JULY SLIMMING MINIS OPEN, but we're moving it to a new thread soon.

This challenge was originally started to be for folks under 5'4", but it evolved to be an all-comers challenge. So welcome, and I hope you enjoy participating!

Here are the guidelines:

• Email me your starting weight.
• 2 points each for every 8 ounces of water. Plain or bottle (No flavors)
• 3 points for each 15 minutes of workout time. This is structured workouts - as in you went for a walk with the intention of it being exercise - and there are no points for anything other than 15 minute intervals.
• 1 point if you complete a physical challenge.
• 1 point if you complete a personal challenge.
• Send your weight at the end of the month.
• Person with the most points wins.

Note: 1 point bonus if you suggest a challenge! You can suggest a challenge by posting it in the thread or by messaging me and I'll post it. Challenges can be completed at any time during the month - just tell me which one you did after you do it. Just give your challenge a title and give a brief description of how to complete it, and you're good to go (and you get an extra point!) For example: "I would like to challenge everyone to do 10 pushups today." would be a physical challenge. "I would like everyone to do 5 minutes of quiet reflection/meditation" would be a personal challenge."

Please send your information to me via private message daily or every other day in the following format:
3x 8 oz of water
45 minutes of treadmill
completed side bend challenge

If you go out of town please let me know ahead of time, and then when you get back please send me your points broken down by dates.

I usually update points every day in the morning, but sometimes I take the weekend off - I'll let you know if I do.

Post or message me if you have any questions.

Good luck everyone!

The Contenders - JUNE - FINAL POINTS

augette - 775

findingmeagain2009 - 1633 - congrats!

kyashiis - 707

moonduster - 1278

nev2179 - 154

solemnleaf - 412

spacedreamer01 - 361

Physical Challenges - we'll keep the same from April if y'all want...

Change It Up! - Try a workout you've never done before (1 point per new activity tried)

Strength Training - One point for at least 15 minutes of strength training - this will also get you 3 regular exercise points!

Crunches - As many sets of 25 as you can (max 1 point per day)

Pushups - As many sets of 25 as you can (max 1 point per day)

Plank - Hold the plank position for 20-30 seconds (1 point per day)

squats - with your weight centered over the middles of your feet, squat down and stand back up again. Keep your knees centered over your toes and your back straight. Repeat as many times as you can - try it in sets of 10-25 (max 1 point per day)

jumping jacks - one, two! one, two! try a few sets of jumping jacks (max 1 point per day)

zany workout! - one point per day for the most odd, creative workout you can think of

Positive Challenges

5-a-day - eat the recommended 5 fruits/veg a day (recurring)

Go Outside - enjoy the great outdoor

Litter Busters - Pick up a piece of trash when you go outside

Eat Breakfast - The most important meal of the day!

Reading - get one point per day for picking up the book you've been meaning to read (p.s. I'd love to hear what it is, as I work for a Library =)

Finish a Book - back by popular demand - one point for every book you finish

8 a Day H2O - You will receive one extra point per day if your water totals 8 x 8 oz or more.

Straight A Students - log in your food and get an A for the day, and you get a point

Set a Goal - one point for setting a total points goal for the month

Meet Your Goal

Get Some Sleep - get at least 7.5 hours of sleep a night

Stay Under Your Personal Maintenance Calorie Level

Log Your Food By Midnight

Zany Workouts

This is where I'll be posting your creative/crazy workouts, if you'd like

Kneading Bread

Car Racing (I'm not going to count this in my exercise total, but it was a nice isometric core stabilization workout!)

wrestling my tiller!

trimming sheep feet (awesome)

making balloon animals

solumn here is the link for the couch to 5K running program that I used.

I have been keeping too busy with work to keep up with my journal and CC friends.  It leaves a hole in my life.  I have been holding steady on getting my points in every day though.  I find that I am always meeting the 5 veggies/fruits a day challenge.  My exercising is up and down though.  Last week I went kayaking for the first time.  Talk about an upper body workout.  WOW!! I also got a terrible, terrible sunburn  that I have been taking care of all week.  I have been careful not to overdo it with exercise or anything else until it gets better. Now, the skin is "weeping" and sliding off.  At least it doesn't hurt too much.

I led a workshop for stretching before and after hiking tonight, so I got 45 minutes of sustained exercise.  It's really hard when you are the teacher!  It takes a lot more energy while explaining.  The same is true for hiking and guiding.  When guiding, I feel like I burn a lot more energy. 

That is the same program I'm working with. I'm on my last day of week 2. Week 3 looks like it's starting to get complicated....by that I mean fun. I'm excited with doing this running lately. I would've never thought I'd actually say this either!

