The Great Featherweight One Week Challenge - Aug 21 - 27

[Ilene]

Ok, I need to get myself in gear here... Let's see if we can lose something this week, and I don't mean lose our car keys :lol:

So here is my plan for the day:

Run to and from the gym (5k) arms and shoulders at the gym...

Food:
1. oatmeal, bran, soymilk, eggwhites -- done
2. PP and pineapple shake
3. tuna and brown rice
4. cc and strawberries
5. salmon, veggies, salad
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:coach: NEXT!!

[2frustrated]

OK! My plan for the day!

Brekky:
carby cereal with soya milk and protein powder

Lunch
pumpkin protein bar & pineapple

Snack
Turkey breast and hummus and carrots

Kickboxing class

Dinner
haven't thought that far ahead yet...

[SusanB]

I'm in!
Breakfast was a whey shake with blueberries.
I had raspberries and ff cottage cheese for break then my friend and I walked around the hospital building.
Someone brought us cherry tomatoes. I already ate some in the car coming home :) After I go for either a walk or bike ride (depending on the wind), I'm going to have more tomatoes with tuna and a little ff miracle whip.
Supper will be a little pork chop and yellow beans.
If I need something else, I think I'll have a bowl of oatmeal before bed.

[softballmom]

Perfect - I'm also in...

Breakfast: LF cottage cheese (1/2C) and pineapple chunks (1/2C) - done
Morning Snack: Wasa Crispbread (2) with 2T Hummus - done
Lunch: Frozen Weight Watcher - grab and run -done
PM snack: either a banana or orange.

Run 25 minutes, walk 15-20 mins.

Dinner: Probably chicken breast with veggies, 8 oz 1% milk
Water: 68-72 oz; 24 oz - done

[Ilene]

Food: 1,2 same as above 3, 4 and 5 bit of a change there
1. oatmeal, bran, soymilk, eggwhites -- done
2. PP and pineapple shake -- done
3. almonds 15 and 2 peaches -- done
4. salmon, whole wheat pasta, veggie chili -- done
5. bran and yogurt

2 liters of water -- done

[High C]

Yep, I'd love to join in, too.:)

Breakie: Sultana bran and lowfat milk
Lunch: Chicken and salad sandwich with low fat mayonaise
Dinner: Chicken stir-fry with broccoli & capsicum and bok choy
Snacks: Low fat custard with fruit, apple, cup of coffee

Down 150g. from yesterday:)

Suzanne

[Ilene]

Tomorrow I leave till Thursday evening, so you gals better be good ;) ... DH and I are going to the Laurentians to bike in the rail road trails, so I'll be burning some major caloiries. I will be as cautious with food as possible...

So let's be careful out there... See y'all Thursday :wave:

[SusanB]

I had a bit of a change too ... ice cream but I've still got a calorie deficit so I'm OK with that.
I'll have to think about tomorrow. I need to buy some protein and I work evenings ... hmmm ....

[lucky]

Count me in too! I absolutely want to see a loss at the end of this week.

Today was: No breakfast or lunch. YIKES! (This, by the way was not intentional). I came home for a snack of 1/2 cup LF cottage cheese and an ounce of salt free almonds.

Dinner was Champagne Shrimp, which is shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, and onion cooked in champagne then thickened with cream for the sauce. Don't worry, I used FF half and half instead. Served over 1 cup of Angel Hair pasta.

Snacks tonight have been 1/2 of a shaved ham on rye sandwich, a few more almonds, and more cottage cheese.

I didn't workout today but don't feel too bad about it because I cleaned out the kids closets and did laundry which means I made probably 20-30 minutes worth of stair climbing, 10 minutes of walking, plus carrying some fairly hefty loads along the way.

Just to get a head start, tomorrow will be:

Breakfast: Egg white omlette with mushroom, pepper, and onion plus 1/2 cup of OJ with Benefiber stirred in.

Lunch/Snack: Cottage cheese and almonds, Mixed salad with light dressing, half and ounce of sharp cheddar, pickles, and chopped chicken breast

Dinner: 2 Tacos, 1/2 cup black beans

Snack: Probably a banana with reduced calorie peanut butter, but I'll play this one by ear.

I'll be hitting the gym after dinner for 45 minutes on the elliptical and about 30 mintues of weights (probably abs and legs for the most part).

