The H family fitness challenge

simpleliving
simpleliving Posts: 17
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
Hello,
Randall and I decided to start this thread for our immediate family members to support and motivate each other over the next four months to a healthier and fitter lifestyle. Some family mmbs are already way on their way to loosing weight, keeping fit, and being motivated. Others like ourselves need an extra kick in the pants and accountability to keep us going. We thought that who better to keep us motivated and accountable then the people that we see on a regular basis. We are hoping that most of them will join and kick off 2011 as the fittest year ever with us!!! We are looking forward to joining other threads and getting to "know" and learning from new people as well.

So H family join us on here by January 15th and on May 15th we will find out who logged the most activity points. Remember one activity equals 1 point and we will post the points on a weekly basis (Sunday), Randall and I will keep track of them for the finale!!

Tips, comments, inspirational stories, and challenges are welcome!

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  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    Looking forward to the challenge and winning it all in 4 months!!!
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    hit the treadmill first thing this morning with energy and motivation, but found it a challenge intially to stay on for 30 minutes. usually when i go on the treadmill it is for 20 minutes - so i had to push myself mentally to not shut down after that. watching sports highlights on the tube helped to distract my mind. i did a combination of walking and running and made a point of "running through" the 20 minute mark.

    i used to train hard in my younger years - for a good ten years - but over the past three to four years i have done relatively litte in comparison. the bulk of the training had been with free wieghts. wear and tear on certain parts of my body - right shoulder, right elbow, left knee, and lower back - have made it easy for me to have an excuse not to exercise. even as my interests changed from weights to cardio, i still found it easy to make excuses not to exercise. i have tried to run on occasion over the past few years but i usually did not sustain it for more than a few weeks. THAT CHANGES IN 2011! Stick around for more posts.
  • simpleliving
    simpleliving Posts: 17
    I am really looking forward to the H crew getting on here and am happy to hear that everyone is in! Chinese food for supper tommorow and then Monday morning I will be serious and ready to go. I have found it difficult to get in my veggies/fruit (7 servings) as recommended until I discovered "green smoothies" now I want to learn more. So far my fave is 1 cup 100% orange juice, 1 cup blueberries, 1 bananna and 1 cup parsely/spinach/kale (one of these - sooo refereshing) I think Gen has been juicing and doing smoothies so maybe she has some combinations to share.

    I decided that i will attempt to learn to run, i found an 8 wk training program and want to give it a try!

    aleks
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    learn to run aleks, you were born to run baby. i hit the treadmill again this morning - 20 minutes in a combination of walking and running. let 'er fly at 6 mph for 90 seconds - sweat was flying off like clothes at a lady gaga concert. i find it best to do my work out as early in the morning as possible and before breakfast. that way my body needs to go straight to fat cells to get the energy to do the work and my metabolism burning at a higher efficiency for several hours afterwards. now if only i could bring myself to drinking aleks' "grass shakes."

    don't sing it Hoebers, bring it. i think i will be a formidable competitor in this fitness challenge. but i will need to stay sharp as i am sure the competition from Gen, Jamie, and the Matriarch will be equally formidable.
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    My morning started off with drinking a Curves Protein Shake(I use skim milk). I sometimes use that as a breakfast replacement if I'm in a hurry. I usually have a shake for my snack. I'm currently following the Curves weight loss program, I have lost 7 lbs of body fat and 5 lbs of body weight by following the High Protein weight loss plan. This occurred over 3 weeks. I am now into my fourth week. I've had a couple of setbacks with Christmas and New Years but today I will get into focus and adhere to my diet and exercise program. Today I plan on taking a 30 minute walk, and tomorrow I will get back to Curves for my 35 minute workout.
  • simpleliving
    simpleliving Posts: 17
    Hello Lynn!

    It's so great to see you made your way here! You have done fansastic at staying motivated and on track I think I speak for all when I say way the go! :flowerforyou: I think you look as great as you did at our wedding, I always think of you in that picture from alaina's first birthday - wow-your now half the size!

