OCTOBER CHALLENGE - HOW FUN!!! (CLOSED GROUP)

Hello my friends and team mates!! As you all know (and in case you don't), my name is Summer and I will be leading you through your October Challenge:glasses: ! This challenge (with major proper to Gary6030 because he puts all this fabulous stuff together) is made to do IN ADDITION to your normal workout routine. We want to see some AWESOME results for the month of October. I don't know about you, but I have a vacation at the end of this month, followed by two MAJOR eating holidays (or should I say....two MONTHS of eating), so I want to make sure every moment of October COUNTS!

Our team consists of:
gemmaterry
lect
cookiegem
thefreeman28
creiche
mindy14456
dmoses
saydee3
rowmoor
And myself

If you could take come time over the next couple of days to introduce yourself to one another on this forum post, that would be amazing. Adding one another, if you aren't already friends, would also be another team building thing to do.

Here is my introduction:

My name is Summer. I am 25 years old and from Cleveland, Ohio! In January, I took a look in the mirror and realized something was horrible wrong...I gained nearly 40 pounds over the last couple of years. To me, I am/was the size of a house. I've got some health problems, however, I am no longer letting that get in my way to becoming healthy again! I've struggled with seeing improvements in my body, but not a whole lot when it comes to the scale. This month, I want to shock myself with some impressive weight losses!! I have started paying closer attention to my eating, more time at the gym, and do funny things when at work (like my 25 jumping jacks every 15 minutes yesterday...for three hours) to keep elevating my heart rate and keep my metabolism peeking! My motivation is myself. I know how fit I can be, I know how strong I used to be, and I'm still here, but not in the right form. I'd love to be back in my normal clothing by the end of the year!! I hope as your leader/captain/friend that I am able to be there for your to motivate you in your exercise or to kick you into shape (per request) if I see you munching on things like endless Hershey Bars.

Here is how the challenge works...
Every Sunday Night/Monday Morning (once the exercises are posted for me to put on the forums), I will post a new forum entry to let everyone know what the exercises for that week are.

There are two different types of exercises you can complete. The Pygmy series, which is a little easier (but still a GREAT workout...let me tell you), and great for starting off! The bushmen series is definitely a lot harder and forces you to test your own strength and endurance. Below are links to the challenge that is going on right now for September. I think it is a great example of what you will be doing in October!

Pygmy http://mfpchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-5-pygmy-challenge.html
Bushmen http://mfpchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-5-bushmen-series.html

I will post the actual exercises (with youtube video links in case you don't know what some are) on the forums come the first of the month. Keep in mind, as long as the exercises are completed by the end of the week (Monday start - Sunday end) we get the points. If you know you cant workout on a Wednesday, then use that as your rest day that week, or double up on another day. Whatever you do, do not hurt yourself!!

We get points for completing the daily exercises, staying in the green for our calories, as well as drinking our 9 glasses of water a day!!

Weigh-ins are on Mondays! If you can get your weigh-ins to me as soon as possible that would be VERY helpful. PM or on that weeks forum post are both great ways to let me know your progress so I can track!

October 1st is a Saturday, so it throws things off just a little bit. If you want to wait till Monday, October 3rd to give me you starting weight, you are more than welcome!!

LASTLY, I think we should have a team name to represent us, so throw out some things you think might be fun!!

:flowerforyou: Remember, we are all winners. There is so such thing and failure, only success! If we keep our eyes on the prize, our health (and awesome bodies) will thank us!!:flowerforyou: