Week 2 Challenge
fitmom_pam1976
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Hi Guys! I am sorry that I did not get this posted earlier. I had a CRAZY busy day today and I kept hoping to squeeze in some time to do a video for this weeks challenge..... BUT that was not possible. So rather than delaying the challenge any longer, I decided to just post it on here for you guys.
WEEK 2 CHALLENGE:
Physical Challenge: This week's challenge will be to BURN some SERIOUS CALORIES! I will be aiming for 2500 cals burned this week. You can try to meet this number or set your own personal goals. Part 2 of the Physical Challenge is a personal challenge that I am trying to overcome! I have the weakest arms ever! So I thought it would be a good idea to include push ups to this weeks challenge. Please research how to do proper push ups and I will be aiming for 10 perfectly executed push ups daily! My trainer tells me it is more important to do a small number of perfect ones rather than 100 bad ones. So, again you can set your own personal goals.
Nutritional Challenge: Let's try to eat as CLEAN as possible. Eliminate the processed foods and incorporate clean fresh items into your diet. If you have any recipe ideas, please post on here. With Labor Day around the corner let's share some recipes!
As a side note, in our challenges you are asked to focus on the Weekly challenge..... however the previous challenges should be incorporated into your lifestyle..... so do not forget to continue logging your foods, drink your water, exercise and get your crunches in! Remember this is lifestyle change...... road to healthy and happy
Good Luck with Week 2!!!
Pam
WEEK 2 CHALLENGE:
Physical Challenge: This week's challenge will be to BURN some SERIOUS CALORIES! I will be aiming for 2500 cals burned this week. You can try to meet this number or set your own personal goals. Part 2 of the Physical Challenge is a personal challenge that I am trying to overcome! I have the weakest arms ever! So I thought it would be a good idea to include push ups to this weeks challenge. Please research how to do proper push ups and I will be aiming for 10 perfectly executed push ups daily! My trainer tells me it is more important to do a small number of perfect ones rather than 100 bad ones. So, again you can set your own personal goals.
Nutritional Challenge: Let's try to eat as CLEAN as possible. Eliminate the processed foods and incorporate clean fresh items into your diet. If you have any recipe ideas, please post on here. With Labor Day around the corner let's share some recipes!
As a side note, in our challenges you are asked to focus on the Weekly challenge..... however the previous challenges should be incorporated into your lifestyle..... so do not forget to continue logging your foods, drink your water, exercise and get your crunches in! Remember this is lifestyle change...... road to healthy and happy
Good Luck with Week 2!!!
Pam
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Great, I take it that's a 2500 exercise burn in addition to daily calorie expenditure? That's a good level challenge for me, will have to ramp it up some!
I was hoping you would never say push ups, but 10 sounds bearable and I will try.
Of course will keep logging and 3+ workouts are essential to meet the new challenge. I will keep on being conscious of water in-take and will crunch - possibly not 100 every day though.
I don't eat processed food or takeaways at all. If anyone needs help with food ideas / cooking / healthy eating, I am happy to try to help.
What do you eat on labour day? We don't have that in the UK.0 -
Sounds great!
Okay my goal will be 50 regular pushups each day.
For the calorie burn since I'm still recovery from my cold it is going to be less than normal so I will say 1500 for the week.
I will also incorporate fresh food into my diet and eliminate greater amounts of processed food.
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Thanks Pam...I have issues with my arms as well so I need to do push up!
Gotta find a way to make the scale move downward!0 -
Love this challenge! I still haven't been cleared to do more than walk , but I will do what I can. Eating clean has helped my in the past as much as exercise.:happy:0
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I don't know if I'll be able to amp up the calorie burn more than I did this past week! (LOL). I am challenging myself to do 2 workouts/day. Usually, the evening workout is walking the dog or power walking with a friend and the morning workout typically occurs at the gym. Push-ups are difficult due to shoulder issues, but I will commit to 20 knee push-ups/day, as I think I can manage that without reinjuring myself. Will keep up with logging, water, crunches and will try to eat CLEAN!0
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Pam,
great week 2 challenge....I like how each week is a specific focus...and still keeping previous week's tasks...
thanks for cheering us on!0 -
Awesome challenge Pam!!
I have started off today with a 297 calorie spin... 2203 calories to go..
