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GDY2SHUZ
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'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
GDY2SHUZ
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Fitness Minutes: (203,002) Posts: 19,303 8/30/09 6:08 P
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/30/09 11:02 A
Hello all! I expect to be posting information about a NEW challenge for September very soon. We are checking into possibly doing a challenge with other teams here on Spark from September to December... that will motivate us with a little friendly competition!! :-)
More to come!
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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GDY2SHUZ
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'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
GDY2SHUZ
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Aug 22 7th
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
GDY2SHUZ
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Fitness Minutes: (203,002) Posts: 19,303 8/26/09 11:57 P
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
GDY2SHUZ
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Fitness Minutes: (203,002) Posts: 19,303 8/25/09 10:23 P
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
GDY2SHUZ
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Aug 25th
Edited by: GDY2SHUZ at: 8/25/2009 (22:15)
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
GDY2SHUZ
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Edited by: GDY2SHUZ at: 8/24/2009 (22:27)
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
F/V Colors: orange (cantaloupe, carrots) green (zucchini, green pepper) yellow (summer squash) red (tomato) white (cauliflower)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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GDY2SHUZ
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Fitness Minutes: (203,002) Posts: 19,303 8/22/09 10:45 P
103 minutes exercise, 45 minutes isometrics and stretches.
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/22/09 10:21 P
8/22: no Exercise
F/V colors: red (apple, tomatoes) green (lettuce, green beans) white (cabbage - cole slaw, potato) orange (carrot)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/22/09 9:47 A
Glad to see you back! :-)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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GDY2SHUZ
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Fitness Minutes: (203,002) Posts: 19,303 8/21/09 11:11 P
My posts were all at the bottom of the page, just editing. A lot lost. 20/08 21/08
Edited by: GDY2SHUZ at: 8/21/2009 (23:13)
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/19/09 10:05 P
Really slow on the challenge front these days...
Don't remember 8/16 or 8/17... :-(
8/18 Exercise: Just walking the dogs - about 15 minutes
F/V colors: orange (clementine) green (lettuce, green pepper) red (tomato) yellow (sweet corn)
8/19: Exercise: Walking - about 15 minutes Circuit Training - 25 minutes
F/V colors: yellow (banana) orange (clementine, carrots) red (tomato) green (broccoli, cucumber)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/15/09 8:32 P
8/14: Exercise: Walking - about 33 minutes
F/V colors: red (apple, tomato) orange (clementine, sweet potato) yellow (corn) green (lettuce, green pepper, cucumber)
8/15: Exercise: Cleaning (i.e., vaccuming, mopping, heavy lifting) - about 45 minutes
F/V colors: yellow (sweet corn) green (zucchini, green beans)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/14/09 11:48 A
8/13: Exercise: Walking - about 45 minutes
F/V colors: yellow (banana) orange (clementine) white (onion)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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TIGERJANE
Posts: 1,799 8/13/09 12:29 P
TUESDAY 8/11 F/V: green (avacado, spinach, romaine) exercise: 80 minutes walking dogs (timer stops for sniffs and potty breaks)
WEDNESDAY 8/12 F/V: khaki (chick peas), green (baby greens), purple (baby greens) exercise: 50 min non-stop bootcamp
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/12/09 9:02 P
8/12 Exercise: 30 minutes - Elliptical Strengthening - 2 sets/15 reps of Back Extension on the ball, 1 set/10 reps of Pushups with the ball
F/V Colors: yellow (banana, yellow squash) orange (clementine, carrots) green (broccoli, zucchini, peas) red (tomato)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/11/09 9:18 P
Here are the totals for so far in this August Challenge:
Total number of F/V colors (just added total posted each day, not each color separately): Mimi B: 32 Sarahann32: 6 Dargonfly1974: 8 Lynnbaum: 2 Gdy2shuz: 5 4Lefties: 5 TigerJane: 8
This is crazy looking for me, but it is probably just b/c I've posted more often than others! C'mon everybody... Catch me if you can! And, I KNOW you CAN!!! :-)
Totals for ALL of us: Exercise minutes: 1430 F/V Colors: 66
Let's see if we can double those by Sunday!!
