Midsummer Meltdown - 4/25 thru 6/21

Good evening, Ladies AND Gentleman!!
Hope you all have had a Wooo Hoooo Wednesday!!
I have managed, I don't know how, to already lose 4lbs so far this week! Take THAT, Easter Feasting!! LOL I'm just hoping it lasts through the week. I don't normally exercise every day, but I want to keep this forward momentum moving, so I'm going to get at it again tonight :bigsmile:

WTG Leslie! Something about starting a new challenge seems to have jump-started us. I saw a 1.5 lb loss in 2 days, which never, ever, ever happens to me. I'm a slow loser, which is hard for me because I am a fast person by nature (one of my colleagues was laughing at me the other day and when I asked why she said, "because you don't even type at a normal speed!!! What the heck do you drink every morning?" So weightloss is my exercise in patience. So happy for you and the shedding of 4 lbs so quickly

I drank TWENTY CUPS of water today! I put in a hard workout (a little over an hour, woo hoo!) and overall had a great day water and exercise-wise. Ate a little too much dessert but took responsibility for it and worked it off at the gym.

Hope everyone had a great Wednesday!

If it's not too late, I'd like to join. The last challenge helped keep me on track.

SW (4/27): 131
GW (6/21): 125

I had another good day today with both exercise & my water. I completed C25K W9D2 and this evening I pushed myself to do both 30DS & Ri30; which was exhausting but I haven't done either in a few days and I was feeling guilty. Whoa...stop the train...did I just say that I felt "guilty" for not exercising?!?!? I'll take that's as an NSV!! :happy:

That IS an NSV if I ever did hear one! Good on ya Ailene! :flowerforyou:

Exercise done, 31 mins on stationary bike, and only 1 cup of water to go. Plus I cleaned houses for 7 hrs today whew. I didn't want to exercise when I got home, but thanks to the challenge got it done. Hopefully I can keep it up.

Enjoy tomorrow everyone.

Steph, I'm so impressed!! I know how much you LOVE your water And putting in a workout, after working all day...just fantastic, girl!! I KNOW you can keep it up!! You're SO strong!! And of course, you'll have me to kick your butt :laugh:

Day 2 of this challenge and I feel so motivated by it.. I have never been a water drinker (diet coke lover) but that is all I drank today until just now. I managed to do it 2 days in a row and that is something for me. I agree with the straw idea because that's how I have to do it. Working out daily is something I have already been doing so this is good for me, too. 68 minutes of aerobics tonight... but man, did it make me ravenous!! Good luck, all. Rhonda

@ Leslie - thanks - the spreadsheet is growing fast! We're at 79 people (did everyone notice...we can no longer say it's just "Ladies"???? . )

Aillene, thanks for noticing my gender... but.... if it's inappropriate to be part of this challenge, I won't be offended at all. I wouldn't want to change the tone here, or have people feeling they have to think about it being a "mixed-crowd" while they're typing.

Your challenge topic, Midsummer Meltdown, was the first forum post I saw, and it looks cool and motivating... and I'm enjoying drinking all the water, (while experiencing the same frequent journeys to the bathroom others have been reporting!).

On the exercise front, I went sailing for an hour tonight, which surprisingly, involves a lot of moving around. And, after reading this article in the Times, "Is sitting a lethal activity" I've been standing while at work for at least two hours per day, for the past two days. That may not sound like much, but it's far tougher than I'd predicted.

Here's the link to the article, which has an amazing answer to why two people eating the same quantities of food and going to the gym the same amount of time, can experience such different weight loss results.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17sitting-t.html

Do let me know if it's ok to be male in here, and seriously, if it's a problem, just point me to where the guys hang out on MFP!

Jay

Thanks Stacy! I'm really finding it motivating. Cheers

Good morning everyone! So this morning I've realized that I have a really good (and I hate to admit completely superficial) motivation to work my butt off for this challenge. My birthday is June 26th and it also happens my drivers license needs to get renewed this year. When I got my last license 5 years ago I was over 200 lbs and I lied told them my weight was 175. So the new goal I'm adding is to be able to go into the DMV, not lie about my weight (my goal here is 150) and actually have someting put on there I can live with for the next 5 years!

Hope everyone has a great day!

10 glasses of water: Check
65 minutes of walking/jogging: check.

The water was difficult, bc I can do 8 glasses and at 10 last night I was force feeding the watter. i got it down though. Excited to see the results next week.

Btw, Welcome, Jay. Everyone needs the support, why not you.

I did well yesterday... Finished my 10 cups of water and managed to get exercise in for the day...

Today - I am 1/2 way through my water and really hoping I can at least get in 30 minutes of exercise tonight...

Great Job Everyone!!!!!

So glass = 8oz of water? I am going to try and use a bigger container trick and see if that helps me.

I did good yesterday, got the whole 10 cups down and did a 30 min weights workout. Now to do it again today

morning everyone! i'm super pumped today! I think this challege is really going to help keep me focused.. and I officially have something to work towards! I got a wedding invitation yesterday, its for June 24th, so that will help keep me on track as well.

i'm having my coffee before I jump into my water for the day. :blushing: its my one vice and I can't give it up.