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Motivate Monday 9/15! Don't Give Up

13Strong
13Strong Posts: 502 Member
edited March 4 in Social Groups
Half way through the month! Whether you are halfway, just starting, or maintaining - don't give up on yourself.

Check In -
Exercise
Water
Food

And remember:
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  • 13Strong
    13Strong Posts: 502 Member
    Wow - most of us missed last thursday! Since we have new to the group people, See the bottom of this post. Over 2 weeks left in the month gives 15 days to improve on a body weight exercise of your choice!

    Jiagetsfit - Pushups
    9/1 - 2
    9/4 - 4

    Kashaas - Push-ups
    9/1 - 3
    9/4 - 5

    LifeRunner - Push-ups
    9/4 -3

    13Strong - Push-ups and Squats
    9/1 - 2 and 40 (4 x 10)
    9/4 - 1 and 50
    9/8 - 2 and 60

    Mere144 - Clamshells and Elevated Bridges
    9/1 - 30 (3 x 10) and 30 (3 x 10)

    Wvukp - Lunges
    9/1 - 5
    9/8 - 8

    Mamamageno - Crunches, Leg Raises, and Plank
    9/1 - 15, 5, and 10sec
    9/4 - 20, 10, and 15 sec
    9/8 - 40, 20, and 30sec

    Texasbeu2y - Push-ups, Hanging Leg Raises, Sprint time, and Plank
    9/1 - 24 (2 x 12), 10, 30sec, and 45sec
    9/4 - 27, 10, 30sec, 45sec
    9/8 - Shipped off to Academy. :)

    GMStb10 - Squats and sit ups in 2min
    9/1 - 15
    9/4 - 15 And 30

    Rcksiren21 - Lunges, Plank, Side planks, and Mins per Mile
    9/1 - 5, 10sec, 15sec, and 25min
    9/4 - 5, 10sec, 15sec, and 25min

    LisaBear1986 - Ab Carver Straight, Left, Right
    9/1 - 10, 5, and 5
    9/11- 10, 5, and 5.

    If I'm missing someone or something, please call me out on it!

    AND, If you want to join - Pick your exercise that can be measured (mins/mile, number of push ups, pounds lifted, etc), and give me your current ability. We re-check in on it every Monday and Thursday throughout September!
  • Mere144
    Mere144 Posts: 24 Member
    My focus has been on eating cleaner with some success (cooking more myself and have lost 5 lbs!) so I haven't done many of these exercises. I have been exercising though. I was happy to see that I could do single leg bridges with greater ease due to my minor effort. Thx for keeping the focus!
  • journey_4_ashley
    journey_4_ashley Posts: 14 Member
    Happy Monday

    I am really going to try to do a better job of actually getting on a computer to participate in the daily posting. I'm glad I saw the strive for progress not perfection...think it's something I have to remind myself of often.

    Check In -
    Exercise--45 minutes of a kickboxing/cage fitness class...over 500 calories burned...so fun!
    Water--about 70 oz
    Food--had a salad at lunch and dinner...really focused on eating more veggies today :)

    Hope everyone had a good day!
  • bookfoxx1987
    bookfoxx1987 Posts: 98 Member
    Hello Everyone!

    So in terms of what exercise to keep in track of, I'm not sure if this would work but I try to make sure I have a certain number of hours for the week (at least 4). I'm not sure if that would work. I try to get in a couple of morning cardio work outs (example: was on the treadmil this morning for about 20 minutes), I also like to get in a couple of circuit training (typically an hour each), one zumba class per week, and then I do a lot of walking as I don't have a car.

    So today:
    Exercise - 20 minutes of treadmill this morning, 30 walk after work
    Water - at least 9 cups though it may have been a bit more. My water bottle is 24oz and I refilled it at least 3 times while at work, plus I know I had some with dinner.
    Food - Stay under my calories and macros! Had a salad with my dinner which was coconut crusted haddock fish sticks. So tasty! And lunch was eggplant and turkey lasagna. So delicious, low carb and tastes like the real thing. I highly recommend it!

    I hope I'm doing this right! :-p Thanks for having me!
  • 13Strong
    13Strong Posts: 502 Member
    Foxx - You are ddoing this right. Sorry, I am usually posting throughout the day, but currently my "day" is night. Ughhhhh

    Challenge - 2 push ups, 65 squats. It hurt. I'm so tired!

    Exercise - I'm throwing wrenches at work today and walking around. However with being on nights, I'm a rather confused person on energy level vs sleep time right now.

    Food -
    Breakfast (3pm): 3 French toast

    Lunch (12am) - Italian Sub, Welch's fruit gummies, Coffee

    Dinner (8am) - TBD, maybe Benvita bars, more coffee... lol
  • GMStb10
    GMStb10 Posts: 158 Member
    Struggling to get on in the evening so I am a day behind again.

    I did the challenge now on 20 and 30.

    Busy day so cheated with convenience foods.
  • 13Strong
    13Strong Posts: 502 Member
    GMStb - Glad you at least dropped in today despite the rough evening, and doing the challenge. Even a little, does a lot. :)

    Foxx - I'll have to try eggplant lasagna. Generally I'm not a fan of substitute recipes because my mind will want the real thing. But I can think of it like eggplant parm maybe!

    Ash - Glad you dropped by again. I too need to remember it's about progress, which is why I picked the quote for today. It's easy to get into the "all or nothing" mentality.

    Mere - How do you define clean cooking? I'm thinking it would be a good thing to try!
  • bookfoxx1987
    bookfoxx1987 Posts: 98 Member
    Strong - the key for me is the turkey. It gives the texture and therefore the illusion of pasta. I like to trick my brain as much as possible :-)
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