Purple Team Challenge - Week 2

zaza54
zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
edited September 19 in Motivation and Support
Hi-
Our leader has a long day today and asked that someone start a challenge for the week, and keep it fairly easy. So, here goes.

Each day through Tuesday, we will add 10 minutes of activity to our day. It can be 10 more minutes of exercise at home or the gym or a 10 minute walk or going up and down the stairs for 5 minutes twice a day. It just has to be IN ADDITION to what you would have done anyway. That will add 50 minutes to this week. Not a lot, but every little bit helps.

Good luck!

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  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    Hi-
    Our leader has a long day today and asked that someone start a challenge for the week, and keep it fairly easy. So, here goes.

    Each day through Tuesday, we will add 10 minutes of activity to our day. It can be 10 more minutes of exercise at home or the gym or a 10 minute walk or going up and down the stairs for 5 minutes twice a day. It just has to be IN ADDITION to what you would have done anyway. That will add 50 minutes to this week. Not a lot, but every little bit helps.

    Good luck!
  • skiski
    skiski Posts: 173 Member
    i am in

    today i have done an extra 10 mins on my excercise bike already woooo...

    Good Luck Purples xxx
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    I just got a pedometer and I'm gonna try to get that thing up as high as possible today. So an extra 10 minutes on my walk/jog/run is perfect.
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    Yay PURPLE!! I love the enthusiasm.
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    I am all in! We can do this Purple!! I had to work or I would have ha something going in here already and yesterday was my lazy day! Gotta have at least one a week!
  • upskari4
    upskari4 Posts: 25
    I will start today at the gym with 10 extra minutes! Go Purple! :tongue:
  • suprjewels
    suprjewels Posts: 507
    I'm in I will do 10 extra minutes on my gazelle.
  • nicolet04
    nicolet04 Posts: 830
    im in!!! GO PURPLE!!!!:drinker:
  • hwilliams519
    hwilliams519 Posts: 428
    i'm in too!!

    But I have a question...when do we weigh in? This is my first time doing this on here, and if anyone could give me a run down on all this, I would really appreciate it. I just don't want to miss anything, or possibly let my team down.
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    weight has to be in to familygirl by noon on wednesday.
    i weigh the morning of and some weigh the night before.
    just depends on you.
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    Hi-
    I'm happy to report I met the challenge. I was beginning to think I wasn't going to exercise at all, but I finally went to the Y tonight after everyone finally left my house. I did 10 extra minutes of cardio (actually 12) by adding the bike after the treadmill. I'm feeling pretty good right now. :smile:
    Good night all.
    Zaza
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    Ok Purples the weekend is here! What are we gonna do to step it up a notch?? We gotta win this weigh in this week! We can do it!!
    Ok it is bedtime here so I will be on tomorrow morning to see what we can do to kick some butt!!!!
    Good night all!!
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  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    I did an extra 5 minutes on the elliptical yesterday. I can't believe I couldn't find 5 more minutes in the day for this challenge.:grumble:
    I am just so lazy - the hardest part is getting myself going. Once at the Y, I'm fine.
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    I did an extra 5 minutes on the elliptical yesterday. I can't believe I couldn't find 5 more minutes in the day for this challenge.:grumble:
    I am just so lazy - the hardest part is getting myself going. Once at the Y, I'm fine.
    That is really good though! Did you see our other post of challenges??
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/34987-purple-teams-saturday-challenge
  • kirstina_23
    kirstina_23 Posts: 448 Member
    Im back and its going to be a little hard getting on track again. I read our challenge for the week and im defiently going to be trying. Good luck to everyone this week.
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    Im back and its going to be a little hard getting on track again. I read our challenge for the week and im defiently going to be trying. Good luck to everyone this week.
    Welcome back and you can do this!!! Good luck to you too!
  • kirstina_23
    kirstina_23 Posts: 448 Member
    Im back and its going to be a little hard getting on track again. I read our challenge for the week and im defiently going to be trying. Good luck to everyone this week.
    Welcome back and you can do this!!! Good luck to you too!

    Thank You and same to you!
  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    After disgusting myself at lunch (out with a friend for her 50th), I just walked one mile in 32 degree weather. It felt great!!! I had already exercised at my regular Mon. monring class so my walk counts as my extra 10 (actually 18) minutes for the mini-weekly challenge.
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    After disgusting myself at lunch (out with a friend for her 50th), I just walked one mile in 32 degree weather. It felt great!!! I had already exercised at my regular Mon. monring class so my walk counts as my extra 10 (actually 18) minutes for the mini-weekly challenge.
    That is great! I also had a pretty bad (great) lunch. I gotta step up and do something to knock some of my too many calories out!
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    I'm great on calories. My problem is that by the time I get home and get everybody fed, it's 7ish. I go for my workout and then I have a bunch of calories left. I still have it in my head not to eat past 7 but if I don't I can't make up my calories.
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    I'm great on calories. My problem is that by the time I get home and get everybody fed, it's 7ish. I go for my workout and then I have a bunch of calories left. I still have it in my head not to eat past 7 but if I don't I can't make up my calories.
    Well what time do you go to bed? Maybe if you don't go to bed until late, and just eat at least 2 hours before you do go to bed. Try that.
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    11ish....I have been giving myself a snack around 830, after all my exercise. I drink yet another water and eat something like peanut butter.

    It's hard to explain exercise calories to DH. He thinks I'm cheating. lol
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    11ish....I have been giving myself a snack around 830, after all my exercise. I drink yet another water and eat something like peanut butter.

    It's hard to explain exercise calories to DH. He thinks I'm cheating. lol
    sometimes men don't get it!! its all cool though! i know you aren't cheating!!
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    He's really starting to come around. I think that seeing me stick to it is making him realize it's not that hard to do.
  • renae77
    renae77 Posts: 3,394 Member
    He's really starting to come around. I think that seeing me stick to it is making him realize it's not that hard to do.
    Well I know that it is hard for them to come around. We were having some kind of cheese quesadillas and I know I had too many calories earlier but that is what we had planned for supper. Anyway my hubby made them and he just started pouring the cheese on the whole wheat shells. I'm like oh no, you know you gotta measure that out. He said are you gonna make yours? I said you are making them and I asked if he thought I was stupid b/c I measure out everything and he said no but when he cooks he doesn't measure anything. I said well I do and I need to know how much and what I am putting into my body! So he took the cheese off and measured it for me. There you go!!
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