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SPARTA!!! Lol - thanx, Donna I would actually be a mix, possibly an Athenian spy on the inside of Spartan: I'm more kind, fun loving, not really a fighter even tho I look the part :laugh:

Anyways: sorry for my delayed update for last weeks challenge: here is the final breakdown.

10-6 Thurs: over by about 100! 1367 calories burned,approx 50 mins strength: 16 cups water
10-7 Fri: under calories by 430(had to fast for a religious holiday). 1130 calories burned: approx 60 mins was strength training: 14 cups water
10-8 Sat: No exercise due to fasting: ate 1 meal to break the fast, pretty sure went over due to deserts! Water maybe 8cups since didn't drink much - no workout/strength training.
10-9 Sun: 951 cals burned, approx 30 mins was strength training - under cals by 202 & somewhere around 30+ cups of water
10-10 Mon: 1098 cals burned w/about 60 mins strength training: over cals by 240 and 30+cups of water
10-11 Tues: WAY over cals (by at least 400!) Only burned 537 cals with about 50 mins going to strength training. Drank over 30 cups water though!
10-12 Wed: Way under on cals (by 988!) due to INTENSE workout with Hubz at the gym: Burned total 1178 cals for the day with about 45 mins to strength training. Water around 25 or so cups

Total mins of strength training: 295/45
Total cups of water: 153/60
Number of days under cals: 3/7
Number of days over cals: 4/7
Calories burned- 6261/2000

On the weigh-in front: no loss. Still holding at 148.0! BUTT... My NSV's are so totally out-ruling the scale! Shoulders are bigger, biceps are bigger & more cut & I've lost an entire inch around my chest! Hubz & I did measurements on Tuesday, my weak side is now my dominant side (gained almost an inch on left bicep & 1/4" on right), while waist is still the same, chest went from 35.5" to 34.5"! Forearms lost an inch each but are more cut, which means I've lost fat & tightened the muscle - WHOO HOO!! AND, my butt is taking some serious shape! I'm getting that little "sweat-heart" cut in the top - I have to attribute that to the Arc Trainer at the gym

To all you "losers" for the week - that is FAB-YOU-LOSS!!! To those who may not have changed, keep in mind that NSV's are stronger & more long term than the scale. Start taking measurements as well & "see" the difference :happy:

Looking forward to another AWESOME Challenge!

I forgot to post my weight! 199.2 which is down .6 pounds. However, I was up 3.2 pounds last week and didn't record it due to TOM, so even though this is small, I really lost almost 4 pounds from last week! I am going to keep this up from this point forward!

Great job everyone. I love this group!

I walked around the shops for 2hr yesterday, not sure what I will do tonight as it is a friends birthday meal & so far I have loads of cals left. Were going to the harvester for the meal, I was thinking steak & jacket potato with salad in-fact it is making me hungry just thinking about it.

Donna, that's so funny, we are lost without Tausha! How about if we each pick the one thing that is most difficult for us right now in our quest for better health and fitness and concentrate on that this week and keep the same exercise/water challenge from last week?

For me, that obviously has to be sodium. It's killing me! I'm also picking up a nasty little cereal snack habit at night. I've got the calories, and I'm eating decent cereal (it's not Fruit loops!) and almond milk but it's making me wake up puffy the next day from all those carbs late at night.

So this week, I'm going to get in 1200 calories, drink 60 cups of water (which I failed at last week), do 45 minutes of strength and try to keep my sodium under 2500 mg 5 out of the 7 days.

Checking in through Thursday:
calories burned: 432/1200
strength:0/45
cups water:12/60
days under calories: 1/7
days over calories: 0/7
days under sodium: 0/7 :ohwell:

I get so excited when I think a weight is a fluke...but the fluke happens for 3 days straight and you realize that it isn't a fluke (i.e. me getting into the 160's...) :drinker:

I like the calories burned (2000), water intake (60), days under/over (6/1), sodium is cool--under sodium 6 days

But what about adding something like--taking 10 minutes at least 5 days for reflection/relaxation/meditation? Meaning you have to stop whatever you are doing, put on some soft/nature/no music and just try to relax your whole body and mind? (means 10 straight minutes...turn off phone...no facebook...hide from your kids...)

Pmsl hide from kids, relaxation sounds good, 10 minutes to myself well that would be something. I think some people it will be a hard thing to do

It is Friday and I feel lost!!! Can someone please tell me what to do??? (joke!!!!)

Well, ladies... Since Tausha is on a well deserved vacation...what should we do? Create goals ourselves? Do individual goals? Consider it a "rest' week? (Nat will have a coronary...she doesn't know how to rest!) Seriously, Nat, you are my HERO! I am lifting today because of you! I am also sore as heck because I increased the poundage that I am lifting, because of YOU!:flowerforyou:

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LOL! But the long-term results will show soon & you'll be totally BUFF!! And yes, if someone told me to rest I'd probably crash & burn!
I like the goals - but I also need to get a grip on my cals & stop eating so much! The week before & of our little mishapped HM I was SUPER careful & the results showed (even with TOM in full flow - pardon the pun :laugh: !).
Therefor, my personal goal is to NOT eat back all my exercise calories: I want to leave at least 300 (except for today since I don't get my PM burn & we're eating at Sonny's tonight with Grandpa - it'll be my little cheat ).

