6-week challenge: Spring into Fitness
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It's Monday, which means I'll weigh more today than I will tomorrow. At least I hope that's true because the scale was not kind to me this week. Sure I drank some beers this weekend, but I also exercised my but off 5083 calories burned! I will not let this bum me out, but I will instead embrace it and make changes!
SW: 175
week 1: 173 (172 on Tuesday)
this week: 172.5
and just because I need a little kick in the pants - goal for next week: under 171
this week's challenge:
fitness: going to dust off my kettlebell to do additional strength training. I'm please with the amount of strength training I've been doing, I have the awesomest bicep muscles I've ever had, and my legs are showing some real tone too. While my abs are also really strong, I'm going to give them more focus this week b/c I want to kick some butt on the little side-challenge some of us have going - racing to be the 1st to flat belly/6pack abs (bring it ladies!)
food: it's time for me to really watch my sodium. It's been on my food log for a while and I notice it's frequently in the red or close to. For this week I'm going to focus on keeping it out of the red (2500) all week. Also going to watch carbs, because I think that this will help to kick start my loss again. I tend to be really good on getting enough protein (often in the red) but also get too close to red for carbs and together this seems no good. Going to shoot for 100ish carbs/day.
Can't wait to try the bonus challenge. I think I'll try to squeeze in a walk with my daughter in the stroller and my 10lb kettlebell in a backpack after work today, weather cooperation required of course.0 -
i just done my measurements and im down everywhere except my calves up one centermeter. i know its to soon to be muscle from last week beside that should make them smaller (i wonder if my muscles are retaining some water form all that hard work last week) probs just me wishful thinking but still that 1centermeter is coming from something.0
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Weighing in!!
SW 3/14: 167
CW 3/28: 165.5
Down 1.5 lbs
Yay! Even though I wish it was a solid 2 lbs...I believe the exercise challenge and eating more cals really helped me this past week. Can't wait to start the new challenge today...I need more strength training in. My walks involve stretch band work which is part of it but I'm going to incorporate some more dumbbell work doing chest flys, etc. Chest flys are from the shred and they really work to sculpt your arms!0 -
No loss for me this week. Still 150.0. I'm gonna kick it into gear this week, though, and that number will be smaller next week!0
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Scale did not budge this morning, still at 150
goal 140lbs0 -
I LOST 4 POUNDS!!!!
Start: 204
Today: 200!
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Also, I like the challeneges this week.
I'm going to focus on keeping my carbs under, and my sodium around where it should be (I always seem to go WAY over there!)0 -
Funny this link was just on my Facebook wall:
http://www.active.com/women/Articles/4-Strength-Training-Tips-to-Slim-Down.htm?cmp=17-7-387
How do we make links click-able again?
Great to read for this weeks challenge!0 -
Hellllllooooooo ONEDERLAND!!!! :bigsmile:
196 for me this week...that's 4 lbs for me too!!
Congrats, Stef!! That's awesome, girlie!! :flowerforyou:
I think I might be beginning to find my groove...thanks to these AWESOME challenges!!!
Ok, back to work...Happy Monday!!
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Funny this link was just on my Facebook wall:
http://www.active.com/women/Articles/4-Strength-Training-Tips-to-Slim-Down.htm?cmp=17-7-387
How do we make links click-able again?
Great to read for this weeks challenge!
As far as I can tell, we can't make clickable links to pages outside of MFP. That's a great article, though! Definitely motivating to get going with this week's challenge
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Hellllllooooooo ONEDERLAND!!!! :bigsmile:
196 for me this week...that's 4 lbs for me too!!
Congrats, Stef!! That's awesome, girlie!! :flowerforyou:
I think I might be beginning to find my groove...thanks to these AWESOME challenges!!!
Ok, back to work...Happy Monday!!
Congratulations! Keep up the good work. 0 -
SW: 190
CW: 1880 -
6-week challenge:
3/14 SW: 259
3/21 CW 254
3/28 CW: 249
Lost 5lbs
4/25 GW: 240
Only 9 lbs to go!!! Yay!!0 -
I am finally down this week!!!
SW (3/14) - 189.2
(3/21) - 189.2
CW (3/28) - 187.4
I am still not super happy, but its a start. I didn't meet the exercise goal last week, but i did do more than my usual, so I am happy with that. This weeks challenge sounds good. I am going to the gym tonight, and I was only going to do the elliptical, but now I will run and do my strength training!! I have to lose more weight before I go home at Easter! As for food - I am going to watch my sodium, and fat...
Good luck everyone!0 -
Weighing in for the week, I was a little bit down to just see -.8 weight loss for the week. Wow I've worked my tail off all week. Maybe increased strength training will shake things up a bit. Good luck to everyone this week:)
Challenge SW 161
CW 159.20 -
I had been sick and couldn't do workouts because of my ankle.. I had went back up to 152 and this morning I was back down to 151.2 will work extra hard this week 0
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Spring into Fitness SW 197.6
3/21 193.4
3/28 191.2
down 2.2 from last week
Last week, I had found some strength exercises (pushups, chinups, etc.) on Marksdailyapple,com that had progressive modifications for beginners. Of course, I can't find the page now, but I'll keep looking and share.
I'm aiming for <100 g carbs, <1500 mg sodium, and meeting my net calorie goal.0 -
I ended up not losing anything this week. I'm a little bummed, but I kind of expected it bc my week ended on a terrible note. It's also the beginning of TOM for me, so I'm hoping that has something to do with it. I'm going to kick it into high gear this week and make up for this past week.
SW: 140lbs
3/21:139lbs
3/38:139lbs0 -
PW 181.2
CW 179.60 -
Don't be bummed everyone if you didn't lose...I didn't last week. Take your measurements, that reassured me last week, it really did. I hadn't lost for quite awhile but I finally did this week. It gets frustrating for sure!
No problem about the article guys, it was really good info. When people think of strength training they think they are gonna bulk up but that's not true. You might gain but I have found that to be perfectly normal. I'd rather have muscle under my fat instead of more fat, LOL.
If anyone has any strength training exercises they want to share then please do. I would love to know as well. Stretch band work is good for strength training if you have one of those...or resistance bands!!0 -
Finally found the marksdailyapple exercises; this is the link to the pushup, but the rest of them are linked on this page.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-proper-pushup-technique/0 -
SW: 181.2
CW: 176.20 -
thanks for that singer ive had a look and save to favs.
i done chestflys with 5lbs harder than i thought but i can do it, walk around the garden for 20mins with 19lb in a ruck sac, i now know why i was unable to step over the baby gates (i can now). will do 2 mins of bicep curls in a mo. fat ans sodium looking good0 -
chickadee2010 weighing in. Sorry it's so late in the day, I haven't really had much of a chance to get on the computer.
Spring into Fitness SW 147.8
3/21 145.6
3/28 147.4
up 1.8 from last week. I didn't have very much confidence in the scale this morning, anyway.0 -
SW: 137
CW: 135.6! So I lost!0 -
Happy Monday everyone!:)
I strapped on 5 lb ankle weights for my walk which is the total of what I've lost so far. What a difference the walk was. My legs were burning about halfway through it. I also walked with 5 lb hand weights for a total of 20 lbs......made a great strength training walk. Great idea Rose. As for my food diary, I will definately be working on my sodium........I'm doing better but no where near where I want to be yet. Good luck to everyone this week!!0 -
Hi all!
Another 2.5 lbs gone!
Start: 186
CW: 181
GW (by 4/25): 1700 -
I worked on the Primal Fitness exercises today. It's a good thing that they are a gradual progression for out-of-shape beginners. I'm certainly not as strong as I was when I was 18.
If you sign up for the Primal Blueprint newsletter, you can download an E-book entitled "Primal Blueprint Fitness". It includes the five progressive strength exercises and guidelines for appropriate cardio fitness, sprinting, and play. This is a program I can follow for life.0 -
Spring into Fitness SW 197.6
3/21 193.4
3/28 191.2
down 2.2 from last week
Last week, I had found some strength exercises (pushups, chinups, etc.) on Marksdailyapple,com that had progressive modifications for beginners. Of course, I can't find the page now, but I'll keep looking and share.
I'm aiming for <100 g carbs, <1500 mg sodium, and meeting my net calorie goal.
wow singer, it seems like just yesterday you hit ONEderland, now you're almost out of the 190s. You've got some good momentum girly! Keep up the great work!0 -
Olivia, yes, it feels wonderful! I credit Primal Blueprint for the food plan and this challenge group for keeping me motivated to exercise.
Knight (my BLM mustang) should be here on Wednesday! Can you tell I'm excited??0
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