OK. This week we are going to do something slightly different. This challenge will give us the opportunity for teamwork and a little friendly rivalry.

Instead of points this week, we will be earning metres and kilometers (or yards and miles if you prefer).

As usual there will be 2 elements - exercise and challenges. You can choose what you want to do.

Unfortunately as I've been babysitting today, the scoring isn't ready but I'll put up the full list tomorrow.

You will be able to choose if you want to guess the distance you've covered while exercising or report the minutes and intensity (gentle, moderate, hard).

The first team to cover 200km (124.3 miles) will be the winners.

Monday Challenges - these can be completed at any time during the week and can be done more than once unless specified.

Plan 1 day's meals in advance - 500m (3.5km for 1 week's meals)
Post something that has made you laugh - 500m
Post something from a magazine or an internet link. Must be something to related to healthy eating, motivation etc - 500m
Post on 3 things thread - 250m

Bookhunter, sorry if im being daft but i dont understand this?

We get meters instead of points for the challenges? and the winner is the first team to a certain distance - i understand this.

but exercise? Is it counted like if you run 1 mile, that counts as 1 mile of distance?
or are we just getting cetain distances for each 30 min exercise as usual?

I.e, do we need to run/walk to get the points or does classes at the gym still count?

thanks xx

right not sure how this works but I ran 4k tonight in the gym 28.5 minutes, 100 crunches, leg weights and loose arm weights (1 hour workout total)

My meal plan for tomorrow is :

Breakfast
Yoghurt and Fruit

Lunch
Soup

Dinner
Chicken curry

What made me laugh: Watch Grown Ups with Adam Sandler you can't help but laugh out loud from start to finish!!!

Try the link below for some sensible healthy eating advice:

http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/5aday/pages/5adayhome.aspx/

Everything counts and it will hopefully make more sense as soon as I post the details. Don't worry about working it out, I will do that.

can't find the 3 things thread, can someone bump it if they know where it is

I've decided to just use 3 levels to make it simpler.

• Gentle – housework, gardening, slow walking, yoga, stretching, balance games

• Moderate – fast walking, slow running, swimming, some exercise classes (e.g. aquacise)

• Hard – running, some exercise classes (e.g. Body Combat, spinning)

When you record your exercise this week, you can either guess the distance or give the level and time e.g. you could report them you've walked 4.25km during the day or that you did 30 min fast walking (moderate) and 15 min slow walking (gentle).

Here are the distances for 30 minutes.

Gentle 2.5km

Moderate 3km

Hard 3.75km

For this challenge, you can report all exercise, so if you do 5 minutes stretching and walk the dog for 10 min, it will soon start to add up.

You don't need to calculate the distance – my spreadsheet will do that. Hope this makes more sense. Any questions let me know.

Hmmm

I did:
30 mins fast(ish) walking on treadmill
10 mins on x-trainer
15 mins on exercise bike

plus the cool-downs = 60mins

good luck working that out tho - i cant x

Planned todays meals last night
Belvita -4.5
yoghurt-0
apple-0
chickpea soup from the new boost - 5
crackers -2
Sprout fritters from the new boost - 3 (ate the other half last night)
Salad -0

14.5 so far! will have some snacks too! but trying to keep low check as i had a big weekend!

Exercise wise Body attack last night 45mins (hard pace, very hard!!)
Tonight spinning 45 mins (also hard)

I'll do the other posts later xx

yesterday- did all carpets in the house 0.45 minutes and rearrange bedroom 0.30 mins

meal for tomorrow

Cereal 45g 6 checks


no check soup 0
tuna roll with butter 12
kit kat 4

snack grapes- edb

turkey stir fry with rice 15 checks
ww cheese cake 7

2 ryvitas with ham and scrape butter 5 checks- 49 checks 6 checks saved

Your exercise is paying off - saw your latest pic in the gallery & you look GREAT well done missy x

Thanks shirls really liked that outfit, for my aunts 60th party this weekend!

Was the first time I wanted to have my pic taken in about a year!!

xx

tw web sites

i village has everything including a lot abou diet exercise fashion

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/

This is a website that has lots of tools forums etc all about diet and fitness

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

Cant find the 3 things thread cans omeone point me in the right direction ?


katie

I received an email from a friend that made me laugh - some of it's too rude to print tho
So, have decided that if i get any repeatable emails, i'll post them for you all!! x

Tuesday's challenge (this should have gone up last night). As with the others, it can be done at any time and as many times as you like. 500m

This is from Top Sante
"Willpower is like a muscle:it gets stronger with use". A study suggest that making mini resoulutions and writing them down helps your willpower.
For the challenge, post a mini resolution for today or tomorrow. This should be somemething small and achievable e.g. eating all your EDB. It does not have to be PEP related.

