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Week 2 Challenge

fitmom_pam1976

Hi Guys!!! How is everyone doing??? Just a quick reminder before I get into this week's challenge. The challenges start on TUESDAYS and end on MONDAYS. I just like to post the thread a day before so you have enough time to get ready for the challenge. I was very pleased to see how many of you participated in the week 1 challenge!! I unfortunately was sick for the middle half of the week. Which is why I am not able to post a video for thi weeks challenge :frown: I tried to make a video a few times yesterday but I was unable to get through it without coughing or sneezing and I sound so nasally I could not even undertand what I was saying. BUT this will not stop us from having another great challenge!!!

Let's get started:

WEEK 2 CHALLENGE:

Nutritional Challenge: Let's share some ideas. Basically I would like for us to share recipes/meal ideas. Use this thread as a Food journal. Let us know what tyoes of meals your are having to get closer to your goal weight. It does not necessarily have to be a recipe... it can be food combinations that can help give your fellow challenge members gather ideas for their meals. I would like to take some of these recipes/meal ideas and make some cooking videos to share with you guys in the future. So please try to post on here as much as possible this week.... add some pics of your meals if you can

Have fun with it.

Physical Challenge: OK.... It is time for some friendly competition!!!! What we will do this week is break up into mini groups. I will give you guys the breakdown after this weeks weigh in (that way I know how many people are still in the challenge and I can make even groups). The group with the largest percentage of weightloss will win. Doing the percentage versus pounds lost is the only way to make it fair no matter what your weight is. So with this challange you need to be a little more devoted.... because your number will affect your team!!!! Let's see what team will win!!!!

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The teams are here:

RED TEAM:

pamastori
malea
tracieao
sharebear2012
mseye
azrunnergirlinerie
lizmurder
yspen42
jordanelizabeth511

BLUE TEAM:

jomom2
carrielynn62
aprilh47
52kgirl
rdean
mmcqueen927
iuangina
alsison
salliebeige

BLACK TEAM:

bokatok
nadiaswims
omgsmg
meatymeat33
tiffanyf1014
iowajen1979
ayesha4417
slbauer63
maudebeige

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Also, I forgot to mention in the previous threads that you should try to friend the group members. It is a great way to receive support and give support. Have a GREAT Week 2 and Good Luck with the Week 1 Weigh ins!!!! I will be posting a thread for the Week 1 Weigh ins tonight. You can post your progress there and also on the online spreadsheet.

Pam:):drinker:

PS Do not forget that you should still be trying your best to drink your water and get in that exercise. Each weeks challenge is a building block....

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IowaJen1979

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aprilh47

safron pork for tea with rosmary infused new potatoes and roast veg 444cals per meal. Saffron sauce only 60cals per portion

aprilh47

tried 3 ingredient banana and oatmeal cookies too today, not worth the calories, and had to add chopped up marshmellow to make it sweet enough. My daughter is taking the left overs to school for her teacher, their topic is healthy eating so a good example .

fitmom_pam1976

Dinner:

Turkey Meatballs and Salad with Radicchio, Fennel, Cucumber and avocado

Maalea

Go Red Team!

Quick lunch at work:
Slice a banana and an apple and mix it with fat-free greek joghurt. You can also add some flax seeds, or cereal, or combine with a granola bar.

April - looks yummy!

reiverse

Breakfast for me this week was warm, since it's soo cold outside!
1 hard boiled egg on
1/2 a pita with
3 slices of ham and
a little brown mustard - about 300 calories and filled me up until lunch

I also like 1/2 c Red Barn Meuseli with warm almond milk.
The mueseli already has flax, sunflower seeds, slivered almonds, and a mix of dried fruit, and it packs a punch!

I had time to cook over the holiday this week so I made a super-delicious lunch
I sliced a whole onion and caramelized it over low heat with 1/2tbsp of olive oil
then i sauteed 1.5c sliced mushrooms (which have a ton of protein - surprise) and 1 lg bell pepper with 1/2tbsp of olive oil. i had to add a little water at the end b/c it was getting dry in the pan, but water also kicked up all of those flavor pieces stuck to the bottom of the fry pan. I put a 3/4-1 cup of the veggies over 1c of brown rice. The total was under 350 calories but filled me up all afternoon, so i'm happy with that

fitmom_pam1976

Lunch:

Chicken "Quesadilla" w/ sauteed Mixed Greens:

Made the Chicken "Quesadilla with leftover grilled Chicken breast, 1 tbsp LF mozz. cheese and the Chia wrap.

