Skinny chicks and a rooster November challenge (closed)

Hey all... I am happy to organize a Challenge for December... I'll work on it and post some details later! I don't want to lose our mojo here! Perhaps... (ok, ok, here I go again) this can help with a "lesson"... I just know that I fell off focusing on the challenge and I am NOT doing as well. I need to remember to focus on me and what's important - versus everyone else in my life. So, even if I am the only one doing it... I am going to do one!

I am, however, going to ask people to sign up... Okey Dokey... gotta run for now!

Becky I love and adore you, :smooched: but I think its someone else's turn to step up and organize a challenge. Its a lot of work and commitment, and its only fair if those that have been participating take turns hosting a month. I am more than happy to offer any advice or ideas someone might want, and I am sure you and Cyn are too....but is there someone else that would like to host December? :bigsmile:

I'm willing to lead December's challenge if no one else wants it. I have a couple of ideas floating around in my head, some of them cornier than the next...lol

Check-in on personal goals thus far: Not sure I'm going to make the 10lbs lost because my body does not seem to want to move down any more right now; at least I'm holding under 300 though, so I'm not complaining too much right now. I'm also failing at the water goal...WTF is wrong with me with this one??? At work, I force myself to drink a lot of water, but when I'm home, I don't even want to get up to fill one time, let alone 4. I think I might actually make 90% of the inches goal, including my calves...THANKS STEPH for the calf raises!!!:flowerforyou: We're getting ready to walk the lake trail, which will make the 3rd full time, but actually 3.5 time because I had to turn back when it started getting dark last week. Oh, and I beat that damn elliptical...15 FULL MINUTES yesterday!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Hi All

Mum's still in hospital and things have been frantic here. But we're hoping she's coming home wednesday (or fairly soon after that) so I should be a little more settled for December. Looking forward to a challenge! :-)

Hello All... OK, so I did some work on a challenge idea that I've had. It's somewhat a copy of another challenge I did - but I liked it. I see that someone (sorry, don't remember - maybe JJ?) said to let someone else have a chance. And, I am happy to do so but I will at least throw out what I've done and what I did - since I kiinda took it and ran due to it already being November 26.

Here's the idea: Each day has a nutrition and fitness challenge. Depending on how you do, you earn points for each day. So, if the day is December 20th... the challenges for the day are to be under on your sodium and to do Heel Touches. If you meet your Nutrition Goal - you get 5 points. If you do 10 full heel touches, you get a point, 20 and you get 2, 30 and you get 3, 40 you get 4 and 50 or more full heel touches (that's both sides to count as one heel touch) then you get 5 points.

I was going to somewhat stretch myself here and put in another component of a self-care piece. I have some basic ideas for this and there would be another 5 points per day - totalling 15 possible for each day! They are easy self-care things to do, that help with stress and focus. Again - this is easy enough to add in... as that is what I do! LOL.

My plan was to ask everyone to sign up and to state their goal for the total points or rather percentage of points that they will achieve in the month. So, being a teacher's daughter - let's say that I want to have a "high A" as a grade for my month - I may shoot for a 96% for the month... Or, perhaps someone thinks - I haven't been so great at the challenges lately... I'm going to aim for doing at least 60% for December.

Calendar is already done. My thought with some of the fitness things were that it was great to be able to learn new exercises for different parts of my body. All of them are exercises that can easily be done at home! Spreadsheet would be easy enough... I had started it but then stopped in to log in before midnight and saw the other post.

Let me know what you think. I can put it all on hold and do it some other month. I did organize the original challenge and triathalong challenge... so I am not trying to hog anything here. Just wanted to ensure that we had something ready to go and something that would be an easy enough one for busy people, while still pushing us and being an actual challenge.

Hey Becks...I got you this time! Plus, your whole goal setting plan sounds like either a great way to start the New Year or a great way to end the school year ;-) As a teacher, I got goosebumps trying to figure out how to get an A...lmao I'll be back to explain a little of my plan after I get some exercise and some food...then maybe some more exercise...probably in that order.

Got some lovely ME/US time last night. We went out to our favourite restaurant, Cafe Rouge and had a lovely meal. It gave me an excuse to wear the new sweater dress I bought yesterday. It was nice to see the appreciative look in hubby's eyes and I must say I love being able to wear a skirt that sits just above my knees instead of trying to be covered up as much as humanly possible. We talked about the wedding and christmas and just enjoyed each other company which continued once we got home
I'm planning on spending this afternoon doing an at home spa - face mask, mani/pedi, etc. May not be as luxurious as going to get it done but much more affordable!

Woot! Woot! YAY Steph! That is sooooo awesome! I love what you said about the skirts. I have to tell you that I put on a dress that was given to me (Thanks Lex!) just to see how it fit. AND - found myself kinda pushing the skirt down and pulling things up... I just kept thinking, don't need to cover up more?!? I love that you are feeling otherwise... I am a bit jealous!

Becky, go ahead and let's do yours because you have put a ton of work in there already. I'll try and be prepared well ahead of time for next month.

Actually... not really... it hasn't been a ton of work, I kinda threw it all out in a pretty short amount of time! I only started after seeing the post about was there a challenge for December. It's an easily transferrable challenge... so whatever, whenever my friend! If you wanted December - you can take it... or you can claim January's right now! We need a good challenge to start the year!

