BL3 Black Team Week 13

[donac]

Good Tuesday Morning.

It is just getting light here in Jersey. It is supposed to be a warm pleasant day.

I am down 2 pounds from last week.

Hope everyone else has a great day.

I think there is another challenge this week. I am not sure what it is about but will post it here on #1 and when I get it.

Here is how it works; below you see a list of ‘tasks’. For the next 7 days you are challenged to complete as many ‘tasks’ as you can. Each one is valued at 5 pts each, maximum points are noted. During the 7 days of the challenge, keep record of a completed tasks and at the end of the week turn in your final total score to your team captain, or designated teammate.

This challenge is on your honor system, be accurate and honest with the points you award yourself

Prepare a new-to-you recipe for trail mix (nuts, whole grains, cereal and raisins, dried fruit, etc) for a snack this week; can be either a published recipe or one you create yourself. Share your recipe with your team in your weekly thread -- 5 pts for making each trail mix -- max 10 pts


Research and find a new-to-you healthy recipe and make it -- 5 pts for each new-to-you recipe that you make -- max 15 pts


Post your new-to-you recipe (from task #2) on the Healthy Eating sub-forum; link it to your team in your weekly thread --5 pts per recipe posted -- max 15 pts


Add wheat germ or flaxseed to yogurt, salads or any dish for extra fiber and nutrients three times this week -- 5 pts for each set of 3 -- max 15 pts


Pack your lunch for work (or whatever meal you eat at work) -- 5 pts for each day you pack -- max 25 pts


Plan and prepare healthy crockpot meals twice this week -- 5 pts for 2 meals prepared -- max 10 pts



This challenge is meant to motivate you...not to stress you! You may choose to complete one or two of the tasks, or all of them. Let this challenge be want you need it to be.....to CHALLENGE YOU!

The challenge begins on Wednesday November 28th at 12:01 a.m. and ends on Wednesday December 5th at midnight. Your final score must be reported in by Thursday December 6th at 3 p.m. EST in order to be included in the team score. Team captains will report in to each team and report the final results in their weekly team thread on Thursday (Dec 6) evening.

 

[postesf]

Good Morning! Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

We went to visit my cousins and DH had another seizure!!! A little stressful. He is better and has an appointment w/ a neurologist in 2 weeks...

I am down 1.2 lbs this week. Seems I can never manage to get 2 or more lbs...ugh. At least I am down!

Stacie

 

[geetey]

Oh goodness, postesf! I am so sorry about your dh. I just said a quick prayer for him and I hope you get some results from your doctor appointment. I see a neuro as well and it is a little hard to 'show' them what's wrong when you have to wait 2 weeks to get in for a visit.

I am down as well! Wooo!! I can't remember by last weight but I think I am down 1.5 pounds. I know I am down at least 1 pound (it's the .5 from my last weight I can't remember ). I know that I *have* hit 25 pounds total gone from me!

Black Team is on a roll! Bring on that Challenge!

 

[ohMom]

hey gang -- it's been a while so i wanted to direct your attention to Team Challenge #7 posted here

have fun with it!!

 

[donac]

Here is how it works; below you see a list of ‘tasks’. For the next 7 days you are challenged to complete as many ‘tasks’ as you can. Each one is valued at 5 pts each, maximum points are noted. During the 7 days of the challenge, keep record of a completed tasks and at the end of the week turn in your final total score to your team captain, or designated teammate.

This challenge is on your honor system, be accurate and honest with the points you award yourself

Prepare a new-to-you recipe for trail mix (nuts, whole grains, cereal and raisins, dried fruit, etc) for a snack this week; can be either a published recipe or one you create yourself. Share your recipe with your team in your weekly thread -- 5 pts for making each trail mix -- max 10 pts


Research and find a new-to-you healthy recipe and make it -- 5 pts for each new-to-you recipe that you make -- max 15 pts


Post your new-to-you recipe (from task #2) on the Healthy Eating sub-forum; link it to your team in your weekly thread --5 pts per recipe posted -- max 15 pts


Add wheat germ or flaxseed to yogurt, salads or any dish for extra fiber and nutrients three times this week -- 5 pts for each set of 3 -- max 15 pts


Pack your lunch for work (or whatever meal you eat at work) -- 5 pts for each day you pack -- max 25 pts


Plan and prepare healthy crockpot meals twice this week -- 5 pts for 2 meals prepared -- max 10 pts



This challenge is meant to motivate you...not to stress you! You may choose to complete one or two of the tasks, or all of them. Let this challenge be want you need it to be.....to CHALLENGE YOU!

The challenge begins on Wednesday November 28th at 12:01 a.m. and ends on Wednesday December 5th at midnight. Your final score must be reported in by Thursday December 6th at 3 p.m. EST in order to be included in the team score. Team captains will report in to each team and report the final results in their weekly team thread on Thursday (Dec 6) evening.

 

[mikamah]

Good Morning everyone,
I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, but did send my weight to dona. I was up 2.4 pounds. No help for the team. Sorry. I have started writing every thing down again, and am planning to continue that for the next 3 weeks before christmas. I'd love to have a net loss for this challenge, as now I am up 1 pound from my starting weight.

Congratulations Dona!!! 2 pounds is awesome!!!

Postef- congrats on your loss. 1.2 is a great loss for one week. Sorry to hear about your husband. It must be very nervewracking. I hope the seizures will be controlled soon. good luck.

geetey-Nice job on the loss this week, and 25 pounds is fabulous! Congratulations. You should be proud.

I took a 3 mile walk this morning, and am planning to walk tomorrow as well. I've been really slacking in the exercise department and it shows.

Have a great losing week. Good luck with the challenge.

 

[donac]

Mikamah I am right where I started in Sept so I too am hoping for a loss in the next 3 weeks. Yesterday was a disaster for me. I wanted to eat everything in sight and it caught up with me because I felt lousy last night and then did not get a good night's sleep. I am doing better today and hope to keep it up for the next 4 weeks because a week after the challenge I have a doctor's appointment and I would like to be down from where I was in Aug. Let's hope.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Hi Guys. Sorry I have been MIA. I am up a bit and in a rut. The week in WDW really did me in. I am getting on the treadmill now and will check back later.

Hope all is well!

 

[mikamah]

This is such a hard time of year to stay on track, but this challenge is definitely helping me. (although I haven't lost anything, i haven't really gained either.) This is my third day on track, and I am saving my flex points for a party fri and sunday. Writing everything down really helps me. I wanted some lorna doones at work today, but didn't want to waste 3 points, so I didn't have them. I have 4 points left for a snack while I watch greys anatomy tonight.

FormrCastMbr- Hang in there and don't give up. It's so hard, but we can do this.

dona-Hope you're having a better day today. It's hard when you're tired and not feeling well to eat well too. Those comfort foods are so bad for us. You can definitely see a decent loss in 3 weeks. Hang in there.

Hope everyone is having a good week.

 

[donac]

Good evening everyone. It is strange to talk to you at night but it has been a crazy day. I went to a workshop and it was very intense. My head is still spinning. I am going to go to bed soon and watch a short video.

I am feeling better than I was the other night. Last night I got a great night sleep. And no more school tomorrow. ANother day at the workshop.

THis morning I got to the workshop early and walked for 10 minutes. It doesn't seem like much but it more than I have done in the last couple of weeks because of my knee. It does feel a little strangle and hurts a little bit but nothing like it did last week. Sunday I was even able to kneel at church with no problem at all.

TOmorrow I have to go back to the 2nd day of this workshop. It is on a new calculator and there are a lot of new buttons and places to learn. I think I should take it out and play with it for a while before I go to bed. My ds2 looked at the calculator and was thrilled that he got to hold one that was so new.

I know how hard it is to keep on track this time of year. We all have to stick together. We can do this.

As a whole last week we gained .9 of a pound. The second week in a row with a gain but it was less than last week. Let's all try to make it a big loss next week.

 

[mikamah]

Just stopping by to say hello.

I went to a party and ate just a small amount last night, and had a few beers and accounted for everything. When they came around with the cake, I declined and thought that one piece of cake is probably the same calories as 6 light beers, and I won't be drinking half of that. Today I made my son's birthday cake for his party tomorrow. He's obsessed with teenage mutant ninja turtles, so we made a tmnt cake and cupcakes which came out pretty cute. I had to mix multiple colors of frosting and used a pile of utensils which normally I would be licking before they went in the sink, but I held back til the end and then just had one taste. I've got a healthy supper planned and my dsil and dniece are coming and she's a great influence for me.

I weighed myself and I have lost the 2.4 I gained this week, plus another .6, so I know if I stick with it, I will see a loss on tuesday.

It is such a tough time of year, lots of parties, and everyone is so busy, fast food is too easy. We can stick together and we can do it!! Next week, Black Team will be number ONE again!!!

 

[donac]

Good Saturday afternoon.

How is everyone doing? My workshop yesterday was not as bad a Thursday.

I just came back from ds2's school that he will be going to next year. We were hearing about the Honor's programs and the scholarship programs. It is a great feeling to know that he already has a place that he is excited about going to next year.

My eating hasn't been too bad. Not as good as it could be but not too bad. I walked yesterday for 15 minutes before I had class. This morning I walked for 10 minutes and then was going to do a yoga routine but dh wanted to talk so he talked all the through the time I had set aside for yoga. I did add about 10 minutes of walking while we were on the campus today. My leg bothered me there but I was following dh and he just takes off on a sprint the minute he gets going so I didn't have a chance to warm up the leg. It is definitely not as painful as it was a couple of weeks ago so I am glad for that.

Mikahmam COngrats on the loss I hope it stays for you. MY two sons loved and still love TMNT. MY older guy was into Power Ranges when he was young. I made he a great Green Power Ranger costume for halloween. It was in green felt but I trimed it in gold lame to give it a great look. Two days before halloween, while I was just finishing this costume after many hours of work, he informed me that the Green Range was dead and had morphed into the White Ranger. I thought I would cry. I told him that it didn't matter what happened to the Green Ranger he was wearing the costume. My sons found the costume a couple of weeks ago and had a good time reminiscing.

Hope everyone is doing okay with the challenge. I hope to work on the crockpot recipes for tomorrow. It is supposed to snow so I will go to the store after church and spend the after noon cooking and putting stuff in the frig for the week.

Have a losing day.

 

[geetey]

hey team
Just checking in on everyone while sitting here, miserable and sick. I truly have one of the worst headaches ever - I feel like my head is going to explode/implode. Ugh. The kicker is that I can not take any tylenol, advil, motrin, aleve, etc for this thing because of my liver. AHHHHHHH!!! HELP! If anyone knows any home remedies, please post them!

Congrats on the loss, mikamah!

I going to lay back down. Sorry to be a downer today!

 

[LK03]

What happened to the weigh-in results from this week? I didn't see where we placed :/

 

[donac]

I didn't post the resulst since we lost. We had a gain again this week. The red team was the only one with a true loss this past week.

Results

#1 The Red Team 0.11 %
#2 The Blue Team -0.56 %
#3 The Black Team -0.579 %

Both the blue and the black team had gains this week. OUrs was only .9 of a pound but it was enough to have us in last place this week.

Sorry

 

[geetey]

I found the recipe below on cookinglight.com. It wasn't hard to make at all but I did switch some of the items around. I used almonds and cashews instead of the pecans and hazelnuts. I also added tart cherries and dried cranberries (gotta love Trader Joe's!) instead of raisins.

Honey Nut Fruit Trail Mix
Use any variety of mixed nuts or seeds in this trail mix. Dried fruit is a concentrated source of carbohydrates, and the nuts add good fats and protein to this snack, which you can pack in bags for the road.

