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  • ka97
    ka97 Posts: 1,984 Member
    Hi ladies! Quick check in then off to lift and spin. Just grabbed a handful of blueberries so I should have all the colors covered for today.
  • leti126
    leti126 Posts: 179 Member
    Got cardio and ab challenge in again today! Also I got blueberries in my yogurt and orange from butternut squash soup and a clementine! Keep on rockin team :smile:
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    Thanks for the vegetarian ideas team! :) Right now the Irish Coffee sounds good because I didn't lose an ounce this week! I am sooooo disappointed!! :o I stayed under my calorie count (1200) and exercised everyday, so I don't know what else to do. :/ I know we all plateau sometimes, but this plateau is taking waaaay to long to go away. Oh well, I'm not giving up!! :p
    I danced to my Zumba DVD's this morning, ate some blueberries for my purple/blue part of the rainbow, and plan on working on the Irish jig when I get home from work. That should cheer me up! ;)
  • mswanger09
    mswanger09 Posts: 863 Member
    Irish jig is done! Glad the hubby wasn't home to witness it! My biggest complaint with the videos was who ever was filming it not showing her lower body better! When trying to learn dance steps seeing the teacher's feet is a little helpful. I will try this again another day. And probably walk through my house doing "threes"!
  • jamacianredhair
    jamacianredhair Posts: 230 Member
    hawkins410 wrote: »
    Thanks for the vegetarian ideas team! :) Right now the Irish Coffee sounds good because I didn't lose an ounce this week! I am sooooo disappointed!! :o I stayed under my calorie count (1200) and exercised everyday, so I don't know what else to do. :/ I know we all plateau sometimes, but this plateau is taking waaaay to long to go away. Oh well, I'm not giving up!! :p
    I danced to my Zumba DVD's this morning, ate some blueberries for my purple/blue part of the rainbow, and plan on working on the Irish jig when I get home from work. That should cheer me up! ;)

    I've been stuck for 3 weeks. I tightened up my logging and water intake and I'm down 1.6lbs today super excited! Keep at it, it will come off
  • bsehorn
    bsehorn Posts: 61 Member
    Ate some red strawberries and blueberries with my lunch, also had a salad that had green spinach, red peppers and green cucumbers. Tonight I plan on eating some califower with dinner.
    I've been practicing my Irish dancing....my husband is getting a good laugh!
  • murdog3t
    murdog3t Posts: 2,033 Member
    Thanks for making the changes on the spreadsheet lol tired eyes....
  • 120maggie
    120maggie Posts: 5,216 Member
    jamacianredhair wrote: »
    hawkins410 wrote: »
    Thanks for the vegetarian ideas team! :) Right now the Irish Coffee sounds good because I didn't lose an ounce this week! I am sooooo disappointed!! :o I stayed under my calorie count (1200) and exercised everyday, so I don't know what else to do. :/ I know we all plateau sometimes, but this plateau is taking waaaay to long to go away. Oh well, I'm not giving up!! :p
    I danced to my Zumba DVD's this morning, ate some blueberries for my purple/blue part of the rainbow, and plan on working on the Irish jig when I get home from work. That should cheer me up! ;)

    I've been stuck for 3 weeks. I tightened up my logging and water intake and I'm down 1.6lbs today super excited! Keep at it, it will come off

    Congratuations to jamacianredhair on seeing the new number! Hang in there hawkins410. Plateaus are the pits but you are doing great stuff and the scale will move!
  • murdog3t
    murdog3t Posts: 2,033 Member
    The rainbow color challenges is 1 color everyday I have been eating every color everyday to up the challenge... Squat challenge day 15 done arm challenge day 9 done barbell challenge day 9 done ( I have been doing both arms & barbell) + I got in cox works & body shred ....cleaned my whole house waiting for hubby to get out of surgery....nervous reck..... I will get the Irish dance in sometime today + 11000 steps on my Fitbit we are awesome
  • mswanger09
    mswanger09 Posts: 863 Member
    I love being this team with all of rock stars!!!!

    @murdog3t, you are welcome. And I hope all is well with your husband.
  • leti126
    leti126 Posts: 179 Member
    @hawkins410 don't get discouraged sometimes it just happens and can be water weight. Also remember if you've been working out your muscles they weigh too!
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    Your awesome words mean more than you know! Many thanks! :smiley:
    I just worked off some of my discouragement by learning my "threes". The "sevens" are too tricky for tonight...but I had fun!
    @120maggie Thank you for the kind words of encouragement!
    @bsehorn, I kicked my husband out of the house for this uncoordinated clogging! ;)
    @murdog3t I hope your husband gets well quickly!
    @jamacianredhair Congrats on getting off your plateau!
    @leti126 I hope it is from building muscles! That would be awesome!
    Point, hop, toe, point, hop, toe, one, two, three, one, two, three...now for the sevens...! :o
  • jamacianredhair
    jamacianredhair Posts: 230 Member
    Amazing Race Week 2:
    Day 1: 30 min ab ripper bonus* Banana
    Day 2: 30 min treadmill 30 min biceps and squats bonus* tomatoes and broccoli
    Total Miles: 90
  • Diana6ft
    Diana6ft Posts: 126 Member
    murdog3t wrote: »
    The rainbow color challenges is 1 color everyday I have been eating every color everyday to up the challenge... Squat challenge day 15 done arm challenge day 9 done barbell challenge day 9 done ( I have been doing both arms & barbell) + I got in cox works & body shred ....cleaned my whole house waiting for hubby to get out of surgery....nervous reck..... I will get the Irish dance in sometime today + 11000 steps on my Fitbit we are awesome

