December 9-15 Mini Challenges

luvs_choc8
luvs_choc8 Posts: 788 Member
Welcome to the 2nd Week in December. I hope you have fun with the mini challenges.

Monday Mini Challenge:
Food - stay within your calorie limit. Make today a now sweets day. Fruits are ok but no candies, chocolate, or sugar.
Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity
Strength - you know it's Monday and that is crunch day. Lets do 125 +1.
Water - drink at least 64 ozs.

Tuesday Mini Challenge:
Food - stay within your calorie limit. Try to reduce your carbohydrate and make sure that your are eating good carbs.
Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity
Strength - it is squat day. Try taking 10 cards; squat, drop, squat and pick up one at a time (1; 1,2; 1,2,3; 1,2,3,4; 1,2,3,4,5....etc)
Water - drink at least 64ozs.

Wednesdsay Mini Challenge:
Food - stay within your calorie limit. Make sure and eat at least 3 vegetables and 2 fruits and close the kitchen at 8 pm.
Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity
Strength - do 10 sets of 10 tricep kickbacks.
Water - drink at least 64ozs

Thursday Mini Challenge:
Food - stay within your calorie limit. Watch your sodium intake. Try to have everything home cooked.
Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity
Strength - do 10 sets of 10 knee lifts and butt kicks.
Water - drink at least 64ozs

Friday Mini Challenge:
Food - stay within your calorie limit. Make sure you are getting enough fibre in your diet.
Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity
Strength - do 10 sets of 10 push-ups at your level
Water - drink at least 64ozs

Saturday & Sunday
Food - stay within your calorie limit.
Cardio - you choose
Strength - you choose
Water - drink at least 64ozs

Have a great week. If there are any suggestion that you have please let me know.

Replies

  • I like the mini challenges :-)
  • Just going to post so I can keep track. :)

    Monday Mini Challenge:
    Food - stay within your calorie limit. Make today a now sweets day. Fruits are ok but no candies, chocolate, or sugar.
    Done!!:happy: Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity
    Strength - you know it's Monday and that is crunch day. Lets do 125 +1.
    Water - drink at least 64 ozs.
  • cdpits
    cdpits Posts: 91 Member
    Monday Mini Challenge:
    Food -Stayed under calories & had a banana for my sweets !
    Cardio - 10 minutes of slows paced walk ....
    Strength - 50 crunches !!
    Water - drink at least 64 ozs and then some !
  • mommashelli
    mommashelli Posts: 89 Member
    Monday:
    Food - cals are great, and no sweats, except fruit
    Cardio - day off
    Strength - crunches are in...even though my child sat on my stomach and climbed all over me.
    Water - water is in.

    HAPPY MONDAY ALL!
  • grawrrrr
    grawrrrr Posts: 336
    How many squats again? :)
  • mommashelli
    mommashelli Posts: 89 Member
    Tuesday
    Food - today was just a hungry day ate back all my exercise cals but still in green
    Cardio - w1d2 of c25k
    Strength - only got 50 squats in today out of a 100
    Water - waters good.


    Noticing I need to add more veg. I will do that tom!
  • JenniferEM2012
    JenniferEM2012 Posts: 229 Member
    Tuesday:
    Food - Did NOT stay within my goal. Very bad day.
    Cardio - Did 30DS. Level 1
    Strength - Not sure if this counts but I did a lot of squats during my 30DS
    Water - I was so close but so far away.
  • mommashelli
    mommashelli Posts: 89 Member
    Thursday
    Food - cals good, sodium was short by 900 nice!
    Cardio - did fluidity
    Strength - 100 knee lifts and butt kicks are done
    Water - water is good!

    wow sorry have been bus and not checking in. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

    GOOD LUCK to all who weigh in!
  • mommashelli
    mommashelli Posts: 89 Member
    Friday:
    Food - stayed in the green!
    Cardio - w1 d3 of c25k and walked 30mins
    Strength - 100 push ups on knees
    Water - water is in
  • Good day everyone,

    I can't access the spreadsheet so I'm recording my weight here. My weight is 236 as of today. That's a slight weight loss. Something is better than nothing. Hopefully I will lose more weight this week.