September Challenge Week 4 - Team Amazing Grace (CLOSED GROU

amazing_grace♥
amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
edited October 2 in Motivation and Support
This is what i have for scores for last week.........

SweetToothMelissa - 55
amazing_grace - 52.6
walkingingrace - 52.2
jmanthei - 49.2
cath - 44
Xtine - 43
sbrown - 37.7

Xtine lost 3 pounds this week!! Congratulations!!
sbrown lost 2.7 pounds this week!! You ladies are AWESOME!!


NOTE: The Week 4 challenges should now be posted..... www.mfpchallenges.blogspot.com


@stevemillar - there is a section on the blog that has video clips from you tube for any exercises that you are unsure of what they are. They are along the left hand side at the very bottom - called SEPTEMBER EXERCISE VIDEO LINKS.
Let me know if you have any questions or are unable to find the videos.
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  • jmanthei98
    jmanthei98 Posts: 85 Member
    Woohoo!!! Go team!!!!
  • cath1717
    cath1717 Posts: 120
    WOW, impressive losts last week! Bravo !!!
  • Xtine72
    Xtine72 Posts: 67 Member
    Bump Bitty Bump Bump:bigsmile:
  • jmanthei98
    jmanthei98 Posts: 85 Member
    Challenge exercises are done for today. I'm gonna do the Pygmy series this week now that I'm going to start training for a 10K. Should be interesting!
  • jmanthei98
    jmanthei98 Posts: 85 Member
    Okay, so here's how today went:

    Pilates and some other strength training: 60 minutes No idea how to log it.
    Pygmy series challenge exercises

    Under the calorie limit
    8 glasses of water

    :-D
  • SweetToothMelissa
    SweetToothMelissa Posts: 137 Member
    BUMP!

    I was under calories today, and had 8 cups of water. I didn't do the exercises today, but I will make them up tomorrow :)
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    Did day 1 of Pygmy series except for the 2 miles. Will do that tomorrow.
    Water was 12 glasses, and under calorie goal.

    I started ballet classes tonight! We did 200 ab crunches in class! I thot I was dying, but I was able to get thru them! Everyone was very impressed with this newbie! I'll commit to 500 crunches for the week.

    Tomorrow night is tap class!
  • stevemillar
    stevemillar Posts: 24 Member
    Sorry 4 not introducing myself better yesterday. It was late & I wanted to get “in” for the new week.

    I am Amazing_Grace's cousin, her facebook friend, & have been inspired by her myfitnesspal posts which show up there. A few months ago I joined myfitnesspal & of course it worked, but I was lazy & got distracted. I have been up & down between 203 & 199 more times than I can count. I'm hoping this challenge will help me stick to it.
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    Sorry 4 not introducing myself better yesterday. It was late & I wanted to get “in” for the new week.

    I am Amazing_Grace's cousin, her facebook friend, & have been inspired by her myfitnesspal posts which show up there. A few months ago I joined myfitnesspal & of course it worked, but I was lazy & got distracted. I have been up & down between 203 & 199 more times than I can count. I'm hoping this challenge will help me stick to it.


    sooo Steve, how did you do on your first day? Did you get a chance to do the challenges for today? What about logging your food and staying under calorie goal and water? Glad you are here! Be sure to send friend requests to the people on this thread. They will definitely help to keep you motivated and on track!

    You'll have to post your water (# of glasses) each day on this thread since I am unable to check your food diary. I'm excited to see you get more involved! Yay!
  • stevemillar
    stevemillar Posts: 24 Member
    did all my pigmy stuff (my wife's dog loved the walk on the beach).
    10 glasses of water
    under calorie goal
  • sbrown44
    sbrown44 Posts: 82
    Hi to steve :)

    water done -11 glasses
    food under calories
    exercise done :) did week three for Monday this morning...might just have to do week 4 as well :)
  • walkingingrace2011
    walkingingrace2011 Posts: 66
    Monday:
    Under calorie count
    Water - check
    Pygmy challenge except for the 2 miles (will do Tuesday)
    Also did the 3 sets of 15 swimmer's presses for Tuesday.
  • Xtine72
    Xtine72 Posts: 67 Member
    Day 1
    Under Calorie CHECK
    Water CHECK
    50 Toe Touches CHECK
    50 Crunches CHECK
    50 Windshield Wipers CHECK
    50 Split Squats

    I'll make up for everything I missed today. And add on additional crunches! :wink:
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    Oh my GOSH Xtine!! Kaden Ray is soooooo precious!! That's an adorable picture!!! Congratulations grandma!! :wink:
  • Xtine72
    Xtine72 Posts: 67 Member
    Thank you! My lil peanut! He is so sweet! :heart:
  • Xtine72
    Xtine72 Posts: 67 Member
    Day 1 Makeup
    50 Crunches CHECK
    Still owe Bearwalk, Jacks and Burpees

    Day 2
    Swimmers CHECK
    21's CHECK
    Chest Fly's CHECK
    Mowers CHECK
    Pushups CHECK
    Still owe Kickbacks and Woodchops

    Extra 50 Crunches for Challenge

    Water CHECK
    Calories CHECK :happy:
  • walkingingrace2011
    walkingingrace2011 Posts: 66
    Water - check
    Under calories - check
    Day 2 Pigmy challenge - check
    Day 1 Two-mile walk - check
    50 crunches for weekly challenge - I commit to 300 - 250 left
  • walkingingrace2011
    walkingingrace2011 Posts: 66
    Cute!
  • jmanthei98
    jmanthei98 Posts: 85 Member
    Okeedoke....
    8 cups of water
    cardio and all challenge exercises done
    Under calories


    :-D
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    Tonight I did all of day #2 Pygmy challenges plus the 2 mile walk due from yesterday. (2 pts for today's, 1 pt for yesterdays)
    water = 10 glasses (2 pts)
    under calorie goal (5pts)
    5.3 mile bike path walk
    no crunches today - i am very sore tonight from yesterday's crunches at ballet class!! :noway:

    I'll post some mid week scores tomorrow - I'm off to bed early tonight as I'm going to try to get up in the am and run W3D1 of my C25K!! Yikes!! :noway:

    I think that most of us are dong the Pygmy series, so our team challenge this week is - as a combined team effort attempt to reach a goal of an additional 2000 crunches. So far, I only have a commitment of 800 and have only heard from walkingingrace (300) and myself (500). Please post your ab crunches commitment for this week and then be sure to post how many on the nights that you do them......

