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Day 10 Gratitude Challenge. Today I am grateful for a visit from a girlfriend, that we can sit and talk about nothing and everything, start 19 conversations and finish none of them and it's all good. Thanks Jo XO

PJ - it's nice that you have a good family :)

Oh Helen I totally agree!!! My Mum had to boil the copper and wring out all the sheets, what about rags when you had your period!!! OMG the teens of today would die!! I put my washing machine on delay for when I'm at work and it's usually just finished by the time I get home so I can hang it out in my garage or shove in…

and now for today! Day 9 Gratitude Challenge. Today I am grateful for being Australian, being born in and living in a privileged country where I don't have to worry about being oppressed and can exercise my rights. Heard some terrible stories yesterday from a friend who has returned from travelling... I am thankful that I…

Day 8 Gratitude Challenge!! Today I am grateful for spam email and the giggles that I get from it. As always, I'm happy to share so here you go.... "Hello dear I enjoy every moment of my life - communication with my dear people, resting in the nature. I do my best, use all imagination to make my home cozy and to create a…

Day 7 gratitude Challenge, seems silly but I'm so grateful that Aldi is open at 8:30 on a Sunday morning. I cleaned out the fridge this morning and I'm not joking we have barely any food! I'm going out today, so have decided to whip up to Aldi and do a big shop, should be home before DD is out of bed... When I was a kid…

Day 6 Gratitude Challenge. This morning I am grateful for my beautiful home. I woke up after a pretty good night sleep (for me) and I just felt, well, you know... at home. I opened my bedroom window blinds and the sun is streaming in. I padded out to the kitchen to put the kettle on, looked out my living room window…

Day 5 Gratitude Challenge. Had a walking meeting today with a colleague. Just when I really needed to get out and thought I was going to be chained to another chair. Was a welcome relief to sitting all day. Grateful for having colleagues that don't feel like their importance is tied to having a corner office.

Day 4 Gratitude Challenge Today I am grateful for the gift of inner strength. Although I am not an overly religious person (ok, not religious at all) I do regard spirituality as something quite different, and I believe that I'm spiritual. There's a quote "God doesn't give you anything that you can't handle" and I'm not…

Day 3 Gratitude Challenge: I am grateful that my job allows me the opportunity to work from home some days, and that in turn allows me to be available for my DD when needed. Like today. It's not always easy being a single parent, and being a full time working single parent puts the pressure on even more, but my employer…

Day 2 Gratitude Challenge: Background... I was fed up with the large tubs of Chobani being out of stock. About 3 weeks ago I bought an Easiyo yoghurt maker with plain Greek yoghurt mix. It's been fabulous. Last night I made coconut yoghurt using coconut water instead of plain water, added some vanilla protein powder and…

Day 1 Gratitude Challenge: grateful for wonderful FitBit customer support peeps who have given virtual CPR to my beloved FitBit and bought back life where there was none. It's my daily reminder that no matter what happens, being active is better than just sitting around and I don't have to run a marathon, just simple…

Well done to all the finishers!!! Last day today. I've been to the gym, did weights and then Body Combat. Getting fake tan this afternoon will take photos tomorrow.

DAY 84: BOOM!!!! THIS IS IT!!! Right in the beginning guys we said - start your day with remembering your Dream. Swiftly and surely you have converted it into a Vision.You saw yourself in the final Goal, arriving at your Creation. THIS IS IT!!! In your journey toward understanding your beliefs, The odds were against you,…

OMG Helen, is it possible to find 80 new things??? 80 days in 80 ways is a very catchy title though!! Great work Colleen, good luck with your bike riding too.

2.5 weeks to go :smile: I saw my old PT on the weekend and we had a good chat. She advised me to step up the cardio (which is also the instruction of the challenge) for the next few weeks. I also had a session with the new PT - complete waste of time. One more (pre-paid) session to go and I am never using her again. I…

Ok, so here are my final numbers: Day 97 - 25,146 Day 98 - 25,187 Day 99 - 20,148 Day 100 - 21,330 Total - 1,565,029 Daily Average - 15,650 And that is that!!! What a great challenge, I'm so glad I did it, I was really starting to slack off on my steps and this has got me back in the groove of walking more. I've kept up…

Finished!!! I'll have to post my final numbers later but wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to everyone for taking part :flowerforyou:

Thanks Helen! I've had weeks like that too - but we all made it to the million so I think we should be proud!

Second PT session was much better last weekend. She completely smashed me - chest day. I was shaking at the end and could barely hold my phone to do an MFP update! Awesome!! Back on track this week, doing really well. It's the last week of the One Million Step Challenge so I'm aiming for 20,000 steps a day to get me to my…

Day 94 - 22,145 Day 95 - 22,270 Day 96 - 25,527 Total 1,473,218 So in order to get all these steps done on a work day, I have been leaving early and walking to the train station (8 minutes), then walking from Town Hall to my office via Darling Harbour, which takes about 45 minutes. At lunch time I go for a 20-30 minute…

I think we are all doing fabulously!! Congrats Colleen getting to your million! I had a terrible week last week, but am on track again. Day 92 - 13,534 Day 93 - 30,055 - wow! Day 94 - so far today just hit 22,000 - but going to bed soon so it wont get much higher than this. It was a rest day but I walked the LONG way to…

Yay for Helen!! Congrats on your million :drinker: Oh my gosh there are only 9 days to go in the challenge!!! I didn't do so well this last week. Been really busy with work, the days I worked from home didn't get to go for a walk as planned and no other exercise either. Even my days at the office were slow because I didn't…

Yes I agree. I don't think you need more than 100g carbs a day, especially if wanting to lose fat and gain muscle I think 75g carbs from good sources is a good number.

Damn Ray!!! You are going so well - never mind just continue on your own and give it your best shot. I've had a horrific week. Progress photos this week and I'm exactly the same as the last ones. Need to find my mojo and hit it hard for the last part of the challenge but I've kind of lost my way with everything else going…

Awesome work Colleen and Helen!!! You are both about to tip over to the one million mark!! Probably already have by the time I have written this post - so congrats to you both! I've been a bit absent. Really busy at work and home life has been all over the place. Trying to get my bearings most days and not doing so well at…

Day 76 - 17,171 Day 77 - 27,601 Day 78 - 20,422 Total now at 1,218,437 Average per day 15,620 I stepped it up a bit this week to make up for my slow week last week. Happy to get my average back up again. Just need to keep it there :smile:

Had a disappointing session with the PT yesterday - blogged about it here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/SkimFlatWhite68/view/disappointed-in-new-pt-692883 Went back to the gym this morning and did an UPPER body session, was really good. Feeling good and on track to kick through Week 7. We are half way there!

There are plenty of Aussies on MFP :smile: yay for us!! For all of us down under, there is this group - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/18887-trim-taut-and-terrific-aussies that runs challenges through the year and we are currently doing "Max/Maxine's Challenge" Week 6/12 and also 75 days into a One Million Step…

Stoked!! Yesterday I was working from home and didn't think I would be able to get as many steps in as I would like. HOWEVER, I made up my mind to get them done and went for a walk in the afternoon and got just over 20,000 for the day. Day 75 - 20,382 Total steps 1,153,273 Pretty happy with this. If I can keep up my 15,000…