MINI GOAL ONE WEEK CHALLENGE
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Tuesday check-in
Made Chicken Baked in Mustard from 1,000 Lowfat Recipes. Delish!!! Quite happy w/myself!!
Recipe-
1lb skinless, boneless chicken breast
1/4 cup mustard
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1) Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2) Cut the chicken into 4 equal pieces and pat dry w/a paper towel.
3) Brush the mustard onto both sides of the chicken. Roll each piece in breadcrumbs,
coating thoroughly, and then gently shake off the excess. Place on a baking
sheet coated with non-stick spray.
4) Bake for 20 minutess, or until done.0 -
Great group :-).
Goal for this week, 10 minutes of cardio 5 days of the week, 30 minutes walking on the other 2 days. (Also, invest in a heart rate monitor and a stop watch). The duration of the cardio may be low indeed but it'll be a vast improvement on the amount I'm doing currently.0 -
1a1a , We all had a starting point and if we push our bodies too hard too fast we tend to over do it and either give up or get an injury that sets us out of the game for awhile.Great group :-).
Goal for this week, 10 minutes of cardio 5 days of the week, 30 minutes walking on the other 2 days. (Also, invest in a heart rate monitor and a stop watch). The duration of the cardio may be low indeed but it'll be a vast improvement on the amount I'm doing currently.
I think your goals sound awesome and cheers to YOU for getting that HRM!
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Tuesday check-in
Made Chicken Baked in Mustard from 1,000 Lowfat Recipes. Delish!!! Quite happy w/myself!!
Recipe-
1lb skinless, boneless chicken breast
1/4 cup mustard
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1) Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2) Cut the chicken into 4 equal pieces and pat dry w/a paper towel.
3) Brush the mustard onto both sides of the chicken. Roll each piece in breadcrumbs,
coating thoroughly, and then gently shake off the excess. Place on a baking
sheet coated with non-stick spray.
4) Bake for 20 minutess, or until done.
Sounds yummy!!! What are the nutritional facts on it?0 -
1. The daily average for the week MUST be 1200.
2. Reduce saturated fat, trans fat, and sugar intake.
3. Drink more water.
One more thing to add...ABSOLUTELY NO BINGING!0 -
Tuesday's Check In:
1) I worked out for 60 minutes straight yesterday morning
2) I ate after 7pm...it was a bad day with some major spats going on between the husband and me--guess I learned that I am an emotional eater :blushing: :grumble:
3) My carbs were at 174 out of 175---made a bad choice eating the potato salad with lunch and then the pizza for dinner
I am so proud of all you! Keep up your hard work--you inspire me at the very least! :flowerforyou:
Good job on the 60 minute workout! Sometimes carbs get the best of us. When I overload on carbs, I try to eat more veggies the next day.0 -
its really quite fun.... you have a hammock material hanging from the ceiling which you use to support your weight as you go into all kinds of different poses..... some of which you do inverted upside down
Keep it clean, Faith, keep it clean.0 -
Sounds like everyone is doing pretty good.
I ate 2 cups of green beans and a 1/2 cup of raw spinach today. I'm still eating, so I think I can eat another 1/2 cup of green beans or something.0 -
Checking in on Wednesday! Glad to read about each and every one of you! We all have good days and we also have bad days. I figured out that I am an emotional eater too. However, since I am mindful of this, I am trying my hardest to make other choices to combat stress, frustrations or whatever is bugging me.
Drinking at least 10 glasses of water a day and keeping sodium under. The heat here in Arizona is miserable this time of year. Really want it to rain tonight.:flowerforyou:0 -
Aww Ittee! BTW, I blame the donut too. Of course by "donut" I mean "Gelso" and by "blame" I mean "far away". Hugs for a better day tomorrow.
Tuesday night check in:
1) logged everything
2) sodium was under 2169! (my goal is no more than 2200)
3) no exercise=no exercise calories, but I still stayed within goal.
