Hellllo!
I'm sooo tired, and I debated losing out on the 3 points just so I can hit the hay, but here I am! This week has been great, busy, fun, tiring...did I mention I'm exhausted?? HAHA.
I was really good about working out this week. The stars all aligned correctly and I was able to hit the gym hard. This week we had a substitute in my lifting class, and she was awesome! I learned so much about proper technique that our regular teacher just doesn't cover. Needless to say I was extra sore the next day from her sage advice! ;) One thing in particular that really helped was that she told us that our triceps don't really stretch like other muscles do. Calves are similar in that normal stretching doesn't always help. She suggested massaging those muscles to relieve tention and soreness. Since lifting I have had limited flexibility in my triceps particularly, and since massaging I have all of my mobility back! Woot!
I've been good about eating according to my plan. I was not as good with staying away from gluten. I'm finding that is a more difficult beast to tackle than I originally thought. I had a lot of salads this week. After a particularly grualing workout on Tuesday I felt my body craving protein in a way I haven't ever before. I felt animalistic in the way I craved it- it was crazy! So I made up a cob salad for dinner with chicken, hard boiled egg, bacon, corn, etc. The works. So yummy. In fact, we made it again for dinner tonight at my parents house. My kids all love it and it works for everyone. Definintely a win/win.
Okay, bedtime. Night, night! Hope you are all doing well!
Megan
This is a HIGHLY MOTIVATING, yet low key, group competition where you set your own rules (mostly) and goals, earn points, and report in here each week. The cost is $10, which ALL goes towards cash prizes for the winners at the end.
How To Earn Points
HOW TO EARN POINTS
5 points for paying $10 and posting your picture with an "intro post with diet plan" on this blog. (I can help if you if you don't know how to post. . .or you can scroll down to the How to Post instructions in RED) Deadline for paying $10 is Monday Sept 30th and deadline for posting intro is Friday Oct 4th.
2 points/day for following your own customized diet plan
2 points/day for keeping a food journal
1 point/day for each 1/2 hour of exercise, max of 10 points per week. (***Not counting extra pop challenge points. Note: you may lump all your weekly exercise points into one day but you risk the chance of loosing pop challenge points. . .see below right)
1 point/per day for drinking at least 48oz of water
1 point/day for taking a multi vitamin
1 point/day for flossing (hey, I'm a hygienist and I'm trying to rid the world of periodontal disease!)
3 points/week for: 1. weighing in (do not post your weight) 2. BRIEFLY recap your previous week in a post on this blog 3. updating your point total in your picture caption BEFORE midnight on Sunday of each week. Our weeks begin each Monday morning. ADD these 3 points in with the "just started week's points
At the end of the challenge you will also have a chance to win additional points for % of weight lost. You can win 1 point for each % of weight lost, IE: loosing 10% of your weight equals 10 extra points! These points will be taken once, at the end of the 12 week challenge.
This challenge will last 12 weeks, starting
5 points for paying $10 and posting your picture with an "intro post with diet plan" on this blog. (I can help if you if you don't know how to post. . .or you can scroll down to the How to Post instructions in RED) Deadline for paying $10 is Monday Sept 30th and deadline for posting intro is Friday Oct 4th.
2 points/day for following your own customized diet plan
2 points/day for keeping a food journal
1 point/day for each 1/2 hour of exercise, max of 10 points per week. (***Not counting extra pop challenge points. Note: you may lump all your weekly exercise points into one day but you risk the chance of loosing pop challenge points. . .see below right)
1 point/per day for drinking at least 48oz of water
1 point/day for taking a multi vitamin
1 point/day for flossing (hey, I'm a hygienist and I'm trying to rid the world of periodontal disease!)
3 points/week for: 1. weighing in (do not post your weight) 2. BRIEFLY recap your previous week in a post on this blog 3. updating your point total in your picture caption BEFORE midnight on Sunday of each week. Our weeks begin each Monday morning. ADD these 3 points in with the "just started week's points
At the end of the challenge you will also have a chance to win additional points for % of weight lost. You can win 1 point for each % of weight lost, IE: loosing 10% of your weight equals 10 extra points! These points will be taken once, at the end of the 12 week challenge.
This challenge will last 12 weeks, starting
TO POST: In the upper right hand corner you will see "New Post" click on it. If you are like me it may take you a second to find it but I promise it is there!!! You will be brought to a screen were you can enter a title for your post on the dash board at the top of the screen. Please put your name and the week the post is for. You can then add your entry for the week whether good or ill we want to hear it! That's how this works in a group competition. We are all here to cheer you on!!! When you are satisfied with the content go ahead and hit publish!
HOW TO POST YOUR PHOTO AND YOUR WEEKLY POINTS:
In the upper right hand corner, next to "new post" you will also see "DESIGN." If you click on that it will take you to "bones" of the blog. On the left hand side you will see a menu under "new post." click on "LAYOUT." It will take you to the actual layout of the blog. In the left hand column you will see a place to click on "add a Gadget" It will then pull up another menu. Scroll down to Image and click on the (+) sign. You can there down down load your photo. Your name will be the title and your weekly point total will be the caption. . . .as I go back and re read this it all sounds very confusing. If you need help just let me know and I will be more than happy to assist you!!!
*****Once your pic is up all you will need to do weekly to update your points is, click on the tool/wrench in the lower right hand corner of your pic. You can then put in your new point total for the week in the caption area.
This site will stay public until everyone who wants to join lets me know and gets me their email address and cell #. After that I will make this site private for our challenge group.
FIRST PLACE WINNER: Gets 60% of the cash
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Gets 30% of the cash
THIRD PLACE WINNER: Gets 10% of the cash
In the case of a tie the winner will be determined by % of weight lost over the 12 week period. So, don't forget to note your initial weight so we can figure it out at the end of the challenge in December
2 comments:
I love the updates! Your mom said on Sunday that she was headed home and you should be there waiting. I hope she passed on my Hello! Way to kick this things butt!!!
I was there when she came home and she did pass along your 'hello'! One of these times I'm in The Hood we should get together. I feel like I'm only there in spurts and in those spurtish moments I'm absorbed in hand holding with my Mommy and hearing and watching my Dad reenact his training exercises at the gym. Love those people! While I was there my Mom was trying to push her biscuits on me. I told her I couldn't have any and she exasperatingly told me that it only had a little and in my best "Church Lady" voice, I told her, "Hmmmm isn't that speeecial. Perhaps Satan would like YOU to sin only a little bit?" HAHAHAHAHAHA. That lady!
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