I'm with you on that.  I really enjoy the running even when it's excruciating... There's just something about running that makes me feel happy and satisfies my need to "do a little better / faster / smoother / etc." every time I do it.

Just be sure to take it easy and don't push yourself too hard.  Injuries really can slow you down.  One of my early on mistakes was thinking that I was pretty fit (hard to imagine when I'm still 30 lbs overweight LOL), and not doing stretching warm up and cool downs. 

Yea, I never imagined myself, lazy ol' me, ever wanting to run. It's so crazy. But, I just got back from the gym, doing my last day of week 2. It's so great. Thanks for the tip. I feel akward doing stretches in front of people.....so I usually run to the bathroom after running....and I do my stretches in there. ;)

It doesn't matter how you get the stretching done... just that you do it.  I sometimes do my warm ups at home for the same reason.  I have been doing a good job with most of my slimming mini challenges, but I'm sluffing off on the exercise again.  This week, I promise myself to do well on a sustained basis.

Well, I'm getting exercise in but I'm still falling behind in my other exercise challenge. I pledged to do 2500 minutes in June. By the time I get back from kickboxing I will be at 1070. Falling behind a bit. (I should be at 1250 by the end of today to be on track.....but that's not gonna happen!) I think I over-pledged! Haha! After my psycho kickboxing class I am gonna be pooped! That burns about 645, says my HRM. Though I normally get there a bit early and do something to warm up and usually stick around after to get in 15 more minutes of something.....tread, stairmaster, elliptical, anything!

Hi all!

I'm back after a long and tiring weekend. I performed as a clown for like 3.5 hours on Saturday, and after being on my feet with my arms up making balloon animals and marching down a road doing cartwheels, I feel like I should have worn my heart rate monitor and tracked how many calories I burned - I was so sore on Sunday!!!

Thank you all for being patient with me - the points are now updated.

solemnleaf - does that look better??

Spacedreamer, that is so cool! I didn't perform as a clown but helped some little kids dunk a clown over the weekend.  Our school sponsored a dunking booth and one of our high school students volunteered to be dunked dressed in his clown costume.  The kids loved it!

haha nice augette! I could have used a dunking after being on my feet for that long.

Everyone is so quiet today - i'll update points tomorrow - after my ordeal last night (see my journal), I'm taking it easy today

Thanks Space for getting the updates done.  You must have gotten a lot of points in for your sustained efforts in "zany" exercise.

Original Post by:   spacedreamer01

findingmeagain2009 - 1005 (woo hoo - congrats on breaking 1,000!)

 

 

 

Thanks! I've been busting my butt this month! I think I'm finally going to break into the 170's here soon! I've joined an exercise challenge group too....which is helping me focus on working out alot....and helping here with the point factor!

Congrats, findingmeagain!!  You are doing great!

Just to keep you motivated, I need to warn you that I'm hiking three days in a row at the end of June (27, 28, 29) and the 29th is Half Dome.

Oooh..........Thanks for the heads up! Guess I have some more pushing to do! Definately will keep me motivated! I've been trying for the last few months to take you out! Haha! ;) Ah well....If I don't quite make it.....at least the progress I've made to myself is a good enough reward!

half dome! agh! I'm so jealous!

sorry i'm a slacker in updating points - coming down the homestretch!!!

Just a heads up - I'm going to be acting at a renaissance faire - leaving thursday night coming back on Sunday, so I'll update points monday morning.

yay!

Sorry I'm a slacker in getting my points to you.  It'll be another half day before I have a few minutes of free time...

I have been very busy with work.  I have also been reviewing the last year since I started using CC+ on June 23rd last year.   I wrote a journal entry for almost every day.  It was interesting to go back over the year and see what my thoughts and feeling were throughout the time.

I want to get back into exercising more.  Hopefully, I will get more organized...  because my work is busier, and that is the only way I can accomplish my goals.

We are getting down to the wire as the month comes to an end.  I hope everybody is making progress with their challenges.  Tomorrow I weigh in.  I'm hoping for a downward movement on the scale.

Hey Slimming minis.  I hope all are doing well.  I have lost one kilo over the month of June.  I was a backslider too.  I am thinking how well I could do if I really put my effort into it.  July will be a much better month. 

Starting weight 67 kilos. 

Goal: Get 1,000 points in the month

Happy last day of June, everyone!

I hope you all had a good month. Next month is going to be a bit tricky and I was wondering if anyone would like to take over moderating.

I'm going to be gone from July 17 on and returning the 28th or so, so I can help set up and get the forum going, but then I'd love to turn it over to someone else.... or just have someone else moderate from the outset.

So... any takers?

Thanks!