I agree, I blame far away as well. BTW, fantastic job on sodium, super impressive, and we both should've swam.0 -
MAK- great job on all your goals. Your meal sounds fantastic
Marly- my same issue, where ever is the time? I have to incorporate my kids most days with a swim, which is obviously a seasonal activity
danlyn- at least you're seeing improvement with eating less and I love your positive attitude. Such an inspiration
HeartsDesire-sounds like you did awesome with your check in
lovemyheart-wow 2 yoga classes! I love yoga, watched your video and now want to try. But 2 of those and I would feel ill as well.
1a1a- I am starting low as well, and it is more than I have done in the past. It's more manageable that way.
mrrogers- I live a dry heat desert climate, but after NC this summer, I appreciate the dry heat so much.0 -
Worked in 2 more cups of veggies: ong choy!0
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its a rest day went to get groceries so some extra walking in but not at a pace to bring up my heart rate
good job everyone
glad everyone is doing such a good job and working so hard.0 -
Quick Wednesday check in:
1) logged everything--this is actually the 2ndd day in a row that I've logged lunch & dinner before I ate in order to make sure that I stayed in goals
2) Sodium was 1919! (passed on the soy sauce for my rice & veggies in order to stay under 2200)
3) got a good almost hour swim in, and didn't over-eat my exercise calories (yes I am staying above 1200 consumed ittee)
Oh Yeah! NSV for the day--avoided the fresh, monthly birthday cake at work today. It wasn't on the log for the day, so I let it be and stayed within goals. Woo Hoo!
Week's half over! We're doing great group! Keep it up and have a great night!0 -
Confession time, its 11:05 here and I was going to skip my P90X for the day, but after reading about how awesome everyone is doing... I'm going to push play and do it now. I see how hard you all are workign and it's making me want to keep up with all of you.
The reason I was going to skip it... I got a massage today, went right after work. It was a gift to me for losing 50 pounds. Afterwards I was so relaxed I talked myself into taking an extra rest day. But you all have given me the motivation to just do it.
Great job everyone! I read all yoru posts and you guys are doing so amazing, I wish I had some more time to respond to you all, but it's time to log off and start that work out.
HUGGS!!! Keep it up everyone!0 -
Aw MAK, good for you: on both the massage reward and the working out. I don't know if I would've after being kneaded into relaxation. You are an inspiration, and I love your positive support.
Philosohoe: great job on consuming enough, sodium, and of course I appreciate the excercise!
Faithsvegworkout: I've no idea how you eat so many veggies, go you!
My check in:
I logged in everything and just a tiny bit under my goal (not willing to see what tiny thing I can eat to hit goal)
I did excercise today
Try something wiser: hmmm, tough one to call, but apparently I made good decisions because I am under my sodium (not really a goal for me, but something I check till I am ready to tackle that goal). Acutally, nothing in the whole break down is in the red, so I ate quite well, despite my never-ending sweet tooth0 -
Faithwvegies: Twas wondering if you eat your veg plain? Not that there is anything wrong with plain veg (my mum loves them like that) but I'm a big fan of the mixing them all together. As an ex of mine once said "meat is like a fascist dictatorship, the flavour of meat is the big boss, ruling over all, with any other flavours subordinate to it, vegetables on the other hand are like a democracy, all the different flavours working together".
So, I might make that manifest by doing something like
Dice and saute an onion using a tiny bit of olive oil (with garlic if you like garlic)
slice and dice then add to the pot some:
mushroom
capsicum
*zuchini
*carrot/celery (very small chunks when I do it so they are unobtrusive)
*string beans (very sparingly or they'll hijack the flavour)
*peas (also very sparingly)
*eggplant
(let's say you want 3 cups worth of veg altogether as a starting point....I've never measured it out, but I have often cooked meals with too much veg which kinda waters down the flavour).
