Burnin Thru Augus(Closed Group)

Our score for last week was 181. Remember, the daily exercise challenges have the greatest impact on our score and we only have an 80% completion last week.

OK TEAM! We have added a few new members, Fessecakes, Sumo813, Amy_36, and OneFitDiva, which is great. We have also lost quite a few members so we are now at 18 participants. So to complete the 4000 crunches challenge, we each need to do at least 223 crunches this week.
AlwaysAngel, I am counting any type of crunch. I did a combination of traditional, lower, and oblique crunches. In my opinion, the point is to challenge ourselves not to be legalistic.
SCC88, I can't because I believe they are the same thing.

Keep up the good work!

Either way, I don't mind. I just want to lose another pant size or 2 by my birthday. a little less than 4 weeks away. Is that too ambitious??

I say shoot for 1 (which is probably do-able) and that way if you don't end up with 2 you won't be disappointed. That is the biggest thing I've learned during this time around at losing weight. I kept setting goals like "if I can lose X lbs by this date", "if I can just be down to a size X by the party" and I wouldn't make it, and I'd be sad.

Now I just stick with consistency, if I lose weight more so than not, I'm going to eventually be fine :happy:

I have the mile, military presses and 21's in. (My arm and shoulder are killing me!) I even managed to do 25 situps and will try to do 25 later.....arg....have I mentioned I detest situps?

I just completed an additional mile, did the 3x sets of 21's and the military presses.
I was aiming to do 1400+ crunches this week anyways so WOOHOO! I've done 300 so far, gona get another 100 in before dinner :-)

Get it girl! That is madness!
300 today or for the week?

checking in today

ALL is well!! completed everything for the day and on 100 crunches for the week so far i'll see if a can do some a little later tho :happy:

Check on everything today plus 200 crunches. I'm going for the 1000!

Day 2 -
Military Press - check
1 extra mile - check
3 sets of 21's - check

50 sit ups today (100 for the week so far) apparently I need to shoot for 1,000 and I can hear my tummy already crying :sad:

What else? Oh water - good, Food - good

check for everything !

Windedhl & dbgirl ~ Good job catching up!

Stephanie08 ~ Have you though about breaking them up so you do 50 in the morning and 50 at night?

Sorry guys...was sick all day yesterday and it got really bad last night. I got my exercises in, calories under, 50 situps but missed my water...was so nauseas I just couldn't do it. Sorry.

:frown: I hope you feel better,

Sorry to hear that Pooh :frown: hope you get well soon :flowerforyou:
Congrats Windedhl!! WOOHOO! xx

I will tell you one thing that I have learnt whilst doing this August challenge - to appreciate strength training! Todays cardio killied me and I thought I was the cardio master! P-PHEW!
200 jumping jacks completed (in sets of 100 :grumble: )
100 EVIL mountain climbers completed
and 30 lunges done because I forgot how many lol!!

Also 200 crunches done today, bringing my weekly total to 500!! WHOOP WHOOP half way there to my extra 10 points :bigsmile:

On a downside, I think all this additional exercise has made my muscles swell or retain water or sumfin because my scale wont move :mad:

arg....have I mentioned I detest situps?

You may have mentioned it in passing...

BTW did you get the results from your tests?

Yes, I got the results last week when I went to get the stitches out. I have a rare autoimmune disease called linear/deep morphea. Still trying to read and research and wrap my head around it. Thanks for remembering

Joyous, thanks for the alternates, I did better with the lowers and the obliques but you were right, those will work you out! I actually think I like those...believe it or not. Regular situps always hurt my neck even when I do them with correct form so those were much better.

I finished the last of a medicine that had me on Saturday and I think I experienced major rebound yesterday from not taking it. I feel much better today and hopefully that will be the end of that!

I got all my exercises in for today but I did a modified mountain climber. My arm will not hold up to those well. This is what I did Joyous, I hope that's ok. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvMY-wklqr4 I got my water in, still working on my diary, but it will be fine.

I ended up with 25 situps yesterday and with Joyous's modified versions, got in 75 more today! Yay!

Yes, I got the results last week when I went to get the stitches out. I have a rare autoimmune disease called linear/deep morphea. Still trying to read and research and wrap my head around it. Thanks for remembering

Thank you for sharing. It sounds like something that may be managable with not too many flare ups hopefully?

On a downside, I think all this additional exercise has made my muscles swell or retain water or sumfin because my scale wont move :mad:

<--- yeah, what she said!