AMAZING RACE WEEK 1 GET YOUR GOLDEN TICKTS!
Melodieccurn
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This starts monday March 7 so…. Here is your first golden ticket. This week will be a get to know the team and ease into this amazing race. This will be slightly more physical but there will always be a roadblock with some modifications or a non physical type for those that have some disabilities.
So we are starting in the Big Apple New york city and traveling to the greek isles precislely the Skopelos Islands. This is the beautiful island where Yes, Mama Mia was filmed.Skopelos is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and north of the island of Euboea. This is a big distance but our teams our much bigger than last time and I think it is doable. The average team has 18-19 members and we need to go 4882 miles Which makes about this week per person is 256 minutes. I will take whatever how you meausre by your fitbit active minutes or actual exercise. Dont forget to count your squat challenges and the new arm challenge I will be posting this week..
If anyone did the challenge last session you know that I am a big fan of the dance roadblocks we have had. This one is to be fun and you might feel silly but it will count towards your time. I had to do it several times to get it down so count every minute you are rehearsing and practicing.
ROAD BLOCK 1 :10 points
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRxtNom2AZY&index=1&list=LLWHncMcfBNWqMs6QRKXnqNA
ROADBLOCK TWO
This will be a easy one and easy points for those that dont want to do the dance or want extra points. The greece are known for many foods, Lamb Meat roasted and sliced on a turning spit, typically served with sauces like tzatziki and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread (a popular fast food in Greece and Cyprus). Meat pie using lamb, goat, or pork mince (or a combination thereof) with rice and a light tomato sauce wrapped in pastry kneaded with white wine. Feta and Olives and grapes and grape leaves are also very popular so you must eat five things from greece over the course of the seven days. 2 points for each day. We are all on honor system here .
Nutritional challenge (extra credit) 5 points
This is a sugarless week. So I want you to try to eliminate white sugars, white breads or white flours from your diet this week. You may sub sweetners or multigrain or whole wheat type breads or ohter whole grains.
Accountability challenge 10 pts
Easy peasy way to get points. Make sure you friended all your team and give one a word of encouragement on the status 5 days this week. You must post to your thread as well five days this week. 2 points for each day.
So we are starting in the Big Apple New york city and traveling to the greek isles precislely the Skopelos Islands. This is the beautiful island where Yes, Mama Mia was filmed.Skopelos is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and north of the island of Euboea. This is a big distance but our teams our much bigger than last time and I think it is doable. The average team has 18-19 members and we need to go 4882 miles Which makes about this week per person is 256 minutes. I will take whatever how you meausre by your fitbit active minutes or actual exercise. Dont forget to count your squat challenges and the new arm challenge I will be posting this week..
If anyone did the challenge last session you know that I am a big fan of the dance roadblocks we have had. This one is to be fun and you might feel silly but it will count towards your time. I had to do it several times to get it down so count every minute you are rehearsing and practicing.
ROAD BLOCK 1 :10 points
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRxtNom2AZY&index=1&list=LLWHncMcfBNWqMs6QRKXnqNAROADBLOCK TWO
This will be a easy one and easy points for those that dont want to do the dance or want extra points. The greece are known for many foods, Lamb Meat roasted and sliced on a turning spit, typically served with sauces like tzatziki and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread (a popular fast food in Greece and Cyprus). Meat pie using lamb, goat, or pork mince (or a combination thereof) with rice and a light tomato sauce wrapped in pastry kneaded with white wine. Feta and Olives and grapes and grape leaves are also very popular so you must eat five things from greece over the course of the seven days. 2 points for each day. We are all on honor system here .
Nutritional challenge (extra credit) 5 points
This is a sugarless week. So I want you to try to eliminate white sugars, white breads or white flours from your diet this week. You may sub sweetners or multigrain or whole wheat type breads or ohter whole grains.
Accountability challenge 10 pts
Easy peasy way to get points. Make sure you friended all your team and give one a word of encouragement on the status 5 days this week. You must post to your thread as well five days this week. 2 points for each day.
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What's the arm challenge
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Wow, lots to do this week with so many opportunities for points! I love Greek foods, especially feta cheese & olives! Should be a great week, I'll start today off with some friend requests!0
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Been loving this quinoa and spinach salad with kalamata olives and feta with a homemade olive oil and lemon dressing! Easy peesy I love Greek food!
