Week 3 sparkling summer challenge
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Is everyone ready for week 3?
We're going to start out with cardio, we've been going strong, so let's keep up the great work here.
Cardio goal 117 minutes
(Inspired by chapter 6, page 117 of Breaking Dawn, Where Bella says, "I had another idea for burning calories!" )
P.S. ..... how you burn them is your decision!
Food --- Strive for 5
Each day let's work to take in a combination of 5 fruits and veggies, your choice. Let's make them so delicious that even Edward would be tempted to eat them!
Water--- as important to humans as blood is to the vampire. As Laurent said to Bella in the field, "I am quite thirsty, and you do smell....simply mouthwatering.".
Keep in mind thirst is often mistaken as hunger, so drink plenty of water. Let's have those 8 cups a day to stave off hunger. :drinker:
Thoughts of Twilight.... Let's share a Sparkly thought or two this week to keep our team members smiling! Pictures, quotes, random thoughts, it's all good!
Happy week three everyone!
We're going to start out with cardio, we've been going strong, so let's keep up the great work here.
Cardio goal 117 minutes
(Inspired by chapter 6, page 117 of Breaking Dawn, Where Bella says, "I had another idea for burning calories!" )
P.S. ..... how you burn them is your decision!
Food --- Strive for 5
Each day let's work to take in a combination of 5 fruits and veggies, your choice. Let's make them so delicious that even Edward would be tempted to eat them!
Water--- as important to humans as blood is to the vampire. As Laurent said to Bella in the field, "I am quite thirsty, and you do smell....simply mouthwatering.".
Keep in mind thirst is often mistaken as hunger, so drink plenty of water. Let's have those 8 cups a day to stave off hunger. :drinker:
Thoughts of Twilight.... Let's share a Sparkly thought or two this week to keep our team members smiling! Pictures, quotes, random thoughts, it's all good!
Happy week three everyone!
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I'm in, but I'm going back to work this week, so I may be struggling to keep up with commenting. (I know you all work all year and still manage it:blushing: )0
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Is everyone ready for week 3?
We're going to start out with cardio, we've been going strong, so let's keep up the great work here.
Cardio goal 117 minutes
(Inspired by chapter 6, page 117 of Breaking Dawn, Where Bella says, "I had another idea for burning calories!" )
P.S. ..... how you burn them is your decision!
Food --- Strive for 5
Each day let's work to take in a combination of 5 fruits and veggies, your choice. Let's make them so delicious that even Edward would be tempted to eat them!
Water--- as important to humans as blood is to the vampire. As Laurent said to Bella in the field, "I am quite thirsty, and you do smell....simply mouthwatering.".
Keep in mind thirst is often mistaken as hunger, so drink plenty of water. Let's have those 8 cups a day to stave off hunger. :drinker:
Thoughts of Twilight.... Let's share a Sparkly thought or two this week to keep our team members smiling! Pictures, quotes, random thoughts, it's all good!
Happy week three everyone!
Oh my, I forgot to mention banking calories! Ooops! Have a great week ladies!0 -
I'm ready to go, Havent done very well with fruits/veggies the past few weeks, so I need that part of the challenge0
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Well, my first thought after reading Yvonne's suggestion that we share a random Twilight quote or whatever, was that I would do the random flip open and point method of finding a random quote, from Eclipse, and this is what I landed on:
"Your lips are still blue," he mused. "Want me to warm those up for you, too? You only have to ask."
Brings the whole scene back to mind, doesn't it? 0 -
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Yvonne, once again you are FABULOUS!!!
What would we do without you, our fearless Twi-leader!!
I'm playing with my calories this week trying to figure out how to eat more because I'm starving every night and binging on crap when I get home from work. Here's to a SPARKLING week for all of us!:flowerforyou:0 -
Week 3 Day 1
Strive for 5 - check
I had 3 fruits today, and with my taco soup, managed to get a couple servings of my veggies in.
Water - check (48 water and 16 non caffeinated)
Cardio. 50 minutes dodging Mosquitos, but one still managed to get me! (my HRM watch has gone wacky, so I have to look at past workouts to gage my burn).
