Blue & Green Loft!
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So far, this weekend has been good - nothing important to do, sleeping in, and a nice leisurely breakfast with a book. Now I have just finished doing the 30DS and some additional workout.
Weigh-in today was good, I am on the losing side once more - just hope this keeps up :happy:
This week's challenges:
1. 4/7 days of exercise: 4/4 - done
2. 1 session of something new: standing calf raises (my calfs burned the whole day!)
3. 5/7 days of drinking only water: failed
4. 5/7 days getting at least 7 hours of sleep: 5/5 - done
5. Inspirational photo with 7 reasons you want to get healthy: done0 -
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Started Jillian Micheals Body Revolution this week, so far I really like it. I am also trying to walk around the lake by work everyday at lunch but don't know when i'll get a chance to swim....i'll have to think about that one.
Hows everyone doing with the challenges this week?0 -
Sorry for being absent in the last days - you have perhaps heard of the flood we currently have in central Europe, with the rivers overflowing their banks because of too much rain.
Vienna (where I live) has a very good flood protection system with the New Danube as relief channel, so the damage here is minimal, but other regions are heavily affected. My parents and some friends are affected too (not as bad as could have been, fortunately), so I am busy helping them to deal with the damage and cleanup work.
I will try to log my food and exercises, and drop in here, but don't have much time right now. So not much km to log for the challenge, but I can add "flood damage cleanup" as a new exercise...0 -
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Sorry for being absent in the last days - you have perhaps heard of the flood we currently have in central Europe, with the rivers overflowing their banks because of too much rain.
Vienna (where I live) has a very good flood protection system with the New Danube as relief channel, so the damage here is minimal, but other regions are heavily affected. My parents and some friends are affected too (not as bad as could have been, fortunately), so I am busy helping them to deal with the damage and cleanup work.
I will try to log my food and exercises, and drop in here, but don't have much time right now. So not much km to log for the challenge, but I can add "flood damage cleanup" as a new exercise...
Yikes!! at least everyone is safe. I have been watching the flooding in Europe and USA on the news (along with tornadoes) it is all so astounding really. I guess I can't complain about too much right now in comparison eh?! Good luck and take care :flowerforyou:0 -
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Hi everyone!
I am back to the forums. The last days were so busy, I just managed to log in but had not time for much else...
So - here in Austria the flood is going back (down the big rivers in Germany and Hungary it is still critical). My parents had some water in their cellar, but they were fortunate - the water stopped just about 3 cm below the cellar windows, so it was just what came through the door... However, as much work as it is to clean everything up, it is nothing compared to other regions - I don't know if you have seen pictures, but in some villages the water got up till the second floor, and only the roofs were visible any more...
I got some nice workouts cleaning up, but the km challenge is doing poorly, and I failed the food challenge - I wanted to stay away from junk food, but after helping some friends to clean their yard, we all went to McDonalds, and I could not resist :-(
So:
1. 4/7 days of exercise: 4/4 - done
2. 1 session of something new: yard work
3. no kunk food: failed
4. 5 posts in the forum: 2/5
5. km walking: 15.77 km0 -
Hiya, certainly haven't done particularly well on the challenges this week. No excuses just felt negative about foot injury and general hassles so apologies all.
1. 4/7 days of exercise 4 done
2. 1 session of something new. Done. Bought some new Davina hand weights with handle grips. Trying to reduce the batwings!
3. Person that walks/runs/bikes/swims the farthest =. No chance with bad foot only about 5 miles walking this week in total
4. Eliminating a food you eat too much of for the entire week = Eliminated nuts and crisps this week
5. Posting on the group discussion board or PMing your captain 5 times this week = no sorry ( normally chatty, honest!)
Weighing in tomorrow with hopefully some movement downwards....0 -
I hope you foot is getting better? Anyway, be sure to give it some rest and don't overdo it, it would just take that much longer to get well!
1. 4/7 days of exercise: 5/4 - done
2. 1 session of something new: yard work
3. no junk food: failed
4. 5 posts in the forum: failed, sorry!
5. km walking: 23.5 km (14.6 miles)
I hope for a weight loss tomorrow, too!0 -
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D'oh I walked/hiked my butt off last week thinking this was a one week challenge not a month long challenge :frown: I definitely won't be keeping up this pace for the month (still suffering from shin splints)... maybe my challenge should be to read the challenges correctly! :laugh:0
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But now you have an huge advantage to the others! :bigsmile:
1. 4/7 days of 30 min exercise: 2/4
2. km this week.: walking: 5.14 km
3. 300 pushups: 55/300
4. calorie burn: 529/2100
5. 5 days without dessert: 2/5
6. dessert recipe: not yet
total team calorie burn: according to the spreadsheet, there are 5 of us left in our team, so we should burn 10500 cal this week!0 -
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Wow, did you see the results? Our group is first with the percentage lost! And Aphrdite, 2muchchoc and BadAtitude are several times in the best five - congrats to you!! :flowerforyou:
The challenge for me till wednesday:
1. 4/7 days of 30 min exercise: 2/4
2. km this week.: walking: 7.37 km
3. 300 pushups: 55/300
4. calorie burn: 619/2100
5. 5 days without dessert: 3/5
6. dessert recipe: not yet0 -
up to thursday:
1. 4/7 days of 30 min exercise: 3/4
2. km this week.: walking: 7.37 km, biking 15.63 km
3. 300 pushups: 105/300
4. calorie burn: 1486/2100
5. 5 days without dessert: 4/5
6. dessert recipe: not yet
Went to work by bike yesterday, and really enjoyed it. Most of it is on a bike/pedestrian path besides the canal, so it is rather stress-free (except for the evening when the bars and diners near the canal open, then there are too many pedestrians who just don't watch where they are going...)0 -
Hi all,
I'm glad to say that the anti-inflammatories prescribed last week appear to be fixing the foot so I have been able to get some walking in and managed most of the line dancing!
