Weight-Loss 2014 Orange and Purple Party Games Challenge
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Omega
Moderator
My goodness - we are at the end of another week and everyone needs a new task to think about.
From Saturday 15th we are going to focus on calcium.
When we limit our food to lose weight - it is important that we make sure that we still get enough calcium. We all know that calcium is good for our bones and teeth - but it can be an easy thing to cut back on if we are not fond of milk...
Calcium is also good for weight loss.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/calcium-weight-loss
I will give 2 points to everyone if they ensure that they have their calcium RDA.
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional/
For me - that means that I have to have 1200mg calcium every day - but I suspect that most people in the challenge will hit their RDA if they have 1000mg.
Record it on your scoresheet as CCCCCCC if you have it every day.
I will also give 1 point if you list your food. Record it as LLLLLLL
From Saturday 15th we are going to focus on calcium.
When we limit our food to lose weight - it is important that we make sure that we still get enough calcium. We all know that calcium is good for our bones and teeth - but it can be an easy thing to cut back on if we are not fond of milk...
Calcium is also good for weight loss.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/calcium-weight-loss
I will give 2 points to everyone if they ensure that they have their calcium RDA.
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional/
For me - that means that I have to have 1200mg calcium every day - but I suspect that most people in the challenge will hit their RDA if they have 1000mg.
Record it on your scoresheet as CCCCCCC if you have it every day.
I will also give 1 point if you list your food. Record it as LLLLLLL
Loch
New member
I would also like to know. I can't ingest too much milk products or I tend to feel sick. I've stayed away from them for the most part (I don't even eat ice cream unless I have a very small amount). I can take supplements (as I really should be doing), but if this challenge is going to require me to drink milk and eat tons of yogurt I don't think I can make my goal. Also, all my labels are in % so I'm pretty sure I have to have 90% which feels like so much >.<.
San2
Mod
That's why I'm asking as well. I get my Calcium mostly from a supplement (actually, all of it, whatever is in my food is an added bonus). Getting it all from food would be impossible for me, and I wouldn't want to try and get 1000 mgs on top of what I'm already taking. There's too much of a good thing!
Omega
Moderator
After much consideration I will allow us to use supplements since it would help us to fend off such things as osteoporosis... We do therefore benefit from it.
I do however think that it is important for us to understand that we process dietary calcium in a different way to that from supplements - and the dietary calcium is able to help our weight control.
I do however think that it is important for us to understand that we process dietary calcium in a different way to that from supplements - and the dietary calcium is able to help our weight control.
Loch
New member
I think I could manage half of my intake from food, but I'd need to take a supplement to make up the other half. Much appreciated. It's tough for those who are sensitive to milk products. On the plus side, I've never looked into calcium before, and I've already found out a few interesting facts, so now I want to make sure I at least take a vitamin a day!
AAA1
New member
I decided that I would track calcium but not try to increase it due to a history of kidney stones. I tracked yesterday and cam up to like 910 just from foods with labels that listed it. So I thought that since I was so close, I would look up the values for the ones without labels. I actually came out to 1087 without changing anything about what I would have eaten anyway,
Omega
Moderator
The final week of the challenge starts on Saturday - so it is time for me to announce a new bonus task...
This time I am going to announce something a little different...
Over the years I have spoken to a number of people that are convinced of the notion that they are better able to control their weight if they are generally in a less cluttered environment. Also that a weight loss project can give you less time to keep things organised if they are setting aside time each day to exercise and plan food - maybe making more food from scratch... I am not aware of studies that back up the idea - but much has been written on the subject:
I am going to let everyone choose a task that they can do - either on a daily basis or across the whole week where they can earn 14 bonus points. They can either allocate a point for doing something if it can be broken down that way (maybe on time spent or something achieved), 2 points per day that something is worked on if you like, or a massive 14 points for accomplishing a task that you think is big enough to warrant it... The choice is yours...
To give you some idea - I have loads of documents and letters which clutter my living room... I am going to work on that aspect of my cluttered life and scan them into my computer filing system and (where possible) shred the papers... I am going to award myself 1 point for every 10 pages that I scan in. If I can manage to scan in all 140 pages in the week I will feel a lot more organised. Some days I may get nothing or very little done... Some days - I may get a lot done... I will just give myself a point every time I get 10 pages done with a maximum of 14 points
Record these points for becoming more organised as a number between 0 and 14.
I will also give 1 point if you list your food. Record it as LLLLLLL
Maximum points would be recorded as 14 LLLLLLL
This time I am going to announce something a little different...
