TEAM PERSISTENT DETERMINATION (CLOSED GROUP)

sonybalony

HI LADIES!!!!:bigsmile:

We were in Joplin helping with school cleanup with about 1500 Boy Scouts and volunteers, we were the largest group they have had come in to help. :happy: There were troops from as far away as Wisconsin! If any of you read People magazine, our boys were in several pictures. Also in Boys Life. Don't know if their pictures will be in People magazine or not but there is a good likelihood... :bigsmile: Here is a link to the stiry done by a local station

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-hundreds-of-boy-scouts-help-in-joplin-20110806,0,4362248.story

(my baby is the one in the tan shirt and tan and brown hat with about 25 seconds left in the story! )

On to TEAM Business....

Please let me know tonight or tomorrow MORNING (within about 12 hours of this posting please) what your weight is for this week. I only have 2 as of now.:sad:

As for the 100 miles... we seem to have about 18 active people...:happy: if we don't get responses from our missing members soon, we will be down even more.. therefore we need to try to exceed by about a mile each, just in case! This means instead of 5 each we need to try for 6 each!:sick: :sad: :brokenheart: Anyone who feels like adding a few extra in :glasses: will be a hero on the team!!!! :glasses:

Each day I would like a message saying that you have done the daily challenge exercise, and how many miles you finished for the day. Please post the recipes here and I will track them that way. :drinker:

I encourage you to keep up with the 64+ water:drinker: and being under your calories!!! It will help with the weekly weight loss. :bigsmile:

THE BOARD POST FROM GARY FOLLOWS:

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.



OK! If anyone has any questions please post them, we will deal with them together!!

TEAM PERSISTENT DETERMINATION IS GONNA KICK AUGUSTS HINEY!!!! We CAN and WILL make this happen!!!!:flowerforyou:


~ Sonia

sonybalony

MONDAYS EXERCISE...
Day 1 Exercise Challenge - 50 Squat Kicks*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSu-wci9uTo

We can do these!!! :bigsmile: You can break these up in to sets... :flowerforyou:

~ Sonia

llbird

Squat kicks I think I can handle - I'm worried about those globe jumps later in the week - crazy!

megansmom311

I will definitely be breaking up the squat kicks. :ohwell:


Let's go Team PD! :drinker:

SunshineKisses_2012

Hey everyone!!

I'll be weighing in tomorrow morning Sonia!!

As for the miles...wow!! That'll be a huge undertaking! I'm going to say I can get in 6 miles, but I will do my absolute best to get more in and will let everyone know as the week goes on. I'm going to start taking a walk during my lunch. I can probably get a mile in every day for that. Saturday will be my big walking, and I'm also house/pet sitting for my boss this week...he has a dog. The pup will get a good work out this week.

I'll keep you updated!

Brandy

K1Teacher

Sounds like a plan! :glasses:

CookieGem

Hey Guys

Well after 3 training personal training sessions, a 3 mile run, cycling 40 miles, doing all the daily challenges and keeping under my calories i lost a grand total of absolutely nothing. I am so sorry for letting the team down, i dont understand why and im massively dissapointed.

I wont give up but cant help but feel deflated.

Gem x

SunshineKisses_2012

Gem, you aren't the only one that didn't lose. I decided to gain 2 lbs this last week!! Frustrating for sure. (( But I won't give up! I just "walked" my boss's dog around the block....I'm not sure who put the "3.00 mph - walking a dog" entry in there, but this dog just nearly RAN me around the block this morning. YIKES!! Tomorrow I'll be better prepared...and I will go further than one time around the block (after I hopefully get more sleep). I'll report back later when I have done all the extra walking for the day. Maybe I'll get a couple of miles in!!!

Have a great day everyone!!

Brandy

jah1165

Sonia --sorry just got the message....I am the same weight 115.00...... Thanks Janet

shortee75

I weighed in at 121 this morning!

I will do my best to get in 6 extra miles this week to help with our team challenge.

As far as a recipe goes the only thing I can give is cereal as that is really the only thing I feel is healthy. My husband and I are extremely picky eaters so we don't do any kind of wheat pasta, brown rice, ground turkey, etc...we just eat the same as before, the only difference is I am more mindful of my portion.

I will alternate between 3/4cup Chocolate Cheerios and 1cup Apple Jacks with 1cup Fat-Free Milk

lablovr108

Deleting my recipe as it posted multiple times....

lablovr108

Deleting this post too... (I wish there really was a way to delete a post - does anyone know of a way?)

lablovr108

Since I love sweets and am the resident baker of the family, I decided to share one of my favorites with you. It is so easy to make.

Strawberry Banana Pudding Trifle

1/2 angel food cake mix
Hershey's - Cocoa - Natural Unsweetened, 3 tbsp
Jello Instant Pudding - Banana Cream Fat Free Sugar Free Prepared W/Skim Milk, 1 container (2 cup - prepareds ea.)
2 quarts fresh strawberries
Cool Whip - Whipped Topping - Lite, 1 container
Nestle - Toll House Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips Morsels, 4 tbsp

Prepare the angel food cake according to directions, adding the cocoa to make it chocolate angel food cake (note, the recipe only uses half of the baked angel food cake. If you are baking the entire cake, you will need to double the cocoa.)

While the cake is baking:

Slice the strawberries (I use an egg slicer to get them nice and thin).

Prepare the pudding according to directions.

I make this in a trifle dish. Break up the angel food cake into small cubes. Add one layer of angel food cake cubes to the trifle dish. Then add one layer of banana pudding. Then one layer of strawberries. Then one layer of Cool Whip. Sprinkle half of the mini chocolate chips on top. Then repeat with a second layer of each - angel food cake, pudding, strawberries, Cool Whip, chocolate chips.

This makes 12 generous servings.

Per serving:
Calories - 180
Carbs - 34
Fat - 4
Protein - 4
Fiber - 2

Eplizzitiz

Like most people here, after all that work last week, I to have lost no weight
I
'm not letting it get me down though!!!! Keep up all the hard work everyone!

lablovr108

Sorry for the multiple posts. I kept trying to edit it and instead, it just kept reposting. Ugh!!

psychofied

Done with day 1 challenge today! I've walked for about 2.5 miles today. As for the weight I still weigh 155 lbs which gets me down a lot. I'm really sorry.

GemmieNoWobbles

Hi everyone
I am in the same boat (although worse than CookieGem), I havr stuck under my cals, exercised my butt off this week but gained 3lbs. I think its TOM related but will be extra good this week. I've lowered my cals from this week on. So sorry for letting everyone down.
I will get in an extra 6 miles this week with walking at lunch and a run.
Hope everyone is doing ok. x

wilsonshome

Here's my recipe:

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/grilled_fish_tacos.html?plckReviewKey=d59f2033-d98b-4bbb-8e21-82f631b2187f

The fish is delicious all alone but the cole slaw really tops the tacos.

cshore54

Hello everyone as we start off week 2! My weight was up 0.8 pound this week. I exercised, walked, ran, walked more, ate under calories and got in enough water to fill a pool. I am so sorry for letting the team down. I could not have done better. On an upside I feel so good that I followed through on every challenge and I feel stronger for those efforts.

I will not quit. You are stuck with me and I will walk my miles do the challenges and everything that comes with this challenge this week.

We will be persistant and determined and we WILL see results!

ChrisI

megansmom311

I weighed in at 215 this morning, so a 4 pound loss.


I'll post my recipe later today. Hope everyone has wonderful Monday! :flowerforyou:

jah1165

I will do my recipe later today.....and I can do an addition 6 miles this week.....hopefully that will aid in losing pounds this week .....

sonybalony

I too have lost NO weight, I am sure we are going to see BIG changes this week!!!

We DO the best we can, as long as we are DOing that we can't ask anything more... Notice my capitalization of DO? That is because we are NOT trying... We are DOing!!! If DOing your best means modifying an exercise.... DO it! If DOing your best means making the time to cook a meal rather than eating out... DO it!!!

I don't want anyone on my TEAM feeling badly about this week... Feeling badly about will do NO good!!! What I do want is everyone to feel that PERSISTENCE and DETERMNATION kicking in!!! A TEAM of stronger, healthier bodies is our goal!! The weight that comes off is just a bonus!!! Today when you do your challenge exercise I want you to write down how long it took for you to DO it, and how hard it was on a scale of 1 - 10... The first week of September I challenge each and every one of us to repeat these exercises... And see how much difference there is in time and effort!!!

I want each of our TEAM MATEs to receive the long term benefits of our efforts!!! This is NOT a sprint, it is not even a marathon!!! It is a journey that lasts a lifetime!!!! I want you each to be able to play with your children, your grand children... Your GREAT grandchildren!!! Being healthy, DOing what needs to be done with PERSISTENCE and DETERMINATION can get us there!!!

Now get out there and kick some major HINEY!!!!

GO TEAM PERSISTENT DETERMINATION!!!!!!

~ Sonia

lablovr108

Well, I did three miles at lunch today!! I am a sweaty, sweaty mess sitting here at my desk eating my salad with grilled chicken, but since I didn't have any meetings this afternoon, I figured why not!?!? :happy:

sonybalony

Did 4.25 miles... .75 miles was monday warmup... 3.5 of those are for the 100 miles!!!

Squat kicks here I come!!!

Ladies I have MOST of your weights, but not ALL.... I NEED them... Contacting individuals in a moment... If NO response, we may need to reevaluate our team... I'd hate to do so, everyone is welcome to the board but if you have no intention of DOing the challenge AND reporting it.... :sad:

~ Sonia

jah1165

I completed 1 extra mile at lunch today for the 100 miles and just did another mile now.....on top of the 2.5 I ran...so that is 2 miles total for the 100 miles
I did my squat kicks and drank my water.......

Here is my recipe hope I am suppose to do it here

Rocky Road Brownies (2 points for Weight watchers)

4 egg whites, whipped
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 Cup cocoa powder, sifter
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 Cup marshmallow creme

Heat oven 325 degrees. Prepare a 9X13 pan with Pam and a little flour.

In large bowl, combine baking powder, cocoa salt and flour

In another bowl combine egg whites, sugar, vanilla and Marshmallow creme.

Mix dry ingredient with wet. Bake 18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
Makes 8 servings.

122.18 calories..3.73 g protein...83 g Total fat.....45 g Sat Fat...26 mono fat..26.91 g Carb....2.0 Fiber....

Thanks Janet

shortee75

Okay ladies, I just found a few new recipes I intend on trying so thought I would share them with you...

MINI FRITTATAS (Prep: 10min; Bake: 15min; Serves: 6)

-6 slices ham (i'm assuming these are rectangle slices)
-1 tbsp vegetable oil
-1 small potato, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
-1 small onion, finely chopped
-1/2 red bell pepper, diced (I will not be using this)
-salt
-8 large eggs
-6 tbsp milk

1. Preheat oven to 375. Mist 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Cut each slice of ham in half and press into each cup. Warm oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add potato and cook, stirring, until softened and golden, about 5 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper, cook, stirring, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes longer. Season with salt and divide among muffin cups.

2. In a large measuring cup, whisk together eggs, milk, and 1/4 tsp salt. Pour egg mixture into muffin cups so each one is about half full. Bake until eggs are cooked through, about 15 minutes.

3. Let cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove frittatas from tin and serve warm, or let cool completely and serve at room temperature

Nutrition Information (2 Frittatas per serving)
- 337 calories
-18g fat (5g Sat Fat)
-465mg Cholestorel
-2g Fiber
-31g Protein
-11g Carbs
-1,531mg Sodium
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PEACH BERRY CRUMBLE (Prep: 30min; Bake: 55min; Serves: 8)

TOPPING:
-1cup quick-cooking oats
-1/2cup all-purpose flour
-1/2cup packed dark brown sugar
-1tsp cinnamon
-1/2tsp salt
-8tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
-1/4cup sliced almonds

FILLING:
-1 1/2lb firm, ripe peaches (4 to 5)
-1/2cup sugar
-1/4cup all-purpose flour
-pinch of salt
-1cup fresh blueberries (I may substitute strawberries since I'm not a fan of blueberries)
-1cup fresh raspberries

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly butter a 9-inch pie plate. Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with foil. Make topping: in a bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir in butter until crumbly. Toss in nuts

2. Make filling: bring a large pot of water to a boil; have ready a large bowl filled with ice water. Using a sharp knife, cut a shallow X into bottom of peaches. Blanch peach until skins begin to wrinkle, 30 to 60 seconds. Remove with a slotted sppon and place in ice water to cool. Slip off skins with your fingers; cut in half, remove pits and slice fruit into wedges

3. In a bowl, toss peaches with sugar, flour and salt. Fold in berries. Let stand for 5 minutes. Transfer to prepared pie plate. Sprinkle with topping, place on baking sheet and bake until filling bubbles and topping is golden, 50-55 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

PER SERVING:
-389 Calories
-15g Fat (8g Sat Fat)
-30mg Cholesterol
-6g Fiber
-6g Protein
-61g Carbs
-226mg Sodium

sonybalony

GOOD EVENING TEAM PERSISTENT DETERMINATION!!!!!:bigsmile:

6 people (including myself) have contacted me with their Monday portion of the 100 mile team challenge... Let's get it in gear ladies!!!!:glasses:

I need to see more miles!!! At least 1 mile a day per teammate to get this done!!! :glasses:Although several did MORE than 1 mile today,:bigsmile: it still does not come up to how many we needed for today!!!:sad:


I also need to see MOST of you for the daily challenge!!!! Get them Squat Kicks done and logged!!! :sick: If we don't all get them done, we will lose 5 points!!! :sad: At this stage of the game we cannot afford to lose 5 points!!! :grumble: If you have an issue with the exercise, let me know... :ohwell: there are modifications and alternatives for most of them!:flowerforyou:

The message I would LOVE to see from each of you is:

challenge miles - #
exercise challenge - done!
(and if you posted a recipe WITH nutritional data)

If you want to add in you water and food intake you can, but it is not tracked this week.


