Red - I tried forwarding your email to my work, but it didn't come through. I'll pm you the address...can you resend it to me?

Iniya - Keep up the good work!

Fra - good for you for working all your muscles (chest, back, arms, core and legs)! You rock!

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I walked for 20 minutes at lunch, then after work I did nearly 1/2 hour of cardio on the recumbent stepper, and then did 1/2 hour of Zumba. Tonight after I get home, I'll be doing yard work.

Journal everything AND count WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 15/21
64 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 15/21
5 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 15/21
Stay within WW points - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 15/21
30 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 14/21
50 crunches - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 13/21
1 minute of planks - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 13/21
15 minutes of decluttering - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 15/21

Day 18 & 19 are done. Perhaps not the same as I was before I had to go back to work, but they are done.

Red - Piano is good. It's a discipline thing.

Come on Michelle. I want to get past this surprise.

Joy - I'm sorry that I'm trying your patience. Believe me....I really want to achieve my 10% goal today, and I'm trying!! Prelim weigh in yesterday showed I was the same...but I'm hoping today's scale will be kinder. Heaven knows I've been working my arse off, staying OP to get the weight off.

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Anyway, here's where I'm at for today:

I walked for 20 minutes at lunch, then after work I did nearly 1/2 hour of cardio on the recumbent stepper, and then did 1/2 hour of Zumba. Tonight after I get home, I'll be doing yard work.

Journal everything AND count WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 16/21
64 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 16/21
5 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 16/21
Stay within WW points - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 16/21
30 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 15/21
50 crunches - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 14/21
1 minute of planks - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 14/21
15 minutes of decluttering - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 16/21

Red piano is *WOW* I really admire you.. it's got an elegance to it.. and yeah, from what I've heard, LOTS of discipline involved!! Tough! :3

diyana I do not rock xD they are mini-workouts, nothing major ^_^

everyone you all coming back here giving me something to read and a place to report to is a wonderful motivation, I thank you all

today is day 14
day 13/21 training everyday for pushups 1 pause used
day 13/21 training everyday for pushups 0 pauses used

Piano Challenge Day 2 completed

Go, Shad, diyana, fra!!
Ah shucks, fra, I don't think piano takes any more discipline than any other instrument. It does take concentration to try to play it well and it's so easy to lose a day or two and really hear the difference but..like I said...I think that goes for any instrument. Thanks though. Elegance is me...not!

Day 20 is complete. Today I raced around the town and ran up steps and down steps and tried to catch trains that were uncatchable. I sure got my time in today.

.04 Michelle? Oh poop, well I might have to give in. I'll think about it over night.

Red - Piano is definitely a discipline. You need lots of things to go right to get it right so to speak.

Friday - oh yeah

Red - Shad and Fra are right. Playing piano takes discipline. Don't be so modest. You are woman of many talents!

Shad - You're almost done the exercise challenge! And yes, I was up 0.4, so now I'm 1 lb away from 10% instead of just over 1/2 lb away. But I WILL get there by Thursday.

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I did 1/2 hour of Zumba last night, plus 1/2 hour of strength training, including abs and planks. Tonight is an hour of Zumba, followed by another hour tomorrow morning. Sunday...I'll either do a Zumba DVD or Wii Fit for 30-60 minutes.

Journal everything AND count WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 17/21
64 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 17/21
5 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 17/21
Stay within WW points - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 17/21
30 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 16/21
50 crunches - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 15/21
1 minute of planks - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 15/21
15 minutes of decluttering - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 17/21

I did complete the challenge. Just couldn't get into the thread yesterday for one reason or another. So I am about to start a new one which is:

The same one - at least thirty minutes of non stop fast walking but this time 2 legs of the trip will be running - or at least my version of running. I've completed todays trip so day one is done.
Actually I have no idea how I am going to complete this one. It will need some thought. Since I have 3 hours of travel to get to and from work and then at least 9 hours at work. It will be dark when I leave and dark when I get back, but I may just have to bite the bullet and walk the streets in the dark.

Hello everyone! I know I've been away for a really long time, but now that I have my internet back, I can post, yay!

I hope everyone is doing well! I don't have time to read all of the posts right now to catch up, but I will do so soon :-) Big hugs to everyone!


New challenges:

No cheese, 0 pause days allowed. Day 7 completed

No white flour, potatos or rice, 0 pauses allowed. Day 7 completed

Log all of my food/calories, 0 pauses allowed. Day 7 completed.

30 min of exercise a day, 0 pauses allowed. Day 1 completed

walk 5,000 steps/day, 0 pauses allowed. Day 1 completed

Onyyx hi Congrats Joy for clearing a challenge! Today is day 18 for me

day 17/21 training everyday for pushups 0 pauses used
day 17/21 training everyday for a handstand 1 pause used

I'm almost at the end and I'm seeing an improvement on the pushups.. I am able to go lower and lower.. the handstand bit as you know is much more complicated.. but I'm thinking, it may get a bit easier if I lose the extra kilos of fat.. muscles are useful, but fat makes balancing muuuch harder.. I saw that with upright balance; once I got more muscles in my legs and less fat everywhere, balancing improved dramatically. So...

uh, also! Girls, reading all your challenges inspires me to do more, so informally, out of challenge, I have been decluttering, power walking, training abs, and reading more!

Shad - Congrats on completing your challenge and starting the new one right up. Running, huh? Wow! I'm very impressed! Every time I talked with my doc and PT about slowly beginning a running program, they advised against it because of my back. So I applaud you, running

Onyxx - Welcome Back! Those are some FANTASTIC challenges, especially with no pauses allowed. And you're already 1/3 of the way there on 3 of them! You rock!!

Fra - You're doing great on your challenges!

Red - I've been thinking of you...hope you're doing okay.

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An hour of Zumba Friday night, another hour of Zumba on Saturday morning. Got tons of stuff done around the house on Saturday and Sunday. Then I did 1/2 hour of a Zumba DVD Sunday afternoon....not nearly as good as a Zumba class, but it will do in a pinch.

Journal everything AND count WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 20/21
64 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 20/21
5 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 20/21
Stay within WW points - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 20/21
30 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 19/21
50 crunches - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 18/21
1 minute of planks - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 18/21
15 minutes of decluttering - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 20/21

Guess I am going to have to rethink this one. The walking is easy, but trying to find a space to run is going to be the killer. I can walk from Roma Street to Milton - 1.5Km and back. That's no hassle, but I can't run it with a handbag and lunch etc. So I will just continue with the walk for the time being.

Day 2 is done.

Hi everyone -

I did an hour of Zumba last night, and 1/2 hour of strength training, including crunches and planks. And I'm still feeling the endorphins!

Journal everything AND count WW points - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 21/21
64 ounces of water - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 21/21
5 servings of fruits and veg - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 21/21
Stay within WW points - 0 of 3 pauses taken - Day 21/21
30 min. (at least) of cardio - 1 of 3 pauses taken - Day 20/21
50 crunches - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 19/21
1 minute of planks - 2 of 3 pauses taken - Day 19/21
15 minutes of decluttering - 0 of 0 pauses taken - Day 21/21

An hour of fast walking done today.

Day 3 is done.