Birthdays at work have provided cake temptation and I was shocked to find out that the yummy costco blueberry muffins were 604calories each! I used to eat a whole one as a snack - wow!
Weather here has reverted to winter again so stodgy fatty foods are calling.
Recently purchased some fitted clothes and have been getting some compliments so I'm trying to be good!
As far as the challenge goes:
1. 4/7 days of exercise Done
2. Person that walks/runs/bikes/swims the farthest Unlikely to be a contender for the furthest - Only walking this week
3. Completing 300 push-ups =. Not going to happen!
4. Team Challenge: Burn approx. 2100 calories this week. Shouldn't be a problem!
5. 5/7 days with no desserts No - cant ignore the fruit, cereal bars and portions of muffin I scoffed!
Hope you are all doing ok? Lets hope the scales are kind to us on Monday
P.S. just noticed the ticker is wrong as should be 33.7 lbs lost!0 -
2muchchoc - good to hear that you foot is already better! And congrats on you new clothes - great nsv!!
I fell off the wagon in the lst three days - did some exercise, but did not pay attention to the calories... Weigh-in tomorrow won't be nice, and I am totally mad at myself
On the positive side, I just finished with level 1 of the 30DS - tomorrow I'll start with level 2.
So, for the challenge:
1. 4/7 days of 30 min exercise: 5/4 done
2. km this week.: walking: 9.67 km, biking 15.63 km
3. 300 pushups: 150/300
4. calorie burn: 2296/2100
5. 5 days without dessert: 4/5
6. dessert recipe: no
Hope you had a good weekend!0 -
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Weigh-in was not so good, as expected: 183.9, a gain of 0.2 lbs.
And this morning the doctor confirmed that my knee is really hurt, not just acting up, probably the meniskus. So until the MR and the next doctor's visit, no squats, no stairs and so on... :grumble:
biking and a little walking is okay, as long as it is not up a hill.0 -
okay I am officially writing this week off! This is the worst one I have had since I started with MFP:mad: I worked out just fine and I don't do desserts normally so that wasn't an issue but during the weekend I enjoyed a few special treats "BBQ's, Pizza and beer" and now I have gained 2.4 lbs. AAHHHH!!!!!!! I'm really pissed so I expect to have a badass week! :glasses:
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In Summary:
1. 4/7 days of exercise = 1 lbs advantage
2. Person that walks/runs/bikes/swims the farthest = 1 lbs advantage
3. Completing 20 minutes of cardio calisthenics = 1 lbs advantage
4. Pack lunch each day or incorporate more fruits/veggies into your lunch = 1 lbs advantage
5. Post a picture of one lunch this week = 1 lbs advantage
** I have cereal at work everyday for lunch (love Fiber1) so hopefully that counts as packing a lunch
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I have been rather frsutrated since my doctor's visit on monday. I kind of thought he would make my knee better right away (yeah, rather naive), or at least say it is nothing serious and won't affect my trekking plans. Instead, now I have to wait for the next examinations to know how good or bad the meniscus is, and don't know how my vacation will look like (and it is less than a month away, with everything already planned) :sad:
I hope i will be back to normalmy normal self tomorrow ;-)0 -
Just follow your doctors order and rest it well, by your next visit he might give you the go aheadI have been rather frsutrated since my doctor's visit on monday. I kind of thought he would make my knee better right away (yeah, rather naive), or at least say it is nothing serious and won't affect my trekking plans. Instead, now I have to wait for the next examinations to know how good or bad the meniscus is, and don't know how my vacation will look like (and it is less than a month away, with everything already planned) :sad:
I hope i will be back to normalmy normal self tomorrow ;-)
You still have lots of time between now and your holiday and hopefully you heal quickly.:flowerforyou: 0 -
I'm not great about taking my own advice but have found out the hard way that, as far as health/ exercise is concerned you cannot rush healing! It is frustrating but it will get sorted, hopefully quickly. Meanwhile rest it and don't risk further damage.0
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Important Update: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1023903-new-teams-new-spreadsheet
The update is copied below
Hey all! I got several positive responses about my idea for combining teams so I decided to go ahead and do it. The sooner it happens, the sooner we get to know each other. We now have two teams! Feel free to keep reporting to the same captain as far as weigh-ins go, but now you can enjoy getting know more people and hopefully get more support in the message boards
Team A = Yellow, Red, White, and Pink
Your Loft: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1023899-team-a-loft
Team B = Orange, Brown, Blue, Green, Purple, and Black
Your Loft: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1023901-team-b-loft
The new homepage for the spreadsheet can be found here!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtITACIlndtJdHZQSEtfRFNWVEFMQWdZaEtOZ2NWUGc#gid=150