Wednesday's challenge 500m
Suggestions
Suggest something that you have enjoyed that other members make like and explain why. This could be a book, a DVD, an exercise class or something else.

gentle walk with the dog tonight 30 mins

Mini resolution for tomorrow-

No carbs after 6pm - I have noticed that I tend to eat too much and end up feeling bloated

Plan for tomorrow

Breakfast
Banana (eb)
Yoghurt (eb)

Lunch
Ryvita x 4 (5) dairylee x 2 (2) and ham x 4 (2) = 9

Dinner
Chicken, brocolli, carrots , green beans , peas = 10

Exercise plan - 5k gym 100 crunches loose weights

All meals for next week planned.

My son made me laugh today, in my sunglasses and flip flops he dashed past me saying “sorry, running late” he is 2 ½ yrs!

Been looking at my Body Composition Test from a few years back and am wondering how the BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is affected by 45 checks + EBFs (says I need 1634 kcals/day or I go into starvation mode!) have posted a thread asking about this!

Yesterday was housework day so I did a couple of hours of gentle activity plus a couple of hours walking to the supermarket and back and playing in the park with my kids. Also did the park again today and then swimming with them this afternoon for an hour or so.

Challenge for tomorrow: weigh it all!!

Enjoyable suggestion: a lovely bubbly radox bath

Your little boy sounds really cute - it's amazing how they pick up things like that.

Yesterdays challenge - try and relax a bit - went to sauna and steam room

Today - something to enjoy, hmmm im really enjoying the steig larsson books, im reading the second one at the mo and got the 3rd for my holidays in oct!!

xx

Loved the larrson books, wish there was more!!

Janet evanovich books, the Stephanie Plum series, always make me laugh out loud, was reading one in lying on a lounger round the pool at the gym recently and kept laughing out loud and had tears running down my face, I got a few strange looks and my daughter was a wee bit embarrased lol If you need cheering up the comedy in these is fantastic and its a light read so no thinking required

excerise= walked 2 miles
ran up and down stairs 5 times (13 stairs) carrry wood and tools to build a desk

sat and read 2 of my craft magazines for relaxtion

this is a bit diffewrent and i dont know if it counts but its making me stronger i have wrote letters and phoned places e.g tesco, sainsburys where i can get my account changed back to my maiden name a lot of things i have to wait until the divorce


Katie

My suggestion is to read 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (or rent the DVD). If you love books, you will enjoy it.It's a book of letters between Helene, an american writer, and Frank and the other staff in a London book shop.

My mini resolution for today has been to eat lots of fruit to try and get rid of my cold. Same for tomorrow.

Thurday's Challenge 500m

Dig out your Autumn winter clothes to see if they fit and / or do some window shopping / internet browsing to see what you would like.

My mini resolution for tomorrow is same as todays, no carbs after 6pm, really found it helped me tonight and I don't feel the urge to keep eating. Lots of veg kept me filled up, and no treats this evening!!!

My last 2 challenges :

Post something about diet/weight loss from a forum or webpage or magazine:

<LI>Every change you make to improve your diet matters. You don’t have to be perfect and you don’t have to completely eliminate foods you enjoy to have a healthy diet. The long term goal is to feel good, have more energy and reduce the risk of cancer and disease. Don’t let your missteps derail you—every healthy food choice you make counts.

• Give recipes a makeover. Often recipes taste just as good with less sugar.
• Avoid sugary drinks. One 12-oz soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar in it! Try sparkling water with lemon or a splash of fruit juice.
• Eliminate processed foods. Processed foods and foods made with white flour and white sugar cause your blood sugar to go up and down leaving you tired and sapped of energy.

In general healthy foods are found around the outside of the supermarket - the middles are full of over processed and over priced - never thought of this before but thats so true!!

Something funny, hmmmm lets see if i can attach something funny - hopefully that worked!!

xx

Oh i see todays challenge now too!

Ive just bought some fantastic winter wooly dress things in the last few weeks - they are lovely, and fit nice Cant wait till its really cold so i can wear them!