Cheers,
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I probably wont meet some of this week's challenges. I don't eat very clean, I don't eat all processed crap but I do eat a lot of it and probably wont stop lol. I did however stay under calories today.
I didn't do push ups either. I will double it up tomorrow.
I will aim for 2500 calories burned this week. I burned 223 calories tonight on my elliptical.
2277 remaining0 -
Great challenge...right now I am averaging 1800-2000 calories a week so 2500 is a push but I am up for the challenge. 10 push up, okay will do. Let's make this a great week everyone!!0
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Greetings from South Florida!
I'm ready for the Week 2 Challenge!
I gave up fast-food during the entire month of May, and felt great! Getting rid of processed, carb-laden food has helped me lose what I've lost so far, and will be necessary for me to reach my end goal....no better time to do it than right now!
When I first started working out, I did upright push-ups (standing up) pushing against the wall....maybe some first-timers might try that out....?? See demo- http://ow.ly/ooRvp
I burned approx 2100 calories with exercise this week....so I'm hoping to add one more workout and match the 2500 goal.
Good luck, ya'll!0 -
I already planned to eat more healthy food this week, so your challenge is perfect for an additional incentive. As for push-ups - hmm, I am really bad at them. I think I have to do knee pushups, I don't think that I can do the real ones. I will do 20 of them per day to make up for it.
Have a great day everyone!0 -
Just saw this today... did 25 push ups and 100 crunches. I burned approx 1500 cals last week and will shoot for 2000 this week. Will try to add on the weekly physical challenges.0
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My arms def need some attention!! This is a good challenge because for me the arms are always on the back burner!!0
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I am excited about week 2 challenge. I try to eat as clean as possible. I usually try to incorporate fruit for my afternoon snack. Sometimes I am able to add them to my meal.
Anyway, I burned a total of 2741 calories from these dates, 8/24, 8/26, 8/27, 8/28. I will work towards a 3000 calorie for the week. To start I burned 600 calories today. I walked after my run, but I didn't log the 9 minutes, so I am over 600 calories burned today, but will only take the 590 or estimate up to 600 burned.
Good luck to everyone.
I will start on the push-ups, I am taking a fitness/wellness class this semester and push-ups is on of the things I need to do. I don't like them, but I don't dislike them as much as I do crunches. 0 -
Everyone is different, but it is the last weekend that we usually get to grill out, so people go all out for eating burgers, hot dogs, brats, and then all the sides like potato salad, beans, etc..
What do you eat on labour day? We don't have that in the UK.
oh and if there is a carnival around people usually go there and eat the carnival food, which is very good.0 -
Thanks for the challenge Pam. I should do pretty good on the eating clean. I will push it even more than usual. I can't do the arm exercise due to Dr. orders but will challenge myself with squats instead.0
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Yesterday was a write off, lol. It was my last day at my job and the girls made cupcakes and brownies, and my boyfriend ordered pizza for a treat. It was a celebration day. But I was proud of myself because I didn't eat too crazy for the rest of the day. I tend to go all out when I give myself a treat day.
I was over calories by a lot. I drank a bit of water, not enough though. I am working on eating cleaner. I will never totally eliminate anything from my diet, but I am trying to have more fruits for snacks instead of packaged stuff. I am not much of a veggie eater, but I keep trying.
I didn't exercise at all yesterday. I was so tired. We were all passed out on the couch last night after supper.
Today will be a good day. Off to hopefully play tennis if the rain holds off!0 -
T: 288 calories
F: 288 calories
S: 672 calories
1248 down... 1252 to go
Cheers,
Alison
Ohh.. I had crocodile, camel, kangaroo, wild boar and venison sliders at the PNE last night.. Not exactly what you would consider clean eating but I had to try them...
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Stayed under calories today. Had some poor food choices, but it was my sisters birthday so I really don't care!
I didn't drink much water today, just what I had while playing tennis, but it was so cold out I really didn't want much.
I played tennis for 2 hours, but I didn't do pushups.
Total calories burned for week 2 so far: 11610 -
OK...yesterday was a wash with attending social functions all day...did much better today..
am doing del in logging in and drinking my water, except yesterday...
