August Challenge Team 7 Drop It 'Cause We're Hot(Closed Grou

aybee77

I haven't lost weight for 3 weeks now, but I just measured myself, and my waist, hip, and chest measurements are all down from last month (-0.75 lb, -0.5 lb, -1 lb). :-) This keeps me motivated to press on.

jadery24

I'll pledge 7 miles (one per day) to the 100 mile challenge. Let me know if I need to do more, I pledged low because I plan on doing A LOT of exercising this week, and I don't want to hurt myself!

sunniebeehealthy

All six days of calories challenge MET.
All six days of >64 oz of water MET

Exercises:
100 jumping jacks MET
extra mile MET
50 crunches MET
40 up downs MET
25 push-ups MET
25 squat lunges MET
Current weight : Same

I will come at this week with determination! I pledge to do 5 miles towards the mile challenge... Thats a mile extra a day for 5 days...

Great work ladies and gents... xo Happpy Monday

sass30

I haven't lost weight for 3 weeks now, but I just measured myself, and my waist, hip, and chest measurements are all down from last month (-0.75 lb, -0.5 lb, -1 lb). :-) This keeps me motivated to press on.

Don't fret, I have gone months of not losing weight but lost tons of inches! You don't just want to lose weight you want to shrink the body right?! Get it!

Lopez84

Calories challenge - DONE
>64 oz of water - DONE

Exercises:
100 jumping jacks - DONE
Extra Mile - DONE
50 Crunches - DONE
40 up downs - DONE
25 push-ups - DONE
25 squat lunges - DONE
Current weight - No Change - I'll measure myself and see if those changed

I will pledge 8 miles to the 100 Mile Challenge.

sass30

Okay, it looks like there has been 47 miles pledged towards the 100 mile challenge. That's almost half way and I know not everyone has pledged. Come on people we got this. Even if you think you can only do 1 extra mile for the week, just commit!

bhurley1424

Ok I pledge 3 miles to bring us to 50. I will try to do more but 3 I can definately do. I have some time constraints so I just wasn't sure how much I could do.

zukekitty

I found this recently in an older (1998) Cook Healthy, Cook Quick cookbook from Sunset Magazine. This also freezes well.

Jamaican Chili

Ingredients

Vegetable cooking spray
1 tsp olive oil
1 1/2 c chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 1/2 c chopped sweet yellow pepper

1 Tb ground cumin
1 Tb hot hungarian paprika (I only had sweet so used that)
1Tb chili powder
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cloves

2 (14 1/2 oz) cans no-salt-added stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 (15 oz) can kidney beans, drained
1 (15oz) can canellini beans, drained
1 (15oz) can black beans, drained
1 cup water
2 Tb no-salt-added tomato paste

2 TB balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup plus 2 Tb minced fresh cilantro

1. Coat a Dutch oven with cooking spray; add olive oil. Place over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is tender. Add yellow pepper; saute until pepper is tender. Add cumin and next 5 ingredients; saute 1 minute.

2. Stir in tomatoes and next 5 ingredients; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.

3. Remove from heat;stir in vinegar. Ladle chili into individual bowls. Top each service with 1 tablespoon cilantrol.

Yield: 6 (1 2/3 cup) servings

Nutritioal info per serving:
Calories- 266
Fat- 2.5 g
Sat Fat- .3 g
Carbohydrate- 50g
Fiber- 9.5g
Protein- 14.3g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 554mg

zukekitty

My cold doesn't seem too bad so far so I will pledge 2 miles. Being conservative just in case. If we do more than we pledge does it count towards the total?

sass30

I would think that any extra miles done that were not pledged should count towards the 100 miles anyways. What does everyone else think?

I did 4 miles today, and .75 of those miles I ran!!! Major big deal to me because since graduating high school I have always said that I will only run in the event that I need to save my kids, rabid dogs are chasing me or zombie apocalypse.
I've gotten 168 oz of water and closed the diary under calories. And as I stated in my earlier post this morning the squat kicks are done.
Everyone is doing awesome! Let's kill it!

themommie

You ladies rock. I went to the zoo today with 3 of my daughters and granddaughter. I did 3.5 miles of walking and had alot of fun doing it. I will pledge 8 extra miles this week and did 50 squat kicks, also got in my water, and doing great on food intake so far.........

sass30

This is so good I could eat the whole thing myself. Wegman's is a grocery store chain in upstate NY where I live, there are other great recipes on Wegmans.com if anyone is interested.

