Summer Challenge

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  • meeaham
    meeaham Posts: 882 Member
    Happy Tuesday everyone! So this is what I started out with:

    SW: 120 (5/29/12)
    GW: 110 (8/28/12)

    Today's weigh in:

    6/5/12: 118.5 lbs! I lost 1.5 lbs!!! I'm so excited!!! Loving this challenge so far!!!

    Challenges this week:

    - Increase your FRUIT/VEGETABLE intake this week (I ate cherries today!)
    - Get 30 minutes of CARDIO at least 4 days this week (Been working out every day so far! All have been cardio for at least 40 minutes!)
    - Share a RECIPE with the group (Will share one later this week!)
  • JenniferEM2012
    JenniferEM2012 Posts: 229 Member
    SW= 200
    CW= 195
    GW= 150

    I lost 5 lbs this week. This is the most that I have lost in a week. Thank you so much for starting this challenge.

    Water= I drank 11-13 cups a day. I usually drink about 7-8
    Cal= I was only under cal three days this week. I know that this is my weakness and I need to work a little more on this.
    Exercise= I added doing the stairs to my workout. We have 4 3 story buildings and I do them every other day.
  • Curvimami
    Curvimami Posts: 1,851 Member
    CW: 205lbs

    Goals for June:
    - Lose 6 lbs (199 lbs and under 200!!! )
    - Work out at least 4x a week
    - Drink 10 glasses of water a day
    - Eat every 3hrs
    - Eat all calories and maybe some exercise cals (dont want to go into starvation mode)

    -I was able to drink 8 glasses of water most days and 10 glasses two of the days.
    -I did Dance central instead of my normal BBL Cardio Axe. And that was a nice break/change in my routine.
    -I was also able to stay under my calories the whole week. Yaay!!!

    Goal for Summer is 16lbs down which should put me at 189lbs and out of the 200s!!!!

    June:
    SW: 205 6/1/12
    CW: 205 6/6/12 0lbs down :-(
    GW: 199
  • zerbe6982
    zerbe6982 Posts: 68
    CHALLENGES:
    - Increase your FRUIT/VEGETABLE intake this week
    - Get 30 minutes of CARDIO at least 4 days this week
    - Share a RECIPE with the group

    6/5 Update:
    Vegetables - No; This is going to be my weakness this week
    Cardio - Yes; Elliptical - 40 minutes
    Recipe - See Below - This is one of my favorite dishes!


    Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe by Closet Cooking

    Servings: makes 4 servings

    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
    Total Time: 8 hours 20 minutes

    Ingredients
    1 tablespoon oil
    1 onion, diced
    2 cloves garlic
    1 teaspoon cumin, toasted and ground
    1/2 cup chicken broth
    1 pound chicken breast
    1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
    1 (15 ounce) can black beans
    1 cup frozen corn
    cayenne pepper to taste
    salt and pepper to taste
    4 green onions, sliced
    1 handful cilantro, chopped

    Directions
    Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
    Add the onions and saute until tender and a bit caramelized, about 4-6 minutes.
    Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute and transfer to the crockpot
    Add the chicken and cook until browned on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side and set aside.
    Add the chicken broth to the pan, deglaze it and transfer to the crockpot
    Add the diced tomatoes, black beans, corn, cayenne, salt and pepper to the crockpot, stir, add the chicken and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
    Remove the chicken, shred it and return to pot.
    Serve over steamed rice, garnished with green onions and cilantro.

    http://www.closetcooking.com/2012/01/crockpot-chicken-santa-fe.html
  • fitnessyeoja
    fitnessyeoja Posts: 357 Member
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  • inskydiamonds
    inskydiamonds Posts: 2,519 Member
    The spreadsheet is currently updated. It will be posted tomorrow and people who didn't weigh in this week will be removed from the spreadsheet to make it more manageable. I will still have all the originals, so if you come back later I can readd.
  • branohockey
    branohockey Posts: 60 Member
    :flowerforyou: Inskydiamonds, thanks for the organization and hard work!
  • kbresso
    kbresso Posts: 40 Member
    Checking in!

    SW: 146
    CW: 145
    GW: 130

    I managed to drink 10 glasses of water a day, for 6 of the 7 days. I was under my calories for 6 of the 7 days. The new exercise I did this week were side planks. I've done regular planks, never tried the side ones.
  • renaegry
    renaegry Posts: 1,256 Member
    I agree. Thank you.
    :flowerforyou: Inskydiamonds, thanks for the organization and hard work!
  • chichi128
    chichi128 Posts: 83 Member
    love week 2 challenge! stopped off before work and loaded up on some fruit for the rest of this week. i'm going to try to continue to increas my water because i really notice a difference in how i feel when i drink extra. definitely looking forward to extra cardio too this week..right now im doing the 30 ds which i only have 12 days left until i complete it woop woop!! so i feel like the extra cardio is going to help with those end results i've been looking for with the shred!

    i love this challenge..you guys are such a motivation!! THANKS EVERYONE!!!!
  • chichi128
    chichi128 Posts: 83 Member
    I agree. Thank you.
    :flowerforyou: Inskydiamonds, thanks for the organization and hard work!


    i do too!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! this is amazing!
  • vmilam03
    vmilam03 Posts: 49 Member
    Week 2 Day 2 Update
    I ate a big salad for lunch! WITHOUT CHEESE OR CHICKEN!
    Fresh Romaine, Radishes, Cucumbers, Carrots, & Fat-Free Honey Mustard!

