I am doing pretty well. I am getting back into the swing of things with school and work. I think I have figured out a workout plan that will work for me during the next few months. I am so happy that the scale is heading down for you both. That is awesome news! I am going to be throwing in more weight lifting which makes me happy because I really enjoy it. Hope everyone is set to have a great week.

Good afternoon, all!

Things are going well here, for the most part. Went back to the gym for the first time in about a month on Saturday, and then again on Sunday. I finally met up with this woman that posted in my local MFP group about looking for a gym buddy. We hit it off right away and I'm really excited to have a local accountability buddy! I know I wouldn't have gotten to the gym at 7am both weekend days if it weren't for some kind of external motivation like that. I did the treadmill on Saturday and then weights and the arc trainer on Sunday.

Today, I'm SO SORE I can barely sit down or walk on stairs. It's a good feeling, in a way, since it reminds me of how hard I worked. I'll probably take it pretty easy today. I might try to do a run at the gym, but we'll see how the first few minutes go Scale is moving down again, too, which is definitely nice. There's another work competition going on and I'd love to retain my title haha

Hi Everyone,

I'm having a fantastic day. I pretty much gave up most of the day to going on a bike ride. Thankfully my morning client canceled so I had the time. I'm home now, rested and showered and feeling great. I have the dull sorriness of working hard but the satisfaction of accomplishing something. Not much, i obviously haven't done any work today. But i was able to complete my 500th mile (504 to be exact). A beautiful ride to Sunol, CA and a quick visit to the Water Temple and then back.

Those 500 miles took 91 days and 45 hours, and with 107 days left in the year I will aim for the 1,000 mile mark.
1,000 miles! If you had told me that 166 days ago I would have laughed in your face.
Think of the places I could go in a 1,000 miles.

I will jump in on this challenge. My goal will be 20 lbs by Christmas, Actually I will make that a goal of 30 pounds. It should be doable while still being difficult. We will see how it goes. I just can't believe that Christmas is only a little over 14 weeks away. Where does the year go?

That sounds like a good challenge. Should we keep it like the last challenge and change the date from now (or the start of next week till Christmas) or do we want to change what we are tracking.

Maybe this time instead of going point per pound we all choose a goal of how much you want to loose by christmas and you earn a percentage of those points depending on how much of your goal you complete. That way everyone is working towards the same point number and then we can have the regular points of exercising and eating (maybe bonus points for passing your goal).

I think the metrics we have now are good, perhaps we don't need water but other people can chime in on it. I also like the idea of some extra challenges. Perhaps we should come up with a couple of general ones that we can rotate through as last time it was hard to keep up with ideas.

Perhaps:

1. Exercise Challenge: Add 30 min to your regular exercise routine at least 3-4 times a week ( I guess we have to set a daily goal).
2. Eating Challenge: Eat your full serving of fruit and vegetable each day for the week.
3. Exercise Challenge: Try three new exercises during the week.
4. Personal Motivation Challenge....

When should we start this weekend? Maybe on friday with out first weigh in to set out point. When we are good I will put together a new spreadsheet for us all.