    Do you mix your protein shake with fruit or drink it just with the skim milk. I bought some at the vitamin store and want to start using it a bit more.

    Have fun on your walk! bundle up its cold out there.

    Aleks

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  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    thanks to my wonderful wife, who "suggested" or "inquired" today as to whether i was going to work out or take a day off, i spent another 20 minutes on the treadmill this afternoon. wasn't really planning on it, but....hey she inspired me to git at it. six more days to the start of the fitness challenge, looking forward to it.
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    Yesterday I walked for 45 min instead of the 30 I was going to do. It was actually not to bad out so i just kept walking. Today I did my usual 35 minute Curves workout. I'm glad to be getting back into my routine. I'm looking forward to Saturday when Curves will be starting a new routine once a week called Zumba which will be integrated into our Curves workout.
  • simpleliving
    simpleliving Posts: 17
    45 minutes Lynn that is great. Is Zumba part of their resistence training or something totally new? I walked again today on the treadmill - 30 minutes. Much easier watching TV then reading the time went by really fast. Bought a new blender and it has power, it is really loud but it can make smoothies in no time. The kids are really into soya milk, strawberries, yogurt smoothies lately. It's their night time snack almost every night and yesterday I broke our blender it was almost the end of the world for about 5 minutes but a good reason to buy a new one. Tried a new recipe today instead of mashed potatoes we had mashed cauliflower made exactly the same way - 80 calories for 1 cup I thought that is a pretty good deal. The only problem was that they were a bit runny and next time I would probably skip out the milk.

    Good Job Randall for getting on that treadmill I thought you were going to quit on me so if you win the cash you will have to share it with me!

    Lynn i'm really excited to hear how the new workout goes on Saturday.

    This week my challenge is to drink 8 glasses of water/day - going back to work tommorow believe it or not it can get so busy I forget to drink it sometimes.
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    Way to go Aleks. I will not quit on you in this, but if i win the money is mine, all mine baby. I like the fact that at 5:45 am today you quickly hopped out of bed and onto your workout, no complaining or rolling over. Keep it up!

    Way to go Mom on the 45 minute walk. All I can say is if you can do it, i certainly can do it.
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    had an outstanding work out tonight. let 'er rip on the treadmill. must have a lot of energy to burn, although after running for 7 straight minutes my mind was ready to slow down to a comfortable walk. but then i looked at the wall beside the treadmill where i have a large picture of the stanley cup and stared at it for a few moments and thought to myself "those guys never quit, neither will i, **** that" and ran and ran. every time my mind said slow down and i looked at that picture and refocused. total of 30 mintues on the treadmill running for 23 minutes straight, 2.36 miles, and 287 calories burned.
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    :bigsmile:
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    It was a truly beautiful day yesterday. I really enjoyed my 35 minute walk. Today is weight and measurement day at Curves. It will be interesting to see how many inches I've lost in a month. Aleks, Zumba is a type of dance step that will rev up the cardio segment of the Curves workout. There will be 1 minute workouts on the resistance machines and 1 minute Zumba. Sounds exciting.
  • simpleliving
    simpleliving Posts: 17
    Wow, curves has come a long way since I was going proabably 8 years ago. That sounds like it is going to be fun! How is your Curves diet coming along? Is it in phases. I remember when you stayed with us there was a diet you were following and I thought that it had to do with different phases.
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    Hi, Aleks- yes the diet is in Phases. I'm still on Phase II until next week when I'll go onto Phase III for a couple weeks. MY weight loss is at a stand still right now so I need to give my metabolism a boost. However my body measurements and body fat are decreasing.
  • fit4fab
    fit4fab Posts: 3
    Hi Aleks, I have to remember to log on to here daily. Thanks for the invite, you reminded me.

