8 lb Challenge! (Closed group)

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  • moor9559
    moor9559 Posts: 22 Member
    Let's stick with 3 challenges per week. That's not daunting.

    1. Water
    2. Calories
    3. Pick at least 2 of the following exercises (25 crunches, pushups, mountain climbers, squats or an extra mile) and knock them out 5 xs.

    I don't walk or run, so an extra mile isn't a good measure for me. But, it's all about getting us off of our butts and moving.

    I think that is a wonderful idea!
  • scante60
    scante60 Posts: 106 Member
    Let's stick with 3 challenges per week. That's not daunting.

    1. Water
    2. Calories
    3. Pick at least 2 of the following exercises (25 crunches, pushups, mountain climbers, squats or an extra mile) and knock them out 5 xs.

    I don't walk or run, so an extra mile isn't a good measure for me. But, it's all about getting us off of our butts and moving.

    I am down with this!!!
  • moor9559
    moor9559 Posts: 22 Member
    Ladies,

    I am in a fire camp for I do not know how long and so I apologize if I am unable to meet the challenges or weigh ins. Will try hard but have very little control over things right now. I'll be nack on track as soon as I can.

    :)
  • digitalsinner
    digitalsinner Posts: 165
    I'm sure all will be fine!

    Good luck in fire camp! Is that for fireman's training...what is that?
  • moor9559
    moor9559 Posts: 22 Member
    I work for the Forest Service and when we get forest fires or other emergency incidents, I sometimes get to go out to camp and help with administrative type work. I'd be in a lot better shape, physically, if I was actually fighting the fire but I have no desire to do that! This is my first year of getting out to camp and I'm finding that since the firefighters burn so many calories in a day they get fed an amazing amount of calories per meal and since I'm staying in camp and they don't fix non-firefighter meals you are stuck with these incredibly good but high calorie meals to eat and since you work from 0600-2200 there isn't really any time for exercise. Good thing is, I was so busy that I didn't have time to snack and barely had time to eat. We'll see what the scale says tomorrow though!

    And I'm back now, so I can get on track again!
  • moor9559
    moor9559 Posts: 22 Member
    Alright - was a bit off track as far as exercise this week. Working 16 hour days for part of the week in a camp, living in a tent so exercise was kind of out the window! Did pretty good on my eating....didn't go over my calories and met my water goal all but one day I believe. Lost 1.2 pounds - making my total for the month, thus far, 6.6 pounds - 1.4 to go to meet the goal but I am shooting higher!

    Will be working hard on getting more exercise this week. Can't wait to see what challenges come out this week. I can't think of any great ones at the moment but if I do I'll chime in later.
  • digitalsinner
    digitalsinner Posts: 165
    I am only down a pound this week. I'm not sure if I'm going to make 8 lbs this month sadly. I had to find the happy balance with eating correctly so not to sabotage myself on the weekends. I think I found it, but it might be too late for me to make goal this month. Regardless, it's still a win for me and I'm going to keep striving to hit my mark in the coming months. Though, the fat lady hasn't started singing just yet.

    Lemme get some thought in on these challenges, ladies, please feel free to chime in, and we'll get them up shortly!
  • dandy_mandy
    dandy_mandy Posts: 34
    Challenge CW: 286.6
    Challenge SW: 290.4 (weight at beginning of August)
    End of year goal: 249.4


    Well, that puts me at a loss of 1.8 lbs this week. Not bad, but not great. I had a naughty weekend, starting with a celebration night on Friday, which caused me to kind of crap on the whole weekend. No fast food, though, so that's a major accomplishment for me! Generally the day after some cocktails will involve some tasty drive-through tacos, so big NSV! I have to lose 4.2 lbs to make my monthly goal, and I have complete faith that I can accomplish that by the first Monday of September!

    I managed to meet my 5x goals only 4x this week, and I met the water and under calories all but 2 days. I'm in school full-time as of today, and working part-time still, so my calories should be great, and hopefully the exercise can stay up.

