President's Challenge - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

jkg0679 · 06-21-2005, 08:51 PM

Has anyone in here joined the President's Challenge website? I have and found it to be a great motivator! I wanna win an award dammit!

April_Showers · 06-21-2005, 09:39 PM

Me too!! I want the bronze!

bida · 06-22-2005, 01:28 AM

what is the presidents day challenge website???

jkg0679 · 06-22-2005, 07:58 AM

www.presidentschallenge.org

WastedThermos · 06-22-2005, 08:01 AM

Oh goodness. This reminds me of my childhood and all the phys ed classes that embarassed me because I couldn`t run a mile at all, much less in 12min or whatever it was.
I'll have to look around more to see if I can get past that trauma. I like having fitness goals for myyself...

JustForUs · 06-22-2005, 08:49 AM

thanks for doing this thread! I forgot I signed up for this a month ago!! I love this challenge!!

jkg0679 · 06-22-2005, 09:06 AM

Lizzie - I couldn't do the mile in high school, either. I was so embarrased to always have to walk the majority of it and being the last one done. Thank God I had the bestest best friend ever who would walk with me, even though she could run the mile. I love her for it still (even though I havn't seen her in 10 years).

Maybe we should make it a personal goal to run that mile now!?!

WastedThermos · 06-22-2005, 09:33 AM

That is so sweet that your friend would do that, especially in high school. By the time I got to highschool they had these other running things to measure fitness that I couldn`t do. They would play beeps that got faster and faster and you would have to race one other back and forth before it beeped again. I would always just give up.

I am currently pushing myself to jog, and I've run a mile.. 3 times so far! Every time I do it I get excited because it is overcoming one of my biggest fears/challenges from my fat childhood. I'm working now on going faster and farther, and hopefully one day I won't feel like the red-faced 12 year old walking around the gym.

paperclippy · 06-22-2005, 10:23 AM

I signed up for the President's Challenge, but I always forget to log anything on that site.

As for the running a mile, I am so with you ladies, I could not run a mile until this year. I was always last on the fitness tests, I walked most of the way, and I never came in under 12 minutes (except once, I came in at 11:30). I think running a mile is an excellent goal -- it was my new year's resolution this year!

I started from absolutely nothing in January (I could only run 1/8 mile without stopping), but now I can run 4 miles nonstop! I'm slow, but I can do it!

Now I just have to work on my other new year's resolution -- to be able to do a push-up!

jkg0679 · 06-22-2005, 10:46 AM

Ugh! Pushups! That is also a goal of mine. I have never been able to do one (well, the female version of course, but that's it).

bida · 06-22-2005, 04:14 PM

cool i signed up - lets see, i logged since monday - sooo close to a bronze award (ok 18000 to go

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April_Showers · 06-22-2005, 08:03 PM

3fatchicks has a group on on there...see the below link for info:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58877

WastedThermos · 06-22-2005, 09:49 PM

I caved! I signed up too, and I joined the 3fatchicks group.

lizzbabe · 06-23-2005, 06:09 AM

I love the presidents challenge site--very motivating and I joined the 3FC group as well since I love to compare my results. Since I've been doing it for awhile I am 88% towards the silver award so I make sure to log in everyday. Good luck everyone! I am on my way to the gym right now...

jkg0679 · 06-23-2005, 07:53 AM

I also joined the 3FC group!

Liz - Silver award! hahaha...I am trying to get my active lifestyle certificate! lol....I have gotten way to comfortable with my sit-down computer job and then not being active in the evenings!