Holiday Hotties MM Challenge (Closed Group)

Miles:
Mon: 2.44
Tue: 5.56
Wed: 3.75
Thur: 0
Fri: 5.81
Total--17.56

Water:
Mon: 80oz
Tue: 132oz
Wed: 160oz
Thur: 100oz
Fri:
Total--

Pushups:
Wed: 40
Fri: 40

I'm not through drinking water today so didn't post that yet. I plan on doing 20 pushups & walking 2.44 miles tomorrow (making it an even 20 miles for the week).

Tonya posted that we are supposed to send our information in individually tomorrow by 5pm eastern.

Hello ladies,

Reporting on my day:

2 serv fruit/veg
21 arm curls (I think this is a set of 21's)
350 jumping jacks-unmodified

I also walked 4.13 miles on the treadmill at 4% incline.
My arms are a little sore from the jumping jacks but I feel great. The last week or so I have been extremely happy (I guess it is the increase in exercise). I had a NSV I wanted to share with you guys. I put on my favorite jeans today and I can pull them off while buttoned, and they were really tight last June.

Oh...I hope we never get a penalty because I can't do a burpee to save my life.

Have a great night.

Julie: If it's allowed, I would be happy to do your woodchoppers, I plan to do extra. If not, maybe ask what alternative exercise you can do. Don't do anything that might hurt your arm. Good luck tomorrow at your doctors appointment.

Julie: (Sorry I didn’t respond sooner.) I can relate to what you are going through. I started having pain in my right pec area, the side of my neck and around my scapula about 10 years ago. My doctor sent me to see an orthopedic surgeon. He made me feel like it was all in my head and that there was nothing wrong with me. He sent me to physical therapy but it didn’t help. Over the years when the pain would start getting bad I would go see a chiropractor or get a massage but it was only temporary relief. About a year and a half ago I got worse. The pain was in my neck, shoulder, back, and hips. I’m pretty sure my hip popped out of place, I heard a loud pop and I could not put any weight on my leg for 2 days. So I got more aggressive about trying to find out what was wrong with me. My massage therapist recommended an upper cervical chiropractor. He did x-rays on my neck and showed me that my neck was too far forward and curved to the left. I saw him for about 6-7 months. I improved at first but then didn’t see any improvement the last couple of months. My 1st rib on my front right side still moved out of place so I did research and read about prolotherapy, found an osteopathic doctor and made an appointment. I had my first visit right after Labor day. He sent me to have an MRI. Luckily there was no major damage, just some damage to the vertebras and disks in my neck and I have arthritis in my neck. He did osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). I have only had 4 visits and I have seen a huge improvement in my entire body. I still have 2 vertebras that are misaligned but my doctor said they should eventually move into place and my rib still pops out when I move my shoulder. My doctor said that he wouldn’t do prolotherapy on my rib because the area has a too high of risk or something like that.

Anyway, don’t be scared because the problem might be your spine and not your arm. Be happy that they might be closer to figuring out what is wrong with you. Have you tried getting a massage for the pain? I was always very reluctant to get a massage until my husbands’ uncle convinced me. He is an orthopedic massage therapist. He gave me a massage, not the relaxing kind. It was 2.5 hours long and painful, but after a few days I felt a lot better. He lives in another state but I make an appointment with him when I go home for Christmas. I also see a local massage therapist.

I hope your doctors figure it out soon.


I added 2 photos of me from about 2 years ago. You can see how my hips and shoulder were uneven and my neck curved to the side and was too far forward. They are in my profile, I don't know how to post them here. My posture is better now, my hips and shoulder are even and neck is almost where it should be.

MotivationMatters updated that we are supposed to lose 1% this week, not 2%. After our 2lb advantage we need to lose 8.728lbs as a group. That is realistic although hard.

WTG Hotties!!!

NSV: I went shopping last weekend and I bought myself size 12 jeans. (All my current jeans are size 16) I have a muffin top with them so I need to work really hard the next 3 1/2 weeks till Christmas.