Rigibann wrote: »

Please can I clarify with the Challenge 2 option - when choosing a previous challenge, if the week had two bits do we need to do both or can this be just one - for example, Transylvania's two parts were a climbing and a twisting challenge - would we need to do both?

In the Q&A thread this answer was given by hawkins410:
You don't have to do BOTH challenges from a country, just ONE of the challenges. So if you'd like to do the stairs from either Transylvania or Peru, go ahead.

8 lifestyle choices to continue
1. log my food choices every day.
2. make the healthy choice to have a healthier body (blood pressure, heart, immune system)
3. cook as many meals as possible at home to know what I am eating
4. exercise everyday!
5. push myself beyond what I think my limits are.
6. get a good night's sleep
7. remember to drink plenty of water
8. don't let those around me influence what I eat or drink
One new one to try
9. Winter is always the hard time of year to stay active. I want to try to enjoy a winter activity. I chose snowshoeing.

8 LIFESTYLES TO CONTINUE....

1) Continue to monitor my sodium (bad at that)
2) Keep under calories till maintenance
3) Continue running
4) Finish the Aftershock program
5) Continue to drink ALL my water EVERY DAY
6) Reach my 10k step goal daily
7) Remember to always stay positive
8) Keep the JUNK foods under control

TRY SOMETHING NEW...

MAYBE i will try out some of those dance videos on YouTube and learn some new moves

I completed challenge #2 todayKAUAI, HAWAII:
“HIKING THE NA PALI COAST”. It sure didn't feel like Hawaii this morning. 23 degrees (real feel of 13) but I made it 4 miles outside. There's nothing like exercising outside!

I think today would be a good day for me to do challenge #2 and start on challenge #1. I have 2 days of mostly indoor weather and i cant think of a better way to spend it atm. SO HERE GOES NOTIN' !!!

8 Lifestyle choices to continue:
1. Log EVERYTHING
2. Log accurately, weighing, measuring etc
3. 10,000 Steps. This one is tough for me but I've found a way to get it daily and it really helps!
4. Eating more protein. Another hard one but it really keeps me full longer and helps with my weight loss
5. Water, water, water. I slack sometimes and have to remind myself that my body needs this water to function properly
6. Say no to eating out. Oh my gosh, the calories and sodium, and I always end up saying "I could have made that and it would have tasted so much better and more fresh for half the price!" We have really cut down on eating out and it helps weight wise and money wise.
7. Exercise daily even if it's just 5 minutes of yoga, it's the habit, keeping it going, that counts some days.
8. Focus more on health and less on that scale. With a healthy eating and moving, the scale will move, but that scale can play a real mind game.

New to try:
Work on my emotional eating and my sweet tooth. If I'm upset I tend to reach for comfort food. It goes back a long time and I have to remember that my life isn't like it was. Sure there are bumps but I have ppl arond me who love and support me now. I don't need food for that anymore. I also want to work on replacing my calorie high sweets with lower calorie ones. (Ex:Instead of chocolate chip cookies, have some yogurt covered bananas instead or some yogurt with a few choc chips.) But also know that a little is ok. Moderation. I also want to do more latin dancing, I love it but don't do it nearly enough!

shauna30 wrote: »

I completed challenge #2 todayKAUAI, HAWAII:
“HIKING THE NA PALI COAST”. It sure didn't feel like Hawaii this morning. 23 degrees (real feel of 13) but I made it 4 miles outside. There's nothing like exercising outside!

I sure have noticed as it gets colder outside my exercise numbers are going down. No 5 to 8 hours on a mountain, no 20-30 mile bike rides, no walking along the parkway. It is so much easier being outside, so much to see, scenery, wildlife, random friendly people......it really is a lot harder (for me) to put in the same amount of time indoors. This really does need to be a priority to me this winter! I do not like the cold and I have a compromised immune system. I really need to not be outside when it is so cold. Hoping for some nice days this winter

8 Lifestyle choices to continue:

1. Continue to make good food swapping options to becoming more healthier
2. Not eating after 9pm
3. 10,000 Steps or more per day
4. Drink plenty of WATER I slack sometimes and have to remind myself that my body needs this water to function and helps to make me feel fuller
6. Not eating my children's leftovers, hanging my head in shame been guilty many of times.
7. Rest at times as parents we forget about ourselves
8. Plan ahead for meals expescially when going out or special occasions.

New to try
Enjoyed the step challenges so I'll try and keep that up each week.

Challenge 2
I haven't been involved in all the challenges but the one I expescially liked was the step challenge, it seemed to work a lot of area's of my body expescially my butt. Hopefully by Thursday this would be completed

Stair update for challenge 2 :
560/1778
My goal is to get in 11 flights(14 stairs up and 14 down) each day to finish this challenge.

******TO COMPLETE CHALLENGE #2:*****

1.) SIMPLY CHOOSE ONE OF THE THIRTEEN ABOVE CHALLENGES- KAUAI, HAWAII
2.) DO IT- DONE
3.) POST ON YOUR THREAD WHICH ONE YOU DID- HIKING THE NA PALI COAST
4.) STATE WHY YOU CHOSE THE ONE YOU DID!- I LOVE being outdoors and this as one of the best ways to get that done !
5.) PUT 10 POINTS IN THE APPROPRIATE CHALLENGE BOX- done

Alisa, my mistake, lol. I did the stairs today for 35 mins instead of 20 mins. Plus tomorrow my goal is to get another 30 mins in. So I'm sure I completed the challenge since I counted up and down,

1.) SIMPLY CHOOSE ONE OF THE THIRTEEN ABOVE CHALLENGES- Climb the Inca Trail
2.) DO IT- Done
3.) POST ON YOUR THREAD WHICH ONE YOU DID - Done
4.) STATE WHY YOU CHOSE THE ONE YOU DID!- I really liked walking the stairs. It was easy for me to fit them around my VERY demanding children lol
5.) PUT 10 POINTS IN THE APPROPRIATE CHALLENGE BOX- Done

Abs workout done - these were not bad - I hate strength exercises but here were ok and feel pleased with myself

8 lifestyle changes
1 Make sure to drink more water on the weekends while at home.
2. Continue walking up the stairs for exercise.
3. Go on a walk with my husband at least once a week.
4. Try to strengthen my back by doing my stretching every day
5. Exercise daily even if it's on for a few minutes.
6. Have a drink of water before having sweets.
7. Continue to do dance videos off you tube.
8. Keep aware of calories
Try something new:. Research and make new healthy meals.

8 Lifestyle Changes
1. Continue to do C25K - I walked a 5K yesterday, but would love to actually run one someday.
2. Take the stairs as much as possible.
3. Make healthy eating choices.
4. Drink lots of water.
5. Exercise daily.
6. Learn new workout routines so I don't get bored and stop doing it.
7. Get enough sleep.
8. Remember all the positives in my life.

Try something new - just bought a Tae Bo workout DVD - it looks like fun.