Need to get some long sleeve tops in primark tho!!

xx

I would love some winter dresses for work, now ive got over the wearing a skirt to work thing its time to take the next step lol Primark have some nice work stuff, but as im only 5'1" they are always too long! Have had my eye on a few coats in Primark too, and some of their jumpers. DD and I were there tonight and she got some lovely stuff, I loved the military style boots she picked and as shes the same size as me I might sneak a borrow lol

Okay - I'm rather late doing this some of this weeks challenges but here goes...

QUOTE (Bookhunter @ Sep 19 2010, 10:12 PM)

Monday Challenges - these can be completed at any time during the week and can be done more than once unless specified.
Plan 1 day's meals in advance - 500m (3.5km for 1 week's meals)
Post something that has made you laugh - 500m
Post something from a magazine or an internet link. Must be something to related to healthy eating, motivation etc - 500m
Post on 3 things thread - 250m

Monday's challenges
Today menu is:
Breakfast: Special K and milk - 9
Snack: Pineapple - edb
Lunch: Chicken, stuffing and salad baguette - 16
Snack: apple, muller - edb
Dinner: Veg risotto, 30g feta cheese over the top - 17
Snack: funsize malteasters - 4
46/50

Something that makes me laugh - http://youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&client...p;v=EKvNqe8cKU4 If it doesn't work go on to youtube and search for Simon's cat - loads of wee cartoons that are very funny. Even more so if you have cats!!

I'll post on the 3 things thread too but here are my three for today:
1. Drink more water!!
2. Exercise
3. remember I'm not super human - I'm allowed to stop and look at the veiw sometimes

QUOTE (Bookhunter @ Sep 21 2010, 10:11 PM)

Tuesday's challenge
This is from Top Sante
"Willpower is like a muscle:it gets stronger with use". A study suggest that making mini resoulutions and writing them down helps your willpower.
For the challenge, post a mini resolution for today or tomorrow. This should be somemething small and achievable e.g. eating all your EDB. It does not have to be PEP related.

Wednesday's challenge 500m
Suggestions
Suggest something that you have enjoyed that other members make like and explain why. This could be a book, a DVD, an exercise class or something else.

Tuesday's challenge
Drinking more water. I'm really bad for not drinking enough full stop and I do have to make a consious effort to drink more!

Wednesday's challenge
I am a total book fiend I can think of loads of books to suggest. One author in particular that I'm into just now is Jasper Fforde - his books are often described as silly books for clever people or something like that - his page on amazon is http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jasper-Fforde/e/B0...hr_dp_pel_pop_1
His books can be a little surreal but are brilliant and a great way to escape the real world and have a wee adventure and a laugh and I think they are very well written. Strart with the 'Eyre Affair' and then read the other Thrusday Next books (I think there are 5 just now and a new one is out later this year) and then try the Nursery Crimes series - equally clever and in fact at one point Thursday is living inside one of the Nursery Crime books - see I told you things could get a bit surreal!!

QUOTE (Bookhunter @ Sep 22 2010, 09:32 PM)

Thurday's Challenge 500m
Dig out your Autumn winter clothes to see if they fit and / or do some window shopping / internet browsing to see what you would like.

I need some new jumpers - I went through the ones I put away last year and they are too big now. I've also got a cardie which can be used as a coat on coldish mornings in autumn but it is looking a bit bobbly… think a wee shopping trip is in order!!

Thursday Challenge

believe or not as i am off this week i went ot a dfferent class thank i normally do i usually go on a wedensday on my much hour but i went this moring in my home town of east kilbride which is in the mddle of the town Centre

i wa actually going to start a thread on this as i look in 3 shops i have went from a size tight 28 to 22/24 so i can still only go to certain shops so i looked in New Look, Evans and M & co and i saw absolutley nothing, wasnt looking fro anything in particlar but though what would be nice for a night out or my Christmas night out

A lot of the things where sleavless which i dont like or too casual, i will keep looking

i looked out my wardrope and i can fit into two pairs of jean which i could never get into and the label still on them


Katie

1lb off this week woohoo

gym tonight, 5k run in 36 minutes, 100 crunches and looses weights. (got sore legs!!)

Had a flick through the Very website to have a look at their autumn/ winter range, looks like I'll need to buy a whole new winter wardrobe lol Tried on a Jacket from last year and its massive

Exercise for Thursday:
20mins cardio boxing
30mins step

Not sure about today but I will be doing something!!

