MENA diet/exercise thread

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

did more yard work today - cut down a huge bush and hauled that to the burn pile, then took the flatbed trailer to the burn pile and unloaded it. then loaded it back up with bushes i'd cut earlier

then it started raining.

[amal 4]

for those of u that can do sit-ups, and jump without causing tidal waves, go for it! i'll be there one day!

for the rest of us ... i say our challenge is to do can lifts. 2 equally heavy cans of some food item. and do slow lifts to the shoulder, above the head, shoulder, down to the sides. do 20 reps

then do 20 side twists. feet planted, knees slightly bent, arms out at shoulder height... to the left, hold, center, hold, right, hold.. u get the picture...

repeat twice then go have some twinkies in celebration of a work-out completed.

ha! amal

[doodlebugg 10]

I'm out. Total pms got to me and I succumbed to the evil Carvel b-day cake. which led to about 5 twizzlers which led to a Lindt's dark chocolate truffle which led to 6 hard sourdough pretzels

I guess it's not so bad when you look at what I had today which was 1/2 egg (thanks to that stupid Balut picture in OT), 3 oz of chicken w/1cup salad for lunch and the same for dinner BUT I'm counting carbs so totally blew it.

[Nasturtium 500]

you guys are cracking me up!

ok someone else post a challenge!

I did it! OK, for tomorrow-- 10 pushups and 30 crunches.

[Jenn! 918]

I've been building up my running slowly and today my goal is to do 3 miles in 30 minutes. Wish me luck!

[Nasturtium 500]

I've been building up my running slowly and today my goal is to do 3 miles in 30 minutes. Wish me luck!

Good luck! You going to do the challenge today? hmm? it's really short....

[Jenn! 918]

I've been building up my running slowly and today my goal is to do 3 miles in 30 minutes. Wish me luck!

Good luck! You going to do the challenge today? hmm? it's really short....

that sounds reasonable to me!

[caybee 21]

Hi, everyone. I joined at the beginning of this thread and dropped out. An encouraging soul pointed me back in here. I've broken my goals into smaller chunks this time. First one is to get rid of the seven pounds I've put on since Christmas, and I'll go from there. I've done pretty well the last couple of days, so we'll see. I'm in for the challenge today.

[MrsAmera 41]

I'm in for the challenge and will do 2 miles again today at the gym.

[sereia 0]

readyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? GO!

[Nasturtium 500]

I did the one for today. Someone come up for one tomorrow, please!

[Jenn! 918]

I'll add them on to my workout later. I go down to the gym around 6.

Good news! They just gave us free 1/2 hour sessions with a personal trainer here at work! Mine is tomorrow. Any suggestions on specifics I should ask her? I plan on telling her what I'm doing currently, what my goals are, and finding out what she thinks of my approach.

[Nasturtium 500]

I'll add them on to my workout later. I go down to the gym around 6.

Good news! They just gave us free 1/2 hour sessions with a personal trainer here at work! Mine is tomorrow. Any suggestions on specifics I should ask her? I plan on telling her what I'm doing currently, what my goals are, and finding out what she thinks of my approach.

Maybe see if you can get her to give you a sustainable/long-term kind of plan.. one that perhaps involves a graduation of difficulty, etc. That way you can use this one session for a long time

[sereia 0]

maybe have her teach you some core strength workouts.

[MrsAmera 41]

Where are you ladies??!? I did the challenge and I did 2 miles on the treadmill and eliptical so it was good. Now it's just the diet part....