Stay At Home Mommies Unite! 60 Day Challenge Week 5

NewLife_11

Here it is ladies!!! Get ready set go!! (Tomorrow of course)lol:bigsmile:


SAHMU Challenge Week 5

Cardio:
Set a week Goal for yourself this week and achieve it! Your goal can't be under 2500 calories burned. We have to push ourselves.(I got this from another challenge on MFP and thought it was great!)

**The Team with the highest Calories burned this week gets an extra point!!

I made another spreadsheet for this challenge please enter in your calorie burns there daily along with your goal.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnwPqv9GV3KzdEF1LXBGRGZHMzlvVGNrdk5WTXJKbFE&hl=en_US

Please remember to post on your thread how you burned your calories and how many you burned each day, I think this will give us all some new ideas.

Strength: Possible 6 points per person just for this challenge!!
Day 1 Challenge - 50 Leg Raises (each side)
Day 2 Challenge - 40 Squats
Day 3 Challenge - 50 situps or ab crunches
Day 4 Challenge - 40 "Up & Downs"
Day 5 Challenge - 25 Pushups
Day 6 Challenge - 25 Lunges
Day 7 Rest!! You deserve it!!
*You can do these in any order you would like.


Food Challenge: Healthy Kids Meal
Recipe challenge- for this challenge we will each submit a Kids Meal recipe to our team thread, you will receive 1 point for this, take a vote on your team and then submit the best Kids recipe to our main thread, we will then all vote for the best recipe on the main thread and the team with the most votes will receive 1 extra point for this challenge. (the catch is you cannot vote for your own team). Remember to include the nutritional content in your receipe.

Emotional Challenge:
What excuses have you made (to yourself or others) in the past for your weight, and how do you stop yourself from falling back into the "I am heavy because...." attitude?
　
** A special thanks to LoveNevrNds and sisa2324 for your help with the challenge this week.
　
Remember you can always go to
https://docs.google.com/document/d/102LC_kOsa1CIiwupmuRu4A1t1Dljz_tK_zo7P07JluA/edit?hl=en_US

The challenge is there along with the point system.
Good Luck Ladies and I hope you enjoy the challenge this week!

jennyfair24

Love this idea! Wish I would have seen this challenge when it started. Please let me know if/when a new one starts :happy:

daisyelaine

Oooh, I can hijack some recipes for the daycare kids!! Love it!! :bigsmile:

**edited for spelling.. because it's late, and my fingers are shutting down! ( really, it took an even longer time to write THIS part!! )

poesch77

MMMM Perfect for the summer!!! Try this Pinapple-Raspberry Parfait, you can mix up the fruits! I love it with mangos and strawberries. You can use light whipping cream with a dash white powdered sugar if you want to add a bit of sweetness and it wont up the cals too much but anyway, this is the super healthy version.

INGREDIENTS
2 8-ounce containers (2 cups) nonfat peach yogurt
1/2 pint fresh raspberries, (about 1 1/4 cups)
1 1/2 cups fresh, frozen or canned pineapple chunks

PREPARATION
Divide and layer yogurt, raspberries and pineapple into 4 glasses.
NUTRITION
Per serving: 109 calories; 0 g fat ( 0 g sat , 0 g mono ); 2 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrates; 5 g protein; 3 g fiber; 58 mg sodium; 113 mg potassium.

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (60% daily value), Calcium (15% dv).

Carbohydrate Servings: 1 1/2

Exchanges: 1/2 reduced-fat milk, 1 frui


Here is the Recipe challenge winner!


Week 4 Challenge Points:

Stacey: 4pts
Jennifer: 4pts
Devin: 4pts
Julissa: 5pts
Melanie: 4pts

Total Blue Team points: 25pts...yay!

momof2_0710

Kids meal hmmm gonna be a good one to come up with that is kid friendly!

LoveNevrNds

So excited for this weeks challenge! I love it!!!

MichelleLydia

Love this weeks challenge, sounds great!

NewLife_11

Thanks ladies, I am pretty excited about it too!

amyelizbradley

What a great challenge for this week! I really appreciate everyone involved in putting it together!
Here's to week 5!

RedheadHen

Nice Challenge! It will be a challenge for me too! Yay! LOL!

circusmom

Morning!!!
Ready for my Wed weigh-in:


Starting MFP Weight : 152
Starting SAHMU Weight : 134
Week 1 Weight : 134
Week 2 Weight : 131
Week 3 Weight: 131
Week 4 Weight: 130
Change : -1
Goal Weight : 127 (still maybe???)

