Week 3 Chat
lizard053
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This week's challenge is to add in exercise to our newly established habits! Keep drinking your water and eating according to plan, but add in 90 minutes of cardio and 60 minutes of strength training this week.
Exercise can be done in small amounts spread through out the week. The goal is to get a total of 90 minutes of aerobic, cardiovascular exercise, and 60 minutes of strength or body weight training over the course of the week.
Water: 6/7 days at 64 ounces minimum, work towards 1/2 your weight in pounds as ounces of water.
Food: 6/7 days on plan, according to your specific needs and plan design.
Exercise: 90 min. Cardio; 60 min. Strength
All the work we do with eating right and drinking our water would go to waste if we don't firm up the muscles beneath to help us look good! Also, building muscle works out to speeding your metabolism, making it easier to lose or maintain weight loss.
Women worried about becoming bulky have nothing to be concerned over! Unless you have an extraordinarily high testosterone level you will never look like a body builder. You'll just look sleek and strong! Lifting weights also helps build bone density, giving you stronger bones later into life.
Don't forget to report in! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/513840-report-in-week-2
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Does anyone have a routine (for 2lb free weights) that they can share? a link to a you tube video would be awesome but something easy to follow?0
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Hey everyone! Ready to get your body moving this week?
Rachel - Try searching on youtube or google to get started. Things like "weight training for beginners" may help you out. There is a lot of information out there!
Today is a gym day for me! Hopefully I can get some lifting in tonight. Can't do much upper body right now as I (being stupid and klutzy) reinjured my wrist. I whacked it on a bookshelf and slightly hyper-extended the wrist. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but due to the tightness from the tendonitis, I'm back to square 1. Ugh!0 -
this week WILL be better
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Oh my--I just vowed to back away from the exercise. I think I am screwing myself up with my calories in and then exercise calories. I was going to just take this week off to see how just food played and no exercise worked for me...I'm all confused.0
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Does anyone have a routine (for 2lb free weights) that they can share? a link to a you tube video would be awesome but something easy to follow?
This is a routine I have used quite a bit. I'm now up to 5 - 8 lb weights. I don't just do the three exercises - I do all 9 or 10.
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/arms/exercises/tone-your-arms-in-3-moves/0 -
Oh my--I just vowed to back away from the exercise. I think I am screwing myself up with my calories in and then exercise calories. I was going to just take this week off to see how just food played and no exercise worked for me...I'm all confused.
Bad timing there! LOL! Seriously though, just do light exercise. Walk more. Lift weights a little. Don't eat back the exercise calories unless you are starving. The goal this week is a total of less than 30 minutes a day. And it doesn't have to be high intensity! It's all about getting moving, not about serious hard-core workouts. That will come in a later week! :bigsmile:0 -
Thank you!0
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I'm excited about this week because I've been drinking water and trying my best to eat properly, now I am actually going to add some weight/strength training in addition to my cardio workouts! Bring it week 3!!!0
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Monday stats:
Water - check!
Calories - check!
W/O - 50 mins of total body training - kind of circuit/cardio.0 -
Monday: water...yup! 300 cals left for the day! 15 minutes on the elliptical and 60 min spin class!0
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So - I did well yesterday on all counts. Today I am wondering I bought some yoga weights (sandballs essentially), if I use them during yoga does that count as stregnth training? I find "weight lifting" quite boring.0
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over a bit today - but got my water and aerobic and stregnth in! Had an awesome healthy gourmet dinner at a small plates place with a dear dear friend... enjoyed a few drinks (or i woudda been under
) gotta work hard tomorrow to earn back those 200 cals! 0 -
I did well last week. Did 6 hours and 20 minutes of exercising. I missed my spinning class last night because I had to take my daughter home at that time. :grumble: So far, this week, I have put in two hours.0
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I am having a super cranky day today. But I did get the kudos up! Congrats to all!
Rachel - I count 1/2 of my yoga time as strength, even without weights! So you can do as you see fit.