    I've been eating every color every day too. I already decided to really focus on nutrition this week, so it's worked out perfectly!
  • Diana6ft
    Diana6ft Posts: 126 Member
    I'm a little obsessed with the Irish Jig people!!! My hamstrings are killing me though. Who knew it used all that muscle?! I'm trying to learn the dance really well so I can post it to my sister's facebook page. She's really into St. Patty's Day.

  • mswanger09
    mswanger09 Posts: 863 Member
    Good morning people!!!!!

    We are almost half way there!!!!!! Hope everyone is having a great day!!

    Reminder, if anyone is having trouble logging their information into the spreadsheet post it here and let us know that you need someone to update your info to the spreadsheet.
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    Diana6ft wrote: »
    I'm a little obsessed with the Irish Jig people!!! My hamstrings are killing me though. Who knew it used all that muscle?! I'm trying to learn the dance really well so I can post it to my sister's facebook page. She's really into St. Patty's Day.

    Can we see it too?? ;)
  • 120maggie
    120maggie Posts: 5,216 Member
    Yes , I would love to see how one of us can successfully do it! I work on my jig at 5:00 am when even the dog is asleep. Have to close the shutters so I don't scare the paper deliverer!
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    120maggie wrote: »
    Yes , I would love to see how one of us can successfully do it! I work on my jig at 5:00 am when even the dog is asleep. Have to close the shutters so I don't scare the paper deliverer!

    Too funny! I was working on it this morning too. Our dog was asleep upstairs w/ my husband so neither one of them could see! I just can NOT get that seven step!! :p
  • ahawkins494
    ahawkins494 Posts: 6 Member
    Hey, so i have a fitbit and have received a friction burn on my wrist and am scared to wear it... I was doing so well with keeping track of my exercise and now i feel like logging minutes of walking on mfp is going to be incorrect because of how my walking varies. Does anyone have any suggestions?
  • tooru
    tooru Posts: 72 Member
    Totally forgot about adding my miles! Added them now :)
  • Diana6ft
    Diana6ft Posts: 126 Member
    Ha! When I practiced last night my husband said, "babe you have to really kick your heal to your butt. You're doing it wrong." The sevens going to my right is really difficult for me. I just keep trying. It's a great workout regardless.
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    Diana6ft wrote: »
    Ha! When I practiced last night my husband said, "babe you have to really kick your heal to your butt. You're doing it wrong." The sevens going to my right is really difficult for me. I just keep trying. It's a great workout regardless.

    Men! Has HE tried it?? My husband put it on the computer for me so I can play it in a continuous loop on the TV. While he was working on it, he watched it quite a few times and THINKS it looks easy, but has yet to try it!! :D
    I'm used to mirroring from Zumba, so my rights are her lefts and the sevens go all over the place! :o
    Are you going to buy a little dress and sash for your video? B)
  • mswanger09
    mswanger09 Posts: 863 Member
    I am really good at the threes! The toe point kick things, NOPE!

    And apparently for the Irish food part of the challenge, Irish Coffee is ok, but Guinness and Kililan's Irish Red is not. That makes no sense. (For the record, i would have happily prepared something Irish for dinner this week but I had my meal plan done prior to the challenge being announced.)
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    ahawkins494 wrote: »
    Hey, so i have a fitbit and have received a friction burn on my wrist and am scared to wear it... I was doing so well with keeping track of my exercise and now i feel like logging minutes of walking on mfp is going to be incorrect because of how my walking varies. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Do you have a phone you can carry while you walk? There is a free app. called cardio trainer that I use that works great! You can select the type of exercise you want, the intensity of the work-out, and it will record steps, time, distance, etc. You can pause in your walking and then resume when you start back up as well. You can even play music through it! See if it is available in your Google play store. Let me know how it goes! :)
  • hawkins410
    hawkins410 Posts: 2,105 Member
    mswanger09 wrote: »
    I am really good at the threes! The toe point kick things, NOPE!

    And apparently for the Irish food part of the challenge, Irish Coffee is ok, but Guinness and Kililan's Irish Red is not. That makes no sense. (For the record, i would have happily prepared something Irish for dinner this week but I had my meal plan done prior to the challenge being announced.)

