I guess I need to specify which Rachel is posting here! It's Aunt Rachel this time :)
So I had high hopes for this week- and in some things I did really well- I drank LOTS of water, actually made myself exercise while I was there (gotta love Jillian DVD's in the meadow), and ate as many fruits & veggies as I could at meals. On the other hand, my goal for not eating the sweets there was dashed- I did good the first couple days, but I just couldn't resist s'mores, homemade ice cream, and birthday cake! :) And since we were up late, I snacked late. So those two were my down fall.
I didn't keep track of points, but I'm guessing it was around 150, after all the treats. Grrr...
I did do the challenge though- I think all but 2 days I avoided crackers and granola bars. Yay for me :)
So here's to new week- of keeping track of points, pf exercising regularly, and of just saying "NO!" to sweets! I feel so much better when I do those things!
Have a great week!
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Week 6 Challenge
Hey ya'll! Here is the challenge for this week:
Try new foods! For each new food or recipe you try you can earn 5 extra points. These foods need to be "whole foods"- not new granola bars or cereals unless it's a recipe you're trying out. The last time I did this challenge I went to the grocery store and got a bunch of exotic fruits and tried all 5 in the same day to get all the points. SO you can do it that way, or you can try all new recipes. I think I'll go that route this week since I've exhausted new foods to try!
Good luck!!!
Try new foods! For each new food or recipe you try you can earn 5 extra points. These foods need to be "whole foods"- not new granola bars or cereals unless it's a recipe you're trying out. The last time I did this challenge I went to the grocery store and got a bunch of exotic fruits and tried all 5 in the same day to get all the points. SO you can do it that way, or you can try all new recipes. I think I'll go that route this week since I've exhausted new foods to try!
Good luck!!!
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Rach's Week 4
So I didn't even keep track of my points this week. It was a crazy week, I was sick, and craving chocolate every second of the day and gave in more than once...oops (probably not the best thing to be eating when I am sick)!
I am determined to do better this next week even with you all at the Weber!! I miss you all already, but am rooting for you here at home!
LOVE YOU ALL!!! Let's go team!!
I am determined to do better this next week even with you all at the Weber!! I miss you all already, but am rooting for you here at home!
LOVE YOU ALL!!! Let's go team!!
Rach's Week 3
So I got 150 points my first week. What got me was the sweets and the exercising, oh and the eating after 8! haha We are doing awesome though!
I can definitely tell that this is going to be worth it though!!! I can feel a difference already! :)
Keep up the good work!
I can definitely tell that this is going to be worth it though!!! I can feel a difference already! :)
Keep up the good work!
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Week 5 Challenge
So the challenge for this week was originally supposed to be to try all new foods- but since we are at the Weber this week, I am switching for a different challenge.
The challenge for this week is.....
Eliminate your fitness related vice- this could mean anything from the TV you watch when you're bored, the diet coke you rely on, the cold cereal or granola bars your snack on instead of fruits & veggies, or takes away from your overall fitness. You get to decide.
I for one am going to try to eliminate granola bars & crackers- that's what I rely on instead of sweets when I am having a craving. And I rely on those instead of fruits & veggies to keep me going. This will be especially hard this week at the Weber since there will be plenty of granola bars & crackers to choose from I'm sure, and not so many fruits & veggies. I will be bringing a supply with me!
For each day your eliminate your fitness related vice, you gain 5 points- for a total of 35 points this week!
Can't wait to spend the week with you, Kaylee & Julene. But Rachel, we will MISS you!!!
The challenge for this week is.....
Eliminate your fitness related vice- this could mean anything from the TV you watch when you're bored, the diet coke you rely on, the cold cereal or granola bars your snack on instead of fruits & veggies, or takes away from your overall fitness. You get to decide.
I for one am going to try to eliminate granola bars & crackers- that's what I rely on instead of sweets when I am having a craving. And I rely on those instead of fruits & veggies to keep me going. This will be especially hard this week at the Weber since there will be plenty of granola bars & crackers to choose from I'm sure, and not so many fruits & veggies. I will be bringing a supply with me!
For each day your eliminate your fitness related vice, you gain 5 points- for a total of 35 points this week!
Can't wait to spend the week with you, Kaylee & Julene. But Rachel, we will MISS you!!!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Kaylee's Week 3
This week, I failed!! I was so nervous about my marathon that I basically stuffed my face all week. (The carbo loading did pay off, but all the cake probably was unnecessary;) ) This is my week though!! I'm back on track and I'm excited to report next week!! PS. I like this little mini blog:)
Monday, July 30, 2012
Julene's Week 3
Hey girls!
