Marathon Madness: No Excuses

This Challenge ended 4 months ago

About this Challenge:

Stay On Course. From Start to the Finish Line. We go the distance. Ready, Set, let's DO IT! No Excuses!

Final Challenge Progress Results

katana_x		Total Progress: 5.15 % ( 7.0 lb)
ShortRound		Total Progress: 3.85 % ( 6.0 lb)
MrsAmandaJordan		Total Progress: 3.73 % ( 11.2 lb)
brittiful		Total Progress: 3.72 % ( 10.0 lb)
madaboutmoose		Total Progress: 3.66 % ( 6.8 lb)
BlackButterfly615		Total Progress: 3.47 % ( 6.0 lb)
cropqueen		Total Progress: 3.30 % ( 6.2 lb)
skaadi		Total Progress: 3.13 % ( 5.0 lb)
britdub		Total Progress: 3.10 % ( 7.0 lb)
harzy77		Total Progress: 2.98 % ( 7.0 lb)
_Karen		Total Progress: 2.88 % ( 6.2 lb)
cataocampo		Total Progress: 2.60 % ( 3.7 lb)
chicaboom		Total Progress: 2.50 % ( 5.0 lb)
Mirej		Total Progress: 2.37 % ( 3.5 lb)
splendidhammer		Total Progress: 2.37 % ( 10.0 lb)
laughinglady		Total Progress: 2.30 % ( 5.0 lb)
bebezazueta		Total Progress: 2.23 % ( 3.6 lb)
Selutz1984		Total Progress: 2.06 % ( 3.4 lb)
twillardson		Total Progress: 2.03 % ( 4.0 lb)
luvmystella		Total Progress: 2.02 % ( 3.4 lb)
sneekysnacks		Total Progress: 1.93 % ( 4.6 lb)
anikeed		Total Progress: 1.79 % ( 2.5 lb)
Phyllis140		Total Progress: 1.51 % ( 3.0 lb)
NormaPatricia		Total Progress: 1.45 % ( 2.0 lb)
vjune		Total Progress: 1.44 % ( 2.0 lb)
baileybrittany		Total Progress: 1.44 % ( 2.0 lb)
KimmyKid		Total Progress: 1.35 % ( 2.0 lb)
wantfitin		Total Progress: 1.33 % ( 2.5 lb)
Pretinha		Total Progress: 1.05 % ( 1.4 lb)
Javadali		Total Progress: 0.67 % ( 1.2 lb)
yogamama3		Total Progress: 0.61 % ( 1.0 lb)
jj818224		Total Progress: 0.46 % ( 0.7 lb)
Starlitwolf		Total Progress: 0.44 % ( 1.0 lb)
bly1963		Total Progress: 0.33 % ( 0.6 lb)
Pats1law		Total Progress: 0.27 % ( 0.5 lb)
jessyline		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
jazzarina		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
Molinator2000		Total Progress: 0.00 % ( 0 lb)
indy1522		Total Progress: 0.73 % ( 1.0 lb)
fairy		Total Progress: 0.79 % ( 1.0 lb)
Ladyscorpio		Total Progress: 1.23 % ( 2.0 lb)
Baby Girrl		Total Progress: 1.35 % ( 3.0 lb)
Ladybug_gee		Total Progress: 1.43 % ( 3.0 lb)
misslakayla		Total Progress: 1.88 % ( 5.0 lb)

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Completed Mini-Challenges

Weeks 1 to 4

Followed your Plan. No Excuses!

Guidelines:

Follow the Plan that You chose or created and complete it each day of the week.

68% Successful

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Successful: 20 Jul 09 by brittiful

"I've been doing great this week. Dance, dance, dance!"

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Successful: 20 Jul 09 by Starlitwolf

"I had to change the exercise plan, which I met that this week. Unfortu ..."

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Failed: 17 Jul 09 by Pats1law

"Unable to exercise this week due to dislocating my shoulder hopefully I ..."

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Successful: 15 Jul 09 by ShortRound

"I have followed it even though it is becoming harder, but I tell myself ..."

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Weeks 1 to 4

Comment on the Challenge board often.

Guidelines:

Converse with fellow participants to share your successes, experiences, encouragement, and support.

47% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Failed: 20 Jul 09 by brittiful

"Not enough."

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Failed: 17 Jul 09 by Pats1law

"Hard to type with one hand it takes to long."

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Failed: 15 Jul 09 by ShortRound

"I was promoted at work and have been a lot busier and simply have not had ..."

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Failed: 13 Jul 09 by jazzarina

"I am still terrible at this!!!"

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Weeks 1 to 4

Earned your non-food 'Balloon' Rewards.

Guidelines:

Reward yourself with a non-food item this week for a job well-done!

59% Successful

Latest Results Feedback

Successful: 20 Jul 09 by brittiful

"Switched to macrobiotics!"

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Successful: 15 Jul 09 by ShortRound

"new socks, believe it or not"

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Successful: 13 Jul 09 by jazzarina

"although I didn't loose, I know I didn't cheat either! I bought 2 beau ..."

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Successful: 04 Jul 09 by _Karen

"went to beach"

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Latest Challenge Posts

Check In

I've been very ill but I am keeping the terms of the Challenge.

by brittiful on 20 Jul 09 06:53 PM

Hi All!! Got a Question? Ask Here!

