Yesterday, dear queerfitters, you picked one of three things – sugar, alcohol, or screentime – to give up until Sunday. How’s it going? If you’ve not yet picked, go ahead and pick one. Sunday night is still your target.
For Thursday, you’re replacing the energy-suck you’ve given up with an energy-booster:
1. If you gave up refined sugar, find the time today to get to the grocery store and get yourself a basket of quality protein (beans, nuts, tuna, chicken), vegetables and fruit. Eat as much of that as you want.
2. If you gave up alcohol, replace it with delicious, cold, clean water.
3. If you gave up screen time, read a book. The old-fashioned kind, printed on paper.
Whatever you gave up and whatever your replacement, our Thursday dare is to get as far through this sequence as you can get in 5 minutes:
50 mountain climbers each leg
40 squats
30 seconds accumulated handstand (or other inversion)
20 dumbbell push-presses
10 lunges each leg
Let us know in the comments how far you got (or if you completed the whole thing) and how you’re feeling.
June 3, 2015
KungLi
10 responses to “Thur. – 6/4 Replace with…”
Anushka
June 4th, 2015 at 08:48
Completed the whole thing but had trouble with the inversion and dog licks.
Also, still no sugar (which takes our cereal, peanut butter, honey, pies, cookies….but it’s only until Sunday night right?? I could use some chocolate…)
Roan
June 4th, 2015 at 10:17
Got the whole thing. Starting the sugar challenge today.
Anushka
June 4th, 2015 at 11:40
Watch out…even bread has sugar Roan : ((
Lisa
June 4th, 2015 at 12:58
Got through 5 of the lunge sets in 5 minutes, then finished out the rest.
I’m doing ok on giving up screen time. It was hard at first because I usually post on IG or FB in the evenings, but I buried myself in a book & then it was better. I fell asleep earlier than usual, which is a very good thing!
Cindy
June 4th, 2015 at 13:35
Did the mountain climbers, 30-sec. Down Dog, and 17 push-presses. Then the knee exercises. Knees really hurting today–no clue as to why.
The no alcohol, no sugar, and less screen time, especially in the evening, are all going fairly well. I miss the afternoon beer, but as a vegetarian, the sugar is not such a big deal. But…I do…sometimes…dream…of ice cream…
efiada77
June 4th, 2015 at 15:16
Done with 1:15 to spare 🙂 I feel GREAT!
New to the Game
June 4th, 2015 at 19:39
I gave up alcohol and today I had a rough one at work and of course I wanted to relax with a glass of wine when I got home. Instead I had a glass of Strawberry-Lemonade.
I got all the way 16 dumbbell push-presses. I’m feeling pretty good, but my legs are a little tight from Tuesdays workout. 😦
Tishana
June 4th, 2015 at 23:15
I got thru it all… Except I didn’t know what a dumbbell press was so I did push-ups.
Feeling great!
eunicehcho
June 4th, 2015 at 23:22
Done!
I’m cheating on screen time to post. But already surprised by how much more time I have in my life if I ban looking at screens in the evening…..
Monica
June 5th, 2015 at 14:01
I read so much on my phone, giving up my screen means finding a book to read that I physically own on paper and not electronically. And I can’t even cheat using my old old kindle that doesn’t light up.