Babs Abs Part 2

[Petra]

Day 1 complete.  Gonna try to throw squats & lunges in too.  We'll see if I make it through the first week.  :)

[babs609]

Day 5 for me

 

Done.

 

 

Ava! Where are u? You started this. Let's go girl

[ArmedNAruba]

Sorry, don't log on everyday but have your calendar hanging in my workout room.

 

Day 5- Done

[babs609]

Sorry, don't log on everyday but have your calendar hanging in my workout room.

 

Day 5- Done

Lol. Ok. Every day check in doesn't apply to you because you can be trusted to do this challenge.

 

Same can't be said about Ava and a few others who bailed on the last challenge. ;)

[Frezflops]

Did day 2

[Ramona]

Day 2 done.

When I saw the schedule I was like: "wow, that's going to be soooo easy."

Then, as I got tired on my 10th sit up, I realized - I haven't specifically worked abs in a long, long time. I think it was 15 years ago when I was a senior in high school!

Feels good.

[Kendra]

..day 5 down....

 

 

um, what is the vague ache and pain along my torso?       laughing...

 

 

              excited and   doing it!

[babs609]

..day 5 down....

 

 

um, what is the vague ache and pain along my torso?       laughing...

 

 

              excited and   doing it!

proud of you Kendra!!  You've got this!!

 

I still have to do my day 6

[Kendra]

day 6 done. :)

 

and going to walk a mile in the now denuded forest with my kitties.

 

    then job interview

 

 

how's the challenging going for everyone?   Bakon, how many donuts you up to?

[babs609]

Great job Kendra!!

 

I'm right on track with day 7

 

Where the hell is Ava?

[babs609]

Day 8 done.

 

Still no Ava.

 

How are you Kendra?

 

I'm sure Armed is hanging tough with me.

[ArmedNAruba]

 Day 8 is a lot different than Day 28.

 

Ya, I thought this was Ava's idea anyways??

[Kendra]

I'm here.   So, apparently when you completely fail to use muscles for years on end...they protest when you are relearning how to use them.    Ouch...

 

had to talk myself through today's work.

seriously ...picture a beached whale trying to head back to open sea....pretty sure that whatever I am doing in the sit up portion of events looks like that.   muscles in lower back protest. ...  

 

must not be doing crunch or modified crunch effectively as nothing seem to hurt much....

 

modified the plank though....was able to get into and hold it the first few days and now modify about half to 2/3rd of the time....   the muscles doth protest, yet I am doing it.

 

leg lifts......ouch, ouch on the controlled descent.   ha ah ha

 

and am honestly amazed that I am and can do this.    :D          

[Ramona]

Day 5 done.

[Petra]

Keep going Quitters!!! You are truly inspirational!!!!! 

[babs609]

day 9 yesterday was done

 

Just finished day 10.

 

getting tougher

[babs609]

Day 11 yesterday done. Ouch

 

Today is day 12. Rest.

[sgt.barney]

15th day P90X (With Abs Ripper X workout m,w,f).

 

5 pounds lost, 10-12 to go...

 

HINT: Abs are 100% about weight/fat loss We all have perfectly fine looking, beautiful abs already, without the workouts. We just can't see 'em cause they're buried under that insulation layer. Sarge buried his 6-pack completely this summer in The Florida Keys with Key Lime Pie, Caribbean Rum, and living the Jimmy Buffet flip-flops-and-alcohol lifestyle.

 

It doesn't matter how many crunches you do if you aren't minding the diet and fast loss. You'll have huge, toned, perfect, exercised abs no one will ever see.

 

Get that body fat% down, folks. It comes with other benefits, too.

 

Sarge's abs start showing at about 12%, Mrs. Sarge's at about 18/19%.

 

You can do it, every one of us can, it's just slower than we want. A lot slower ...

 

 

 

Easy Peasy.

[babs609]

mine are FINALLY showing...finally!!  only took me a year and a half...I just like doing the ab challenges because they are fun and also I like strengthening my core.

but I agree with you 100%

[babs609]

it's been 6 days since anyone posted....not just here in babs abs...but everywhere on the exercise threads.........really??????

come on people....get moving

 

day 17 done!  :)

[sgt.barney]

P69X, Abs Ripper X every M/W/F

 

Here's the before pic(3-ish weeks ago). One month update photo next week. Down 6 and 3/4 pounds from that photo already.

 

 

 

Here's what last year's Abs Challenge resulted in - this pic was Feb/March-ish, after working (diet +exercise ] for the 3 months of Dec, Jan, Feb

 

 

 

 

 

This year's goal: Look like last year's picture again. Until the Pizza and Wine catch up again. Comparing the two photos, it's a long way to go ...

 

 

 

 

Easy Peasy

[Evelyn]

Uh, didn't do any abs, Babs :(

I'm gonna cycle :D

[sgt.barney]

Progress Pics - The First Month

 

Day Zero: Before

 

 

PROGRESS PIC #1 : Day 28 (4 weeks), 8.5 pounds down

 

 

Floppy gut sagging over waistline gone. Top two abs peeking out but barely visible.

 

GOAL: Last Year's Abs

 

[Petra]

Y'all are very inspirational. 

 

Gonna do something healthy tomorrow - for sure! :)

[Nicole Diver]

So I am not proud that I haven't kept up, but it's my work schedule. It's bananas.

I'm on day three but I've been running 3-4x / week.

0700 for a free hour long run tomorrow sponsored by FAST diet.

(And no, not lost the 5 lbs yet. What a shame.)