Phat Fighters Week 7 Message ~ Post Submissions Here (62)

Week 7 Challenge ~ Emerge a Butterfly!!!  Thursday, 10/19 - Wednesday, 10/25

So, what's up for week 7 ~ Emerge A Butterfly??? 

It's the Grand Finale ~ Game Plan Week!  A chance to look back and note the changes in our plans!  Plan for the Upcoming Holidays!  Figure out how to continue our Journey!

Ready to read all about it and pick up your Week 7 challenge and parts here!  No points sheet for week 7!  

The Points!  This week is a little Different!  This week we're not doing points by part! 

• In Part 3, we ask you to email your brain bender answer to brain.bender@hotmail.com for a trick or treat!  The Games Coordinators will give your bonus points for the brain bender to your scorekeeper.
• In Part 8, we would like you to share your "Game Plan" and post it on the Team Submission Thread for a trick or treat!  The Games Coordinators will give your bonus points to your scorekeeper.
• No points for Part 2 ~ it's just some fun information and quizzes that look back over the games
• No points for Parts 1 and 5 ~ it's all about you and your goals!  Do you want to take a minute to look back at your goals when you started.  See how far you've come?  Maybe plan a bit for the future?
• No points for the rest of the Parts like Part 4 Main Dish Recipes, Part 6 Googled Links, and Part 7 Motivation Statements ~ thought we would share the submissions from everyone.  You can bookmark these for later when you have more time to peruse or want a new recipe to try?

Need the New, Updated & Current Games Directory?  Team Roster?



pssst!  1 last leetle thing! ~ If you are still participating in the Challenge, then you have won!  Perhaps you even learned a little more about what you like and dislike, what you enjoy, and perhaps you set a few new goals.  Perhaps you discovered new tools and the wealth of health, nutrition and exercise information available here at calorie-count and on the net.  Perhaps you met a new friend or two, strengthened your friendship with old friends,  enjoyed the journey together. 

The really gr8 news!  The games may be over but we don't have to part!  We look forward to seeing you around calorie-count for a long time to come :)

Cheers, United2gether, Garnet77, Kalkette, Beanie1125 ~ your Friends & Games Coordinators :)

Reserved week 2

Congratulations, Phat Fighters, on completing your first week! 

Week 2 starts Thursday 9/14 and ends Wednesday, 9/20.   Please pick up the challenge and Parts for Week 2 on the Official Challenge thread.  

Don't Fret! This is the biggest week to understand and get everyone organized!  It is a lot easier than it appears, and the rest of the weeks will seem like a walk in the park!

This is not a test and you don't have to spend a lot of time...  Maybe 10 - 15 mins each part... If you want to.  You don't have to write anything down, unless you want to. 

Don't let the Challenge overwhelm you.  Maybe do a part or 2 a day and before you know it, you'll be done ;)

Post your Challenge & Game Submissions for week 2 on this thread.  

• Your Brain Bender Answers! 
• The Sir Links~a~Lot you googled! 
• Your little Motivation Statements! 
• the Main Dish Recipes and Nutrition analysis from 2 players only!

Team Scorekeepers!!!  Each team will have a Team Scorekeeper to keep everyone's weekly scores!  It may be your Captain or Co-captain or someone else.  Please check with your team to find out who will be the scorekeeper for your team!

Week 2 Points!  Please give your Week 2 points to your team scorekeeper by Wednesday, 9/20.   You can find a points sheet for week 2 here!  Your scorekeeper has an excel spreadsheet you can use to track your weekly points if you want.  Just ask your scorekeeper for it :)

Hot Newsflash!!!  Week 1 Players deadlines extended to Wednesday, 9/20!  Everyone can double back and catch up including the Team Scorekeepers who need to put week 1 points into the new team spreadsheets.   Please give your Week 1 points to your team scorekeeper by Wednesday, 9/20.  You can find a points sheet for week 1 here!  


Other Important links you may find useful: Challenge Directory,  Challenge Roster

Enjoy the challenge!  We hope you will have a minute to chat with your team on your official team thread!   

Be sure to ask your team if you have any questions!  Most importantly, enjoy the Games! Make yourself a Priority this week!  Live!  Love! Laff & Be Happy!  Here!  Together!