I am so excited to be doing this! I have to be perfectly honest, I didn't keep track of anything last week. I decided it's hard to do when you are on vacation. I am finding that the exercise and fruits and veggies come fairly easy to me. I have to force myself to drink all of that water, but I have been getting into the habit and I know it's good for me. I am the worst at vitamins so there is a lot of room for improvement in that area. Eating after 8 and no sweets is a challenge as well, but I love trying to do it. I am with Rachel on the weight thing...as a matter of fact, I never weigh myself, because then I would become obsessed:) and I am already obsessed with running so I don't want to turn psychotic! So, beginning this week, I am officially keeping track of my points and will post every week. I am glad Rachel said we can save our sweet for next week at the Weber. I am definitely saving up! I am excited we get extra pts. for eating raw this week, because this time of year, raw fresh is the best:)
Rachel's Week 3
Weekly Points: 175
Challenge Points: 20 (Easton was not nice to me this week! And yes, it's all his fault!)
This week was better than the last couple, but I still gave in to extra sweets a couple times, and ate after 8pm once or twice. But I was consistent in exercise, and ate healthy the majority of the week, so I feel good about that! I'm not going to have any sweets this week, to save them up for the Weber next week, plus I have a Girl's Weekend with my 2 best friends and my sister! Did you know you can do that? Yes, we have a "sweets rollover" plan. If you know a big week is coming up, you can save your sweet day for the next week. BUT, it doesn't work the other way. You can't borrow from the upcoming week and have your sweet day early. Does that all make sense?
Anyway- can't wait to hear how your weeks went!
Challenge Points: 20 (Easton was not nice to me this week! And yes, it's all his fault!)
This week was better than the last couple, but I still gave in to extra sweets a couple times, and ate after 8pm once or twice. But I was consistent in exercise, and ate healthy the majority of the week, so I feel good about that! I'm not going to have any sweets this week, to save them up for the Weber next week, plus I have a Girl's Weekend with my 2 best friends and my sister! Did you know you can do that? Yes, we have a "sweets rollover" plan. If you know a big week is coming up, you can save your sweet day for the next week. BUT, it doesn't work the other way. You can't borrow from the upcoming week and have your sweet day early. Does that all make sense?
Anyway- can't wait to hear how your weeks went!
Week 4 Challenge
This is your week to eat RAW!!
Each fruit or veggie that you consume in its raw state will earn you 1 point per fruit or 2 points per veggie PER DAY (up to 10 points per day). This is IN ADDITION to the weekly 5 points a day you already get for eating your 5 a day.
The temperature of the fruit or vegetable can never be altered (ie. no frozen, steamed, boiled, canned, cooked). The only exception is frozen fruit because studies have shown that freezing fruit rarely lowers its nutritional value.
So you can earn up to 70 points this week by eating raw!! Awesome. You'll have to keep track of the RAW fruits/veggies separately. Have fun with this one!
Each fruit or veggie that you consume in its raw state will earn you 1 point per fruit or 2 points per veggie PER DAY (up to 10 points per day). This is IN ADDITION to the weekly 5 points a day you already get for eating your 5 a day.
The temperature of the fruit or vegetable can never be altered (ie. no frozen, steamed, boiled, canned, cooked). The only exception is frozen fruit because studies have shown that freezing fruit rarely lowers its nutritional value.
So you can earn up to 70 points this week by eating raw!! Awesome. You'll have to keep track of the RAW fruits/veggies separately. Have fun with this one!
We're on our Own Ladies!
Hi family! I'm so excited to do this with you all especially. I'm glad we're on our own- now I hope we can all feel good about posting each week, our points as well as any thought we have about the challenge or how our week went or recipes, etc. Here are the guidelines if you ever need to refer to them:
GUIDELINES:
Please Read through this entire lengthy post! Sorry, but it's important to know what you're getting in to!
Hi Fitness Challengers! I'm excited for this tough, but rewarding, 10 Week Fitness Challenge. We'll be starting on Monday, July 9, and ending Sunday, September 16. Here are the guidelines we'll be following:
Weekly Points (200 points possible per week)
1. 30 minutes of daily exercise 6 days/week. A possible 5 points each day (30 points per week)
If you work out for an hour ONE day you can count that for two days of exercise, but in total you need to be working out at least 4 days a week, for a total of 180 minutes (i.e., you can't avoid working out all week and then work out for 2 hours on Thursday and have it count
for more than 2 days).
