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  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    just woke up, off to work soon but hitting the gym after my job interview tonight (: xo

    First of all, YAY on the job interview!! So happy you finally heard back.
    Second of all, you suck. I wish I was just waking up :P I've been up for 15 hours. FIFTEEN!
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    Bump... just wanted to get in on this!
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Bump... just wanted to get in on this!

    Hi there! Feel free to get in on it :) A few posts back I went over the challenges and stuff. Message me if you have any questions!
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Actually made it to the gym today despite my exhaustion and tummy ache. Here's my daily report.

    Nutrition: So far, 40oz of water and counting. Will probably only make it to 48oz today.
    Exercise: Walked to the 5th floor again today, walked all over campus, walked up some more stairs.. and then did strength training for 45 minutes.

    Anyone have any good plans for the weekend?
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Nutrition : 8 glasses of water, under calories. Tried to eat very healthy today.

    Exercise : 95 minutes in total is all I counted for.
    15 minute weights at gym, 15 minutes stairmaster and treadmill, walked/jogged to my grandmas and back (intervals) (35ish minutes) and ran round the shops with my bestie for more than 2 hours (only counted half hour)

    Weigh-in in the morning. Eeeeep.
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Nutrition : 8 glasses of water, under calories. Tried to eat very healthy today.

    Exercise : 95 minutes in total is all I counted for.
    15 minute weights at gym, 15 minutes stairmaster and treadmill, walked/jogged to my grandmas and back (intervals) (35ish minutes) and ran round the shops with my bestie for more than 2 hours (only counted half hour)

    Weigh-in in the morning. Eeeeep.

    Awesome job El! I'm gonna go fill up my water bottle today, and I'm gonna hit the gym tonight. Probably should have started my day off with 30DS, but I'm gonna do it tomorrow :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Oh my goodness! Just realized that this week is the start of a new challenge. That 2 weeks went by really fast! Anyone have any ideas for the next challenges?
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Hi!!! New to the group! :D

    I think we could add some more exercise challenges, like Squat Challege. How about 400 or 600 squats in the next two weeks?

    *Drink 64oz of water per day.
    *Add tea (no sugar)
    *Eat a salad
    *Exercise: 40min of exercise 3x per week.
    *Spend quality time with your family and friends (it's important for a healthy lifestyle)
    *If you smoke try to do it less or even quit. :)

    What do you guys think? :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Hi!!! New to the group! :D

    I think we could add some more exercise challenges, like Squat Challege. How about 400 or 600 squats in the next two weeks?

    *Drink 64oz of water per day.
    *Add tea (no sugar)
    *Eat a salad
    *Exercise: 40min of exercise 3x per week.
    *Spend quality time with your family and friends (it's important for a healthy lifestyle)
    *If you smoke try to do it less or even quit. :)

    What do you guys think? :)

    I love it when people come up with ideas :)
    Our current challenge for nutrition is 64oz of water, so that's already been done!
    I was definitely gonna up the amount of time for exercise, but I like the idea of a specific exercise challenge like squats or crunches or something along those lines.

    And how many people on here smoke, if any of you? If we can get an idea of how many DO smoke, then maybe we can do that as a wellness challenge. But if only one or two smoke, then it would be more of a personal goal for them (which they can still do) rather than a group-wide challenge.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    I thought it would be nice to add an specific exercise, so we add variation to our workouts.

    I have a month without smoking (a personal goal) but, I put it in there just in case anyone else is having troubles quitting and needs some support :)

    I am glad you liked it :D
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    I thought it would be nice to add an specific exercise, so we add variation to our workouts.

    I have a month without smoking (a personal goal) but, I put it in there just in case anyone else is having troubles quitting and needs some support :)

    I am glad you liked it :D

    Definitely! I honestly don't know how many people here smoke, so it wasn't something I ever thought of before. If you want, you can add into your daily report like, "Only had x amount of cigarettes today, versus this many" etc. That way, even if it's not an actual challenge, it still gives us an idea of how you're doing with your personal goal! :)
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Perfect! :)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Hi!!! New to the group! :D

    I think we could add some more exercise challenges, like Squat Challege. How about 400 or 600 squats in the next two weeks?

    *Drink 64oz of water per day.
    *Add tea (no sugar)
    *Eat a salad
    *Exercise: 40min of exercise 3x per week.
    *Spend quality time with your family and friends (it's important for a healthy lifestyle)
    *If you smoke try to do it less or even quit. :)

    What do you guys think? :)

    Sounds good!
    Sleep is also part of a healthy lifestyle so try to get the recommended hours as well?
  • kassette
    kassette Posts: 21
    I smoke occasionally ....

    how would the squat challenge work?? have an amount to do over the two weeks and keep chipping away at it? like "today i did 50 squats, bringing me up to 150 of my 400 squats" ??