    This is HUGE for me because I have oral allergy syndrome, so raw fruits and veggies make my mouth and throat and lips itch like crazy...so I ate 10 club crackers and a 1/2 block of ramen noodles with this as well to help with the itchiness.

    It feels great to eat fresh foods that are filling and yet not super high in calorie content!
    Will do at least 30 minutes on the elliptical tonight after church, which will be 1/4 days of the cardio part of this challenge.

    Have a great day!
  • shirin8
    shirin8 Posts: 51 Member
    SW: 152
    CW: 149--finally the scale is moving after 2 weeks of plateauing (that time of the month plus a lot of stress).
    15 lbs down from here (through the end of the summer) actually seems possible :)
  • abby1176
    abby1176 Posts: 14 Member
    SW:150.6
    CW:146.4

    Heading in the right direction!!!!!
  • meeaham
    meeaham Posts: 882 Member
    Happy hump day everyone!

    Challenges this week:

    FRUIT/VEGETABLE: Didn't do so well today. I ended up taking a Daily Multi Vitamin pill instead.
    CARDIO: Did 44 minutes of cardio today!
    RECIPE: Will be posting one up later this week!
  • branohockey
    branohockey Posts: 60 Member
    Today's win? My daughter had a training camp tonight and I worked until 8:30. We stopped at Qdoba on the way home and I got the naked burrito. I very specifically ate half, covered the rest and brought the rest home for my kids. So instead of a 850 calorie dinner, I had a 425 calorie dinner AND I came in under calories thanks to my 45 minutes on the treadmill this morning.

    Little wins = great rewards!

    MarieB
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    Morning all :-)

    I did 50mins swimming last night so got 1/4 of my cardio in this week. Starting the 30DS tonight so will do that plus 20mins on my exercise bike to get my next cardio in.

    Ate loads of veggies yesterday but no fruit, will try harder today!
    Another small gain on the scale this morning but I will not be deterred, been the same for over 4 weeks now but I'll not give up, alcohol is now banned for all of June so this should help be break this plateau!!

    Trying to think of my favourite recipe to post....or I might post a few if I cant decide!!

    Have a great Thursday everyone!! xxx
  • LadySuze
    LadySuze Posts: 53 Member
    Hey!

    So euhm... I forgot the weigh in :p But I'm doing it now! :D
    (I've put my first weigh in in pounds, but I'm going to change it into kg if that's okay...)
    5/29: 80 kg
    6/5 : 78,3 kg

    GW: 70 kg
    UGW: 65 kg

    The challenges are going great! But I'm not being able to workout because I've got a knee injury :s I hope I can start working out again somewhere next week...

    Good luck everyone! :D
  • zerbe6982
    zerbe6982 Posts: 68
    CHALLENGES:
    - Increase your FRUIT/VEGETABLE intake this week
    - Get 30 minutes of CARDIO at least 4 days this week
    - Share a RECIPE with the group

    6/5 Update:
    Vegetables - No; This is going to be my weakness this week
    Cardio - Yes; Elliptical - 40 minutes
    Recipe - Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe by Closet Cooking (page 2 of thread)
    6/6 Update:
    Vegetables - No; This is going to be my weakness this week
    Cardio - Yes; Yoga - 60 minutes
    Recipe - Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe by Closet Cooking (page 2 of thread)

    Hmm...I really need to work on my veggies and fruits. Grrr!
  • zerbe6982
    zerbe6982 Posts: 68
    Today's win? My daughter had a training camp tonight and I worked until 8:30. We stopped at Qdoba on the way home and I got the naked burrito. I very specifically ate half, covered the rest and brought the rest home for my kids. So instead of a 850 calorie dinner, I had a 425 calorie dinner AND I came in under calories thanks to my 45 minutes on the treadmill this morning.

    Little wins = great rewards!

    MarieB

    Fantastic Marie! It's the little wins that make the final result!
  • misticache
    misticache Posts: 364 Member
    Little bit of a set-back this week with health but I shall conquer this too. I have increased fruit and veggie intake. I had 2 good cardio days. so far this week.. Good LucK everyone!