2. Five servings of fruits and/or vegetables per day. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
A serving size for fruit or vegetables is about usually about ½ cup. Greens like spinach and
lettuce are 1 cup per serving. A single piece of fruit (such as an apple or orange) counts as
one serving. A half-cup (4 oz.) of juice (100% juice only) can be substituted for no more
than ONE serving per day.
3. Drink 64 oz of water per day. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
The 64 oz needs to be WATER, pure and simple. If you add artificial sweetener, you
cannot count it toward your water goal (i.e., crystal lite, vitamin water, iced or herbal tea,
diet soda, CANNOT be counted toward your 64 oz. requirement).
4. No eating after 8 pm. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
Note: if you get home from work or another mandatory type activity after 8 pm and have
not had the chance to eat dinner, you can eat dinner without it counting against you. The
idea is to stop grazing after 8 pm, not starve you if you didn’t get a chance to eat dinner.
5. Take your vitamins or supplements. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
Your vitamin or supplement can be whatever you think will aid you in your fitness goals
(i.e., multi-vitamin, fish oil, fiber supplement, etc.)
6. No sweets 6 days/week (i.e., one free day). A possible 5 points each day (30 points per week)
Sweets are defined as soda (diet soda is OK, except you cannot use it toward water goal),
doughnuts, muffins, candy, chocolate, cake, cookies, ice cream, frozen yogurt, etc. Exception: you can have one moderate sized sweet if it is your birthday or an immediate family members birthday, or a major holiday and it won’t count against you.
On your "free day" you can have ONE moderate size dessert- it's not a "sweets day" where you get sweets all day. If you have more than one sweet on your "free day" you lose 5 points! The "free day" is set as Sunday on your points chart, but you get to decide which day to use it.
Point System:
Each week we will keep track of our weekly points as outlined above. Each week there will be a Weekly Challenge where extra points can be earned. Each week you can also earn points for pounds lost based on your percentage weight loss for that week. We'll go over that below.
Weekly Challenges:
The weekly challenge will be posted every Sunday evening, so you can be ready to start it on Monday. They range from eating new fruits & veggies, to not eating out all week. They are a great way to earn lots of extra points!
Posting to the Blog (you should get an invite shortly):
On Monday morning (July 9th) we each need to weigh ourselves.
You DO NOT post those numbers - you use them as your starting point.
Each subsequent Monday morning we will weigh in, figure our points for the past week,
and post your results the blog by the end of the day Monday.
When you write your weekly blog post please do it in the following format:
Weekly Points = ______ (this will be from the 200 points possible)
Challenge Points = _______ (this will vary depending on the weekly challenge)
Weight Loss Points =_______ (calculated as described above)
And then feel free to comment on how your week went and any positives or challenges you had. It's nice to hear how other people are doing!
Challenge Winners:
At the end of the 10 weeks the Challenger with the most points will win! We won't do it for money this time around- just bragging rights?
Sick Days:
You get TWO sick days during the entire challenge (you can get all the points possible for that day)- but you can only use them if you are truly sick :)
PERCENTAGE WEIGHT LOST:
Here's how we'll do weight loss points:
Take your starting weight for the beginning of the week. Divide the number of pounds lost by the starting weight. Then multiply that answer by 100. And that's your percentage weight loss.
Here's an example:
Starting weight: 150
Pounds lost during the week: 1.5
1.5 / 150 = 0.01
0.01 x 100 = 1% weight loss
Then you multiply your percentage by 10 to get your points. So 1% x 10 = 10 points
If your percentage weight loss is 1.2% then you's get 12 points for that week. Sound good?
And for different circumstances since some of us have different weight loss goals, here are some guidelines:
You're at your goal weight and you maintained it that week- no weight lost or gained= 10 points
You're not at your goal weight and you didn't lose anything= 0 points
You're not at your goal weight and you gained= whatever your percentage gained is X 10, you remove those points from your total weekly points. Example: your starting weight was 150, you gained 1 pound, your percentage weight gain is 1%. Multiply that by 10, and you get 10 points subtracted from your total.
GUIDELINES:
Please Read through this entire lengthy post! Sorry, but it's important to know what you're getting in to!
