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Hi Ladies!

i have had a stress-filled week, but have done the best i could. I did eat my food that I had eliminated yesterday, and also because of having an off the charts day, have weighed in more this a.m., so a weight gain this week for me. I think likely it is the salt, but it doesn't matter since I am getting right back on the plan today, starting with water!

I now have a week off, where I will refocus, and get lots of sleep!

I hope Tanya is back - an OK. Sometimes life gives us a lot of stuff all at once. And, I have "managed" it for years with food. I am happy to be on this challenge with you all, and hope we can also be supportive of the "slips". What I know for sure if that I used to have a day like yesterday 2-3 times a week, maybe even more. Now it is every month to two months.

Happy day to you, wherever you are - an on the slopes, at home, working out!

Go team!!!

I'm confused. The 100 challenge posted below is different than the Excel sheet. Which is correct? Should we do this every day?
Thanks!

I got on the scale this morning and weighed 1.5 more than I did on Saturday but my pants fit better than they did last week. I really would love for this challenge to keep track of inches because the LBs aren't showing my progress!!!!!

Well ladies, it's our turn to think of a challenge! Any ideas??

Tara and I are thinking of certain # of minutes of workout everyday challenge (say 60 minutes of workout everyday) because everyone can complete a certain number of minutes of workout everyday rather than basing it off of calories per day to make it more fair.

This workout is intense! Especially after an intense boot camp! And getting my calcium for the day was hard too. :-( Makes me realize how many of my days I obviously don't get my recommended daily amount. I wish MFP had more room to put all of the things on the page.

Any other ideas for our challenges this week?

I'm all up to speed on the challenge now. I guess I was just having 'a moment' because it makes perfect sense now. I did the workout last night and loved it... though my lower abs are aching from all of those leg lifts!!

I like the idea of a water challenge and the number of minutes of exercise per day. I think 60 minutes is do-able.

What about this? (one of my personal favorites!)
'Plank Marathon': (repeat twice for a total of 4 minutes each day)
30 sec front plank
30 second R side plank
30 second front plank
30 second L side pank (then start back at top)
* can be done on knees if needed

I like Heather's summary of what our challenge should be for next week.

-Work out/Exercise @ least 60 min each day
-Plank Circut as suggested by apple84
-Water determined by the website
-@ least 2 servings of veggies/fruit each meal -this one will be hard for me (at b-fast anyways!)

Any other takers/suggestions/opinions?

Or, what about extra points for those working out more than 30 minutes a day in increments of 15 minutes? That would make a nice challenge between teams...

Hi Ladies! I just looked up the RDA on fruits and veggies...

Minimum 1.5 fruits a day ( that's fruits as in CUPS of fruit, or a whole fruit)
2.5 Cups of Vegetables a day. 8 oz veggie juice =1 serving, 2 c lettuce =1 serving.

This is the minimum. I think the challenge should be 6 CUPS (or the equivalent), not servings, a day for the challenge.

And, I tried the PLANK today! Whew! 30 seconds is my max... people may need to modify and do more reps to get to 4 minutes, but it is a GREAT exercise!!!

Hope your week is going well, all!

Heather

I think we should leave it at 60 mintues of exercise per day. And here's why:

Most peope on here are trying to loose weight or stay healthy and already work out 30 minutes a day, so it wouldn't be a challenge for them like it should be. This is about motivation. If we challenge people to do 60 minutes a day and they don't do it, they don't do it which means that they have to put a "No" on their spreadsheet for that day. People don't like doing that. I hate doing that. So people would be more inclined to work out for whatever they're missing so that they can say "yes" and know that they've accomplished the challenge for that day. Plus, we already did a "points" program and feel like that didn't really motivate many people. It looked like everyone worked out what they normally do and just put the points down, sometimes only 2 point or whatever a day (like me on my no bootcamp days). This is supposed to be challenging and motivational! People can break up the 60 minutes throughout the day and do 5 min here, 15 min there blah blah blah.

Anyways, that's why I think we should keep it at 60 minutes! Make people work to not have a punishment for not doing the work out they should be doing anyways! :-)

Sounds like our challenges are going to be intense! I think the fruits/veggies is gonna be hardest for me just because I'm on the go constantly and don't have time for a full blown lunch half the time! But I'm up for the challenge. Same with the water. :-( I hate having to go pee every 5 minutes drinking that much water.

I'm so excited for this week's challenge. Groan! Last week's, in addition to my Couch to 5 K running has mad me one tired lady! Tonight an early night!

Let's see what Trex says about our proposal...

Happy day of rest!

Hi ladies!

I have hit a nice new low weight... finally a loss!

But, with it I have had some kind of energy problem... feeling faint, low energy. This is my second day. I am still up for the 60 minutes and planks, but am going slow on the mountain climbers... Sorry if I'm letting you all down!

This is my favorite challenge week!

Thanks for the encouragement! I am feeling better today. And, I am doing some mountain climbers tonight! On track, and the break helped.

Hope you are having a good week!
Heather

So the episode for this week is up. Great job everyone on killing it with the mountain climbers! :-) I didn't get to weigh in this week so I appologize for that and for my weight staying the same. :-(

The whole grain challenge will be difficult to track and keep eachother accountable I think.

However, I just went through every grain item in my pantry and discovered that every single one of them is considered whole grain. So this won't be hard for me to do. However, I don't eat grains every day, so on the days that I don't do any grains at all do I just put a "yes"? I don't want to add unnecessary carbs in my diet for the day just to say that I met the "whole grain" requirement for the challenge when the only grains I do eat are whole grain to begin with just not everyday.

Sorry if that didn't make sense... Just trying to figure out if I don't eat grains at all one day what to put down on the spreadsheet.

Hi all! We should do great this week, I agree! What a great team!

Thanks for the pancake recipe... I will try it tomorrow.

So glad this week is easier for me - the last two have been super challenges!

Thanks again for all the support.

Have a great week!

Heather