Hi Everyone,

In an effort to inspire us to eat right, exercise, and have fun, I am proposing a new challenge - the First or Fourth of July Challenge. Challengers may choose to end their challenge on either the First of July (Canada Day) or the Fourth of July (Independence Day). Here are the rules - Beginning this week, and for every day until the end of the Challenge, challengers must post a message that includes 3 things.
1) their meal plan for the next day
2) their exercise plan for the next day
3) what they plan to do for fun during the next day

In the first post, please include whether you will end your challenge on the First of July or the Fourth of July. If we get several folks in each group, we might even end up with an inter-group challenge!

The challengers with the most posts will win a prize.

Lynn

Hi Lynn, I'm in.... we will be on vacation twice during this time period but I still want to join in.

I will finish up on July 4.....

Which day do you want to start? Phyllis

I'm in for the 4th of July.

Lynn
thanks for starting this challenge.

I will do the forth of July too.

OK - here's my first post for this Challenge -

Just for the heck of it, I will end my challenge on the First of July.

For tomorrow -

Exercise - 30 min wts. & 30 min cardio
Fun - I'm scrapping tomorrow!
Food -
Breakfast:
Pancakes & berries (I make the pancakes by blending 1 Whole Wheat Eng Muffin, 1/4 cup egg substitute, a little skim milk, some vanilla & a couple of packets of Splenda)
Lunch:
Thai Turkey Slaw (diced turkey, cabbage shredded, lite slaw dressing, peanuts)
Snack: Lt. Yogurt
Dinner: Cabbage soup w turkey, grilled cheese sandwich
Snack: Lt Yogurt w peanut butter & Splenda

Lynn

Hi Ladies....MAY DAY MAY DAY MAY DAY

235/195/155

I began May 1 and will end July 1.

Include me in: I will be traveling a lot, but will do the best I can to post daily.
1) Meals for tomorrow:
Breakfast: Spiru-Tein Hight Protein Energy Meal (from health food store)
Lunch: More of the same
Dinner: 6 ounces baked lemon marinated fish & brocolli
Snack: Spiru-Tein again. (Sorry my meals are pretty boring right now).

2) Exercise: Walk 30 minutes & 30 minutes on Nu-Step machine

3) Fun: Having company over

Hi, everyone

Lynn
Thanks for starting this thread, Accountability. that’s what it is about.



My Meal Plan for Thursday

Breakfast:
Cereal, ½ cup Egg beaters with cheddar cheese(2% Fat)
snack:
Carrots, 2 large whole sticks
Lunch:
Tuna salad on Tortilla with lettuce and bowl of homemade soup.
Snack: tbd
Dinner:
Flounder, Cauliflower and a large salad with salsa on it.
Snack: Yogert 0 %fat and strawberry’s
Maybe my 1 pc choc. I allow myself.

My exercise plan for Thursday
Curves 30 min.
Walking 30 min.
Elliptical As much as I can.


For fun, I plan too… See my granddaughter.

meal plan for the Wednesday:
B- Cheerios w/ banana & oj
S- pear
L- Asian salad
S- Grapes
Dinner- We're going to my MIL's
WW spaghetti, salad & fruit salad

exercise plan:
Walk 30 minutes

plan to do for fun during the next day;
watching my soaps

I didn't realize we started today....duh
so my plan for today is:

Exercise: Walk 1 mile (did 2 miles yesterday)

B. 1 diet bread, slice block cheese, peaches
L. Turkey, cheese,pickle on 1 slice lite bread/celery & carrots with lite dip
S. Rice cakes (carmel), small apple
D. Steak, ?, strawberries (eating at friends)

Fun: Pedicure and Manicure

OK, for tomorrow:

Exercise: 2 mile walk

B. lite bread, 1 egg, fruit
L. Progresso Soup, 5 low fat Ritz crackers
S. Rice Cakes, cheese stick
D. Tuna, no egg noodles, peas

Fun: Go to the hypnotist....
Phyllis

Hello Everyone!

I would like to join in this challenge too but like Bobbi I will need to post my meal plans the day after. And when we leave to go back East I don't know if I can get connected everyday BUT I have a spiral notebook with me that I will be keeping track of everything and can add it when I do have a connection. Will that work for the challenge? I don't want to mess things up but just thought that I would ask before starting.

Everyone have a good day! Karen

Hi Golden Girls....I was afraid I had lost the thread But after giving up hope here you are!!

Good News.......FINALLY dropped another 2 pounds...(Seems like it took a year

Since I'm not proficient enough to do the wt tracter, I'll just enter the short note. 235/193/155

I love the recipes that are added. I'm still more on the medially supervised fast than off....so my menus at this time is pretty boring and much the same every day.

Tomorrow's menu:
5 program snacks
Dinner: 6 ounces broiled fish and 1/2 cup sugar snap peas

16 ounces green tea
24 ounces soda
40 ounces water

Exercise: 30 minutes recumbent cross trainer, 30 minutes walking

Fun for tomorrow: reading diet recipes from You on a Diet, blogging and planning the next weeks menu based on a new recipe for turkey burgers!

For tomorrow -

Exercise - Walking around NYC
Fun - I'm going to NYC to see the new Greco-Roman Galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Food -
Breakfast:
Pancakes & berries (I make the pancakes by blending 1 Whole Wheat Eng Muffin, 1/4 cup egg substitute, a little skim milk, some vanilla & a couple of packets of Splenda)
Lunch: Eating out - will have fish or chicken w vegetables or salad
Dinner: Cabbage soup w turkey, grilled cheese sandwich
Snack: Lt Yogurt w peanut butter & Splenda

Lynn

To Karen & Bobbi & Everyone,

Please feel free to make this challenge your own. The idea is for each of us to be inspired to eat healthy, have fun, and exercise. Whatever will work best for you is good.

Lynn