Gimme the Skinny - August Challenge Team 21 - (closed group)

trantu11

I'm still in 100%. I'm trying my best with my food. My goal is to go to the gym every other day because I'm so busy. I'll send you my weigh this Sunday:-) I'm new so I'm not really fimilar with the site, so if you want me to read your message please send me the link. This way will save me time from navigating my way there.
Have a GREAT DAY everyone.:-)

tagrady

Via Gary:

AUGUST CHALLENGE: If you have bad knees here is an alternative for the ups and downs exercise. 100 Toe Touches. Stand up straight arms straight above your head. Take your right hand down and touch your left foot. Alternate the left hand to right foot. Stand up Straight that = 1. Do 100 of those and you are set for today.! PUSH YOURSELF TO DO MORE!!! Your big weigh in is right around the corner. Its crunch time people. You are stronger than you believe so go go go go!


I don't have great knee's myself, but I'm totally trying these up & down's!

kiltbunny

Kicked the crap out of some crunches last night. Ended up doing more like 150 with the challenge + 30DS + working on my own. Keep up the great work SKINNYs!

szczepj

Those up and downs were KILLER! But I did them!

watrmlon

On my 3rd glass of 3 cups of water
Did the 100 toe touches because one hand is in a splint!
Journaled my food and getting ready for work!
Another great day!

Devani34

checking in with the UP and Downs.... half way there... will back when complet (ya'll pray for me )

mommaski4

checking in with the UP and Downs.... half way there... will back when complet (ya'll pray for me )

I'll pray for you if you pray for me! I did 25 this morning. Still have 15 more to go when I get home later, much, much later.

kcgslp

Hey SKINNYs

Checking in for the day....

45 UP -Downs
9 cups pf Water
300+ calories under.

Hopefully, the scale will budge tomorrow

Good night!

tagrady

Hi Skinny's!

MY ENTIRE BODY IS KILLING ME THIS AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I curse the ground those burpee's walk on! I pulled muscles in my back and my forearms are killing me! I think I did full burpee's instead of up & downs, becasue the video I saw on youtube last night showed a push-up once you were down, and I killed myself trying to do those! I couldn't do all w/push-ups, so I did toe touches. Now...infront of the PC, I see I didn't even HAVE to do the push up part!!! UGGG, well at least it was good for me! I weighed in this am with AWESOME results!!! SoOOOOOoOOOoOOoOOO happy with my weight this week! FINALLY!!!!!!!

Hope everyone is still hanging in there! I really wish that amberluvesjohn and brihare would check in! I have nothing for them but their weights!

Remember, by sunday I need all points in an in-box message.

So it should look like this, i'll use mine for an example:

Weight = 165.6 (3lb loss) = 3pts
Daily excercise challenge = 6 pts (for all 6 days)
Daily Team challenge = I did every day

So if everyone gets 6 excercise points, and does the daily team challenge (water, calories) than we'll get 10 add'l team points!!!

Please in-box me if you have any questions about your specific points. I'm only using mine for an example, but I want to keep everyone's private, so don't post points on this forum! you can also email me at tagrady@gmail.com if you prefer.


EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR BEING AWESOME TEAMMATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO TEAM SKINNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kiltbunny

Update for yesterday... Up & Downs - 50! I forgot it was only 40 and kept on truckin'... LOL Drank all my water and stayed under calories.

szczepj

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is having a great week! I'll be offline sometime this afternoon until I get home tomorrow afternoon since I'll be moving and I have to turn the internet box thingy in. But I will be doing the challenge's and won't let you guys down!

btw, Captain (I like calling you that for some odd reason) I shall send you my stats Saturday

tagrady

****** GOT WEEK 2 INFO FROM GARY******


AUGUST CHALLENGE WEEK 2: Unleashing the Beast Within!

This is the week two team challenge. This should be done in addition to your normal workout routine.
This is a challenge and is not a replacement! If you need a beginner workout please contact your team
captain for ideas.

Week Two Daily Exercise Challenge

Daily Exercise = 1 point per member per day. If everyone does it you will be awarded a 5 point bonus for
the team!

WELCOME BACK FROM YOUR DAY OF REST WE’RE STARTING WEEK #2 YOU ARE NO LONGER
ROCKSTARS YOU’VE MOVED ON TO BEAST MODE!

