Christmas Countdown Challenge (Closed) - Week 17
JustJenn419
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FINALLY!
luvmyjp - Welcome back and WOOT WOOT! You broke the 30 pound mark!!!!
craft338 - YEAH GIRL! Cracked the 20 pound mark!!!
lpeacock06 & kckramp - 10% lost!!! What an accomplishment!!
pinkita, Neize, & leslyta - You are all less than 5 pounds away from your Christmas goal!!!
nevermorex - You've surpassed your SECOND GOAL!!!
Sugs94 & pinkita - WAY TO GO WITH 3+ pounds lost in ONE WEEK!!! And so nicely tied at the same weight!!!
You are all so wonderful and I thank each and every one of you for your patience, support, and kind words. My daughter is feeling better in her own head but she is still sick. We were supposed to see the doctor tonight but got a call that they didn't have power and moved her appointment until Saturday so she's still on a super amount of medication until then. SOOOOOOO crazy distraught and frustrated and sad and uuuuuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :explode: :explode: :explode: I just want my baby to feel better! angie and all the other moms of sick kids, I give you more credit than I did before. This is incredibly difficult!
Can you believe Thanksgiving is a week away?!?!? :noway:
I know I have 40+ things to be thankful for and your names are all on the chart above :flowerforyou: I hope you know how much it means to me to have you involved in this challenge! You are what keeps me going!!!
The feedback I got from last week's challenge seemed pretty positive. I apologize to those that were unable to complete it due to physical limitations but I am glad that you all stuck around. If you have any suggestions for exercises that might work for everyone, please message me!
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE
Since there is only 5 days until the next challenge week, I'm going to throw something incredible hard at you. :devil: Complete what you can because I personally know I can not do it all. The goal of this physical challenge is IMPROVEMENT!
The exercise is called a Pyramid Workout. It is a series of exercises that you will attempt to complete 10 reps of. You work your way down from 10 of each to 1 of each or 20 seconds of each to 2 seconds. Sounds simple right :huh: :noway:
Your exercises are
1)Burpees - We did these with the first couple of weeks.
http://youtu.be/mxrFducMgYQ
2)Kettlebell Swings - You do not need a kettlebell to do this exercise. I use a 5lb hand weight and it works perfectly.
http://youtu.be/OLdeznNRLcg
3)Plank - At this point you should be more than familiar with the plank. It is an incredible core workout and I do these daily regardless of whether it was part of a challenge or not.
http://youtu.be/pSHjTRCQxIw
SO... The challenge is to complete the Pyramid Workout in one shot.
Round 1 - 10 burpees, 10 kettlebell swings, 20 seconds of plank
Round 2 - 9 burpees, 9 kettlebell swings, 18 seconds of plank
Round 3 - 8 burpees, 8 kettlebell swings, 16 seconds of plank
Round 4 - 7 burpees, 7 kettlebell swings, 14 seconds of plank
and so on... Continue to countdown for each round until you get to.....
Round 10 - 1 burpee, 1 kettlebell swing, 2 seconds of plank
This is one of the most intense FULL BODY workouts you will ever have. :sick: Push yourself to do one more set each day! And if you make it all the way through, WE WANT TO KNOW!!!! :drinker: :drinker:
If you can not physically do the pyramid workout, challenge yourself to a NEW cardio workout for at least 15 minutes each day. Check out youtube or some cable networks have free videos available. Try something new! :drinker:
PERSONAL CHALLENGE
Look at your goal weight that you set 16 weeks ago. It is attainable? Is it completely out of reach? With just a few weeks left, we are wuickly closing in on our big finale. And I want everyone here to have the chance to meet their goals! So take a look, if you're more than 10lbs away from your goal, you may want to revise your numbers. This is your chance! :smooched:
You challenge is to change your final goal to a number that you CAN reach! If you believe you can reach your goalo where it is now, AWESOME! If you don't, just let me know what to change it to. The end of this challenge should be a positive one, not one of disappointment because we didn't make our goals. LET'S DO IT!!! :bigsmile:
As always.... LOVE YOU ALL!!!
luvmyjp - Welcome back and WOOT WOOT! You broke the 30 pound mark!!!!
craft338 - YEAH GIRL! Cracked the 20 pound mark!!!
lpeacock06 & kckramp - 10% lost!!! What an accomplishment!!
pinkita, Neize, & leslyta - You are all less than 5 pounds away from your Christmas goal!!!
nevermorex - You've surpassed your SECOND GOAL!!!