ACTUALLY... now THERE'S an idea-r .... (please understand that word sounds ok in my head, but doesn't appear correct when spelled).

SKINNY CHICS & ROOSTES:

This is a challenge thread - and we started these in... June of 2011... I am creating a list of months for 2012 - please... if you would like the challenge of leading a challenge - please sign up for a month! This will give you the time to plan and organize the challenge, lets us know who is gonna take the lead, etc.

2011 Review:
.......... June 2011 - Becky - Travelling the World
.......... July 2011 - Lexie - Increase your Burn
........... August 2011 - Sara - Appalachian Trail
.......... September 2011 - Becky - Triathalon - Teams & Individuals
........... October 2011 - JJ - Seven Summits
.......... November 2011 - Steph - Weekly Focuses
.......... December 2011 -

So... here's the chance to sign up to be a leader - you know you want to!

January 2012 -
February 2012 -
March 2012 -
April 2012 -
May 2012 -
June 2012 - Becky
July 2012 -
August 2012 -
September 2012 -- ANNUAL SC&AR TRIATHALON (Already set up)
October 2012 -
November 2012 -
December 2012 -

And... yep, I made an executive decision! I decided that September will mark an annual Triathalon! Keep your team spirits... because we will do it similar to this year... with a twist that requires everyone to do the challenge throughout the WHOLE ENTIRE month! But... that tri is coming... every, freaking year! Love ya'all! ha, ha, ha.

For those of you who want to lead and have some fears or intimidation -- there are several here who can help with mentoring and we have at least one EXPERT with Excel spreadsheets and anything technical (err... nudge-elbow-elbow... errr... Cyndi!) and I am betting, given enough time and specifics... you can get some assistance for the spreadsheets and stuff!

So... get out there and sign up to be the lead!

I will take February and maybe we will walk across the United States.

eh I am sorry I have been ****e this month in the challenge.

I increased my workout this week in swim from half a mile 40 laps to 48 laps in same time. The breathing thing is working, and also apparently the muscles are firing. I'm sure it helps that I'm not stopping every 4 laps, but swimming 16 lap blocks.

I also managed to complete the other challenges for this week. So apparently I'm not total ****e, and I have another day and a half to lose another lb, which given thanksgivings evil head, isn't going to happen, oh well.

Stephanie thank you for your leadership in taking the reins this month. You did a fantastic job

I won't be doing next months challenge Becky, and no. I won't be guilted, cajolled or shoved into it. I don't have the time. Sorry.

As for spreadsheets. I really don't have time in the next day to do those either. I'm sorry. You're welcome to take ones I've done of past challenges and use them for whatever you need if that works. Good luck.

Sorry everyone. I hope that you've met/exceeded your goals

I will post an easy recipe that might help you all in your endeavors. (abeit a bit late )

Honey lime chicken

1 tbsp honey
juice of fresh limes & zest enough to equal 1/2 cup of liquid and all the good zest you can get!
4 chicken breasts (or turkey, or tofurkey, or whatever protein source of your choosing)

add honey to lime juice and zest in a ziplock baggie. (if in another country, use a glass dish or another plastic mixing tub or preferably like the ziplock a flat pack plastic baggie that has an airtight (reasonably liquid tight) sealable lock that will let you put in the meat & liquid and marinate in the fridge. As that's what you're doing... Marinating and in this case with the lime juice, actually cooking a bit the outside of the meat. Any other seasonings you care to add at this time are appropriate!

I have added in the past
cilantro, chilies, spearmint for a thai feel with a bit of xo or even fish sauce (nam pla)
wasabi, ginger, shoyu (soy) for a japanese feel
crushed tomatoes, minced fresh garlic, minced fresh oregano for an italian feel

And of course if you're going old school english, when you're done marinating. Get out a good cold beer, a bag of batter, and mix it up good and frothy and batter that **** up and fry it in the fatter box so you can have a proper chippy night LOL.... LAST one definately NOT on the dietary list, but every once and a while you have to live a little.

Good luck everyone It's been nice meeting you. Sorry I wasn't a better flat mate

I will take February and maybe we will walk across the United States.

from Ireland???

i will take your flash challenge steph, but F squats! i can barely bend down to pick up something i dropped let alone do a single squat - they KILL my knees!!! maybe in another 50 lbs

as for me time - i had to forfeit my pedicure to go see the chiropodist for something wrong with my damn toe and there went my pedicure budget - so my me time will be this weekend when i go to the amazing craft show on the planet in Dublin

ok just finished 45 minutes on the Gazelle and hitting the showers....what's the link to the damn spread sheet again? sorry!

Thanks Becky for setting up December. Also, Bobbie thanks for signing up for January. I can not believe how much more I have done with these challenges. I look forward to this and hope to get an A, so will have to see how to go about that one.

Steph, I did 100 squats, 100 crunches, 100 arm raises and 100 crunches for the flash challenge. I can't do jumping jacks unless I do them in the pool or in the bathroom if you get my drift.

Looking forward to weighting in and taking my measurements tomorrow. I think I have lost a lot of inches. Thanks for this month.