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Tuesday's today and future endeavors!
Fatigue...who likes it! Fatigue makes you feel like walking through mud up a steep hill! This is a challenge not just for today but for the rest of our living days: Make regular appointments to the doctor esp when with family history of thyroid issues and women over 40. Men make your wife go to doctor and get it checked!…
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Satisfied on a Saturday!!!!!!!
Hey! What is your favorite body part? Then today's challenge is to pick a resistance training exercise and work on that today! YAAAAAAAY!!!!!! I like legs so will do that today! I will focus on squats. Do you like your abdominal muscles then kick in high gear and do some woodchucks, sit-ups with weight; arms...you have a…
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Focused on a Friday...really?!??!?!
Challenge: DO 1 thing today that can make you live a more healthy life today! We are living in the day. So, what is it you can do to go the extra mile or something you have been slacking but can do today?! For example, for me I am going to try and make myself go to bed earlier even though a Friday.... I am so bad with…
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NO I WILL have a GOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I am doing something different today because stressed out I am or was....I went to get my Emissions test today and I am late so have to pay double so mad and frustrated. I get there only to see they are not open till an hour and a half later!!!!! I cursed myself out was frustrated and wanted to cry. I STOPPED myself…
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I will not be Weak Wednesday!
EAT snacks!!! This one everyone should like....LOL! Snacks can be healthy and fun. Snacks are not only chips and pretzels and HO-HOs and Ding-Dongs! Snacks pull you thru so don't go crazy with next meal. It is also another opportunity to get in the 3-5 servings of fruit and vegetables and good quality protein to sustain…
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We are climbing to Tuesday...upward!! 8/7
Mountain Climbers! I did a video yesterday and we had to do some...sigh these I love/hate...not sure why though! So if you have a clock handy do 3 sets for 30seconds non-stop. If you don't then do 30-50 count...3 sets. Either add to your routine (do more or less depending) or make it the cardio portion of your day..you can…
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Change Starts NOW!!!! Yes on a Monday!
Hey, who watched the 60 minutes update on sugar?!??! It was good. Most of what they said has been reported before but it was nice for a well respected TV show and for a mass audience to hear it! Does anyone thing the manufacturers do by accident by putting sugar in almost all of packaged foods?!?! Of course, they know it…
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Sappy Saturday
As we go through this mental and physical journey....we can be consumed with self....I say spend time with another today/tomorrow....call someone and chat....you know life still goes on despite our efforts....coping is a learned skill...reaching out to others helps us learn about ourselves too! Maybe go to a Mall or walk…
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I think it is FRIDAY Butt not sure...8/3
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/butt-lift-bridge Do the butt bridge...I thought this would be cool because if you do nothing else today 2-3 sets of 10 will be GREAT especially since you are working not just the butt really but the whole core muscles! No equipment necessary just you! Now if you want…
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REd the color of POWER!!!!! 8/2
LYCOPENE!!!! GO out and get it! No it is not the name of a new diet or pill for that matter...it is an antioxident!!!! YAAAAAY!!! It helps (they believe) fight certain cancers and help promote cardiovascular health. The highest concentration is in all tomato products but especially those that are cooked like tomato sauce…
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Double Dutch n NOT Oreos!!!! Challenge 8/1
Anyone got a jump rope??? I love it especially with a good song! It makes you feel like a kid again! If you have a partner (hubby significant other girlfriend wifey teenager kids) then make them do it with you!!!!! Do 3 sets of jumping rope with increasing and then decreasing 1 minutes, 2 minutes then 3 minutes then go…
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Torch Tuesday!! I dare ya!!!!! 7/31
SPRINTS!!!!!! Do five sets today! Variations: do 5 sets of suicides (remember those in school?!?!?) if no access to outside or a gym with space do 5 sets of 45 seconds of FAST pace cardio!!!! I did suicides yesterday and I could not believe how sweaty I was afterwards and how I was giddy bc felt like I was in Junior High…
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Mental Monday...7/30
Ok, I am sorry I am late but that kind of day! Whew! Forgiveness...forgive yourself now if you did DAMAGE over the weekend! That means you will not beat self up and go over it over and over and over and over again in your head!!!!!! See what you did, plan for how to do better and go from there! You see mind changes go…
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Sat and still going! Challenge 7/28
My Challenge is a simple one.....add 10 minutes to your exercise routine today...now because you KNOW your strengths and weakness...add what you are weak in...if it is abds then push yourself to do 10 min more of abds workout, if legs do 10 min of any leg workout, if cardio you know what to do, if stretching add that...the…
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Frightful Friday! 7/27
Hey! This is a simple challenge but sometimes we take for granted...encourage one another! Those in 'real' life.....you know the ones you see and talk to on the phone or face to face! People need it!!!!! I am encouraging one of my friends to keep exercising with her trainer and she hates it but I want her to keep going!!…
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Thursday...and too good to be true! 7/26
I thought about something and was like I want a challenge today but something they can use...if not today but for the future! I wanted a way for someone to cook at home when tired and time limited and no clue what to fix...don't feel like messing up dishes etc. Have you ever tried cooking a complete dish in foil or…
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Wednesdays Challenge: Hit me in the stomach...go ahead!
