spalme02

BBWW are great, finaly can complete them and after 2 days when im about to start them again im not still sore, recovery seems to have sped up sicne the begining, i can actually do stairs after the workout and not feel like im going to fall down them! GF brought home KFC last night, so much deep fried goodness!, i did eat a meal of KFC, but afterwards i went for a long walk, doesent make up for it but its definatly a start on sunday i went for a walk, walked to my mothers place grabbed a leash and took her 2 dogs for a walk, well it was great, the walk ended up being longer but i coverd less distance, the dogs wanted to each go a differnt direction, and one would want to run ahead while the other stopped to sniff, my shoulders felt like they were being pulled from their sockets on many occasions, and they are a bit sore today, i guess its not used to the jerking sensation of dogs, but even with all that walking with a animal does make the walk more enjoyable, and i heard the dogs slept great!

on monday i didint succeed the BBWW, must have just been to tired to do it, but on weds i did complete it!, even added extra weight to the rows(long term goal would be to do 1, just one, pull-up) been walking every day, some days longer than others, but over a half-hour each day, and most days over a hour was out for supper on tuesday and i had a sweetened iced tea, so that was a sugary drink, but thats the only one ive had sofar this challenge! after supper we went back to a friends house for a get together, i feel like i ate most of the veggie tray as my way of preventing myself from eatign all the other snacks that were put out, i resisted the realy bad ones. only had veggies, cheese/cracker/meats

I like that, great moto! ive heard of the goruck and similar type challenges they do look interesting and fun to try something similar someday have you thought about rest days for the workouts? ive found taking the occasional rest day between can realy help you take on the next goal

good idea with the white board to keep the goals infront of you at all times sorry to hear about the ankle injury hopefully you have a speedy recovery and trh streches help, glad your keeping motivated and adjusting the goals as your needed

i curled up into a ball and threw a blanket over myself, i make a awesome, very convinsing rock/boulder! but seriously im going to walk for 15 mins every day that i can, ive found that i enjoy walking outside when the weather is nice

can you do 100 push ups a day now, the 100 pushups and squats seems like quite the jump to start out as, even spread out through the day. maybe give it 2-3 days of trying and then edit your end of the 6 weeks goals, but if you can do 100pushups and squats now, good for you writing a hour a day also seems like it can be alot and it might add up throughout the weeks. if you are set on doing it 7 days a week for a hour maybe change your goal to 7 hours each week, that way if you cant do it one day you could do a additional 10 mins for the rest of the week to make up and still succeed the challenge. ps only 5 stats per challenge your #3 is 6 otherwise welcome to the posts, wish you all the best

both weds and today i did the BBWW, and today i finished it! all 3 circuits, although the last few reps were a imense struggle, and my form was poor on the last couple reps, i did the required amount, next week i shall do it again but properly! thursday night i took my BBQ outside cleaned it up and made burgers on it, in between doing that i got the patio furniture out and did a clean on them aswell, the grass is still a bit to wet to cut yet, and walking along the grass i hear the slushing sound of mud, need a few more days to dry up before i mow still 0 sugary drinks, havent touched them, dont seem to miss them didint think id be able to go cold turkey on them, but i have so far

so on saturday night i did the BBWW, still havent completed 3 full sets, but getting closer with each try, having a extra rest day helped me alot, and on monday night i did it again, only did one more push up than on saturday, but still progress! ive been walking quite a bit as well, have several routes maped out in my head, some of the shorter routes hold hills, and the longest route ive walked took me 1:15, but it was all relatively flat, going to work up to walking more hills and longer times, this morning i was planning on waking up and going for a walk, but i looked out the window and saw frost, so now im going to walk after work instead so far the first week has been a success in my mind, i have had 0 sugary drinks, i had one bag of chips this week, but it was spread through a few nights one bowl at a time on sunday i took 2 car loads of empty cardboard boxes to the recycling drop off, that cleared out the garage quite a bit,been emptying boxes in my spare time. once i had a large enough area open i got my lawn mower there and gave it a spring tune up so once my lawn isint frozen/feeling like mud i will be able to cut my grass. looked at my garden(came with the house) and thought i should try and clean it up and de-weed it. when my grandma was over visiting i asked her a few questions and apparenly the ugly green leafy thing is a plant, and the pretty purple thing is a weed, so i have no idea what to do, maybe i will uproot everything and plant veggies, or just uproot everything

doubtful, i think the average walking speed for a 5'8" male is around 3-4, considering a 'tall' hobbit would be around 4ft, i imagine they are much lower on a side note does anyone know if the KM everyone is walking is true distance or as a nazgul flies?, cause i know frodo and sam do seem to get lost and turned around at a few points and FYI im going to walk along too, been keeping track on my own how far ive walked in the last few months, il add it to the spread sheet soon.