Now onto some friend requests.0 -
Wow can't wait to get started!! Day off tomorrow so I can plan!0
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For the Roadblock#2 and the Accountability Challenge, can partial points be scored, or is it all or nothing? For instance, I don't like Greek food, but I do like grapes. If I eat grapes one day, can I score two points or does it have to be the complete five for ten points?0
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For the Roadblock#2 and the Accountability Challenge, can partial points be scored, or is it all or nothing? For instance, I don't like Greek food, but I do like grapes. If I eat grapes one day, can I score two points or does it have to be the complete five for ten points?
yes absolutely. I will count spinach too. since they use that alot too.0 -
What about dannon lite and fit Greek yogurt?? Salted caramel and chocolate covered strawberry seems a bit American but boy is it good!0
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Should we list our foods on the spreadsheet to make it easier for our leaders? What about sugarless? Sure seems like a lot of work for our brave leaders. Just trying to figure out how to make it less time consuming for them.0
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I will post a thread on it Monday . You can post it then just edit as you go. When you tabulate your week challenge the special spreadsheet will have a section and you put your points in .Should we list our foods on the spreadsheet to make it easier for our leaders? What about sugarless? Sure seems like a lot of work for our brave leaders. Just trying to figure out how to make it less time consuming for them.
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This is going to be a good week! Love the Greek challenge because it's going to be a stretch for me. I don't do olives, but I think I can work the other foods in! I wonder if my local Food Lion has lamb...0
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Lunch was a cheese n meat feast so started before I even read this. I have been on a sugar free diet since October so that is a quick win for me. Yay. Now for that ridiculousness that is me dancing.0
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Just to be sure, we are counting our personal daily exercises + the different challenges we accomplish from the group as part of the weekly minutes for the Amazing Race? Also, is it 285 or 256 minutes we each have to work out for this week? I'm new, I just want to make sure I have it right.0
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Just to be sure, we are counting our personal daily exercises + the different challenges we accomplish from the group as part of the weekly minutes for the Amazing Race? Also, is it 285 or 256 minutes we each have to work out for this week? I'm new, I just want to make sure I have it right.
That is a guesstiimate for your group some do more some do less. Everyone should do at least 10% of the quota. I myself get in 350-500 minutes a week where another person only 90 so it all depends. As long as your team totals add up you get the points and any extra will also be added for extra credit.0 -
SamandaIndia wrote: »Lunch was a cheese n meat feast so started before I even read this. I have been on a sugar free diet since October so that is a quick win for me. Yay. Now for that ridiculousness that is me dancing.
You know how i love these dance routines.
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Oh. I biked just over 8 hours today, Saturday. Anyone have a problem if I count it as part of Monday's race challenge? Bending the rules0
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no sorry it starts monday.0
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I have a question about the accountability challenge.
it says:
(Make sure you friended all your team and give one a word of encouragement on the status 5 days this week. You must post to your thread as well five days this week. 2 points for each day).
Do we give our encouragement on each one of our teammates page or do we post on our teams group thread?
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How fun love Momma Mia! Greek food yummos!0
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Hi @mallowbar , I want to ask if roadblocks are to be done by just one person or everybody on the team. I am new to this but roadblocks on the actual amazing race that I watched are usually done just by one person. I just want to make sure. Thanks.0
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Everyone has to do one roadblock this challenge week. If you opt out you can make it up with the extra credit but may not rack up points when we do eliminations in a few weeks0
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This sounds great and the amount of mintutes for exercise sounds achievable. How and where do we record out exercise and our roadblocks and eating challenges? Sorry first time, and there is sooo much going on I've got myself a little confused.0
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This sounds great and the amount of mintutes for exercise sounds achievable. How and where do we record out exercise and our roadblocks and eating challenges? Sorry first time, and there is sooo much going on I've got myself a little confused.
There is a spreadsheet . It's the same link as our weighin look for a tab at the bottom with your team number. You just need to add your exercise for each date and at wand of week mark y or n if you did each roadblock ect0 -
@mallowbar do i need to do that routine dance and record it? i am not sure how the dance routine roadblocks work. thank you0
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You just do the dance on an honor system . No video, no pics .0
