Happy Friday All,

Sorry for the disappearance especially since I was supposed to come up with the exercise challenge but I got quite ill again and was off work in bed. :sick: Still feeling pretty craptacular but I am back to work and at least it is Friday. I don't have the energy to look over the the messages to see if a challenge was given, if not an owl for every day you exercised for at least 30 minutes.

Take care,
Datenshi

Hey all, just checking in. Boot camp is going well, although I feel like I wuss out too easily and should probably push myself more. Today the trainer gave her little speech "Eat well over the weekend, you've worked hard, don't let this go to waste. Getting fit is 80% diet and 20% exercise." I was like mmhmm, true true, then she offered this gem "And remember, you're not a dog - so don't treat yourself with food!" :laugh: ahahahaha. I was like Ouch! Rude! But I have to admit there is some merit in that. I will still do it all the time anyway - I get out of bed for boot camp with the promise of a coffee on the way home, etc.

Speaking of which we had our coldest day in May since 1917 this morning 2 degrees C (35F). After riding my bike to and from boot camp, freezing, I get home and everyone else in the house has used up all the hot water! My shower went from lukewarm to cold before I could even finish washing my hair. Really pissed me off. :grumble:

Happy weekend guys!!

Just to make them obvious for people skimming posts, this week's challenges are:

Exercise: Work on those abs! However you want to do it, but one OWL for every day you work on them (I'm with MomofJandA with this... planks!!!)

Food: one OWL for each day you substitute at least one healthier fruit/veggie option for something less healthy you normally would have grabbed or used in a dish.

Spirit: Post!

And, an extra challenge which I'm doing because I think I need to address this issue, feel free to join me on it... Avoid the scales! I am weighing myself every day at the moment, and I know it's not healthy but I can't stop it! Am going to only weigh myself on official weigh-in days, and hide the scales the rest of the time. If I do it for a whole week, I am going to reward myself (probably with a pedicure). join me!

Good afternoon ravenclaws!!! bought a pedometer today- don't really know why . . . saw it in Target while buying heavier weights and figured "WTH"

Morning all! Grey weather here, I'm bummed because I planned to sit by the pool all day as its the last day of a 4 day weekend (I love public holidays!!).

Desertlyzard, you should have a message from me, welcome to Ravenclaw!

MomofJandA- I used to use a pedometer- was a great incentive to walk more because you get obsessed with trying to 'just reach another 1000' or 'just trying to go a bit further than yesterday'. I used to end up walking round my flat late at night to get the numbers up!

srp2011- good effort on body pump, always feels good when you mae the effort doesn't it! That reminds me, am definitely supposed to be doing 30DS right now... sigh. Best get on with it I suppose!

Hey guys, Could someone please repost the googledocs link? My computer has died so I'm on the family one and don't have the link bookmarked.

I weighed myself this morning and I've put on .6 of a kilo! What the hell?! I'm hoping it's just bloating (went out for dinner and over-indulged last night) or possibly an increase in muscle from boot camp? Idk, idk. Just not the number I wanted to see on the scale.

@momofJandA - I've been using a pedometer this week for work, we're doing a charity challenge thing - on my days at work I am getting 12,00-15,000 steps, over the weekend it's very poor! Today it's 1:30pm and I'm only at 2,300 steps! :noway: Kind of an eye opener.

Morning all!

Slept 13 hours last night. It was bliss!

EOM goal... I'm shooting for 265. It may be a bit out of range, but I want the push.

And you have a great idea for hiding the scales. I, too, have found myself weighing on the scale throughout the week. I'll try to relax, see if it pays off.

Have a good one!

So, just done my 10 minutes solutions DVD abs section, and oooh it hurts! My abs hurt! Bad food choices today though so no food OWL for me. Gah! Also no weight loss, although I wasn't really expecting any after 3.5lb last week, thought my body would have even it out and it has! Oh wells. Happy new week Ravenclaws!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!! no healthy fruits or veggie substitutions today- and I don't forsee any ab work either . . . but tomorrow is a breand new day

Hi Everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

I have a small vent - I ran in a Memorial Day 5K this morning, and it was supposed to be chip timed, so I started toward the back, and was stuck behind a woman who was taking ehr time walking to the start, playing with her headphones, etc... which shouldn't be a problem with chip timing... but then it turns out they only used the gun time... so my official time was 30:10, but it should have been under 30:00, which I've been trying to break forever... and I forgot to turn off my watch until I had walked for a minute... I know in the grand scheme of things in the world, this isn't a big deal, but I really wanted to see if I got anything out of that speed class... and with the weather getting hotter, running times will definitely slow down for a few months...

Oh well, I'm going to focus on cross training for a few months... forgot about my abs today, but I did make a few healthy substitutions - went with a health veggie omelet with fruit instead of pancakes or a BLT with fries for lunch :-) And stir fried some fresh zucchini/squash for dinner instead of frozen veggies with sauce.

Happy Tuesday! I am a little confused as to what challenges we're supposed to be working on...Can anyone help me out? For the week of 5/29 to 6/4, what am I supposed to be doing? Good luck to everyone and keep up the great work!

@srp2011- that would annoy the living hell out of me. I am a bit obsessive when it comes to my times- even regular runs I have a specific place where I start and stop my watch (the end of my driveway and the drain pipe). I keep a log of everything so every second faster causes some happiness for me.

It is hot hot hot here today. Okay humid is a better description than hot. Sitting in my classroom with sweat on my face already and its only 10am- its going to be a long day . . . but I knew that at 5:15 this morning when I was running and dying- I hate humid, slows me down.

Well, Monday came and went. Between all the sleeping I did this past weekend... I also ate cake. So glad I don't have to do that anymore for the year. Stupid cake. Not so bad, though. Yeah, sure, I went over on allotted calories, but not too hideous. And I had an extra bounce in my step this morning during the walk. Could have been the cake that was bouncing, but I think not.

Two dinner parties this week, but now that I'm back at work my food intake should be much more manageable.

Have a great one!

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend.
I had to be up early for another dr appointment, but it was the last one for the next 5 months. I'm super excited with this news.

I didn't do too well this past week with exercising, and didn't want to do anything today- but popped on here and saw all your inspiring posts and it makes me want to move my booty. Thank you!

Enjoy the rest of the week