    And I'm a fan of the sleep challenge! I could do with getting my 8 hours a night in :)
  • kassette
    kassette Posts: 21
    Just thought, don't think I could achieve the spend time with fam and friends challenge, as I've recently moved, and they're on the other side of the country!!! unless I count chatting with you guys on the forum :D
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Hey all,

    I drunk 12 glasses of water today, 2 of tea.
    Half hour walk, felt really sick so was not up to much else.
    Under my calories and keen for the new week ahead :D<3
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Wow, you guys were busy last night :)

    Getting the 8hrs of sleep was actually on my blog last time for an idea, and it seems like that's the next popular choice next to the bath :) So that will be our wellness challenge.

    And yeah, the exercise challenge would be something you would chip away at. For example, in my sig I have a ticker that I made that says I want to run 100 miles by Christmas. Obviously I'm not gonna run 100 miles all at once, and I wouldn't expect any of us to do 400-600 squats all at once :P Once we decide on an exercise, that will be posted. Is everyone good with squats? Or does anyone have an issue with doing squats due to knee issues, etc? I'd like to get an exercise that everyone can do.

    As for the nutrition, I like the salad idea, but I personally hate salads, haha. That's a terrible thing to say but I've never really liked them. But I'd be willing to eat a salad for a challenge. Ideas?
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Wow, you guys were busy last night :)

    Getting the 8hrs of sleep was actually on my blog last time for an idea, and it seems like that's the next popular choice next to the bath :) So that will be our wellness challenge.

    And yeah, the exercise challenge would be something you would chip away at. For example, in my sig I have a ticker that I made that says I want to run 100 miles by Christmas. Obviously I'm not gonna run 100 miles all at once, and I wouldn't expect any of us to do 400-600 squats all at once :P Once we decide on an exercise, that will be posted. Is everyone good with squats? Or does anyone have an issue with doing squats due to knee issues, etc? I'd like to get an exercise that everyone can do.

    As for the nutrition, I like the salad idea, but I personally hate salads, haha. That's a terrible thing to say but I've never really liked them. But I'd be willing to eat a salad for a challenge. Ideas?

    How about a salad wrap? Chuck whatever salad on it, sauce and chicken or something?
    Think that would be okay? (I hate salads too eeeek!) lol
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Does anyone here struggle with late night snacking?
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Does anyone here struggle with late night snacking?

    I don't, but I used to.

    What I do from time to time is to have at least 6 small meals a day (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and snack). If you feel like you are hungry you might want to get some nuts (pistachios, Brazil nuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds (pepitas), pecans, walnuts, pine nuts, macadamia nuts, chestnuts, cashews, almonds, hazelnuts). If you like nuts, then you can have 10 to 15 for a snack. (I love cashews) :D
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    I am not good with salads either but, we can make it a warm salad or have some wraps. What I do to give it a different flavor is to add 'pico de gallo'.

    I think the 8 hrs of sleep should be good. Well, it is said that we should be getting about 6 to 8 hours of sleep a day. I do that from sunday to friday, saturday is the day I enjoy watching tons of movies or preparing lunch and dinner for my parents or go out with my friends.

    I started with squats (3 sets x 12 Reps) and biceps curl (3 sets x 15 Reps), and 20 minutes on the treadmill of intensive interval workout (1 minute walking, 1 minute running).

    I have 29 days without smoking. :D
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Does anyone here struggle with late night snacking?

    I sometimes do. Some days are better than others, but it depends. If I eat back my exercise cals, my cravings tend to subside. If I haven't eaten a lot, I tend to want more to eat, which is just human nature. But I try not to eat after 8pm. At this point, my body simply isn't hungry at that point, no matter how much I've eaten.

    And I like the idea of the salad wrap! Pita bread is good too to put salad stuff in. It's like having a sub. :)
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    I love the idea of large number exercises to be done over two weeks. We could also do something like that on a larger scale, say 10,000 squats for the group. A food challenge could be to pick a type of food (say, salad) that you don't generally enjoy eating and find a way to prepare it so you enjoy it. I tend to pick up a fruit or veg from the farm that I've never eaten before and experiment. That's how I've found out I love kale and almond flour.

