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And the challenge gets harder . . . .! After speaking with a few of the members who are updating me on their progress, we feel that 50 km is too easy for the summer challenge. We've upped it to 100 km. For progress sake - I have currently moved 50 km so I have another 50 to go. My goal weight is 133.5. I'm currently at…

Those are fantastic NSVs! Way to go!

When I hit my first plateau I actually stopped counting exercise calories. That seemed to help me a lot. When I hit my second plateau, then I added more exercise cuz I basically just cut my calories - I didn't really move very much. When I took a break from counting - I found it hard to get back into it. Good luck!

I changed my goal weight from 120 up to 125. I looked in the mirror and was happy with what I saw. I am in a good size of pant - I'm ok with myself. I realized that I just have to tone a bit to flatten my stomach. I've had a baby so it's not gonna be perfect but I can get it a bit better. I guess you just have to look in…

July Cooking Class Fruit Salad with Greens - Our take on Wendy's Berry Almond Chicken Salad -- it's a salad so please make according to your preference. We used: Romaine Lettuce Blueberries Strawberries Tomatoes Cucumber Greek Feta Salad Dressing Chicken Breasts *You can also add feta cheese and almonds - again - pretty…

3rd days challenge 20 squats 10 bridges 15 lunges 4th days challenge 25 squats 10 bridges 15 lunges 5th days challenge 30 squats 10 bridges 20 lunges

2nd days challenge 20 squats 5 bridges 10 lunges

Sunday June 23 - NEL walk (2 hrs) Monday June 24 - run (28 min + I think 10? minutes of walking) Tuesday June 25 - Alex's staff bbq. (2 hrs) Wednesday June 26 - Outside in our new neighbourhood -- I'm not sure if we made the full 30 but it was probably pretty close. Thursday June 27 - I think we stayed inside Friday June…

Skinny Fettuccine Alfredo - Rachel Ray 8 oz fettuccine 2 tbsp oil 2 cloves garlic finely chopped 1 tbsp chopped fresh sage, plus small whole leaves for garnish 2 tbsp flour 1 cup fat free chicken broth 1/2 cup 2% milk 1/4 tsp pepper 1 pinch ground nutmeg 3/4cup grated parmesan, plus more for serving Directions In a pot of…

June Cooking Class Chicken Kebobs: • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed (200 grams or one whole frozen chicken breast) • 1/2 large green bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces • 1/2 onion, cut into wedges • 1/2 large red bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces • 1/2 cup low sugar (under 5g per serving) barbeque…

From MrsJanuary.com: 3 Small Expenses to Cut From Your Budget: New Video Today I wanted to share with you 3 small expenses that you can easily cut from your monthly budget to save some serious cash. There are some things included in your monthly budget that you have no control over. These are things like your mortgage,…

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11 Benefits of Being Positive Over the years I've done a lot of research on the positive effects of being positive and the negative effects of being negative. The research is clear. It really does pay to be positive and the benefits include enhanced health and longevity, happiness, career advancement, athletic performance,…

4 Mindless Habits That Are Hurting Your Weight Loss Get Focused to Get Back on Track -- By Megan Coatley, Behavior Expert (Sparkpeople) If you’ve ever tried to break a bad habit, health-related or otherwise, you know how difficult it can be. Every morning, you awake to a daunting, gut-wrenching choice: to commit to change…

Forgive yourself. What happens in the past is just that, in the past. You can’t do anything to change it, so don’t dwell over it. Just take a deep breath and move on. Revisit your goals. This one depends specifically on how long you were off track. If it was longer than 3 or so weeks, you’ll need to take a look at your…

Dealing with binge eating: It might sound silly, but when I feel like bingeing, I go to my Tumblr blog. I follow several healthy living blogs on there and there are always photos of healthy fruits and veggies on there and I just don't want the junk anymore. There are also inspirational/motivational quotes on there that…

Dealing with Binge Eating: fitjanfin: A really cool site I found with tons of great advice is dietriffic.com It is written by a registered dietician and she has tons of really great articles on all kinds of things. For me, it is my dang sweet tooth! But I am sure there are some relevant articles that you might find…

Tricks to feel full: I find drinking green tea in between meals helps. :) ----Written by Vanessa

How to feel full: I eat smaller things, often. I try to never let my stomach get to that "angry hungry grumble" stage because then I know I'll eat everything in sight.Written by Krista #2

Tricks to stay full: Quinoa, quinoa, quinoa... the only thing that remotely makes me feel full with a somewhat reasonable quantity! ---Written by Krista

Oh! I'm sorry Krista! It's been even longer than I thought since logging my outdoor activity. There is no way I can remember all that stuff going on. Let's try and focus on this past week. I'll only have missed a week. Monday June 17 - I ran. So that was 30 minutes. Tuesday June 18- I walked to my RA meeting and played at…

Yesterday Holden & I went for a 20 min stroll and then we sat outside in the rain for another half hour. Today we were out of the house all morning - but mostly in doors. Comparing weight prices. It was fun :D

This isn't even an exercise challenge and it's HARD. Friday - yeah - it was WAY longer to the iceplex than 20 minutes. On crappy ditch like walking conditions. UGH. Never doing that again. But - it was a lot of time spent outside. Yesterday we went for our walk to Garden City - stopping at Northgate for ice cream. Sooo…

haha GO KRISTA!!!!!!!!! Now that I'm on my computer every day I still forget to log this. But I swear I have been going outside. June 2 - Walk with NEL, played at the park, walk to Garden City with Alex & Holden June 3 - Ran to Northgate, walk to Garden City with Alex & Holden June 4 - Went for walks. I don't remember…

I'm going to try and get a walk in this evening. We were outside for about 15 minutes this morning at the St Norbert farmers market. It was cold and very damp - not the best place to be. I'm excited to go back when it's warmer. I also now have a HUGE urge to bake but I'm not sure what. And I don't think being in a car…

Red Pepper Pasta http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fettuccine-with-Sweet-Pepper-Cayenne-Sauce/Detail.aspx?ms=1&prop25=51160810&prop26=DailyDish&prop27=2011-01-05&prop28=RecipeOption&prop29=FullRecipe&me=1 Yes it is delicious :D

http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/2013/03/29/make-your-own-flavored-oils-2/?hootPostID=d51a30c117f9cc1dcd1be7ecf0f08cf4 *That seems like a whole lot of work for something that I rarely use -- but someone may be interested?

I have gone down two pant sizes since starting. At the beginning my husband said that I didn't need to lose weight. I just didn't listen to him lol. My pair of jeans that I bought the first time I went down still kinda fit. They are baggy but they stay up so I still wear them occasionally. But now my husband refers to them…

haha. I did the same thing.I felt myself get bigger after every meal or cookie but I just couldn't stop! I'm not going to get myself too worked up about it. That usually just keeps me making bad decisions. I haven't weighed in yet but I've started logging again. Even my one good day today will be better for me in the long…

I'm not sure if this is advice you want to follow but it worked for me. I stopped counting my work out calories. I wasn't allowed to touch any of them. Now that I'm better I can leave them or use half of them. And my other "trick" is going to maintenance for a couple of weeks. That way I am not gaining but it seems to get…