Butternut Squash with Baby Spinach (serves 8)

2 pkgs (20 oz each) Food You Feel Good About Cleaned & Cut Butternut Squash, cut in 1-inch cubes
2 large red onions, peeled, chopped (about 4 cups)
3 Tbsp Wegmans Basting Oil
Wegmans Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper to taste
1 pkg (6 oz) Food You Feel Good About Fresh Baby Spinach
3/4 cup Food You Feel Good About Sweetened Dried Cranberries

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine squash and onions on large baking sheet; drizzle with basting oil. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper; toss lightly.

Roast 55 min, until tender and brown. Toss squash, spinach, and dried cranberries in large shallow serving dish.


Nutrition Info: Each serving (1 cup) contains 140 calories, 26 g carbohydrate, (4 g fiber), 2 g protein, 5 g fat, (0 g saturated fat), 0 mg cholesterol, and 40 mg sodium.
Calories: 140

mkaluzny

sass - I can't wait to try your recipe. I love squash. In fact, I have copied all the recipes so far to a word file; so that they will be easier for me to find.

I am feeling a little guilty about only pledging to do 8 additional miles. I know I can do more. I will give 3 miles a day for 5 more days. (That gives me time to recover). So instead of 8 miles; I change my pledge to 18 - a gain to the team of 10 miles. I CAN do this.

zukekitty - I hope you are feeling better. I love the idea of a vegetarian chili. This sounds like something I will save and make on a chilly day (pun intended)

I met all the goals today and even did the mile for tomorrow's challenge.

Good luck team.

bhurley1424

All challenges met today - squat kicks done, water done and under calories. I also walked an extra mile to put in the team bank --- :happy:

zukekitty

All challenges met today

jadery24

Had a blech-y day calorie wise, but I won't let it get me down! Did the challenge for today and drank my water! Just gotta get back on track tomorrow

spurradic

well, water and calorie goals met today as well as squat kicks and one set of 50 crunches. im going to be doing my challenges a little out of order because of my regular workout schedule (dont want to overdo it), but have a check list of the challenges that im keeping track on so i dont miss any

i can pledge at least 15 miles this week toward the 100 mile challenge. maybe i can squeeze in more, but dont want to over pledge and disappoint.

as for the recipe, ill have to dig around to see if i can come up with one that i like well enough to share

sass30

Good morning everyone! Got the swimmers presses in...all 50! Did only 5 lbs weights though, figured I would do it as a muscular endurance exercise. Supposed to rain today but I will get my miles in rain or shine! On the upside it's only supposed to be 75 degrees today, will be a nice break.

mkaluzny

finished the swimmers presses, already at 32 oz of water. I got in 3 additional miles on the treadmill (so I can donate those to the team), I did today's extra mile yesterday. All is good, but I am a bit sore. I feel sorry for those of you who have been moving. Lifting boxes always leaves me scratched up and sore.

Have an awesome day, you are my motivation. Without the team, I would not be pushing myself quite so hard.

mkaluzny

Checked my other challenge for today. It was mountain climbers - so I did those and did the 50 mountain climbers for tomorrow. It feels good to be ahead. If I do the crunches today, I could have an almost challenge free day tomorrow, except for the extra miles of course. Let's see if you can get me motivated with your good reports today.

sass30

In order to keep track of the miles we have all run/walked/jogged I think we should start a running list or this is going to be really hard to keep track of. Plus it would help to motivate us to do more if we could see how close/far from the 100 mile goal we are.
So just post your screen name under the last person on the list and then the miles you have done and change the total once you have added. I will have more miles to post later today, so I will post my name under the last person on the list. I hope this makes sense. If someone has a better idea please feel free to throw it out there.


100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles

Total - 4 miles

jadery24

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles

Total - 11 miles

themommie

This is so good I could eat the whole thing myself. Wegman's is a grocery store chain in upstate NY where I live, there are other great recipes on Wegmans.com if anyone is interested.