Whew! It feels good to have everything planned out!

[ObeseOlivia]

Not only do I love it, it leaves me satisfied for many hours that I don't even think about eating. Okay, this is new to me, but for those who haven't found it yet.....

Egg Starts (egg whites liquid that is yellow in color... Generic are just as good as name brand... If you get the plain egg whites that are clear in color, add I Can't Believe It's Not butter Spray to turn yellow and also gives a flavor)

1 slice of low fat cheese (I don't like the fat free cheese and besides this is the only fat you have in the meal) ;) .

Zap in the microwave ... stirring constantly ... and :cheese: the cheese should be put on top just before done.

This breakfast is no more than 170 calories... :chef: NO FAT.. With a fair amount of Protein. I'm on a 1200-1300 calories a day and this goes a long way .:dance:


:running:

[2frustrated]

Brekky - late since :barf:
0% greek yoghurt
1 tbsp honey

Snack
1 apple
roasted chick peas
(and something else! I'm hungry!!! Damn no breakfast!!!!!) probably a protein shake

Lunch
Hummus and turkey slices

Snack
Pumpkin bar

running and kickboxing

Dinner
not sure, maybe a shake or a cracker or two with some kinda protein

[QueenofChiba]

I`m up for the challenge!
Monday, OP, elliptical trainer 10K, drank all my water and milk, ate veges and fruit.
Today I was OP, walked 3 hours around an exhibition, drank all my water and milk...but I didn`t get any fruits or veges! So I guess I`ll have an apple as a snack or a glass of juice later.

[High C]

Good morning all :coffee:

Breaky: 3/4 c of Sultana Bran
Lunch: Capsicum and Tomato Soup, 2 slices of bread
Dinner: Char-grilled Salmon with Parsley Relish, Pumpkin and Asparagus with carrots
Snacks: Fruit, Latte, Custard and tinned fruit

Lucky, the Champagne Shrimp sounds lovely:flow1:

Down .400g from yesterday :)
and down .550g from Monday (start date) :dance:

Have a great day everyone.

[2frustrated]

Had porridge instead of my pumpkin bar, then had half my pumpkin bar before kickboxing and half when I got home with an apple. It's all good! Oh and I whaled on the heavy bag for a while before class last night rather than run. That's some good therapy right there! :D

Today

Brekky
1/2 C egg whites, 1 omega 3 egg
1/2 oz cheese
marmite on 1 sl wheat toast

Snack
apple
protein shake

Gym for weights and the like :D edit - no gym, felt lazy but did walk to get some lunch

Lunch
Hummus with carrots and turkey and cucumber - edit had a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with a punnet of strawberries

Snack
pumpkin protein bar

Dinner
something with the chicken I've defrosted - edit bought stir-fry veg, so it's a chicken stir fry!

Snack
Maltesers at the cinema

[SusanB]

I feel a bit empty headed and scattered after yesterdays headache fiasco, so I really am planning out my day. Ad nauseum probably :)


My breakfast shake today is raspberries.
I'm going for a bike ride and I think today I'm aiming for a nice long relaxing ride.
I need to make a few phone calls and fuss around with some tiddly moving things.
I have to go fetch a kid at noon and while I'm at it, I need a couple things in town.
I have ff cottage cheese, tuna, tomatos and cucumber which will divvy out into a couple snacks.
An upper body work out.
Salmon for supper. I wonder if I can find some new potatoes ... that'd be good.
And more packing/moving activities.

[lucky]

Right on plan today:
Breakfast: 1/2 wheat bagel with 1 t. cream cheese
Snack: 1.5 ounce almonds (eaten throughout the day)
Lunch: Taco salad (hooray for leftovers!)
Dinner: 4 ounces beer butt chicken (skin removed), and 1/2 cup macaroni and cheese. (There were veggies a dinner too but I didn't eat them - Peas, blech! but the kids like them so I just skipped it and will have a salad or a piece of fruit a little later).

Tomorrow will definately include some sort of exercise.