Give them a really brief frying (less than a minute I reckon) then
add tomato, either fresh/chopped up (I'd use 4) or canned
and some water
optional; could also add a bay leaf, oregano, basil
bring to the boil then simmer for saaay, 15 minutes
could even possibly add some baby spinach post simmer
Now you have a kind of tomato vegetable soup, devour a portion as is or use over pasta.
*these veg are more optional, the main thing is to get the tomato onion mushroom capsicum blend going.0 -
I would like to join
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My week starts on Monday
My goals are to
1) work out every day for 60 minutes straight (only little breathers in between routines)
2) not eat after 7pm every night
3) cut out carbs by at least 20% (I have way to many carbs in a day right now)
Thanks for doing this! I had a horrible week last week (gained 2.3lbs) and need some help trying to get my body to do what it needs to do!
Wednesday's Check In:
1) I worked out for a total of 68 minutes yesterday morning
2) I DID NOT EAT AFTER 7pm!!! :bigsmile:
3) My carb total was 216 out of 273; which means I cut carbs by 20.8% :happy:
I actually met all of them! :bigsmile:0 -
Tuesday check-in
Made Chicken Baked in Mustard from 1,000 Lowfat Recipes. Delish!!! Quite happy w/myself!!
Recipe-
1lb skinless, boneless chicken breast
1/4 cup mustard
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1) Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Hi Crystal...nutritional values
Calories 152
Protein 27g
Fat 2g
Carbs 4g
Fiber 1g
Sodium 298g
2) Cut the chicken into 4 equal pieces and pat dry w/a paper towel.
3) Brush the mustard onto both sides of the chicken. Roll each piece in breadcrumbs,
coating thoroughly, and then gently shake off the excess. Place on a baking
sheet coated with non-stick spray.
4) Bake for 20 minutess, or until done.
Sounds yummy!!! What are the nutritional facts on it?0 -
Hi:0)
My ultimate goal is to eat clean. So my goal this week is to make a clean breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm committing to cooking 3x this week.
Wednesday check-in...cooked 3x this week. Tuesday made Chicken Baked in Mustard. Last night and today's lunch I made Vietnamese Chicken & Noodle Salad from eatingwell.com.0 -
This is a tough week for me. I have had absolutely NO energy and am afraid I'm having a fibromyalgia flare-up. Not much pain, but stiffness and just a feeling of being wiped out
I hate when this happens because I struggle with getting in any exercise. So far, so good with the food choices so maybe it will balance out. So, my exercise goal is not being met, but my eating has been on track.
I hope everyone is having a great, successful MFP day!!! Have a good evening all
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Sorry guys, TOM is making me sick. Pushing through, but with work starting back I'm just too tired to check in.
1. Eat heatlhy lunches and learn to pack fun stuff that is healthy. -first day back with teachers, ate out with friends. Did okay, but sodium killed me today.
2. Keep up the water drinking. -done!
3. Still get my exercise in. Keep trying turbofire along with my classes while waiting on my weights to come in. -did zumba!0 -
Sorry guys, TOM is making me sick. Pushing through, but with work starting back I'm just too tired to check in.
1. Eat heatlhy lunches and learn to pack fun stuff that is healthy. -first day back with teachers, ate out with friends. Did okay, but sodium killed me today.
2. Keep up the water drinking. -done!
3. Still get my exercise in. Keep trying turbofire along with my classes while waiting on my weights to come in. -did zumba!
Gloria--it's killing me to know: what is TOM? And why is it evil and making you ill? Good luck with back to school; hard transition back into routine.0 -
I am having hard time meeting my goals..have company visitant and work has been crazy. Today I did work out for 1 hr but I been eating all day today. I hope I have a better day tomorrow.0
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Thank you Ittee! I couldn’t do it without you guys and all your support HUGGS!
1a1a - thanks the sharing the recipe, I'll have to try that one for sure!