Butternut Squash with Baby Spinach (serves 8)

2 pkgs (20 oz each) Food You Feel Good About Cleaned & Cut Butternut Squash, cut in 1-inch cubes
2 large red onions, peeled, chopped (about 4 cups)
3 Tbsp Wegmans Basting Oil
Wegmans Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper to taste
1 pkg (6 oz) Food You Feel Good About Fresh Baby Spinach
3/4 cup Food You Feel Good About Sweetened Dried Cranberries

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine squash and onions on large baking sheet; drizzle with basting oil. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper; toss lightly.

Roast 55 min, until tender and brown. Toss squash, spinach, and dried cranberries in large shallow serving dish.


Nutrition Info: Each serving (1 cup) contains 140 calories, 26 g carbohydrate, (4 g fiber), 2 g protein, 5 g fat, (0 g saturated fat), 0 mg cholesterol, and 40 mg sodium.
Calories: 140

YUM thanks for sharing

themommie

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles
themommie-5 miles

Total - 16 miles

mkaluzny

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles
themommie-5 miles
mkaluzny - 6

Total - 22 miles

themommie

Sweet and Sour Chicken


I wanted to use up some fresh pineapple I had in the refrigerator so I decided to try a recipe for Sweet and Sour Chicken that I found on Simply Recipes a long time ago. It was such an easy recipe to make and it took just minutes to prepare. My entire family loved this dish - especially my kids who both had seconds. I served this sweet and sour chicken over steamed rice for a delicious and healthy meal.

Sweet and Sour Chicken:
Adapted recipe by For the Love of Cooking.net
Original Recipe from Simply Recipes
1 tbsp olive oil, divided
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch chunks
2 tsp corn starch
1 egg white
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sweet yellow onion, chopped
3-4 baby red, yellow or orange bell peppers, chopped
1 cup fresh pineapple, chopped
1/4 cup of ketchup
1/4 cup of pineapple juice
1/4 cup of white vinegar
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp fresh ginger


Combine the chicken pieces, cornstarch, egg white and salt in a bowl and set aside for a few minutes.

In a small bowl, whisk together the ketchup, pineapple juice, vinegar and brown sugar. Taste the sauce and add more brown sugar if desired.

Heat a large skillet or wok over medium high heat until HOT. Add 1/2 tbsp oil and swirl to coat. Add the chicken and spread out into one layer. Let the chicken cook, untouched for 1 minute, until the bottoms are browned. Flip the chicken with a spatula then continue to cook for an additional minute. The chicken should still be pinkish in the middle. Remove from the skillet onto a plate, leaving as much oil in the pan as possible.

Add the remaining 1/2 tbsp oil to the skillet then add the onion. Cook for 1-2 minutes then add the bell pepper and ginger. Fry the vegetables for 1 minute then add the pineapple chunks and the sweet and sour sauce. Turn the heat up to high and add the chicken pieces back in. Let simmer for 1-2 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. The best way to tell if the chicken is done is to take a piece out and cut in half. If it's pink, add another minute to the cooking. Serve over steamed rice. Enjoy.

I got this recipe from For The Love Of Cooking........cals 175 add the extra cals for the rice......YUM

sass30

Fantastic news everyone! Gary6030 posted this earlier:

AUGUST CHALLENGE NEWS UPDATE! The 100 mile team challenge can be done anyhow you like run, jog, walk, bike, swim. Doesn't matter. IT DOES Need to be extra. So if you typically bike 10 miles a day anything above that would count. Remember it's all about extra and pushing more! Keep up the great work.

sass30

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles
themommie-5 miles
mkaluzny - 6
sass30 - 2

Total - 24 miles

mkaluzny

Hey team,

No pressure but I am collecting recipes. Let's get a few more on the site. Good job with the other challenges. Hang in there - only 22 more days in August.

bhurley1424

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles
themommie-5 miles
mkaluzny - 6
sass30 - 2
bhurley1424 - 1

Total - 25 miles


Sorry - I feel like I'm lagging behind. I don't know how you do it! I'm going to try to walk tonight but will probably only get in the extra mile I need for challenge. I did do the swimmer's presses though!