Exercise for last night - thursday -

Fit to Flex class- 30 mins
Spin Class 45 mins

Tonight- body combat - 45 mins!

xx

Sorry didn't get on yesterday. Was way too cold upstairs.

Friday's challlenge 500m
Post about what you like about Autumn.

Saturday's Challenge 500m
Make a comfort box with items to help on difficult days or for pampering. This could be an inspirational book or DVD, fancy bubble bath, photos, poems etc.

Tuesday's challenge 500m
My mini resolution for tomorrow is to have my 8 glasses of liquid - i never seem to quite reach 8!!!

Wednesday's challenge 500m
My suggestion to others is: If there's something you're toying with the idea of going to (i.e classes, gym, whatever!!) then GO AND DO IT!!! I would never have thought i'd enjoy the gym - but i do. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - at least you'll know instead of constantly wondering.........!

Thurday's Challenge 500m
Well, i got rid of everything (mostly sold on ebay) as everything was too small and it was getting depressing. I have been browsing the internet (mainly ebay, Next and New Look) to see what's out there this autumn, and hope to indulge in a little retail therapy soon be after my holiday though ..... x

Friday's challlenge 500m
Post about what you like about Autumn.
I love it when it gets darker early - i shut the curtains, put lamp on & light a smelly candle - whilst having a mug of tea or soup, bliss!

Saturday's Challenge 500m
Fabby idea, i'm gonna get stuff tomorrow in town - any excuse to spend my money on me, lol!!! x

Monday Challenges - these can be completed at any time during the week and can be done more than once unless specified.

Plan 1 day's meals in advance - 500m (3.5km for 1 week's meals)
Post something that has made you laugh - 500m
Post something from a magazine or an internet link. Must be something to related to healthy eating, motivation etc - 500m
Post on 3 things thread - 250m
Oooops, pretty sure monday comes 1st anyway......
I had today all planned out - only strayed a little bitty tho.....
The new chocolate weetabix advert made me laugh - silly advert, but i love it!!
need to find something from a mag - back with something later, or tomorrow.........
already posted on 3 things thread, but gonna do it again, seeing as we can do it more than once, lol x

Not sure how to post links - hope this works........

www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/eighttipssection/8tips/

hope this helps (hope the link works!!)

My favourite thing about autumn is Autumnwatch which starts October 7th. I also like coming home, getting changed in comfy pyjamas and sitting in front of the fire.

Oooooh and that's when x-factor starts (which also equals xmas countdown haha) x

fridays challenge

i love autumn colours and my birthday is september


saturdays challenge

i gt a new bathroom put in two months ago and is all set up fpr my papering days, which i usuall have every thursday night

katie

My favourite things about Autumn is walking through the fallen leaves in the park when they are all dry and crunchy, cuddling up at night on the sofa when its all dark and cold outside, making pots of soup to warm you up.

I used to have a confort box, no idea what happened to it, so im going to make another one. I will put in it a favourite DVD (Cayote Ugly or The Holiday, A letter to be written by my which says how I feel since losing weight and what a difference it has made to my life (hopefully this will keep me motivated), A before picture, A favourite nail polish, a bath bomb and a facepack. Hopefully this will pull me through any low times


Love these challenges!!

1 1/2 hours gentle walking with the dog today.

Food Plan for tomorrow is

Breakfast
Banana (eb)
Activia (eb)

Lunch
Free soup 0
Sugar free jelly 0

Dinner
Steak and gravy pie 20 potatoes 6 veg 0
Apple (2)

Snacks
Satsuma (2)

And mini resolution for tomorrow is to drink 2 litres of water, have been struggling with this. I also couldn't manage the no carb after 6 pm, think I need to get more organised cause I had no idea what to eat, its amazing how much I relying on potatoes, pasta, rice and bread!!

Hi Guys, here are my challenges for the week

QUOTE (Bookhunter @ Sep 19 2010, 10:12 PM)
Monday Challenges - these can be completed at any time during the week and can be done more than once unless specified.
Plan 1 day's meals in advance - 500m (3.5km for 1 week's meals)
Post something that has made you laugh - 500m
Post something from a magazine or an internet link. Must be something to related to healthy eating, motivation etc - 500m
Post on 3 things thread - 250m


Todays menu:
Breakfast: Oastso Simple - 6 checks
Lunch: Supermarket Sandwich Chicken Salad - 12
Dinner: Cottage Pie - 14

Something that makes me laugh - It has to be Michael McIntyres Roadshow on a Saturday night, he is just soooo funny!