Crystal_Rudolph - You did AWESOME!! Keep up all the hard, show those mini goals whose boss.
theba2il - WAY to go! Great job with your cooking this week and making some really good recipes :drinker:
danlyn - I'm sorry to hear you are having such a tough week. I hope your fibromyalgia doesn’t flare up too bad and that you are back to feeling better soon. Way to balance your food choices to account for the lessened workouts.
ladygloria - Great job today! TOM is killer and always puts a damper on my food choices and workouts. Feel better soon.
philosohoe - TOM = time of month.. the joy of being a woman. LOL! :laugh:
Nlakshmi - sorry to hear your having a hard time making your goals this week, but CONGRATS on getting an hour workout in today. Here is to a better tomorrow.
Thursday check in:
1. week 10 P90X – Week 10 day done – I had a tough eating day today, made some less than wise food choices and felt BLAH after that so I really didn't want to work out. But some of my fabulous MFP pals encouraged me and I got up did my workout and felt wonderful after it.
2. 3 non P90X workouts – not today, maybe tomorrow.
3. Try a new food or recipe everyday – made up a fun new recipe for dinner with chicken a little chardonnay and some peas. YUM!
I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thursday and keep on reaching for your mini goals! Let's finish the week STRONG!0 -
bad bad day bad bad Kris got a box of reese's peices like you get at a theater and I ate the whole THING at my desk while at work wasn't really hungry but I kept shoveling um in the tasted so goooooood. What a waste of calories. So I did finish my 3rd exercise for the week C25K workout. And I am here for support and to support all of you.
Workout calories left me some so dinner had to be light, and fresh cherries are a better choice than most of my choices for today.0 -
Faithwvegies: Twas wondering if you eat your veg plain?
It depends. I like green veggies alone like leafy greens or broccoli. Actually, I like most of my veggies solitary now that I think of it. . . sometimes just plain and steamed, sometimes grilled or roasted. If I'm making a stew or soup, I'll mix it up some though.0 -
I had a lot of broccoli tonight with dinner. . . about 3 or 4 cups. I also had some raw spinach in a wrap for lunch. I'm doing well keeping my goal up.0
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hi just saw this post and was hoping i could start my mini goals next week, since this weeks challenge is almost over, wish i saw it earlier. add me if you would like, i think this group is just what i need! 0
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Check in for yesterday: Bought a heart rate monitor from crime (cash) converters. Was going to get a new one but can't believe how much they cost, managed to bargain cashies one down to $75 yee hah. Of course it had a flat battery but I managed to cross that bridge and make it work and I'm in looooooooooove. It's silent when I'm in the zone, beeps my heart rate when I'm below, beeps when I exceed, scheming already that this could be the perfect tool for interval training.
Put off my 10 minutes of cardio until 3 in the morning....got my heart pumping by running through some Tae kwondo moves with jogging on the spot and star jumps interspersed with stretching to warm up. Tae kwondo training for the win, put me well in my fat burning zone and even had my heart beating at 175 at one point, my little HRM beeping its head off thinking I was working too hard. I take Tae kwondo eeeeasy when I do it at home, how hard does my heart beat when I'm training formally?! Yikes, no wonder I sometimes have to sit out for a bit and catch my breath. All that brutal jogging I used to do for exercise (with the sore legs and the raspy breathing), I rate Tae kwondo practice closer to what Zumba claims to be in terms of not really realising how hard you are working. And if anyone ever thinks they can get the better of me in a poorly lit park one night, they can think again mwoahahahahaha (I'm 5 foot 1 and female, should really avoid those poorly lit parks).
My HRM said I burnt 100 calories, even if I didn't, having some kind of abstract number to guide my exercise is going to be encouraging I think, mfp helps me count the calories going in, this little gadget can help me count them going out :-). Good, good, good :-D
P.S. Anyone who tries that recipe, if it's not quite to your liking, work with it a bit, all those quantities are kinda guessy, I normally cook by eye. It'll be great when you nail it though :-)0
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