    For the smoothies, which the rest of the house-hold thinks is 'gross', I usually use:
    Organic field greens
    Lettuce
    Broccoli sprouts/ wheat grass
    Mixed berry blend (frozen)
    pears
    English cucumber
    yogurt
    100% fruit juice of choice, preferably something with good vit. C %

    You'll have play around with the ingredients, quantities & ratio of each. I don't mind mine a little bitter or tart. I sometimes use celery, beets & zucchini also in the mix, depends on my mood. Don't skip on the greens, pears, or berries, they have great fibre & nutrition. Hope this helps a little. I have more recipes if this one doesn't work-out, but so far, this one makes me feel the best, & keeps me full for long periods of time.
  • fit4fab
    fit4fab Posts: 3
    Hi Lynne,

    This is usually what happens when lean muscle begins to get stronger & bone begins to create new cells. You've finally arrived where you need to be, CONGRATULATIONS on all your hard work!! Maybe yoga or pilates will help kick things up a notch?!
  • fit4fab
    fit4fab Posts: 3
    That's awesome!! Love Zumba!
  • simpleliving
    simpleliving Posts: 17
    Great to see you on here Gen! YES please log in daily if you have time. I am going to give it a try so far my favortie green has been parsley or kale (not a lot of it though) I will give the mixed greens a try. Love the berries and pears that is not the problem at all. I find it that I like it the most in the mornings it gets me going for the day and keeps me full too. I wanted to change it up a bit so thanks for sharing all the items on here.

    Lynn - can't wait to hear about how the Zumba work out goes tommorow. Have FUN!
  • scrapnfit
    scrapnfit Posts: 5
    Nothing like waiting till the last minute to join, but our family is excited to join (not to mention all the health benefits that will come with it!) I'm still coughing up a storm so there has been no 'pretraining' on my part:) Here's hoping that this flu will lift soon! Rox
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    Zumba was so much fun. 30 minutes went by so fast. I'm glad that i decided to add it to my Curves routine. The instructor is from Saskatoon and will come out Humboldt Curves every Saturday for 10 weeks. Wow it's really put some power to my workout.
  • millermoola
    millermoola Posts: 7
    Hello Family :) What a great way to start a new year. I managed to lose 12 lbs before Christmas..mostly because I was barely eating and filling up on Starbucks!! (Don't worry, they were non fat lattes- Haha). But since the New Year has come, I'm finding it harder to get motivated. So joining this is just the jolt I need. I managed to read the posts that were on here already, and I love the smoothie recipe. We have smoothies about 4 or 5 x a week. The kids LOVE them. I add flax seed and protein powder to mine as well..they are a hit! Oh, and I just pulled out the juicer the other day and the kids and I made orange/carrot/apple juice. It was yummy! I'm excited to try new and different ingredients.

    We also found out that Jaxzen has a sensitivity to wheat and rye, so I've been incorporating wheat free flour into most of our recipes too. So..the food thing shouldn't be too hard to stick to. It's just the exercise part that I need to focus on. However, we do have a treadmill and a multi gym in the house, so really, do I HAVE an excuse?!

    I think once all of us are skinny minnies, a family tropical vacation might be in store??
  • simpleliving
    simpleliving Posts: 17
    HELLO! i'm so excited that most of you are here now, just missing the doctors and I haven't hear from Brenda.

    Randall is going to start a spreadsheet to tally up everyone's scores on a weekly basis. Just to recap the activity must be minimal 20 minutes = 1 point anything over 20 minutes is still 1 point however if there are multiple activities throughout the day then each activity gets a point.

    I was telling Roxy that I think the younger crowd (H, J, L) are all going to give us run for our money as they have physical activities plus their regular gym classes.

    Lynn - It's great to hear that Zumba was so much fun and that the time went by fast.

    Roxy - I hope you feel better! Oregano oil is what my mom swears by I forgot to mention it to you.

    Jojo - you look fabulous in your family pictures - 12 pounds is a lot - it's a good think we don't have starbucks otherwise I would be tempted to give your diet a try!