Here are my three things for today:
1. Drink more water
2. Exercise
3. Stick to check allowance

QUOTE (Bookhunter @ Sep 21 2010, 10:11 PM)
Tuesday's challenge
This is from Top Sante
"Willpower is like a muscle:it gets stronger with use". A study suggest that making mini resoulutions and writing them down helps your willpower.
For the challenge, post a mini resolution for today or tomorrow. This should be somemething small and achievable e.g. eating all your EDB. It does not have to be PEP related.


Eating more salad/vegetables. I am terrible for not bulking up my meals with the free veg.

Todays menu:
Breakfast: 2 crumpets & Jam - 8 checks
Lunch: Baked potato and cottage cheese - 12 checks
Dinner: Fish & Chips - 16 checks (off PEP not from Chippie)

Wednesday's challenge 500m
Suggestions
Suggest something that you have enjoyed that other members make like and explain why. This could be a book, a DVD, an exercise class or something else.


I am a total karaoke freak and once I have that microphone in my hand there is no prizing it away from me so my suggestion is U-Sing for the Wii. Its total karaoke but if you are anything like me as soon as you start singing you start dancing so good for burning the calories aswell.....lol

Todays menu:
Breakfast: 30g Special K - 6 checks
Lunch: Fresh Soup & bread - 12 checks
Dinner: Quick Chilli - 16 checks

QUOTE (Bookhunter @ Sep 22 2010, 09:32 PM)
Thurday's Challenge 500m
Dig out your Autumn winter clothes to see if they fit and / or do some window shopping / internet browsing to see what you would like.

I went and bought a new winter coat and bought it in a size 16 which is slightly a bit tight but thought by the time the bad weather hits us that it would fit perfectly, in other words I am definately going to have to stick with SS as I aint wasting my money (typical Aberdonian)

Todays menu:
Breakfast: 2 crumpets & jam - 8 checks
Lunch: Quiche Salad - 11 checks
Dinner: Pork in creamy sauce - 14 checks

Friday's challlenge 500m
Post about what you like about Autumn.

I love the crisp mornings in autumn and when its dark in the evening closing the blinds and cosying up on sofa with a good book

Todays menu:
Breakfast: Sausage softie - 15 checks
Lunch: Ham & tomato pannini - 12 checks
Dinner: Mushroom & Parmesan Risotto - 14 checks

Saturday's Challenge 500m
Make a comfort box with items to help on difficult days or for pampering. This could be an inspirational book or DVD, fancy bubble bath, photos, poems etc.

I have a box with various inspirational cuttings in it. It has a scrap book with pictures of people that I have cut out of magazines, papers etc that have amazing bodies in it and I have put wee comments beside each one. It also has cuttings from papers etc that are inspirational stories of weight loss

Todays menu:
Breakfast: Egg and toast - 7 checks
Lunch: Sausage & Beans - 12 checks
Dinner: Chicken Tikka Masala - 16 checks

Challenge for friday - i love curling up in bed with a hot water bottle when its blowing a gale and raining outside and im all warm and cosy

Challenge for Sat - Ive got a few boxes in the cupboard for nails and pamper stuff just about to get my nails done properly for going on holiday next week so im looking forward to having pretty gel nails for a few weeks!

Also posting my gym stuff for this week all in one place - cos ive no idea where ive put it all!


Mon- body attack and 200 crunches-45mins + 10mins = 55mins
Tue- rest
Wed - rest
Thur - Fit to flex and Spin class - 75mins
Fri - rest
Sat - 30 min walk with dogs
Sun - 10min cycle, 10 min treadclimer, 20 min run, 200 crunches - 60mins

Body attack again 2moro night - hopefully wont kill my calves this time and i'll be able to do spin on tue!

Hope your all getting on good?
xx

I have a lovely wee pamper box made up - not sure when am going to use it tho, prob after my hol x

wee 1 hour walk today in the park with the dog, gentle walk with a few killer hills!!

Sorry I've not added everything up yet. First my sister wan't to upload everything on Facebook from the wedding and since then my cold has been bad. It's better today but is affecting my asthma. I will see what I can get done tomorrow night.
We had some great news yesterday - my brother has got engaged. I'm really pleased. She's lovely and the girls got on very well with her. So there will be another wedding to look forward to.

Challenges

All of last week's challenges are still open

Monday's challenge

Get creative. Write a blog entry or poem. Take a photo, draw a picture, make something. If possible, post on here.