Summer Challenge

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

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

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:

Lost 2 pounds. Did good on food, bad on water.

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

Hey everyone! So here is my update:

Challenges this week:

FRUIT/VEGETABLE: I got some veggies in today but no fruit. Will work on that tomorrow!
CARDIO: Did 77 minutes of cardio today!
RECIPE:

Single Ingredient Ice Cream from The Kitchn
http://userealbutter.com/2010/08/12/single-ingredient-ice-cream-recipe/

4 bananas, just slightly overripe (brown spots good, completely black not so good)
2 tbsps creamy peanut butter (optional – thus 2 ingredient ice cream)
2 tsps cocoa powder (Dutch process), (optional – thus 2 or 3 ingredient ice cream depending on peanut butter)

DO NOT FREEZE THE WHOLE BANANA, you’ll have a heck of a time blending that beast.

Peel the bananas and slice them up into 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick disks. Place the banana slices in the freezer for about an hour or until they are frozen solid. Put the frozen slices in a food processor and pulse. First they will start to resemble gravel, but keep going. The bananas will soon turn into a frozen mush – at this point, start scraping the sides down (you will do this a lot). Or you could add a dash of milk since the liquid will help the blending. I’m lactose-intolerant, so after a few minutes of stopping to scrape the sides down, the banana begins to blend into a creamy texture. When the bananas look like whipped ice cream, you can add your mix-ins like peanut butter and/or cocoa powder, chocolate chips, toffee, raspberries, anything goes! Straight out of the food processor, the ice cream is like soft serve. You can also freeze it for a firmer texture. I find it’s pretty hard (and therefore, brittle) when I scoop it immediately after removing it from the freezer. Just give it a minute or two to soften up. Makes a pint.

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)

6/7 Update:
Vegetables - Yes; Finally, I had tomatoes, pickles and avocado
Cardio - Yes; Elliptical - 40 minutes
Recipe - Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe by Closet Cooking (page 2 of thread)

Summer Challenge week 1:

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

what do all these abreviations mean?

SW - starting weight
CW - current weight
GW - goal weight

Congrats to the biggest losers!!!!

Thanks for posting up the spreadsheet inskydiamonds! I have it bookmarked on my laptop.

Congrats to the biggest losers!!!

My results for today:

FRUIT/VEGETABLE: Ate a pear for breakfast, had plenty of greens for lunch, and made myself a fruit smoothie after my workout!
CARDIO: Did 40 minutes of cardio today!
RECIPE: Already posted on page 3

Have a great weekend everyone!!!