So - Team Orange Butterballs - keep me in check on calories & I'll keep you in check on sodium :flowerforyou:

OK- you guys are KILLING ME- now what does "pmsl" stand for?!?!? I need to write a dictionary to keep up on here!!

Are you from another country???

PMS = PreMenstrual Syndrome (bloating, cramps, appetite issues, etc). This is a common term even before the internet was created!! lol (laugh out loud). I am cracking myself up over here. I wish you could see me!

Edited to Add: I am an idiot. I thought you said pms. Now I see it is pmsl. I have no idea! That's a new one!!
Note: I could have just deleted this to be blank or said something else so I didn't look like a complete idiot, but I thought it might give you a good laugh. lol

OMG THAT IS GREAT!!! AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS THE DUMBASS!!! takes one to know one:)

and i THINK i may have cracked the code---- does it mean, "pissing my self laughing"?!?!?!?!?

OK- you guys are KILLING ME- now what does "pmsl" stand for?!?!? I need to write a dictionary to keep up on here!!

Are you from another country???

PMS = PreMenstrual Syndrome (bloating, cramps, appetite issues, etc). This is a common term even before the internet was created!! lol (laugh out loud). I am cracking myself up over here. I wish you could see me!

Edited to Add: I am an idiot. I thought you said pms. Now I see it is pmsl. I have no idea! That's a new one!!
Note: I could have just deleted this to be blank or said something else so I didn't look like a complete idiot, but I thought it might give you a good laugh. lol

OMG THAT IS GREAT!!! AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS THE DUMBASS!!! takes one to know one:)

and i THINK i may have cracked the code---- does it mean, "pissing my self laughing"?!?!?!?!?

omg i am pmsl so hard right now! lol. ycmu!! (you crack me up..i just made that up.)

OMG, IMHO (IYDM), we should all PMSL and go AKF for some H2O (not H2O2)

Oh my god, in my humble opinion (if you don't mind), we should all PMSL and go away from keyboard for some water (not hydrogen peroxide)...all actual quips, pending PMSL's authentication code...

OMG, IMHO (IYDM), we should all PMSL and go AKF for some H2O (not H2O2)

Oh my god, in my humble opinion (if you don't mind), we should all PMSL and go away from keyboard for some water (not hydrogen peroxide)...all actual quips, pending PMSL's authentication code...

You still didn't tell us what PMSL means!

as for auntie flo! hehe love it, i used to call it AF. find it very weird to call it TOM now! another tmi question, ladies do u get a lot of bloating when u are ovulating? i find im up or down 2lbs during TOM and ovulation!

I think everyone is setting their own goals, along with continuing some from before. My personal goal is to go to the gym at least 3 days. I mostly exercise at home, but I have a gym membership I haven't been using, and I know when I go I feel so energized afterwards. I need to stop being lazy and just go! I went one time last week.

I completely blew yesterday. I had a really bad day, not just with food and exercise, but also emotionally. So today I'm starting with a clean slate. Here are my goals for the next 6 days:

2500 Calories Burned
60 Cups of Water
Under Calories 5 Days
Exercise 5 Days, 3 of them at the Gym

I have been recording everyone's weight for the chart I post. It is updated to this point. Still need lots of weigh-ins!

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under cals: 1/6.......Th (-180).....Fr
under sodium: 1/5.......Th (-170)......Fr
burn 2000 cals: 190/2000.....Th (190)....Fr
10min relax time: 1/6.....Th (0).....Fr (1).....Sa
80oz H20/day: 0/7.....Th (48)....Fr (
cal avg for week 1220/1400:.....Th (1220)....Fr
weight: 10/12-167.8.........10/19-TBA
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And we're off! VRRROOOOM!!!


and, for those of you that didn't catch the prior post

Question: What Is 'PMSL'? What Does PMSL Mean?

Answer: So, you're conversing online in a chat room or in an Internet game, and you keep seeing this odd expression "PMSL" People chat in the online game, sending pmsl messages left and right.

Well, this peculiar acronym expression is very much a United Kingdom expression. It stands for "Pissing myself laughing". It is the same as "rofl" or "lmao" in American English. The pmsl expression, like many other Internet expressions, is part of online conversation culture.

O.K., you guys crack me up! Kory, I'll try for that 10 minutes a day thing. Does reading a book count??????

O.K., you guys crack me up! Kory, I'll try for that 10 minutes a day thing. Does reading a book count??????

Im going to try this too. I dont really get any time out to myself apart from zumba and running so will make an effort.