Calories - 226 in the bank
Twilight thoughts: most of you know that I have been looking for a house (for a very long time) to buy. Well, today I was looking at photos of a house that was just listed. In one of the pictures, there was a poster of Bella and Edward on a bedroom wall. That made me smile! 0 -
Week 3 Day 1
Strive for 5: banana, peaches, cucumbers, lettuce - Enough for about 6 servings
Water: 64 oz
Cardio: Zip, Zero, Zilch...No time or energy.
Calories: -2 calories - pretty sad considering I've raised my daily goal!
Twilight thoughts: I'm re-reading the books and I'm on Eclipse...it's the engagement ring, leg hitch scene....Talk about a great part of the book. *sigh*0 -
Week 3 Day 1
Strive for 5: raisins, celery, carrots, tomatoes, red and yellow peppers, avacado, salsa, and salad: lettuce, cabbage and cucumbers
Water: 72 oz
Cardio: 15 minutes
Calories: 8 calories in the bank.
Twilight: Twi, I'm re-reading Eclipse right now too. They are practicing fighting newborns with the wolf pack.
Here is some fun news:
Thanks to the keen eyes of Amanda over at Twilight Examiner, we’ve spotted another retrospective about the Twilight Saga filming experience. Entertainment Weekly will be releasing Twilight: The Complete Journey. The details of the book (magazine?) that are currently available on Amazon are as follows:
A gorgeous all-access guide to the Twilight saga from the magazine whose writers and photographers covered the phenomenon before anyone else and better than anyone else. “The Twilight Journey” follows author Stephenie Meyer and stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner on their wild, five-year journey from the set of the first movie to the premiere of 2012′s “Breaking Dawn, Part 2.” With funny, intimate, often shockingly frank interviews as well as set visits, trivia, book and movie guides, and dozens of now-iconic photographs. The book is not only a keepsake for fans to pore over but also a revealing portrait of an unassuming first-time author and three very different young actors coping with a fame so sudden and overwhelming that it not only transformed their lives but Hollywood itself. Includes five posters based on original EW covers.0 -
Day 1
Water - 9 cups
Banked Calories - 72
Cardio - 0 today, long day at work + really need my chiropractor lower back & neck are killing me. plus add in day 13 of Aunt Flo = I'm miserable & feel like crap
Fruit - 5 - banana, honeyrock melon, potatoes, lettuce, peaches in my salad
Have to be silly today
and on a not silly note, if you have a chance go see Cosmopolis!!!! Saw it last night, probably going to have to go again to catch everything I missed. It is an amazing movie, and not just because of Rob0 -
Week 3, Day 1
Strive for 5 check-- banana, grapes, carrots, celery, salad, and yummy roasted bell pepper
Water -- 8/8
Cardio -- 55 minutes
Calories -- 37 in the bank
Alice is such a cool character, I want to be her! Some of her many talents (from Eclipse, the graduation):
"What was she thinking about, anyway? To keep you out, I mean."
His eyes flashed down to my face, and narrowed in suspicion. "She was translating the Battle Hymn of the Republic into Arabic, actually. When she finished that, she moved on to Korean sign language."0 -
Day 2 of week 3.
174 banked
100% water
50 cardio so far (pooped tonight, so no walk)
Strive for 5. Apple chips, apple, peach, spinach, tomatoes, corn, onions
Today on the radio they played a recording of a deleted movie scene, and if you called in, and guessed the right movie, you won a milkshake a week for the next year. The recording was of Edward talking to Bella in Twilight, where he tells her she should not go into the woods alone anymore, because he is not the worst thing out there. She says she can take care of herself, and of course he says she cannot. You may ask if I called in, I did not. I was driving, didn't have the phone number, and I would have to drive 50 miles for the once a week milkshakes! My diet doesn't need a milkshake a week, believe me! The girl who won was elated, she said she had a bad day, but this made her day! I think it made my day too!