Cooking spray
1 teaspoon butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon salt
Dash of ground cloves
1 cup raisins

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil; coat with cooking spray.
Heat butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in honey; cook 2 minutes or until mixture bubbles around edges of pan. Add nuts and next 5 ingredients (nuts through cloves), and cook over medium heat 8 minutes or until nuts are golden, stirring frequently. Stir in raisins. Immediately spread onto prepared baking sheet; cool completely.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1/4 cup)

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 194(44% from fat); FAT 9.4g (sat 1g,mono 5g,poly 2.8g); PROTEIN 3.4g; CHOLESTEROL 2mg; CALCIUM 30mg; SODIUM 82mg; FIBER 2.2g; IRON 1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 27.8g

 

[geetey]

Kids Trail Mix

I decided to try and find a Trail Mix that is healthy AND my kids would like so I found this on a Children's Hospital website.....

Ingredients
1 cup mixed nuts
1 cup mixed dried fruit
4 cups dry cereal of choice





Instructions
Mix dried fruit and nuts in bowl and measure out ¼ cup. Add mixture to ¾ cup dry cereal and place in plastic lunch bag to take along. Serves 12.

Nutritional information
1 serving = ½ cup
165 calories
25 g. carbs
5 g. protein
6 g. fat


The kids picked a combination of peanuts, honey roasted peanuts and cashews for the nuts. For the cereal, they used Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios and some plain Chex cereal. The fruit was the problem but they finally settled on golden raisins and some chocolate covered raisins. I know the chocolate covered raisins aren't part of the recipe BUT it's better than the m&m's or chocolate chips they wanted to add. DS added a sprinkle of dark chocolate covered soy nuts to his snack. I figure this snack will stick with them longer than the standard goldfish crackers snack.

 

[geetey]

Here's the crockpot recipe I found for dinner tonight! I hope it's good. I don't want the lemon to be TOO strong but it certainly is easy and healthy! We used to eat Lemon Chicken all of the time, when we lived in TN, but it was slathered in butter.

Category: Crockpot Chicken
Time to Prepare: 5 minutes
Time to Cook: 8 hours
Number of servings: 4
Ingredients: 4 boneless skinlesschicken breasts
¼cup lemon juice
⅓cup water
2cloves minced garlic
1tsp thyme
Instructions:
Spray crock pot with cooking spray. Place chicken in crock pot. Combine juice, water, garlic, and thyme in a small bowl, pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low 8 hours or high 4 hours

ETA Link for challenge: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=22031889#post22031889

Where are we supposed to post these crockpot recipes when going to the Eating Healthy subboard? I don't have the nutritional breakdown on this one and can't convert it to a WW recipe. Anyone know?

 

[geetey]

White Chicken Chili Crockpot Recipe

• 1 Tbsp. canola oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 2 15 oz. cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 15 oz. can navy beans, drained and rinsed
• 3 cups cooked, diced rotisserie chicken meat
• 1 4 oz. can diced green chiles
• 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp. oregano
• kosher salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (optional)
• 4 sliced green onions (optional)

This can be made in a dutch oven or heavy saucepan instead of the crockpot so I included those directions as well (just in case). I made this over the weekend - was sick so I couldn't eat any BUT my family LOOOOOOOVED it! Especially my dad and mom. (DH and DS were camping with boy scouts.)

Mix ingredients and cook in crockpot on low 4-6 hours.

or...

Heat oil over medium heat in a dutch oven or heavy saucepan. Add onion and garlic. Cook 2-3 minutes. Process one cup chicken broth and 1 can cannellini beans in a blender or food processor until smooth. Add to onion and garlic mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down to medium-low. Simmer 20-30 minutes.
Garnish with shredded cheese and onions and serve with cornbread.
Serves 8.
Per serving: 310 calories, 5 g fat, 45 mg cholesterol, 37 g carbohydrate, 9 g fiber, 30 g protein, 4% Vitamin A, 12% Vitamin C, 13% calcium, 29% iron

I didn't have any green onions. I skipped the cornbread. Everyone chose to add just a little of some finely shredded cheese. This was a new recipe for me to make so I was happy to have some guinea pigs available for taste testing. I need to make it again so I can have some this time - it smelled that good!

ETA link for challenge... http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=22031922#post22031922

 

[donac]

I will have my crockpot recipes later today or tomorrow. I have a good one for pulled pork and chicken in tomato sauce. I am also making a fruit compote for the school breakfast tomorrow and am looking for one more to make it 4 recipes.

I will try a couple of trailmixes too.