The Hose Spring Fitness Challenge — Official Records Page
April 11th, 2011
First, I’d like to thank our title Sponsor, Yoplait and our presenting sponsor, Subway for supporting this challenging and funding the purchase of the special customized prize for the winner!
Welcome to the Yoplait Hose Sprint Fitness Challenge, sponsored by Subway! (first announced here.)
OK, Hosers, this here is the official records page for the challenges you have set for yourself. Feel free to post updates on your progress in the comment section of this page, as a standalone post (like this, or this), or on your own blog (like this).
Official Challenges
Evil
- Lose 16.5 pounds (starting weight on April 1 = 181.5 pounds)
- Run a 5 mile race (this one)
- 3 No Meat days out of every week
- Limit General Tso’s Chicken intake to 1x/week
- Limit drinking (alone or with company) to 2x/week
KillerB1
- Lose 15.1 pounds
- Eat eggs for breakfast 6 days per week (which is torture for me)
- Yoga 2 mornings per week (even when traveling!)
- No Pizza. No Pasta.
- Running
- Run 6 miles in 50 minutes
- A single sub 6:30 mile
- A perfect run around the Prospect Park Loop – this is when I run the 3.5 mile loop during normal exercise hours without any other runners passing me at any point
KillerB2
- Run 12 miles per month
- Yoga class two times per week
- Aerobics class one time per week
- Swim two times per month
- Lose seven pounds (I wish I could lose more, but in three months, seven will be difficult…I’ve never been able to lose weight at a super fast rate.)
Evil Twin #1
- Run at least 25 miles a week.
- Go to 2 yoga classes. (total for the 3 months)
- Limit bacon intake to 1 ration a week
- Bring lunch to work at least 3 x a week
- No more than the equivalent to 3 alcoholic drinks in one night.
Evil Twin #2
- Deep fried food only once per week
- Run at least 15 miles per week
- Pilates at least 8 times per month
- Finish Ride to Montauk (70 miles) in under 7 hours (a 2 hour improvement over last year’s time)
- Weather permitting, ride at least 40 miles per month on my bike (Ride to Montauk counts for June)
- BONUS: 50 pushups / day
And
- 45 workouts in 91 days
- 3 vegetarian days per week, one of which must be vegan
- Bike to and from work at least once. I haven’t used my bike in years. Last summer I bought a fancy lock and tire pump and still did not use it. The bike and I have a lot of baggage we need to get past. So if I can bike to and from work once, I’ll know that I have broken a huge barrier.
- Donate blood* I’ve never done this.
- Running
- a. 150 miles in 91 days
- b. run a 10 mile race
- c. run a 7 minute mile…outside*
(*need Steph and Aron’s help with these. In return, will help with healthy meals and baby and dog walks.)
Catjjy
- Run 10 miles a week with the dog.
- Do strength training two times a week.
- Lose 10 pounds.
- No second helpings.
- One glass of wine per dinner.
Aron
- Finish the C25K program
- Work out 3 times a week
- Go on one long walk a week with the little guy
- I have to come up with a concrete “dessert rule” here, but I’m too scared since I’m not sure I can follow this one. It’s scary.
Steph
- Lose 15+lbs too
- Cook at least 2 healthy meals/week which I’ll plan and shop for in advance. Any recipe suggestions would be great!
- Sign up for a 5K and run (or slow jog) it
- Take Cooper to a minimum of 5 new long walk locations (like ponds, hiking, etc- not just a new route in the neighborhood)
- Lap swim and take a class at least once per week
MG
- Lose 10lbs
- Walk/bike ride with kids at least 3 nights/wk
- Personal run/bike 2 additional days/wk
- “Healthy” lunch 2 weekdays/wk
Mamacita
- Take Bruno on 2 walks per week (with the goal of losing 0.2 – 0.5 pounds).
- Walk/run at least 3 times per week.
- Cook healthy meal at least once per weekday and once per weekend.
- No Italian Ices on “Free Icy Friday” at the office.
- No alcohol during the week.
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btw- if anyone wants me to replace their current picture with another one, just let me know! also, let me know if any of your challenges should be updated. thanks!
I altered my list a bit, but not by much. The only real addition is what I’m currently in the middle of- one week with no carbs- just protein and veggies. It’s rough going, but I’ve been successful thus far. As for winning, I’m totally getting that prize. After just 9 days, I’m already down 7.7lbs!
CRAP. i already had my allocation of General Tso’s chicken this week. (on monday night, no less.) really want some general tso’s chicken right now.
things are much better this week. alcohol consumption in check. biked to work today, and running milage goal will be met by friday. just one blt on saturday so that is it until friday. lunch packing even though it is super fatty pastelon.
OMG my pic is a canoli – and it looks like a penis (kind of). Interesting. I say keep it. Steph, down 7.7 pounds? That’s great! I’m right on track with my goals. But that’s only because I didn’t really commit to anything too tricky like limiting dessert. Limiting dessert would be the ultimate goal. I guess it’s not too late… but I don’t know, it’s almost time for jelly beans and stuff. I’m proud of the continued C25K committment from me. Keepin’ it up.