On another note, Rob is selling the mansion, so sad!0 -
Week 3 Day 1
Strive for 5: peaches, cucumbers, carrots - enough to cover my 5 servings
Water: 64 oz
Cardio: 55 mins
Calories: -385 calories - I finally got off my lazy butt and worked out tonight
Twi-thought for the day: One of my favorite things is my Kindle app on my Droid. Hubby got me the Twilight books and it's awesome to be able to pull up a book and read whenever I have a free minute or two. Somehow, Edward makes sitting in a waiting room or standing in a long line much more bearable. *sigh*0 -
Week 3 - Day 2
Water - 5/8 today
Banked Calories - 822/894
Cardio - 55 minutes, hydro pilates class & uncounted wandering around the winery
Fruit -not very good today, had lettuce, cucumbers & tomatoes in my salad0 -
Week 3 Day 2
Strive for 5: raisins, celery, carrots, tomatoes, avocado, salsa, lettuce, peach
Water: 72 oz
Cardio: 30 minutes total
Calories: 70 calories in the bank.
Twilight: Sue, you are right. Alice is pretty awesome:
Alice is an unstoppable force of nature.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 4, p.630 -
Week 3 Day 3
298 calories in the bank
Water only 5 of 8 today so far (pretty busy at work And it really sidelined my water intake)
Cardio 25 minute walk this evening
Strive for 5 , banana, spinach, apple. Just for 3 of my 5
I knew what had to happen now. The girl would have to come set beside me, and I would have to kill her?
Edward Cullen , Midnight Sun, Chapter 1 p 140 -
Week 3 Day 3
Strive for 5: raisins, tomatoes, avocado, salsa, red and yellow peppers, salad ( lettuce, red cabbage, cucumber)
Water: 80 oz
Cardio: 93 minutes total
Calories: 229 calories in the bank.
Twilight: We seemed to exist outside of time here, just drifting along in a perfect state.
Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.1190 -
Week 3 - Day
Water - 8/8 today
Banked Calories - 560/1382
Cardio - 55 total
Fruit - 6/5 - blueberries, strawberries, cantalope, pineapple, green beans, potatoes0 -
Week 3 Day 2
Started babysitting my 4mo granddaughter today (3 days a week). Today was a long one cuz they went out for a fun night after work. But my dear DIL bought groceries just for me so their fridge is stocked with some of my faves, tomatoes, strawberries, and Greek yogurt. Gotta get up to speed bringing my laptop so's I can visit my sparkly friends when baby naps!
Strive for five: strawberries, banana, peach, carrots, celery and salad with tomatoes
Cardio 87/117 got a doggie walk in and push-ups, planks, etc. (Hope I can keep this morning routine up!)
Water 8/8
Food: 47 cals in the bank--I'll take it!
I was thinking about how awesome a book Eclipse is, thanks to Bella really deciding what she wants and what she has to do to get it, in spite of what others want for her--Charlie, Jake, Rosalie, and especially Edward. It's so rewarding seeing Bella mature! Kind of an encouragement to all of us who identify with her!0 -
Week 3 Day 3
Strive for five: Banana, strawberries, spinach salad, tomatoes, and yellow bell pepper, carrots, and celery
Cardio 147/117 Yes! Curves with Kathy
Water 12/8 Super hot here, ugh!
Food 177 calories in the bank, hooray
Whenever I read Midnight Sun (thanks to my hubby loading it on my PDF reader on the iPod) I think it Stephenie Meyer's best book. And the one that really makes us all swoon for Edward. Who can't help fall for a guy who not only looks the part of the Byronic hero, but actually thinks "out loud" for us all his passionate, despairing, sometimes violent thoughts.
Be still, my heart! 0 -
Week 3 day 4 (I am not sure what day it is, it's been one of those weeks)
Strive for 5.. Peach, avocado, lettuce, olives, tomatoes
263 in the bank
No cardio yet tonight, I am enjoying the calm night on my porch swing listening to the occasional hummingbird
Water 6 H2O and 2 decaf beverages
Twilight related sort of: A friend asked me to the movies tomorrow, we decided to go see Ashley Green's new movie, The Apparition. Should be good and spooky! Gotta support our Twi actors!
I was listening to my iPod at work today, Twilight Score. I like to imagine what is happening in the movie during the songs. I got a little goose bumpity when I thought of Bella's hair blowing in the fan, when she is heading into science class, and the look on Edwards face at that moment. Chilling!0 -
Week 3 Day 4
Strive for 5: raisins, tomatoes, avocado, salsa, red and yellow peppers, salad ( lettuce, red cabbage, cucumber), and nectarine.
Water: 80 oz
Cardio: 93 minutes total (I planned to do strength training, but a headache interfered, so nothing more today)
Calories: 286 calories in the bank.