    My goal for myself this week is to do yoga or stretching 3x, on top of my regular exercise. Anyone care to join me? It feels soooo good!
  • digitalsinner
    digitalsinner Posts: 165
    Sorry for flaking out yesterday. I started back to school and this full time work schedule/full time school schedule has got me all flustered.

    I'm in for the yoga. I used to do it religiously, but since I moved, about a year ago, I've done nothing. ...and definitely paying the price for it.

    I'm thinking I might go low carb for a short run to see if I can't make up some of the weight I've not lost, but I'm not sure yet. So much of what I eat is fruit and it'll be another tough adjustment.

    Anyway...challenges for the week.

    1. WATER, WATER, WATER!
    2. 10 minutes of stretching/yoga on top of your regular workout routine 3x week
    3. Squats! (we hates them!) 3 sets of 15, 4xs this week!
  • moor9559
    moor9559 Posts: 22 Member
    Sounds like a plan!
  • digitalsinner
    digitalsinner Posts: 165
    I am doing AWFUL this week! With school starting and my schedule completely off kilter, I haven't worked out once, save getting up and out the door to take the dog for a quick mile walk a couple of mornings ago. I haven't even met my water goals this week. >.<
  • moor9559
    moor9559 Posts: 22 Member
    Ok so funky week where I did not meet any of the challenges every day. Even my water intake wasn't so good. :( I did lose 2.8 lbs, bringing my total loss to 9.4 lbs for August, thus far. I am ready for the new challenges of the week and will try extra hard to meet them this week.
  • scante60
    scante60 Posts: 106 Member
    I lost 1 lb this week - met the challenges, and I think that starting TOM in the middle of the week may have contributed to the loss. Onwards and upwards (or downwards, as the case may be...)!
  • digitalsinner
    digitalsinner Posts: 165
    I haven't gotten on the scale yet. I've decided that I think I'm going to start weighing myself at the end of the day instead of the beginning. Also, I need to get my measurements done and I just don't give myself enough time in the mornings.

    I'm going to be honest with you all. I've had a fail two weeks and it's evidenced every time I get on the scale. I know full well that I'm not going to meet my goal of 8 lbs for the month of August, but I've come to terms with it. I had a very serious come-to-jesus conversation with myself on Saturday night and it woke me up to a lot of things. Anyway, the end result is I made a contract with myself to get certain things done every day. (If you really care what it is in detail, I blogged it this morning).

    I put my food log back to private, at least for the next month because if I follow the 6 week body makeover diet, I know my calories are going to fall a little bit short of what everyone says they should be, and I know if people start riding me about it, it will just piss me off. So, out of sight out of mind.

    Anyway...I'm going to make up those 8 pounds over the course of the remaining months. I got you guys on board with this with me, and I refuse to fail anymore.

    I have two challenges for you guys this week.

    1. Water...10 cups a day.
    2. Burpees...if you've never done them, you're going to hate me, if you have, you're going to hate me anyway. They're hard, I know...I did my first ones this morning. Let's incorporate 10 3xs this week. That's doable, no matter what. If you don't know what it is, Google is very good about showing you exactly how to do it.

    Thanks guys, for going down this road with me...it's a tough one, but we're going to be SO glad that we did it.

    <3
  • dandy_mandy
    dandy_mandy Posts: 34
    Challenge CW: 290.2
    Challenge SW: 290.4 (weight at beginning of August)
    End of year goal: 249.4

    Well, as you can see.....I gained about 47 billiion lbs this week. At least that's how it feels. I gained 3.8 lbs this week, even though I was under goal all week and exercised 3 days. Soooo frustrated right now!

    I feel like I've been on my period since I got this Mirena. I'm bloated and want greasy foods and chocolate non-stop. Time to take my life back, though!!!

    I'm in for water (has been slipping for me since school started last Monday), and I'll sign on for the 10 burpees as well. Even though they are the devil :)

    Thanks so much to all of you for the amazing support!! I'm so glad to have thi mini support group!

    manda
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