**VICTORIOUS SECRET*WK 3**SEPT~TRIBAL~(CLOSED GROUP)

Congratulations everyone on sticking in there and rocking the first half of September!
Today I was well over on my water, under on calories, completed the pygmy challenge and completed 500 crunches this evening for the challenge :drinker: :bigsmile: my abs are burnin' and I never thought I could do that many crunches at one time :smokin:
I love the Gangsta banner! Very chic :glasses: great motivation to keep us in line too....I don't suppose you're a "made" man JR, if that's the case I sure don't want the mafia knocking down my door so I'll make sure to stay away from the Krispy Kreme's!
Have a safe trip tomorrow Lori! We love you :smooched:
Good night and sweet dreams everyone!
Marie

Hi everyone,

I had a really emotional day yesterday :grumble: But I must say that I'm much better today!!! :bigsmile: However I have a confession to make. . . yesterday I didn't do ANY exercise:sad: I'm so sorry to let the team down. I was really in a bad way and wanted to give up on everything. BUT today was a new day and a new start soooo I made sure I did all my exercises, eat under my cals and drink all my water. I also plan to do 200 crunches before I go to bed to make up for yesterday.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Its okay to miss a day here and there, just pick yourself back up and keep at it! You are here for the long haul! Lucky enough we don't get defined in our life from one day but over every day that we wake up and live! I'm proud of the progress you have made so far and looking forward to see how much more there is to come!


Everyone drink your water!!!

Ignore Lori's post ;-) Today you MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT!!! I'm not building houses, I'm building rock hard woman soldiers of fitness!!!!

Ignore Lori's post ;-) Today you MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT!!! I'm not building houses, I'm building rock hard woman soldiers of fitness!!!!

Wow! I can so hearing you yelling like a drill Sargent when I read this! I literally just put a strawberry cake in the oven for the boys for a bedtime snack and I was figuring up if I still had calories to eat a piece too...Suddenly I'm having second thoughts...

Thx for holding down the fort JR! :flowerforyou:

Rest. That is what I am doing tonight. I had to be in a car driving all day and I didn't get to workout so today was my rest day.

It was also my first time ever going over calorie wise and I barely made my water intake.:embarassed:

Tomorrow I will be hitting it hard!!!!

Lori!!! I'm going to have to hop into the poor mans bat mobile and come out there! Going over calories! I'm shamed I have failed as a leader. I'm going to have to go all spiderman on you tomorrow to make sure you burn the difference corporal Lori! Do you hear me! MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT NOW LADY MOVE MOVE MOVE! YOU CAN REST WHEN YOUR DEAD TIL THEN YOU ARE A SOLIDER AND THERE IS THREE WAYS TO DO THIS. The right way, the wrong way, and the myfitnesspal way...we do it the myfitnesspal way!!!!!!

Hey team!
First of all I'd like to apologise for today's food choices! I hate using the TOM as an excuse but this week apart from the exercise side of things everything else has just been a rollercoaster. I've really felt for my hubby who I practically told to leave if he wasn't happy! I never know how I'm behaving until I push him so far that he has to leave without saying anything. He's not walking out though he is just removing himself from a possible argument. I always think that I take out my frustrations (if any) when I work out but it seems that just once each month I take it out on my poor husband. Yesterday during my 10 miler I decided I was just going to give in to the cravings whether it's for something sweet (which is a complete first) or a glass of wine. So I've had chocolate the last couple of nights.
Today started off really well, I managed to run 4 miles at 10min44 per mile which after yesterday's success put me on a high. We then met our Korean gramps today which is ALWAYS a good thing. We burnt a few calories checking out tombstones and a memorial park before settling down to lunch. Then it went downhill after lunch. Something did not agree with me and lunch turned out to be a wasted effort. The trip home took 2 hours longer than it should've thanks to a disagreeable tummy. By the time we got back to our neighbourhood it was time for a rugby game. Despite wanting to join my hubby, flattie and mate on the sojourn to the pub to watch it I decided to stay home. This is because I KNEW if I'd gone to Scrooges, feeling the way I was I would've ordered without even thinking about the consequences, a 4-cheese pizza AND chilli cheese fries! Instead I stayed home and had tuna and an egg white mixed on crackers with cheese and cucumbers. The only thing I really enjoyed were the cucumbers! Then hubby came home and I couldn't stay indoors any longer - so we went for a walk down to the river and back! My bedtime is 9 and it was already after 8. I was obviously restless because I normally would be getting ready for bed instead I convinced my hubby to take a cruise down to the river with me. It's between 45mins to an hour away. It was the best thing because when we got down to the bridge there was a light and water show. There was a breeze and it was like we were on a date.
Unfortunately, I caved and had what you see now on the evening snacks section! I'm trying not feel bad about it but **** happens, it was my choice to give into the feeling of having to fill the hole that was my tummy! I'm tired and feeling not depressed just flat. And telling myself there are a lot worse people out there than me going through TOM stuff-ups I can't seem to pick myself up. However, the walk did do a WORLD of good and I'm a lot more settled than before. I'm sorry I didn't get today's exercises done but I will be doing them tomorrow. It is normally my rest day but just this once I'll do the challenges tomorrow plus my final 200 crunches owing to the team challenge. I've also just got hold of 30 day shred and will finish off the exercise challenges with that tomorrow.
So these were today's exercises:
Prior to today's outdoor sesh I went for a 4 miler and managed to run @ 10min44 pace!
Then came outdoor bootcamp. I can't remember the warm up but it involved, running 5 times the length of an outdoor badminton court (social), 2x side shuffle, high knees, butt kicks and something else
WOD: Station 1 - Shuttle runs
Station 2 - Jump jacks
Station 3 - Flutter kicks
Station 4 - Uphill sprint
Station 5 - Mountain climbers
Stay on each station for 6 minutes, 1 minute rest in between each sesh.
Finisher sprint up the hill

