The Weightloss -Health Challenges Group

NH_1970

Hi Everyone, Let us know how you did with the challenges from last week please. If you met them, if you didn't, If there's anything you'd like added in the future.


I am posting this week's challenges on Tues instead of Wednesday because Lissa and I got them all sorted out. I also did some research on one of them #5.

Challenges Start on Thursday. Week 3 Challenges. (6 Challenges)

1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
2. Stay Within our Calorie Goal Range
3. Record EVERYTHING we eat/snack/drink for One Week.
4. Make an exercise goal and stick with it for One week. (self defined - not group defined)
5. Stop food intake 2-3 hours before bed time Notes Following: (NOT if you're diabetic NOT if you're hypoglycemic NOT if you're borderline diabetic NOT if you're borderline hypoglycemic, NOT if you wake up in the morning feeling jittery or faint from not eating - NOT if you haven't hit the 1200 minimum calories a day NEEDED so you do not hit starvation mode-if you are ANY of these things you are left out of this part of the challenge because you need healthy blood sugar and that comes before challenges. The goal for this group is good nutrition and health NOT self-harm or unhealthy habits.- Just use common sense.)
I did some research and it's all over, Some research says that it's a good thing because your metabolism speeds up if you do not eat a certain amount of hours before bed, and your body has a chance to regenerate and not be focusing on digesting food, other research said that it doesn't make a difference. So the choice on this challenge is really yours.

6. Find at least one new healthy food to eat this week (or revisit an old one you haven't in awhile.) OR find a new recipe & try it, (feel free to share it) and incorporate that into a meal this week. or both choice is up to the member. You can do this daily or just once, it's your choice.

NH_1970

So far I hit everything on the goals for last week, but have until Thursday, finding that the free weight arm exercises I set myself are going okay, can do a lot more bicep curls than I originally thought I could and will be upping the weight I do it with tonight was doing 5lb only going to 10lb tonight. Also did two different triceps strength training to help with the jiggle of my arms, Also added others but am doing at least those three consistently, Got my cardio in so far, HATED doing it this weekend, was a pain in the butt but I at least got the minimum in even if I grumbled prior to doing it.

Stayed within my goal calorie range and didn't go over, recorded everything drank all the water...Reminder try to drink it during the day because the 3 am wake up gotta pee calls are really messing with my sleep. Hope you all are doing well with it.

oh and happy about the adding a recipe/healthy food one for this coming week because my meal choices have been pretty bland lately.

Galathea

Hm, I'm not a good cook. Well, actually I am, but what I cook tends to be not really healthy. LOL So this recipe thing will be a challenge for me.
Uhm, are we allowed to ask family members for help? I bet my stepsister knows a good german recipe you all would like. Heehee.
Last week goals I hit, although I had a little downfalll over the weekend. But I stayed under my cals.
I like this week's challenge.
Btw, do we have an official weigh in day here or can I just post my weight (and hopefully the loss) whenever my day is (usually Friday)?

Oh, and thanks for the advices for the weight training. I will take a look into it. I really have to start dooing something about it.

hsquared87

WOW! Everyone I'm a little disappointed in how I did this week. I was so sure I was gonna be a rock star doing these challenges. I only managed to drink the 8 glasses of water only 3 or 4 times this week. I did manage to stay within all my points everyday except 1. The exercise thing I will continue to try and work at. I did start the one hundred push up challenge and the 200 sit up challenge and I have kept at it. I feel a difference in my ability to do both!!!

I'm gonna keep trying and making these things healthy habits!

I know I will do better this next week!.

I hope everyone had a great week. Good luck this coming week!!

NH_1970

Galathea, you can get them from where-ever you need, I plan on using the web. and post the recipe! it'd be interesting & fun to try an official german recipe as long as the ingredients are spelled out in english so I can understand what they are.

You can post your weight whenever you want IF you want it's not necessary. But if you're proud and want to share that's great.
Not sure what you meant about weight training, I just know that muscle mass is smaller than fat and that muscle mass helps to burn more calories even at resting.

Hsquared Good that you're getting back on the horse with the water thing, your insides will love you for it, and we're building healthy habits that's part of the reason the challenges are getting repeated, that and you'll get there,You will do it. That being said I'm down 4 waters today, because of an insane afternoon that I didn't get even near water for 6 hours after. But I'll be sucking them down tonight and having my mid-sleep wake up and stumble to the bathroom jig going on tonight.

hsquared87

heres a meal i made yesterday and it was very healthy and very good.

I took a packet of the lawerys chimichurri burrito cassarole seasoning and healhafied the recipe that is on the back, and it still made 5 servings

heres what you need

4oz tomato sause
8 oz lean ground beef
1/2 can black beans
1/2 can of corn
5 la tortilla smart and delisous tortilla the 50 calorie small ones
3/4 cup 2% shredded mexican cheese


brown 8 oz of lean beef once browned add half a can of black beans and half a can of corn: set aside

add 3/4 water 40z tomato sause and half of the chimichurri burrito cassarole seasoning: mix well

cover beef /bean/corn mixture with half of the sause

fill 5 smart and delisous small (50 cal one) tortillas with 1/2 cup of beef mixture put in a greased 13 by 9 by 9 pan with seam side down.

once all 5 burritos are in the pan cover with the rest of the sause mixture and top with 3/4 cup of cheese

let this cook for 15 mins or untill hot all the way through.

makes 5 servings : 1 burrito is a serving and comes in at 241 calores 9 grams of fat and 10 grams of fiber.

Enjoy

NH_1970

Hi Everyone, due to my schedule changes school/work kicking my hiney I asked Lissa if we could repeat last week challenges. So that's what we're doing this week. Plus I need more recipes to incorporate and Glad you're having fun with it Hsquared

I hope everyone is doing well. Feel free to fill us in if you are or are not. Also if you'd like to suggest a challenge for next week, post it!

Challenges Start on Thursday. Week 4 Challenges. (6 Challenges)

1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
2. Stay Within our Calorie Goal Range
3. Record EVERYTHING we eat/snack/drink for One Week.
4. Make an exercise goal and stick with it for One week. (self defined - not group defined)
5. Stop food intake 2-3 hours before bed time Notes Following: (NOT if you're diabetic NOT if you're hypoglycemic NOT if you're borderline diabetic NOT if you're borderline hypoglycemic, NOT if you wake up in the morning feeling jittery or faint from not eating - NOT if you haven't hit the 1200 minimum calories a day NEEDED so you do not hit starvation mode-if you are ANY of these things you are left out of this part of the challenge because you need healthy blood sugar and that comes before challenges. The goal for this group is good nutrition and health NOT self-harm or unhealthy habits.- Just use common sense.)
I did some research and it's all over, Some research says that it's a good thing because your metabolism speeds up if you do not eat a certain amount of hours before bed, and your body has a chance to regenerate and not be focusing on digesting food, other research said that it doesn't make a difference. So the choice on this challenge is really yours.

6. Find at least one new healthy food to eat this week (or revisit an old one you haven't in awhile.) OR find a new recipe & try it, (feel free to share it) and incorporate that into a meal this week. or both choice is up to the member. You can do this daily or just once, it's your choice.