SAHMU 60 Day Challenge * Week 6* (closed Group)

Already done with hip flexor and i misread it as 50 and completed it..hahahah

Nutrition challenge for this week looks good! I tend to eat a lot of the same things (I've had the same breakfast for weeks now). This will make me look a little closer at the specific nutrition intakes. That being said, there is no way I'm meeting the carb goal for today. It's my b-day and I will be indulging in a piece of cake. But it's on for the other days! Good luck everyone

Happy birthday!

Hi all, back from the hospital, not Tourette's(yeah)!!! Just a tick, that is most likely puberty induced, and should fade in late teens early 20's (or it might not fade, just don't know).

Anyway, can someone post our spreadsheet link, not the cardio one the first one with the points? My son was playing on the computer and It's now gone, Thanks!!

Let's do this blue team!

I had 53 carbs left for the day today! YAY!!!

Circuit training, general JM 30DS

25min - 236 calories burned

Stretching, hatha yoga Crunch Sexy Stretching

22min - 65 calories burned

Kickboxing (including Turbo Jam) Kick Butt Kickboxing ATT ON DEMAND

20min - 244 calories burned

Pushing or pulling stroller with child Walked to and from the park with my babies

12min - 35 calories burned

Starting: 261
Starting SAHMU: 241
Week 5: 230.6
Weekly +/- : -2lbs
Total +/- : -30.4lbs!
Goal: Did not acheieve my goal to kiss the 230s goodbye this week. Still, lost 2 lbs, so that's great. I'm a little disappointed because this loss did accomplish my goal of losing 30lbs, but I fee like that is tarnished by that stupid .7lb more I needed to lose to weigh in at 229.9. That would have been great! But alas, it was not to be. So my goal for this week is to keep working hard and see that number drop below 230. More importantly, I felt really good about how hard I worked this week and I want to keep feeling like that, so regardless of the number on the scale, my real goal is to exercise every moment I am able

This week's challenge looks awesome!!!

I love your take on your disappointment; that's a great way to look at it... thanks for sharing!

did day one of week 6 and what a struggle!!! i am a carboholic so I already have a low number start with, but I did it and i am super starving this morning. Craving red meat!!
today under calories and have to travel.. another challenge!

those hip flexors didn't seem that hard, but I feel it in my lower abs today!
pushups.... YUCK, coming from a person with a bad neck and upper back. i do modified of course.!!!

how is the rest of the Orange team today?

Karie
Just wanted to give you a big thank you for all your hard work. It seems like it is getting to be more and more work for you to stat on top of the challenges. Just wanted to say that I really appreciate it. You're hard work is paying off big time at keeping all of us motivated and healthy. Thanks!

Emotional Challenge: (I figure thinking about this will help me recommit as well as earn a point for our team )

for me the moment of clarity was a double whammy. I was super concerned and stressed about what type of finger foods to introduce to my then 9 month old son. all I could think was "if he gets used to eating bad foods like hotdogs, KD, anyhing with added sugar then he will end up fat like me". I was terrified about what I should and shouldn't give him. I swore he would never eat fast food, never taste a hot dog, and never drink juice. I was completely committed to keeping him healthy and giving him the best start nutritionally possible.... and then I went to the kitchen and heated up my lunch of pizza pops and poured a glass of pepsi... double standard much? But still I was sure that I could keep him from going down the road I was and had been on for so long. And then it hit me: how am i going to explain to a small child why Mommy is allowed to have McD's for lunch but he has to eat a homemade sandwich on whole wheat bread with a bunch of veggies. Why can Mommy and Daddy scarf down on chips and sweets and he is limited to a single sugar free cookie? And the final kicker was: why am I willing to put my son on a super strict diet (not that I would limit calories per say, but just limit his options. I would NEVER actually make a child diet) when I am unwilling to do it myself? So then, as my son napped and I drowned my sorrows and all my worries in various types of junk foods while sitting on the couch watching bad daytime TV I had a moment where I resigned myself to the fact that despite all my best intentions, my son wuld eventually either a) pick up on all my and my hubby's bad habits or b) rebel against all the fresh fruit and veggies and gorge on junk food at every oppurtunity once he was old enough. For just a moment, I resigned myself to the fact that my beautiful baby boy, as well as an future siblings would be fat like me...

And then I said "F#@% THAT!". Right then and there I put down the junk food and I haven't looked back. Shortly thereafter my hubby joined me (and can I just say, he is doing awesome!!! he has lost about 45 lbs and looks amazing!) and together we are learning about healthy choices. We are training our bodies to be active instead of sedentary (sidenote: I actually miss exercise when I take a day off). We are learning that the previously-thought "bad foods" are ok in moderation. Becasue we want our son to grow into a confident, healthy, active little boy that doesn't feel encumbered by his weight. I also don't want him to be weighed down worrying about what he eats. In our house we have dessert every day! But our dessert (both for Mommy & Daddy as well as our son) is a bowl of fresh fruit. Treats, on the other hand, like soft cookies or a hot dog for lunch are occasional and that much more exciting for everyone when we do have them.

So that's my clarity, inspriation and personal philosophy all rolled into one. And all that being said, I feel better about the day. I'm going to work out twice as hard tonight due to my renewed optomism. Wouldn't Jillian Michaels be proud