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Gut Busters: TEAM G OFFICAL THREAD - Week 2 (Sept 13 - 20)

Hello Everyone,

I'll post more here later with final updated scores. Thanks Sonechko for checking in, we now have a complete team. Daveka is I'm sure catching up on his points, the game organizers have given me another couple of days to submit any new members points.

Co-Captain RENICKI

Thank you so much for volunteering!!!

your copy of this weeks Gazette  :)

check out the brain bender, do a poll and be sure to read UtahAngel22s terrific article!

TEAM RESULTS:

Hi All here are our scores for the first week. Thank you so much to everyone for getting me in their scores no later than this morning.

Han - 155 - 100%
Renicki - 155 - 100%
Writestuff - 155 - 100%
Hubbaji - 145 - 94%
Daveka - 135 - 87%
J_Willis - 130 - 82%
Supersized - 125 - 81%
Tonyamackenzie - 120 - 77%
Sonechko - 75 - 48%

The team results are graded out of eight, so we always drop the lowest score.

TEAM SCORE: 1120 (of 1240) - 90%

I think we all should enjoy a well deserved pat on the back.

Week 2 Challenge

I now have the spreadsheet for weeks 2-7, if anyone would like a copy of the spreadsheet to track their own points I am more than happy to send it to you. E-mail me at super.sized@hotmail.com.

Going forward it will be easiest for me to collect points either in this thread or by having them e-mailed to me. I will try to create a summary of the point break down in my next entry.

Brain Buster Answer
EDIT: Sept 14 06, 2:36 EST

Here's my stab at the brain buster answer. Definately post other answers if you like. There is a fair bit of calculation involved, and I'm not sure that I split the various food calculations correctly.

BMI - 28.3 (according to tools on this site)

Calorie Defecit - 929 calories (using my entries, food log & activities on this site) - just realized I needed to change the activity level to "very active".

Since we still have time for week 1, if I give you my measurements today can you still add them to my total? Either way I will be taking measurements. I'll post them here. I was just wondering if they would still count for points.

I have until tomorrow to post the results, feel free to send them to me and I will adjust the team score appropriately.

The Offical Challenge has begun.

Information on the challenge and it's points is available:

Here is the official Challenge thread: http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html

A lot of work obviously went into this. If you read through this thread you will have a really good sense of the challenge and get a lot of great information which is what the challenge is all about. Also useful they have provided a quick points summary score sheet that can be used.

If you use the quick summary score sheet that they have posted I need to collect them as the score keeper. I am happy to collect these sheets either on this thread here (not the team submission thread) or by e-mail.

Alternately I have also created a similar points chart for people to use, I will post it on this thread. You can use mine, or the one the game organizers created. Mine has slightly more detail, so I figure it will be most useful for people who are not able to make the time to read the official challenge thread.

Finally you can e-mail me at super.sized@hotmail.com to get a copy of the blank spreadsheet that you can track your points on and send back to me.

WEEKLY POINTS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO ME EACH WEDNESDAY

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR POINTS ON WEEKLY DISCUSSION THREADS, OR TO SUPER.SIZED@HOTMAIL.COM

TEAM G - Point Summary Sheet:

I've created this sheet as a summary for people that may not have time to read through the entire challenge. It is less detailed than the official challenge, but more detailed than the quick sheet that is provided as part of the challenge. If this sheet is filled out and submitted to me here on this thread, or to super.sized@hotmail.com then I will have all the answers I need from you to fill in your points total.

NOTE: You do not have to use this sheet, you can use the spreadsheet, or the quick check sheet provided with the challenge. Whichever you use please submit your points here or to super.sized@hotmail.com

Week 2 TEAM G Points Sheet:

 

Part 1: Personal Goals (___# of points)

Total Available Points: 10
- Write down your health, exercise and eating goals: 3 daily goals, and 2 weekly goals.