Avistew to answer your question yes and no! walking slower burns less calories per min, and the faster you walk/run/jog, the more calories per min you will burn now if you have a set distance to travel going like a snail will burn the most calories over that distance, but if you were to run that same distance it would take a fraction of the time, you could so yes you will burn more calories in the same distance at a slower speed, but how much farther could you travel in the same time and if that didint make much sence...lets imagine you are a 200lb person, 2 senarios 1 you have 60 mins, and 2 you have 4km/2.5miles (i pluged the numbers into a calorie counter for example) 60 mins 4km/h or 2.5m/h burn 300 calories 5.6km/h or 3.5m/h burn 350 11.2km/h or 7m/h burn 1000 now if you only have 4kms to go.. 4km/h or 2.5m/h burn 300 will take 60 mins 5.6km/h or 3.5m/h burn 250 will take 45 mins 11.2km/h or 7m/h burn 320 will take 20 mins best case senario, go faster and farther! edit-since this is a walk to mordor thread lets use that as a additional example if Sam and Frodo walked at X to travel 3644 miles, it would take Y and they would burn Z X-mph Y-hours Z-calories 2.5 1457.6 437280 3.5 1041.14 362314 4.5 809.78 451850 6 607 459144 7 520 521608 now this is if they didint stop, and this calculator takes resting heart rate into account and since i did 0 rest alot of calories got burnt at running speed.

great goals, i was in the same boat as you and im sure many others are, we read, and research and read, all the reading its time to take action! look forward to hearing about your progress, that coursera site looks quite interesting im going to browse it later

nice goals, the sugary drinks ive found to be challenging myself, water with a slice of lemon/lime has helped sofar i can understand how hard the precooked meals and frozen dinners are, i lived off KD in university, cheap and delicious! since graduating ive been cooking more meals, its costing more than KD, but for the variety and health the little extra its costing is worth it! im new at this myself but i think your only allowed 15 points per challenge/level.. Have Fun!

on tuesday did a walk around the neighbour hood, before i did that i estimated a few routes that should take a hour, the walk took me around 45 mins, i guess i walk faster than google maps estimates. will go for the full hour next time weds - did the BBWW- still a bit stiff and sore from monday, so i didint complete the second circuit, instead of doing the next one on friday i might push it back to saturday to give me a extra rest day, apparently after a few weeks the muscle soreness does not last as long or im recovering faster no fast food, no chips, no drinks sofar this week, ive been good, my GF, lover her to death, bought chips yesterday, i could hear them calling to me, but instead of giving in i resisted, tonight i will allow myself to have a small bowl, this way the bag should last a week instead of a night. another challenge that i am going to put towards myself is my multi-vitimins, i bought a 90 pack of 1/day about 3 months ago, so 90 days, i should be done, i think i still have over half the pack left. im going to set myself a reminder to take them every day, a 90 pack should only last about 90 days(MATH!) not 120+ another 45ish

did the BBWW today, did all the push ups and rows, on the third set of squarts i did about 5, and the lunges i did one per leg on the last set. to warm up i did 10 mins on my indoor bike, and to cool down i did 30 mins, but it was more like i was going for a easy ride, low effert, low resistance had no sugary drinks, or salty snacks today, ended my workout with several glasses of water, and a grapefruit, having a mug of green tea as i type this. first challenge workout was, well started, next time i will do more!

Spalme02 here, first time accepting a challenge, was lurking around for part of the last challenge and decided to join in. Currently work a desk job, been packing on the pounds since I graduated 2 years ago, I graduated university at 220lbs, and am currently 285, would like to get back down there eventually, many nights I come home and sit in front of the TV or Computer Goal 1: Cardio 3 times per week; i would like to walk for 1 hour, or bike 30 mins, still too cold out here to use the outdoor bike, but have a indoor bike that i will use for hopefully only have to use for the 1st half of the challenge Sta 3 Dex 2 Goal 2: strength 3 times per week would like to do the BBWW, currently can only complete 2 full circuits, would like to do #3 before end of the 6 weeks, will also look for other workouts to diversify the workouts throughout the challenge Str 3 Dex 1 Goal 4: Eat healthy Cut down on sugary drinks, cut down on chips, increase Tea. Currently have a empty calorie drink almost nightly, would like to cut that out and replace with tea, hopefully by week 6 i will be at 0-1 per week. I have been to known to eat a entire bag of chips by myself in one sitting, will start by using a (small)bowl each time I want chips only have the bowls worth of chips, and if I want more I have to burn a calorie getting up to go get them. Will replace them with fruits and veggies as the weeks progress. Con 2 Goal 3: organisation learn to put goals in order... clean out the garage, moved in about a year ago and there are many full boxes that need to be gone through and some stuff to be thrown away, will try to spend a few hours a week cleaning it, will also include getting the lawn/patio furniture outside when weather is better Wis 2 Cha 2 PS im canadian eh! hence the weather and a few spelling discrepancies from most of you americans. comments? changes? thoughts?