Here I am, finally!

Friday:
workout: 60 minute yoga...265 calories
stretch: 5 minutes
reps: 100 core, 200 stairs

weight: 120

Ali, thanks for taking care of the last chance workout stats ... you are a real gem :flowerforyou:

And I'm with Ali on this ... what an absolutely brilliant team we sharks are ... I love this team

Wow...we really did do great this week! I love our team too, Mary!

Does anybody else slack up with your eating and all on the weekends? During my other challenge when I did so good, I rarely had a 'cheat meal' or dessert, but now I almost feel like I'm entitled to eat more and/or be lazier on the weekends. And I know that is undermining my efforts...Anybody have any input?

Yes it's my total down fall lol I can have a whole week of good eating and screw it up on the weekends. Especially on national eat your kids halloween candy day lol

As Pam said, I always knew we were NUMBER ONE, but this confirms it!

I LOVE that not only did we "win" that top spot on weight loss (notice THREE of us in the Top Ten :bigsmile: ) but Sheri calls us an "Amazing team" since we had EVERY person complete the challenge, AND the highest overall level of participation AND the highest percentage of weight loss. We couldn't have done it better :happy: :bigsmile: GREAT WORK SHARKS! Simply THE BEST :bigsmile:

Now let's do it again this week :laugh: :laugh:

Enjoy your rest today, but let's do as well (and maybe even better :bigsmile: ) next week.

So proud of you all :flowerforyou:

And here is this week's summary (for those that like to see it here):

#1 WORKOUT - 3 days of at least 30 minutes AND one day of 120 minutes (can divide this into 2 workouts on that day)
No min. number of minutes for the week here, as long as you get the above in.

Calories to burn: 1400
FOR THE TEAM: 16500 = 1650 each

#2 HIIT - ADD 6-10 minutes preferably at another time to your usual workout. Do as follows:
1 min. warm up (light jog)
1 min. high intensity (high knees, Jumping jacks, burpees, mountain climbers, etc)
30 seconds recovery (light walk)
Repeat to 6-10 minutes
Last minute - cool down.
THIS IS EXTRA - DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS OTHER WORKOUTS/REPS/POINTS
Not sure if we have to do this every day, or just the 4 days we need to workout. Will let you know once Sheri answers this question!

#3 - seems to be missing!

#4: REPS - 250 core reps and 250 other (minimum 500 in total)
TEAM: 5600 = 560 each

#5 Personal Challenge: EXTRA MOVEMENT POINTS!
TWICE a DAY - two extra movement points (walk up stairs with washing in very small piles; park further away in car park; stairs instead of lift; etc. Be imaginative here!) A point for each EM. Maximum 2 a day and 12 a week.

#6: STRETCHING: 5 minutes on all 6 days again. This has to be IN ADDITION to stretching you do with your workouts.

I hope all that makes sense! Ask if you have any questions.

OK, here is the answer from Sheri clarifying the challenge for this week:

"For this week do a HIIT on 4 days - also preferably on your workout days - but does NOT have to be - as I said in #2 - also preferably at opposite times of your normal workout - my example - I workout in the evenings so I am going to try and do my HIIT's either in the am or at lunch time.

And No there is no #3 - You guys are quick ;-) Also didn't have a chance to go in and fix that before my computer died...Sorry!!! "

Oh, Ali...that 'chocolates' cartoon is too funny!

And I'm very happy that you guys can relate to my weekend struggles, but you're not offering much help!!! :laugh:

No, seriously, I realize that I can only help myself...I just have to want it bad enough. And if I cheat some on the weekends but do really good all week, I usually still see results; they just come slower. The deal is, I want faster results because I have to see family around the holidays that I only see once a year...and I just *have* to look decent! (Vain, I know!)

I LOVE MY SHARKS!!!!! WE'RE #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that I got that out the way.....I have the same weekend issues. I think that is why I like the fact that this challenge starts on a Sunday. One less day to eat crazy!

Oh, I love that cartoon...pretty much my weekend attitude (insert pizza instead of chocolate). Maybe we can help each other with tips or little saturday challenge to stop us if we feel like we are going overboard (not a Sheri-like challenge just something for weekend motivation).

Wow! What a great week for all of us! I'm so happy to be a part of this team. Knowing the effort that all of you put in motivates me to push harder and do my best. I'm surprised at my loss but I think it has to do with my weekends off. When I strictly adhere to my avg cals my weigh loss slows. As soon as I have a day or two when I'm not stressing over food and calorie counts- whoosh! -it comes flying off. So I think it is important that we partake in the occasional indulgence especially considering how many calories we are truly burning thru this challenge. Yeah we add up the burn from the workouts, but don't forget the reps, EM, etc. Let's ride this wave into another successful week!

Week 5

Workout
60 minute walking
0 reps
no HIIT
Stretching Done
EM Put clothes away one at a time from laundry room to their home...

posting points later...