Your fellow Phat Fighter Players

Jayd  (Captain)
laurielaurie
kathygator (Co-Captain)
songchild
ftlbecs
poohb
tlc0219
vivelequebeclibre
mydivinesunshine

We'll be awaiting your entries with bated breath!  Good Luck Phat Fighters :)

Hot off the Press! Get your copy of the challenge Challenge for week 2 here!

Turn your points for the week into your Team Scorekeeper by Wed, 9/20.

Post your Game Submissions Here to this thread by Wed, 9/20!

Enjoy!  We'll be watching for your submissions!

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.

Game Submission -Brain Bender week 2: I calculate BMI at 28.3 and the caloric deficict at 1147 - assuming she is really 'very active' !

I posted this in our team journal is it right?  Why are our answers so different? Is it BMI 28.3 and deficit of 608?   I also use the food log, even though I don't always want to see what the number will be.

Hi tlc :)

Gosh, I haven't heard the answer yet, so I'm not sure what the real answer is.  It depends on picking up all the clues in the story about what size servings she ate throughout the day, her age, weight, activity level, normal sleep level, and all sorts of things...  check the brain bender tips a couple posts above this too!

Our hope is that people will try to use the tools and become familiar with them.  People get points for trying, even if you don't get the right answer, so don't fret the different answers. 

Your goals you can always keep in your brain, a paper journal, your journal here, whereever.  You don't ever need to share those unless you want to.

What we need you to post here this week, is the

• brain bender answer for week 2 Part 3
• googled link for week 2 part 6, 
• motivation statement for week 2 part 7
• and 2 people post a recipe link they did for the mediteranean cuisine topic.

Hope this helps!  Holler if you have any more questions :) 

Cheers, jules (united2gether games hostess)  

Ok well I did not knew we had to post here so that was post in our forum a few days ago

Brain bender : it is 1022 (deficit) and BMI 28.3

Recipe : Broccoli and Pink Grapefruit Salad (2)

Here is my recipe:

1. 6oz of large shrimp (or 3 shrimp 3 scallops) fresh or frozen without the shell 
2. 8oz can tomato sauce
3. 2 cloves garlic; 2 tsp olive oil
4. 1 cup green pepper
5. 1 cup red pepper
6. 2oz whole wheat pasta
   

Make the pasta according to package set aside.  Put the olive oil in a skillet med/high add the chopped garlic; once heated add the tomato sauce and peppers let simmer; add shrimp turning after a few minutes (when the bottom half has turned pink) cook through.  Place your pasta in a dish pour the shrimp/sauce/peppers etc over the pasta and enjoy.  You can add more peppers or different peppers or tomatoes, or take out the garlic.  This is meant to be for dinner but can be cut for lunch (less shrimp and pasta).

Nutrition Report

  Fat - 19.8% (13 grams)
Protein - 34.2% (50 grams)
Carbohydrates - 46.0% (67 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 1,680 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 330 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 12 grams

Item Grams Calories Sun, Sep 17 2006 B+  Shrimp - Fresh Seafood 168 160 A   Peppers, Sweet, Green - Raw 149 30 A   Garlic - Raw 6 9 F   Olive Oil 9 80 A   Tomato Products - Canned, Sauce 245 78 A   Whole Wheat Penne 57 190   Total Calories Consumed   547


Nutrition Grade
A

Good job, you guys!

http://www.cancercenter.com/after-care-servic es/super-foods.cfm

Super Food Link :)

Week 2, part 3 - brain bender:  I got a deficit of 740, BMI of 28.3

edit:  I hadn't included my calculations, & I threw out the paper yesterday!  Well, I gave her the highest activity level plus I used 1 hour of free style swimming, leisurely, and all the numbers I have left here today are the total burned, which I came up with as 3076, and the total consumed, which I came up with as 2336.  That's also assuming black coffee & the basic Egg McMuffin (McDonald's isn't kosher so I have no clue!).

Week 2, Part 3 -- Brain Bender Question

Ok... not sure if I did too much calculating or what... I used "The Math" calculations on a thread in one of the forums as well as the BMI tool and pen and paper to keep track of info.  I got:

BMI:  28.5  (moderately overweight)
BMR:  1535.5
her activity level:  1.725 which, through the calculations, allows her 2148.74 cals/day to lose 1 lb/week....

her activity level for the day was 1774 (cals burned)
her caloric intake for the day was 2341
deficit for the day was 567  (diff between 2341 and 1774)

Now, that was assuming that the coffee she had was black (no sugar, no creamer or milk added), and that she only had 1 bowl of the minestrone soup at lunchtime (since OG allows the "all you can eat" soup option with the breadsticks).  Obviously, if she had stuff in her coffee, or more than 1 bowl, her caloric intake for the day would be higher, and the deficit would be different.