    I wanted to share another recipe with the group:

    Shredded Chicken Taco Meat

    Number of servings 8

    Ingredients
    Perdue - Boneless & Skinless Chicken Breast, 16 oz (113 g)

    Rotel (Usa) - Original Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, 1 container (1 3/10 cup (125g)

    Old El Paso - Low Sodium Original Taco Seasoning Mix, 1 container (12 teaspoons (6g) ea.)


    Kraft - Philadelphia 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese , 0.5 container (14 tbsp (28 g) ea.)
    Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sugar
    Total: 878 48 29 106 19
    Per Serving: 110 6 4 13 2


    Mix all ingredients in a crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours. Shred with a fork and serve on a wrap, or with tostitos or on taco shells.


    I served this on Mission Carb Balance tortillas as a wrap for lunch. If you do that add in the extra calories for the wrap.

    Mission - Carb Balance Flour Tortillas Medium , 1 tortilla
  • jillica
    jillica Posts: 554 Member
    The spreadsheet is currently updated. It will be posted tomorrow and people who didn't weigh in this week will be removed from the spreadsheet to make it more manageable. I will still have all the originals, so if you come back later I can readd.
    Thank you for organizing this group!
  • Curvimami
    Curvimami Posts: 1,851 Member
    CW: 205lbs

    Goals for June:
    - Lose 6 lbs (199 lbs and under 200!!! )
    - Work out at least 4x a week
    - Drink 10 glasses of water a day
    - Eat every 3hrs
    - Eat all calories and maybe some exercise cals (dont want to go into starvation mode)

    -I was able to drink 8 glasses of water most days and 10 glasses two of the days.
    -I did Dance central instead of my normal BBL Cardio Axe. And that was a nice break/change in my routine.
    -I was also able to stay under my calories the whole week. Yaay!!!

    CW: 204lbs (-1) 5lbs to go for June
  • shanna0413
    shanna0413 Posts: 600 Member
    SW: 214.5 (05-29-12)
    CW:214.5 (06-05-12)
    GW: 199

    06-05-12
    Fruit/Veg- I had grapes and watermelon for breakfast, carrots, cabbage, onions, peppers for lunch
    Cardio- Not yet today
    Recipe- Cauliflower pizza crust


    06-06-12
    Fruit/Veg- spinach and avacado for lunch, banana for snack, grapes, apple, strawberry
    Cardio-No
    Recipe-Done

    06-07-12
    Fruit/Veg-Carrots, carrots and more carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, oranges, grapes
    Cardio-Not yet
    Recipe-Done
  • sunshinedean
    sunshinedean Posts: 82 Member
    I am new to MFP is this challenge open? If you are accepting new people, I would love to join. I do better when I am challenged and when I have to be accountable. let me know.... thank you:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • chichi128
    chichi128 Posts: 83 Member
    So far so good this week!

    I've already done 2 days of cardio have been eating fruit and veggies every day ( veggies arent my problem the fruit intake is but i've been having an apple a day!) and i posted my recipe the 1st day!

    Cant wait to see what my loss is (fingers crossed) on tuesday and for the new challenges!!

    Have a great weekend everyone!!!
  • jillmarie48
    jillmarie48 Posts: 17 Member
    Lost 2 pounds. Did good on food, bad on water.
  • renaegry
    renaegry Posts: 1,256 Member
    Not a good day today. Group leader at my sons track and field day today, so never got any cardio in. Did manage to get a major sunburn thou - lol. I also ate really crappy today. Will get back at the cardio tom, and back to watching what goes into the mouth. Never really had any fruits or veggies yest, but was snacking on some grapes at track. Will try to do better at that tom and the rest of the week. Can't wait to see the chart. Hope everyone is having a great day.
  • branohockey
    branohockey Posts: 60 Member
    My win today? My son broke his controller so instead of driving to the video store... we walked. 2.3 miles one way for a 4.6 mile trip and 719 calories. Yay us! I needed it too because as the last day of school was today we had a fun lunch at the kids school but that also included take out. So by 5:00 I only had 300ish calories left (and that was after my morning treadmill routine!!). I could have made that work, but I love to eat and my stomach actually growled on the way home from work. My solution is to exercise so I could satisfy my hunger today.

    Keep it up!!!

    MarieB
  • naasirab
    naasirab Posts: 43
    I would like to join in this challenge as well!

    Im 5'6
    SW: 149lb (5/23)
    CW: 147lb (5/30)
    GW: 128lb ~By Sept 16!~

    This week's weigh in was still 147 :/ (but I've been bloated and I'm sure its PMS induced or all the carbs I've been eating)

    ~I am eating between 1200-1700 cals a day.. depending on how much exercise I do that day.
    ~I do cardio for an hour on the elliptical, 45 min Spinning class, or an hour of Zumba (burning between 400-600 cals) 5-6 days a week
    ~Trying to up my weight training to twice a week

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