I am back on track...may this coming week continues!!!
hope all are doing well.0 -
Not a great weekend - again. Taken out to dinner on Friday and had parties on Saturday and sunday. Plus I worked all day on Saturday, so no exercise time. I have logged everything, over my mfp allowance but under total daily calorie burn.
I've only managed 600 cals exercise so far, so had better jump to it.0 -
Balancing out the backyard BBQ food with workouts for calorie burn over this holiday weekend. Restricted alcohol to only one day of the weekend. Pushing myself to make smart choices; if I indulge, I'm cutting the portion in half (or less) to just satisfy my craving, but not sabotage my success. Burned about 1800 cal so far for week 2 challenge. Feeling those crunches & push-ups when I get out of bed in the morning
Love learning from you all! Keep sharing your secrets for success!0 -
The weekend was okay, I managed to stay under my calories (barely).
Just returned home from a long session at the gym, and now I am ready for my bed :-)
So far, I did the pushups, some crunches (decided to go with 50 per day instead of 100, because I am doing similar exercises at the gym, and for another challenge), and the 2500 calories won't be a problem. Eating clean is a real challenge, though!0 -
Yesterday was okay: I did 30 minutes of exercise, 8 glasses of water but did not do the sit ups and push ups. Today was suppose to be a 6 mile run but my oldest daughter wasn't able to go to her adult day program so she is home with me, hopefully tomorrow or later this evening I can get some cardio in.0
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Haven't had much time to do a full update on this weeks challenge. I decided to set my calorie burning goal at 3,000 because I burn calories really fast right now and I knew that would be a bit of a challenge for me because I never burn that many in a week. I think I'm going to hit my goal though.
Push ups are definitely something I absolutely cannot do. I can't even hold myself into the push up position for longer than 30 seconds, so I decided to skip the push ups and add 10 sit ups to my challenge. Sit ups are hard as well, but I've done them every day except for one. I've continued with the crunches but added 50 more to it since I felt like the sit ups weren't enough for lack of push ups.
Water intake has been on target every day except one as well.
So far, I've exercised 5 days out of challenge start. Sunday I went WAY over my calorie intake but wasn't upset about it because I am almost always within target. I made up for it on Monday with a 3.5 mile walk though so I felt really good about that!
Today, I attempted an online Zumba video. It is very fast paced and even though I know I did a couple of things differently I didn't stop once and tried my hardest to keep up with it. It was nice doing something different for a change, maybe I'll try it again.
And even if i don't lose any weight this week, I'm proud of the things I've done! Hopefully all of you ladies can say the same!0 -
I meant to catch up with my cal burn, but worked 12 hours yesterday and then made dinner and it was tooooo late.
I went for it today and hope to do something similar tomorrow.
I cannot do push ups. I have arms like string. Have done some big old sets of crunches though.
My food diary has been very good and under since the weekend....
Still, hardly expecting a delightful surprise weighing in. BUT the challenge is on my mind and I'm doing a lot better with it than I would without it.
Best to all.0 -
This week didn't go as planned. Just started working out again yesterday since I have been sick for the last week and a half. Still taking it easy and not doing a lot of cardio but am beginning Crossfit again.
My Original Goals:
50 Pushups / Day
1500 Calorie Burn For The Week
Actual Numbers:
50 Pushups / Day = Thursday & Friday only
Total Calorie Burn For The Week = 857
I'm okay with what I've accomplished this week considering how sick I was. What I'm most proud of though is that this group has kept me accountable for logging, which I was desperately needing. Thank you!0 -
I burned 1478 calories this week and tried push ups only did 10, I did do a total of 150 sit ups. eatting was not bad I did add whole foods but didn't do well today. I will do my best next week.0
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Only burned 1200+ calories this week which is a low for me, my norm is approximately 2000. I did well on my water and food intake. Push ups were a no and sit ups were not my best effort. Hoping to do better with week 3's challenge.0
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I burned more than 3000 cals this week, thanks to the stationary bike at the gym :-)
With the other exercises i did not do so well, I planned for 20 pushups each day, but managed only 5 days. Same with the crunches. Water and calorie intake was okay, though.
So all in all, i am quite content with myself, and I think the gym is really making a difference - I think I noticed a small difference how my jeans fit (of course, this could be just wishful thinking), and I feel better and more confident.
And all your updates on the newsfeed are motivating, too! :flowerforyou:0