Okay, I promised myself last night I would do a video so I chose a 10 min abdominal video. Okay explain why did I sweat in those 10 minutes like I ran outside for 30 minutes?!?!?! so you must suffer with me! SO WARRIORS today you will do some abdominal workout! Reverse Crunch, crunch with a dumb-bell, crunch with side…
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Tuesday Challenge
I know I said this before but due to my current life and those of others on MFP I have chatted with I think I need to put it out there again....WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU A CURVE BALL??? How will you adjust? Do you think you will always be able to exericise twice a day or for an hour? How can you eat healthy on…
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OOOH Mondays! WHACK!!! 7/23
Haaaa! Who does not loath the cursed inner thigh jiggle!!! UGH!!!! So today and I say 2 more times this week...do the Plie` Squat! YOU the Plie` what you used to do when younger pretending to be a ballerina? Get in Squat position but with toes pointed outward in a 45 degree angle and squat down keeping chest lifting…
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Wandering Thoughts on Wednesday!
Ok, for you hard-core Challengers today is going to be different but this too is important. I read the other day in a fitness 'thought for the day' a question " How would you be or how would you be if you were not a struggling, striving person with the weight loss fitness eat right person??" then later the next day I heard…
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Review is a good thing!
Sorry Troops...feel free to look thru old challenges even great ones from previous poster....brain freeze today! Coffee!!!! Fight my fierce ones!
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FRIIIIIIIIDAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! Shots Shots Shots Shots...!!
Challenge: Eat and DRINK and enjoy this weekend but decide now what is worth the calories and what is just the 'usual' and you can do without! Since this is Happy Hour day...how can you enjoy a cocktail without going overboard. I see the 'Skinny' products at the liquor store now. Hey also low calorie beer too! But if you…
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Tapping toes Thursday! 7/19
SIGH, motivation....who DOES NOT have issues some days...especially when the gym or that run seems so daunting?! How about dancing? Now I know I know it is not always a calorie torcher but it burns something, you got movement in and hey it may inspire you to go do structured routine. Even if it doesn't...what fun is it to…
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Tight Tuesday! 7/17
Stretching...hmmmm not exciting but a neglected and vital part of fitness. How many of you take the time at least 10-15 minutes to really stretch after a workout?? In the fitness realm cardiovascular, strength training and flexibility are the 3 GOLD standards but most skip over the flexibility part. Flexibility helps with…
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Sunday's Challenge July 15
Add Mountain Climbers to your exercise routine today! Do 2 sets of 30 reps! If you already exercised to day then add this to exercise routine on 3 days of this coming week! Pencil it in! If you are an expert at Mt Climbers add another set.
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NO EXCUSES......Today and Onward Challenge!
Okay, I did a workout yesterday....and I must share it. I thought "eh this is not too hard" I should know by now when I say that...I am sore this morning! It is short and sweet and to the point so for you who are short on time one day this is FOR YOU! Oh and give it all you got too! It will humble you. Challenge: do this…
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Ready for a Challenge
Hi, I'm new here. A challenge a day seems like a fun way to lose weight. This isn't my first time trying to lose weight, but I never stick with it. So I'm trying something new this time. Hopefully this site helps me reach my goals. :)
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Cool head...Friday Challenge
Okay, in lieu of the hot hot hot weather....I think of Popsicles. So, do you still buy them or make them or has anyone tried to make a healthier version of them??? I believe it is possible. I just don't want all the excess sugar. I want real fruit in mine! I make my own slushies and smoothies but I have not yet made…
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I say you must walk the PLANK...ARGH! (Challenge)
Hey how many of you do PLANKS? Every tried it? What is the longest you can go? Well, if experience add another 20 seconds! If new start with about 20 seconds and add 10 seconds on a week later. Do at the beginning or end of workout today!
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Do Overs are good! Wednesday 7/11
Ok, so how did folks do with the pictures? I will admit I forgot some pictures on the snacks I ate like the watermelon I ate! I devoured it and thought afterwards "I didn't take the picture...burp" So, I say let's continue yesterday's challenge into today and take pictures of everything you eat and please write a comment…