I am SOOOO surprised that I am still down 1lb, since TOM showed up yesterday. :grumble: :mad: UGH, has it been 28 days already?! I had to stop mid work-out this morning to go "change" cause I had a leak...... :explode: :sad:

Anywho, I love this week's challenges!! Can't wait for some new recipes!!

chellaJKR

Eek, another recipe!
My calorie goal this week is going to be 4000! Lets do this ladies!!

RedheadHen

I had added my weights to the spreadsheet! I had to change all my weights due to a new scale. The only thing is that it seems the total weight lost is not totaling. :ohwell:

Starting MFP Weight : 171
Starting SAHMU Weight : 169
Week 1 Weight : 169
Week 2 Weight : 170 ( at TOM)
Week 3 Weight: 168
Week 4 Weight: 167
Change this week : -1
Goal Weight : 140

circusmom

Should I repost my recipe on this thread? It would probably be easier, huh???

RedheadHen

I am finishing my 30DS and with that I was only burning 1400 cals a week. Today is the last day and I was SO looking forward to only working out 5 days a week and not 7! That's working out for about 30 mins every day ... 7 days a week!! I don't have the extra time to work out more than that. And it was very hard to fit in the time as is. :frown: And here I thought I was kicking butt because my personal goal was to exercise 5 days a week for 30 mins burning like 950 a week. So I need advise on this!!

I also don't count all the stuff I did before starting MFP because I was doing them and getting fat. So why count cleaning or playing with my kids now, if I was not loosing weight before?

circusmom

I am finishing my 30DS and with that I was only burning 1400 cals a week. Today is the last day and I was SO looking forward to only working out 5 days a week and not 7! That's working out for about 30 mins every day ... 7 days a week!! I don't have the extra time to work out more than that. And it was very hard to fit in the time as is. :frown: And here I thought I was kicking butt because my personal goal was to exercise 5 days a week for 30 mins burning like 950 a week. So I need advise on this!!

I also don't count all the stuff I did before starting MFP because I was doing them and getting fat. So why count cleaning or playing with my kids now, if I was not loosing weight before?

I don't count anything I do that is a regular part of my day, cause you're right, it didn't help me stay slim then so it's probably not helping me now.
How are yo logging your 30DS?? I read that you should be logging it as circuit training, I was logging it as aerobics, which has a lower calorie burn on MPF calculator.
And anyway, if that's all the time you can get in, then thats it, it's better than what you were doing before you started here. It's still progress, so feel good about it!! I have to get up at 5:45 every morning to make time, and starting next week it will have to be earlier because of school starting, I'll have a little one to get up and ready in the morning (thank goodness my son gets himself up and ready by himself), so I'll have to be done by the time she needs to get up.
What about walking in the evening with your kids, or something that yo can include with family time?

renubhat_82

Wow..this week's challenge is amazing... :-)

daisyelaine

Accidentally posted my weigh in here.. so I took it away and finished it up on the other thread!

RedheadHen

I am finishing my 30DS and with that I was only burning 1400 cals a week. Today is the last day and I was SO looking forward to only working out 5 days a week and not 7! That's working out for about 30 mins every day ... 7 days a week!! I don't have the extra time to work out more than that. And it was very hard to fit in the time as is. :frown: And here I thought I was kicking butt because my personal goal was to exercise 5 days a week for 30 mins burning like 950 a week. So I need advise on this!!

I also don't count all the stuff I did before starting MFP because I was doing them and getting fat. So why count cleaning or playing with my kids now, if I was not loosing weight before?

I don't count anything I do that is a regular part of my day, cause you're right, it didn't help me stay slim then so it's probably not helping me now.
How are yo logging your 30DS?? I read that you should be logging it as circuit training, I was logging it as aerobics, which has a lower calorie burn on MPF calculator.
And anyway, if that's all the time you can get in, then thats it, it's better than what you were doing before you started here. It's still progress, so feel good about it!! I have to get up at 5:45 every morning to make time, and starting next week it will have to be earlier because of school starting, I'll have a little one to get up and ready in the morning (thank goodness my son gets himself up and ready by himself), so I'll have to be done by the time she needs to get up.
What about walking in the evening with your kids, or something that yo can include with family time?

I actually have a HRM and record it as 30DS. I find that MFP over inflates the burn. :frown: At least for me. As we know everyone is different and burns cals differently! So ... my average for 27 mins or so is close to 200 Cals burned. I will see if I can find something extra to do. My kids don't go back until the 29th. Kindergarten and Pre-School start later than the rest of the kids which go back next Wednesday. I'm counting down the days till my 2 are in school because that will give me like 3 hours a day with out any kids!! I'm so excited! :bigsmile: LOL!

