SAHMU Team Red (closed group)

Okay (again I'm sorry about last week) here's my catching up for this week (7/27/ - 8/3)....or would it be easier just to put a total on Tuesday for the whole week? I just want to make it easier

Exercise Challenge(7/27-8/3): Cardio: Day 1 ~ 7/28 walking/jogging with my DD (40mins)

Strength: 5 sets of 5 pushups done for 7/29/11 = 1 day

Food Challenge(7/27-8/3):

Recipe challenge- Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets ***my kids LOVE these chicken nuggets!!***
Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 1/4th of nuggets •

Calories: 164.9
Fat: 4.6 g
Protein: 22.1 g
Carb: 7.7 g
Fiber: 0.9 g
Sugar: 0.1 g

* 16 oz (2 large) skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into even bit sized pieces
* salt and pepper to taste
* 2 tsp olive oil
* 6 tbsp whole wheat Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
* 2 tbsp panko
* 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
* olive oil spray

Preheat oven to 425°. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil spray.

Put the olive oil in one bowl and the breadcrumbs, panko and parmesan cheese in another. Season chicken with salt and pepper, then put in the bowl with the olive oil and mix well so the olive oil evenly coats all of the chicken. Put a few chunks of chicken at a time into the breadcrumb mixture to coat, then on the baking sheet. Lightly spray the top with olive oil spray then bake 8 - 10 minutes. Turn over then cook another 4 - 5 minutes or until cooked though.

Emotional Challenge(7/27-8/3):

How do you handle the struggles of being the weight you are in your family? My struggles is kind of weird how I see it. Everyone sees me as fit and thin and my husband says I'm no where near how "fat" I think I am (or feel). I'm almost 5 foot 10 and I can hide it very well, so I do look thin(ish). My struggle is that my daughter is a little over weight too. I never obsess or say anything about how I look in front of her and always try to teach healthy habits (eating, exercising, good choices) but am hypocritic at the same time because I tend to binge at times. It's a struggle to me because everyone sees me as how I'm not and I see me as how I feel and I don't like feeling like this. I only have a few pair of clothes that I wear but can hide it. I don't want my daughter to think she is fat or overweight but just want her to be healthy. So it's a struggle because I'm not consistent with myself and struggle with being hypocritical with my family (in secrecy). I want to show good habits and participate in good habits, just not have them do it themselves. It's very challenging at times.

Sleep Challenge:(7/27-8/3): have gotten at least 7.5 hours of sleep 7/27 and 7/28. Check!!

“It’s not so much that if you sleep, you will lose weight, but if you are sleep-deprived, meaning that you are not getting enough minutes of sleep or good quality sleep, your metabolism will not function properly,” explains Michael Breus, PhD, author of Beauty Sleepand the clinical director of the sleep division for Arrowhead Health in Glendale, Ariz.

Tip of the week:
Cayenne Pepper
In the past five years cayenne pepper has been used in fat burners. Why you ask? Well, cayenne has thermagenic (heats up your body) properties. When your body has to cool itself down it requires calories to do so. Thus, creating a fire for your metabolism.

*Each Team member will recieve one point for each challenge they meet this week and your team will earn a bonus point if everyone completes there challenges.
*A Point will also be awarded to the team with the highest weightloss for the week.


P.S. Do we just post our stuff/challenges/victories on here for the red team or also in the main thread? The main thread is HUMONGOUS and just wanna make sure lol.

Good Morning, just a little hello and how's everyone before the day gets rolling. This month should be an interesting challenge for me, we have 3 Leos in the family so its Birthday month. I am hoping to be well into the 150's come my birthday on the 17th. On the other hand I would like a treat on my bday lol. How do you deal with birthdays and holidays? Would love some feedback.

I have been calling this my new way of eating/lifestyle change instead of a diet. I eat well 98% of the time and allow myself a teeny bit of something IF I realllly want it. It seems to help dash the cravings and I become more motivated to go another month or two before another treat. I know for myself if I call it a diet and I "fall off" I become very dissapointed in myself and am all gloom and doom. So viewing it as I eat well the majority of the time has helped me a lot.

Hugs,
Stacy

Oh got mine all done, do I need to post that daily or is a weekly ok?

PST here