Twilight-- sort of
I went to see Cosmopolis today. Rob Pattinson sure is pretty, but there was only one other person besides me left in the theater at the end of the movie, lol.0 -
Week 3 Day 4
Strive for 5: raisins, tomatoes, avocado, salsa, red and yellow peppers, salad ( lettuce, red cabbage, cucumber), and nectarine.
Water: 80 oz
Cardio: 93 minutes total (I planned to do strength training, but a headache interfered, so nothing more today)
Calories: 286 calories in the bank.
Twilight-- sort of
I went to see Cosmopolis today. Rob Pattinson sure is pretty, but there was only one other person besides me left in the theater at the end of the movie, lol.
Rob had one of his biggest fans there for him! Thank you for supporting him!:blushing:0 -
Week 3 - Day 4
Water - 8/8 today
Banked Calories - 21/1403
Cardio - 55 total
Fruit - 4 - banana, potatoes, lettuce, peaches0 -
Week 3 Day 5
Friday is my splurge day. In the hole 760 calories for the week.
Water 64 and 16 other
Cardio i haven't been as quite as good this week as usual, plan to get some in this weekend, 90 so far
Strive for 5. Tomato, lettuce, olives, coconut, mushroom, strawberries
Twilight: went to see Ashley Greene's new movie, Apperition. Kind of spooky and Gave me goosebumps. .
I found myself wishing she could use her vampire strength and special abilities in this role.
Just a note, I think that girl is all legs! (just jealous, always wished i had awesome legs)0 -
Week 3 Day 5
Strive for 5: raisins, celery, carrots, avocado, salsa, red and yellow peppers, salad, and peach.
Water: 104 oz (Zumba + hot weather makes drinking water easy)
Cardio: 153 minutes total (awesome zumba class with our favorite teacher)
Calories: 396 calories in the bank.
Twilight-- Since I just watched a movie in which Rob played a billionaire, I figured I choose a quote about the Cullen wealth (and good looks).
It seemed excessive for them to have both looks and money. But as far as I could tell, life worked that way most of the time. It didn’t look as if it bought them any acceptance here.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 2, p.320 -
We heard it here from Kathy, 77tes - about the new People book on Twilight.
It looks like the date of release is set for October 2nd. I think that will be a must have in my collection! :flowerforyou:
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/86679/1/Robert-Pattinson-Cuddles-Kristen-Stewart-For-Book-Cover
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Holiday weekends can be especially challenging in the food department.
Keep up the good work all!
xxoo
Yvonne0 -
We heard it here from Kathy, 77tes - about the new People book on Twilight.
It looks like the date of release is set for October 2nd. I think that will be a must have in my collection! :flowerforyou:
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/86679/1/Robert-Pattinson-Cuddles-Kristen-Stewart-For-Book-Cover
xxoo
Yvonne
October 2nd is my birthday....I know what to tell hubby I want!! lol
I know I haven't been around much this past week....and if you've seen my diary then you know I've been struggling. Still playing with calories/macros, but here are my stats which I've collected based on whatever my goal was each day.
Strive for 5: 5 of 7 days
Water: 7 of 7 days
Cardio: 135 minutes total
Calories: 212 calories in the bank.0 -
For the week:
Water 4 of 7
Strive for five. 5 of 7
Cardio 106/117 ( didn't feel well Sunday, so no extra cardio to get to goal)
I ended the week in a deficit, although I am trying to cut back on my Friday night splurge meals.
I lost a little weight this week, which makes me happy. Thank you for everyone's support. These challenges help me do better!0 -
Week 3 The Final Tally
Strive for 5: 7 of 7
Water: 7 of 7
Cardio: 216 minutes total
Calories: 465 calories in the bank which I'm saving for a big splurge on Labor Day. Next week may start officially in a big hole, but hopefully my body will still register that deficit.
Going back to work went well although I didn't get any of my strength training in. I saw an amazing number on the scale briefly, so I'm feeling motivated!!
Twilight Talking about strength training
Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard, but not from the direction I was expecting. A low oath made me aware that someone was with me, and the voice was impossible not to recognize. Two long, white hands shot out protectively in front of me, and the van shuddered to a stop a foot from my face, the large hands fitting providentially into a deep dent in the side of the van’s body.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 3, p.560
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