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[Leslie74]

WELCOME TO WEEK 5 of the SURVIVOR Weight Loss Challenge!


Hi everyone! Week 5 begins Sunday April 3.

Week 5 MINI-CHALLENGE:
This past week on SURVIVOR there were two challenges - the "Memory" puzzle game and the grueling team obstacle course. You have two choices for the mini-challenge this week:

Choice 1. "Remember" back in Week 1 when we all were striving to drink 64 ounces of water a day? Well it's still important to do! If you feel you have been slacking on the water intake and want to focus on that again, this is the challenge for you!
Choice 2. An obstacle course requires several different tactics to get through each segment of the course - running through hay bails or a brick wall, navigating a ropes course, throwing balls into a hoop....For this week, choose a DIFFERENT activity each day to focus on for your main activity. So maybe one day is a run, the next is weight training, another is soccer with the kids....however you want to count it, but each day you must do something DIFFERENT.


Good luck to everyone this week! The tribes are going to merge this week, as we are all working together in our weight loss journeys! Hmmm....maybe it's time for Red and Blue to merge as well........

[LoseItIn2011]

I'm going to focus on water. As you might recall from week 1 - I drank some water but also drank milk, ice tea, coffee and was counting that too. This week I am going to focus on 64 oz water a day! I'll still have my morning latte but that will not count towards my 64 oz.

[Ladybug 88]

I have been trying to keep up my water since week 1, so instead I think I will try the different activity challenge, for 6 days anyways (as i try to take a"rest" day, but generally still get my steps in). I will be out of town 2 days this week. Maybe mixing up my activities will help even out my losses and avoid a little one this week! That would be awesome! Plus i will have a couple meals off program while away.

So had to really think about this to come up with a different one each day; this is my plan but may change it up if the opportunity presents itself:
Sunday - outdoor walking in neighborhood, with 1 minute jogging intervals
Monday - Curves
Tuesday - Leslie Sansone 2 fast miles DVD (at hotel)
Wednesday - pretend i am on a Cruise ship promenade, and walk around Ferry deck when coming home from the Island (2:15 minute ferry ride) - weather permitting
Thursday - longer balance ball session + rebounder
Friday - Treadmill, with incline intervals
Saturday will be Curves again, plus walking up and down yard to fertilizing lawn - weather permitting

Thanks Leslie for suggesting this!

[Darbyk]

I'm going with the water challenge since I haven't been very good since the first week. I don't know what it is...I seem to focus on one thing and then forget the rest! So far I've been good today.

[djanson24]

Ok...I'm taking on Challenge 2. I'm actually pretty good about my water intake. I've already had 72oz today and will probably have another 48 before the day is over. And that's just straight up water.

Monday - Zumba
Tuesday - 30min walking, 45 min TNT (weight training & abs)
Wednesdasy - 30 min bike, 45 min TNT (weigh training & abs); also possibly Zumba @ night
Thursday - sadly, it's a busy volunteering day @ school so I'll just be running around w/ school stuff
Friday - baseball w/ my son @ night, running @ the gym.

Danielle

[dietmama]

Hi ladies!

Leslie, sorry about not getting back to you about the Week 4 Challenge. I tried to make it but failed! I was only able to work out twice which means I only got my 12,000+ steps in those two days. I will make it up to my team though because I had a great weigh in today. 3 lbs!!! Very excited!

As for this weeks challenge, I've also been pretty good about my water so I think I'll take the obstacle challenge.

Monday- Park Playdate with the girls
Tuesday- Running
Wednesday- Zumba
Thursday- Elliptical
Friday- Wii Fit
Saturday- Yoga

[LoseItIn2011]

Day 1 & 2 - water challenge done!

[All-in-Ang]

Hey guys,

Unfortunately I've already blown both challenge options. Actually I need a little encouragement today.
I apologize in advance if this is too much info...but a couple of weeks ago I had my IUD removed...I haven't had a period in 5 years. Well....I'm paying the price now. I had a fantastic exercise day on Saturday and then at about midnight I started getting the worst cramps. Actually had to sleep in the fetal position with a hot water bottle. Woke up on Sunday in agony...had to cancel out on zip lining/ropes course (which sucked because I was really looking forward to it and now I'm out $150). Then I was so sick I went back to bed unti 2pm...luckily my hubby took up my slack in the morning and MIL already had a day planned with my daughter for the afternoon.

