Hi Dolphins!!

I'm Kelly from Melbourne, Australia. I've been a part of Sheri's challenges a few times, but then had some time off and am ready to get back into it.

I'm getting married NYE and will be honeymooning in NY and Canada so I will be fit and ready to adventure with this challenge. I don't expect miracles, but Sheri's challenges always remind me to be balanced in my nutrition and training so I'm excited to get going on Monday.

I'm hoping the weekly challenges will be posted in plenty of time so that I can start on the right day (I'm from the future!!!)

I am Jenn and I live in Vermont, USA, near the Canadian border. I am new to these challenges so bear with me while I figure it out.

I will be starting training for a marathon in February and would like to drop some weight before then, as I can never increase mileage and lose weight at the same time because I am so hungry ALL THE TIME. :laugh: I was training for a full that I was to run on October 20 and ended up sidelined with tendonitis and so I am recovering from that and ramping miles back up to 25-30 miles/week, so I will have some of our miles covered. I am SO happy to be running again!:drinker:

It is nice to meet all of you! :flowerforyou:

hi Dolphins

My name is Donna, I am a 47 year old wife and mother of 5. I live in Sacramento, CA. I have done several of Ms. Sheri's challenges before and I loooove them! The challenges have pushed me to do things I other wise would not have tried and I have learned a lot from them. Best advice I can give is just go with it, you may learn something new or just may be able to see things from a different viewpoint if you just follow the challenges to the letter as best as you can.

I am training for a half marathon too! Nike Women's Marathon October 20th. I am glad to see a lot of us are in the same boat I train with a team (TNT) and I am the slowest and the heaviest, but that isn't stopping me. I have not lost any weight training, and I have been training since about May. My timed mile has improved about 3 minutes and my legs, buttocks and even arms have much more muscle.

I have PCOS and I weigh 253 I had lost almost 50 pounds in the past couple of years but gained back about 25 of it Sometimes I feel like I have absolutely no control over my weight and I give up on trying. I suck at planning out mine and my families meals and end up eating crap that we shouldn't.

Geez I talk/type to much sorry! I hope to get to know all of you better and I promise to complete every challenge to the best of my ability!
-Donna

Hers is what Sheri posted for WEEK 1!!! Let's do this DOLPHINS!!!!October 05, 2013 2:54 pm

WEEK 1 Challenge
#1 - WORKOUT
30/30/45/60 - Do a Minimum of 4 workouts this week
2x 30 minutes - 1x 45 minutes - 1x 60 minutes
(Sunday - Friday morning 10am) - On 4 Different Days! (all these times are, of course, challenge minimums...feel free to go longer!!)

BURN a MINUMUM of 1000 CALORIES For the Week!!
TEAM CALORIE BURN TOTALS - 13,000 CALORIES
As I don't believe I have total completion of teams I'm going to keep this # kind of low but straight across the board - so All Teams Need to hit a minimum of 13,000 Calories! That should be more than doable for all teams!
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#2 - REPS - This is Always IN ADDITION to your workout times
Do 400 Reps!
YOU Choose what you want to work - Upper Body, Lower Body, Cardio or Core! ALL 400 Reps for this week MUST work the area you chose! You may do different types of reps but work the 1 area All Week! 25 of 1 specific exercise at one time to be couted toward the 400.
You can use weighted machines, weights or just your own body...examples - squats, glute reps, leg lifts, crunches,
situps, jumping jacks....the internet or your teammates
are GREAT for reference or ideas for this!
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#3 - Focus on Flexibility - CHOOSE something you would like to be able to do by the end of the Challenge!! For this week - Just spend 5 Minutes on 3 days doing some strectching to get yourself closer to your goal.
ie: on the big side...maybe you would like to be able to do the splits or when you're standing you would like to be able to bend and lay your hands flat on the ground or when sitting you would like to be able to open your legs wider when stretching and/or lower your head to the ground. AND this is in addition to any before/after stretching you should be doing in your workouts!!!! Internet and teammates is a great place for stretching ideas and I also have a huge book on it if you need ideas.

Thats it this week for the workout...Simple huh?!
BUT most of you know me....this is Definitely your mellow week....Much More Fun To Come from here on out!

OVER this week you need to.....
#4 - CHOOSE a habit you would like to change (Does NOT have to be diet/exercise related)
ideas...go from 3 alcoholic beverages to 1 - Stop drinking altogether - Quit/cut back smoking - Stop talking negatively to yourself - cut out soda - or caffeine - cut back to 1 hour a day playing video games - or 1 hour a day mindless surfing the internet (not including MFP ;-P) - Stop watching tv by 7pm...etc.

#5 - CHOOSE a New Good Habit or Hobby!!
ideas - Do 10 minutes more stretching before and after a workout, spend 20 minutes a day organizing a room in your house - walk the stairs EVERYtime stairs are an options - learn how to play an instrument or a new language - donate your time - take time to read 30 minutes each day - cook a meal each day and sit down at the table to eat it -
cook 7 meals in advance for the week!

For #4 AND #5 - These will start next week and are for the entire challenge so CHOOSE WISELY!! and these will be for points... you have a week to think about it - Suggestion...write down a bunch of things for both that you would like to do...then narrow it down...BE REALISTIC BUT Please also Choose something that Will, In Fact, Be a CHALLENGE for you!! You need to have chosen your items by Friday Deadline
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For posting - you can ask you team leader how they want it -
but it will go on your team thread daily or every couple days.....:Hopefully you all have had some contact with your teams...after today I will be more available so if you have ANY questions please don't hesitate to ask!!! Posting sample....
Stretch Goal - Back Bend....
Sunday:
30 Min / 420 Calories (biking, zumba, walking)
50 Upper Body Reps (50 total)
Stretching - 5 minutes
20 Points (those you'll see next week!)

Oh! and by the way I am Verda from Vida. Montana USA that is!!! This is like my 3rd or 4th challenge that Sheri has put me through! I have been a contender & plan to be again!!! Fitness has been a daily habit for most of my life so these challenges brings out the competitive side in me. The Dolphins have done well in the past & they will again if we do even MORE than what Sheri challenges us to do!! We're in it to WIN it!!! GO DOLPHINS!!!

Hey everyone sorry late to the party crazy weather and life. Anyways I go by D short and simple unlike my real name. I've done a few of Sheri challenges. I suffer from join and fatigue issues but will give it my all. Look forward to the next 13 weeks, and yet fear it. :laugh:

LETS GO DOLPHINS

Just to check - are the 400 reps just for 1 area i.e. 400 upper body? So if I chose arm raises then I do 400 of these?

Thanks

Yesterday I was driving for 9ish hours so I didn't get any workouts, but I did do a couple of reps last night.
I did 25 crunches and 25 reverse crunches making 50 total for my abs.

This morning (Monday) I ran for 53 minutes burning 672 calories. I stretched for 5 minutes post run. I'll bust out some reps after school.

As far as good habits, I really need to start taking hydrating more seriously and actively trying to get my 8 glasses of water a day. But I feel like this is fairly simple to achieve, so I might go with reading at least one chapter of a leisure book each day. I'll see how I'm doing with the water this week, if I'm doing well without incentive I will choose reading, if I'm not I'll stick with water.

A bad habit I need to get rid of is using the reddit app in the morning before I get up. It wastes so much of my morning.

My stretching goal, I want to touch my toes when I'm standing. SO BAD. Also, I'm not sure if this counts as a goal, but I need to start stretching after my runs.