[jamsk8r]

FB, you know I love ya! Just bumpin' the thread here.

[BarbPA]

Jam - You got me to LOL too. I do love my 4s but had to let one point go this week. It was planned...as is tonight's dinner. I won't be rockin' all 4s with ya'll this month, but I will be right your heels!!!

[jamsk8r]

Barb, enjoy your dinner. Sorry about having to utterly defeat you this month!

[BarbPA]

Jam - You may be happy to hear that I overindulged a bit at dinner. That's that....I will not slip the rest of the month. You better stay on your game!

[FB]

Watch your back Jamsta. I'm ON IT!

[jamsk8r]

LOL! I'm just messin' with you Barb! You know you and FB are my heroes, keeping me OP! Let's do this thing!

FB, I ain't skerred of you! You're too skinny to kick my butt now! I was doing push jerks last night, and I thought of you. Those are fun! The WOD was shoulder press, then right into push press, and right into push jerk. My shoulders were on fire!

[looloo86]

The plan
Food 3 healthy low calorie meals per day.
Water i litre water as a start
Excercise: treadmill 45 minutes twice a day at 6kmph.
09- 0
10-0
11- 4
12-
13-
14-
Weigh In:
Week Total:

15-
16-
17-
18-
19-
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21-
Week Total:
Weigh In:

22-
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Week Total:
Weigh In:

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[sprigs]

Hi folks,

I've been lurking for a while and stumbled on this challenge from May of last year. What a neat way to get the 3 biggies in line! I was so glad to see it's still going on and would love to join you. I struggle with consistency, so maybe this will help. FB & BarbPA, your December 4's are so inspiring. Man, I'd like to have a month like that (or many months!). Maybe so.... if you two can do it in December, of all times! Thanks for the inspiration.

I can only get 80 points for the rest of this month but hey, I'll take it.

So, here goes. Hope to rock the 4's.

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Plan:
Food: 30 points or less ~ mostly whole foods
(Doing calories, fat & fiber on my own with this little points gadget tinypic.com/2lm88w1.gif)
Water: 50+ oz daily
Exercise: 20+ minutes daily
(will up the water & exercise later)


WI: 262
09: 4
10: 4
11: 4
12: 4
13:
14:
WI:
15:
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21:
WI:
22:
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25:
26:
27:
28:
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Feb 9
28 points
25 min exercise bike
60 oz water

Feb 10
26 points
40 min exercise bike
64 oz water

Feb 11
29 points
2 hr exercise bike
71 oz water

Feb 12
26 points
2 hr exercise bike, some running
71 oz water

[jamsk8r]

Sprigs, Congratulations on your impressive weight loss so far! If you have your data from the 1st of this month, you can post it and count it. Let's do this!

[sprigs]

Hey there jamsk8r! Thanks for the welcome.

Last week was ugly. See, I have this one hang up I'm trying to beat. "Special occasion itis". It was my birthday and I partied all week. And you know what? We have our anniversary & dh's birthday this month too. And Valentines. But I'm going to get my fours, no matter what.

Congrats on your weight loss too! You must be feeling pretty awesome...

Wow, just checked out your 4's. I love to see those fours. Crazy how that motivates me.

How long have you been lifting?

(I have like a million questions cause I want to start lifting too but I'll go do some homework.)

[BarbPA]

Welcome Sprigs! Congrats on your great loss so far! You've come to a great place for fun, support and friendship! Yep...those special occassions are tough. I'm hanging my head a bit after already losing 2 of my 4s this month. Enough of that....4s for everyone...let's do it!

[jamsk8r]

Sprigs, we don't mind questions here. There's a weight lifting board here on 3FC. Starting at the main forum index, scroll down near the bottom to the "Exercise" section, and you'll see "Weight and Resistance Training" (or something like that). That's a great place to get your lifting questions answered. There are also many helpful stickies on that board, which are good reading.

I've been lifting almost a year, except twice I had to take off for injuries (from skating, not lifting, lol). I'm still feeling pretty newb at it, and confess I still feel a bit self-conscious in the weight room at the Y, but I just suck it up and do it anyway! I have recently been having a lot of fun learning some olympic lifts and crazy functional fitness stuff. I like the bodybuilder style lifting, too, so I just mix it up, and do what I feel like doing. I'm liking this better than a really rigid workout "program".

This challenge really helps keep me OP, for some reason. I've been using it to track my workouts, too, and at the end of the month I print it out and put it in a binder. Figure I might be able to see what worked best as far as weight loss or stronger lifts, stuff like that. It's an experiment!

[FB]

Heya Sprigs, another welcome! This challenge rocks my socks. I give it a lot of credit for helping me to stay on plan and losing all of this weight.

Weightlifting is a ton o' fun for many of us. Like Jammy, I also get self conscious in the gym, for instance - yesterday when I dropped a barbell on my head. That kinda sucked. But then a cute beefcake boy rescued me.

[sprigs]

Thanks FB & Barb. FB sorry but that cracked me up. Glad you got a beefcake out of it though. lol! I looked at several months of these challenges before I signed up and you three really inspired me. Feel like I'm talking to celebrities!! (the best kind of celebrities - winners!)

Two things I want from this year, besides weight loss is to be a lifter & a runner. I'm signed up for a 5k and am working on the running but lifting scares the pooty out of me. I guess my main question is where does an absolute beginner begin? I do have an old Body For Life book. would that be good? The Crossfit site is awesome but looks really advanced.

Hey jamsk8r, one thing I wanted to ask was how high can you jump? lol! Box jumps. Have you seen that video of the guy box jumping. I can't post links yet but it's here...

media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_BoxLK2EWOD.wmv

Unreal.

I'll go check out the weight training forum.

Thanks guys. This forum beats any I've seen anywhere.

Let's do fours!

[BarbPA]

Wow. That guy is crazy in shape. Jumping that high!!! Not sure I could use a ladder and get that high!

Sprigs...I'm a lifter too. For me I got started working with a personal trainer. I started about 6 months ago and still do my 3x per week lifting sessions with my trainer. I'm feeling comfortable enough with it to branch out on my own but I just can't quite let go yet. I've heard alot of talk about the BFL book and the New Rules of Lifting for Women (might not be the right title). There are several websites and videos you can find that will help. Do you work out at a gym? If they offer a free training session you could get started on the fundamentals with someone. I also want to run a 5k. Not sure I want to become a runner...just get in good enough shape to do a run...if that makes sense. It's great to have you and your enthusiasm here.

FB - Hope the head is ok. Glad there was a beefcake around.

My shoulder is bothering me today...which ticks me off! Grrrr....hopefully it doesn't affect this afternoon's workout.