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Just before the last challenge, one of the other members shared a document detailing a large number of activities and roughly what they equate to, so if you'd like to take part, you can enter whatever activity you've done (whether its swimming, chair dancing, etc ) and I'll work it out into steps/distance, and then add it…

Giving this a little bump, as this is now only 6 days away (and because I need something to kick my butt into getting some exercise!). New joiners are welcome anytime, you can do as much or as little as you like, it'll be nice to have some company along the way :smile:

Oh hun, that sounds awful. Normal IBS is bad enough, and I know how awful I feel when I get a flare-up, but to be going through what you're dealing with sounds terrible. It can't help hearing all the ruckus from your neighbours, that must be really stressful for you. I hope things pick up for you soon. Take care.

Similar story for me. I'm taking today to prepare some food, and prepare myself mentally, and I'm starting afresh tomorrow too. Lets do this together :smile:

I'm here. This week has been a real struggle. I've eaten some really bad things, had alcohol, drank full-fat soda, and now I'm sitting here feeling over emotional while watching the London marathon. The presenter was just talking about how anyone could run a marathon if they really want to, if they put the work in, and he…

Just quickly popping my head in for today, but I'm here :smile:

I've managed to lose inches and gain pounds this week. This sucks :(

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And we'd be delighted to have you on the team :smiley:

I've added you :smile: Its great to see more people signing up :smiley: Hopefully you should all be able to add your activity come May 1st. If you're having any problems with the spreadsheet, give me a shout. As a team, we need to cover 31.88 miles per day to succeed. That may sound a lot, but currently there are 7 of us,…

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Just about 6 miles in total today, including an after work 4 mile walk with my colleagues. We're all doing a sponsored 10km (6.2 miles) walk in July, so this was 'training', and also a reason for us to just be out of the office together. I actually really enjoyed it.

That'd be fab :smile: See how you go, and if you feel you're ready to join us, we'd be happy to have you. I've added your name (hope you don't mind).

Excellent to see you all here, I'm looking forward to this walk :smiley: I've already created a few maps, and I'll try and make sure we get some screenshots of towns and villages we may encounter along the way. It doesn't matter whether you do a 'little' or a 'lot', every single step gets us that much closer to the finish…

April 18th. I'm here. I've had a bad couple of weeks, in terms of both food and exercise. Certain real life pressures really got to me, and I fell off the wagon. It didn't help that I'd sprained my ankle and it took a week to recover (although it still hurts now). However, yesterday I walked. I walked until my feet ached.…

I walked 10km today. I'm not sure it was entirely by choice, but I needed to get out of my house before I pulled my bloody hair out! I walked until my ankle decided enough was enough. It took me a few hours, and I walked from where we live in the city to damn near the countryside. I was just over a mile from making it to…

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Ok, so final update for our starter challenge. In 14 days, Team Awesome covered 273.40 miles!! Well done everyone, woot! :smiley: Soak those feet, wash those socks, because.... Challenge Two starts on the 1st May. We'll be walking the length of Great Britain, from John O'Groats to Lands End, which is just shy of 1000…

Try this, it might help: myfitnesspal.com/user/search

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I don't think you've brought negative energy to the group. We've all dealt with things like this in our lives, and its hard to explain it to people who've maybe not been through it so that they understand how we feel. But we all can. Sometimes, people need to vent, it could be an angry vent or an emotional vent, or even a…

Well, I've been a little slow with the updates, sorry team. You know how it is, life gets very busy all of a sudden! So, I've tallied up what we've done so far, including the steps/miles people have entered since we cross the finishing line. I'm happy to confirm that in 11 days, we have currently covered a whopping 219.52…

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I can totally understand a lot of this. If its not the little giggles, its the strangers making mean comments, and then explaining that 'they're only concerned for your health'. Its even worse when they tell you 'how to be healthy', or think they have some magic cure that will suddenly make any health problems you have…

Nice to meet you all :smile: Yes, my pic is a possum in a box of pastries. There was a news story a couple of years ago (from Australia, I think) about a possum who broke into a shop, and then binged so hard on cakes that it couldn't even run away when the shop staff turned up for work. I saw the picture and thought…

I worked mine out some weeks back, and had similar results. There's no way in hell that I can manage that much, so I always carry around a water 750ml water bottle, and try to keep it filled. If I'm walking around, I keep it in my bag so the weight reminds me to drink. At work, I keep it on my desk, right next to my…

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