about getting exercise to counter the extra calories... which made me feel better all the way around to be getting more exercise. Thanks, all!
Challenge for the week: Fit exercise in even on my long work days; do better at keeping calories within weight loss range.
Starting Weight = 170
Final Weight Goal = 145-148
College friends visiting (and want to look and feel better) = Aug. 1
May 3: SW = 170
May 10: 168
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This weekend was super tough. I had a Retirement Party (dinner and drinks) on Friday night...A birthday party/cookout on Saturday and then Mother's Day Brunch and afternoon cookout on Sunday. No time for working out but I did OK on my weight. But I have a bad feeling that all that over indulgence will catch up with me later this week.
May 3: 187
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August 30: 160
Gaol for this week is to workout every day!0 -
Down 3 lb. this week. Yippee! I had a head cold this week but logged my food every day except Mother's Day.
This week, I will continue with getting back to logging all my food - for all 7 days. Thanks for all the encouragement. You are all doing great!
I'm getting back to wearing my Heart Rate Monitor during my cardio workouts. I have a basic Polar one that doesn't show calories burned. If anyone has a favorite/recommended site for converting heart rate to calories burned, I'd be interested. I've found a few and I take an average. THANKS!
May 3: 184
May 10: 181
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Okay, checking in...I stayed the same. :sad: But then again I am starting my period this week(retaining water?). But I did lose 0.5 inches in my hips and .5 inch in my waist. :bigsmile: So no worries! Looking forward to next week's check-in already.
May 3: 160
May 10: 160
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May 3: 167
May 11: 166! Yea!
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September 6: Goal- 160
Still having a rough time with the exercise, but I did have a load of stress taken off with the completion of my concert. Unfortunately, today I got another load!:grumble: Don't they know it's the last week of school? You're not supposed to through three new performances at me with only 5 days left! Ugg.:ohwell: Rant over. I will be fine. I will do good this week. I'm getting a bit tired of always focusing on exercise, and then feeling bad when I don't manage to get more than my walk in. So I'm going to take my walk, and up the burn factor. I know I get it in nearly every day, so now I will add in carrying hand weights while I do it. It doesn't add much, but it's something! So now that I'm not focusing on exercise, I'm going to go back to focusing on sodium and potassium. Adding in water when you eat too much salt is always good, but I've discovered that if you pair that with additional potassium, it helps even more! Bananas are a great source, but so is milk, potato skins, strawberries, and several other whole foods. Processing takes out potassium and adds in sodium, so I'm going for LESS processing this week. (Day 1 is already blown because I ate school lunch.:laugh: Lots of sodium, little potassium.)
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well, I did not meet my goal of working out 6 times last week, so that will be my goal for this week as well.0 -
May 3: 190.6
May 10: 187.2
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i've been doing really well on water. the next couple of weeks with company it is going to be challenging getting in my exercise. so keeping to my routine when life is difficult is my goal for now ( and when exercising i've been kinda by-passing the weights and i need to get back to that this week too)0 -
May 3: 215
May 10: 215 :-/ not what i was hoping for...
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Hi guys!
I will weigh in tomorrow... had to go buy a new scale...
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Good morning and happy Tuesday! Today is week 4 day 2 of the P90X program and it's still recovery week. Today I completed the Core Synergistics dvd and it's quite the workout. Since I'm not as familiar w/this dvd as some of the other P90X workouts it took me a minute to get in the swing of things and there were a few moves that I truly struggled with (bow/boat, sphinx push ups, dreya roll) but stuck w/it the best I could. Since it's recovery week I have to complete this workout later in the week so hopefully I'll see a little improvement then. Nonetheless, the workout is done and I'm happy that I did my best.
Glad to see so many ppl participating in the Labor day challenge. Keep focused and you'll have attained your goal before you know it. There was a lot of success w/the May Day challenge and I hope that everyone here experiences the same type of success.0 -
SW: 195
CW: 160
GW: 125
May 3: 160
May 11: 163.8~ So this is my new digital scale's reading... I do know that I had dropped a pound earlier in the week, so I am guessing that my old scale was off quite a bit.... : ( Oh well, it doesn't change the total pounds I've lost when using the old scale... just means I'm not actually near the 150's... : ( I'll get there!
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September 6: Goal- 130
I have done all of my runs for the C25K program from last week, and did circuit training 3 days. Hoping that number changes quickly!
