DONE!

Well, we've made it :)

30 workouts in 30 days - I don't know about you all but I'm TIRED! haha
If you were able to keep up and complete the challenge, Good for you! Congratulations!!!
If not...but you were still able to exercise more than you usually do than that's just as important. This was a really good way (for me) to start the summer - and I feel way more committed to making exercise a part of my every day life after doing this.

Some of you may know that Nicole spent some of her last workouts of the challenge doing an overnight relay in the cape. It was incredible and down right impressive. Her and her team ("Off like a dirty shirt" was their name haha) were an inspiration to just keep going...even when you're tired and feel like you have no energy left whatsoever. It really encouraged me to look for more fun ways to workout , like roadraces in the area and group things. If you're interested in doing stuff like that let me know.

So, I guess that's it...and I will bid you Adieu.
Let us know how this went for you and what your "results" were either way!
For those who put in money towards the pot please send me (or Nicole) your final percentage weightloss to determine the winner.
Final percentage weightloss ='s original starting / current weight.

ok...now... Adieu! (hahahahaha)

Is anybody out there...? (Day17)

Hello....

*crickets chirping...

anybodyyyyy....

*tumbleweed rolls by...
hmmmm...
I'm not sure if anyone is still following this... other than Nicole and I. hahaha
Either way, we're rockin' on at Day 17. Time is really flying by.
So far this has been a really good experience, it's really helped me to make time for exercise and avoid making excuses. I've fallen into a pattern of taking one day off usually Friday but still keeping my committment by doubling up on another day. It's working out pretty well so far.

My recommendations for changing it up a bit... if you're getting bored :
~ Try a new class - dance, step, boot camp etc.
~ Take advantage of nice weather( however brief) and go for a walk/jog outside
~ Go to a friend's gym as a guest - a change of scenery is always nice (however, I don't suggest going with Nicole cuz she'll kick your a$$... no, literally, this weekend when I was slacking on crunches she picked up her foot and kicked my a$$ lol) (love you Colie, thanks for rearranging your life to keep me motivated and then do healthy food shopping with me! hahahaha :)

So that's about it for now... if you're out there...and still trying...give us a "holla"... no really.... I wanna hear your best Jay-Z style "HOLLAAAA" (and keep up the good work!)
PEACE (haha)

Kristen

Day 15: Halfway there!

Hope everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend. As you all know – today is weigh-in. As much as I don’t want to, I will go ahead and post my results for last week: 0. That’s right folks, I did not lose or gain any weight last week. I’m gonna go ahead and consider that a ‘win’, since I didn’t gain anything, yet ate LOTS of pancakes this weekend. LOL

Please send me or Kristen your results, or post them below, so we can keep track. Only 2 weeks to go! Have a great day, everyone! :)

-Nicole

“You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.” ~ Ellen Degeneres

FRIDAY!!! (Day 12)

I don't know about you guys but this has been SUCH a long week. I've made it through all my workouts so far including last night with Nicole. yikes! We went to a field near wakefield highschool and ran around a track and used the bleachers and weights to do what I can only describe as unnecessary torture haha ok, ok maybe it IS necessary.
I'm pretty sore today but I guess that's good and means at least I'm doing something right! After that we sat down and made a list of different healthy meals to pick from because I felt like I've been all over the place lately - eating all the wrong things and not enough of the right things. Most of it I took from the Weight Watchers plan.

How's everyone else doing? Let us know!
We're almost halfway there, YAY!!!

Day 10 – Hi. My name is Nicole, and I’m a peanut butter-holic.

As I sit here typing this blog post, I’m eating peanut butter straight out of the jar with a knife. I told my mom I’ll likely polish this jar off by the end of the day; she said “good, then don’t buy another one!”

She’s kidding, right? I have a jar at home, and two more at Alden’s. My sister Kristen, is trying to bribe me to run faster in the relay I’m doing at the end of the month, by dangling a jar of peanut butter a few feet ahead of me while running. It’s my kryptonite. I realize this is a habit I have to kick. No matter how many times I tell myself that this is ‘good fat,’ it stops being good if half the jar is eaten in one sitting.

In addition to losing weight, are there any other goals you all are trying to reach – quit smoking, run a mile, touch your toes, etc.? If there are a good amount of responses posted below, I’ll quit peanut butter cold turkey for the remainder of the challenge.

(Don't laugh! I can do it!)

-Nicole

Day 9 : Eating Healthy - HELP!!

Sounds like a lot of us are having trouble eating healthy these days. I know I definitely am and I really need to work harder at this. I'm trying to find the strength to stay AWAY from the junk food. Anyone have any helpful suggestions? Good healthy snack ideas? I get bored kind of quickly with plain old fruit.

How's everyone doing?
It's zumba class night for me YAY!


Reminder - If you haven't already gotten your money to me or Nicole for the winner pot, please do. Thanks! :)

Day 8 (and 6 & 7)

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We had such beautiful weather, hopefully you all were able to get outside :) I did a double workout on Thursday and a double workout on Saturday so I could take Friday and Sunday off. Don’t forget the option to take days off by doubling up on workouts, which can be a short walk and a yoga session, Wii fit game, a walk around the parking lot at work followed by an ab session at home – whatever you consider a workout :)

Today is (drum roll please…) WEIGH-IN day! For those of you participating in the pot, you can figure out your % of body weight loss by dividing your new weight by your starting weight (new weight / starting weight = % of body weight loss). Please post it to the blog or send it to us so we can keep track, and figure out who cashes in at the end :) Mine is .97% for this week.

Finally, wanted to provide a new recipe for those of you that don’t eat meat, or are looking for a healthy alternative to a favorite comfort food – macaroni and cheese. I haven’t tried this yet, but have heard really good things about it (Disclaimer: it doesn’t taste like regular mac & cheese, but is good nonetheless. And low in fat.) http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/10/easy-macaroni-and-cheeze.html

Looking forward to seeing what I’m sure are great results from everyone! Have a great rest of the day!

-Nicole

Quote for the day: People who keep waiting for the perfect moment to begin, get beat by those who have already begun! Get goin’! ~ Rev. Run, RunDMC