Part 2: Logging to eat well & appropriately (___# of points)
Total Available Points: 10 (all q?s must be answered to get points ? no partials offered)

- Do you log your food, if not please consider it.
- Look up at least 4 nutritional facts that you may not currently know

- Apply your new nutritional knowledge (see above) to your life.

Part 3: Brain Buster (____# of points)

Total Available Points: 10

- Attempt the brain buster, you do not have to have the correct answer to get the points.
**NOTE: Answers must be posted on the Team Submission Thread (not just the main thread**

Part 4: The Main Dish (____# of points)

**NOTE: Two Volunteers Needed**
Total Available Points: 25 (all q?s must be answered to get points ? no partials offered)

- Two volunteers must submit their favourite main dish recipes, all other members must read these

- Think how to adapt presented recipes

- Look up the calories of your old favourite dish

- choose or invent a new recipe of your own

- use the recipe tool on CC to analyze the recipe you created

**NOTE: Bonus points are given to the team whose recipe wins ?best in game??

**NOTE: Answers must be posted on the Team Submission Thread (not just the main thread**

 

Part 5a: Exercise Plan Challenge (____# of points)

Total Available Points: 25

- Do you have / can you develop an exercise plan? Can you add to it?

Part 5b: Exercise Challenge (____# of points)

Total Available Points: 50

- 10 points per day of exercise.

Part 5c: Exercise Challenge (Extra) (___# of points)

Total Available Points: 25

- Do something extra that you don?t normally do (assuming it must be fitness related) 

Part 6a: Sir-Thinks-A-Lot (nutritional info) (____# of points)

Total Available Points: 25

-       &n bsp; Google the words ?Super Foods? find your favourite link and post it to the team.

**NOTE: Answers must be posted on the Team Submission Thread (not just the main thread**

Part 6b: Sir-Thinks-A-Lot (nutritional info) (____# of points)

Total Available Points: 75, 50 or 25
- If your link wins 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize (assuming the organizers will let us know) you get 75, 50 or 25 points for the team.

Part 7a: Walk the Walk (Motivational) (___# of Points)

Total Available Points: 25

- write ONE inspirational message to three new CC members, one is a girl who has an eating disorder and has come to CC to make sure she eats enough, one is a person who has recently reached their goal weight and is looking for ways to keep a healthier lifestyle, one is a person who has over 100 lbs to loose and is looking to loose the weight and get healthy. The message must engage all three. Points are given for trying.
**NOTE: Answers must be posted on the Team Submission Thread (not just the main thread**

 

Part 7b: Walk the Walk (Motivational) (____# of Points)

Total Available points: 300, 200 or 100
- If your response wins 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize (assuming the organizers will let us know) you get 300, 200 or 100 points for the team.
- In addition if we win best amongst teams (assuming the organizers will let us know) we get 300, 200 or 100 depending on our placing.

Part 8a: Making Time

Total Available points: 500
- I will total up everyone?s points **NOTE: We ALL got 50 bonus points for completing week 1**

 

Part 8b: Making Time

Total Available points: 300, 200, 100

- Points given to any player(s) who won best of team (I think we may need to decide this amongst ourselves)

Part 8c: Making Time

Total Available points: 300, 200, 100

-       &n bsp; Points given to any player(s) who wins a best of game (assuming organizers announce)

Part 8d: Making Time

Total Available points: 300, 200, 100

- Points given to team who wins ?best game team points?.

NOTE: I can also e-mail this sheet in a word document to anyone who would like it.

GAME SUBMISSION THREAD: WHAT IS IT? WHEN DO YOU USE IT?

You may have noticed by reading the official challenge thread, my quick summary post, or the spreadsheet (if you asked for it) that some of the challenges (brain buster, recipe, nutritional information (sir thinks a lot), and motivation (walk the walk)) need to have answers posted on a game submission thread.