Day 1 Exercise Challenge - 50 Squat Kicks*
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSu-wci9uTo )

Day 2 Exercise Challenge – 50 Swimmer’s Presses + 1 Extra Mile jog, walk,run
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwzaUXK6gs) * You may use cans of soup or bottles of water if u
don’t have weights

Day 3 Exercise Challenge – 50 Situps or Ab Crunches* + 50 Mountain Climbers
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8u58hPam4 )

Day 4 Exercise Challenge – 3 sets of 21’s + 100 Jumping Jacks (Bicep Curls may be done with cans of soup
or bottles of water if you don’t have any weights)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xLcsg-5Dw8 ) 21’s The video is a little long sorry.

Day 5 Exercise Challenge – 50 Globe jumps + 100 Jumping Jacks + 100 Stair Climbs (jog or run)

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKKKNR5USXc )

Day 6 Exercise Challenge – 40 Shoulder Presses + 1 extra mile + 50 crunches

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpWrzp9Mnyg) Shoulder Press

Day 7 Rest! You deserve it!

Week Two Weekly Team Challenge

Each team must coordinate a 100 mile walk, run, jog outside of their normal running jogging. You will to
volunteer how much you can walk. If the team does accomplish the 100 mile challenge they will be
rewarded with 5 bonus point. In addition to the 100 mile walk each team member must submit their
favorite recipe to the group forum, along with the nutritional value. If someone submits your favorite
you must find another recipe to submit.

*Feel free to do these exercises in sets if you are unable to do them all at one time. Please do your best
as you are much stronger than you believe.

Please note each week the exercises will increase in difficulty. This will push each team member.
Modifications will be provided for those who unable to complete the exercise as intended.


QUESTION: DOES ANYONE MIND IF WE KEEP THIS SAME THREAD? INSTEAD OF DOING ANOTHER ONE FOR EACH WEEK? THAT WAY WE CAN JUST GO TO OUR PROFILE EASY ENOUGH TO FIND IT?

~Your Devoted Captain

u2fergus

Hey, I just saw the new challenges for next week. I'll volunteer to do 10 of the 100 miles for the team next week, if you like.

Oh, and I like keeping the same forum all throughout the challenge. MUCH easier to find that way...

tagrady

Thanks Kellie!!! 10 mile commitment is HUGE!!! I'm a terrible runner, so this will definately be a challenge! i'm going to commit for 5 on the elliptical.


Also, We will most likely be welcoming 2 new members next week, so grab your welcome wagons! I still haven't heard from amberluvsjohn or brihare.

~El Captino

kristinmkartist

I can do 10 Miles as well- I will walk/ run it so that's a little over a mile in half a day I can do i t!!! I need to alternate my running and walking because I suck at running!

I can't wait for weigh in tomorrow!!!

Off to a birthday party for all day!

kcgslp

Hey Skinnys...

Completed my Fridays challenges....push-ups, water & under calories.

Just looked at next weeks challenges....HOLY COW!!!! It's no joke huh.
Well I'm gonna try for 10miles extra too (my dog will love me!)
Besides my blister is finally healed and my new sneakers came in the mail and I am ready to RUN!

enjoy the day off... I think we need it!

ilovecreg120809

I will do 7 miles

szczepj

I suppose I'll go for 10 miles.

As for the recipes, I don't actually cook or anything like that....

kcgslp

Water was hard today... but I did it!
Stayed under calories and did my squat lunges (and up-downs, just cause)
also ran today for the first time in a week, my new sneakers felt good but when I got home my blister was back

I guess I'm back to the stationary bike, walking and the elliptical this week

Weigh in tomorrow!!

Enjoy the day of rest Skinnys.

tagrady

It sure does feel good to rest today!!!

I'm off to my second birthday party in two days an will AGAIN skip lunch to have cake! This one is from scratch by my grandmother, so it would really be a sin not to have a tiny piece! Don't worry team I won't let you down!!!

Tomorrow starts hell week!!!

- captain

kristinmkartist

I was suppose to rest today but I got 2 mile run in today. My legs are still running.

Hope everyone had a great sunday!

mommaski4

Just back from a weekend camping trip on the ocean. Was a great time. It was really difficult to stay in my calories but I DID IT!!! I did it because of the challenge. If not for this challenge, I would have said two days off were okay, but thankfully, I did not. THANKS TEAM! It was an active weekend but I made sure to add extra activity for the extra alcohol calories.