Edited by: MIMI_B at: 8/11/2009 (21:19)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/11/09 9:00 P
I forgot to come back yesterday... so, on to today!
F/V colors: yellow (banana,sweet corn) red (grapes, tomato) green (lettuce, green pepper, jalapeno) purplish (red onion)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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TIGERJANE
Posts: 1,799 8/11/09 12:37 A
SATURDAY 8/8 F/V:blue (blueberries), green (green beans), white (potatoes) exercise: 15 minutes walking, 32 minutes elliptical
SUNDAY 8/9 F/V: NONE (so. bad) exercise: 30 min. walking, 45 minutes kayaking )we were out for 2hrs, but there was a good amount of stopping to gaze around)
MONDAY 8/10 F/V: green (edamame, seaweed), red (tomato, raspberries) exercise: 70 minutes walking, 35 non-stop minutes of bootcamp
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/10/09 5:14 P
Sounds great, Bride1109! Feel free to stop by here and make postings if helps motivate you! we are just posting our daily exercise and the colors of fruits/veggies we eat. If you scroll all the way down to the bottom, you'll find the original description! :-)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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LILYRSUNG
Posts: 44 8/10/09 1:30 A
I am getting married! and I really need to lose around 15 inches all around my lower body!
so I'll be doing Jillian 30 Day Shred along with Slim in 6 This August
Height- 5' Goal weight - 95lbs muscle
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/9/09 9:23 P
8/9 Exercise - just walking with the dogs ~ 15 minutes
F/V colors: green (lima beans, zucchini)
hmmm... that's all I can remember. bad... I was at a family reunion, so lots of pasta, potatoes, meat, and desserts... few veggies and/or fruits. gah!!
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
F/V colors: blue (blueberries) red (tomatoes, red peppers, cherries) green (lettuce) orange (carrots) yellow (sweet corn)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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TIGERJANE
Posts: 1,799 8/8/09 1:17 P
8/7
F/V: green (spring mix, avacado) red (tomato, red pepper) pink (watermelon)
exercise: 30 min. walking dogs (the timer stops when they sniff or potty)
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/7/09 7:02 P
Thanks TigerJane!! I've been getting so much b/c I have my own little backyard veggie garden! :-)
Forgot to get on here yesterday, so I'm just gonna skip it cuz I'll already forget what I ate!!
8/7/09 Exercise: Walking - 15 minutes (on lunchbreak from a workshop!)
F/V colors: blue (blueberries) white (potato) red (tomato, red pepper) yellow (summer squash)
BTW... I'm going to tally everyone's exercise (as posted so far) on Sunday night and post the running totals... hope that is motivating! :-)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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TIGERJANE
Posts: 1,799 8/7/09 4:40 P
MIMI_B, you're doing aaaaawesome on the colors! I think using that as a challenge is GREAT. I totally need to work on this (I eat the same fruits/veggies all the time). This has me motivated to try some new stuff on my salad tonight. I'll post today's results later.
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4LEFTIES
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Did the 12 minute ab pilates w/o on Sparkspeople and the 15 minute office workout. Cool. so far: yellow banana green avocado
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/5/09 9:51 P
Welcome 4lefties... everyone is welcome to join in at any time!! :-)
Exercise: Elliptical - 35 minutes Strengthening - walking lunges (2 sets/ 15), triceps kickbacks with dumbells (1 set / 12 with each arm)
F/V Colors: Blue (blueberries) orange (2 clementines) red (tomato, red pepper) Yellow (summer squash, sweet corn) Green (green pepper, green beans)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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4LEFTIES
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Joining in on 8/4. 33 minutes of interval walking.
Colors: Blue (blueberries) yellow 1/2 banana green zuccini in lunch pasta
Upcoming registered races: * San Diego Rock N Roll 13.1 *Make It By Midnight 13.1 *Savannah Rock N Roll 13.1 *Paint the Town 5K *Space Coast 26.2 *Las Vegas Rock N Roll 13.1
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GDY2SHUZ
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Fitness Minutes: (203,002) Posts: 19,303 8/3/09 4:50 P
78 minutes good walk. 45 minutes isometrics and stretches. 25 minutes Walk Away the Pounds (waist). 18/08 same.
