thigh exercises done, will have 5 fruits/vegies in by end of dinner. Day 2 of 5.

Per Tameika's serving size guide I'm assuming I made it to the 5. I had a full cup (2 servings) of cauliflower rice, a banana (1 serving), and I'm sure my broccoli at lunch was at least 1 cup (2 servings) although I think it was maybe even closer to 2 cups.

fruits/vegies 3 days done, 4th day of inner thigh exercises. Merry Christmas all.

I was continuing on the Monday start just because that was what the race did but it's not set in stone. This is all just to help anyone that needs it have a little more motivation. I will try to keep that in mind and post stuff late Saturday or early Sunday if I can. This week might be a little late because of Christmas but will try my best. As for communication, I will do my best to try to get in here daily it's just hard sometimes to find the time to post. But I try to get in multiple times each day to check in...so I'm almost always here for support!!

Jen, I'll try to remember and see if I can send u a message when we know what date sign ups will be, etc.

As for me, I ended up barely getting in the bare minimum workout this morning but have managed to get above 80% of my average weekly minutes. Did horrible on fruits and veggies yet again. No way to get in 5 days. Did buy a fruit and veggie tray to take down tomorrow for our Christmas celebration. It will be a relatively busy day but will try to come up with challenge ideas.

Brittanypomales wrote: »

At the same time as the amazing race challenge I also did the Hogwarts Holiday challenge and I won overall Biggest Loser! I lost 5.95% of my body weight in the time frame of the challenge. I am so stoked at the news.

And while it's hard to stay motivated during the holidays I hope everyone is doing well. Happy Holidays Team Two!!

How awesome, Brittany!! Huge CONGRATS!! Keep up the commitment and have a happy holiday!!

Ok, for those needing/ wanting extra motivation, here's what I am thinking...as far as meeting our weekly average minutes, I'm sure it's going to be another hard week with New Years, but I think shooting for at least 90% sounds like a good goal.

For the exercise piece, one option is trying to get in 10,000 plus steps for 4 of 7 days. The other option is doing the workout linked below which is an upper body one from that same website. This one should also be done for the 4 of 7 days just to be fair.

http://darebee.com/workouts/paladin-workout.html

For the nutritional/accountability piece, let's try a green smoothie challenge (all for u, @jenilla1). Let's shoot for 4 of 7 here too. I'm not sure what all counts for a green smoothie, so I'm hoping for some pointers!! I'm assuming for it to be a green smoothie we have to have spinach or kale or the like in each of them. I think it would be helpful for those participating to throw what they are doing or going to do out here to help those struggling with coming up with ideas.

I will probably continue with a Monday start, just for consistency sake but feel free to make your week fit your schedule. This is all about keeping ourselves motivated so let's do what works best for each of us.

energyseeker wrote: »

Between working this weekend and church etc I won't be getting challenge completed. It has been helpful though to help me get something healthy done.

I get it, Kim. I did my best and it at least gave me a little push. Here's to starting fresh next week!!

Woohoo! Hit my 10k for the day...thank u elliptical for getting me almost halfway there!!

jenilla1 wrote: »

Would it be cheating to add a few drops of green food coloring to the mix?

I don't have a step counting device, but I will just put in mileage on the treadmill or the trail and then calculate out how many steps it would have been. If we don't make 10k on one day, can we make up for it by doing 20k the next? Some days I'm super active and others I'm a hibernator.

Of course it wouldn't be cheating to add green food dye to your smoothie along with the spinach!! Lol.

As for the 10k steps, I think the purpose is trying to get you more active on a daily basis, so in general I would say no carry over, but this is just for extra motivation, so I say you can do that, but maybe try to shoot for more than the 40k total for the week. My particular elliptical is 2241 strides equals a mile. 70k strides divided by that number is almost 31.25 miles, so I'm not sure if that would be a realistic goal or not. Sorry, I didn't think about the fact that not everyone has a fitness tracker. Lol. Guess I get so used to having that information at my disposal. Whoops!