This thread is essentially an "answers only" thread that we need to post to when we are competing with other teams. You do not need to post your points sheets there since the team is reponsible for having a score keeper and keeping our own points tally, I would appreciate receiving points on this thread, or to my e-mail (super.sized@hotmail.com)

Use the game submission thread to answer challenges that are graded by the game organizers, post your answer to the brain buster, the recipe, the nutritional links, and the motivational entry on that thread.

Here is the link: http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1420 6.html

Just a Brain Bender Hint!  Supersized & JayD nailed the technique when they said... 

Supersized said...

Yup, I just used my own logs. You can log all the food information in tomorrow's food and activity logs, this will give you a blank slate to be able to figure out the calorie deficit.

Also you can go into your tools menu and choose BMI and just quickly edit your own settings (not hard to put them back they're put back automatically from your profile's default settings).

Sorry if this gives everyone a leg up, but I figure this is really about sharing. And, not making life difficult for our beloved Erik and Igor.

Cheers,

JayD said...

 you don't have to worry about your weight log because you can go back and edit your entries for the day. :)

Heads up about Week 1!  

Part 4 has been significantly edited for clarity. No one has to go back at all, but can if you want. We simply want people to start where they are and go from there!   

The deadline for week 1 has been extended for everyone until Wed, 9/20.  

Here's the link to the revised week 1 challenge

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#3  

Here's the link to the revised exercise part  

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#7  

Here's the link to the week 1 points sheet  (you can use the point sheet or whatever way your team turns points into your Captain (or Co-captain or team scorekeeper).  

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#9

and here's the updated text  

• a)  [edit:  Part 1 Weight Questions (enter 1 on line 10, wk1)]
  • *Weight* a Minute!!!
    • How Much Do {{{you}}} Weigh?
    • How often do you Weigh?
    • Why?
    • OR you get the points if you know why you don't weigh yourself.  (If you don't get weighed, that's ok!  Sometimes it's better to put the scales in storage!  The point is to figure out what you do and why!  Then let's keep doing it as long as it works for us in our lives :)  Everyone adjusts what they do when something quits working!  Including Weighing ourselves :)
• b) [edit: Part 2 Weight Log (enter 1 on lines 18 - 20), wk1)]
  •  *Weight Log*
    • Have you considered tracking your weight in the free and cool tool *weight log* here at calorie-count or some other place like your computer at home or in a paper journal?
    • On the calorie-count weight log, do you understand the *blue line*?
    • Do you understand the *green line*?
    • OR you get the points if you know why you personally don't track your weight
• c)  [edit Part 3 BMI (enter 1 on line 27), wk 1)]
  • *BMI*
    • Do you know yours?
    • What is it, how do you find yours and how is it calculated?
    • Do you prefer the general tables, the *formula* or a calculator like here?
    • OR you get the points if you know why you personally don't track you bmi
• d) [edit Part 4 Measurements (enter 1 on line 43), wk 1)]
  •  *Measurements*
    • take yours, any or all that you prefer!
      • Neck, upper arm, forearm and wrist
      • Chest (all), Breast for Women
      • Waist and hips
      • Thigh, Calf and ankle
    • OR you get the points if you know why you personally don't track measurements
• e) [edit Part 4 Exercise (100  ponts possible from 3 parts
  • *Exercise*
    • ___ 25 regular points (enter a 1 on line 46, week1) 
      • write down someplace what you normally do each week for an exercise routine.
        • What are your exercise activities?
        • how long
        • how often
        • how intense or level, incline, weight amount, reps, etc...
        • why you don't or can't exercise right now
      • What are your exercise goals that you would like to do or change in the next 6 weeks?
    • ___ up to 50 Points (enter 5, line 53, week 1)
      • for doing your normal exercise routine this week! you get 10 points for each normal  exercise *session* you do.  Up to 5 exercise sessions count. 
      • OR you get 50 points (enter 5 on line 53) for doing your normal routines if you normally do less than 5 sessions 
      • OR  you get 50 points (enter 5 on line 53) if you work on an exercise plan that is realistic for you because you have not been exercising.
    • ___ 25 points (enter 1 on line 56, week1) for doing 1 something *extra*
      • for adding a *new* exercise, or
      • adding an extra *workout*
      • doing more, longer or farther, or
      • increasing intensity
      • OR just getting started for the first time
      • OR just starting to think about why you should start exercising if you don't.

