Turn your knowledge into Power Challenge

Idahogirl - Oh my gosh I can see why you are proud. It takes much willpower to turn down french fries and opt for the healthy salad. What a great accomplishment!

Laura - Congrats on your NSV. How great it is to see some physical results of all your hard work.

Kristie –how great! Sometimes it is hard to accept compliments. How wonderful it is to hold your head high and know that you deserve and earned each and every compliment given.

Abhamilton – welcome!

Dorothy – Congrats on your loss and your NSV. . . . . sweating . . . . the sweet perfume of burning calories

Emccand – you can make the coming week spectacular!

Veronica – I love reading about all the physical activity you have. It is an inspiration.

McHeather – it is always harder when you are not in your own environment. You will be able to focus much better when you get home.

I will have to post my results later . . . . gotta get back to work now.

Hope everyone has a great afternoon!

My weigh in for today is 276.2 (down 2.8). My NSV last week was getting in my water. 4 days I drank all my water I waked about 5 miles last week.

This coming week . . . I will try the 30 jumping jacks a day (starting tomorrow), but the only time I have ever been able to do jumping jacks was in the water. The walking I think I will go with the 7.5 miles.

Have a great night everyone. I will check back in tomorrow, if the jumping jacks don't kill me.:huh:

Week 2:

Knowledge Challenge -- I read the article by the Mayo Clinic Staff that was posted for this week, along with several others about diet, nutrition, and exercise that is on the Mayo Clinic site. I was however, unable to locate the metabolism quiz.

Physical Challenge -- I am in NO way a morning person, but this morning I got up at 6:45am and walked 1.2 miles followed by 8 minutes of step aerobics and 30 jumping jacks (well 1/2 jacks because I am physically unable to do jumping jacks and restricted from doing so by my doctor). I feel great and my hubby thinks I am nuts (which in this case is a good thing...lol).

NSV -- Getting out of bed early to exercise and following through with it. This was a spur of the moment thing, not pre-planned.

Physical Challenge: Week 2

Friday: JJ 30, Walking -
Saturday: JJ 30, Walking .7

Week 2 Physical Challenge:

Saturday - walked 1.2 miles, 30 half jacks, other exercise not listed in the challenge - total calorie burn 4,497
Sunday - 30 half jacks, exercise video not listed in challenge - total calorie burn 135 (day is young so may burn more after work)

Wishing everyone a Super Slimming Sunday :flowerforyou:

tami

Tami (so happy to know your name now!)

That is a major calorie burn on Saturday! Wow. Keep up the wonderful work!

Ok, so the weekend was a bust for me at least as far as exercise goes. We did 5 hours working on c-hinking the house on Saturday (sorry for the hyphen, but it keeps wanting to censor it). Then we headed into town and bought a new lawn mower and went to the new Harry Potter movie with the kids. Sunday, after church, we worked in the yard for a few hours- the hubby and son worked on mowing and daughter and I hauled and stacked fire wood. I think the boys got the easy job, but we girls make neater wood stacks, so it's pretty much something we always do!

Today was a KILLER day at work, I think the kiddos know it's the last week of summer school. I had two LONG runs at works chasing runners. I'm also a little battered and bruised as we had quite a few aggressive outbursts today, hoping tomorrow is better, LOL.

Physical challenge: Week 2

Friday: 100 JJ 20 pushups
Sat:
Sun:
Monday: 130 JJ, 20 pushups

Kimberly, you were my inspiration for jumping jacks today! I remembered you coming back and doing a second set of jumping jacks even though they kicked your butt, so I pushed through and did more than I had planned, thanks! Tonight was supposed to be a running day, but it's rainy and gross out there, so I think we're gonna do Insanity pure cardio instead, wish me luck!

~~Veronica

Veronica,

I so know those days you are speaking of. I have done my share of chasing, and once I even had to climb a VERY tall pine tree. Imagine that if you will, at 270 pounds. I was scared to death the branches were going to break! Hope tomorrow is much better for you!

I wouldn't worry to much about your perceived lack of exercise on the weekend. Sounds to me like you were plenty active, and exercising new sets of muscles!

Knowledge Challenge: Week 2

I took the quiz and had 10/11 correct for a score of 91%. I missed the question about which part of the body burns the most calories. I answered muscle tissue and the correct answer was the brain. This made me realize that there is a science behind why my students do better when I have a scheduled "nutrition break" in my daily routine at work. For my kiddo's they are probably expending so much energy to learn that they need it! I love when I can make real life connections and see how it applies.

Here are some tips that I have about weight loss.

* I am a firm believer that there are many opportunities in our day to include what I call "natural exercise", these are things that we do normally. They work the muscles naturally. I make opportunities by parking further away from my stop, Taking stairs instead of elevators, carrying in the groceries one bag at a time (instead of lining my arms up and down with bags, cutting of the circulation, to only make one trip :laugh: ), and in general just being LESS convenient and efficient.

* I have a list of replacement foods that I wrote up. It has a column for spicy, sweet, salty, sour, crunchy, etc. and foods listed under each heading that works for that kind of craving. It gives me options when I go to graze, and prevents me from falling into the bad habit of trying to replace a sweet craving with a "healthy food", and then still eating the sweet thing, because I want it so bad.

Question....does cleaning house work fit in this challenge? I spend Saturday mornings cleaning my house not only that, I then go to my mom's and help her where she lives. Most of the day I'm cleaning bathroom and moping floors.


Laura

Thank you for explaining the Power Challenge. I will start today I will start keeping track and reporting the activity. I am a strong believer of joining a group for motivation and support.

Laura :drinker:

Tami,

Congrats on your success! What an amazing accomplishment! I commend you on your dedication and commitment. That can be a difficult thing to master.

I have been on this journey for almost 9 months, and I have only lost 10 pounds. It has been a struggle with a lot of ups and downs, gains and losses. You and the others I share my journey with are such a wonderful motivation for me, and I am feeling that this is doable. I may still have gains, but hopefully they will be fewer than the losses.