See you guys Monday!
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may 11= i'm going to try to join to help motivate myself. i'm currently 139 (morning weight before breakfast after pee) last week i was the same, but did better at keping up with my cals and exc. so here goes! by labor day i hope to be completed = 115lbs, buff, toned, and slim. or more toned then now at least!
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May 3: 132
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I did weigh on monday but did not get a chance to post until now, not that i wanted to post this pound up!
Goal for week, cut out/down on potato chips, i crave salt!
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May 3: 141.4
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September 6: Goal- 125
Well I didnt loose the 4 lbs I was hoping I would do again, but I lost a few. I weighed 138.5 one day, but after that I went back up to 139.8. I feel frustrated, but I'm going to hope I can loose 3 lbs this week.0 -
Happy Hump Day all! Today is week 4 day 3 of the P90X program and I'm still enjoying recovery week. According to the P90X schedule I was suppose to complete the Kenpo X dvd but opted for the Core Cardio and Balance dvd from the Insanity workout. I truly enjoy this dvd. While it's not as long as the others (37 minutes) it gives you a good solid work full body workout. I am also happy to announce today was the first time I was able to complete the entire 3.22 minutes of the shoulder burners in plie stance w/o every putting my arms down. My shoulders were seriously burning but I kept breathing through the burn and before you knew it the entire 3 minutes had passed. I think I'm going to finish my week off w/this workout b/c I really do enjoy it.0
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Second day of the Brazil But Lift done! Yey!! I'm loving it and its def kicking my "bum bum". Looking forward to seeing results. But I can already tell its working cause I'm sore in places I haven't been in a while so that's grrrrreat.
Trying to get more in the groove of things so I can do my BBL in the am and still have time to hit the gym for some extra working out at night.
I'm having problems with my HRM, but I've never used one before so I think I'm doing something wrong. I wanna figure it out so I can accurately track my calories burned.0 -
Good morning all! Let me start by stating that I'm really tired and I had absolutely NO DESIRE to get out the bed this morning never mind trying to complete a workout. However, I dug deeper and found some strength from within and got out the bed and 40 minutes later the workout was complete. Today is week 4 day 5 of the P90X program and I was supposed to do the stretch X dvd but opted for Cardio X instead.
I've felt so distracted lately and I need to get my mind right. I am sooooooo looking forward to this L.A. trip b/c I just dont want to be in GA right now. I'm not sure what this funky mood is about but it's been here a few days and I need it to go invade someone else's space. I know that "This Too Shall Pass" so i'm holding on until then.
Hope everyone has a great day and I'll try to check in later.0 -
Good morning everyone and Thank Goodness It's Friday! This week seemed particularly long and I'm glad to have it almost behind me. My mood started out a bit funky but I'm sooo glad I didn't let it get the best of me b/c I feel much better today. I purchased a airline ticket to go home in a couple of months (I live in GA but am originally from Boston) and as soon as I clicked the "purchase" button my spirtis lifted. I absolutely love GA but I have no family here so I guess I'm really missing my family and close girlfriends. Anyway, the ticket is purchased and my mood is better.
Today is week 4 day 5 of the P90X program and I decided to complete the Core Cardio and Balance dvd. As I stated in previous posts, I really enjoy this workout and I woke up w/alot of energy and really gave it my all.
Since I'm so use to weighin on Friday I got on the scale this morning and was 122 lbs which means I should be at 121.5 by Monday's weight in. As I stated previously, I didn't think the 2 lb weight gain that I posted on May 11th was accurate and it looks like I was correct. My goal is to stay focused and eat as clean as possible this weekend so I can have a more accurate account of my weight on Monay. Have a great weekend all.0 -
Hello Everyone,
Happy Friday. Congrast Chocolickkyss on pushing thru and staying focused this week.
I've been pretty focused myself. First week of the BBL program. I didn't want to take it for granted, so I'm still pushing thru and feeling motivated. I"m getting the moves down for sure. So now its just about increasing resistance, weights and trying to do the whole things with no "mini" breaks.
I'm kinda looking forward to having to do a workout today and Saturday (Sunday is rest day of BBL). Because I noticed the wkends are always a little tough and let the gym go and b/c of that I eat not so good.
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Wow I don't know how I missed this link until now! I'm back for round 2!!!! I'll continue weighing in on Fridays..