Ok so we need two voluteers for recipes. I'll volunteer the one I created about an hour ago- see journal entry. If you want, we could use that one, if not we'll need two volunteers.

Hi Sonechko,

Thanks for volunteering for the recipe challenge. Can you please post your recipe and details (need to use the recipe tool on here to get the points) on the Team G Submission thread. The recipes need to be posted there in order for them to be entered into the larger competition where we could win up to 300 points for the best recipe in the game!!

Thanks!

Here's the link to the submission thread: http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1420 6.html

POINTS TO DATE:

I'm posting a running points to date, so that everyone can see what I have and what I don't have. Remember, I'm collecting points from entries left here, on the game submission thread or in my e-mail super.sized@hotmail.com. Also, there are several challenges were we need to submit our answers to the game submission thread, because that is where the organizers are looking. Those areas are:
Part 3: Brain Buster
Part 4: Main Dish (recipies must be submitted by 2 volunteers)
Part 6a: Sir-thinks-a-lot (nutrition links)
Part 7a: Walk the Walk (Motivational)

Please Note: I am NOT checking journal entries for points submission. There are nine players who may or may not write everyday and there is a very good chance that I will miss a journal entry.

Supersized: 70 pts
Soncecko: 10 pts
Hubbaji: 10 pts

Team Points: 90

Yet to hear from:
Daveka
Han
J_Willis
Renicki
TonyaMackenzie
WriteStuff

I will keep updating this until Wednesday. Remember all points need to be in to me by midnight on Wednesday. If I have missed points please let me know.

im struggling with this, as i dont post in my journal i cant keep up with all the info. maybe its me being dim or it is my dyslexia but im so confused with the vast amont i have to read i cant keep up!!! i dont know what im meant to do, as i simply cant take in that much writing! sorry i might have to quit as i realy struggle with keeping track of this - i dont want to though!

*Peeks in*

Howdy everyone! I'm just peeking in and saying hi! You're all fabulous and I love you all!

Hey, all! 

Just checking in. Hello, Utah! Don't forget, come back whenever you feel like it.

And Han just tag the submission thread:

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1420 6.html 

It has the link to the main game thread - just do a bit at a time - remember, this is for fun - not to stress you out.

Catch ya all later!

Who ya gonna call? GUTBUSTERS!

I will be posting by Tuesday night, got a little behind, plus my "extra" won't happen until tuesday morning anyway!

Hi Han,

I know how you're feeling. I"m not sure I can keep up. It is a lot of information. In fact I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to keep up with most of the written work. Track my own eating, water and exercising I can do. But when am I going to find time to google extra nutritional information, write an inspirational message, and I just realized that I did the Brain Buster wrong.... 

I've lost track of the journals, I've got so many people on my friends list now that while I appreciate everyone I think I'm doing a disservice to everyone on my list because there are so many entries that I simply can't keep up.

Anyways this is a very unmotivational post from me. So hopefully someone can step in and punch up the motivation on this team.

The best thing I can say is do what you can, post what you can I'll try to keep up with the scores. But, it's getting really hard. I'm just hoping after we've all been through it this week that it will make much more sense next week.

sara- don't worry about keeping up with everyone's scores. We can track our own scores and just send them to you. I agree its a lot to keep with along with your own scores. Don't worry about it too much... work on your own stuff, we'll deal with our own stuff and if anyone's slacking we'll ALL get together and whip them into shape ;)

Hear, hear sonechko!

We'll all do what we have to - no added stress for anyone:)

**hmmm....whip....where did I ...oh ya ...that's where it is!**

Who ya gonna call?