And, I can still help with the donating blood and more trips to Haymarket (for more veggie meals). Cooper, I need help on the long walks!
So far I completed my 10 mile run and have completed a week with 2 vegetarian and one vegan meal. Vegan days are hard because candy jar candy is not vegan and neither are Klondike bars and those are kind of staples of my diet. I’m on track with miles and workouts but the 7 minute mile might be fairly ambitious…by like 2 minutes. We’ll see.
@Aron
oh Aron! you think everything looks like a penis!
So far, doing ok with no deep fried food (none) and pilates (3 times so far). I didn’t make my 15 mile running goal for the first week, but I blame Evil Twin #1 for getting me so drunk that I could barely walk. I have been bad about cycling — but have added 50 pushups a day to my fitness goals and have been pretty good about that. Currently doing 15-20 real pushups, then switching to modified pushups (knees) for the rest.
1. lose 10 lbs – forgot to weight myself at the beginning of the month, but did yesterday and was at my target weight. does that count?
2. walks with kids – done last week.
3. self bike/run – not so much.
4. healthy lunches – this is kind of cheating, since i kind of do that already.
@mg
wait, are you saying you’ve lost 10 pounds already? i think you and killerb are pulling a fast one on us.
also, Aron would like to tell you that your penis looks like a canoli.
whoa, mamacita has joined the fray! welcome, mamacita!
Is it time to put some money on who’s going to win this thing?
Mamacita, no ices? Wow. That’s hardcore. I want free Icy day at work so bad.
update. I made mileage. only had one beer all week! brought in a healthy tofu bok choy and barley dish for lunch. one blt on saturday. 2 asthma attacks. worried i might not make my yoga goal.
update: last week was a FAIL for me. i only did 1 veggie day (target = 3). and i had 3 days of drinking (target = 2 max). sigh. i was too busy being a low roller that i lost track of my fitness goals.
today starts a new week. general tso’s chicken, anyone???!!!
Update: This week has been a mixed bag.
On 1: The pooch is actually out of town. Email me separately if you want to hear the story of how he was running laps on an Airbus A380 earlier in the week. (Does that count for exercise?) On 3: Kentak is actually helping out with this, so I think that works? On 4: Slam dunk (no ices!) On 5: It’s been mostly more of pill swallowing, but that’s different, right?
Also, I’d like to add 6. Breakfast with the KillerBs 3x per week, because they invited me over for freshly blended juice and I’m assuming including pancakes, sausage, and waffles.
Update: Also a mixed bag.
1. No fried foods: achieved
2. Run 15 miles/week: failed (21.1 miles run since 4/1)
3. Pilates: on track (5 classes since 4/1)
4. Ride to Montauk: registered
5. Ride 40 miles/month: 7 miles last week (weather has been horrible!)
6. Pushups: failed – 14/20 days achieved. Will try to make up for the missed ones over the next 10 days (80 pushups/day for the next 10 days). On the upside, I have increased the number of “real” pushups that I do per set from 10 to 30.
@Mamacita
No starch for breakfast!! That’s like the first rule of Spring Fitness Challenge. A delicious cup of yogurt is the best you can hope for from us. And eggs. And coffee. And stimulating conversation that helps you take stock with your place in the world. But that is it.
Unfortunately I’ve been derailed by injury (I’ve got a short list of which hosers might be responsible for sabotage) so haven’t been able to run (per doctors orders, for real!). I’ve gotten a few other workouts in, including a nice hike with Steph and Cooper. The vegetarian/vegan project is going quite well, also. I just made a risotto with preserved lemon and peas and will have a side salad and beer (vegan!)
It sounds like we all need a mid-challenge (ok it’s only been 3 weeks, but we started too strong out of the gate!) pick me up. Any ideas? Maybe through some gambling or a new surprise challenge? I’ll willing to bet $0.50 on a winner. Or do any food challenge not having to do with giving up dessert.
But for real, I’m glad I’ve stuck with the C25K. I do wish I would have maybe added in a one dessert per week challenge! It’s not too late. I still have all of May!
Hmmm… Just as I feared! It doesn’t seem like all of you are taking this challenge seriously enough! C’mon people!!! The only two who haven’t puttered onto here making excuses are: Catjjy and KB2. So cleary, they are staying focused with their eye on the prize. Good job, you lovely ladies. Keep up the good work.
As for your rest of you sorry-saurouses… get back to work!
Today is a win!
I am in need of an update, but keep not having enough time. Here will be a quick one:
1) Was initially down 7.7, now back up a couple (think the wii fit was inaccurate in its weighing), so am currently down a total of 4.5.
2) Doing well! Have made lots of new and tasty meals. I also had a very successful carb free week (with the exception of cheating with two dove chocolate pieces towards the end of the week).
3) C25K is going well- the week of no carbs almost killed this, but I managed to drag my 0 energy legs along for the ride.
4) Cooper and I have completed this goal! 5 new places= Brookline reservoir, Davis Sq/Tufts Campus, Stonybrook Reservation, trails by my parents’ house, and hiking the skyline trail in the Blue Hills. We’re going to keep going so I’ll post a final number at the end of the challenge.