Came home and couldn't physically complete any of challenges exercises. If we hadn't had to mee with our korean gramps then time wouldn't have been an issue but we had to get a wriggle on and my body just wasn't cooperating with me. I thought I'd be able to do it when we got home but again not possible.
I WILL COMPLETE THE EXERCISE CHALLENGES TOMORROW AND BE A LOT BETTER WITH MY FOOD CHOICES!
Thank you for reading and I'm sorry to be a DEBBIE DOWNER but it's all cool everyone. I promise to PICK UP MY GAME and contribute to this team!
BIG LOVES TO YOU ALL XXX

Good morning everyone!
Finally completed the exercise challenges for week 3. Today was supposed to be my rest day but due to not doing the challenge exercises yesterday I decided that just this once I'll forego my rest day.
Jumped on the elliptical for 5 mins to warm the muscles up as I was stiff all over.
PYGMY
10 Globe Jumps
10 Burpees
25 Toe Touches
25 Squat Kicks
50 original crunches
50 bicycle crunches
60 reverse crunches
40 original crunches = 200 crunches towards team challenge
The 2 miles will be done and dusted by the end of today.
Then as a finisher I thought I'd try out Jillian Michaels 30 day shred workout level one! It kicked my butt however I completed it! AWESOME WORKOUT!
HAVE A FABULOUS DAY EVERYONE :drinker:

Fell asleep last night at 9pm and woke up at 5am and realized that I didn't write on the thread or finish calculating my efforts for the day...

Friday was my day off - I didn't plan for it to be, but time just escaped me between work and spending time with a friend that just moved to CO from SC. Lame excuse, I know. But it happens.

Yesterday, finished my Day 5 challenges, under calories, over water. I'm up to 200 crunches for the week...500 isn't looking good.

I was able to do my 5 miles yesterday. I've been terrible about posting on here, but I have been adding points. I'm still at 145.8. Really need to workout harder next week. I have done all the challenges all week. I took off Monday and Friday but doubled up yesterday and today on challenges to catch up. Hope everyone is having wonderful Sunday. I'll be better about posting here next week.

MORNING EVERYONE! :drinker:
Just looking for this week's challenges. Will check in when I get back from run and gym :smooched:

Wk 3 Day 6 exercises done.
Over on water.
OVER on calories....I'm deeply ashamed. I went to a Rockies game today and was able to deny myself the tasty treats that always tempt me there. Then, I made a bad decision later at Smashburger and had their sweet potato fries, which I wasn't aware are 400 calories. I should have known to look it up before I placed my order! Here's hoping that it doesn't affect my weigh-in tomorrow morning.

NSV - We had to climb a LOT of stairs to get to our seats and I went up and down them 3 times and never had to stop and didn't gasp for air once! My body is appreciating my healthier lifestyle!

Anina - that's what I would've done, too.

JP - excellent notes and leadership the other day. I did notice that you haven't entered your info on the spreadsheets in a while though...

Lori - Sorry, I saw that your Chiefs took a beating tonight. My Broncos did okay - but the Rockies were crushed by the Giants this weekend. The game I went to tonight was 12 to 5! It was like watching a Home Run Derby for the Giants. Oh, and Ohio State lost yesterday...

*peeping in* Well team, sorry I've been away for a couple of days. I'm not going to make any excuses.. I'm just going to apologize and start fresh this week. Last week, I kept up with everything until Saturday. I tried to do 500 sit ups... I got to 375... and my stomach is still aching. I think its because I did them on an exercise ball.. not sure. But, really sorry to let the team down. However, I did stay under cals and over water all week. Sorry again.

Hope your daughter is feeling better Janet.

Love and hugs...still.