Lisa-Thanks for taking the initiative to form these groups! VERY HELPFUL!
Weigh-ins
(Lost 25lbs since January 2010!)
May 7: 159.4
May 14: 157.0
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I want IN! I just joined MFP a few days ago & am LOVING the Motivation! :happy:
So I will start my weigh in on Monday!
SW: May 11 244
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Sept. 6: 224
I've set my goals at 5 lbs per month, but maybe with the motivation from MFP maybe I can lose even more! I LOVE this site!0 -
I just started MFP too and need some accountability as my numbers on the scale are getting me down some since starting Insanity May 3rd.
May 11 155
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Sept. 6: 120
My husband and I are doing Insanity together until July 5 and then we plan to start P90X on July 12. So my goals are to press play every day and track my food every day.0 -
Good morning and happy Saturday! I hope everyone's weekend has gotten off to a great start. Today is week 4 day 6 of the P90X program and I just finished rocking out the Core Synergistics dvd. I did see some small improvement w/a few of the exercises so that put a smile on my face.
Well today will be mixed w/work and fun. I have a work assignment that needs to be completed this weekend so I'm going to knock that out some time today and then there's a kite festival here in GA and I'm going to check that out.0 -
I'll go ahead and post a day early and get it over with! I usually weigh on fridays and just use that same number for this monday report. I blew it this week and gained. So I'll post it now so I can move on and start over for the week. Guess I need to keep my goal of staying under my calories every day, and add a goal of choosing healthier options to fill my calories with. I had tons of junk this past week. At this rate, I'm not sure if my end goal is realistic.
May 3: 265.7
May 10: 264.8
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Good afternoon everyone! I hope everyone's Sunday has been as great and productive as mine. It's an absolutely beautiful day here in GA and I was able to enjoy it a little bit before returning home. Today is week 4 day 7 of the P90X program so it's suppose to be a rest day. Instead of doing my typical WATP or Stretch X dvd I decided to try my hand at jogging/running outside.
I was up and out the house by 8:45 am and at the park by 9 am. So I began jogging a little timid b/c I wasn't really sure if I would be able to jog for the duration of the course. I tried jogging outside back in the colder months and didn't do to well so I didn't have high expectations. However, I was able to get into a decent rhythm and before I knew it I had jogged 1.22 miles in 10 minutes and 30 seconds.....Once at my starting point I took a quick breather and took off running again and would you believe it that I was able to finish in slightly less than 10 minutes......WooHoo, WooHoo, WooHoo! Now I'll admit if felt damn good knowing I could complete more than 2 miles in 20 minutes but I'm unsure if I can do it again.
My hat goes off and I'm taking a bow to all you runners out there b/c that's serious business. Although I did pretty well today I do wonder if I could have done better if I wasn't struggling w/where to put my ipod, car keys, id and phone. So, my question to all you runners is what do you do w/all your things? I can't imagine jogging around the park w/o my id and a cell phone in case of an emergency put I didn't really have great place to put everything. I had a really small purse that I used but it was a bit of an inconvenience.
After completing my 2+ miles around the park I walked another one as a cool down.0 -
May 3 216
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Sept. 6 goal 180
Well, I am glad I lost at least one pound this week, but I am really going to have to get my booty in gear if I am going to reach my goal. I am still really having problems getting in my excersice. I started Hip Hop abs this week, and love it. It seems to be a good match for my current fitness level...gets me sweating, my muscles burning and I don't feel like I am going to die in the middle of it. I have bought Insanity, can't wait until I can do it. So, this week I have 2 goals...to get in a workout at least 6 days this week, and to stay within my calories (or at least close to)0 -
Good morning everyone! I hope the weather is nicer for you than dreary DC this morning, though I do intend on making it lovely with some warm oats with strawberries soon :-)
May 3: 158.5
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September 6: GOAL-->140 lbs.
I'm on day 8 of Insanity and my goal is to stay strong and keep up with my 6 workouts/week with hiking/bouldering on my "rest" days. I'm sort of hoping that my foot/ankle issue will be gone soon and I'll be able to start going for a run or getting some sort of little workout after work since Insanity is usually in the mornings. I want to get at least an hour of exercise every day, and some of the workouts are only 35-45 minutes.
I've been fairly good with watching what I eat, but I know I need to watch my sugar and sodium still. Blerg.
Let's do this!0
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