December Biggest Loser Challenge

Day 2 challenge completed. 64 oz h2o and under calories, even though I was REALLY hungry today!

Week #1 12/01/11


Wt ...........175
Waist ........37.5
Hip ...........44.5
Wrist ........6.5
Forearm ...11.5
Height .......5'6"
female

(all the challenges includes staying under target calories and drinking 64 ounces of water)

Sat. December 3rd: 3 sets of 20 swimmers presses & 3.1 mile walk, run or bike
Sun. December 4th: 1 min. bear walk, 20 leg lifts and 100 jumping jacks
Mon. December 5th: 5 mile walk, run or bike
Tues. December 6th: 3 sets of 20 wood chops, 3 sets of 20 swimmer presses & 3.1 walk, run or bike
Wed. December 7th: 30 windshield wipers, 30 sets of 21's & 15 front kicks
Thur. December 8th: 3.1 mile walk, run or bike, 3 sets of swimmers presses
Fri. December 9th: Check-In, Rest Day and you have to do something nice for yourself (must be check-in no later than 9 a.m. on the 10th or you will be eliminated

DEC 1...crunches completed//not mermaids
water completed
calories under
exercise 60(stationary bike)
DEC 2...... exercises not completed(wood chops/globe jumps)
water completed
calories under
exercise 90(spinning/weights)

QUESTION: is staying under calories, does include calories burned ?

thanks for the challenge

Wow! I guess I got mixed up. I thought I had read the start date was changed to December 3rd so I hadn't checked back the last couple days. I guess I won't be getting that extra point this week :noway:

Beginning weight 182.0
Waist 39
Hips 44
left thigh 25
left calf 15.5
left forearm 10.5
wrist 6 1/8

Wednesday I raked for 40 minutes and did some standing crunches.
Thursday I went to Zumba (50 minutes) and walked for 15.
Friday I tried to go to spin class, but they had cancelled. bummer so I'm about to do some pushups and whatever today's exercise was in the challenge.

3 sets of 20 wood chops & 40 globe jumps=30 min, walked 1 mile 16 min, 100 jumping jacks=20 min, 50 squats =10 min, 30 knee lifts and 10 crunches=20 min. 10 push ups Total calorie burn 670. Bonus challenge done Under Calorie and over water. Looking foward to checking in tomorrow. good night everyone

Take a look my result


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Would love to join. Is it too late??

Same measurements as I posted yesterday. No daily challenges exercises. However, I did jump rope for 10 minutes and hula hooped for 5 minutes.

Day three challenge completed, under calories, over h2o. I even did 30 day shred and tomorrows exercises!

Friday - Daily challenges - done!
Exercise - 0
96 oz water
Under calories

Saturday - Daily challenges - done!
Exercise - 60 minutes (run/walk, strength train)
64 oz water
Under calories

I was interested in this challenge until I saw you recommend going UNDER your suggested daily caloric intake. I guess who don't know better is following along. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED YOU GO UNDER YOUR SUGGESTED CALORIC INTAKE! Especially if you are working out. You NEED energy (calories) to exercise for endurance and to hold proper form. When you go under your calories your body goes into "starvation mode" and the reverse happens; it holds on to the fat for "survival." Please do your research. There are a lot of blogs regarding this topic right here on MFP or just google it. EACH ONE TEACH ONE.

Sat. December 3rd: 3 sets of 20 swimmers presses & 3.1 mile walk completed
under in calories/over in water

Sun. December 4th: 1 min. bear walk, 20 leg lifts and 100 jumping jacks
under in calories/over in water

How does this work?

There are exercise challenges daily & a bonus exercise challenge for the week. You get points for drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day, not exceeding your overall calories (including exercise calories) daily, doing the daily exercise challenge, bonus point if you do the weekly challenge. Then you weigh in and measure on Fridays and based on the % of your weight loss & measurements, and points you got from the challenges you are ranked and either move on to the next week or get eliminated.

It really a great challenge that gets you doing exercises (which you can do at home) that you might not normally do. I did it in November and really enjoyed it.

Challenges complete for today!

Ahhhhhh! :sad:
Since Thursday, have been under on calories, over on water, have done daily challenges and have even got myself back to the gym and pool, until today.............. I feel terrible, everyone at work has some kind of cold/flu so inevitably so do I now. no way I can haul myself around 5 miles. So am having a day off from excercise!! Heres to hoping I feel better tomorrow. I hope everyone else is managing to do the daily challenges etc and is enjoying this challenge as much as I am

Ahhhhhh! :sad:
Since Thursday, have been under on calories, over on water, have done daily challenges and have even got myself back to the gym and pool, until today.............. I feel terrible, everyone at work has some kind of cold/flu so inevitably so do I now. no way I can haul myself around 5 miles. So am having a day off from excercise!! Heres to hoping I feel better tomorrow. I hope everyone else is managing to do the daily challenges etc and is enjoying this challenge as much as I am

UGH feeling bad is the worst....Hope you get to feeling better soon