The best selling heart rate monitor on Amazon is the Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor. It is $35. One of my friends has one. It's considered a "good quality" budget model. Reviewers say it's ...

by brittiful on 20 Jul 09 06:52 PM

-=[ ABS Corner ]=-

It is very good to do the lower abs...like you descibed above- harder too!! I did some abs but not 200- will try tomorrow.

by Molinator2000 on 19 Jul 09 07:28 PM

Killer Corner, Burpees, Pushups...

Jump roping and bicycling... i am going to try to do both this week! Good ideas girls!!

by Molinator2000 on 19 Jul 09 07:27 PM

Balloon Reward of the Week (post here) This week's color: Green~~now Gooo!!!

OK... I didn't check in yesterday, I was sick... but the week is still not over! The color for this final week is... guess what?! RED... which means that we are arriving at the end of the challenge and ...

by Mirej on 14 Jul 09 08:36 AM

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Recent Challenge Participant Activity
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	splendidhammer commented on Amazon815's journal. "Everyone has a slip up now and so your right you shouldn't beat yourself up. Try this mantra going forward; Persistance and Patience because eventually ..." View journal entry \| View this comment (2 hours ago)


	beets_yum replied to MrBrianSmall's post - portion control! ack!. "Of course sometimes I can't eat all veggies and so I also do count my cheese cubes. I generally try to fill up on healthy stuff and, as a secondary line ..." View this post \| Add a reply (10 hours ago)


	brittiful updated their food diary.
	jessyline updated their food diary.


	jessyline recorded a journal entry. "well, after browsing the nutritional info from olive garden, all I want is to stay home lol! te eggplant parm has 850 cals the garden salad has 120 cals ..." View journal entry \| 1 comment (about a day ago)


	jessyline commented on chattycathy1955's journal. "as long as you don't have fever and you feel strong enough, a little exercise will be ok. listen to your body and stop if you feel weak. thank you for ..." View journal entry \| View this comment (about a day ago)


	beets_yum commented on fallen angel's journal. "Low fat yogurt has calories, but if you get a plain one it doesn't have much in it that's bad for you. You do need some cals to fill you up--especially ..." View journal entry \| View this comment (about a day ago)


	beets_yum updated their food diary.


	Mirej commented on their journal. "Hello Anne! Comme vas-tu? I feel even better today, thanks for checking on me sweetie! I will get that toned buut soon... yupp.. I will post a pic once ..." View journal entry \| View this comment (about a day ago)


	Mirej updated their food diary.
	jessyline recorded a weigh in.
	Mirej updated their exercise diary.


	beets_yum recorded a journal entry. "Was feeling so ill (nausea, exhaustion) yesterday I couldn't make any food and was afraid to eat more veggies. So, instead, when I went to get my sick ..." View journal entry \| 8 comments (a day ago)


	Mirej recorded a weigh in.
	Ladyscorpio recorded a weigh in.
	jessyline updated their exercise diary.
	brittiful updated their exercise diary.


	splendidhammer replied to jeanvabu's challenge post - Mid Challenge Check In. "Yeah the 200 situp challenge just seems like a natural fit cause the pushups are help forming your core so why not just continue with situps. And have ..." Challenge: 100 Pushups in 6 weeks \| View this post \| Add a reply (a day ago)


	fairy recorded a weigh in.


	cataocampo recorded a journal entry. "feeling good, but yesterday I had some pizza!!!... Im glad the pizza is not showing today but I need to make sure I make some time to do my exercise today!" View journal entry \| 1 comment (2 days ago)

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Challenge Ended

This challenge ended on Tuesday 21 July 2009.

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Challenge Info

status:	Completed
ended:	20 Jul 09
duration:	4 Weeks
reporting:	Once a Week
participants:	61
privacy:	Public
administrators:	Mirej RealtorInTx
created:	16 June 2009

All Mini-challenges:

1. Followed your Plan. No Excuses! ( weeks 1 to 4 )
2. Comment on the Challenge board often. ( weeks 1 to 4 )
3. Earned your non-food 'Balloon' Rewards. ( weeks 1 to 4 )

Rolling Challenge Performance:

The week to week running total weight lost

Week 4:

All Participants

1.17 % ( Down

132.0 lb)

Week 3:

All Participants

0.99 % ( Down

111.1 lb)

Week 2:

All Participants

0.76 % ( Down

85.9 lb)

Week 1:

All Participants

0.55 % ( Down

61.8 lb)

Latest Photos

Week one's Reward for me. by paws1114 1 comment	ED I HATE YOU!!!! by paws1114 2 comments
This was me almost exactly a year ago. At 186 pounds by BlackButterfly615 3 comments	on june 20th, 114 lbs by jessyline 6 comments

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Marathon Madness: No Excuses

About this Challenge:

Final Challenge Progress Results

Completed Mini-Challenges

Followed your Plan. No Excuses!

Latest Results Feedback

Comment on the Challenge board often.

Latest Results Feedback

Earned your non-food 'Balloon' Rewards.

Latest Results Feedback

Latest Challenge Posts

Recent Challenge Participant Activity

Challenge Links

Challenge Ended

Challenge Info

All Mini-challenges:

Rolling Challenge Performance:

Week 4:

Week 3:

Week 2:

Week 1:

Latest Photos