ldrichmond476 wrote: »

Just a little check in to let you all know I have been chipping away at the 10.49mi indoor challenge this week. Only 2.7mi left to do. At this point I could also be accomplishing the 5k outdoor challenge as we are expecting warm temps again this weekend and want to get on my bicycle. I was anticipating maxing out at 700 minutes this week, but realized that will not be happening now since I have an all day training on Saturday. Whatever part of challenge 1 that I get done I will be sure to post as instructed.

CHALLENGE #3
I left coffee behind for 5 days.
Not having coffee all week had me washing my hair with body wash on the 5th day! I did not realize the routine I had acquired with coffee. I did substitute it with protein drinks.

Hope you all have a motivated weekend!

Welcome @karinidowu and @bm1409 !

@My_Butt - how do you work a job and have that much time in the gym? Good grief- I figured you were a trainer with the numbers you log. Completely impressive!!

I get up super early and begin exercising, then I walk with a coworker during our lunch, and when I go home I do my hula hoop while I read or watch tv for a few hours and then yoga right before bed.
I only sleep about 3-4 hours a night even when I try to force myself to sleep in (like tonight. It's my rest day, but I was wide awake at 2am.)
I only work 4 days a week too, so I put in extra time on my days off with long walks, dancing, strength training, and hours hooping.
I actually have really bad untreated ADHD, so I physically hurt when I sit still because my muscles are tensing super bad.

Woo hoo! We've made it to Alaska!!

And of course, I just HAVE to post my, I'm sure by now, annoying yet obligatory paddling pictures at the destination...lol...

So, I guess sometimes it is easier to paddle the iceberg instead of the board...


More my style - a bit more bundled up for the climate -

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Some Team Tips For our new Fab Five Mates:

Since you missed the first week, recommend adding everyone on the team as a friend on your news feed, so we can encourage you there too. Also, would love to have a small introduction if you are willing to let us know a bit about yourself.

Remember that challenge points are critical especially once we get to the destination. Focus on getting the challenges done (and count those minutes too), because they will make the biggest difference in our overall points total. It's great to shoot for max minutes, but because only a portion count, the minutes will count less in the grand scheme of things than getting those challenges done.

For challenges that need approval, don't leave them for the last day. ME needs time to verify them, and I'm loving his new system where we can now tell that he's looked at them, so if you see red, you'll have at least a day to fix your submission.

Don't leave putting in your minutes until the last minute. There have been times when the computer or site glitches, so it's best to put your minutes in at least periodically throughout the week, even if you can't do it everyday (though everyday is preferred so you keep your teammates in the know about how far along the team is). Also, if you end up having a hectic Sunday, you don't let the team down by not posting anything, and at least some of your minutes/challenge points will already be entered if the day gets away from you.

If you have trouble accessing the spreadsheet, post your minutes here with a note that you need someone to put them in for you. We can add your minutes to the spreadsheet if you post here. We can not add minutes from your news feed.

If you don't have minutes for that day or didn't get a challenge done, put in a zero, so we all know that you've put in something for that slot and aren't expecting you to fill it in later. Often Rus, our team captain, is scrambling at the last minute reminding people to get their minutes and challenge points filled in. Some mates if they aren't at 700 minutes yet are willing to do extra exercise on Sunday night trying to get us to bump up a spot if it is close. If you don't have your minutes in, then we we don't know how close we are to getting to that next level.

This is a team competition. We all contribute, and we all rally when some are having a tough week. Let's get it done!



We are...

Your positive thoughts & prayers are greatly appreciated! Best wishes newbies I'm rooting for everyone!






GO GET 'EM FAB FIVES!!!

I am done with ch#2

Also done with Ch#3 - no ice cream all week and I still have tomorrow ... but I know ... NO ICECREAM

CHALLENGE #3
WHAT: I left eating sour candy behind for 5 days.
HOW THAT WORKED FOR YOU: Well, to succeed, I chose to replace sour candy with other sour things like oranges, dill pickles and lemonade, so it made it tolerable to do. However, the Haribo Gummy Bear candy commercials about did me in a few times.

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Status of the 5 food things I was working on this week:
Water: 4/5, probably will get the fifth day done today (had an epic fail on Thursday), but as I said not really something to do for the challenge as we did it last week.
Sodium within limits: 1/5, too much jerky this week
Veggies at least 3x/day: 0/5, doing better to get more, but probably only 2 servings at most (I really prefer fruit)
No alcohol: 2/5, but definitely reduced my consumption this week.
No sour candy: 5/5

CHALLENGE #1
I CHOSE THE IDITAROD DARE.
I ran 10.49 MILES. I did it in the segments, 5km Thursday, 5.5km Friday and 6.5 today. I choose this one because I didn't run while on holidays, and I wanted to do the longer distance to force myself to get right back into it! And it worked, the first run was hard, but today I felt awesome and ran hard! I think the food challenge this week has also helped with this!!

Challenge #3
What: I gave up potato chips
I love love love the smell of a newly opened bag of chips. Once I get started it is so very hard to stop. My husband doesn't buy them because he knows what a weakness I have. So i get my fix at work or at the convenience store when I get gas. This week I actually stood in front of the vending machine with my mouth watering but managed to walk away!

Mrscanmore wrote: »

I just noticed that a few of our challenge points have been rejected. @getsa , @mvfeathers2, @sue_01 you may have to repost to get your challenge points.

I'm trying to make up as many of my minutes as I can today. Just went for a walk with my daughter

Thanks Karen for catching that... I just sent PM's to them.

Second try for challenge #1 post

CHALLENGE #1
I CHOSE THE IDITAROD DARE.
I used the bike, elliptical, and treadmill to get in the10.49 miles. I chose this one by my allergies are too bad to be exercising outdoors. Sorry my response is not more inspirational, but it's the truth

I took my girls to their first swimming lesson today and realized that Lane swim overlaps lesson time! So next week I'm going to swim while they have their lessons. I haven't done Lane swimming for a long time! I also noticed there is now Lane swim on Sunday evenings, so I'm going to go tomorrow.

@b3achy I also have the visit to do tomorrow! I'm thinking I'll do the video, go for a walk, and Lane swim. That should get me over 100 minutes.

Just a little check-in I tried to complete 2.5 k mile outside but weather was lots of rain today. I got 1.6 miles in before it started to rain pretty heavily. So tomorrow morning I am hoping to finish up the mile and hopefully finish challenge #2 up. I joined the group on Thursday so I am just starting it feels like with the Amazing race.

Challenge #3

I left behind my beloved chocolate bars (White Twix!) and my favourite pastries (called bulochki here). I used to eat them almost every day.
I did not notice a difference on the scale, though I felt more energetic as I replaced my unhealthy, high-calorie snacks, with more filling and nutritious fruits and veggies. My jeans feel a bit looser, but the scale has gone up. I think this may be due to some medicine that is causing me to retain water.

karinidowu wrote: »

Just a little check-in I tried to complete 2.5 k mile outside but weather was lots of rain today. I got 1.6 miles in before it started to rain pretty heavily. So tomorrow morning I am hoping to finish up the mile and hopefully finish challenge #2 up. I joined the group on Thursday so I am just starting it feels like with the Amazing race.

Um, it's a 2.5 K challenge (so only 1.55 miles). Looks like you did it already! Though I'm not saying you shouldn't go out and get some more miles in for more minutes and your health. Heck, shoot for the 5K challenge as you are over half way there! You just need to post it with the proper format for the challenge points.
So, the 5K challenge would be 3.1 miles, and if we had a 10K it would be 6.2 miles.
In this case it was a 1.55 mile (2.5K), 3.1 mile (5K) and a 10.49 mile challenge for the distances (a little confusing with the change in the units of measurement, I know).