August Challenge Team 7 Drop It 'Cause We're Hot(Closed Grou

as long as it is extra it counts! anything that is extra distance (bike, elliptical, walk, run, swim, etc.)

hmm. extra as in, on top of what we normally do? bummer, that means I can't count all those elliptical miles or the 2 miles I walk a day! I can add this then -

walking - 5 miles
stationary bike - 15 miles

My Recipe is a Restaurant Redo from Redbook Magazine that my friend gave me - I've made these a lot of times and they are great:

Boneless Buffalo Chicken

Serves: 4
Yields: 4 entrée or 8 appetizer servings

Ingredients

Blue Cheese Dressing:
2/3 cup(s) reduced-fat sour cream
2 tablespoon(s) light mayonnaise
2 tablespoon(s) cider vinegar
6 tablespoon(s) crumbled blue cheese

Chicken:
1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup(s) whole-wheat breadcrumbs
2 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper
2 teaspoon(s) salt
2 large egg whites
6 tablespoon(s) hot red pepper sauce (such as Frank's or Tabasco)
1 1/2 pound(s) boneless chicken tenders, cut into 40 pieces
2 tablespoon(s) canola oil
2 teaspoon(s) unsalted butter
Celery sticks
stick(s) Carrot sticks

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Directions
1.In a small bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, cider vinegar, and blue cheese; set aside.
2.In a pie plate or shallow dish, combine flour, breadcrumbs, cayenne, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites and 1 tablespoon of the red pepper sauce.
3.Dip chicken tenders in egg mixture, then in flour mixture to coat.
4.In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add half the chicken and cook, stirring often, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet, set aside, and cover loosely with foil to keep warm. Add remaining oil to pan and cook the rest of the chicken.
5.In a large, microwave-safe bowl, heat remaining hot sauce and butter until melted; add cooked chicken to bowl, tossing to coat. Serve with dressing and celery and carrot sticks.

Nutritional Information
(per serving)

Calories - 552
Total Fat - 24g
Saturated Fat - 0
Cholesterol - 0
Sodium - 0
Total Carbohydrate - 38g
Dietary Fiber - 0
Sugars - 0
Protein - 46g

do not feel bad, just take care of yourself. You have the hardest challenge of all, eating at/under your target calories without any exercise calories to fall back on. Please if you have to do any exercises check with your Dr. first to see if you would be at risk for further injury. The team is very understanding. Remember even if you can't workout you can still help encourage your team! Don't be a stranger, you are still a vital part of this!

do not feel bad, just take care of yourself. You have the hardest challenge of all, eating at/under your target calories without any exercise calories to fall back on. Please if you have to do any exercises check with your Dr. first to see if you would be at risk for further injury. The team is very understanding. Remember even if you can't workout you can still help encourage your team! Don't be a stranger, you are still a vital part of this!

Thanks Sass! I appreciate the encouragement! I will do my best to be a great cheerleader! Great job on all of those extra miles walked!! I did notice that there was only 1 mile by me but I did 2 miles.

Let's go hotties!!

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles
themommie-5 miles
mkaluzny - 6
sass30 - 2
bhurley1424 - 1
spurradic - 4
mkaluzny - 3 on treadmill
sass30 - 1
zukekitty- 1
spurradic - 4
mkaluzny - 4
bhurley1424 - 1
zukekitty - 1
mkaluzny - 1
themommie- 2
sass30 - 4
mkaluzny - 3
spurradic - 2
seballard09 - 2
mkaluzny - 2
sass30 - 4
spngebobmyhero-2
fitwatch - 4
BethanyCee- - 15
sass30 - 5
bhurley1424 - 1
lopez84 - 4

TOTAL MILES 95!

I will have 5 miles to add in the morning, so woot woot! We'll make our hundred plus some!

From Gary6030:
Week 3 RISE OF THE MACHINES! Folks get ready, and psyche yourselves out today for this coming week. Its going to be more intense. But you are half way through. I bet you didn't think you would make it this far did you! Well you have! I take pride in each one of you who have stuck with this challenge. There are those of you out there who have been following along and getting prepared for September's STEPPING ITUP IN SEPTEMBER Challenge. Keep up the great work. Remember the following things to be successful on this next weeks journey. 1. Listen to your body. If something hurts....not tire, weak, or burns but if it hurts. STOP! 2. Push past your weakness threshold. Don't allow your bodies excuses of "I don't think I can do that!" hold you back. Of course you can do it. We all have the same muscles, bones and willpower. This week you are an automated machine! Get up and do it! 3. Stay hydrated. LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER! 4. IF YOU GET DOWN! ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS ! YOU ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN YOUR BODY WILL ALLOW YOU TO BELIEVE! PUT THAT BODY UNDER SUBMISSION AND BECOME THE MACHINE YOU WERE MADE TO BE! RISE UP MACHINES WE"RE TAKING BACK OUR BODIES!

Since there is only 100 ab crunches in our weekly challenge, I will pledge 400 toward our goal. This is probably my least favorite exercise of all time, but I guess I'll take one for the team.

You are all doing a great job. Seeing your posts about your successes and achievements keeps me motivated to not be the albatross around your necks. (A literary reference to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner). Good luck have fun with the rest of your summer and keep me "posted".

hey hey
just checking in after my five miles this morning that should put me in at my pledged 15 and the team as a whole at 101 miles!!!! congrats guys! i know sass said she'd be adding more mileage today to that total which means we kicked that 100 mile challenge big time!!!!

sorry i havent checked in in a couple days...i wish the android app let you look at the forums! ive been tracking my calories and i can definitely tell you that having to be accountable to you guys is making me be waaayyyy better than being just accountable to myself! :-/

i will post my calorie/water/exercise challenge results this eve as well as send them to sass.

good luck to the rest of the team today and i cant wait to see how everyone does!

100 miles Team Challenge

sass30 - 4 miles
jadery24 - 7 miles
themommie-5 miles
mkaluzny - 6
sass30 - 2
bhurley1424 - 1
spurradic - 4
mkaluzny - 3 on treadmill
sass30 - 1
zukekitty- 1
spurradic - 4
mkaluzny - 4
bhurley1424 - 1
zukekitty - 1
mkaluzny - 1
themommie- 2
sass30 - 4
mkaluzny - 3
spurradic - 2
seballard09 - 2
mkaluzny - 2
sass30 - 4
spngebobmyhero-2
fitwatch - 4
BethanyCee- - 15
sass30 - 5
bhurley1424 - 1
lopez84 - 4
mkaluzny - 1
spurradic - 5
fitwatch - 6
sass30 - 6

TOTAL MILES 113!!!!!!!

Let's keep it going! Just because we have reached the 100 there is no reason we need to stop adding to the list. If you got any extra mileage in today add it!!

Great job spurradic!