    Do you have to cut out all wheat/rye for Jaxzen? What were his symptoms? alaina still have major bags under her eyes even when she is taking her iron. I can't help but think that she is either lacking in something else or should maybe be avoiding something else.

    I didn't think to add the flaxseed to the smoothies but will give it a try, Randall always adds the protein powder I sometimes do and sometimes forget.

    We made juice today too, apple, strawberry, banana the kids had so much fun doing it that Lukas said it was the best day of his life wow - who would have thought that juicing would be that entertaining. They both drank up their fresh juices so quickly it was great - a big mess to clean up - but well worth it.

    Did another 30 minutes in the treadmill today, tommorow i'm going to pull out my jillian micheals wii and give it a go. It's a pretty decent workout.

    Take care and good luck to all in this challenge! Looking forward to that tropical vacation maybe Christmas in Hawaii?!
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    Now things are starting to heat up. How come i am the only dude so far? Must be chicken. Can't tally the points if they don't log on and report their exercise. Played a game of floor hockey for about an hour this afternoon with the boys at Orcadia. I was huffing and puffing - one of my colleagues offered me his puffer - and i loved every second of it. Most of the boys were running circles around me but i don't care, i just mowed a few over or pinned them to the wall. This interval training was a great addition to the treadmill routines that i did the week previous.

    Hold on folks - the competition and the fun starts tomorrow. WHO IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST WINNER?
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    I just love Edemame, it's a great snack . Also it is included in my diet plan. I must thank Jolynne for that as Jaxzen loves them.
    My exercise regime for the week consisted of 3 days of 30+minutes of walking and 4 days of Curves exercise which is 35 minutes. Next Saturday will be my first Curves/Zumba exercise that will truly count on my Curves Smart program. I'm going to try my best to give my children a run for the money.
  • scrapnfit
    scrapnfit Posts: 5
    So tonite as I was working out with our Wii Fit, my kids wouldn't let me go any longer than 23 minutes as they each wanted to get their time in....I think this is going to be fabulous for our family as a whole! Will have to do some light workouts...maybe dust off my pilates videos this week till my cough is gone. Yes Aleks I've heard of the oil of oregano but haven't tried it for a cough. I add a few drops to Hailey's shampoo as it helps with a dry scalp. I think it should count putting all the xmas decorations and tree away today - doing miles up and down the stairs with all the boxes! Xmas is officially over at our house...kinda sad, but on with the New Year! Mom and Joey how do you eat the Edemame beans? I bought a frozen bag of them but not really sure what to do with 'em. would love suggestions... Is a juicer worth the money? would like to hear some debate on that... Keep up the great work everyone!
  • goridersgo
    goridersgo Posts: 36
    started off day one of the fitness challenge with an hour of floorhockey preceded by 30 minutes of low impact volleyball.
  • scrapnfit
    scrapnfit Posts: 5
    Hailey did 20 minutes of excercise this morning before school, and I got in a Pilates Video. Feeling good for day number one!
  • millermoola
    millermoola Posts: 7
    I started my day with 20 minutes of treadmill workout. That's all the kids would let me do. Tomorrow, I need to get up earlier so I can get the full 40 minutes in!

    Rox - put the edamame in the bag them come in, in the microwave for 3 minutes. Open the bag and sprinkle them with salt. Then, you just eat the beans out of the pod. They are SO high in protein...my kids inhale them..especially Jaxzen..he could probably eat the whole bag by himself!!!

    Aleks- we found out Jaxzen was allergic to wheat and rye by shelling out a bunch of money to take him to the naturopath..I'm glad we did, though! If you are concerned, ask your doctor for a referral to an allergist, or find a naturopath to take her to. It was worth the money!

    FYI - Jamie wants to join, however, he was stranded in Edmonton over the weekend, and is home tonight. So I'll get him to get started on this!
  • matriarch65
    matriarch65 Posts: 48
    Did my Curves workout today, burned 522 calories. Probably won't get to Curves tomorrow so will have to workout @ home.
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