Hope everyone is doing well today. I've got belly dance class tonight, looking forward to it! I miss class when we're not doing it.0 -
Tuesday: Water check, Calories - over, workout check!0
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For Tuesday water, exercise and calories completed!0
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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were successful on all three fronts! Now, the real challenge begins tomorrow. Tomorrow is my 18th birthday, and my birthday week always, inevitably, turns into no man's land on the health front. This one is particularly dangerous as it's such a milestone birthday. I'm going to allow myself two off days total (tomorrow and Sunday), but I'd really like to try and not go wild for the entire week as I don't feel I can afford it. Wish me luck!0
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I've fallen off the face of the earth! I'm traveling to visit family this week and just don't have much extra time for logging on to MFP, and not much time for exercise. But I am trying to make sure I get the water I need and at least make the best food choices I can when I'm not eating from my own refrigerator and pantry. This is soooo much harder b/c I don't have all of my handy dandy snacks and feel good foods around me. I've finally managed to convince my sister that fresh fruit is a far better snack than the darned Oreos she keeps waving in front of my face! Small success. Hopefully, I can get back on track next week....0
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Tuesday: got my water in and was ONE calorie under! haha Took the day off from exercising since I have a nasty cold.
I need to drink more water today for sure. I should be fine with calories. I'm hoping to be able to go lift when the hubs gets home from work.0 -
Thanks! how do you log yoga as stegnth? I find logging stegnth is not intuitive like the aerobic here. I love those balls! Using them alot! They are great in wii boxing too!0
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oh yeah, met all requirments today.... under on cals to try to make up for being a touch over yesterday. Glad to be normal again tomorrow. though I must admin, I am not feeling hungrey.0
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I am doing good on water and calories but have only exercised one day this week. But that is better than most weeks.0
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Great hearing from everyone!
Martine - Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy it. You get a free day from me for it, and count it as if you were on plan for eating and water drinking. A boot camp birthday present! (This will go to everyone on their birhtday!)
Rachel - I just make note of the time I did yoga in the note area on my exercise page. Half counts as stretching, half counts as strength. It's a mental note for me.
I skipped the gym today. Aunt flo decided today would be a good day to visit. I still did yoga this morning and belly dance class this evening. I did not eat well at all. But after the morning I had, a pint of ice cream sounded like a good idea. But I feel better tonight. Tomorrow will be a better day! And I'll be taking my first yoga class. So I'm looking forward to it!0 -
:flowerforyou: lizard053, you are soooo PMSing.:laugh: Did you actually eat that pint of ice cream???? A little light exercising is said to be good for that time of the month. I always hated to move.
Last night I did two hours at the YMCA. An hour of strength class and then an hour of spinning.0 -
Hi everyone!
I am feeling energized and refreshed today. Feeling good!
I just registered for my first ever 5k (I can't believe I'm running!) on May 6. Plenty of time to get through my 13 week couch-2-5k variant. I even have time to work on speed, as I'm already 4 weeks into it!
Yoga class last night was awesome! I'm doing most of the moves correctly from my videos. Just minor changes to my posture for a few. So it's going to convert well, just like belly dance did for me!
Hope you all have/had a fantastic day! Keep up the good work this weekend, super challenge!0 -
So far so good this week I have been drinking at least 80 ounces of water everyday and I have upped the weights in my strength training and have added on in my cardio.
I have also done really well with my calories this week.0 -
Hi everyone - I am so glad this week we added stregnth... I have been alternating yoga and stregth combo with Excercycle and also dividing my work out between them some days. My kids are loving it and I feel stronger just because I am doing it. My water has been in a good range this week and while my cals are up and down (a bit) I think they average out to not exceediong my 1200 cals a day.
What could possibley be next? Sleep? That sounds good.
This week I was offered a new job, a major leap forward... I hope I can stay on track through the changes.0 -
I usually got in all my water. I did 2 hours of weights and two hours, 40 minutes of Spinning. I missed two of my classes. Not a good thing.0
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Phew. Back from my trip to see mom (aka Paula Deen). I don't know how much cream & butter you can use in a week, but I think she is trying to find out! I managed to drink my water all week, and while I wasn't tracking calories on here, I at least tried to eat small portions & lots of fruit and veggies. While there was very little regimented exercise, I did walk pushing a double stroller on a few days. I would not say I succeeded in the challenge, but I'm pretty proud of myself for not falling off the wagon & still managing to maintain some of my new healthy habits. Only gained back 1 pound, so not too bad for a week of mom's cooking!!0
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Results for week 3:
Water 7/7
Food 4/7
Workout - cardio 4 days, strength 2 days0
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