Over the years I have spoken to a number of people that are convinced of the notion that they are better able to control their weight if they are generally in a less cluttered environment. Also that a weight loss project can give you less time to keep things organised if they are setting aside time each day to exercise and plan food - maybe making more food from scratch... I am not aware of studies that back up the idea - but much has been written on the subject:
I am going to let everyone choose a task that they can do - either on a daily basis or across the whole week where they can earn 14 bonus points. They can either allocate a point for doing something if it can be broken down that way (maybe on time spent or something achieved), 2 points per day that something is worked on if you like, or a massive 14 points for accomplishing a task that you think is big enough to warrant it... The choice is yours...
To give you some idea - I have loads of documents and letters which clutter my living room... I am going to work on that aspect of my cluttered life and scan them into my computer filing system and (where possible) shred the papers... I am going to award myself 1 point for every 10 pages that I scan in. If I can manage to scan in all 140 pages in the week I will feel a lot more organised. Some days I may get nothing or very little done... Some days - I may get a lot done... I will just give myself a point every time I get 10 pages done with a maximum of 14 points
Record these points for becoming more organised as a number between 0 and 14.
I will also give 1 point if you list your food. Record it as LLLLLLL
Maximum points would be recorded as 14 LLLLLLL
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Omega
Moderator
All the scores (that we can hope for) are in.
This was incredibly close.
I really thought long and hard about how to classify Mandy's last week as she had suggested that she resigned but I had encouraged her to continue with the challenge until her holiday - but finalise her scoresheet before leaving,
In the end I ruled that I would accept the resignation - but that I could see both sides of the argument. Neither ruling seemed totally fair to one team or the other.
I was relieved to note that this decision did not effect the final outcome in that (if I had ruled differently) the purple team score would have been as follows
reported scores: 25+38+0+40+51 which divides by 5 to give an average of 30
This would have given a score for the week of 214 which when added to 1333 gives 1547
Congratulations to the members of both teams that stuck it out to the end. In addition to the mutual support that comes from a team challenge and hopefully a little weight lost - we have used the experience to remind ourselves a little about healthy habits and the fact that healthy weight control involves more than simply hitting a magic number of calories. Calories are important - but so are a lot of other things if we want to be healthy.
This was incredibly close.
I really thought long and hard about how to classify Mandy's last week as she had suggested that she resigned but I had encouraged her to continue with the challenge until her holiday - but finalise her scoresheet before leaving,
In the end I ruled that I would accept the resignation - but that I could see both sides of the argument. Neither ruling seemed totally fair to one team or the other.
I was relieved to note that this decision did not effect the final outcome in that (if I had ruled differently) the purple team score would have been as follows
reported scores: 25+38+0+40+51 which divides by 5 to give an average of 30
This would have given a score for the week of 214 which when added to 1333 gives 1547
Congratulations to the members of both teams that stuck it out to the end. In addition to the mutual support that comes from a team challenge and hopefully a little weight lost - we have used the experience to remind ourselves a little about healthy habits and the fact that healthy weight control involves more than simply hitting a magic number of calories. Calories are important - but so are a lot of other things if we want to be healthy.
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icychic
New member
Omega: THANK YOU!
Thank you for all of the extra time and effort you put into this challenge and all of the weekly challenges for us. I think it was a great experience and think everywhere is a winner here, regardless of the numbers. We all did our best and hopefully everyone has taken something positive out of this which will help them in their future goals.
I would also like to thank all of the participants, without everyone participating this would not have happened and I think it was great, even if my team did "lose" in the end.
Omega: I know you had said you wanted to wait a few weeks to start another similar challenge and I fully agree. I think post in 1-2 weeks to see who wants to join and start a new one 1-2 weeks after would be great. Hopefully I will be able to post more regularly with the next challenge and we have more people that stick to the end hopefully knowing a little more what is involved before joining in.
Thank you for all of the extra time and effort you put into this challenge and all of the weekly challenges for us. I think it was a great experience and think everywhere is a winner here, regardless of the numbers. We all did our best and hopefully everyone has taken something positive out of this which will help them in their future goals.
I would also like to thank all of the participants, without everyone participating this would not have happened and I think it was great, even if my team did "lose" in the end.
Omega: I know you had said you wanted to wait a few weeks to start another similar challenge and I fully agree. I think post in 1-2 weeks to see who wants to join and start a new one 1-2 weeks after would be great. Hopefully I will be able to post more regularly with the next challenge and we have more people that stick to the end hopefully knowing a little more what is involved before joining in.
Omega
Moderator
All the people from either team who stuck with it are winners to me.
I am going to need a few weeks before the next one starts... At the minute my exercise levels are really low due to ill health and my top priority is getting all that side of things sorted out...
With luck we will get enough participants to play as teams again on the next challenge.
I am going to need a few weeks before the next one starts... At the minute my exercise levels are really low due to ill health and my top priority is getting all that side of things sorted out...
With luck we will get enough participants to play as teams again on the next challenge.