My 2011 52 7/7 challenge!!

Hello everyone! I am 2/7 today with 6.1 miles on my elliptical trainer, 575 calories burned. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. It's a three day weekend for me with the holiday tomorrow, woo hoo!!!

Good afternoon everyone and happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a great weekend thus far. Last night my friends and I headed to Sips n Strokes to celebrate my birthday and I had a BLAST. We bought three bottles of wine (although I only had one 8 oz glass), cheese and crackers and spinach dip/chips. The best part of last night was that I rocked a small tank top and small sweater and a pair of size 4 jeans......Yippee....Yippee. It appears I'm currently fluctuating between a size 4 and 6 jeans depending on style. The jeans I had on last night fit just the way I like them to so I was extremely happy. My current profile pic is the outfit I wore last night. I also got a funky new hairstyle to start this year and birthday off right and to match my new attitude.

I spent 5 1/2 hours in the hair salon yesterday (perm, cut, rinse, curl) and had to drop a friend off at the airport therefore I was unable to complete the second part of yesterday's workout (ab work) so I told myself I would do it today.

I got up super early this morning and rocked out the HIIT 15 dvd from the Turbo Fire program and Ab Ripper X from the P90X program. Once that was complete I got dressed and headed to the store for this week's groceries AND to purchase heavier weights. I am moving up from 15 lbs to 20 lbs. I probably can handle 25 lbs or 30 lbs for leg work but didn't have it in my budget to get 2 sets of weights.

After I finish posting I will participate in the comercial challenge again this week but instead of jumping rope I plan to hula hoop, Walmart didn't have a weighted hula hoop so I'm going to just use the old school one for the time being. I don't expect to get a high calorie burn but just want to stay moving.


Chocolickkyss: 2/7

Welcome Celeste

Victoria: Glad to have you actively participating in the thread again. Good job w/today's workout. Do you have an ideal pace that you're working on completing the marathon at?

Wanna_be_fit: Great burn.....keep getting it in.

Nemrenu: Dont sell yourself short about winning the weight loss competition. I beat out my co-workers a few years back even though I didn't have a lot to lose b/c they weren't as dedicated to their healthy eating and exercise regime as I was. I won over $200 in the process.

2/7 - Walk with my husband.

I challenged him to walk to the church and back with me at about 4mph. The church is exactly a mile away, so that should have taken us 30 minutes both ways. He said that he would go for a walk with me, but that he likes to go for casual walks with me. So, we compromised. I pushed him to pick up the pace on the way there, and then agreed to slow down and enjoy a leisurely walk back.

We ended up doing 1 mile (there) @ 3mph and 1 mile (back) @ 2mph. Burned 210 calories. Not too bad for an *off* day.

I worked pretty hard yesterday, and tomorrow I am going to be walking around Disney World all day, so I didn't want to wear myself out and be too exhausted to enjoy Disney.

2/7 Ran 4.9 miles @ 6.1 mph, walked 1.6 miles for cooldown - 968 cals.

The "clock watcher" mode worked fine until finish line... went over by a tenth, but what's a tenth of a mile amongst friends?! Stayed w/ the disco file for one more day. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade (remake) got me fired up for the opener...like that remake. Then came "She's a Brick....House" --- nuff said. Knock on Wood started at 4.1 and got me moving to finish up. I got a little yip from the shins at 1.5 but I ignored it and stretched my stride and made it to my water hit. Everything felt good so I pressed on to 3.0 ... felt OK at 4.0 so I finished up in the new shoes. The calves were a little tight from the new shoe pllatform and the curled toe, but the tendonopathy was almost silent. That should clear up quickly now. Lesson #1,347--- don't run 2 weeks in heavy shoes.

Good job Nancy for winning!!

Pinbot: That is the path I'm on as well. Once I reach 18% BF, I plan on switching to marathon training - 4 days per week(one long run, one HIIT, one hill training and one easy day). Pushing for first half marathon in fall.

Velda: I agree wholeheartedly abt the R/S. In my running research I read, "Get your running style/stride tested at a dedicated R/S store to get into the right shoes. Once you find a pair that works for you, go back and buy three more pair, and start breaking them in as well. You will wear them out in several months if running alot and you can rotate them when they get wet."

Runningneo, thanks for posting on the need to use UPLIFTING tunes to get you through the tough workout, I also think music is a need for workingout!! Also just so you know, it is DEBRA whose son is on the winning team ((he is quite the athlete!)) and I am VERDA not Velda. I laughed cuz I have been called Vera and Verna but not Velda!

