Summer Challenge

Newbie! I have been doing a summer challenge on my own but figured finding friends would be helpful! I just saw this group last night so I haven't started any of the weekly challenges but I did weigh in this morning:

SW: 184
CW: 182.8

I have gained back a lot (like 5 pounds) that I originally lost (10 pounds) so I am going with my SW at the beginning of the summer. I really want to be back to 176 but July 4th, beach bod here I come!

Cauliflower Crust Pizza



Serves 2; Adapted from Your Lighter Side.


Ingredients:


1 cup cooked, riced cauliflower
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 tsp garlic salt
olive oil (optional)

pizza sauce, shredded cheese and your choice of toppings*


Directions:


To "Rice" the Cauliflower:
Take 1 large head of fresh cauliflower, remove stems and leaves, and chop the florets into chunks. Add to food processor and pulse until it looks like grain. Do not over-do pulse or you will puree it. (If you don't have a food processor, you can grate the whole head with a cheese grater). Place the riced cauliflower into a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 8 minutes (some microwaves are more powerful than others, so you may need to reduce this cooking time). There is no need to add water, as the natural moisture in the cauliflower is enough to cook itself.

One large head should produce approximately 3 cups of riced cauliflower. The remainder can be used to make additional pizza crusts immediately, or can be stored in the refrigerator for up to one week.

To Make the Pizza Crust:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup cauliflower, egg and mozzarella. Add oregano, crushed garlic and garlic salt, stir. Transfer to the cookie sheet, and using your hands, pat out into a 9" round. Optional: Brush olive oil over top of mixture to help with browning.

Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes.

Remove from oven. To the crust, add sauce, toppings and cheese. Place under a broiler at high heat just until cheese is melted (approximately 3-4 minutes).

Enjoy!

*Note that toppings need to be precooked since you are only broiling for a few minutes.

I love this pizza crust!!

SW: 214.5 (05-29-12)
CW:214.5 (06-05-12)
GW: 199

Fruit/Veg- I had grapes and watermelon for breakfast
Cardio- Not yet today
Recipe- Cauliflower pizza crust

If anyone needs friends feel free to add me!

CW 168.6

Stayed under on calories - yes!!!!
Drank extra water
Did not exercise - played bean bag for an hour on Sunday, better than sitting
"Disk golf" outing tomorrow night, new venture with friends, excited!
Still trying to figure this all out - but know i need to get moving, and thrilled the scale did not move upwards, which is has been doing for quite a few months.
I have zero healthy recipes, but will try to change that!
Good luck all!

Love this challenge..Need the motivation,please add me:happy:

misticache - No. It's not going to be a group because it is impossible for me to be as good about keeping the spreadsheet up to date when the posts aren't linear all in one place.

I hope no one has big qualms with this, but I've decided I'm going to continue the challenge on the thread.

Good job getting through this week everyone! I'm excited to see the weigh-ins tomorrow, though I'm not sure if I'm excited about my own. haha

Here are you challenges for next week:

- Increase your FRUIT/VEGETABLE intake this week
- Get 30 minutes of CARDIO at least 4 days this week
- Share a RECIPE with the group

No problem at all whatever you find easiest. I'm just glad you're helping us track everything. I'm in multiple challenges and I'm starting to confuse myself

My weigh in today was 172.6

Week one weigh-in:

SW: 195
CW: 193
GW: 180

Not too bad for a week where I stopped tracking food! I like the accountability that this challenge provides... thanks again for starting it and good luck to everyone!

Laura

Just seen the weekly subchallenge there. Going grocery shopping for nice greens and fruits today Yum yum

Weigh in - 182, lost 2 lbs. Lost 6 lbs in the last week and half YEAH!!!

1st weigh-in: 158
2nd weigh-in: 155. 6 !!
5.6 lbs til my 1st goal weight/100 lbs down!!


for last weeks challenges:
- stayed under my calories 6 out of 7 days
- drank about 10 glasses of water a day (usually only get 7-8)
- added walking to my exercise routine -- strangely enough, i think this is what helped the most! i run a lot & usually do upwards of 5 miles a day .. i think giving my body a little bit of a break and doing a lower impact activity has helped!

Summer Challenge week 1:

Challenge SW 5/29: 158
Current Weight 6/5: 157 (1 pound lost!)
Challenge GW:143

week one challenges:
at least 2 more cups of water per day -- I usually drink 8 cups per day, managed to drink at least 10 cups on 5 out of 7 days.
1 new exercise on at least one day this week -- on the first day I treaded water in neighbor's pool for 10 minutes
stay under calorie goal -- I was under calorie goal all 7 days

CW: 277.6

I did really good on the water and staying under calories for at least 5 days but never got around to my new exercise I'm going tonight to a new class (for me) called Dance Step. A little late is better then never....right? Lol. Hope everyone is doing well :happy:

Love the challenge this week.

I usually weigh in on Fridays and was 153 then, weighed in today and I was surprised I had lost another 0.6 pounds.

SW: 154
CW: 152.4

I will check in this evening. Hope everyone has a good day.

Count me in - I need more motivation!

5/29: 147.4
6/5: 146.2
Goal weight: 135

I think I was under my calorie goal 4/7 days. Didn't do super well with the water drinking thing. But hey, I lost a pound!


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I didn't lose any weight this week.
I did increase my water, I tried a new exercise (30DS)
I was only over 1 day this week, but that was on purpose. I have decided to up my calories to try and get loosing weight again.