Welcome to the 100!!!!!

Great Night Everyone!!!!

So excited to announce that we will have a phase 2 roll out after phase 1 is over! Hope to see you all and maybe some new faces there!

I want to thank you all again for being here! You have all helped make this possible and you each bring that special something to the group I could not be more happy to have you along this journey!!!

OK so!

Tonight was the night of the 100 workout!

Here is how our 100 workout looked:

100 jumping jacks

90 crunches

80 squats

70 reverse curl

60  lunges

50 russian twists

40 mountain climbers

30 push ups

20 walking plank

10 burpees

We also welcomed in the ropes! ;) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!

You all did a great job!

Just a reminder also next week is the at week home challenges!!! You have this time slot there to do you workouts with me! team up if need be and do them!!!!!!! No excuses!







I want to leave you all with this:

1. Strive for progress, not perfection. -Unknown
2. You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it. -Maya Angelou
3. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
4. If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying. -Unknown
5. You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. -Ruth E. Renkl
6. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. -Mahatma Gandhi
7. Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. -Norman R. Augustine
8. I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate. -George Burns
9. Energy and persistence conquer all things. -Benjamin Franklin
10. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. -Aesop
12. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein
13. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lou Holtz
14. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. -Jim Ryan
15. I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan
16. Fear is what stops you... courages is what keeps you going. -Unknown
17. The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race. -Unknown
18. The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline. -Steve Smith
19. Just do it.™ -Nike
20. In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself. -Anonymous
21. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -Mark Twain
22. It's not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. -Anonymous
23. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. -Oprah Winfrey
24. It's never too late to become what you might have been. -George Elliot
25. Clear your mind of can’t. -Samuel Johnson

Thursday is Halloween dress up there is a prize to be won! I look forward to seeing you all there! 

Hugs
Cassandra

Over Thanksgiving and beyond!

Hello BL Contestants

My apologize for the delay on this entry!

Over the last couple weeks our contestants have dealt with grueling workouts, Thanksgiving dinners and so forth!

I am proud to say that they made it through and are trucking along with their journey!

Here are a couple of posts over Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Sunday! What is my weakness? Stuffing and pumpkin pie. I have made a decision when I started this journey- this was my journey and what I choose to eat had to be based on what I should it not what I would like to eat. It is my choice. At this time I will choose not to eat it. A taste will lead to more and more. My spouse's aunt last 70 pounds within the last year and has been able to maintain her weight lose She always brings a big bowl of jello so that will be my choice, for dessert,As for stuffing it won't be on my plate, That is a choice I made when I signed up for this 3 weeks ago!! My Friday session was great! I felt great on Sat, besides my arms which I new was those darn push ups. I met a girlfriend last night for tea! She told me my face was glowing! That made me feel great and new I made the right choice!!!! See everyone Tuesday Happy Thanksgiving--- Kara

Good afternoon all!

I hope you are all enjoying your long weekend! My challenges this weekend will be to avoid the dark meat and the pumpkin pie! Those are my favorites :) Otherwise I actually enjoy all the veggies too! Thankfully I don't have to avoid those :) We are also planning another bike ride for tomorrow so at least we will keep moving. Enjoy and see you all Tuesday. ---Steph 

Last week we had our very first challenge in form of "What has fewer calories?"

It was a  close call but Amanda won with 3 full rounds of Tabata push ups down to the last 2 seconds! Congrats Amanda on your victory! Enjoy the  Dickson Bowl pass!

Jeremy and I won't be the best about blogging, but we'll try to contribute. 

With 2 little boys, we don't have much time for ourselves. But, that's all the more reason 

we're thrilled to be doing BL - something for us! Hmmmm - so - what can I share about our 

journey so far? Well, I've been amazed at noticing how quickly a few bites here and there 

over the day can add up to A LOT of extra calories. Jeremy's been extremely happy to learn 

that Tiger Balm is highly effective for aching muscles! Thanks everyone for bringing so much 

great energy to the workouts - and Cass for pushing us where we couldn't - definitely wouldn't- 

go on our own!--- Amanda

 I saw this the other day and thought it was cute yet has great meaning!!!

 I just want to take a second to also Welcome Dennis to the Tekniques BL group! He joined us last week and has been making us laugh our butts of since then!


Thank you all for being such a good group! I am very excited to help you all out during these times!

See you all tonight!

Weekend cookout anyone? :)

A POST FROM STEPH!! 

Good Evening All,

I can't say that I ate too well this weekend :( A typical crazy weekend for me. However I did have some accomplishments that I am proud of. The 10K bike ride on Saturday was one. I also spent the day today with Mom cooking meals for the week. We cooked 3 dinners, 2 desserts and prepared snacks for the week. Plus we got to spend some quality time together! It was awesome!! We are planning on bringing a surprise to group on Tuesday. Hope you all have a great week! See you Tuesday.----Steph

Have a great evening see you all tomorrow!

Cass

Donna's Challenge

Good Sunday Morning Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Donna and Steph have completed the challenge that they have set out this week! Here is what the had to say!

"Best of luck to all of you who took the challenge woot-woot, give yourself a huge high five. Steph and I did the hour bike ride, and in that hour we did 10k!!!!!!  That was my first time doing a 10k with my bike or anything, I felt so good afterward. Mind you there were a few snags, but I/we stuck it out. Thanks Steph for your encouragement I love you" ---Donna

I am looking forward to hearing form each of you whether you participated or not. Here is my question to you!

How did you spend your first weekend of the Tekniques Fitness Biggest Loser Challenge? And what was your favorite meal?

POST FROM CHELSEY:

Heelloo everyone this is Chelsey here, and i just wanted to say I'm so very excited to go on this super exciting journey with everyone. i know everyone has their reasons for getting healthy mainly for themselves, for their families, and friends and i just wanted to say even tho i only met everyone the one time i know everyone is going to do great. i also wanted to comment on everyone's positive attitudes, they are so contagious its crazy. In return to the challenge that Donna did i went out and went on Kijiji and found an elliptical for myself and i am going to go on it for an hour :).----Chelsey

 POST FROM KARA:

Well Congratulations Donna and Steph with your challenge. I have to confess I didn't take the challenge-- I do not own a bike but hoping Santa will bring one. My accomplishment for the weekend is "drinking water" I have a horrible habit of drinking coke zero or pepsi max, and I have to kick the habit. My favourite meal was supper last night at Babci's(grandma in polish)-home made soup, chicken legs, 3 small potatoes, cauliflower and lots of salad-with oil and vinegar dressing 5 strawberries and a very small piece of raisin bread. In the past I would of eaten a very large piece of raisin bread!! It comes down to better choices and smaller portions.. I am excited for my first week meal plan!! The most important thing for me is I see my diabetic specialist on Monday morning and can't wait to tell her I finally got off my ass!!!!!!A big thank you to Donna your story really hit home. See everyone Tuesday-----Kara

see you all tuesday!! :)

Hope your all doing well! 

See you Tuesday! ;) 

Cassandra