Sauteed the Mixed Greens from Trader Joe's with EVOO, garlic and dried cranberries!!! Soooo good!!!

aprilh47

me and my daughter had a throw it in the pan and see what happens approach to making tea using some of the spare left over ingredients from meals over the last few day. using half carton mushrooms, piece of ginger root, left over fat free yogurt, and tommato puree, found a jar of meditarranean herbs in the back of the cupboard, mixed in a bit of stock and an onion some pitted black olives and hey presto

Mediterranean turkey with pasta , 232 cals plus pasta with couple grams parmasan to taste.

(Sorry my pitcure are so big im just learning)

tracieao

Another Red Team member checking in! Go Big Red!

:blushing: :mad: :explode: :devil:

jomom2

Go Blue team!! My favorite color!

aprilh47

no dodgy picture tonight, ive had an day for watching my portion size rather than eating particularly healthy.
started off well with a banana for breakfast.....
then
Followed by bacon, eggs, mushroom beans for lunch
pizza and chips for tea
then a trip to the cinema with popcorn and chocolates.

I must add that everything has been weighed and measured, in some cases adapted,
oven chips, egg whites only low fat salted popcorn small pieces of chocolate.
7 calaories reamining from my allowance not been so close to the wire for ages.

aprilh47

Couldn't be bothered to cook tonight. Out for lunch and omelette and chips for tea. Low fat of course and made good choices at lunch, passed on desert.
getting weighed tomorrow. Only been 5days since last weigh in so a bit Worried about letting my team down. Been very close to my calorie limit over passed few days. Only done 90mins of exercise this week and haven't drunk enuf water so don't expect the scales to be very favorable.

omgsmg

I'he been a little mia from this board sorry!! I've been logging though! The babe is teething pretty bad, so our sleep is off and we need more attention. Babies are hard work! I'm starting to get a little under the weather so I took two rest days this weekend, tomorrow I'm back in action!

Some yummy things we've been eating for dinner are ground turkey tacos with lettuce wraps and I started using plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. It was a lot better than expected!

We made chicken stir fry with lots of peppers (something I didn't eat before last week) and green beans with a side of red potatoes.

We replaced regulars sausage with breaksfast sausage and have been upping our veggie intake hardcore!

carrielynn62

I made Strawberry Oat bars yesterday for my Birthday treat, I'ts a new recipie and a bit high in fat. I replaced the flour with glutenfree baking mix and they turned out wonderful. Next time I will try cutting back on butter and sugar. I always try a new recipe as is and then I will change it to make it healthier. That way I know what it tastes like and will know if it is worth making again.

Today I made pizza burgers w/ turkey burger topped with pizza sauce, fresh mushrooms,onion, pepper, black olives, cheese and turkey pepperoni. I served it with steamed broccoli and cauliflower and pineapple.[503 calories] yum!

lizmurder

I've been sick since Friday so I haven't been getting nearly as much exercise in as I wanted. Sorry Red team! I've stuck with my diet though!

aprilh47

dinner tonight consisted of slow cooked beef with tomato and cranberry, served with sweet potato chips and sweetcorn. total of 442 calories.

IowaJen1979

I know this is last week's challenge, but I made some buffalo chicken and blue cheese dip that was AMAZING and only 150 calories:

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2014/01/skinny-buffalo-chicken-strips.html
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/04/low-fat-creamy-blue-cheese-dressing.html

I paired these with a small bag of chips and a side salad. Perfecto!

fitmom_pam1976

Week 2 Challenge Results!!!!

Red Team: +4.4 lbs +0.29%
Blue Team: -8.4 lbs 0.44%
Black Team: -7.8lbs 0.46%

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLACK TEAM!!!!!! BLUE TEAM YOU WERE SOOOO CLOSE!!!!!