Sugs94 & pinkita - WAY TO GO WITH 3+ pounds lost in ONE WEEK!!! And so nicely tied at the same weight!!!
You are all so wonderful and I thank each and every one of you for your patience, support, and kind words. My daughter is feeling better in her own head but she is still sick. We were supposed to see the doctor tonight but got a call that they didn't have power and moved her appointment until Saturday so she's still on a super amount of medication until then. SOOOOOOO crazy distraught and frustrated and sad and uuuuuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :explode: :explode: :explode: I just want my baby to feel better! angie and all the other moms of sick kids, I give you more credit than I did before. This is incredibly difficult!
Can you believe Thanksgiving is a week away?!?!? :noway:
I know I have 40+ things to be thankful for and your names are all on the chart above :flowerforyou: I hope you know how much it means to me to have you involved in this challenge! You are what keeps me going!!!
The feedback I got from last week's challenge seemed pretty positive. I apologize to those that were unable to complete it due to physical limitations but I am glad that you all stuck around. If you have any suggestions for exercises that might work for everyone, please message me!
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE
Since there is only 5 days until the next challenge week, I'm going to throw something incredible hard at you. :devil: Complete what you can because I personally know I can not do it all. The goal of this physical challenge is IMPROVEMENT!
The exercise is called a Pyramid Workout. It is a series of exercises that you will attempt to complete 10 reps of. You work your way down from 10 of each to 1 of each or 20 seconds of each to 2 seconds. Sounds simple right :huh: :noway:
Your exercises are
1)Burpees - We did these with the first couple of weeks.
http://youtu.be/mxrFducMgYQ2)Kettlebell Swings - You do not need a kettlebell to do this exercise. I use a 5lb hand weight and it works perfectly.
http://youtu.be/OLdeznNRLcg3)Plank - At this point you should be more than familiar with the plank. It is an incredible core workout and I do these daily regardless of whether it was part of a challenge or not.
http://youtu.be/pSHjTRCQxIwSO... The challenge is to complete the Pyramid Workout in one shot.
Round 1 - 10 burpees, 10 kettlebell swings, 20 seconds of plank
Round 2 - 9 burpees, 9 kettlebell swings, 18 seconds of plank
Round 3 - 8 burpees, 8 kettlebell swings, 16 seconds of plank
Round 4 - 7 burpees, 7 kettlebell swings, 14 seconds of plank
and so on... Continue to countdown for each round until you get to.....
Round 10 - 1 burpee, 1 kettlebell swing, 2 seconds of plank
This is one of the most intense FULL BODY workouts you will ever have. :sick: Push yourself to do one more set each day! And if you make it all the way through, WE WANT TO KNOW!!!! :drinker: :drinker:
If you can not physically do the pyramid workout, challenge yourself to a NEW cardio workout for at least 15 minutes each day. Check out youtube or some cable networks have free videos available. Try something new! :drinker:
PERSONAL CHALLENGE
Look at your goal weight that you set 16 weeks ago. It is attainable? Is it completely out of reach? With just a few weeks left, we are wuickly closing in on our big finale. And I want everyone here to have the chance to meet their goals! So take a look, if you're more than 10lbs away from your goal, you may want to revise your numbers. This is your chance! :smooched:
You challenge is to change your final goal to a number that you CAN reach! If you believe you can reach your goalo where it is now, AWESOME! If you don't, just let me know what to change it to. The end of this challenge should be a positive one, not one of disappointment because we didn't make our goals. LET'S DO IT!!! :bigsmile:
As always.... LOVE YOU ALL!!! 0
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Thanks Jenn can't be easy to put this together when you have a sick little girl, I am sure I can include everyone when I say that we are really gratefull that you take the time and effort to do this.
I am really excited about the Challenge this week, it looks like a lot of hard work but I need to motivate myself again and this looks like the perfect way to do so.