    As for my progress, I'm going to wait until we start a new week's challenges since I just got in on this group. But I will say, I'm doing quite well today and have totally hit my water goals (yet I"m still SO thirsty!). Regarding my exercise, since I'm out of commission because of an injury I'm still struggling to find something I can do without aggravating it. I'm thinking cross-legged push ups but I'll see how that goes tonight.
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    I love the idea of large number exercises to be done over two weeks. We could also do something like that on a larger scale, say 10,000 squats for the group. A food challenge could be to pick a type of food (say, salad) that you don't generally enjoy eating and find a way to prepare it so you enjoy it. I tend to pick up a fruit or veg from the farm that I've never eaten before and experiment. That's how I've found out I love kale and almond flour.

    As for my progress, I'm going to wait until we start a new week's challenges since I just got in on this group. But I will say, I'm doing quite well today and have totally hit my water goals (yet I"m still SO thirsty!). Regarding my exercise, since I'm out of commission because of an injury I'm still struggling to find something I can do without aggravating it. I'm thinking cross-legged push ups but I'll see how that goes tonight.

    Since most of us don't really enjoy salads, I'm thinking that would definitely be a great challenge. For example, I would probably eat a salad in a pita bread pocket. Still a salad, just more like a wrap :)

    As for exercises, try doing punches. They're great for cardio, but don't engage your lower body.

    You can definitely wait to start with the next challenge. Tuesday will be the new week challenge :)

    ---

    My daily report!

    Nutrition: 32oz of water.
    Exercise: Hour and a half at the gym, 20 minutes doing 30DS.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    My Daily Report:

    Nutrition: 80oz of water and I am still very thirsty
    Exercise: Squats (3 sets x 12 Reps). Biceps curl (3 sets x 15 Reps), and 20 minutes on the treadmill of intensive interval workout (1 minute walking, 1 minute running).
    Days without smoking: 29

    :D
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    My Daily Report:

    Nutrition: 80oz of water and I am still very thirsty
    Exercise: Squats (3 sets x 12 Reps). Biceps curl (3 sets x 15 Reps), and 20 minutes on the treadmill of intensive interval workout (1 minute walking, 1 minute running).
    Days without smoking: 29

    :D

    The more you drink water, the more you want it :)
    Congrats on 29 days! :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Just busted out another 16oz of water, so now I'm up to 48oz of water :) I might actually make my 64oz tonight, seeing how fast I went through that bottle..
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    First, my daily report.
    Nutrition- Didn't do too well with the water today, only about 32oz. Didn't even have enough time to drink water during work today.
    Exercise- Ran a mile and did some strength training, plus some walking I did at school.

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    Don't forget guys! Challenges go up tomorrow! I have decided that for the specific exercise, I'm gonna say calf raises. It's a small movement, easy on the legs for those with lower body injuries, and you can hold on to something while you do it, supporting the upper body. Great for the calves and the shins, especially for those who get shin splints, like me. So exercise will be upped to 40 minutes of exercise 3x a week, with, say, 400 calf raises throughout the next 2 weeks.

    Nutrition will be to simply eat a salad. Since most of us don't like salads, this will actually be a true challenge for some of us. The salads can be eaten as wraps, in pita bread, or just as a regular salad. Subs don't count :)

    Wellness will be.. I'm not sure yet. Deciding between the 8 hours of sleep and stretching at least once a day. What do you guys think?

    These will all be broken down in the morning. So far, this is what I've finally decided on. This doesn't mean that we can't do another sort of challenge next time :) The more ideas you guys throw at me, the more I have to go on.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Hi all!!!

    My Daily Report:

    Water intake: more than 80oz of water
    Exercise: Triceps Extension (3 sets x 15 Reps), Hamstring Curl with Dumbbell (3 sets x 12 Reps), Squats (3 sets x 12 Reps). Biceps curl (3 sets x 15 Reps), and 20 minutes on the treadmill of intensive interval workout (1 minute walking, 1 minute running). Why only 20 minutes? Our treadmill is old, so it only let us workout for 20 minutes each time :p (I am going to start going to the gym on thursday) :D
    Days without smoking: 30

    Can't wait for our week challenge to start :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    The challenges for 9/13/11-9/27/11!

    Nutrition: Eat a salad. May be eaten in any way you like (wrap, pita, etc.)
    Exercise: 40min 3x a week, 400 calf raises (over the course of the 2 weeks)
    Wellness: Get your 8 hours of sleep :)

    As far as the calf raises go, just chip away at it. For example:
    9/13/11- Today I did 30 calf raises.
    9/14/11- Today I did 30 calf raises, bringing my total up to 60.

    Hope everyone's cool with the new challenges! Have a good day everyone!
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