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September Week 2 Mini Challenges
:flowerforyou: Monday Mini Challenge: Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you are not eating empty calories. Ask yourself "Is this good for me"? Cardio: do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. ( maybe a brisk walk or interval training) Strength: it is crunch Monday- do 150 before midnight tonight.…
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September Challenge
New Month, New Challenge "Life's New Journey" Everyone is Invited!!!!!:flowerforyou: This is a personal accountability and motivational challenge. Two years ago I decided it was time to get healthy, so I could be around to torment my children like they have tormented me for 23 years (they are the lights of my life), be…
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August Week 4 & Month Winners
Hello All, I hope you had a great week. For the 4th week of August there were 127 participants on the spread sheet. Of those, there were 44 people that lost (total of 65.4lbs), 17 people stayed the same, 38 people did not record, and 28 people gained (total of 36.2lbs) Top 25 Losers (4th Week)~~~~~~~ AlyssaLoflin -2.27%…
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September Week 1 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food - keep your calories below your target amount. It might also be a good day to re-evaluate your targets. Are they working for you or do they need a little bit of tweeking. For the fun of it try eating everything today with the wrong hand (LOL) Cardio - Do 30-45 minutes of increased heart rate…
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August Week 3 Winners
Hello All, I hope you all had a great week. There were 127 participants on the spread sheet. Of those, there were 55 people that lost (total of 79.3lbs), 14 people stayed the same, 33 people did not record, and 25 people gained (total of 36.2lbs). Top 25 Losers~~~~~~~ GrandmaJackie -6.16% -8.8lbs suppakana -2.31% -4.0lbs…
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August Week 3 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food- stay below allowed calorie limit. Review your calorie intake and try to avoid empty calories such as food high in sugar. If you are a soda drinker make today a soda free day. Cardio- go for a 30-45 minute brisk walk/ jog. Make sure to get your heart rate up. Strength- 125 crunches (three…
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August Week 2 Winners
Hello, For the second week of August there was 125 participants on the spread sheet. Of those, there were 53 people that lost (total of 102.4lbs), 14 people stayed the same, 19 people did not record, and 39 people gained. Top 25 Losers~~~~~~~~~~~ ScarletFyre -4.58% -9.9lbs donmarnew -3.43% -6.0lbs kdeanosu -2..81% -4.0lbs…
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August Week 2 Mini Challenge
Monday Food: Stay within your calorie limit. Eat at least 3 vegetables and 2 fruits. Cardio: Do some kind of increased heart rate activity to burn at least 250 calories. (ie walking 30 minutes, elliptical, aerobics, stairs etc) Strength: Do 120 crunches (3 different kinds) Water: Drink at least 10 (8oz) glasses of water.…
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head to head competition
Hello all fitbit users. I have set up a head to head competition on matchup.io and if you are interested in joining for the week go to the site, and join in. This one will start Monday August 18th. https://matchup.io/group/1081/life-s-new-journey
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August Week 1 Winners
Hello All, I apologize for being lax at progress reports. It has been a crazy summer. I hope everybody has enjoyed their summer. For the first week of August there were 126 participants on the spread sheet. Of those, there were 69 people that lost (total of 125.9lbs), 9 people stayed the same, 33 people did not record, and…
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August Week 2 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food - keep your calories below your target amount. It might also be a good day to re-evaluate your targets. Are they working for you or do they need a little bit of tweeking. For the fun of it try eating everything today with the wrong hand (LOL) Cardio - Do 30-45 minutes of increased heart rate…
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August 2014 Challenge
New Month, New Challenge "Life's New Journey" Everyone is Invited!!!!! :flowerforyou: This is a personal accountability and motivational challenge. Two years ago I decided it was time to get healthy, so I could be around to torment my children like they have tormented me for 23 years (they are the lights of my life), be…
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August Week 1 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you are not eating empty calories. Give up one of your comfort foods today. Cardio: do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. ( maybe a brisk walk or interval training) Strength: it is crunch Monday- do 150 before midnight tonight. (3…
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July week 4 mini challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food - stay within your calorie limit. Make today a now sweets day. Fruits are ok but no candies, chocolate, or sugar. Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity Strength - you know it's Monday and that is crunch day. Lets do 125 +1. Water - drink at least 64 ozs. Tuesday Mini…
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July Week 3 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food- stay below allowed calorie limit. Review your calorie intake and try to avoid empty calories such as food high in sugar. If you are a soda drinker make today a soda free day. Cardio- go for a 30-45 minute brisk walk/ jog. Make sure to get your heart rate up. Strength- 125 crunches (three…
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July Week 2 Mini Challenge
I am back and need to work hard. Sorry for the delay in posting this but it was a long weekend here. Monday Food: Stay within your calorie limit. Eat at least 3 vegetables and 2 fruits. Cardio: Do some kind of increased heart rate activity to burn at least 250 calories. (ie walking 30 minutes, elliptical, aerobics, stairs…
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June Week 4 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food: stay within your calorie limit and give up one of your must have foods (sugar in your coffee, soda,butter on your toast etc) Cardio: Do 30-45 minutes of increased heart rate activity. Strength: Do 150 crunches. Water: make sure to drink at least 8 glasses of water today. Tuesday Mini Challenge:…
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June Week 3 Mini Challenge
Happy Monday to All, This is the first post for Week 2 of our November Challenge and will contain Mini Challenges for the entire week. This will hopefully make it easier for everybody to find the challenges. I will continue to review every day and add a Quote of the Day. Hopefully this will work better, Monday Mini…
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Are you a "Fat" eater or a "Skinny" eater??
