20D by Halloween Challenge: WEEK ONE

I hate the fact that I have to change my rest day from Wednesday to today. I had to get my new dryer installed today and he didn't showed up until well after 12pm. I thought he was going to be there at 9am. That caused me time to work out today. Now I can't go to the gym (babysitting tonight) and have to go on Wednesday to make it up. There so much I can take with the stationary bike in my room. I have one follower (who isn't part of the challenge) who wants me to push for 20 minutes more. I would but after yesterday's cheat day, I want to keep it within the 1000-1200 calorie range for today.

To make matters worse, I have to wait for the repair man to fix my washer tomorrow morning. Better spend the $125 for the repair than spend nearly $500 on a new washer. At least I can take my spinning class at night after that.

Aww Bee that sucks!!! Can you position your exercise bike in front of your tv? I am going to do some flutter kicks, crunches, and push-ups in front of my tv tonight!!

I am lazy today too. Have been doing Zumba on Monday nights but I figured I better take it easy since I had a stomach virus over the weekend. I really want to work out but I think I should take one more day to rest. I did walk around a hilly campus running errands this morning and I am about to walk to the mailbox ( I live in an apartment complex ) so that will at least be some activity.

Has everyone had a great and healthy day? I have had a pretty decent day, healthy eating, staying within my calories, and while I didn't go to the gym, I did get some movement in.

I have about 200+ calories left for the day so it all depends what my mom brings home from work. I'll probably do 10 more minutes on the bike. If not, I'll just do situps and use that resistance band before calling it a day.

Food wise is just okay compare to my trip to the Chinese Buffet (and that Blue Hawaii).

My spin class had the "focus" motto today too. It was a nice surprise to just concentrate on focus on yourself and achieving your goals. Hope everyone else is getting to a good start with the challenge!

Quiet for Team 4 as I'm trying to gather everyone on Skype!

I end up doing 30 minutes of basic Zumba instead. Had a chicken cordon bleu sandwich for dinner and went over by a little, thus doing some Zumba to burn it off.

Oh and had plenty of agua! :drinker:

I thought about doing Skype too Bee. Or a facebook group for Team 6 or something. Hopefully the siggy thing will help though!

I have had a great day. Have had a lot of water, got some exercise by walking a little. However, I still have 384 calories to eat and it's 9pm here! I am not too too hungry, not sure if it was the stomach virus I had over the weekend or just ate really filling today. I'm gonna try to find a healthy snack!

I'm super focused! I did zumba today, some running amd chugging tons of water of course

For day 1 I took a nice bike ride with my daughter and did a whole lot of walking. Hope everyone had a fabulous first day!

Hi Jackie, I would love to join a group. I'm new to the message boards, I've been reading them but this is my first challenge. Really looking forward to this goal and friendships. Thanks for the motivation!! Jamie

Thank you Jess!! I'm ready to do this and looking forward to making friends along the way. Best of luck to you too!!

I'm not on a team but I am GOING to lose 50 by Halloween! Which I am almost there! Just need 19 more to go. I get weighted every week. So tomorrow is my weigh in day! Hopefully good news! I want BIG numbers!

Doing good team 4 and all othe teams!!!

It is nice to see everyone putting in the effort to get these lbs off!! I was under calories today and am downing the water. I heard or read somewhere that you are suppose to drink 1/2 your body weight in water. I have been doing this for almost a week now and it does fill you up!

I did something crazy today, I did two workouts! I worked out in the am at the gym for 43 minutes walking and biking 5.64 miles. Then did 1 hour of water aerobics this afternoon. I have a bad back so hopefully I will be able to move tomorrow!!

Keep up the good work everyone!!

Great start everyone! I managed to get to the gym and do a quick upper body workout and a bit of a sprint routine. Felt much better -especially after some poor food choices. I just started sprinting this month and I started with 8 intervals of 20 sec on 10 off running at 8 on the treadmill. Then I upped it to 8.5 and gave it a bit of incline - and that was fine. Today for some reason I thought that running 5times at 10 would be smart but I only made it 3 times (on the fourth one I started hitting the button to slow it down). Totally got my heart rate up and it lasted for quite awhile too. Not sure if I should have jumped so high with the speed but I feel like I can do it (just need a little practice!)

Day 2 and a brand new day! ive started out great! i work 3 days a week (14 hour shifts) I weigh myself every work day at work on medical scales and my weight can be so different every day it is hard for me to track my weight. I eat a fiber one bar and drink about 4oz of OJ every morning before work (i also use the bathroom once at my house) This is a normal routine every working morning and as soon as i get there i weigh myself. i dont think with the way i eat on my days off there is any way i could gain 3lbs inbetween weighing(and then be gone at the end of the day).....anyway my point is....are there any pointers on things i can do or not do to keep the weighins a little more consistant?

Team #2

Didn't make the water goal yesterday... it's a struggle at work. Gonna buy a lunch box and and one of those freezer packs to bring water to work... cheaper than buying 3-4 bottles a day.... now, to figure out what I can pack for lunch that is carb free and light...