14 Weeks to Christmas Challenge!!

I think that is what they are called...I know its using sweet potato! I have the recipe at home. Going to try them probably tonight!

Hi Everyone can't believe i missed wednesday!
well the new recipe i'm trying this week is chilli bean casserole! so tasty healthy and low in calories!
if anyone wants to know the recipe email me because it's got alot of ingredients etc!
I'm making it tomorrow as my mums bringing me the ingredients
Being a poor student i can't afford them myself!

week 0: 150lb
week 1: 149lb
Week 2: 148lb

weighing myself tomorrow x

today is my day off from work and i'm going to do exercises i missed since the start of the 30 day slimdown program of jillian michaels such as the quick no more trouble zones yesterday....

about an hour ago i finished the quick no more trouble zones...here in a few mins i will be doing it again since i missed a day of it so far...and i'll be up to date on the quick no more trouble zones...

Okay so I was away on vacation - gained a pound
So my goal this week is 158!!!
Week 4 Starting Weight : 160
Goal Week 4 : 158

OK so i just signed up to start a couch to 5 k challenge that's starting on october 11 on MFP....i've never done anything like this before so along with my jillian michaels 30 day slimdown program i'll be doing this too

i was wondering how in the world i was going to do this after i signed up for it...was i needing to look at my cell phone the whole time i was doing this or what??? my cell phone has a stopwatch mode anyways so i looked on the internet for like a couch to 5k music thing...and sure enough i found it :-) below is the link to it

http://www.djsteveboy.com/1day25k.html

after ur walking interval is up it makes like a chime sound...and very NOTICEABLE....and it does the same thing as when ur jogging interval is up...it does play music so its not like there's someone saying for u to start walking or jogging every so seconds....like i said that's what the chime sound does

Hi,

I've only just found this, but would love to join in, if that's okay?

Here are my details:

Location: South Derbyshire, UK
I like: Chocolate!! Knitting, geocaching
I don't like: Curry, fennel, negativity!
Current typical or usual exercise: Jogging, 30 Day Shred
Current Starting Weight: 150.5
Aim for next week: 148
Personal 14 week Goal: 136.5

I've set my first goal at 148lb - I have been trying to lose weight since New Year, and have not managed it at all. This is the weight I started at a few days after New Year, and have only succeeded in gaining since then! So, this is my first goal.

My Christmas goal is still to lose 14lb. I have just under 11 weeks in which to lose 14lb, so that's not really unachieveable. This will get me down to my final goal weight - the lowest I've been since having children, and what I weighed when I got married

I'll definitely be trying a new healthy recipe this week.

AIM for this week - to actually stick to this healthy eating!!

Heather x

Do you have any recipes in mind??

Good afternoon everyone! As I stated in my introduction I do not like to cook therefore this week's challenge was indeed a CHALLENGE! However, I pulled out my Weight Watchers cook book and made some blueberry muffins. Here's the recipe just in case anyone is interested:

MAKES 12 SERVINGS:

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fat free milk
1 egg
4 teaspoons unsalted butter, melted

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F; spray a 12 cup muffin tin w/nonstick cooking spray

2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt & 3/4 cup of fresh blueberries. In a small bowl, combine the milk, egg and butter. Pour over the flour mixture, stirring just until blended (do not overmix).

3. Spoon the batter into the cups, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean and the muffins are golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack 5 minutes; remove from the pan and serve hot.

Per serving: 96 calories, 2 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 18 mg cholesterol, 187 mg sodium, 17 g total carbohydrates, 1 g dietary fiber, 3 g protein, 58 mg calcium. Points pers serving: 2

I really wished I had found this thread 4 weeks ago but better late than never.

Starting weight: 127 lbs.

Week Four 10/12/2010: 124.5 lbs

Week Five 10/18/2010

Week Six 10/25/2010

Week Seven 11/01/2010

Week Eight 11/08/2010

Week Nine 11/15/2010

Week Ten 11/22/2010

Week Eleven 11/29/2010

Week Twelve 12/06/2010

Week Thirteen 12/13/2010

Week Fourteen 12/20/2010

I lost 2.5 lbs and i completed this week's challenge....WooHoo, WooHoo!

Awesome work going on around here!
A week of Yoga was DEMANDING. But I did float around all week :-)
Cranberry porridge coming up.

Keep up the good work - i KNOW there are a lot of 'lurkers' watching.
hopefully they can get some helpful inspiration and start contributing too

This is a great non-judgemental community

Gordon
Tending to stomach flu kid

I'm new to the web site and came across this challenge. I would love to do this with you...I guess I'd be starting a few weeks late though.

Great idea though! I'm in!

Hello Christmas Challengers!!!

I've been away on holiday so have missed one weeks challenge and the end of the week before, I did manage to complete the sit up challenge. But unable to weigh in while away as there we're no scales in the hotel, or 'fitness room' either.
I have not weighed in yet as I'm a little worried about what I have gained whilst away but will weigh tomorrow in time for our next christmas challenge this week.

Last week I did a 'new' exercise, although it wasn't really all that new, just hadn't done it for 20 years!! Swimming!!
3 times in the sea with my son, was great!! I also did some rock climbing too so I think I will call that challenge passed, although the challenge of keeping my weight maintained will surely be blown this week!!
Still there is always next week!! And time to get back to target before Xmas!!

Today I started the C25K plan, my first day of it and I really enjoyed it, I'm a little upset it's only 3 days a week though, thought it was more, but I'll see how I go and if I find it very easy this week I'll move forward faster as I have goals to reach by Xmas and running will help me massively.

Anyone else out there new to C25K or running please add me I'm looking for cyber running buddies to share this experience and keep notes on each others progress!! Or anyone who has been running for a long time too!!

Good luck to all!!

It's good to be back xxxxx

Bring on the next challenge!!!!

Here's my weekly information

SW: 246.9
Week 1 Goal: 245.0, Actual: 245.4 (-1.5), Challenge Met: Yes, No Chocolate for 1 week
Week 2 Goal: 243.4, Actual: 244.1 (-1.3), Challenge Met: No, Missed 3 days of crunches
Week 3 Goal: 242.1, Actual: 245.2 (+1.2), Challenge Met: Yes, New Exercise was hiking
Week 4 Goal: 244.1, Actual: 245.8 (+0.6), Challenge Met: No, Completely forgot

This weekend was horrible for me. It was Thanksgiving weekend and so we ate at home 0% of the time. We had big turkey dinners 3 nights and finished it off nightly with dessert (2x cake, 1x pecan pie). I didn't drink nearly as much water as I should have. Starting again fresh this week. Going to get moving every night and really get focused on eating well again.

At last the scales have moved! I lose weight very slowly despite sticking to my cals, so it can be disheartening. 1/2lb a week is normal for me, so to lose 2lb is amazing! (especially as I has a couple of cheats in the week!!)

Week 1 166
Week 2 165
Week 3 165
Week 4 163

MIMI I TRIED TO QUOTE YOU BUT I COULDNT ..JUST INCASE YOU THOUGHT I WAS COPYING WHAT YOU SAID! HAHAH