Hi Fitness Friends!
I hope you all had a great Halloween week! Every year I forget how frantic the time leading up to trick or treating is. We had some last minute costume busyness that turned in to a success. One of the twins wanted to be a crow- which is totally cool- but she is always very particular about how things should look and I was stressing the fact that we didn't have it all put together before the day of. Luckily Martha Stewart on clearance at Michaels hooked me up with a snazzy crow mask and with some black clothing and careful placement of a black feather boa (the glue gun is my friend) we had a pretty awesome (and adorable) crow.
This year at least I was wise enough to order a pizza through Papa Murphy's so that the kids could quickly get some food in their bellies before hitting the streets. I've been debating going with a gluten free diet and while I've considered it, I've realized that since giving up sugar, most days I go without it anyways. Most breads have some sugar in it so I have had to be careful about the bread I consume. ANYWAYS today was the first day I had bread all week! I'm going to try and stick with having bread 1-2 times/week and the rest of the week go gluten free. I thought I'd share a good recipe for a gluten free chia (love chia seeds look into it) bread from, "Oh She Glows" (love her blog- check it out!). I omit the sugar and feel like it is good without it. It's more like a thick cracker and less like a bread- but I found it is quite yummy- especially when you add tasty toppings like cottage cheese, tomatoes, and sprouts or an egg salad. It's pretty easy to make, and I freeze the remaining to have throughout the month.
Working out wasn't a problem this week. I feel like I've found my groove. I have certain days I work out, and if something comes up and I am not able to for whatever reason I spend 1/2 hour at night on abs. I was trying the running thing and my knee started acting up so I need some more help with that. Do any of you running pros have any tips for being able to run and protect my knees? I would greatly appreciate it!
I love the way that I have been feeling throughout this challenge and am so excited to help my friends and family achieve their goals and learn healthier ways of treating their bodies through the right foods and exercise.
Cheers to a great week!
This is a HIGHLY MOTIVATING, yet low key, group competition where you set your own rules (mostly) and goals, earn points, and report in here each week. The cost is $10, which ALL goes towards cash prizes for the winners at the end.
How To Earn Points
HOW TO EARN POINTS
5 points for paying $10 and posting your picture with an "intro post with diet plan" on this blog. (I can help if you if you don't know how to post. . .or you can scroll down to the How to Post instructions in RED) Deadline for paying $10 is Monday Sept 30th and deadline for posting intro is Friday Oct 4th.
2 points/day for following your own customized diet plan
2 points/day for keeping a food journal
1 point/day for each 1/2 hour of exercise, max of 10 points per week. (***Not counting extra pop challenge points. Note: you may lump all your weekly exercise points into one day but you risk the chance of loosing pop challenge points. . .see below right)
1 point/per day for drinking at least 48oz of water
1 point/day for taking a multi vitamin
1 point/day for flossing (hey, I'm a hygienist and I'm trying to rid the world of periodontal disease!)
3 points/week for: 1. weighing in (do not post your weight) 2. BRIEFLY recap your previous week in a post on this blog 3. updating your point total in your picture caption BEFORE midnight on Sunday of each week. Our weeks begin each Monday morning. ADD these 3 points in with the "just started week's points
At the end of the challenge you will also have a chance to win additional points for % of weight lost. You can win 1 point for each % of weight lost, IE: loosing 10% of your weight equals 10 extra points! These points will be taken once, at the end of the 12 week challenge.
This challenge will last 12 weeks, starting
5 points for paying $10 and posting your picture with an "intro post with diet plan" on this blog. (I can help if you if you don't know how to post. . .or you can scroll down to the How to Post instructions in RED) Deadline for paying $10 is Monday Sept 30th and deadline for posting intro is Friday Oct 4th.
2 points/day for following your own customized diet plan
2 points/day for keeping a food journal
1 point/day for each 1/2 hour of exercise, max of 10 points per week. (***Not counting extra pop challenge points. Note: you may lump all your weekly exercise points into one day but you risk the chance of loosing pop challenge points. . .see below right)
1 point/per day for drinking at least 48oz of water
1 point/day for taking a multi vitamin
1 point/day for flossing (hey, I'm a hygienist and I'm trying to rid the world of periodontal disease!)
3 points/week for: 1. weighing in (do not post your weight) 2. BRIEFLY recap your previous week in a post on this blog 3. updating your point total in your picture caption BEFORE midnight on Sunday of each week. Our weeks begin each Monday morning. ADD these 3 points in with the "just started week's points
At the end of the challenge you will also have a chance to win additional points for % of weight lost. You can win 1 point for each % of weight lost, IE: loosing 10% of your weight equals 10 extra points! These points will be taken once, at the end of the 12 week challenge.
This challenge will last 12 weeks, starting
TO POST: In the upper right hand corner you will see "New Post" click on it. If you are like me it may take you a second to find it but I promise it is there!!! You will be brought to a screen were you can enter a title for your post on the dash board at the top of the screen. Please put your name and the week the post is for. You can then add your entry for the week whether good or ill we want to hear it! That's how this works in a group competition. We are all here to cheer you on!!! When you are satisfied with the content go ahead and hit publish!
HOW TO POST YOUR PHOTO AND YOUR WEEKLY POINTS:
In the upper right hand corner, next to "new post" you will also see "DESIGN." If you click on that it will take you to "bones" of the blog. On the left hand side you will see a menu under "new post." click on "LAYOUT." It will take you to the actual layout of the blog. In the left hand column you will see a place to click on "add a Gadget" It will then pull up another menu. Scroll down to Image and click on the (+) sign. You can there down down load your photo. Your name will be the title and your weekly point total will be the caption. . . .as I go back and re read this it all sounds very confusing. If you need help just let me know and I will be more than happy to assist you!!!
*****Once your pic is up all you will need to do weekly to update your points is, click on the tool/wrench in the lower right hand corner of your pic. You can then put in your new point total for the week in the caption area.
This site will stay public until everyone who wants to join lets me know and gets me their email address and cell #. After that I will make this site private for our challenge group.
FIRST PLACE WINNER: Gets 60% of the cash
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Gets 30% of the cash
THIRD PLACE WINNER: Gets 10% of the cash
In the case of a tie the winner will be determined by % of weight lost over the 12 week period. So, don't forget to note your initial weight so we can figure it out at the end of the challenge in December
3 comments:
Way to go! Looking forward to the recipe. I tried the Gluten free crackers from Nabisco, not bad. Also made a Quinoa meatless chili, super yummy! I don't run, but hope you can figure out your knees, maybe stretches and ice could help?
Megan, have you read "Born to Run?" It is actually a fantastic read. . .I ended the book wanting more. Anyway, in the book it talks a lot about "fore foot" running. Since I made the switch from heal striking to fore foot running I have pretty much rid myself of all Knee issues. Good Luck. . .I hope you find the magic key to that problem.
Heather, I haven't heard of that book but will definitely look into it. I was told by another running friend that running on my heals would cause knee pain, so I've tried to make a cognitive effort to stay on my toes. I'm sure that when I get tired during a run that I get lazy and fall back into bad habits. This could be my main problem.
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