Christmas Countdown Challenge (Closed Group) - Week 2

First of all, I want to thank Jenn for putting in all this work. The chart looks great.

This weeks challenge I actually love it. I really need these challenges. I want to push my body to where it hasnt been in a long time.

Jenn I hope we can motivate you as much as you are motivating us!. You are doing a great job!! Keep the interesting and difficult challenges coming and feel better.:flowerforyou:

I am beginning to love burpees - they are so good for you!

Good luck everyone!

Thanks Jen! The chart looks great. I actually find it very motivating. Even though I knew what my stats were, I was excited to find my name and see them along with everyone else's success! This week's challenge will be difficult. Not because a burpee is difficult (takes me back to my soccer days in high school ) but fitting time in for exercise has been diffiuclt for me. I'm really gonna work on that this week.
Keep up the great work everyone.

Woo managed 10 of the beginners burpees :-D definitely going to aim to do the harder ones nearer the end of the week :-) ive lost track of how much water I've drunk today but it's A LOT! Lol keep running to the loo. Thanks for a fantastic challenge

HI! Hope everyone is having a great week so far!

JustJenn419 - I thought i posted that I lost a lb. so for week 1 I am now 156!

So much harder to loooose it that put it on! GAH!

I am keeping up with the water and also I COMPLETED this week's challenge of 60 burpees! Yesterday I took turbo kick at the Y and we did 30 though different set of excercises and this morning I took cardio strenght and we had to do burpees again! So yay!

does anyone have any particular advice on how much protein I should be eating vs. how many carbs? I think the guidelines that MFP is giving me are too much! and I feel I am carb sensitive - apple shapped body, always goes to my belly! any advise is greatly appreciated!

Jenn, the chart looks amazing! We are an awesome group of losers,jk lol. We are rocking this challenge. Keep up the great work everyone. I am back on the exercise grind today but I have been doing great with the water. I just looked up the Burpees and had my 10 year old son demonstrate them for me. They look challenging but I can do it. Have a great day everyone.

Are you kidding me???? Have you seen me?? I don't think I can even do that with my arthritic knee!
Not that I won't try... but don't expect me to do it like the video shows it being done!!!

you can do it ,even if its one at a time
i have osti artheritis in my back,hips and knees (i need both knee caps replaced) its a struggle 2 even walk !!!
we got this we can do it !!! and mine r nothing like the video trust me !!! but im not quiter !! i will do them and hopefully get better at them !! good luck !!

Okay... I'm feeling more motivated now! Thank you to all ya'll that chimed in to encourage me to do this!
I WILL DO THIS!!! (Even if it kills me!) LOL :laugh: :laugh: :ohwell:

Hope you feel better soon, Jenn!

Burpees have always made me nervous, because I have a knee that likes to sometimes misbehave itself....but I'm going to give them a try this evening. I should be able to do the beginner ones, especially just 10 a day. I'll try to work up to regular ones by the end of the week and REALLY push myself!

Time to rock Week Two!

Okay, so my big stomach totally gets in the way... even the beginner burpee was difficult to do. It looks so much easier watching a thin person do them! :ohwell:

But this is what I figured out... I will start with 5 in the morning and 5 in the evening and add one each day until - hopefully - by the end of the week, I'll be doing 10 in the morning and 10 in the evening. That will be a personal goal.

I liked the idea of using a step for my hands... perhaps then my feet will go where they are supposed to go instead of sidestepping around my enormous belly!! :blushing:

Thank you, Jenn!!! For putting together this group and giving us challenges that really challenge us!!!

Great job on the chart Jen. Excited to start week 2!

Oh.. one last thing... how do we track them in our exercise diary??? How many calories are burned, do you think??

Huh I didn't even think of that good point, anyone know the answer?

Oh.. one last thing... how do we track them in our exercise diary??? How many calories are burned, do you think??

You should absolutely track these. I found a couple of great web sites explaining how to count these and some other exercises. You can see http://www.livestrong.com/article/318485-the-calories-burned-with-burpees/, which just explains that a burpee is basically a vigorous calisthenic type of exercise (like a pushup/situp/etc...). You can also see http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm to check out the burn you get from other different types of exercises, too.

Can't wait to try these out tonight! I'm going to do these and then my yoga. :-) I'm going to try alternating between the beginners and advanced. We'll see how it goes! Good luck everybody! Keep up the awesome work! ~ cm

I forgot to post as well. I was down to 187lb on sunday. Bit late to start with the burpees tonight but I'm on it tomorrow!
Sarah