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Edited by: GDY2SHUZ at: 8/20/2009 (17:24)
'Di' NW ON. Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. -Marilyn von Savant
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. -Kenneth Blanchard
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, and try to follow where th
DRAGONFLY1974
Posts: 10,583 8/3/09 4:19 A
Fitness: housework and playing with kids...was supposed to run, but was not feeling well.
Colors of fruits/veggies: red (tomatoes) green (basil) I was a little too sick to eat really well.
Upcoming registered races: * San Diego Rock N Roll 13.1 *Make It By Midnight 13.1 *Savannah Rock N Roll 13.1 *Paint the Town 5K *Space Coast 26.2 *Las Vegas Rock N Roll 13.1
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/2/09 11:36 P
Exercise 90 min of Gardening (squatting, pulling, swinging the hoe... hard work!)
Fruits / Veggies red (grapes) brown (mushrooms) yellow (sweet corn) (not the best day for F/V)
Edited by: MIMI_B at: 8/2/2009 (23:37)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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LYNNBAUM
Posts: 3,619 8/2/09 11:40 A
Fitness 30 min yesterday 2 miles 15 today 1 mile and now I am off to do 3-4 hours of weeding. Food did real well blueberries salad from garden I have to go shopping today. makes it easy when I only have to shop 1 section. Produce.
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DRAGONFLY1974
Posts: 10,583 8/2/09 5:30 A
Fitness: 3 hours of shopping LOL not real cardio, but I was moving and after my night out Friday, any movement was good.
Colors of fruits/veggies: Green (fresh green beans) I was a little too sick to eat really well.
Upcoming registered races: * San Diego Rock N Roll 13.1 *Make It By Midnight 13.1 *Savannah Rock N Roll 13.1 *Paint the Town 5K *Space Coast 26.2 *Las Vegas Rock N Roll 13.1
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SARAHANN32
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Exercise- 2.5 hours of shopping :)
Colors: green (peppers, green beans) brownish/gray (mushrooms) yellow (baby corn, banana) red (tomatoes, red pepper) orange (carrot) white (onion and water chestnuts)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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LYNNBAUM
Posts: 3,619 8/1/09 12:34 P
got it. Thanks I need to get downstairs and do 30 on the TM
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 8/1/09 11:41 A
Let's just post here... I thought maybe it was confusing in July and that's why there weren't too many ppl that joined in. Maybe this will be simpler to have just one thread to post discussion and our logs.
I was also thinking of tabulating everyone's exercise minutes at the end of each week (Sat or Sun maybe), so we can have a running total to refer to... might also be motivating to compare to others. We did that a while back with the challenges... I was always stoked when I was in the top 5 for exercise minutes! :-)
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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LYNNBAUM
Posts: 3,619 8/1/09 10:51 A
are we posting here or do we have a score board?
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 7/31/09 4:14 P
Example of a post (this is my day today... so far!)
Fitness: Elliptical - 45 minutes Crunches on ball - 2x / 15 reps Dumbbell shoulder press on ball - 2x / 15 reps cooldown and stretch
Colors of fruits/veggies: Blue (blueberries) Green (lettuce, green pepper, broccoli) Red (tomato) Yellow (golden delicious apple)
Your post can look something like that... starting tomorrow ya'all!
MiMi ;-) "Find the answers in your questions... and happiness you will know."
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MIMI_B
Posts: 769 7/31/09 4:10 P
Please come join us in a challenge that will bring your summer to a strong, healthy finish!! There will be a new thread shortly for the August Challenge. Hope to see many, many more join in!
For this challenge, let's post our fitness activities and push ourselves to do at least one fitness activity per day... EVERY DAY! That could be some form of cardio (post with # of minutes) or as little as one set of a strength exercise (post with # of reps)!!
For the second part of the challenge, let's focus on eating a well-rounded diet... one interesting way I've heard about to get lots of different types of vitamins and minerals is to eat many different COLORS of fruits and veggies b/c the color often corresponds to a different nutrient. So, post the colors of the fruits and veggies you ate every day.
This should be interesting! Are you ready? STARTS TOMORROW!!!
Edited by: MIMI_B at: 7/31/2009 (16:17)
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