:: scratches head and looks at her post::  Is this making any sense?  Or did I do way too much? Or did I mess up a calculation some where.... Math was always my WORST subject in school.  UGH.

Hi Gals!  Don't fret!  It's all about learning how to use the food log, how to look up calories here on calorie count, how to define active etc!

I don't even know the answer but seems like we're getting different answers depending on peoples settings in their accounts. 

I'll find out the real answer later this week and we'll give a heads up! 

In the meantime ~ post your calculations here! 

Cheers, jules (united2gether, games hostes)

Google'd link ... looked for a seasonal veggie (since Fall is just around the corner) and came up with this.  I love this veggie too, especially at Thanksgiving!!



EDITED: 

Ok... sorry... OOPS...
My Super Foods Link: 
http://www.wildoats.com/u/health100442/
Has a lot of everything, including a diet plan, recipes, even a shopping list!!

Hey everyone :)  Last week when we wrote the challenge in the wee hours of the night in our spare time cuz we're just friends here like everyone... we thought we knew what we were saying.... But... we confused the heck out of everyone!!!  Sad but true!!!  So, we're giving everyone the chance to catch up on week one and make sure you got the right points!

The only points from week 1 last week are from Section 4, the exercise part!  We actually had people who never exercised or only once or twice a week.  Kind of not fair to make them all of a sudden exercise 5 times to get points, huh???

So... we have made a few little changes...

Deadline for week 1 has been extended to Wed, 9/20!!!

The Points from Week 1 were all in Section 4.  You can Look at the Section 4 again from week 1 here:

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

Check your points against the new week 1 points sheet here:

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

Let your team captain (or scorekeeper) know if your points changed for week 1.

Plus... the other parts of week 1 were just for you to work on your own goals and things!  If you did all the parts from week 1, then you get more points this week :)  It's up to you!

Here's the link to the revised week 1 challenge!

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

The stuff from week 2 is also due Wed, 9/20.

Turn your points for week 2 into your team captain or scorekeeper by Wed, 9/20

Players should post their entries on your team submission thread here:

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1420 2.html

Players do not need to post their goals and other notes from other parts of the challenge... just 4 things this week.

What Players should post on the new Team submission threads:


Slappy's Kick A$$ Team
Neeners Nightmares
Jayd's Phat Fighters
Team Dyn-o-mite
Eliminators
Fabulous4ever
Gut Busters
Hard Body Hooligans
Inchredibles

What to post on the Team Submission Threads...  Please post your:

• brain bender answer, calorie deficit and bmi
  • (from part 3, week 2)
  • http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#13
• the googled super foods link
  • (from part 6, week 2)
  • http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#16
• the motivation statment 
  • (from part 7, week 2)
  • http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#17
• 2 players need to post a Main Dish mediterranean recipe this week (2 players will do this each week)
• (from part 4, week 2)
•  http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#14
• this can be volunteer or assigned...  and if you don't make this part this week, we'll let your team catch this part up next week... )

Link to the week 2 challenge!

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

Link to the week 2 points sheet!

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/1376 1.html#19

Hope this helps!  If you have a question, please ask :)

Here's my super foods links about food that are good for our brain

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200492,00.html

Week 2 Challenge Part 7:  Walking the Walk ~ Why should I???


"The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!"
-Denis Waitley

I guess I would say to these people is "Embrace Who You Are" - all of you, even the parts that you might not be so happy with.  I can understand not being happy with yourself, hating yourself so much that you'd rather be dead than go on, but things do change, and so will your 'issues' with your weight.  Remember that you are important.  Whether you need to cut or add calories or maintain them to keep a current weight, life is more than just the numbers on a scale so don't forget to enjoy what is around you, and to be part of what is going on around you.  Everything works together as a unit - the food logs, the exercise, and the support, which you can find here at Calorie-Count.  And if you feel like you have questions or concerns about your diet, remember that you have friends here at C-C, those of us who know and understand, first-hand, what you are going through and the challenges you are facing and know that you are not going through it alone.  I wish I had had this kind of resource when I tried to lose weight all those times before.  Maybe I wouldn't be here now, still fighting the battle of the bulge.

That's so great Willow! You are wonderful!!