If possible I would like to cut 10lbs off my target and I am now wanting to get to 210lbs, I think this is attainable and I am going to try my hardest in the next few weeks to hit that goal.
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I've been better this week with my eating... not great... but not horrible either. I'm still trying to pull myself out of this funk. :frown:
Congrats on all the losses.
And Jenn -- more well wishes for your kiddo :flowerforyou:0 -
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Sorry for my absence its been crazy... Jenn sorry you're little one is sick that is dot easy for sure. Hope all is well for everyone else... Saturday is my b-day so I'm going to splurge just a little... Not sure on what yet but something. have a great week everyone!! 0
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Just curious... We do a round a day?? Or all ten rounds each day??
I'm leavin my gOal where it's at. I know I can hit it as long as I keep me eye on the prize. Yesturday was a good day to get me motivated. My fiancé shops at a place called "Platos closet" and it's pretty much an up scale goodwill/salvation army. You go in with name brand clothes in good shape and in style and sell it to the store . They turn around and mark jeans that would run $100+ and sell them to the public for $40 or under . He is constantly shopping there , but they don't sell "big girl" sizes there. I got curious and tried on a 13/14 (biggest they carry) and they are so close to fitting! So I'm motivated to be able to shop there this summer without any problems!!0 -
Just curious... We do a round a day?? Or all ten rounds each day??
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Sorry for my absence its been crazy... Jenn sorry you're little one is sick that is dot easy for sure. Hope all is well for everyone else... Saturday is my b-day so I'm going to splurge just a little... Not sure on what yet but something. have a great week everyone!!
Glad you're still with us AND HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!! 0 -
I've been better this week with my eating... not great... but not horrible either. I'm still trying to pull myself out of this funk. :frown:
Congrats on all the losses.
And Jenn -- more well wishes for your kiddo :flowerforyou:
We all hate seeing you down :brokenheart: I really hope you can pull yourself up and out of it! And if not, that's what we're here for! ::virtual hug:: You are doing an incredible job! If there's anything you need, just let us know! :smooched:0 -
Thanks Jenn can't be easy to put this together when you have a sick little girl, I am sure I can include everyone when I say that we are really gratefull that you take the time and effort to do this.
I am really excited about the Challenge this week, it looks like a lot of hard work but I need to motivate myself again and this looks like the perfect way to do so.
If possible I would like to cut 10lbs off my target and I am now wanting to get to 210lbs, I think this is attainable and I am going to try my hardest in the next few weeks to hit that goal.
I hope you are all well and see losses on the scale this week.
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Jenn....healing thoughts to your little girl. Hope she is feeling better. I am definitely motivated again. Struggle with eating clean...but I am staying on track with my WW points. Today even treating myself to a mocha before work. Have enough of my weekly treat points to cover. I won't make my origional goal for the challenge...but I will kick the 180's before the challenge ends...and they will be gone forever if I have my way about it!!!
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i'm REALLY hoping for a loss this week.0
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With a birthday on Sunday and Thanksgiving on Thursday I will need to make some good choices. The 170s are not all that far away & I do really want to make my new Christmas goal so I have already started thinking about how I'm gonna make that happen. I don't have any real answers yet, but I'm thinking on it.
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Hi everyone once again I have been terrible and once again I am back!
I can't remember when weigh in is as its been so long but I haven't given my numbers for weeks so I'm just going to give it to you today. CW- 231.4
I'm off to start my 30day shred DVD to kick my *kitten* into gear!!!
Hope everyone is still kicking *kitten* and once again Jen you are a ROCKSTAR for doing this. I think without this challenge I never would have lost all my weight. I now just have to get my head in the right frame of mind to continue my journey and stop thinking about the past!0 -
I will have a loss this week. I am working and going to continue to work hard for the next 5 weeks. I can do this. We all can. Reading all your posts are so motivating. Thank you
Thank you Jenn for all your hard work and motivation!!! You are awesome!0 -
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Thanks Jenn, and hope your daughter is better in time for Thanksgiving... and hopefully sooner!!!0 -
I am going to change my goal to 155 by the end which is up from where I was before summer but I seem to be having lots of challenges and need to focus on getting back to that. I don't usually do the challenges because I do an intense workout every morning with two of my peeps but this week's challenge sounds like something that would mix it up for us. Thanks again Jen.0
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Yay Yay Woop Woop Woop
I lost this week I can't believe it first loss in about a month it was 1lbs but I am so happy.