    Nooooo...no skipping of challenges by you allowed!! We need every point we can get! As far as I can tell, Team #1 won the first leg, but our 6 DEGREES OF AWESOME is in second! This is our chance to pull even! Cook an Irish breakfast on Sunday! Improvise! Mash up some potatoes! Boil some onions! The possibilities are endless! :D;)
  • ka97
    ka97 Posts: 1,984 Member
    edited March 2016
    ahawkins494 wrote: »
    Hey, so i have a fitbit and have received a friction burn on my wrist and am scared to wear it... I was doing so well with keeping track of my exercise and now i feel like logging minutes of walking on mfp is going to be incorrect because of how my walking varies. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    There is a product called "bodyglide"; a lot of triathletes and some runners use it. However, you could also try using deodorant, a little vasoline, or even some cooking spray applied to the area(s) that rub. I know it sounds weird, but people actually do it, to prevent that very problem.


    mswanger09 wrote: »
    And apparently for the Irish food part of the challenge, Irish Coffee is ok, but Guinness and Kililan's Irish Red is not. That makes no sense. (For the record, i would have happily prepared something Irish for dinner this week but I had my meal plan done prior to the challenge being announced.)

    I could totally do an Irish Coffee! I don't actually have any Irish whisky though, so I'd have to go to the bar.
    What if I just went and ate something at the Irish Pub? Think that would count? It would be food cooked by an Irish guy. :)


    Today I was tired, really tired. I know it's partially from last night's lift and spin (always a killer workout). And starting TOM doesn't help. I still ran though - a little over 5 miles. I felt really slow, but it wasn't actually as bad as I had thought. It took awhile to warm/loosen up, but then the last couple of miles didn't feel too bad. Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day. I'm actually looking forward to it. I'll check out the dance videos tomorrow. We just have to do them once, right? Not actually learn it with any degree of proficiency?
  • mswanger09
    mswanger09 Posts: 863 Member
    edited March 2016
    hawkins410 wrote: »
    mswanger09 wrote: »
    I am really good at the threes! The toe point kick things, NOPE!

    And apparently for the Irish food part of the challenge, Irish Coffee is ok, but Guinness and Kililan's Irish Red is not. That makes no sense. (For the record, i would have happily prepared something Irish for dinner this week but I had my meal plan done prior to the challenge being announced.)

    Nooooo...no skipping of challenges by you allowed!! We need every point we can get! As far as I can tell, Team #1 won the first leg, but our 6 DEGREES OF AWESOME is in second! This is our chance to pull even! Cook an Irish breakfast on Sunday! Improvise! Mash up some potatoes! Boil some onions! The possibilities are endless! :D;)

    The thing is making Irish food requires a trip to the store and I don't know when I will be able to do that. So, while I am out I will have an Irish coffee since that is an acceptable substitute. I am going out all day Friday, will check if there are any Irish options.

    @ka97, I think ordering food out is an ok option!
  • bsehorn
    bsehorn Posts: 61 Member
    I love getting on here and seeing some of the comments...you make me laugh and the encouraging words are great to read!
    I've eaten plenty of "colors" today, but my problem is having company in town. How do you get home late from work and then tell your company, that is staying in your home, that I have to leave again and go workout?! This is after I fix dinner for everyone... Sorry no workout "miles" tonight but should get off work at a normal hour and get to the gym before coming home tomorrow.
  • bsehorn
    bsehorn Posts: 61 Member
    ka97 wrote: »
    ahawkins494 wrote: »
    Hey, so i have a fitbit and have received a friction burn on my wrist and am scared to wear it... I was doing so well with keeping track of my exercise and now i feel like logging minutes of walking on mfp is going to be incorrect because of how my walking varies. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    There is a product called "bodyglide"; a lot of triathletes and some runners use it. However, you could also try using deodorant, a little vasoline, or even some cooking spray applied to the area(s) that rub. I know it sounds weird, but people actually do it, to prevent that very problem.


    mswanger09 wrote: »
    And apparently for the Irish food part of the challenge, Irish Coffee is ok, but Guinness and Kililan's Irish Red is not. That makes no sense. (For the record, i would have happily prepared something Irish for dinner this week but I had my meal plan done prior to the challenge being announced.)

    I could totally do an Irish Coffee! I don't actually have any Irish whisky though, so I'd have to go to the bar.
    What if I just went and ate something at the Irish Pub? Think that would count? It would be food cooked by an Irish guy. :)


    Today I was tired, really tired. I know it's partially from last night's lift and spin (always a killer workout). And starting TOM doesn't help. I still ran though - a little over 5 miles. I felt really slow, but it wasn't actually as bad as I had thought. It took awhile to warm/loosen up, but then the last couple of miles didn't feel too bad. Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day. I'm actually looking forward to it. I'll check out the dance videos tomorrow. We just have to do them once, right? Not actually learn it with any degree of proficiency?

    This is what the "Golden Ticket #2 says about the Irish dance: "You must do all seven videos for credit. You can break them up over the course of the seven days."

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