2/7 Ran 4.9 miles @ 6.1 mph, walked 1.6 miles for cooldown - 968 cals.

The "clock watcher" mode worked fine until finish line... went over by a tenth, but what's a tenth of a mile amongst friends?! Stayed w/ the disco file for one more day. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade (remake) got me fired up for the opener...like that remake. Then came "She's a Brick....House" --- nuff said. Knock on Wood started at 4.1 and got me moving to finish up. I got a little yip from the shins at 1.5 but I ignored it and stretched my stride and made it to my water hit. Everything felt good so I pressed on to 3.0 ... felt OK at 4.0 so I finished up in the new shoes. The calves were a little tight from the new shoe pllatform and the curled toe, but the tendonopathy was almost silent. That should clear up quickly now. Lesson #1,347--- don't run 2 weeks in heavy shoes.

Good job Nancy for winning!!

Pinbot: That is the path I'm on as well. Once I reach 18% BF, I plan on switching to marathon training - 4 days per week(one long run, one HIIT, one hill training and one easy day). Pushing for first half marathon in fall.

Velda: I agree wholeheartedly abt the R/S. In my running research I read, "Get your running style/stride tested at a dedicated R/S store to get into the right shoes. Once you find a pair that works for you, go back and buy three more pair, and start breaking them in as well. You will wear them out in several months if running alot and you can rotate them when they get wet."

Runningneo, thanks for posting on the need to use UPLIFTING tunes to get you through the tough workout, I also think music is a need for workingout!! Also just so you know, it is DEBRA whose son is on the winning team ((he is quite the athlete!)) and I am VERDA not Velda. I laughed cuz I have been called Vera and Verna but not Velda!

I copied/pasted the Nancy sentence.

:blushing: Too funny!!:laugh:

BTW I'm Mark

Just stumbled onto this thread, so sorry I'm a late joiner! Totally motivated to do this and today is the first day to start!

Did 30 minutes on the treadmill @ 3mph today...onward and upward from here!

Just stumbled onto this thread, so sorry I'm a late joiner! Totally motivated to do this and today is the first day to start!

Did 30 minutes on the treadmill @ 3mph today...onward and upward from here!

Welcome to the fit thread!!!!

2/7 Sunday with Turbo Jam Punch Kick & Jam

3/7 Today with Couch 2 5K Week 7 Day 1; Turbo Sculpt coming up after work today.

Glad to see everyone posting like crazy...we are awesome!!!

Also, welcome to the newbies to our thread...you will love it here!

3/7 Ran 5.0 miles @ 6.1 mph, walked 1.7 miles cooldown - 1033 cals burned.

My calves were burning 2 miles in but I was not to be defeated... The music selection was partly at fault... Rush 2112 just wasn't getting it and more so because it wasn't loud enough. It was on a cd and my VLC player wasn't having it. Weird. My laptop media player only plays it at 100% where VLC can do 200% or more. I plug in a powered 2.1 'puter speaker set I don't use w/ my desktop anymore and the speakers and the laptop are on a shelf I made so I can have it in front of me on the treadmill. Luckily I keep some music on my hard-drive so switched to the B-52's on the VLC. Gotta smile every time I hear the pineapple line in "Strobe Light"!! Once you hear the song, you'll understand.

Welcome to all the newcomers .... aren't ANY other men trying to work out every day?!?:huh: :grumble: :noway:

3/7 with my CLX/TF hybrid. Did PUSH CIRCUIT 1 and STRETCH 10, will do some fat torching cardio later!!

Kara, you would freeze to death living here in Montana! It's usually below zero, or have a wind chill making it be below zero or it is already below zero and then the wind chill is added making it EXTREMELY fridgid out!! We have SOOOOO much snow and it is really getting tiresome!!! SHOVEL,SHOVEL,SHOVEL!!!! My 3 furries (& sometimes 4 when my GS brings his schnauzer) get to stay in the entry or come into the house more often when it is so ugly out! They also get more baths!!:laugh: The Zuzana workout looks great, have fun!!! As for screen names, mine is just me. V is for Verda and Huber is our last name! I live in a very rural farmig community in NE Montana called Vida .(yes Verda from Vida )

namrenu, yes shoes will make a huge difference on your knees! Best wishes at getting pain relief!

runningneo, awesome calorie burn this a.m.! WTG man!!!! Yes there was another fella signed on when we started, but have not heard from him. Maybe missou will message him and do a check up!!! Thats ok if you are the only male, we women need you guys for some reason, don't know why quite yet!

missou, (as I mentioned to runningneo), are there people who signed up and are not participating in the logging? Do we need to p.m. them to encourage them? (I will if you want me to)

Good job everybody with making fitness an EVERY day part of your life!!!!