Hi Fitness Challengers! I'm excited for this tough, but rewarding, 10 Week Fitness Challenge. We'll be starting on Monday, July 9, and ending Sunday, September 16. Here are the guidelines we'll be following:
Weekly Points (200 points possible per week)
1. 30 minutes of daily exercise 6 days/week. A possible 5 points each day (30 points per week)
If you work out for an hour ONE day you can count that for two days of exercise, but in total you need to be working out at least 4 days a week, for a total of 180 minutes (i.e., you can't avoid working out all week and then work out for 2 hours on Thursday and have it count
for more than 2 days).
2. Five servings of fruits and/or vegetables per day. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
A serving size for fruit or vegetables is about usually about ½ cup. Greens like spinach and
lettuce are 1 cup per serving. A single piece of fruit (such as an apple or orange) counts as
one serving. A half-cup (4 oz.) of juice (100% juice only) can be substituted for no more
than ONE serving per day.
3. Drink 64 oz of water per day. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
The 64 oz needs to be WATER, pure and simple. If you add artificial sweetener, you
cannot count it toward your water goal (i.e., crystal lite, vitamin water, iced or herbal tea,
diet soda, CANNOT be counted toward your 64 oz. requirement).
4. No eating after 8 pm. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
Note: if you get home from work or another mandatory type activity after 8 pm and have
not had the chance to eat dinner, you can eat dinner without it counting against you. The
idea is to stop grazing after 8 pm, not starve you if you didn’t get a chance to eat dinner.
5. Take your vitamins or supplements. A possible 5 points each day (35 points per week)
Your vitamin or supplement can be whatever you think will aid you in your fitness goals
(i.e., multi-vitamin, fish oil, fiber supplement, etc.)
6. No sweets 6 days/week (i.e., one free day). A possible 5 points each day (30 points per week)
Sweets are defined as soda (diet soda is OK, except you cannot use it toward water goal),
doughnuts, muffins, candy, chocolate, cake, cookies, ice cream, frozen yogurt, etc. Exception: you can have one moderate sized sweet if it is your birthday or an immediate family members birthday, or a major holiday and it won’t count against you.
On your "free day" you can have ONE moderate size dessert- it's not a "sweets day" where you get sweets all day. If you have more than one sweet on your "free day" you lose 5 points! The "free day" is set as Sunday on your points chart, but you get to decide which day to use it.
Point System:
Each week we will keep track of our weekly points as outlined above. Each week there will be a Weekly Challenge where extra points can be earned. Each week you can also earn points for pounds lost based on your percentage weight loss for that week. We'll go over that below.
Weekly Challenges:
The weekly challenge will be posted every Sunday evening, so you can be ready to start it on Monday. They range from eating new fruits & veggies, to not eating out all week. They are a great way to earn lots of extra points!
Posting to the Blog (you should get an invite shortly):
On Monday morning (July 9th) we each need to weigh ourselves.
You DO NOT post those numbers - you use them as your starting point.
Each subsequent Monday morning we will weigh in, figure our points for the past week,
and post your results the blog by the end of the day Monday.
When you write your weekly blog post please do it in the following format:
Weekly Points = ______ (this will be from the 200 points possible)
Challenge Points = _______ (this will vary depending on the weekly challenge)
Weight Loss Points =_______ (calculated as described above)
And then feel free to comment on how your week went and any positives or challenges you had. It's nice to hear how other people are doing!
Challenge Winners:
At the end of the 10 weeks the Challenger with the most points will win! We won't do it for money this time around- just bragging rights?
Sick Days:
You get TWO sick days during the entire challenge (you can get all the points possible for that day)- but you can only use them if you are truly sick :)
PERCENTAGE WEIGHT LOST:
Here's how we'll do weight loss points:
Take your starting weight for the beginning of the week. Divide the number of pounds lost by the starting weight. Then multiply that answer by 100. And that's your percentage weight loss.
Here's an example:
Starting weight: 150
Pounds lost during the week: 1.5
1.5 / 150 = 0.01
0.01 x 100 = 1% weight loss
Then you multiply your percentage by 10 to get your points. So 1% x 10 = 10 points
If your percentage weight loss is 1.2% then you's get 12 points for that week. Sound good?
And for different circumstances since some of us have different weight loss goals, here are some guidelines:
You're at your goal weight and you maintained it that week- no weight lost or gained= 10 points
You're not at your goal weight and you didn't lose anything= 0 points
You're not at your goal weight and you gained= whatever your percentage gained is X 10, you remove those points from your total weekly points. Example: your starting weight was 150, you gained 1 pound, your percentage weight gain is 1%. Multiply that by 10, and you get 10 points subtracted from your total.
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