I do have a great recipe for this week though! My kids LOVE it and so do I! LOL! I'll post it later.

♥Amy♥

Hi everyone!

I'm really nervous about this week's challenge because I never have huge calorie burns. Looks like I'll be doing some extra working out now!

Dtho5159

Hi everyone!

I'm really nervous about this week's challenge because I never have huge calorie burns. Looks like I'll be doing some extra working out now!

I am too Amy lol. I typically burn 1800-2000 a week. Im pushing for 2600 for the week so that means an extra 15-20 min a day. Im hoping that will do it lol.

circusmom

This week's cardio challenge is going to be hard. I just noticed while checking the calories burned for different exercises in the database that my current weight was wrong. Well, when I changed it, it also changed my calories burned, to a lesser amount, REALLY!?:grumble:
I did know that, I just didn't think it made that big of a differnce, well it does. My butt is going to be sweating this week!!! Better go buy me a new stick of Degree, I think I'm going to need it!!

poesch77

Highest weight at 9months pregnant 265lbs 12/10
Starting MFP Weight: 247
Starting SAHMU Weight: 225.5
Week 1 Weight: 225
Week 2 Weight: 227
Week 3 Weight: 223
Week 4 Weight: 221
Week 5 Weight 221

Loss: 0 this week...TOM will be here next wed so I will blame him! If I worked out this am I probably would be down but I am so sore from monday and tuesday I need a day to rest! Sorry Team!

Emotional Challenge: I agree with You Devin...blaming my pregnancies too but I was 215lbs when I got married...gained 30lbs from the time I met my husband til I got married....in only a year and a half from eating terribly! I worked at a doctors clinic where food was catered in for lunch ( they were like 4 course meals!!) and someone was always having a potluck for something!! Not to mention trying to match my husband's eating....he can eat ALOT!! So now this is my turn to stop making excuses and get my butt in gear!! I know what to do and how to get there just need to not give up and stick with it especially when that dang scale stalls!!

sisa2324

Team yellow's recipe...

Food Challenge Recipe

This is super YUMMY!
MONKEY BARS
Active Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 40

You’ll never miss the fat in these chewy bars made with white whole-wheat flour, mashed banana, light-brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and mini–chocolate chips.


Recipe Ingredients

1 2⁄3 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 5 bananas)
3⁄4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1⁄4 cup oil
1⁄4 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp each baking soda and cinnamon
1⁄4 tsp salt
1 3⁄4 cups white whole-wheat flour
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Recipe Preparation

Heat oven to 350ºF. Line a 15 x 10 x 1⁄2-in. baking pan with nonstick foil (let the foil extend about 2 in. above pan at both ends).
Whisk mashed bananas, sugar, oil, milk, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl until mixed thoroughly. Whisk in flour just until blended; gently stir in 1⁄2 cup of the mini chocolate chips.
Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
Holding foil by ends, lift from pan onto a cutting board. Carefully cut lengthwise in 4 strips and then cut each strip in 10; remove foil.

Nutrition Facts
Servings 40
Amount Per Serving
Calories 80
Total Fat 3 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 11 mg
Sodium 52 g
Total Carbohydrates 13 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 1 g
Sugar N/A

linake11

Starting weight: 270.4
Last weigh in: 261.6
This week: 264.8
Gain: 3.2

UGH!!!!!! I had a feeling. It's just been one of those weeks ya know? Sorry girls. Im hoping its just water? Here's to pushing on though right?

daisyelaine

So... um... on day 4-- what's an "Up & Down" ? I can think of about 40 things this *might* be.. but I'm not sure!!

NewLife_11

So... um... on day 4-- what's an "Up & Down" ? I can think of about 40 things this *might* be.. but I'm not sure!!

The burpee or up down is a full body exercise used in strength training and as aerobic exercise. It is performed in five steps:

1.Begin in a standing position.
2.Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground.
3.Kick your feet back while lowering yourself with a pushup.
4.Return your feet to the squat position while straightening your arms.
5.Leap up as high as possible from the squat position with your arms overhead (you may clap your hands above your head at the peak of your jump)[1]

NewLife_11

Hi Ladis,
Make sure you post your Calorie Goal for the week today!

♥Amy♥

My calorie goal is 2600...we'll see if I can achieve that.

LoveNevrNds

My calorie goal is 2600 calories, I will do my normal workouts and add Yoga in again! YAY!

NewLife_11

Make sure you all post it on the spreadsheet too. Thanks