Welcome Celeste and Yvonnerab! :drinker:

Nemrenu: Hope your knee feels better. Shoot, the competition at the rec center sounds real motivating. Good luck, if you decide to join the challenge. (Well, since I caught up, glad your knee feels better).

Choco: Size 4, nice! Like the hair! Glad you enjoyed your birthday celebration!

Satojekabe: Hope you enjoy your adventure at Disney World! Walking around amusement parks is a work out in its own.

Vhuber: I feel you about being sick of the the snow. I still haven't shoveled out my husband's car. Don't think I will, Let him have some work when return.:laugh:

Debra: Hiking in the snow?! Wow, I got cold just thinking about it. Glad you were able to stay warm.

Meanness: Tomorrow will be my first turbo sculpt, I put it in yesterday and realized I had to buy lightier hand weights. I made the successful purchase and now looking forward to it tomorrow morning.

Biloxibelle: Your right some of the nick names are neat and really make you wonder. My name: Teetee1281: TT was a nickname from my first ship, people said that I looked like Tia and Tamara, so they called me TT and then 1281- Dec 1981.

Runningneo: I noticed that your miles are increasing, are you training or just working to a distance goal?

This morning I completed TJ Cardio Party 2, it was my first time and I enjoyed it more than 1. And I definitely burned more calories. Now I am home waiting for the Oil company to come fill my tank. I accidently let it get to E, glad that they must be a reserves because it is still burning. But I turned the thermostat down. Brrr. This evening I have my training session, looking forward to my supersets.

I'm so glad BiloxiBelle asked about the screennames--I was wondering the same thing! Mine is quite obvious--but it is a big step for me because in the past I've been more concerned about losing weight just to look better and wear smaller clothes, but now I'm really excited about become healthier and definitely more fit. That's why this group is perfect for me! Of course I do have some size 4's and 6's from pre-faculty appointment and pre-baby that I REALLY want to get back in as well.

So today I am 3/7 with Week 7 Day 2 of couch to 5k. 35 minutes (25 minute run at 5.7mph, 5 min warmup and cooldown), 425 calories burned, 3 miles.

Keep up the good work everyone! It's so inspiring to read these posts each day!

Happy MLK day everybody. I hope some of you got off from work.

My screen name is the nickname my ex-husband gave me many years ago and the year I was born.

That's funny!! I figured it had to be something like that. Nobody would call THEMSELF that!!


My S/N comes from a little irony actually. I had dropped from 260 -215 just by cooking all my meals and watching portion size. I started running to break through the plateau. I hated it but knew it was going to work so I stayed with it. After I got up to running every day I pushed a little more and started dropping 2 pounds a week. Somewhere along the way I started to like it and thought abt training for distance racing. So my name is reminding me to get up and go every day and I'm new to running, so that's the other part. The rest is my b/day.

Glad to hear you had a good time Choco... anybody offer to buy your painting? Posting a pic of that?

Verda: I couldn't deal w/ that cold either. That was the main reason for moving from eastern PA to Orlando. I've been thru your state a couple times in a big truck ... beautiful scenery. Bumpy interstates though, at least when I went thru.

Debra: I used to work out in that nasty weather framing custom homes and I don't envy you or miss it.

BB: Love passing thru your area as well. Love the local cooking. The South is where I feel I should have grown up. I am definitely a "reformed" Yankee!!

Wannabe: Good job on the run!! Remember, if you feel like you're breathing is getting difficult and you want to quit, start swinging your arms bigger. It forces your stride to get longer and after 30 steps or so you should feel better. Breathing while running should be breathe in for two steps and out for the next two.

TT: I am increasing my distance to get to my first goal I set for myself after I decided to start distance training. 6 miles in under an hour. I am also bumping my speed for obvious reasons. The main goal of my current regimen is to get to 18% BF. I'm at 27% now. Once there I will switch to weight cross-training and marathon training. When I broke the plateau, I was running early to avoid the traffic and the fasted cardio was yielding a steady drop of 2+ pounds every week. The results should be the same now b/c now I'm eating MUCH cleaner.

My screen name is the nickname my ex-husband gave me many years ago and the year I was born.

HAHA!! That's awesome!

I'm sure he meant it in the nicest possible way!