[High C]

Only down .05kg from yesterday :( but still down .600kg from Monday:)

Breakfast: 3/4c Sultana Bran and low fat milk
Lunch: Tomato and capsicum soup and 95g tuna
Dinner: 2 lamb chops and vegies with mint sauce and tomato sauce
Snacks: 2 coffees, cup of tea, low fat custard with tinned fruit and one small square of chocolate (already ate that!:o )

Anyone else find the motivation for exercising hard? As in there are 110 other things to do BEFORE I can even think about exercising.:dizzy:

[SusanB]

Getting around to exercising hard? Yup! It one habit that I can fall out of faster than swish. Suddenly, it's weeks since I did anything. Like weights .... which I haven't done since Sunday.

Today my shake is raspberry. In my lunch I have cottage cheese, soy cheese and chicken and vegetables.

I don't know about supper.

I'd like to bike but later but .... like High C says ....

[2frustrated]

Didn't do cinema maltesers :D

Did come home and have soy milk (low-fat no sugar) and 1 ryvita.

Today is ok so far

Brekky
soy milk and protein powder

Snack
apple and mixed nuts/fruit

Running - I am running, I am IAMIAMIAMAIMAIMAIMAMAM!!!

Lunch
chicken stir-fry (no rice)

Snack
hummus and turkey and carrots and cucumber

Kickboxing

Snack
pumpkin protein bar

something else if I feel hungry

[SusanB]

My procrastination method of choice today is assessing how my week is going. I' averaging 1646 calories in and only 1741 out! My activities are only 12%!
My percents are protein 23, carbs 41 and fats 31.

That's no way to treat a body someone called "Skinny Mini" today.

[2frustrated]

The "something else if I feel hungry" turned out to be those maltesers I didn't eat on Wednesday :rolleyes: 2 weetabix with soya milk, and 1 ryvita.

Today
Brekky
1 weetabix, 1/4 C oats, soya milk & protein powder

Snack
0% fat greek yoghurt
1 tbsp honey

Lunch
turkey, hummus, carrot, cucumber

Snack
protein shake

gym - full body workout. I might actually have the energy to get to the gym today with a couple more nice carbs in me :rolleyes:

Snack
turkey sandwich on 1 sl whole wheat

Dinner
1/2 thin crust margerita pizza <------- MMMMMMMM CARBS! :T

[SusanB]

Just say NO to maltesers!

Yesterday was much better. 1333 cals in. protein 39%-carbs 37%-fats 23%.
I biked and did some weights.

That's more like it and more likely for someone else to think I'm a skinny mini .... ie, me!

[Ilene]

Hye gang back from my little vacation with DH in the Laurentian Mountains, it was great!! We biked 30k in the mountains on Wednesday, it was really tough at times... Thursday no exercise we drove home, well, I kinda did walk a lot in the malls we stopped by on the way... Food was so so, I didn't have any junk per se but I didn't eat 100% clean either...

Today I am going to the gym for legs :strong: ... And food will be spot on even if we are going to a spaghetti supper at some friends tonight...

[2frustrated]

I'm gonna do BFL!! I am! I'm telling everyone! I'm doing BFL!!! Shout at me if I'm doing non-BfL style things! :yes:

I think the most important part will be the weights workouts. :yes:

Tomorrow is weigh and measure day - height and everything! :lol: I WILL take those embarassing bikini photos! DO I have to pull a frowny face too? :rofl:

I've got 11 weeks till the wedding - I shoudda started last week! :lol:

:dancer:

[SusanB]

Hi Ilene! It sounds like you and DH spent a lovely time together.
Jenfrus ... you have to look sad in the before pictures.

It's raining here. Sort of drizzly on and off. I might get a bike ride in but I think I'm going to take a page out of LynneA's book. She did cardio with weights mixed in yesterday. I think I'll put on my monitor and work my way through a game show or two. Nice change.

As for food. I have lots of wonderful stuff here and 1250 sounds like a nice calorie number to shoot for.

[SusanB]

Well, that was another week o'nottin'.
Honestly I let myself be lead by the nose. I didn't try and that's why I have no
results to report.
September will be better.

[Ilene]

I had a week o'nothin' too SusanB :hug:... This week and September will be more organized!! GirlsScout Promise... Do we start a new weekly thread??

[SusanB]

A new thread would be great. I'm going to be out of touch while our phone and things get changed over but if I have a chance I'll be watching you all!

[2frustrated]

Well I had a clean week! :D Apart from a chocolate puddle pudding - carbo loading for my long run :yes: :lol: