TEAM PURPLE! *Lose 10lbs in August*

When do we weigh in??? I'm dying over here lol

Didn't di anything yesterday...my back was acting funky, but I plan to give turbo for a shot today. Has anyone done it? Is it hard to catch on? Is it hard period? Lol I have been doing chalean extreme but I got a smidge bored. I dusted off my insanity the other day and kinda miss it. I'm thinking of starting it again but not following the schedule as much since I run also.

Its neat to see all these different exercises everyone is doing. Make it happen purple!

I am sucking on this week's mini challenge... :-\ It has been a VERY busy week BUT I have been watching my intake. Something in better than nothing. At least I am moving in the right direction.

How are you guys burning so many calories!! I missed the gym yesterday due to an appt, did the 30DS but that only burns 200-300 calories........ and it's been pouring rain here all week. Any suggestions for burning more?

(Just eat less i guess? haha) I'd better kill it today if weigh-in is tomorrow!

How are you guys burning so many calories!! I missed the gym yesterday due to an appt, did the 30DS but that only burns 200-300 calories........ and it's been pouring rain here all week. Any suggestions for burning more?

(Just eat less i guess? haha) I'd better kill it today if weigh-in is tomorrow!

I just work my *kitten* off!!! If I see that I've only burned a few hundred calories, I will do like 100 jumping jacks, run around the block a few times, anything to meet my personal daily goal of 700!!

Hey team. I've had a crazy busy week so I haven't been active here, but I just wanted to check in and bump into my topics.

Well.... everyone has more patience than I.... I did step on the scale yesterday. It did show a loss though so that is awesome. We will have to see what happens tomorrow.

Today I am going to try to break up the workouts a little. I am finding it hard to get anything else done, because I am either working out or on here for some support.

Great job on all the hard work everyone.

Hey there Purple Reign!

~road2peachtree~ You are too cute with your impatience! BUT, Friday is weigh in.

~whatshesaid~ Personally, I workout like a mad woman. I never waste time idling with exercise and I have NEVER needed motivation to work out. When I put the time in, it's gonna benefit me. I have used an HRM for years, but before that I learned to take my pulse and figure out my resting heart rate. Then, I used heart rate calculators to figure out how many times my heart should be beating when I exercise at an aerobic level, an interval level and an anaerobic level. I always exercise between aerobic, 70% of my heart rate and anaerobic, 90% of my heart rate. I always say, GO HARD!

Tish


August 10LB Challenge
Week 1 ~ 8/1 thru 8/8
500 calories burned each day / GOAL 3500 cals burned
M/ 840 ~ 65 min ~ circuit training
Tu/ 767 ~ 60 min ~ elliptical intervals (50)/stretch (10)
W/ 815 ~ 70 min ~ circuit training (60) / stretch (10)
Th/ 382 ~ 30 min ~ Wii Bowling Aerobics = Wii bowling (140-30mins) plus Low Impact Aerobics (242-30mins) simultaneous workout
TO BE CONTINUED :bigsmile:

I want to join.....what do I do?

Hey gabbygirl here are the instructions for the challenge. You are on the Blue Team here is the link for the blue team chat....http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305435-team-blue-lose-10lbs-in-august?

Of course you can join. Here's the rules, instructions, etc......
This is an open group -- you can enter whenever you find us. We roll with 3 team captains.

Tiffypooh2u -- A-H -- Team Blue
Jrdoty8986 -- I-P -- Team Red
SommerJo -- Q-Z -- Team Purple

They way it works --- Based on your Username -- send a friend request to the Team Captain who's got your letter. Make sure you include your starting weight. The Team Captain will add you to the chart. On Fridays (8/5,8/12,8/19,8/26) send your current weight to your Captain by message. Our Final Weigh in will be 8/31 - I know it's a Wednesday -- but that'll give us a few extra days to work towards the goal.

Between the 3 of us -- we'll come up with a nifty weekly challenge too.

Hey guys, I'm not really sure what to do with my weigh-in figure. I can access the spreadsheet, but I can't edit it.

My new weight is 156.74 lbs. I've lost 1.55 lbs. I'm happy with this considering I'll have gained a little because of TOM which will go again next week. So onward and upward!

I don't think you are supposed to be able to edit the spread sheet... I think SommerJo is the only one with access since she is team captain. I think it is posted as a reference and inspiration. Message her tomorrow with your new weight (and every friday for the rest of the month) and I am sure she will edit it along with everyone else's! You are doing awesome keep it up!:flowerforyou:

Alright I actually managed to burn 550 calories today! The big weigh-in tomorrow morning - SCARY.

(but only after I pee, hahah... people do that, right? or am i weird? i mean i drink tea before bed so that's gotta be like an extra 2lbs that I don't need, lol)

Anyway good luck with your weigh-ins everyone!!

Hi Everyone! I've been MIA from the boards all week as I've been out of town for work. Kept up my exercise though...and made everyone walk an ADDITIONAL 3-4 MILES every night after the Manager's Reception :blushing: ! I may have some coworkers avoiding me a future outings!!

There are so many posts, could someone briefly tell me what and when we are supposed to report in???

Thanks much guys - and keep up the great work!!!

Congratulations sweetcheeksRN on your 5.4 pound loss that is fantastic.

I've been doing so well with my eating and exercising but I haven't lost anything this week =(
oh well just means next week I've got to get my bum into gear and exercise that little bit harder!

Question for my Purple teammates. Do any of you see a difference in the number of calories burned between what's on the website and what shows on the actual machine? I've been going at least 45 minutes on the elliptical at my gym, but the calories burned shows way lower than what the website says. Do I use the calculation from the website or the machine? Is the website's calculation based on your current stats?

Thats a tough one. The best bet is to try and score yourself an HRM, but most of the machines have a way to input your info and check your heart rate so my guess would be to go with the machine.