    I almost forgot - I didn't make it to tap class tonight...... I haven't been able to find any tap shoes just yet. Hopefully next week!!
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    @walkingingrace - you need to let me know how many glasses of water you are drinking each day since I cannot see your food diary to check it out.

    thanks!!
  • stevemillar
    stevemillar Posts: 24 Member
    10 waters
    pygmy stuff done
    under calorie goal

    @Xtine72: What a pretty baby! Aren't they just amazing? i have 6 grandchildren.
  • keepitoff99
    keepitoff99 Posts: 117
    Hi all, my name is Tricia; Amazing Grace said to post here an intro and if someone could fill me in on the challenge this week, that'd be terrific.

    I'm 38, mother of three (two girls, 14 and 12; and a son who is 6). I work full time, have a one hour commute each way to work, I'm taking an on-line course and am involved quite a bit with our church (Youth group Friday nights, activities for the family, and Sunday morning). My girls play rep volleyball so that keeps us busy with practices and tournaments and my son swims.
    Needless to say, I have very little time for myself!! I work out each morning pretty much every day (treadmill and eliptical) but sit most of the day at work and for the drive......so I need some motivation to get some more exercise in and eat less at night when I get home tired from work/activities.

    I noticed some are calculating water...and there are points each week?
    Thanks guys!!:drinker:
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    Tricia, WELCOME!!!

    The challenges for week 4 can be found at www.mfpchallenges.blogspot.com. The Bushman series is Advanced, and the Pygmy Series is Basic challenges.... take your pic - you do not have to do both. Also, each series has a "team" challenge, for example the Pgymy Series Team Challenge is 2000 ab crunches for this week.... so people post on the thread how many crunches they will commit to for the week and then just post daily how many they do.

    The point system is as follows:
    2 pts if you do the challenges on the day they are due or before (must do ALL the challenges for that day)
    1 pt if you do them later in the week, or if you don't get to do all of them and finish them up another day
    5 pts if you come in under your calorie goal for the day
    1 pt if you drink at least 8 glasses of water for the day
    2 pts if you drink 10 or more glasses of water for the day.
    1 pt for every pound that you lose that week (weigh in is on Sundays)

    At the end of the contest, the winner will receive..................................................(drum roll, please!)............................... a post card in the US Mail from everybody on the team!! :drinker:

    Everyday (or whenever you can), post on the thread your "stats" so that I can keep up with everybody!!
    Also, be sure to post your weight on here every Sunday. I got your message that indicated that your starting weight is 156, and that it was ok for me to post that to the thread! :wink:

    Be sure to "friend" people that are on this thread (our team) so that you can give encouragement and support to everybody!! (there are 10 of us!)

    Let me know if you have any other questions!!

    WELCOME!!
  • SweetToothMelissa
    SweetToothMelissa Posts: 137 Member
    Ok so for yesterday, I know I was over cals..but I didn't log it. :( But I did do day 1 and 2 of the pygmy series yesterday!! Didn't put that into the system bc I didn't log the food...but they're done.

    I'm not sure how I'm going to do the rest of the week, because I am going to Forida to see some of my MFP friends!! I will try my best...and I will be walking a lot, so hopefully I will stay under calories. Probably won't be able to get my exercises done today. I will see how much I can get done tonight! (I leave tomorrow right after work).

    Sorry to be the bum of the group this week!

    <3 and luck to you all!!!
  • jmanthei98
    jmanthei98 Posts: 85 Member
    I'm so jealous you're going to see Sarah and Jess. :-) Have fun!
  • musky4
    musky4 Posts: 121 Member
    bumpity bump bump :wink: :laugh:
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    For me......

    Day #3 Pygmy challenges done.... did the 2 mile walk on my lunch at work. (Have I said lately how much I hate that bear walk?) Ugh!! Water = 10 glasses, and came in under calorie goal.

    Rode my bicycle 15 miles tonight - that's the farthest I've ever gone in one ride!! I live at the top of a hill and the last 2 miles of my ride home is entirely uphill..... today was the first day that I have been able to ride the bike all the way up and not had to stop and walk up part of it. I'm stoked!!

    I left my worksheet (with everybody's stats and scores) on my desk at work, so I PROMISE that I will post scores tomorrow.
    Sorry. :ohwell:

    Have a good night everybody!!
  • walkingingrace2011
    walkingingrace2011 Posts: 66
    Under calories-check
    Water 8 glasses
    50 crunches
    20 jumping jacks
    Will do other exercises this week to catch up
    Water for past two weeks Monday Sept 12 -9 glasses
    Thursday Sept 15 -16 glasses
    All other days -8 glasses
  • amazing_grace♥
    amazing_grace♥ Posts: 620
    Under calories-check
    Water 8 glasses
    50 crunches
    20 jumping jacks
    Will do other exercises this week to catch up
    Water for past two weeks Monday Sept 12 -9 glasses
    Thursday Sept 15 -16 glasses
    All other days -8 glasses

    @walkingingrace, thanks for clearing up the water thing! You ROCK!
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