5) I’ve kept up with at least one weekly swimming, but missed the class part of this challenge one week.
made mileage last week. even went golfing and bowling! still no yoga. those skinny bitches scare me. alcohol in check. no blts or bacon last week, although i did have fried chicken twice. brought lunch every day, very healthy vegetarian fare, thanks to my friend that had nothing to do last week.
I’ve totally mailed it in. I’m a failure. I have no self control. Ever since setting a Hose best 6 mile time about a month ago, I’ve not done much else. Eating eggs in the morning has been my biggest success, though I must confess what I’ve been cooking has been a 50/50 ratio of eggs and spicy sausage.
As for the yoga? Nil. None. Scratch. Zero.
No Pizza / No Pasta? Well, I was going strong for a while, but then we had visitors in town the past 5 days, and I basically ate the crap out of the place. Oops.
Needless to say the pounds aren’t really dropping like I need them to to reach my goal. I’m beginning to rue this challenge (which is a fancy word for hate).
@KillerB
I’m not sure this is even mailing it in…sounds more like the fitness equivalent of leaving the Netflix on the counter for 3 weeks.
I’ve only been able to log 24 miles and 9 workouts myself…
Come on team!! No bailing now! We just need some new motivation!! I myself have been having a hard time motivating and have recently chosen sleep over swimming or classes. I might have to do another low/no carb week as I tend to do well with all/nothing challenges. I’m very black and white- never been a fan of gray. I say we all reevaluate our goals and adjust them so they’re more realistic and give us a place to start from right now.
@Steph
No readjusting goals, just recommitting! It’s only been 3 weeks out of a 13 week challenge. It’s far from over.
Not so bad on 1 and 4, but 2 and 3 have been washed out by weather (it’s been pretty cold/rainy/snowy here most of the past two weeks).
at this rate, the winner of the Hose fitness challenge will be xtian.
bad week for me! i did not make milage (due to rain and allergies). rejected et#2’s kind offer to join her in pilates which i would have counted as a yoga equivalent. on the plus side, i did bring my lunch, i did limit bacon, and did limit alcohol consumption even when you hosers were trying to dupe me to do otherwise. (only half a glass of et#2’s wine and a ginger cocktail on sat night. booyah!)
once again missed my running milage, however in fairness to me and the fitness challenge i biked everyday to work, even on the rainy ones. are there substitutions in this challenge? also, went over the bacon mark, but i blame the boy’s parents for that because there was a lot of eating out this weekend and bacon makes everything better. the three other goals met for the week. i am going to bring my running shoes on the road, et#2 so be ready!
@Evil Twin #1
Yes – substitutions are allowed. Yesterday I substituted tennis for yoga, and eating pasta for not eating pasta.
@Anonymous
I am anonymous!
Checking in…about halfway through the challenge and I’ve logged 19 of 45 workouts but only 53 running miles. My vegetarian/vegan eating has been on target with the exception of one bad week when I was only able to get one vegetarian day in, but I’m giving myself a bye for that week and will make up the extra veg and vegan days.
I completed C25K. I did 3 work outs a week except for one week. Been walking with the kiddo on the weekends out and about. Want to step it up and add a bit of muscle conditioning every day. Plank 2X a day at least.
Whoa, I am behind on the updates. Okay, so I have lost 8 lbs. Mostly by eating less. Everything else on my list is a miss, except for no more second helpings (I’d say I’m 80% on that) and one glass of wine at dinner (70%).
Wow!! 8 lbs! That’s great – I think I gained 2 : -(
Manolo has brought me to this cyber-asylum. I’d like to:
a. Lose 7 pounds by October 1, 2011;
b. Complete a sprint triathlon in 1hr15mins;
c. Twist Manolo’s arm enough so that he stops coming up with excuses to avoid workouts.
Hmmm…seems like this just died out. I nominate And for the win, because as far as I’m concerned, she did 99% of what she set out to do. Now what does she win?
@Steph
Thanks Steph, for reminding us all of something we’d rather forget. I didn’t donate blood, nor did I even pull my bike out of the basement. I can’t run a 7 minute mile to save my life– I think I can do 8 and a half (for life saving ONLY). I didn’t quite manage the total mileage in part because I hurt my back in mid April after my 10 mile race. I probably ran between 100 and 130 miles. I did eat veggie 3x a week and am continuing with that. I think ET#2 might have pulled off all her goals, however. Maybe I’ll ask Evil for a prize anyway
I failed at limiting fried foods to no more than once a week, but was pretty good at everything else. I’ve lost a fair amount of weight since the start of the Spring Fitness Challenge. The best part? This is the perfect excuse to go shopping!
ET2 – If one can lose weight AND eat fried foods, that seems like a win-win! No failure there.
@evil twin #2
Good Job, ET #2!
@And
Evil owes you!
I’m in dire need of a winter fitness challenge. Get it done Hosers!
@Evil Twin #1
Ok – 1. I’m going to do spinning at least once a week.
2. I’m going to follow Weight Watchers every day for 3 months.
3. Gym 2X a week.