Weight-Loss 3 months till summer challenge

Weight-Loss
The seventh mini challenge that I am setting for us runs for 1 week from Monday 26th May until Sunday 01st June. It comes in two parts - the first part being dietary and the second part pertaining to exercise.

Dietary aspect:

Calcium is important for our bones to be healthy.

I have often seen a daily level of 700mg recommended – however there are authorities that promote 1000mg calcium per day.





I often find that my diet is providing me with between 700mg and 800mg. Naturally I have the option of either eating something else containing calcium or taking a supplement which contains calcium. My daily multivitamin contains 100mg calcium, I also take a calcium supplement when appropriate.

My challenge to you for this week is to become aware of how much calcium is in your diet – and improve your intake (either from food or a supplement) so that you have 1000mg each day - 2 points per day.

So – have 1000mg calcium for each day to collect 14 points.

Exercise aspect: – same as last week
I will give 0.5 sunpoint for every 15 minutes of exercise completed during the week. The weekly maximum is 5 hours.
If someone did 5 hours of exercise (or more) across the whole week I would give them 10 sunpoints.
Any form of exercise is acceptable - cardio or strength. I personally do a lot of exercise walking and this certainly counts.

This means that everyone has the opportunity to earn up to 24 sunpoints over the next week.
 
Sounds like a good challenge. I've been very bad challenge wise this week and have yet to have any beans!! I have had the best intentions to eat them - I even like them. I just haven't done it. I guess I have one more day to fit some in.
 
Lets face it - the points in the challenge dont matter too much (you could say that it doesnt matter a hill of beans *groan*). The main thing is that it gives us an opportunity to examine aspects of our nutrition and may highlight opportunities to lift our game.

As my knowledge of nutrition has improved - I have discovered that aspects of my nutrition that I thought was just fine had aspects of good luck rather than good management. I am certain that as I have lifted my game my body has appreciated the fact.

It doesnt matter too much whether you have had any beans this week - but when you next do you will be aware of how good they are for you. If a member of the family (or indeed a friend) is noted to have higher cholesterol I am sure that the knowledge will jump back into your head.

I have just recently started taking the supplements to effectively raise my calcium levels to over the 1000mg level. I was regularly hitting the 700mg level through nutrition alone when I discovered that there was a school of thought that suggested more was appropriate. I didnt want to basically eat the extra calories at this time (I will do so when I change things about as I get to goal) - so decided that supplements were the way forward for me.
 
I have been enjoying the challenges as it has made me take a closer look at my nutrition, and they have been a fun way to go about it. I also like trying to keep up with the old challenges while doing the new. What surprises me the most, is how much more energy I feel I have lately. I like it a lot, and want to continue this journey if for no other reason than having all this extra zip!

Peg
 
Hi Peg

Just got home from a weekend away - so am running late. I'll post something soon.

Sorry about the delay.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
The eighth mini challenge that I am setting for us runs for 1 week from Monday 02nd June until Sunday 08th June. It comes in two parts - the first part being dietary and the second part pertaining to exercise.

Dietary aspect:

We already know how important fruit and vegetables are to our diet. There is a great benefit to having a spread of different types of fruit and vegetables. They contain different nutrients that can have a very beneficial effect.

An easy rule of thumb is to vary the colours. When young – we were all told to eat our greens. The fact is that the different colours provide us with different benefits. We do best to see as many colours on our plate as possible.

You may be interested in this article:


My challenge to you for this week is to try and get three different colours between your 5 portions of fruit / vegetables each day - 2 points per day. Hitting for example two colours of fruit and a different colour with veg does count, as does hitting all the colours with fruit – or any other combination that appeals to you.

So – have three colours among your 5-a-day to collect 14 points.

Exercise aspect: – same as last week
I will give 0.5 sunpoint for every 15 minutes of exercise completed during the week. The weekly maximum is 5 hours.
If someone did 5 hours of exercise (or more) across the whole week I would give them 10 sunpoints.
Any form of exercise is acceptable - cardio or strength. I personally do a lot of exercise walking and this certainly counts.

This means that everyone has the opportunity to earn up to 24 sunpoints over the next week.
 
I had a great week away thanks Peg. As so often happens - I have spent all week trying to catch up with myself and all the things that I should have done.

I also over-indulged with my food on both the Friday and Saturday while I was away. This means that I have spent the whole of the past week getting back to the weight that I had before I went away. I basically lost my second week of potential weightloss for the month (due to gain again through water retention any day now) which is quite annoying. It is a good job that I enjoyed myself while I was away. I just wish that I could control my desire to eat certain things and not go down that path.
 
The ninth mini challenge that I am setting for us runs for 1 week from Monday 09th June until Sunday 15th June. This is the last mini challenge as this challenge is due to end on 15th June. It comes in two parts - the first part being dietary and the second part pertaining to exercise.

Dietary aspect:

I have sent a PM to everyone that I am aware of still being involved in this challenge. It includes some scanned copies of pages that list some very healthy foods. I would like you to attempt to adhere to the diet specified in the PM – which should involve very little by way of weighing or measuring – and should give quite a wide choice of menu options. If you have a bad food day – you can either discount the day or attempt to earn the food in the manner outlined in the PM.

If anyone else is following this challenge – I would be happy to send them a copy of the PM if they send a PM to me.

My challenge to you is to eat according to the plan for as many days as possible - 3 points per day.

So – follow the plan all week to collect 21 points

Exercise aspect: – same as last week
I will give 0.5 sunpoint for every 15 minutes of exercise completed during the week. The weekly maximum is 5 hours.
If someone did 5 hours of exercise (or more) across the whole week I would give them 10 sunpoints.
Any form of exercise is acceptable - cardio or strength. I personally do a lot of exercise walking and this certainly counts.

This means that everyone has the opportunity to earn up to 31 sunpoints over the next week.
 
Omega said:
===========start weight========goal weight===end weight
-----------------15-Mar-----sunpoints---15-June
---------------------------------------------------
iluvgymnastics....... 136.0-------012.0--------125.0----------134.5
JonnyG................. 217.0-------026.0--------190.0----------206.2
lisamcrn................ 163.0-------???----------???.?-----------151.6
mermaid................ 159.8-------022.7--------147.4----------154.8
Omega.................. 155.0-------N/A----------137.0----------136.6
plebian.................. 190.0-------102.0--------178.0----------185.5
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Since I have been running this challenge for much of the time since Jennbabe disappeared - I have decided to resign as an active participant. Aspects of the challenge which I have set have not been a stretch for me - they have been things that I try to do each day anyway. Therefore I have distributed no sunpoints to myself.

Peg has stuck with the challenge throughout - and this fact is reflected in her commanding score.

The winner of this challenge is therefore Peg (plebian).

:party::party::party::party::party:

Well done Peg!
 
Thanks Margaret.

I appreciate all the support you gave through the challenge. Lost another pound, and am going to try to keep on challenging myself.

Take care,

Peg
 
Congratulations on losing another pound.

It is great that you are going to keep on challenging yourself.

Kimberly (BikiniBound) will be kicking off another challenge soon (she is currently away on holiday - in fact I saw her yesterday!). I would strongly recommend that you join that. She comes up with team challenges that are lots of fun and very educational too.
 
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