When I did crawl out of bed it was a really stressful day (hubby flew out to CA for the week that night and my daughter decided to have a full on tantrum..she's 5 and a daddy's girl:) When I finally got her down it was close to 11pm. Then I pulled an all nighter for work...literally from 11pm to 6;30am, then had to get myself and daughter together, drop her at school and get myself to the office. During the all nighter I binged a little...had 5 Fiber One Brownies...at 90 cals each at least it wasn't a disastrous binge but OMG I've been in and out of the bathroom all day!!! My tummy is so upset. Not to mention that I feel so bloated...I must be retaining the entire Atlantic ocean.

So I get to work today and out of the blue, I get told I'm demoing a dashboard I'm building for a directot and a VP. Luckily it went well..but again...STRESS. By the time I got home I was exhausted...took my daughter to TKD but was too tired to do my class...and we ate out because I didn't want to bother cooking for her (yes...horrible parenting I know!!!!)

Now she's up in my bedroom watching a Barbie movie while I vent here. The one good thing I did was walk around the neighbourhood with my daughter and dog a couple of times...but it's so below my usual level of activity...but I just feel like poo today. And it's going to be another long work night (if not another all nighter for me again tonight). Actually, being very active is how I deal with my stress and when the hubby goes out of town and i can't get those late night runs in it really affects my emotional balance.

Anyone else have trouble balancing career and home life? I'm so terrified for my weigh in tomorrow...this will be week 7 and I've lost all previous 6 weeks. I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for a gain...but feel like I'm going to crack if one more thing goes wrong this week.


Ang.

[dietmama]

Oh Ang, I just read your post! I feel for you!

The only thing I can say is don't be so stressed about WI. The scale may surprise you. I've been shocked a few times on my journey to have lost a ton of weight on the weeks I thought I had been "bad". I'm not sure what to attribute it to. Possibly "calorie cycling" or shocking your body with extra calories or whatever but it was fine. I actually had wedding cake (!) this Saturday and still had a great loss. So I'll be pulling for you!

And no matter what the number, know that we and the program will be here when things get back to normal a bit.

Sounds you like have a LOT on your hands so deep breaths. Don't beat yourself up! I'm a stay at home mom and still have to take my kids out to dinner every now and again. Cooking is no JOKE! That's why I must love JC!

Good luck with your work tonight. Looking forward to hearing how tomorrow it goes.

Take care!

[Ladybug 88]

Ang - if your WI is not great - I don't think it was because of 5 fibre brownies so much as no sleep last couple of days - that can play havoc too (as well as water retention from eating out). Don't sweat it - you are still doing more things right than wrong - even though all you can see is your mistakes. Hang in there sweetie, we are rootin' for ya!

I got in my walk/jog Sunday - yay
but tonight could not make it to Curves before the closed, too much today at office for leaving for couple days - so i swapped my Thursday plan for today.
so today (Monday) i did rebounder 30 min + Balance ball 30 min.
Tomorrow I have my walking dvd with me, and Wed will be ferry walking (hopefully).

"talk" to you all later in the week! Good luck with WIs!

[All-in-Ang]

Thanks for the kind words Marta and Ladybug!! They really helped me from continuing to use food as a coping mechanism last night!!!

The good news is that, despite my many set backs this week, I still managed to lose (don't ask me how but it happened!) -1.4lbs. So that makes me .8 lbs from 20lbs lost.

We'll meet next week 170s!!!!

Phew! I was so worried...now I can refocus and try to kill it this week so that I push through the 20lb mark next week (and can then spend a ridiculous amount of money on those all elusive Ray Bans;)

Cheers,
Ang.

[djanson24]

Yay Ang! That's awesome!!! Good for you!

So far here is my challenge stuff that i've completed:

Monday - 1 hour Zumba
Tuesday - 30 min walking on incline, 45 minutes TNT (15 min abs, 30 min weight circuit)

[Leslie74]

I feel like I have been MIA - just read through posts.

I am doing the water challenge. Like Darby, I find that I can only focus on one thing at a time, and then forget all of the other stuff that is good for me.

I love seeing the variety of activity you all are doing! Makes me feel that I need to begin to do something besides my nightly dog walks. Although I am happy to report that I have made over 10K steps everyday since Friday, and on most days over 12K so I am REALLY increasing my activity level which I am super excited about! (I was averaging around 7k-7500k a day)

Ang - how are things going? It sounds like the newly added TOM really threw you for a loop - which it can do! I was on the quarterly bc previously and only had a period every 3 months - and they were much more intense than when I was on a 28-day pill. So I can't imagine what it would feel like after several years! I think hormones can really play havoc with our bodies and eating habits, which in turns shows on the scale. But it sounds like you still did an amazing job losing this week! Way to go!!


