Hey team! Sorry for my late check in this week. I've been tired and it just seems that the day passes so quickly. I'm off to bed here in a bit as my head has been hurting for the past couple of hours. I took something for it but it is not completely working!

My points for Week 9= 130

Week 10
Sunday- nothing

Monday- 0 workout, 0 cals, 0 HIIT, 0 stretching, 50 new core reps, 25 situps, 25 mins walking laps in house= 25 points

Tuesday- 45 mins Leslie, 185 cals, 15 min HIIT, 5 min stretching, 50 new core reps, 25 situps, 15 min step= 15 points

Wednesday- 60 min step, 608 cals, 15 min HIIT, 6 min stretching, 50 new core reps, 30 situps, 30 mins step and laps= 30 points

You guys are so great! Keep pushing and no matter what, NEVER give up!!

Well yesterday started well, with getting my 90 minute workout in, but went downhill rapidly from there :sad: Was bad on all sorts of levels.

HOWEVER, today is a new day, so here is my encouragement for you all (and for me!):



Let's make today a good one :flowerforyou:

And, just to update you - my little girl is now doing better and went back to school today :happy: So that's one less thing for me to worry about

@Ali, I hope you are having a better day today.
@Samantha - I hear you on the HIIT's, they really are a workout in their own right :explode:

My Thursday stats are below:

#1 40 mins (Circuit training) / 396 cals (All w/o's done/ calorie burn requirement met)
#2 15 mins HIIT today (All HIIT's done)
#3 Goal Stretch - 5 mins today (All required stretches done)
#4 REPS - zero. (All NEW core reps done, All s/u's done)
#5 EM's for bonus points - 5 mins j/jacks additional to workout = 5 points.

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Hellllllloooo!

Thursday

90 mins, 731 cals step and Leslie

15 mins HIIT done

5 mins stretching done

0 reps, 20 pushups

25 mins laps around house= 25 points

Ha ha ha - Look at the smack talk I just posted on the Dolphins page!

Hey Dolphins! Studies have shown that it's hard to lose weight if you skimp on sleep. Don't worry about logging those extra workouts this week - sleep is MUCH more important! yawn yawn yawn Go ahead - sleep late... turn in early... don't worry if you can't complete this week's challenge ohwell - a good night's sleep is MUCH more important tongue
Love heart the SHARKS

My encouragement for today...today is almost over!

That was it!!!

(Sorry, it's hormones!)

Donna I know the feeling. I went thru this last December when my mother had her knee replacement. I stay about 35-40 min from my mom and the hospital where she had the surgery is about 1 hr from my house. Not to mention that my stepdad had an outpatient knee procedure done a couple of days prior to my mom's surgery so he couldn't drive. So the first couple of days I was making the hour long trip to the hospital. I had to take the kids out of school for a couple of days. There was no way I could go back and forth that many times. Then when she got home I stayed with her the first couple of nights but had to get up early to take my kids to school back in our town, go home to shower and change, back to mom's, then back to pick the kids up from school. So yes, I completely understand what you've been going thru and I trust that God has you right where he needs you. Be encouraged and just remember that because you love him and you have been called according to his purpose, all things MUST work together for YOUR good! :bigsmile:

It seems a few of us are struggling this week. HANG IN THERE SHARKS! If you need to be encouraged, go and look on the chart and see how AMAZING the sharks are!!! We are storming through this week's challenge! Every one of us has exceeded the minimum number of EM points (even our eliminated shark - :flowerforyou: Donna!) and we are WAY ahead. HOWEVER, we are also more on top of entering our daily numbers than most other teams, so when they enter their stats that MIGHT change ... which means we just have to keep adding even MORE :bigsmile:

So so so proud to be part of such a motivated and committed team.

Pam - hang in there! You had done ALL your reps. You only need one 90 minute workout (OK - so it's the LONG one, but you CAN do it ) and you can still get your HIITs and stretching in. GO! GO! GO! I KNOW you can do it :flowerforyou:

Fang - your encouragement yesterday hit me! I think it must have been posted just for me. Yes, I read it after I had eaten some pringles :grumble: :mad: BUT it stopped me going back for me snacks. I really want to lose this weight. I just need to tell myself how important that is to me when I feel like going for the crisps or biscuits. I have been extremely bad this week with snacking (stress does that to me!) and know I won't lose anything, but just hope I don't gain too much :embarassed:

Well, here is my THURSDAY:

WORKOUT: 60 minutes (30 minutes circuits, 20 minutes aerobics, 10 minutes lower body reps)
Calories burned: 581

REPS: Just 25 sit-ups today

STRETCHING: 5 minutes done

HIIT: 15 minutes done
(Still 1 more lot to go here :grumble: )

EMs: 10 minutes of filling filter, igloo and bottles and adding in all the squats, jumping jacks and calf raises!
10 minutes burning rubbish - SAMANTHA ... I literally laughed out loud when I read your post! You borrowed my EM idea when filling your son's bath, and I borrowed yours when burning my rubbish Glad we can give each other motivation I had 7 rubbish bins to empty. Took each one outside separately to area where we burn rubbish, and back in to collect the next, etc. My kids are NOT good at separating what is burnable from what is not, so I normally do that outside before I burn. However, normally I make ONE pile of non-burnables which I take over to another outside bin in one go (outside bin only gets collected once a month - and by a guy with a donkey and cart! Yes, this is Mali!!! So we therefore burn everything we can so it doesn't mount up - and have a separate place for food waste that we compost. Here ends my lesson in Malian living :laugh: ) Anyway, yesterday I did one item at a time to the non-burnable bin! Hence my extra 10 minutes (and the 2 bins aren't even that far apart - about 10 meters! LOTS of to-ing and fro-ing!)
So total 20 minutes EMs :bigsmile:

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EVERY shark truly is!

@ Pam- yes with the water retention. Especially if you are doing a workout that is going to make you sore. I would stick to something light like walking (slow walking, no hills. Maybe a Leslie walk?).

@ team leaders- for Thu my stats should be 20 on the situps and 0 for new reps. Thanks!

Hey Sharks!

I hope that everyone's feeling better, and I'm sending good vibes to those who need a little boost to feel 100%

Here are my "slightly restful" stats for the day:

HIIT: 15 minutes (Turbo chair)
Stretching: 5 minutes
Reps: 150 (50 oblique crunches, 50 bicycle crunches and 50 regular crunches.
EM: 10 minutes - Walked around the mall, upstairs and downstairs, after shopping.

Here is my motivation for today:

You just can’t beat the person who won’t give up.
– Babe Ruth
You gotta love Babe Ruth! He fueled himself with beer and cigars :drinker: Only a few of today's baseball players have been able match him, even with steroids! :laugh:

Have a great evening!

Melissa - I forgot to ask before ... the 150 reps - are any of them new core ones for you? I haven't put any of them in on the chart, but can go back and change that if some were new to you. Just let me know!

Friday

31 min, 203 cals Leslie

15 mins HIIT

5 mins stretching done

0 reps, 0 situps

25 mins EM walking around neighborhood= 25 points