Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED (Page 10)

I am up as well but have a mental block with making a public weight loss goal ... perhaps for me it's about setting the movement. But i am like Janyne - i decided to reduce my number of lattes and also to lighten lunch to salad/soup (usually homemade) to boost veggies and fruits. 

Also, TGIF everyone!!! 

Welcome, Erin!

What state do you live in? Tell me about your fur baby? Mine is Zoe. She is a 3yo golden retriever.

I look forward to getting to know you!

Welcome Erin, you are in the group just under the wire. We are about to button up for this year, since the challenge kicks off on Monday. Also, thank you for your service.

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I work in Financial Services, in the tech side. We have a running joke about CFO's writing memo's in Excel. I may have some stories I could share, but I'll leave it alone.

Have at it on the spreadsheet, I'll take any improvements any one wants to make!

What on earth is wrong with writing memos and letters in excel? I don't understand the issue

Right...? That's the only legitimate way to write them! To be fairly hones, I get lost in Word docs.... And if somebody did some weird formatting and added some funky stuff, you would be surprised how many times I decided to simply re-type the whole text just to have it on a plain white paper....

My life is dealing with people who treat powerpoint as detailed reports and stuff everything into a presentation ... same but not the same ... working through one right now for two different groups who want different things

I do love excel too! 

Wow, all the Excel love in this group, clearly i am missing something!

Oh man, she is way too cute! 

Sadly we put our 14.5 year old chocolate to sleep in December. It was time but still so hard. Now, I feel like i attack all dogs i see to give them lots of pets and belly rubs. No new fur babies are on the horizon for us. Not until our kids are bigger. 

Okay all, I do believe that we are closing up the group, with Erin and David being the last two new members. Welcome everyone. 

A few housekeeping items that I believe we have covered, but one last time just to keep us all on the same page:

• Please open your logs to the rest of the group in order for us to be able to help everyone. Being able to see what each other is doing makes it easy to help.
• Use your logs, as that helps all of us help all of us.
• Opening your logs up also allows us to send Inspires, which many of us use to communicate with one another.
• Check in to the thread regularly, even if it is to say hello and admit that you are not on the training boat. Life happens, we all miss stuff at times, but stopping in and saying hello will help you out in the long run.
• If you are involved in the Jogo Challenge, get your info into the challenge sheet(s).
• No questions are too small or don't matter. If I have learned anything about this group it is that while we want you to improve as a triathlete, we care about you as a person.
• We can be a talkative group at times, so don't feel like you have to keep up with every conversation.

I am hoping for another great year of Manatee madness, with maximum Enthusiasm.

Thanks, Chris! We're gonna have a great year!

Regarding the Challenges

I'm doing the Keep on Moving (aka JoGo) challenge. I want to run every day for it.

I do need to clarify one thing, is the end date Feb 24? I was giving myself permission to stop at a certain number which is a few days before that. It would not kill me to run a few more days but I may just say 30 minutes of activity once I get to 100. So I guess swim, bike, or run every day.

I'm thinking of some sort of strength something 2-3 times a week. I'll need to mull over how to track that one.

I added a strength/core/yoga tab. I started with 3 times per week. Feel free to add/remove columns if your particular challenge is twice as week or five times a week or whatever.

Also, Erin asked about steps at work. Of course steps at work count!

Welsome Erin! You will find this a great group to be with.

Hi Zoe! Raven sez HI!

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I'll see you two in the spreadsheet!

Already there

So.. I am doing all the challenges except good eats. I am need to lose weight, I am gonna do my best to lose 10 pounds. I need to move more and get going with a training plan (when I am released from the doc) and in general get myself together. My diet is rather good, we eat tons off veggies, whole foods, hardly any processed anything, good seafood and no sodas or snacks. The evil for me is lack of movement and wine.

I'm in for the "keep moving" challenge. I am on a bit of a streak as it is, and this will help me keep it going 

For me, it will be (minimum) 30 minutes of cardio per day.

FYI, i think i may have already screwed up the google sheet   I tried to add my name to the weightloss , no more green boxes though, and it looks like somehow i made the instructions copy themselves! I'll let one of you excel wonderkids fix it!! Like i said before, i don't do excel!!

If I had a dime for every time counsel messed up one of my spreadsheets...

I have it cleared up, I think. You are in there, but your numbers are not.

haha, my paralegal hates me too!

thanks, i hadn't entered any numbers yet, waiting for 1/14.

I usually "lock" them before I send them to the USAO

Racing  Manatees!!!

January 12-13
Randee - Walt Disney World half marathon on Saturday

Is anyone else racing?

Go Randee!

Should be pretty good weather for a HM. Thursday and Friday were cooler, but still pretty good for tomorrow.