I'm feeling in a weird place this week. Stressed and anxious. I want to eat. I'm trying not to.

[LoseItIn2011]

Ang
I can totally relate - I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old. At times the 5 year old frustrates me so much I just want to run into the kitchen and eat as many carbs as possible.
But lately when I feel like that I go to the family room, take deep breaths, and chew a piece of gum. Seems to work.

[djanson24]

Ugh, had a great day, but was totally picking this afternoon...not on anything too bad...but picking on food non the less! Why is this so hard!!!

[All-in-Ang]

Thanks again for all of the support guys. It's just been really unfortunate timing with a major crunch at work and my hubby being out of town. Going to be working from home today and tomorrow (which eliminates about 2 hrs of commute time from my day)...so hopefully I can get more exercise in the next couple of days.

Going on vacation next Thursday so I just need to push through for another week.

And yes, in response to the comments about lack of sleep, I'm not really getting any:) Looking forward to some major snooze time on vacation!

On a lighter note..my JCC laughed her A$$ off when she heard about my Fiber One binge, she quite rightly deduced that it took about 24 hrs for my tummy to forgive me for that one!

Hope everyone has a great day today!

Cheers,
Ang.

[Lisa Bilz]

Hi All,

I'm here in Sacramento working all week. I'm going for the water challenge. I've been good so far, and will keep it up. I am exercising, but it's too tough to add new stuff when I'm travelling.

I was ok last week on my walking challenge, but only made my goal 4 times out of 7. The wedding was fun, but flying was not fun at all. We were delayed on both flights and I got sick on Thursday It was no fun at all.

I won't have a weighin till next Monday. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I make my goal, which was to lose two pounds in two weeks with all my travel. I feel somewhat confident that I have made it, but MOMO has been a challenge this trip. And there is the added worry that the government will shut down and I will be furloughed. I am in a "supposedly" essential position, but we won't know for sure till late Thursday or early Friday.

Good luck on this challenge, and I think the merge is an excellent idea.

[Ladybug 88]

Hello all!

- Ang glad to see you had a loss!

- djanson - why o why indeed. I was picking last night while sitting in my hotel room watching Biggest Loser for goodness sake!! If I was at home i would have done some activity while watching (at least some of the time) as I find it inspiring - but in the hotel room apparently all i could do was snack. Like you though, nothing too bad (only good stuff with me!).

My activity yesterday - Ferry walking and then walked around downtown Victoria in evening.
Today - Curves

So that makes 4 days of different stuff. I did not end up doing my Leslie Sansone DVD while away - forgot BL woulfd be on and wanted to look around a little before I tuned in So still have that activity to do thank goodness - i am running out of ideas? I pulled out some info i got a couple of years ago with a fitness kit (that is where my balance ball came from) so will do a "kit day" sometime this week or on weekend too. It is fun coming up with different activities. I would love to take a yoga or Pilates class but this week not a good one to try to make a class somewhere, so sticking basically to stuff i can do on my own at whatever time works for me that day.

Feeling anxious or frustrated are my main emotional triggers to eat so i hope Leslie you are coping okay - one thing that has been resonating with me lately is this:

"It is not enough just to think differently, we must behave differently also". I know i am trying to work on the mental side a lot this time, but sometimes taking simple actions can help a great deal too - like listening to music or calling a friend. I think I kind of discounted that sort of thing before.

May all of your WIs be losses!

PS - POOR MATT - I cannot believe he is back on Redemption island!!! Maybe it is time for the merge, eh?

[Darbyk]

Hi all,

Been good with my water so far, but once again, I'm nervous for weigh in on Saturday. I just got in from watching my husband's soccer game and I seem to allow myself a treat of some sort while I watch the game late at night. I think it's supposed to make me happier when I'm sitting out in the cold for a couple of hours. Tonight's treat was a burrito when I already had my dinner! Hopefully all this water I am drinking will ease the scale.

[All-in-Ang]

Hey everyone,

Had a great ab workout last night...it felt good to do some serious work:)
One more night until the hubby gets back and I can get some help with the child (although she's really very good for 5..it's just that she's 5:)

I feel bad for Matt but I can understand what Rob was thinking....no way to know when he would flip. I'm actually very surprised that Matt didn't flip..especially since he had Andrea in hand...but once he started flip-flopping he lost her vote.

The other trip was shocked...they didn't see THAT one coming...I'm just wondering how long it's going to take Phillip to go rogue....