"Fat" eater will save their favourite food until the end of the meal because they know they will eat everything on their plate. "Skinny" eater will eat their favourite food first because they are not sure whether they will finish everything. I am most definitely a "Fat" eater and I attribute this to my mother saying…
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June Week 2 Mini Challenge
Good Morning, Everyday the Food Challenge is to stay within your calorie limit and to not eat after 8:00 pm. Cardio challenge is to do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. Water challenge is to drink 64 ozs :drinker: :drinker: . Everyday I will have a mini strength challenge. :flowerforyou: Monday Mini Strength:…
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June Challenge
New Month, New Challenge "Life's New Journey" Everyone's Invited!!!!! :flowerforyou: This is a personal accountability and motivational challenge. Two years ago I decided it was time to get healthy, so I could be around to torment my children like they have tormented me for 23 years (they are the lights of my life), be…
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June Week 1 Mini Challenges
Good Morning, Everyday the Food Challenge is to stay within your calorie limit and to not eat after 8:00 pm. Cardio challenge is to do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. Water challenge is to drink 64 ozs:drinker: :drinker: . Everyday I will have a mini strength challenge. :flowerforyou: Monday Mini Strength:…
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May Week 4 Mini Challenge
Good Morning, I apologize for the delay in posting the mini challenge and unfortunately it is going to be short and sweet. Everyday the Food Challenge is to stay within your calorie limit and to not eat after 8:00 pm. Cardio challenge is to do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. Water challenge is to drink 64…
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Who Are We??
I am thinking this group is a little too quiet and thought it might be fun to talk a little about ourselves. I have come up with 7 questions describing who we are. 1. First Name: 2. Single/Married/Divorced: 3. Children: 4. Where do you live: 5. Favourite Non-Healthy Food/Favourite Healthy Food: 6. Favourite Exercise: 7.…
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May Week 3 Mini Challenge
Hello, I am changing the mini challenge just a bit. Everyday the Food Challenge is to stay within your calorie limit and to not eat after 8:00 pm. Cardio challenge is to do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. Water challenge is to drink 64 ozs. Everyday I will have a mini strength challenge. Monday Mini…
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May Week 2 Mini Challenge
Monday Mini Challenge: Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you are not eating empty calories. Give up one of your comfort foods today. Cardio: do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. ( maybe a brisk walk or interval training) Strength: it is crunch Monday- do 150 before midnight tonight. (3…
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April Week 5 and Month Winners
Hello All, Another month has come and gone and I am late again with my report. My apologies. For the 5th week of April, there were 139 participants on the spread sheet. Of that, there were 52 people that lost (total of 88.5lbs), 6 people stayed the same, 53 people did not record, and 28 people gained (61.8lbs). Top 20…
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May Week 1 Mini Challenges
Monday Mini Challenge: Food: Stay within your calorie limit and have a no sugar day. Cardio: Do 125 jumping jacks. See how many you can do without stopping for the first set and then spread out the rest throughout the day. Strength: Do 150 crunches (3 different kinds). Again see how many you can do in the first set and…
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May Challenge
New Month, New Challenge "Life's New Journey" Everyone's Invited!!!!! :flowerforyou: This is a personal accountability and motivational challenge. Two years ago I decided it was time to get healthy, so I could be around to torment my children like they have tormented me for 23 years (they are the lights of my life), be…
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April Week 4 Winners
Hello All, Another week is done. There were 139 participants on the spread sheet. Of those, there were 50 people that lost (total of 79lbs), 25 people that stayed the same, 31 people that did not record and risk being deleted from the group, and 33 people that gained (total of 53.2lbs) Top 25 Losers~~~~~~~~ dewaltfan…