Thats me now out of the 220s CW 219lbs :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Just need to keep on it now, also about to try the pyramid workout
Well that was hard I think I managed level 1 and level 2 lol I will try add a level each day I am knackered now haha.0 -
CW: 153.2
That is is a 0.8 loss, which is great. And I really wish I could be happy about that, but I'm still fighting over here. I'm a bit better than I was. I'm starting to slowly come to terms with the prognosis from my test results... and I'm trying to turn this news into motivation to live the best life I can... but it's really really hard. I put up a front all day at home and all day at school or work... and it's exhausting. I have not slept decently in 2 weeks (and decently for me is 3+ hours since I always have sleeping issues). My body aches from exhaustion, so I'm just chugging along. :ohwell:
I'm hoping to keep on track and then cut myself a *small* break on Thursday (go over my allotment, but definitely restrict myself).
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Weight this morning 159. At least the same after traveling a bit:(0
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CW: 156.2
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I see everyone is starting to worry about thanksgiving , just remember only put a small amount of each thing on your plate. A few bites of everything will have you just as full as a big serving. Another thing I always do is Togo plates. I try everything when we eat, and then I only take home the few things I really liked. This year is going to be a little easier for me since we only have to go
To my fiancés familys and not both of ours. My grandparents decided to go on a month long hunting trip that started yesturday and won't end till a week or two before Christmas. I'm ready for it to be Here. Christmas is my fav. Holiday. I'm ready to put the tree up and decorate the house and thanks to this amazing group I'm well on my way to being 20lbs lighter for Christmas!! I've bought a few presents, and know what we are getting everyone but here's where in stuck.... I have no idea what to get my fiancé this year! Last year I had his present bought in September ugh !0 -
Good morning my lovely CCC'ers. I hope you all are enjoying your Friday!!
CW: 220 lost .02 I will take it because with the flu last weekend and craving all the wrong foods I was sure it would be a gain.
I think I want to change my end goal to 209 lbs. It's not in the 100's as I wanted but it is getting much closer.
Thanks Jenn for all you do and I think I speak for all of us when I say you are such a great motivator and just a great person.
I won't really be able to try your pyramid just yet because my ankle is still bothering me something fierce. I am going to try the EA sports active low impact work outs and see if that is ok.
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Hello All! It's FRIDAY!!!! Already?!? :huh: :noway: :huh:
I am super insane here at work and I apologize for not being on here more. I do want to say thank you so much for your well wishes for my little one and for your kind words :blushing: You are all so wonderful!
How are the Pyramid Workouts coming along? Anyone complete a full set 10 to 1? I haven't yet but I'm going to keep trying! lol
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Finally heading out of work for the day. I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend and I'll check in with you all soon!
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just curious, I joined mfp back in late february and drastically reduced my calories from eating whatever crap I wanted to only allowing myself consume 1200 calories. By the end of march/April, I noticed I began to miss my period. I had exercise a lot more than normal over the spring/summer period than I ever have in my life, however it was nothing extreme, I was just a lazy cow before hand!! I never had a full period since april, slight spotting once or twice but still no period! My sister joined mfp just before me and she also lost her period! Has anyone every experienced anything like that when beginning a new diet and exercise plan? However today, after 8 months of missing my period, out of the blue it returned (Hopefully it will last the full 5-7days, so I know it has completely returned!). I know i should have went to the doctor, but my sister did and she is getting an ultrasound in december to check her ovaries etc are fine!
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I've totally been slacking on exercise. I haven't done any for DAYS! Not even walking. :frown:
I decided to call my Aunt (who's making Thanksgiving dinner), and asked if it would be ok if I brought food, she said that would be fine. So I'm going to bring some mashed cauliflower and a green bean casserole. At least this way I know I can eat something, because I know for a fact her mash potatoes usually has about 18 sticks of butter in it, so I wouldn't be able to have any of those...and the rest of the sides have the same issues.0
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