Did a lot of dancing in the sand Saturday night. Yikes is that hard. My thighs are killing me today. Not to mention that at 11PM I was outside the showers waiting for my children to be done, getting in my lunge/squats. Boy would I feel silly if anybody came by.

So, week two looks serious! Oh my! As for my miles, I can only commit to 4-5 extra. This is going to be a crazy week for me. My kids go back to school so it is going to interfere with my routine all week. I have to take my son to registration before work tomorrow, so will have to get my run in at lunch time so that is shorter than my usual morning walk. My daughters registration is in the evening so no time then. Then they start Wed, so waiting for late busses Wed, Thurs, & Fri could certainly interfere, not to mention the crazy supply gathering, book covering, form filling in the evenings. Yikes. I am tired already!

I guess I have to start thinkg about a recipe. Will it be to the general forum or will we have a thread?

kiltbunny

Just sent all my info over. I hate water retention. UGH. Next week will be better since I won't have a party on Saturday night.

tagrady

It is with a very sad face that I have to report Team Skinny is down 5 members.

amberluvsjohn
ChristB
kbrunk
Kimkimba
mswank16

I really feel badly about ousting people from the team, but as your captain, I feel it is only right to give you the best possible chance of winning this competition. When team members don't weigh-in, that hurts our percentage and the overall team. This team is about weight loss, yes, but it's also about supporting each other on this journey to a healthy and fit lifestyle. Challenging each other to be the best person we can be. I feel like when you don't participate in the forum and then don't weigh in, you aren't being the best team member you could be.

I know several other teams are going through the same thing right now, and this is the only fair way.

To keep our number up, I will be adding 5 members to our team. (if you have anyone you would like to add, please send me an in-box message, i'd like to add people we know before opening up publicly)

Please friend our new members & show them a warm welcome to the best team in the challenge.......TEAM SKINNY!

u2fergus

Hey mommaski4, great job sticking to it this weekend! What a teammate! ;-) I bet dancing in the sand burned a ton of calories, too!

tagrady

Please welcome our newest member!

[link]http://www.myfitnesspal.com/heofon[/link]

He's Kellie's husband (u2fergus)

4 spots left! I'd love to have it be our friends so ask around!

~CaP'n

szczepj

Hey guys! Finished the exercise challenge for the day and I did 2 of my 10 miles today. (Lots of sweat for those 2 miles!) Now all I have to do is drink 4 more cups of water and stay within my calories. Easy since I'm at home! We have tons of low calorie food here.

kiltbunny

I can do at least 8 miles this week!

Where do we post our recipes?

tagrady

MY RECIPE:

(a favorite from the weight watchers site)

Prep Time: 10 mins Total Time: 20 mins Servings: 8
About This Recipe

"A "zero points" recipe I got at a Weight Watchers meeting last nite. I am going to make it later tonite, but couldn't wait to share it with you. You could use other spices to your liking, as well."

Ingredients
1 head cauliflower
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder ( to taste)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
cooking spray

Directions
Preheat oven to 400*. Cut cauliflower into florets and place in a bowl. Add cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper and toss well to coat. Coat baking sheet with cooking spray. Spread cauliflower on sheet and bake until tender, about 10 minutes, stirring once during baking. Makes about 8 - 1/2 cup servings at zero points.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 (74 g)

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Amount Per Serving:
Calories 19.7
Fat 0.2g
Cholesterol 0.0mg 0%
Sugars 1.4 g
Sodium 170.4mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 3.8g 1%
Dietary Fiber 1.5g 6%
Sugars 1.4 g 5%
Protein 1.4g 2%

mommaski4

My recipe is a new recipe in my kitchen but a quick favorite and so easy.

Fiesta Lime Chicken

1 lb boneless chicken breast
1 cup Margaritaville margarita mix (but you don't consume it all - just for marinate so I only used 4 ounces when calculating calories)
1 cup salsa (adding more does not add many calories)
Kraft 2% Four cheese mexican blend finely shredded cheese

Marinate the chicken breast in the margarita mix for at least half an hour. Remove to baking sheet. Cover with 1/4 cup (or more) of salsa per breast. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Remove to plates and sprinkle with 1/8 cup of the cheese while the chicken is still hot.

Makes 4 servings.
Each serving:
Calories: 269
Fat: 7
Protein: 38
Sodium: 1,072 (but using a lower sodium salsa will greatly reduce that. Majority of the sodium in the salsa, closely followed by chicken breast)
Fiber: 2
Carbs: 4