Ugh the frustrating thing about losing weight is that it took 2 1/2 months to lose 14 pounds but only 2 days of bad eating habits (I definitely have in to those Easter goodies a little early) to pack 4 of them back on! I'm going to need to buckle down and step up my will-power! Thank you all for sharing your struggles and frustrations... It's so good to know we all go through the same ups and downs! You really motivate me!

I too am SOOOO trying to get under 200... Probably not during this challenge but hopefully within the next few months (I've still got 20 lbs to go to make it there).

I posted this on my feed, but I'm noticing some changes in my body despite the scale going up. I still have a lot more fat to lose before I can start blaming it on gaining muscle. Ugh. Scale is not my friend this week. That 199 is further away than I want it to be.

Happy Easter!!

Seems we all had a rough week last week... let's make this one better! 84 flights of stairs, huh? I live a flight and a half up so I just gotta run up and down a bunch of times (maybe that'll get me to do laundry in the basement!).

Wow... lots of stairs this week... and the miles are upped too!!! without a fitbit or other tracker how are you tracking your flights of stairs? I am trying to figure out how many stairs in a flight so I know how much I need to run up and down these house steps... or i may be surprised as to what I usually do in a week.

I see several that haven't logged anything on the spreadsheet... did we lose more friends? How many are on the team now?

Rough week last week, but let's jump back in strong team 8... let's rock it all the way to Egypt ... leaving the chocolate far far behind!

I read on the week 4 page that people were counting a flight as 12-13 steps so yours would work. I read somewhere else it only counts going up... I started out combining my two sets but guess they can be separate which means I actually did 30 flights of steps today (only counting going up). I went down just as much but not counting those. I realized later I have been up and down many other times today but I'm not going to try to count those for the challenge..just when I initially get my flights in as a session. I only have 54 more to go!!!! I was sweating and puffing for sure. I definitely know I worked the legs like a workout that way... my legs don't feel like this every day for sure! Told my boys if they hear me fall to just pick me up and drag me to the couch! Haha...

Wow 84 flights is going to be brutal. Now that I'm forced to stop and think about it there aren't nearly as many flights of stairs in my life that I thought there were. I have 1 1/2 to my own apartment and my parents' house has a half flight. Hmm...

I really can't figure a way to keep track of my daily flights for normal routine.... I am up and down two flights from basement to bedrooms many times a day. I just decided not to count those and just do flight sets and get the count in that way.

I am heading out to run now but have no idea how that will work as my legs are still lead from yesterdays 30 flights! I will also try to make sure I get in some longer low intensity time and some weight time (was planning to up that this week) so hoping to get my numbers up there that way. I have to do the higher intensity stuff to try to even get some of this weight off but know that my minutes logged go down that way. Its a huge challenge at 603 but I will do my best to get there.

My maps this week on my fitness logs may just look like big squares as I walk and watch soccer practice around and around the field. That will get me a couple hours in.

I think many people were much slacker last week, I fought a migrane for 3 days and slept half of Friday and then the rest was Easter weekend. So back on track this week, although Monday wasn't great with school kids home. Did much better today and plan on improving each day as we go this week. We are taking a fun weekend away to my daughters cheerleading competition this weekend so not really much exercise going to happen. So, with that in mind, guess I need to up my game significantly the next three days. Luckily, I have done lots of prep work for daycare/preschool so I should be good and my kiddos love when I get on the treadmill. Hope they aren't making fun of me, haha! I will do the belly dancing, nutrition challenge is all but done and am logging food daily. With a bit of work, we can do this together! I bet most of us waste some time watching tv or sitting around, so if we all turned that 30 minutes into some type of exercise, it would be beneficial. I did 30 minutes on my exercise ball while watching Judge Judy tonight!

Hi everyone! I'm back from my vacation and looks like I have a lot to catch up on! I didn't have wi-fi or even cell service where I was, so wasn't even able to check in! I had a great time! Didn't ski as much as I usually do. Instead, I hiked. It was beautiful! Skiing was tough this year. I grew up skiing, but have lived on the prairies for a good 20 years. The last time i skied in the mountains was a few years ago. I definitely felt it this time around. It hurt!! LOL!
I am back and raring to go this week. Haven't even read what is needed in terms of minutes, based on your comments...alot! LOL!

Wow 108 floors - go you!!

I think I'll just freak out my neighbors tonight and run up and down my stairs a bunch of times. Today's also the last day of the squat challenge (I skipped one day so I'm officially a day behind), so my legs are gonna KILL me tomorrow. Worth it. Hopefully.

Holy crap belly dancing is hard! Thank god no one can see me except my cat. Pretty sure he laughed at me.

wahmx3 wrote: »

This looks like a tough week for many of us....we can do it. I quickly looked at some of the other teams and they are struggling as well. We can do this, lets end the week strong.

I agree... I know my exercise numbers are down... having a hard time with this week.. headaches and other lady stuff messing me up this week more than normal.

One thing I noticed is that the roadblocks/ challenges give us lots of point options... let's grab as many smart, easier points as we can and finish strong this week. Let's rock till the end team 8!

Phew what a week. Definitely not as active as I meant to be, but I'll be better this week!