BTW, did anyone else feel like a sumo wrestler when doing the squat kicks???:laugh: :laugh:


Got on the treadmill and tried to zone into my happy place.... :happy: my knees are not particularly happy right now, :sad: but when I have lost enough of this weight:glasses:, They will thank me profusely!!!!:bigsmile: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :drinker: :bigsmile:

I am sooooo proud of you guys for this last week! :bigsmile: It was hard on all of us and you all plugged away and completed the week! :bigsmile:

I am especially proud of jessele1971, K1teacher, and megansmom311!!! :bigsmile: They lost 3 pound, 2.8 pounds, and 4 pounds respectively!!! We also had several 2 pound losses!:flowerforyou:

This week I expect EVERYONE to kick it into high gear!!! :glasses: Stay within your calories! Drink water! :drinker: Do your NORMAL exercise! :indifferent: Do your exercise challenge! :frown: Add some miles to get to our 100 mile goals!!!:sad: Nobody said it wouldn't be tough:devil: ... but the reward at the end: health:happy: , improved self-image:happy: , and yes, even fitting into our "skinny" jeans, is well worth it!!! :bigsmile:

Tomorrows exercises are 50 swimmers presses + 1 extra mile (this does not count towards the 100 miles:ohwell: )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwzaUXK6gs

We can do this!!!!

With Friendship and Warmth from Missouri!

~Sonia

SunshineKisses_2012

Here's my update for the day!


0.64 miles during work - 15 minutes total - Walked 3.5 mph. (blowing off steam from a bad morning)
0.36 miles walking the dog at 4 mph this morning - 5 minutes (the dog is use to going for a run in the morning and DRAGGED me around the block!!)

1 mile total

60 squat kicks (OUCH! Still had to throw in the extra 10 to prove that I could)

Water - 13 - 8 oz glasses

I also walked around my church while volunteering for a little over half an hour, but I'm not counting that towards the 100 miles as I don't have a pedometer, but I was a lot more active than I usually am, so that is definitely a good change! Praying I can get some kind of weight loss in this week for the team!!

Blessings and good night friends!

SunshineKisses_2012

And my recipe!! Oatmeal cottage cheese pancakes!

http://www.food.com/recipe/oatmeal-cottage-cheese-pancakes-43072

My son even likes these!!

sonybalony

Hi Team!:bigsmile:

I am going to bed.:indifferent:

I have NO exercise challenge info for Monday (squat kicks) on:

Wilsonshome, CookieGem, cshore54, jah1165, jessele1971, luv_lea, miko412, psychofied, or shortee75.

I have NO 100 mile info on:

Wilsonshome, CookieGem, cshore54, jessele1971, luv_lea, miko412, or shortee75. (Let me know, even if you didn't get any in today!)

We HAVE gotten recipes from:

BCFossett, cshore54, jah1165, llbird, and shortee75! YUMMMY!!!!:flowerforyou:

Please get the challenge info to me as soon as possible, so we don't have any issues! :brokenheart:

ALL team members need to be logging, if there is a reason you are NOT logging:sad: please message me!!!! (even if we have already discussed this last week, as I want to make sure EVERYBODY is still participating!!!:bigsmile: )


Have a blast doing the swimmer presses and 1 mile!!!! :sick: we can do this!!!!:bigsmile:

Get out there and do a mile or two to add to our 100!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

With Friendship and Warmth from Missouri!!!

~ Sonia

megansmom311

Here's my recipe contribution. Sadly, it's the only thing I ever cook that requires more than one ingredient! :laugh:

Super hot salsa

Ingredients:
6 medium sized ripe tomatoes
1 large onion, quartered
12 jalapenos, stems removed (add less if you don't want your tongue on fire :ohwell: )
1 bunch cilantro
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon garlic powder
salt and black pepper to taste

Directions:
Boil tomatoes, peppers, and onion until onions are soft. Remove from water and mix all ingredients in food processor. Blend until desired consistency. Tastes best when served warm.

Nutrition info:
Per 1/4 cup
Cals: 13 Carbs: 3 Fat: 0 Protein: 0 Sodium: 86 Fiber: 1